Dr Kayvan Etebari
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Biological Sciences
+61 7 336 52516
Researcher biography
My main area of research is insect molecular biology with a focus on the role of small non-coding RNAs in insect biology. I am particularly interested in the study of non-coding RNAs response to various stress factors such as infection, insecticides and parasitism.
Book Chapter
Hussain, M., Etebari, K. and Asgari, S. (2016). Functions of small RNAs in mosquitoes. In Alexander S. Raikhel (Ed.), Progress in Mosquito Research (pp. 189-222) London, United Kingdom: Academic Press. doi:10.1016/bs.aiip.2016.04.001
Journal Articles
Nouzova, Marcela, Etebari, Kayvan, Noriega, Fernando G. and Asgari, Sassan (2018) A comparative analysis of corpora allata-corpora cardiaca microRNA repertories revealed significant changes during mosquito metamorphosis. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 96 10-18. doi:10.1016/j.ibmb.2018.03.007
Etebari, K., Afrad, M. H., Tang, B., Silva, R., Furlong, M. J. and Asgari, S. (2018) Involvement of microRNA miR-2b-3p in regulation of metabolic resistance to insecticides in Plutella xylostella. Insect Molecular Biology, 27 4: 478-491. doi:10.1111/imb.12387
Etebari, Kayvan, Hedge, Shivanand, Saldaña, Miguel A., Widen, Steven G., Wood, Thomas G., Asgari, Sassan and Hughes, Grant L. (2017) Global transcriptome analysis of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in response to Zika virus infection. MSphere, 2 6: e00456-17. doi:10.1128/mSphere.00456-17
Colmant, Agathe M. G. , Etebari, Kayvan, Webb, Cameron E., Ritchie, Scott A., Jansen, Cassie C. , van den Hurk, Andrew F., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Asgari, Sassan and Hall, Roy A. (2017) Discovery of new orbiviruses and totivirus from Anopheles mosquitoes in Eastern Australia. Archives of Virology, 162 11: 1-6. doi:10.1007/s00705-017-3515-x
Saldana, Miguel A., Etebari, Kayvan, Hart, Charles E., Widen, Steven G., Wood, Thomas G., Thangamani, Saravanan, Asgari, Sassan and Hughes, Grant L. (2017) Zika virus alters the microRNA expression profile and elicits an RNAi response in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11 7: e0005760. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005760
Colmant, Agathe M. G., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, van den Hurk, Andrew F., Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, Chow, Weng Kong, Johansen, Cheryl A., Fros, Jelke, Simmonds, Peter, Watterson, Daniel, Cazier, Chris, Etebari, Kayvan, Asgari, Sassan, Schulz, Benjamin L., Beebe, Nigel, Vet, Laura J., Piyasena, Thisun B. H., Nguyen, Hong-Duyen, Barnard, Ross T. and Hall, Roy A. (2017) A new clade of insect-specific flaviviruses from Australian Anopheles mosquitoes displays species-specific host-restriction. mSphere, 2 4: e00262-17.1-e00262-17.19. doi:10.1128/mSphere.00262-17
Lee, Morris, Etebari, Kayvan, Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, van den Hurk, Andrew F., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Vatipally, Sreenu, Schnettler, Esther, Hall, Roy and Asgari, Sassan (2017) Understanding the role of microRNAs in the interaction of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes with an insect-specific flavivirus. Journal of General Virology, 98 7: 1892-1903. doi:10.1099/jgv.0.000832
Valenzuela-Miranda, Diego, Etebari, Kayvan, Asgari, Sassan and Gallardo-Escárate, Cristian (2017) Long noncoding RNAs: unexplored players in the drug response of the sea louse Caligus rogercresseyi. Agri Gene, 4 1-7. doi:10.1016/j.aggene.2017.03.001
Niu, Jinzhi, Meeus, Ivan, DeConinck, Dieter IM, Deforce, Dieter, Etebari, Kayvan, Asgari, Sassan and Smagghe, Guy (2017) Infections of virulent and avirulent viruses differentially influenced the expression of dicer-1, ago-1, and microRNAs in Bombus terrestris. Scientific Reports, 7 1: 45620.1-45620.11. doi:10.1038/srep45620
Zhang, Guagmei, Etebari, Kayvan and Asgari, Sassan (2016) Wolbachia suppresses cell fusing agent virus in mosquito cells. Journal of General Virology, 97 12: 3427-3432. doi:10.1099/jgv.0.000653
Etebari, K. and Asgari, S. (2016) Revised annotation of Plutella xylostella microRNAs and their genome-wide target identification. Insect Molecular Biology, 25 6: 788-799. doi:10.1111/imb.12263
Etebari, Kayvan, Asad, Sultan, Zhang, Guangmei and Asgari, Sassan (2016) Identification of Aedes aegypti long intergenic non-coding RNAs and their association with Wolbachia and Dengue virus infection. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10 10: e0005069. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005069
Etebari, Kayvan, Osei-Amo, Solomon, Blomberg, Simon Phillip and Asgari, Sassan (2015) Dengue virus infection alters posttranscriptional modification of microRNAs in the mosquito vector Aedes aegypti. Scientific Reports, 5 15968.1-15968.14. doi:10.1038/srep15968
Etebari, Kayvan, Furlong, Michael J. and Asgari, Sassan (2015) Genome wide discovery of long intergenic non-coding RNAs in Diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) and their expression in insecticide resistant strains. Scientific Reports, 5 14642: . doi:10.1038/srep14642
Mayoral, Jamie G., Etebari, Kayvan, Hussain, Mazhar, Khromykh, Alexander A. and Asgari, Sassan (2014) Wolbachia infection modifies the profile, shuttling and structure of MicroRNAs in a mosquito cell line. PLoS One, 9 4: e96107. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0096107
Etebari, Kayvan and Asgari, Sassan (2014) Accuracy of microRNA discovery pipelines in non-model organisms using closely related species genomes. PloS One, 9 1: 1-10. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0084747
Etebari, Kayvan and Asgari, Sassan (2013) Conserved microRNA miR-8 blocks activation of the Toll pathway by upregulating Serpin 27 transcripts. RNA Biology, 10 8: 1356-1364. doi:10.4161/rna.25481
Etebari, Kayvan, Hussain, Mazhar and Asgari, Sassan (2013) Identification of microRNAs from Plutella xylostella larvae associated with parasitization by Diadegma semiclausum. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 43 4: 309-318. doi:10.1016/j.ibmb.2013.01.004
Etebari, Kayvan, Hussain, Mazhar and Asgari, Sassan (2012) Suppression of scavenger receptors transcription by parasitoid factors. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 38 4: 517-524. doi:10.1016/j.dci.2012.08.006
Etebari, Kayvan, Palfreyman, Robin W., Schlipalius, David, Nielsen, Lars K., Glatz, Richard V. and Asgari, Sassan (2011) Deep sequencing-based transcriptome analysis of Plutella xylostella larvae parasitized by Diadegma semiclausum. BMC Genomics, 12 446.1-446.18. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-12-446
Zibaee, Arash, Jalali Sendi, Jalal, Ghadamyari, Mohammad, Alinia, Faramarz and Etebari, Kayvan (2009) Diazinon resistance in different selected strains of Chilo suppressalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in northern Iran. Journal of Economic Entomology, 102 3: 1189-1196. doi:10.1603/029.102.0343
Daryaei, Mehrdad Ghodskhahe, Darvishi, Simin, Etebari, Kayvan and Salehi, Mansor (2008) Host preference and nutrition efficiency of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar L. (Lymantriidae: Lepidoptera), on different poplar clones. Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 32 6: 469-477.
Matindoost, Leila, Jalali Sendi, Jalal, Soleimanjahi, Hoorieh, Etebari, Kayvan and Rahbarizadeh, Fateme (2008) The effects of BmNPV on biochemical changes in primary cultures of Bombyx mori embryonic tissue. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal, 44 3-4: 121-127. doi:10.1007/s11626-008-9083-3
Shekari, Maryam, Jalali Sendi, Jalal, Etebari, Kayvan, Zibaee, Arash and Shadparvar, Abdolahad (2008) Effects of Artemisia annua L. (Asteracea) on nutritional physiology and enzyme activities of elm leaf beetle, Xanthogaleruca luteola Mull. (Coleoptera: Chrysomellidae). Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 91 1: 66-74. doi:10.1016/j.pestbp.2008.01.003
Etebari, Kayvan, Ebadi, Rahim and Matindoost, Leila (2007) Physiological changes of silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) larvae fed on mulberry leaves supplemented with nitrogenous compounds. Journal of the Entomological Research Society, 9 2: 1-15.
Etebari, K., Bizhannia, A. R., Sorati, R. and Matindoost, L. (2007) Biochemical changes in haemolymph of silkworm larvae due to pyriproxyfen residue. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 88 1: 14-19. doi:10.1016/j.pestbp.2006.08.005
Rajabi Kanafi, R., Ebadi, R., Mirhosseini, S. Z., Seidavi, A. R., Zolfaghari, M. and Etebari, K. (2007) A review on nutritive effect of mulberry leaves enrichment with vitamins on economic traits and biological parameters of silkworm Bombyx mori L. Invertebrate Survival Journal, 4 2: 86-91.
Shadparvar, AA, Ghanipoor, M, Mirhosseini, SZ and Etebari, K (2005) Derivation of economic values for productive and reproductive traits of Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera : Bombycidae) from profit equation. Journal of Economic Entomology, 98 5: 1717-1722.
Mirhosseini, SZ, Ghanipoor, M, Shadparvar, A and Etebari, K (2005) Selection indices for cocoon traits in six commercial silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) lines. Philippine Agricultural Scientist, 88 3: 328-336.
Etebari, Kayvan and Matindoost, Leila (2005) Application of Multi-vitamins as Supplementary Nutrients on Biological and Economical Characteristics of Silkworm Bombyx mori L. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 8 1: 107-112. doi:10.1016/S1226-8615(08)60078-3
Etebari, Kayvan and Matindoost, Leila (2004) Effects of hypervitaminosis of vitamin B3 on silkworm biology. Journal of Biosciences, 29 4: 417-422. doi:10.1007/BF02712113
Thesis
Etebari Jirsaraei, Kayvan (2013). The impact of parasitism on the host transcriptome and microRNA profile in Diadegma semiclausum - Plutella xylostella system PhD Thesis, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland.