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Murdoch Children's Research Institute: Melbourne, AU

2022-10-01 to present | Team Leader (Stem Cell Biology)
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Rhiannon Werder

Boston University: Boston, MA, US

2018 to 2022 | Postdoctoral Fellow (Center for Regenerative Medicine)
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Rhiannon Werder

Education and qualifications (2)

University of Queensland: Brisbane, QLD, AU

2014 to 2017 | PhD
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Rhiannon Werder

University of Queensland: Brisbane, QLD, AU

2010 to 2013 | B Biomed Sc (Hons)
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Rhiannon Werder

Works (25)

Breathing new life into the study of COPD with genes identified from genome-wide association studies

European Respiratory Review
2024-04-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Rhiannon B. Werder; Xiaobo Zhou; Michael H. Cho; Andrew A. Wilson
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Characterization of the COPD alveolar niche using single-cell RNA sequencing

Nature Communications
2022-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
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Rhiannon Werder

CRISPR interference interrogation of COPD GWAS genes reveals the functional significance of desmoplakin in iPSC-derived alveolar epithelial cells

Science Advances
2022-07-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Rhiannon B. Werder; Tao Liu; Kristine M. Abo; Jonathan Lindstrom-Vautrin; Carlos Villacorta-Martin; Jessie Huang; Anne Hinds; Nathan Boyer; Esther Bullitt; Marc Liesa et al.
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Air-liquid interface culture promotes maturation and allows environmental exposure of pluripotent stem cell–derived alveolar epithelium

JCI Insight
2022-03-22 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2379-3708
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Rhiannon Werder
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Human airway lineages derived from pluripotent stem cells reveal the epithelial responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection

American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
2022-03-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1040-0605
Part of ISSN: 1522-1504
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Rhiannon Werder

Targeting the P2Y13 Receptor Suppresses IL-33 and HMGB1 Release and Ameliorates Experimental Asthma.

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2021-12-03 | Journal article
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Rhiannon Werder
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Adenine base editing reduces misfolded protein accumulation and toxicity in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficient patient iPSC-hepatocytes.

Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy
2021-07-02 | Journal article
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Rhiannon Werder

Actionable Cytopathogenic Host Responses of Human Alveolar Type 2 Cells to SARS-CoV-2.

Molecular cell
2020-11-19 | Journal article
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Rhiannon Werder

qRT-PCR Platforms for Diagnosing and Reporting SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Human Samples

STAR Protocols
2020-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Richard M. Giadone; Aditya Mithal; Gregory J. Miller; Taylor M. Matte; Anthony K. Yeung; Todd W. Dowrey; Rhiannon B. Werder; Nancy S. Miller; Christopher D. Andry; Kim Vanuytsel et al.
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SARS-CoV-2 Infection of Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Human Lung Alveolar Type 2 Cells Elicits a Rapid Epithelial-Intrinsic Inflammatory Response.

Cell stem cell
2020-09-18 | Journal article
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Rhiannon Werder

HMGB1 amplifies ILC2-induced type-2 inflammation and airway smooth muscle remodelling

PLOS Pathogens
2020-07-13 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhixuan Loh; Mark T. Heise; Jennifer Simpson; Ashik Ullah; Vivian Zhang; Wan J. Gan; Jason P. Lynch; Rhiannon B. Werder; Al Amin Sikder; Katie Lane et al.
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Promotes Necroptosis and HMGB1 Release by Airway Epithelial Cells.

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
2020-06-01 | Journal article
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Rhiannon Werder

Rapid Implementation of a SARS-CoV-2 Diagnostic Quantitative Real-Time PCR Test with Emergency Use Authorization at a Large Academic Safety Net Hospital.

Med (New York, N.Y.)
2020-05-19 | Journal article
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Rhiannon Werder

Long-lived regulatory T cells generated during severe bronchiolitis in infancy influence later progression to asthma.

Mucosal immunology
2020-02-17 | Journal article
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Rhiannon Werder

Reconstructed Single-Cell Fate Trajectories Define Lineage Plasticity Windows during Differentiation of Human PSC-Derived Distal Lung Progenitors.

Cell stem cell
2020-01-30 | Journal article
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Rhiannon Werder

PGD2/DP2 receptor activation promotes severe viral bronchiolitis by suppressing IFN- λ production

Science Translational Medicine
2018-05-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Rhiannon B. Werder; Jason P. Lynch; Jennifer C. Simpson; Vivian Zhang; Nick H. Hodge; Matthew Poh; Elizabeth Forbes-Blom; Christina Kulis; Mark L. Smythe; John W. Upham et al.
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Plasmacytoid dendritic cells protect from viral bronchiolitis and asthma through semaphorin 4a–mediated T reg expansion

Journal of Experimental Medicine
2018-02-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Jason P. Lynch; Rhiannon B. Werder; Zhixuan Loh; Md. Al Amin Sikder; Bodie Curren; Vivian Zhang; Matthew J. Rogers; Katie Lane; Jennifer Simpson; Stuart B. Mazzone et al.
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Chronic IL-33 expression predisposes to virus-induced asthma exacerbations by increasing type 2 inflammation and dampening antiviral immunity.

The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology
2017-09-22 | Journal article
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Rhiannon Werder

The Absence of Interferon-β Promotor Stimulator-1 (IPS-1) Predisposes to Bronchiolitis and Asthma-like Pathology in Response to Pneumoviral Infection in Mice.

Scientific reports
2017-05-24 | Journal article
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Rhiannon Werder

The Influence of the Microbiome on Early-Life Severe Viral Lower Respiratory Infections and Asthma-Food for Thought?

Frontiers in immunology
2017-02-16 | Journal article
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Rhiannon Werder

RAGE deficiency predisposes mice to virus-induced paucigranulocytic asthma.

eLife
2017-01-18 | Journal article
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Rhiannon Werder

Gene-based analysis of regulatory variants identifies 4 putative novel asthma risk genes related to nucleotide synthesis and signaling.

The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology
2016-08-20 | Journal article
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Rhiannon Werder

Aeroallergen-induced IL-33 predisposes to respiratory virus-induced asthma by dampening antiviral immunity.

The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology
2016-04-25 | Journal article
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Rhiannon Werder

Coinfection with Blood-Stage Plasmodium Promotes Systemic Type I Interferon Production during Pneumovirus Infection but Impairs Inflammation and Viral Control in the Lung.

Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI
2015-02-25 | Journal article
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Rhiannon Werder

IRF-3, IRF-7, and IPS-1 promote host defense against acute human metapneumovirus infection in neonatal mice.

The American journal of pathology
2014-04-13 | Journal article
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Rhiannon Werder

Peer review (7 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

Review activity for JoVE. (3)
Review activity for Mucosal immunology. (1)
Review activity for Thorax (3)