Miss Alice Bong
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Pharmacy
Journal Articles
Bong, Alice H. L., Robitaille, Mélanie, Lin, Sichun, McCart-Reed, Amy, Milevskiy, Michael, Angers, Stéphane, Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2024). TMCO1 is upregulated in breast cancer and regulates the response to pro-apoptotic agents in breast cancer cells. Cell Death Discovery, 10 (1) 421, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41420-024-02183-0
Bong, Alice Hui Li, Hua, Trinh, So, Choon Leng, Peters, Amelia A., Robitaille, Mélanie, Tan, Yin Yi, Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2022). AKT regulation of ORAI1-mediated calcium influx in breast cancer cells. Cancers, 14 (19) 4794, 1-14. doi: 10.3390/cancers14194794
Robitaille, Mélanie, Chan, Shao Ming, Peters, Amelia A., Dai, Limin, So, Choon Leng, Bong, Alice H. L., Sadras, Francisco, Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2022). ORAI1-regulated gene expression in breast cancer cells: Roles for STIM1 binding, calcium influx and transcription factor translocation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23 (11) 5867, 1-14. doi: 10.3390/ijms23115867
Bassett, John J., Robitaille, Mélanie, Peters, Amelia A., Bong, Alice H. L., Taing, Meng‐Wong, Wood, Ian A., Sadras, Francisco, Roberts‐Thomson, Sarah J. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2022). ORAI1 regulates sustained cytosolic free calcium fluctuations during breast cancer cell apoptosis and apoptotic resistance via a STIM1 independent pathway. The FASEB Journal, 36 (1) e22108, e22108. doi: 10.1096/fj.202002031rr
Bong, Alice H.L., Bassett, John J., Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2020). Assessment of doxorubicin-induced remodeling of Ca2+ signaling and associated Ca2+ regulating proteins in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 522 (2), 532-538. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.11.136
Bong, Alice H. L., Robitaille, Mélanie, Milevskiy, Michael J. G., Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2019). NCS-1 expression is higher in basal breast cancers and regulates calcium influx and cytotoxic responses to doxorubicin. Molecular Oncology, 14 (1) 1878-0261.12589, 87-104. doi: 10.1002/1878-0261.12589
Azimi, Iman, Bong, Alice H., Poo, Greta X. H., Armitage, Kaela, Lok, Dawn, Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2018). Pharmacological inhibition of store-operated calcium entry in MDA-MB-468 basal A breast cancer cells: consequences on calcium signalling, cell migration and proliferation. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 75 (24), 4525-4537. doi: 10.1007/s00018-018-2904-y
Bong, Alice H. L. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2018). Calcium signaling and the therapeutic targeting of cancer cells. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1865 (11), 1786-1794. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2018.05.015
Bassett, John J., Bong, Alice H.L., Janke, Ellen K., Robitaille, Mélanie, Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J., Peters, Amelia A. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2018). Assessment of cytosolic free calcium changes during ceramide-induced cell death in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells expressing the calcium sensor GCaMP6m. Cell Calcium, 72, 39-50. doi: 10.1016/j.ceca.2018.02.003
Bong, Alice H. L. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2017). Breast cancer cells: focus on the consequences of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, 87 (33), 23-26. doi: 10.1016/j.biocel.2017.03.014
Conference Papers
Forouz, Farzaneh, Bong, Alice H., Robitaille, Melanie, Roberts-Thomson, Sarah and Monteith, Gregory (2024). Calcium signaling in the breast cancer microenvironment. BioMolecular Horizons 2024, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 22-26 September 2024.
Forouz, Farzaneh, Bong, Alice H. L., Gieniec, Krystyna A., Sadras, Francisco, Robitaille, Mélanie, Roberts- Thomson, Sarah J., Davis, Felicity M. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2023). Calcium signaling and the breast cancer microenvironment. ASCEPT Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, NSW Australia, 20-23 November 2023.
Bong, Alice H., Gieniec, Krystyna A., Sadras, Francisco, Robitaille, Mélanie, Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J., Davis, Felicity M. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2023). Abstract 3629: Calcium signalling and the breast cancer microenvironment. 114th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Orlando, FL United States, 14-19 April 2023. Philadelphia, PA United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2023-3629
Robitaille, Mélanie, Chan, Shao Ming, Peters, Amelia A., Dai, Limin, Bong, Alice H.L., Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2021). CRISPR/Cas9 and lentiviral rescue methods to study ORAI1 function in transcription activation. AuPS Meeting, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 21-24 November 2021.
Bong, Alice H. L., Robitaille, Mélanie, Milevskiy, Michael J. G., Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2019). A recently identified ion channel in breast cancer. AuPS/ASB Scientific meeting, Canberra, Australia, 1-4 December 2019.
Bong, A.H., Roberts-Thomson, S.J., Milevskiy, M.J. and Monteith, G.R. (2019). Abstract P2-05-08: an assessment of the potential role of intracellular Ca2+store regulators in breast cancer cells. 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, TX, United States, 4-8 December 2018. Philadelphia, PA, United States: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs18-p2-05-08
Tan, Yin Y., Bong, Alice H., Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2018). The AKT activator SC79 promotes Ca2+ influx in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. Australasian Society for Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 27 - 30 November 2018.
Bong, Alice, Bassett, John J, Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2017). Imaging intracellular Ca2+ dynamics in breast cancer using automated high-content fluorescence imaging. SLAS2017, Washington, DC, United States, 4-8 February 2017.
Bong, Alice H.L., Hua, Trinh, Bassett, John J., Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2017). Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog (PTEN) loss is associated with changes in Ca2+ signalling in MDA-MB-231 cells. 20th International Symposium on Calcium Binding Proteins and Calcium Function in Health and Disease, Awaji City, Japan, 22-26 October 2017.
Hua, Trin N., Bong, Alice H.L., Bassett, John J., Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2017). Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) silencing suppresses Ca2+ responses in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. APSA-ASCEPT Joint Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 5-8 December 2017.
Bong, Alice H. L., Bassett, John J., Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J., Milevskiy, Michael J. G. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2017). Neuronal calcium sensor-1 (NCS-1) in the regulation of calcium homeostasis and cell death in MDA-MB-231 basal breast cancer cells. APSA-ASCEPT Joint Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, Australia, 5-8 December 2017.
Bong, Alice H. L., Bassett, John J., Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2016). An Assessment of the effects of doxorubicin on calcium signalling in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. ASCEPT-MPGPCR, Melbourne, Australia, 27–30 November 2016.
Bong, Alice H. I., Bassett, John J., Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2016). Changes in calcium signalling as a consequence of doxorubicin treatment in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells expressing a genetically-encoded calcium indicator. 14th International Meeting of the European Calcium Society, Valladolid, Spain, 25-29 September 2016.
Bong, Alice H. L., Bassett, John J., Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2015). Assessment of the effects of genistein and resveratrol in an MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell line expressing a genetically targeted calcium sensor.. APSA ASCEPT Joint Scientific Meeting 2015, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 29 November - 2 December 2015.
Thesis
Bong, Hui Li Alice (2019). Calcium channels, pumps and sensors as modulators of therapeutic response in basal breast cancer. PhD Thesis, School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/e0cb33a