Dr Francisco Sadras
Honorary Fellow/Associate Lecturer
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Journal Articles
So, Choon Leng, Robitaille, Mélanie, Sadras, Francisco, McCullough, Michael H., Milevskiy, Michael J. G., Goodhill, Geoffrey J., Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2024). Cellular geometry and epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity intersect with PIEZO1 in breast cancer cells. Communications Biology, 7 (1) 467, 1-14. doi: 10.1038/s42003-024-06163-z
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
Sadras, Francisco, Monteith, Gregory R. and Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J. (2021). An emerging role for calcium signaling in cancer-associated fibroblasts. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22 (21) 11366, 1-11. doi: 10.3390/ijms222111366
Sadras, Francisco, Stewart, Teneale A., Robitaille, Mélanie, Peters, Amelia A., Croft, Priyakshi Kalita-de, Soon, Patsy S., Saunus, Jodi M., Lakhani, Sunil R., Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2021). Altered calcium influx pathways in cancer-associated fibroblasts. Biomedicines, 9 (6) 680, 1-13. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines9060680
Conference Papers
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
Janke, Ellen, Sadras, Francisco, Robitaille, Mélanie, Roberts-Thomson, Sarah and Monteith, Gregory (2022). Measuring intracellular calcium signalling dynamics between cell-in-cell structures using genetically-encoded calcium indicators. APSA-ASCEPT 2022 Joint Conference, Perth, WA Australia, 29 November- 2 December 2022.
Janke, Ellen, Sadras, Francisco, Robitaille, Melanie, Roberts-Thomson, Sarah and Monteith, Gregory R. (2022). Use of genetically-encoded calcium indicators to measure intracellular
calcium signalling dynamics between cell-in-cell structures. 16th International Meeting of the European Calcium Society, Cork, Ireland, 21-25 August 2022.
Hua, Trinh N., Sadras, Francisco, Robitaille, Mélanie, Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2021). Incomplete apoptosis in non-stimulated MDA-MB-468 breast cancer cells. ASCEPT 2021 Virtual Scientific Meeting, Virtual, 29 November- 2 December 2021.
Sadras, Francisco, So, Choon Leng, Robitaille, Melanie, Roberts-Thomson, Sarah and Monteith, Gregory (2021). MetaXpress analysis – Ca2+, transcription factors and using IF after live imaging. High Content 2021 SBI2’s 8th Annual Conference, Online, 4-6 October 2021.
So, Choon Leng, Sadras, Francisco, Robitaille, Melanie, Roberts-Thomson, Sarah and Monteith, Gregory (2021). High-throughput assessment of calcium signaling in MCF-7 breast cancer cells adopting various cellular geometry. SLAS 2021 Virtual Conference, Virtual, 25-27 January 2021.
Sadras, Francisco, Stewart, Teneale A., Robitaille, Melanie, Peters, Amelia A., Kalita-de Croft, Priyakshi, Soon, Patsy, Saunus, Jodi M., Lakhani, Sunil R., Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2020). Remodelling of calcium influx pathways in breast cancer associated fibroblasts. 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, TX United States, 10-14 December 2019. Philadelphia, PA United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs19-p6-06-15
Chalmers, Silke B., Sadras, Francisco, Saunus, Jodi , Lakhani, Sunil , Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2020). Calcium communication in an in vitro model of breast cancer brain metastases. ASCEPT-APSA Joint virtual scientific meeting 2020, Virtual meeting, 24-26 November 2020.
Monteith, Greg, Sadras, Francisco, Stewart, Teneale, Robitaille, Melanie, Kalita-de Croft, Priyakshi, Soon, Patsy, Saunus, Jodi, Lakhani, Sunil and Roberts-Thomson, Sarah (2019). Remodeling of calcium influx pathways in models of cancer associated fibroblasts in breast cancer. AACR Annual Meeting on Bioinformatics, Convergence Science, and Systems Biology, Atlanta, GA United States, 29 March - 3 April 2019. Philadelphia, PA United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.SABCS18-99
Chalmers, S.B., Dalley, A.J., Kalita-de Croft, P., Saunus, J., Bassett, J.J., Sadras, F., Roberts-Thomson, S.J. and Monteith, G.R. (2019). Abstract P1-19-05: establishment of a human neural progenitor cell microenvironment model to investigate signalling events in triple negative breast cancer brain metastases in a high-throughput setting. 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-p1-19-05
Chalmers, Silke B., Sadras, Francisco, Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2019). Orai channel alterations as a consequence of differentiation in a human neural progenitor cell line. ASCEPT-PAGANZ Joint Scientific Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand, 25-29 November 2019. Hamilton Central, QLD, Australia: ASCEPT.
Lee, Karman, Sadras, Francisco, Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2019). Oxidative stress and calcium signalling in breast cancer and human fibroblast cell co-cultures. ASCEPT-PAGANZ Joint Scientific Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand, 25-29 November 2019. Hamilton Central, QLD Australia: ASCEPT.
Sadras, Francisco, Stewart, Teneale A., Robitaille, Melanie, Kalita-de Croft, Priyakshi, Patsy, Soon, Saunus, Jodi M., Makhani, Sunil R., Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2018). Cancer associated fibroblasts undergo a calcium channel switch. Australasian Society for Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 27 - 30 November 2018.
Monteith, Gregory, Bassett, John and Sadras, Francisco (2018). Application of automated epifluorescence microscopy methods for the assessment of calcium signalling events in processes relevant to breast cancer progression. XV International Meeting of the European Calcium Society, Hamburg, Germany, 9-13 September 2018.
Janke, Ellen K, Bassett, John J, Sadras, Francisco, Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J and Monteith, Gregory R (2018). Development of novel automated epifluorescence microscopy based assays for calcium signalling in breast cancer cells. Australasian Society for Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 27 - 30 November 2018.