Miss Ornella Romeo

Senior Technical Officer

School of Biological Sciences

College of Science


Ornella is a Senior Technical Officer in the Research Centre for Infectious Diseases (RCID) within the School of Biological Sciences. She is a member of the Malaria and Toxoplasma Biology Laboratory.

Date Position Institution name
2018 - ongoing Technical Officer University of Adelaide, Adelaide
2018 - 2018 Research Technical Officer University of Adelaide, Adelaide
2016 - 2017 Research Officer University of Adelaide, Adelaide

Date Institution name Country Title
2015 - 2015 University of Adelaide, Adelaide Australia BHlthSc (Hons)
2012 - 2014 University of Adelaide, Adelaide Australia BSc (Biomed)

Year Citation
2026 Henshall, I. G., Chmielewski, J., Angage, D., Romeo, O., Lai, K. H., Turland, K. R., . . . Wilson, D. W. (2026). An abundant merozoite surface protein of 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘮 modulates susceptibility to inhibitory antibodies.. eLife, 14, RP107603-1-RP107603-29.
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2025 Kalyvas, J. T., Wang, Y., Romeo, O., Horsley, J. R., & Abell, A. D. (2025). Broad-Spectrum Gramicidin S Derivatives with Potent Activity Against Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative ESKAPE Pathogens. Antibiotics, 14(5), 423-1-423-14.
DOI Scopus6 WoS3 Europe PMC1
2025 Gancheva, M. R., Mao, E. Y., Romeo, O., Vuong, D., O’Handley, R., Page, S. W., . . . Wilson, D. W. (2025). Screening and hit evaluation of a microbial metabolite library against the pathogenic Plasmodium falciparum and Toxoplasma gondii parasites. International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 29, 100606-1-100606-14.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2024 Tolpinrud, A., Romeo, O., & Chaber, A. -L. (2024). Absence of Coxiella burnetii in kangaroo ticks (Amblyomma triguttatum) from a high seroprevalence population of eastern grey kangaroos. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 15(6), 102406.
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2023 Coldbeck-Shackley, R. C., Romeo, O., Rosli, S., Gearing, L. J., Gould, J. A., Lim, S. S., . . . Beard, M. R. (2023). Constitutive expression and distinct properties of IFN-epsilon protect the female reproductive tract from Zika virus infection. PLoS Pathogens, 19(3), 1-26.
DOI Scopus20 WoS19 Europe PMC25
2023 Lim, C. K., Romeo, O., Tran, B. M., Flanagan, D. J., Kirby, E. N., McCartney, E. M., . . . Beard, M. R. (2023). Assessment of hepatitis B virus infection and interhost cellular responses using intrahepatic cholangiocyte organoids.. J Med Virol, 95(11), e29232.
DOI Scopus5 WoS4
2021 Nguyen, W., Dans, M. G., Ngo, A., Gancheva, M. R., Romeo, O., Duffy, S., . . . Sleebs, B. E. (2021). Structure activity refinement of phenylsulfonyl piperazines as antimalarials that block erythrocytic invasion. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 214, 113253-1-113253-27.
DOI Scopus20 WoS19 Europe PMC10
2021 Ashton, T. D., Ngo, A., Favuzza, P., Bullen, H. E., Gancheva, M. R., Romeo, O., . . . Sleebs, B. E. (2021). Property activity refinement of 2-anilino 4-amino substituted quinazolines as antimalarials with fast acting asexual parasite activity. Bioorganic Chemistry, 117, 105359-1-105359-28.
DOI Scopus19 WoS19 Europe PMC8
2020 Algate, K., Haynes, D., Fitzsimmons, T., Romeo, O., Wagner, F., Holson, E., . . . Cantley, M. (2020). Histone deacetylases 1 and 2 inhibition suppresses cytokine production and osteoclast bone resorption in vitro. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, 121(1), 244-258.
DOI Scopus26 WoS27 Europe PMC23
- Henshall, I. G., Chmielewski, J., Angage, D., Romeo, O., Lai, K. H., Turland, K. R., . . . Wilson, D. W. (2026). An abundant merozoite surface protein of Plasmodium falciparum modulates susceptibility to inhibitory antibodies. eLife, 14.
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Year Citation
2025 Henshall, I. G., Chmielewski, J., Angage, D., Romeo, O., Lai, K. H., Turland, K. R., . . . Wilson, D. W. (2025). An abundant merozoite surface protein of Plasmodium falciparum modulates susceptibility to inhibitory antibodies.
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2016 - Tutor for Small Group Discovery Experience (SGDE), Biology of Disease (BOD2) PATHOL 2200

Date Role Membership Country
2015 - 2016 - Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) -

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