Dr Hansen Kosasih

Dr Hansen Kosasih

Conjoint Lecturer
Medicine & Health
School of Clinical Medicine

I am a Senior Research Officer at the Children's Cancer Institute specialising in cancer genomics, precision medicine, and functional genomics of paediatric leukemia. My research focuses on understanding and targeting oncogenic drivers in high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Leveraging a unique combination of bioinformatics, molecular biology, epigenetics, and CRISPR tools, my goal is to uncover therapeutic vulnerabilities and improve outcomes for children with leukaemia.

  • Journal articles | 2024
    Beck D; Cao H; Tian F; Huang Y; Jiang M; Zhao H; Tai X; Xu W; Kosasih HJ; Kealy DJ; Zhao W; Taylor SJ; Couttas TA; Song G; Chacon-Fajardo D; Walia Y; Wang M; Dowle AA; Holding AN; Bridge KS; Zhang C; Wang J; Mi JQ; Lock RB; de Bock CE; Jing D, 2024, 'PU.1 eviction at lymphocyte-specific chromatin domains mediates glucocorticoid response in acute lymphoblastic leukemia', Nature communications, 15, pp. 9697, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54096-2
    Journal articles | 2024
    Kosasih HJ; Healey G; Brennan MS; Bjelosevic S; Sadras T; Jalud FB; Ibnat T; Ng AP; Mayoh C; Mao J; Tax G; Ludlow LEA; Johnstone RW; Herold MJ; Khaw SL; de Bock CE; Ekert PG, 2024, 'A novel MYB::PAIP1 oncogenic fusion in pediatric blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) is dependent on BCL2 expression and is sensitive to venetoclax', HemaSphere, 8, pp. e1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hem3.1
    Journal articles | 2024
    Kosasih HJ; de Bock CE, 2024, 'Less is more: Depleting myeloid-biased HSCs to restore immune function', HemaSphere, 8, pp. e125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hem3.125
    Journal articles | 2024
    Randall J; Evans K; Watts B; Kosasih HJ; Smith CM; Earley EJ; Erickson SW; Jocoy EL; Bult CJ; Teicher BA; de Bock CE; Smith MA; Lock RB, 2024, 'In vivo activity of the second-generation proteasome inhibitor ixazomib against pediatric T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia xenografts', Experimental Hematology, 132, pp. 104176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exphem.2024.104176
    Journal articles | 2024
    Toscan CE; McCalmont H; Ashoorzadeh A; Lin X; Fu Z; Doculara L; Kosasih HJ; Cadiz R; Zhou A; Williams S; Evans K; Khalili F; Cai R; Yeats KL; Gifford AJ; Pickford R; Mayoh C; Xie J; Henderson MJ; Trahair TN; Patterson AV; Smaill JB; de Bock CE; Lock RB, 2024, 'The third generation AKR1C3-activated prodrug, ACHM-025, eradicates disease in preclinical models of aggressive T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia', Blood Cancer Journal, 14, pp. 192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41408-024-01180-x
    Journal articles | 2023
    De Coninck S; De Smedt R; Lintermans B; Reunes L; Kosasih HJ; Reekmans A; Brown LM; Van Roy N; Palhais B; Roels J; Van der Linden M; Van Dorpe J; Ntziachristos P; Van Delft FW; Mansour MR; Pieters T; Lammens T; De Moerloose B; De Bock CE; Goossens S; Van Vlierberghe P, 2023, 'Targeting hyperactive platelet-derived growth factor receptor-β signaling in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoma.', Haematologica, 109, http://dx.doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2023.283981
    Journal articles | 2023
    Gu A; Schmidt B; Lonsdale A; Jalaldeen R; Kosasih HJ; Brown LM; Sadras T; Ekert PG; Oshlack A, 2023, 'TALLSorts: a T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia subtype classifier using RNA-seq expression data', Blood Advances, 7, pp. 7402 - 7406, http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2023010385
    Journal articles | 2023
    Lonsdale A; Halman A; Brown L; Kosasih H; Ekert P; Oshlack A, 2023, 'Toblerone: detecting exon deletion events in cancer using RNA-seq', F1000Research, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.129490.1
    Journal articles | 2023
    Omari SA; Kosasih HJ; Chung T; de Bock CE, 2023, 'In vitro and in vivo modelling of mutant JAK3/STAT5 signaling in leukemia', Heliyon, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22085
    Journal articles | 2023
    Ryland GL; Umeda M; Holmfeldt L; Lehmann S; Herlin MK; Ma J; Khanlari M; Rubnitz JE; Ries RE; Kosasih HJ; Ekert PG; Goh HN; Tiong IS; Grimmond SM; Haferlach C; Day RB; Ley TJ; Meshinchi S; Ma X; Blombery P; Klco JM, 2023, 'Description of a novel subtype of acute myeloid leukemia defined by recurrent CBFB insertions', Blood, 141, pp. 800 - 805, http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood.2022017874
    Journal articles | 2023
    Sadras T; Jalud FB; Kosasih HJ; Horne CR; Brown LM; El-Kamand S; de Bock CE; McAloney L; Ng AP; Davidson NM; Ludlow LEA; Oshlack A; Cowley MJ; Khaw SL; Murphy JM; Ekert PG, 2023, 'Unusual PDGFRB fusion reveals novel mechanism of kinase activation in Ph-like B-ALL', Leukemia, 37, pp. 1 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41375-023-01843-x
    Journal articles | 2022
    Brown LM; Hediyeh-Zadeh S; Sadras T; Huckstep H; Sandow JJ; Bartolo RC; Kosasih HJ; Davidson NM; Schmidt B; Bjelosevic S; Johnstone R; Webb AI; Khaw SL; Oshlack A; Davis MJ; Ekert PG, 2022, 'SFPQ-ABL1 and BCR-ABL1 use different signaling networks to drive B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia', Blood Advances, 6, pp. 2373 - 2387, http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2021006076
    Journal articles | 2022
    Schmidt B; Brown LM; Ryland GL; Lonsdale A; Kosasih HJ; Ludlow LE; Majewski IJ; Blombery P; Ekert PG; Davidson NM; Oshlack A, 2022, 'ALLSorts: an RNA-Seq subtype classifier for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia', Blood Advances, 6, pp. 4093 - 4097, http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2021005894
    Journal articles | 2021
    Schmidt B; Brown L; Ryland G; Lonsdale A; Kosasih H; Ludlow L; Majewski I; Blombery P; Ekert P; Davidson N; Oshlack A, 2021, 'ALLSorts: a RNA-Seq classifier for B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.01.454393
    Journal articles | 2020
    Kosasih HJ; Davidson NM; Bjelosevic S; Morrish E; Brennan MS; Oshlack A; Johnstone RW; Brumatti G; Khaw SL; Ekert PG, 2020, 'MLL-TFE3: A novel and aggressive KMT2A fusion identified in infant leukemia', Blood Advances, 4, pp. 4918 - 4923, http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/BLOODADVANCES.2020002708
    Journal articles | 2019
    Meyer C; Lopes BA; Caye-Eude A; Cavé H; Arfeuille C; Cuccuini W; Sutton R; Venn NC; Oh SH; Tsaur G; Escherich G; Feuchtinger T; Kosasih HJ; Khaw SL; Ekert PG; Pombo-de-Oliveira MS; Bidet A; Djahanschiri B; Ebersberger I; Zaliova M; Zuna J; Zermanova Z; Juvonen V; Grümayer RP; Fazio G; Cazzaniga G; Larghero P; Emerenciano M; Marschalek R, 2019, 'Human MLL/KMT2A gene exhibits a second breakpoint cluster region for recurrent MLL–USP2 fusions', Leukemia, 33, pp. 2306 - 2340, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41375-019-0451-7
    Journal articles | 2017
    Narayan N; Morenos L; Phipson B; Willis SN; Brumatti G; Eggers S; Lalaoui N; Brown LM; Kosasih HJ; Bartolo RC; Zhou L; Catchpoole D; Saffery R; Oshlack A; Goodall GJ; Ekert PG, 2017, 'Functionally distinct roles for different miR-155 expression levels through contrasting effects on gene expression, in acute myeloid leukaemia', Leukemia, 31, pp. 808 - 820, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/leu.2016.279
    Journal articles | 2016
    Kosasih HJ; Last K; Rogerson FM; Golub SB; Gauci SJ; Russo VC; Stanton H; Wilson R; Lamande SR; Holden P; Fosang AJ, 2016, 'A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs-5 (ADAMTS-5) forms catalytically active oligomers', Journal of Biological Chemistry, 291, pp. 3197 - 3208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M115.704817
  • Preprints | 2024
    Jing D; Beck D; Cao H; Tian F; Huang Y; Zhao H; Tai X; XU WENQIAN; Kosasih H; Kealy D; Bridge K; Zhao W; Holding A; Dowle A; Taylor S; Song G; Fajardo D; Walia Y; Wang M; Zhang C; Wang J; Mi J-Q; Lock R; de Bock C, 2024, PU.1 Eviction at Lymphocyte-Specific Chromatin Domains Mediates Glucocorticoid Response in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3872306/v1
    Conference Abstracts | 2023
    Lock RB; Toscan CE; McCalmont H; Evans K; Doculara L; Kosasih HJ; Gifford AJ; Ashoorzadeh A; Lin X; Trahair TN; De Bock CE; Patterson AV; Smaill JB, 2023, 'The AKR1C3-Activated Prodrug, Achm-025, Eradicates Disease in Preclinical Models of Aggressive T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia', in Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 142, pp. 4251 - 4251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2023-181298
    Preprints | 2022
    Lonsdale A; Halman A; Brown L; Kosasih H; Ekert P; Oshlack A, 2022, Toblerone: detecting exon deletion events in cancer using RNA-seq, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.27.514132