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Wesley Freppel, PhD

@wesleyfreppel.bsky.social

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Gold Coast, Australia, with an interest in Flaviviruses and cell metabolism.

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Ross River virus genomes from Australia and the Pacific display coincidental and antagonistic codon usage patterns with common vertebrate hosts and a principal vector Around 4500 Ross River virus (RRV) human cases are reported in Australia annually. To date, there is no registered nor licenced vaccine to protect aga…

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Dengue virus and Zika virus alter endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria contact sites to regulate respiration and apoptosis During infection, dengue virus (DENV) and Zika virus (ZIKV), two (ortho)flaviviruses of public health concern worldwide, induce alterations of mitocho…

As a first post on Bluesky, I am very proud to share our latest research published in @cp-iscience.bsky.social on how dengue and Zika viruses hijack mitochondrial functions in respiration and apoptosis by altering their contacts with th eendoplasmic reticulum. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Huge congratulations Lara Herrero, Griffith University for being awarded the first @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social “Young Award” - going to take me awhile to get used to that 🤣. For significant contributions to both their field and community. Can’t think of a more worthy recipient.

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