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Little-known strep bacteria behind growing number of severe infections A joint venture between The University of Melbourne and The Royal Melbourne Hospital

Heard of SDSE? This under-recognised strep bacterium is causing a growing number of serious infections in Australia, with First Nations Australians disproportionately affected.
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07.10.2025 19:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Behind the scenes of the Australian Institute for Infectious Disease build. An exciting milestone to see demolition close to completion, paving the way for construction on the state-of-the-art research facility.
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24.09.2025 03:21 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Australia a decade behind hepatitis B elimination targets, new report shows Data released in the latest Viral Hepatitis Mapping Project: National Reports shows that Australia is more than 10 years behind meeting national targets around chronic hepatitis B treatment and care uptake.

New data released in The Viral Hepatitis Mapping Project: National Report shows Aus is more than 10 years behind meeting national targets, highlighting areas for intervention to improve treatment and care of chronic hepatitis B.
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09.04.2025 03:48 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

New survey explores community views on outbreak research Doherty Institute researchers have launched a survey to gather crucial insights from the Victorian community, aiming to enhance preparedness for future pandemics.

A new survey explores community views on outbreak research. Understanding community needs is essential for an effective early response to future outbreaks. Victorians can help protect their communities by participating in the survey!

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07.04.2025 05:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Doherty Institute celebrates Melbourne’s selection as host for Global Hepatitis Summit in 2027 Secured by the Victorian government through the Melbourne Convention Bureau (MCB) in partnership with the Doherty Institute and the Burnet Institute, the biennial Global Hepatitis Summit will be held in Melbourne in 2027.

This event will be a landmark moment in the global fight against hepatitis. We're excited to share our expertise through the WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis, one of five centres globally, based here at the Doherty Institute! www.doherty.edu.au/news-events/...

01.04.2025 01:14 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Discovery of minimal molecular signatures enabling point-of-care diagnostics in cancer and infectious disease Led by the University of Melbourne’s Professor Lachlan Coin group lead at the Collaborative Centre for Genomic Cancer Medicine and the Doherty Institute, a team of researchers developed a method that identifies a small set of key features for predicting disease—minimal disease signatures—from complex biological data.

A new approach led by Professor Lachlan Coin, PhD Candidate Daniel Rawlinson and a team of researchers identifies key features for predicting disease using complex biological data - enabling low-cost point-of-care tests for cancers and infectious diseases. 🧬

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30.03.2025 23:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Professor Laura Mackay honoured by NHMRC for leadership in immunology and medical research University of Melbourne’s Professor Laura Mackay, has been presented with the National Health and Medical Research Council Elizabeth Blackburn Investigator Grant Award for being the highest-ranking female applicant to receive an NHMRC Investigator Grant.

Congratulations Professor Laura Mackay, recipient of the Elizabeth Blackburn Investigator Grant Award 🏆 Her exciting work with tissue-resident memory T cells (TRM) could lead to innovative new immunotherapies that improve global health outcomes.
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26.03.2025 23:48 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

‘It’s back to drug rationing’: the end of HIV was in sight. Then came the cuts The abrupt halt to US funding threatens to undo decades of advances, dramatically increasing infections and deaths, but some see an opportunity for Africa to lead the response

The world was close to eliminating HIV as a public health threat—“within five years” says Professor Sharon Lewin. Now there is a risk of dramatic increases in infections, death and a real loss of decades of advances.
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24.03.2025 00:10 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Building regional capacity in pathogen genomics: Australia Awards Fellowship empowers Asia-Pacific public health leaders The Centre for Pathogen Genomics (CPG) recently hosted 11 public health professionals from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Fiji, Malaysia and the Philippines for an intensive five-week training program in genomics-informed surveillance and diagnosis of infectious diseases.

Through the Australia Awards Fellowship, the Centre for Pathogen Genomics recently hosted 11 public health professionals from the Asia-Pacific for an intensive five-week training program in genomics-informed surveillance and diagnosis of infectious diseases.

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20.03.2025 04:40 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In a recent study published in Science Advances, the University of Melbourne's @carissaaurelia.bsky.social, PhD Candidate in the Chung Lab highlights the importance of COVID-19 boosters, especially for those with a weaker immune system. go.unimelb.edu.au/5rxp

18.03.2025 23:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Professor Peter Doherty standing in front of the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity building in Melbourne.

Laureate Professor @pcdoherty.bsky.social speaks about the state of public discourse, attitudes towards public health today, how we best prepare for the next pandemic and the still great potential in medical research. Read the full story, originally published by 360info go.unimelb.edu.au/ez6p

17.03.2025 22:40 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Australia-Japan collaboration secures $4.3m for cutting-edge HTLV treatment research Damian Purcell receives an NHMRC-AMED grant for research in Human T-cell lymphotropic virus, HTLV

Led by Professor Damian Purcell a $4.3 million grant under the Adopting Sustainable Partnerships for Innovative Research Ecosystem program will support the development of RNA and small molecule therapies to treat HTLV infections which affect around 10 million people globally.

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24.02.2025 22:12 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0