Team work makes dream work. Especially when setting up a new lab @qimrb.bsky.social

01.07.2025 08:24 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Systems virology team has arrived to our new amazing home at @qimrb.bsky.social It was an exciting first day unpacking and unboxing and thank you to my fantastic team for their effort in getting setup!

01.07.2025 08:03 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 1

Thanks mate!

13.06.2025 10:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Today was my farewell party at Khromykh’s lab, which felt like an end of an era. I definitely had amazing time working alongside all the amazing people there and developing my leadership with Alex’s help. Thank you @rhyshparry.bsky.social for organising this.

13.06.2025 09:06 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

@slonchak.bsky.social presenting his work on viral pathogenesis in human brain organoid models using single cell sequencing. Hisnlast presentation at #uqscmb before he heads to @qimrb.bsky.social to head his own lab

14.05.2025 02:10 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Today I’m learning about most recent innovations in single cell and spatial technologies from @10xgenomics.bsky.social experts and users at Brisbane’s Single Cell and Spatial Symposium. Very exciting how quickly this field is developing blinking new opportunities to researchers and clinicians.

04.04.2025 02:42 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

It’s always a plus when the conference is being held in a place of stunning natural beauty. On the last day of #lorneiandi a got to get my drone up to capture the beauty of the location from the birds eye view. What an amazing place! @theviin.bsky.social

22.02.2025 06:50 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Feeling very grateful to receive an early career development and ECR oral presentation award at Lorne I&I @theviin.bsky.social An amazing few days in Lorne learning about all types of pathogens and host responses. Great science at a stunning location!

21.02.2025 03:09 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Host tRNAs as novel player in antiviral response. Presented by @lachdehayr.bsky.social at Lorne I&I conference @theviin.bsky.social

20.02.2025 06:26 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

@slonchak.bsky.social's excellent presentation on his work studying WNV neuropathology using state of the art human brain organoids and single cell sequencing #UQSCMB

20.02.2025 01:17 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

What was happening in my hotel room while I was attending the sessions at Lorne I&I conference @theviin.bsky.social Cheeky #cockatoos !

19.02.2025 10:28 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The Flavivirus Non-Structural Protein 5 (NS5): Structure, Functions, and Targeting for Development of Vaccines and Therapeutics Flaviviruses, including dengue (DENV), Zika (ZIKV), West Nile (WNV), Japanese encephalitis (JEV), yellow fever (YFV), and tick-borne encephalitis (TBEV) viruses, pose a significant global emerging threat. With their potential to cause widespread outbreaks and severe health complications, the development of effective vaccines and antiviral therapeutics is imperative. The flaviviral non-structural protein 5 (NS5) is a highly conserved and multifunctional protein that is crucial for viral replication, and the NS5 protein of many flaviviruses has been shown to be a potent inhibitor of interferon (IFN) signalling. In this review, we discuss the functions of NS5, diverse NS5-mediated strategies adopted by flaviviruses to evade the host antiviral response, and how NS5 can be a target for the development of vaccines and antiviral therapeutics.

Our paper and the first from our PhD student talking about the current state of flavivirus vaccines. Are our current strategies failing, and are their other options? Maybe new targets are needed. Read it below.

29.10.2024 11:41 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Very clever way of tricking the immune system into production of extremely specific neutralising antibody against Japanese encephalitis virs by presenting JEV proteins on the surface of an insect virus. Presented today by Connor Scott at Lorne I&I conference @theviin.bsky.social

19.02.2025 06:57 — 👍 16    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks Ebony 🤩

19.02.2025 06:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Early but exciting morning today. 6am flight to Melbourne to attend my first Lorne Infection and Immunity Conference by @theviin.bsky.social Looking forward for meeting my colleagues from all fields of microbiology and immunology

18.02.2025 20:24 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0