What a privilege it is to be able to work with the amazing #Tasmania nDevils ! Menzies Institute for Medical Research #DFTD #vaccine #research #Tasmania

Prior infection with an unrelated neurotropic virus exacerbates #influenza disease and impairs lung T cell responses (in a mouse model)

Isabelle Foo Lukasz Katherine Kedzierska Kedzierska Lab Doherty Institute UniMelb MDHS

#virology #InfectiousDisease #flu
nature.com/articles/s4146…

Want to know more about our recent work on #influenza B T cell immunity & how it contributes to universal influenza vaccines, listed to the podcast from Doherty Institute where 1st author & student in our lab Tejas Menon tells you all about it!⬇️
Paper: nature.com/articles/s4146…

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Register now with our Early Bird rate to secure your spot and enjoy our discounted rate off the standard registration fee. Early Bird registrations are opened until Thursday 13 June 2024.
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📣📣 Exciting announcement: Late Breaking Orals and Posters have opened!

OPTIONS XII 2024 would like to announce that we have opened Late Breaking abstract submissions from Monday 6 May to Thursday 11 July 2024!

📢Proud of Tejas Menon his first author paper published in Nature Communications, identifying & characterising 9 #influenzaB CD8 T cell epitopes. Strikingly elderly individuals had no exhaustion & excellent memory phenotypes!🧵⬇️ Kedzierska Lab Doherty Institute go.unimelb.edu.au/qgd8

Have you ever wondered why the same virus causes mild infections in young individuals and severe infections in elderly? Not only is this my personal research interest #DoImmunology but it is also the theme of #DayofImmunology . Read more about it on the Doherty Institute website ⬇️

No worries, abstracts for Options2024 are 300 words and deadline due April 15th!

In the studio now is Lauren Howson, NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow and Senior Research Office in the Bryant Lab at the Immunology Division at WEHI #science iseverywhere #3RRRFM #science

Final days before the Call for Abstract extension CLOSES! April 15th is just around the corner! Check out the speakers, travel awards, the sessions, Brisbane and accommodation- visit optionsxii2024.org.uk

As of 4 April 2024, highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 confirmed by USDA APHIS in dairy cows on 16 farms in the USA: Texas (8 farms), Kansas (3), New Mexico (2), Michigan (1), Idaho (1), and Ohio (1). #vogelgriep

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Great PhD project on T Cell immunology! ⬇️

Good news everyone! In response to popular demand we have extended the abstract deadline to the 15th of April 11:59pm AEST. There will be no additional extesions so make sure you get your abstracts in ASAP!

Looking forward to the #DayofImmunology #ImmunityAndAging webinar organised by International Union of Immunological Societies & EFIS ! By 2050 >20% of the worlds population will be >65yrs, what impact does your age have on your immune system, how does it affect your ability to fight viruses & cancers?

Good morning! Another day and another 10 reasons to come to Options2024

Ever wondered what happens when you are sequentially infected with two unrelated viruses? To find out, we assessed immune responses to encephalitic #arbovirus 🧠followed by #influenza virus infection 🫁 Isabelle Foo Lukasz Katherine Kedzierska Doherty Institute nature.com/articles/s4146…

Amazing line up of excellent speakers at Options2024 #optionsXIIcovering get your abstracts in to by april 5th!

Good morning - as we approach the abstract submission deadline (April 5th) I want to give you 10 reasons to come to OptionsXII every day - Today we will focus on the amazing speaker lineup!!!

Thrilled to launch Australia’s first purpose-built facility to deliver human challenge trials, Doherty Clinical Trials Ltd. The Melb-based facility will accelerate the development of novel medicines & vaccines for infectious diseases.
doherty.edu.au/news-events/ne…
UniMelb MDHS @thermh

📢 Submit your abstracts for #OptionsXII now! Deadline April 5th. Selected abstracts from #PhD and #ECRs will be considered for travel scholarships! #influenza #COVID19 #RSV #Brisbane