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🚨 Queensland Microbiology ECRs – Want FREE registration for #ASM2025? 🚨 Send a 3-min video pitch about your research & you could win early-bird rego for the ASM 2025 Conference in Adelaide! 🎥🔬 📅 Deadline: Feb 14 Not a member? Join now ➡️ theasm.org.au/join-the-socie… #ECR

Abstract submissions for #ASM2025 are now open! Get your abstracts in now!!

Fascinating presentation by Dr Connor Scott from The University of Queensland UQ Science who discussed developments in therapeutic targets for Japanese encephalitis #lorneiandi

Exciting work by Dr Andrii Slonchak on using virus-inclusive scRNA-Seq to reveal the mechanism of flavivirus neuropathogenesis #lorneiandi

CENTRE ANNOUNCEMENT The Centre is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Michelle Wille Michelle Wille as the Centre Educator and Researcher

📢 Clinical #Microbiology SIG – Brisbane & Online! 🗓 Wed, 19th March 2025 | 6:30 PM AEST 📍 PEHRL (Brisbane) & Zoom 🍕 Pizza for in-person attendees! 🔬 Talks on Shigella, #JEV & STI superbugs from public health experts. 🔗 Register: trybooking.com/DABAS #PublicHealth

Join Dr. Katrina Lythgoe (Katrina Lythgoe) as she explores virus evolution across scales—from within-host dynamics to global pandemics! Using HIV, HCV & SARS-CoV-2, she'll reveal how selection pressures shape viral evolution. 📍 AIBN, UQ, St Lucia 💻 Zoom available

Hi folks, I have a PhD opportunity available. Follow the link and submit an expression of interest findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/opportunity/14…

Working around the clock these past days to make this ready on time! 🚨 In collaboration with public health labs in Pará and Minas Gerais, we investigated the reemergence of YFV in forest and peri-urban settings across Brazil! More here: lnkd.in/dAbwncsR

Exciting news! The AVS12 Meeting Report is now published in the ASM Journal of Virology 🎉 AVS prides itself on supporting all voices in virology through career development, Indigenous engagement, collaboration, and recognition of excellence. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jv…

Check out our latest paper on how #wastewater can be used to track animal and #zoonotic #viruses in urban settings! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40318358/

Did you know there are influenza B-like viruses in fish? You want to know more? We characterized HAs and NAs of these novel viruses together with Gagandeep Singh| ਗਗਨਦੀਪ ਸਿੰਘ , Robert P. de Vries , The Boons Group, The Ward Lab and Simon Lab (ISMMS) biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Rhys Parry and I found some weird influenza B viruses in fish. For 2, the HA's bind a2,3 sialic acid ("bird type receptor"). The Siamese algae eater virus NA has a highly conserved structure and active site. No cross-reactive antibodies in human sera. 👉biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

🦠11th European Meeting on Viral Zoonoses September 20–23, 2025, Saint-Raphaël, France Join for cutting-edge #virology, sunshine, and sea views! Speakers include Grazia Cusi, Mark Taylor, Martin Beer, Giuseppe Balistreri, Anna Overby & Nolwenn Jouvenet. 🔗shorturl.at/xmIEm

Great to see Dr Daniel Rawle back at UQ, now leading the Emerging Viral Diseases Lab. His team is dissecting viral replication and immunopathology to develop antivirals, vaccines, and anti-inflammatories. Exciting work in motion at QIMR Berghofer 🦠🧬 #virology

🚨 Cook Islands has declared a dengue outbreak. With rising cases across the Pacific 🌴🦟, it's vital to take action. ✅ Accept residual spraying if offered ✅ Protect your home & community ✅ Keep surrounding areas clean Let’s stop dengue together. #PacMOSSI

To accelerate #mRNA vaccine and therapy research, I'm excited to share our end-to-end protocol for #mRNA design, synthesis and encapsulation in Nature Protocols. Protocol development by Laura Leighton, Natasha Chaudhary and Tim Mercer. BASE mRNA Facility nature.com/articles/s4159…

MicroSeq is back September 3-4, 2025! Stay tuned for more details on registration and abstract submission coming soon here and at microseqconference.com. 🌟Save the date!🌟 #MicroSeq2025

ASM is hosting Dr Jessica Thompson, Senior Editor at Nature Microbiology, for an interactive seminar followed by a standup lunch with EMCRs at two locations in QLD. Hear about her journey from researcher to editor – plus insights behind the editorial scenes. 👇🏼details below

Thrilled to share our new paper in NatureStructMolBiol ! We report DS90, a potent #nanobody against #Nipah and #Hendra virus - the product of an incredible national & international collaboration across 🇦🇺🇨🇱🇨🇳🇬🇧. nature.com/articles/s4159… UQ Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences (Free access preprint provided below 👇)