
Brendon Chua
@chua_brendon
🔬Senior Research Fellow 🦠The Doherty Institute @TheDohertyInst 👨⚕️The University of Melbourne @unimelb 🚴🏻♂️🥾📸🎨
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12-10-2019 03:07:56
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Thank you for hosting us Professors Hiroshi Kida and Sawa at Hokkaido University, Sapporo. We look forward to continuing our collaborations and hope to see you again soon. #hokkaidouniversity #sapporo Doherty Institute UniMelb MDHS Brendon Chua Louise Rowntree Katherine Kedzierska Oanh Nguyen


Thank you also to Toshiki Sekiya Hokkaido University for the delicious food options and for showing us around #hokkaidouniversity and #sapporo!


An exciting opportunity exists for 2 postdoctoral fellows to work on immune responses towards respiratory viral infections and novel vaccine platforms at Hokkaido University (Japan) in close collaboration with Prof Katherine Kedzierska and her team at UniMelb MDHS Doherty Institute

Cover of Nature Immunology ft. research on #COVID19 vaccine efficacy amongst First Nations peoples led by Kedzierska Lab & Menzies Research Beautiful cover artwork by Mardijbalina Art - Zoe Fitzpatrick, Yanyuwa and Garrawa woman, NT. nature.com/ni/volumes/24/… UniMelb MDHS The Royal Melbourne Hospital




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

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…

Svenn-Erik Mamelund, Professor in Pandemic Studies More speakers to be announced soon! In the meantime two more quick reasons to come to Options 2024 - this is not fake - this is what the beaches look like in this part of the world


Immune responses against influenza virus infection can be a double-edged sword. Our review published in Nature Rev Immunol explores the fine balance between immunity and immunopathology Katherine Kedzierska Oanh Nguyen @LouiseRowntree Brendon Chua Ryan Thwaites nature.com/articles/s4157…

Thrilled to finally be able to present this wonderful study! A real privilege to work with fantastic collaborators, Katherine Kedzierska and the team Kedzierska Lab!



Scientists discovered a tiny body switch that, when stuck 'on,' makes flu and COVID-19 much worse – and turning it 'off' could save lives! Kedzierska Lab Katherine Kedzierska Brendon Chua The Jeremy Chase Crawford Lab @PGTImmune Helbig Lab Ebony Monson, PhD Sarah Londrigan tinyurl.com/5n8b9p6j


Thank you roro, Hannah Yamagata and Mike Mitchell for the wonderful preview of our recent study published in Cell. Be sure to check out the paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.cell…


We are nearly ready for Options2024 1 MONTH TO GO! the full program (even as a pdf 😉) is available now! optionsxii2024.org.uk/programme/prog…

Where will you be in 3 weeks time? BRISBANE! Percolating and absorbing the best flu research Options2024 that’s where- get excited! (And get organized!)


What causes respiratory diseases to be life-threatening? 🫁 A team including Jia Xiaoxiao, Kedzierska Lab, The Jeremy Chase Crawford Lab, Brendon Chua, and Zhongfang Wang investigated early drivers underpinning fatal disease. Paper: bit.ly/47EVNJL Episode: bit.ly/4gi9p1g


For those of you enjoying Options2024 be sure to come to today’s session on Diagnostics, biomarkers, and applications. I’ll be talking about a collaboration with the amazing Katherine Kedzierska Brendon Chua Ryan Thwaites Oanh Nguyen Chris Chiu and others!
