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cvandesandt.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow at the Peter Doherty Institute at the University of Melbourne | Immunology | Virology | Influenza | COVID19 | Aging | T cells | TCRs
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Interested to learn about potential off-target effects from the #BCGvaccine on the #SARSCoV2 vaccine response? Check out the latest work by @nicolemessina.bsky.social and her team @mcri.bsky.social with whom we collaborated! ⬇️

🌟 #ESWI πŸ† Awards are open for #EarlyCareerScientists! 🌟 ✨ Claude Hannoun Prize for Best Body of Work πŸ“… Deadline: 28 February 2025 Apply now πŸ‘‰ www.eswiconference.org/eswi-awards/... @cvandesandt.bsky.social was 2023 winner! πŸ’¬ eswi.org/site/young-s... Will you be next?

πŸ“’ Great opportunity for #EarlyCareerResearchers working on respiratory virus infections like #Influenza #Covid_19 #RSV or #Vaccine innovations & those from under-represented communities β¬‡οΈπŸ§‘β€πŸ”¬ Put in your application before Feb 28th! More information: eswiconference.org/eswi-awards #ECR #Awards #ESWI

πŸ’­ What's at the top of @cvandesandt.bsky.social wish list for #vaccineplatformtechnology in the short-term? To include high-risk groups in clinical trials ensuring vaccines are as effective as for healthy individuals. 🎧 Tune in to #ESWIAirborne on #FluVaccines shorturl.at/jvVt2 #ESWIEducationHub

🎯Prestigious Academic Journals @bsky.app Active: Science: @science.org Nature: @natureportfolio.bsky.social Still Not Active: Cell: @cellpress.bsky.social Active Medical Journals: NEJM: @nejm.org JAMA: @jama.com Lancet: @thelancet.bsky.social BMJ: @bmj.com

Check out our new preprint where we investigated the attachment and replication of a clade 2.3.4.4b HPAIV H5N1 isolate (Caspian Gull origin) in human respiratory tissues. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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How does antiviral #immunity against #influenza evolve across human lifespan? πŸ‘Άβž‘οΈπŸ‘§βž‘οΈπŸ‘±βž‘οΈπŸ‘΅ Our study in Nature Immunology investigates the difference in CD8 T cell response across human lifespan - aπŸ§΅β¬‡οΈ go.unimelb.edu.au/627s Katherine Kedzierska, Fabio Luciani, The Doherty Institute