Scientist and dog lover with a passion for immunology and science communication
Joined March 2019
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Our review explores potential reasons for the inconsistent findings between the 11 trials that have reported the effect of #BCG vaccination on protection against symptomatic #COVID19.
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@ccanoble @immunity_lab @PittetLaure @CIDJournal #BRACEtrial #IDtwitter
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Are you a Bioinformatician looking for an interesting role?
Here are a few exciting opportunities to work with our team:
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Brilliant analysis highlighting one of the dangers of #AI.
Generative AI doesn’t just reflect existing stereotypes, it may well exacerbate them.
Analysis by Bloomberg News of thousands of AI-generated images produced concerning results, @leonardoonclt reports trib.al/k5f5Z8n
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TIL the idea the coffee dehydrates you is based on a study from 1928 that looked at 3 people ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article…
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One of my favourite genres of scientific discoveries is when someone uses genetics to knock out a gene or a process that, based on a vast body of literature, is just assumed to be absolutely essential for VERY IMPORTANT STUFF and they find that?...the animals are mostly fine.....
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Came across this great table summarizing the barriers to cost-efficient clinical trials, in this perspective by Lauer et al. 5 years old but still so relevant today - so many areas to work on!
nature.com/articles/nrcardio…
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The survey on options to reach gender equity in the investigator grant scheme closes tomorrow. You can read the discussion paper and find a link to the survey here: nhmrc.gov.au/about-us/public…
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Australia has become the first country to offer self-testing swabs for cervical cancer screening. As of today, all eligible women just need to visit their GP and can choose to perform a self-test at the practice without a doctor present.
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“This grant proposal describes breeding experiments in peas. This reviewer remains unconvinced about the translational benefits. Applicant should switch to a more economically important crop like wheat. Applicant’s productivity also an issue, no paper published in last 8 years”.
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We are on the look-out for a Research Assistant/Officer to join the Lynn Systems Immunology Group in Adelaide to investigate how microbes (pathogenic and commensal) modulate the immune system in different contexts. sahmri.org.au/careers-and-st… @sahmriAU @EMBLAustralia @Flinders
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I remember breaking down to my Ph.D. advisor about how stupid I felt while troubleshooting a problem in my project when she handed me this paper. Years later it is still relevant to young students starting off in Science. It's ok to feel stupid, we all do on a regular basis.
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Introducing our next interviewee of the Interview with Experts Series ✨ Dr Henrietta Williams ✨
Dr Williams is a Sexual Health Physician at the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre seeing patients with STIs.
ALT Introducing our next interviewee of the Interview with Experts Series ✨ Dr Henrietta Williams ✨ Dr Williams is a Sexual Health Physician at the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre seeing patients with STIs.
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Congrats to Murdoch Children's A/Prof @GweeAmanda who has received an @hcfaustralia grant for her trial, which aims to better treat #children with #bone and #joint #infections through early #antibiotic treatment
Read more: mcri.edu.au/news/project-bet…
@gweeamanda @hcfaustralia
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Phage Therapy of Mycobacterium Infections: Compassionate-use of Phages in Twenty Patients with Drug-Resistant Mycobacterial Disease academic.oup.com/cid/advance…
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Editor´s pick 🗯️
> check the article by @juliocroda et al on tuberculosis transmission in prisons, using #wholegenome analysis
➡️Findings indicate that prisons disseminate and are reservours for M.tuberculosis
Read more: bit.ly/3MuLdsi
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Australia is losing valuable health and medical researchers! We are haemorrhaging critical knowledge and skills – the costs of these losses are immeasurable. ASMR calls upon the government to immediately double the @NHMRC budget to ensure a healthy future for all Australians.
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ATTN: VIC/TAS PhD & Masters students (& their supervisors), @ImmunoGroupVic is hosting a "Student Roadshow" from the 30/05-03/06 at various locations throughout Melb (& virtually). Winning presentations will receive #ASIMEL2022 bursaries! See below for full details... 1/
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I wrote a thing for @Nature outlining 3 common workplace gender equality mistakes:
1 Focusing on quantity rather than the quality of women’s experiences
2 Initiatives that try to fix women rather than change systems
3 An overestimation of progress nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Hepatitis B vaccine co-administration influences the heterologous effects of neonatal BCG vaccination in a sex-differential manner
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@PittetLaure @Immunity_Lab @GermanoSusie @MCRI_for_kids
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First and foremost, thanks to all the volunteers for this first-in-the-world #SARSCoV2 human challenge study along with the hard-working study team. This paper is the first of a series of deep analyses that this unprecedented consortium will produce! researchsquare.com/article/r…