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Joined May 2021
BASE on the news! Check out the segment from @10NewsFirst on our recent clinical #mRNA manufacturing announcement featuring @Mercerlab1
BASE Facility, Australia's top mRNA provider, is creating a lab for clinical trial mRNA vaccines with $4.3M from the MRFF, $1M each from Sanofi, UQ, and $250K from the Queensland Government. The project ensures end-to-end capabilities for mRNA vaccine development. Watch more 👇
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A dedicated lab will produce mRNA for clinical trials @AIBNatUQ's BASE facility. The next generation of mRNA vaccines and therapies will be built in Queensland, thanks to $4.3m from @healthgovau, #MRFF and contributions from #UQ @sanofi @QldGov👏 More: uq.au/BASE
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Exciting news! 🌟 @BASEmRNA, The University of Queensland, partners with @sanofi (TSH) and the Australian Government (MRFF) to advance #mRNA manufacturing for clinical trials, bolstering our capabilities to meet the surging demand. 💉🔬 stories.uq.edu.au/news/2023/…
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Thrilled at the announcement of our successful MRFF grant to establish mRNA manufacture @BASEmRNA for early-stage clinical trials of new mRNA vaccines and therapies. Thanks to @sanofi, @UQ_News and the Queensland Government for their support for this effort.
A dedicated lab will produce mRNA for clinical trials @AIBNatUQ's BASE facility. The next generation of mRNA vaccines and therapies will be built in Queensland, thanks to $4.3m from @healthgovau, #MRFF and contributions from #UQ @sanofi @QldGov👏 More: uq.au/BASE
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Are you at #AusBiotech23 conference in Brisbane? Don't miss Today's (Friday 3rd Nov) session at 12:30 pm. BASE Deputy Director @SethCheetham  will give a talk on "accelerated mRNA manufacture from synthetic DNA templates" at Breakout Room 1. See you soon!
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Our Director A/Prof Tim Mercer talked about "mRNA Therapeutics’ Landscape" at The Bridge Program Symposium 2023. A lot of excitement in the mRNA space! #mRNA #therapeutics #manufacuring #innovation
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We're at AusBiotech (1-3 Nov)! If you haven't talked to us yesterday, welcome to visit the BASE mRNA Facility Booth (#84). Looking forward to connecting and discussing the latest innovations in mRNA research and manufacture. #AusBiotech #mRNA #NonforProfit #ResearchService
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Last week, we welcomed Louise Talbot from the Department of Industry, Science, and Resources at #BASE mRNA Facility. We are delighted to demonstrate our advanced mRNA #manufacturing, ONT #sequencing tech for mRNA vaccines, and a #roundtable about mRNA research & innovation at UQ
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Nature research paper: Genotyping, sequencing and analysis of 140,000 adults from Mexico City go.nature.com/45lE0UY
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Long-read sequencing tools can capture the full picture of genomes and transcriptomes. An Analysis assesses the performance of long-read RNA sequencing analysis tools including isoform detection and differential expression analysis workflows. nature.com/articles/s41592-0…
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BREAKING NEWS The 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
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A sequencing protocol with supporting software for quality assessment of mRNA vaccines @mercerlab1, @BASEmrna and @AIBNatUQ #BiotechNatureComms nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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VAX-seq offered a sensitive and quantitative assessment of mRNA characteristics, and also enabled real-time identification of antisense RNA and messenger RNA integrity, allowing for swift testing lasting a few hours post-manufacture. Read more: news-medical.net/news/202309…
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Real-time integrity measurement of individual #mRNA vaccine molecules is now possible thanks to a @BASEmRNA + @nanopore partnership. “Nanopore sequencing is the only sensing tech that can read native RNA in real time, making it an essential part of the toolkit" - @gordon_sanghera
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A brand new class of anti-cancer mRNAs targeting liver cancer cells could be🔑 in this fatal fight. Our own Dr @SethCheetham won a $50K UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award this week to support this critical, life-saving research that could apply to other diseases in future🥳
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Want to do a PhD in one of the hottest fields in molecular biology? We have a full-funded PhD project to develop next generation available in my group @AIBNatUQ @BASEmRNA @UQ_News. Get in touch if you would like to apply. study.uq.edu.au/study-option…
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Don't miss out on the exciting opportunity to visit BASE mRNA Facility booth at Protein Australia 2023! Come say hello and chat with us about the cutting-edge mRNA technologies we offer!
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🚨We are recruiting for an #mRNA Clinical Manufacture Team Leader. The high level position will build a highly-performing clinical manufacture team at a state-of-the-art facility. Please share! 🚨 @AIBNatUQ @TIA_Aust @NationalBiolog2 @UQ_News uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqc…
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A warm welcome to our newest #mRNA Scientist at the BASE Facility, Abhishek Kulkarni! Bringing his expertise in #biomolecule #purification and #process #development to expand our capabilities. We are thrilled to have him on board!
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At 1 pm today Ira Deveson is presenting a teaser for his talk on repeat expansions tomorrow on the @nanopore booth. Please come and join us! #ESHG2023
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