@daniel_rawle

Team Head, Emerging Viral Diseases Lab @ QIMR Berghofer, Australia. Views are mine alone. https://xitter.cf/t.co/IKGRoS0Wvg

 Brisbane, Queensland
Joined February 2018
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For cash-strapped and early-career researchers, archived data sets can fuel new science go.nature.com/4bKUHyi

How I squeeze fresh science from public data

Nature - For cash-strapped and early-career researchers, archived data sets can fuel new science.

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The first year of the Emerging Viral Diseases Lab @QIMRB_Institute has come to an end. 🍻🎉 Fortunate to work with such a great bunch of people. We're just getting started 💪
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The politically weaponized "lab leak" theory is destroying both pandemic preparedness & all of American science. Grateful to Kristian, Andrew, Eddie, & Bob for their courage, integrity, & commitment to what the evidence shows and to our field. theconversation.com/how-cons…

How conspiracy theories about COVID’s origins are hampering our ability to prevent the next pandemic

The COVID pandemic likely began when the virus jumped from animals to humans, and didn’t start in a lab. But false narratives continue to circulate.

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BREAKING🔔 The 53th paper from G2P-Japan🇯🇵 is out at Lancet Infectious Diseases @TheLancetInfDis. We elucidated the virological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 NB.1.8.1. Please repost🔥 1/ thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 NB.1.8.1 variant

After the spread of SARS-CoV-2 JN.1, its subvariants, such as KP.3 (JN.1.11.1.3)1 and KP.3.1.1 (JN.1.11.1.3.1.1),2 and XEC (a recombinant lineage of two JN.1 subvariants),3 emerged and rapidly spread...

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The outbreak of the mosquito-borne viral disease chikungunya on Réunion may be showing signs of ebbing. But the need for the vaccine may not be, as the virus is expected to spread beyond the Indian Ocean. scim.ag/4jQMbRb

Mosquito-borne viral disease sweeping Indian Ocean islands

Safety issues with the only available vaccine complicates response to chikungunya

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@abcnews11 May 2025
A Queensland city that had been declared "essentially dengue-free" has recorded its first locally-transmitted case of the mosquito-borne illness in seven years. ab.co/3F7qvkH

Queensland city records first local dengue fever case in seven years

Cairns was declared "essentially dengue-free" but has now recorded its first locally-transmitted case of the mosquito-borne illness since 2018.

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Join the Cumming Global Centre to shape the future of pandemic response! We're hiring full-time researchers across @UniMelb faculties incl. @TheDohertyInst, Science, MDHS & Engineering. Help advance life-saving therapeutics. Apply now: go.unimelb.edu.au/4trp
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Hoping @JodyPeters20 @UQ_News vaccine can get approved soon. This is another example of the unacceptable regulatory burdens and delays crippling Australian medical research and translation.
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@abcnews25 Apr 2025
Australia's $6 billion pork industry is still waiting for a vaccine three years after a deadly outbreak of Japanese encephalitis virus. ab.co/3GlJEQl

Pork industry waits for vaccine three years after viral outbreak

Australia's $6 billion pork industry is still waiting for a vaccine three years after a deadly outbreak of Japanese encephalitis virus.

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Cell@CellCellPress11 Apr 2025
Now online! Structural basis for plasticity in receptor engagement by an encephalitic alphavirus dlvr.it/TK5fGg
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New outbreak of the Chikungunya virus on the island of La Réunion transmitted locally by Aedes albopictus. The virus probably originates from an Aedes aegypti African lineage; it has acquired mutations to adapt to Albopictus. rfi.fr/en/france/20250405-re…

Reunion Island launches emergency health plan amid chikungunya epidemic

Health authorities in France's Reunion Island on Friday launched an emergency plan to boost staff in hospitals to deal with the spread of the chikungunya virus. This comes as the Indian Ocean...

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Opinion article in the Guardian
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another cool piece of work from our consortium onehealthpact.org/news/overw…

Overwintering of Usutu virus in mosquitoes, The Netherlands - One Health PACT

This publication is part of the project ‘Preparing for vector-borne virus outbreaks in a changing world: a One Health Approach’ (NWA.1160.1S.210) which is (partly) financed by the Dutch Research...

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Bowen man likely died from Japanese encephalitis but local exposure uncertain - ABC News abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/q…

Queenslander likely died from Japanese encephalitis but local exposure uncertain

A Bowen man is believed to be the first Queenslander to die from the mosquito-borne infection since 2022.

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The game has changed since contributing to this article on Friday with JEV now detected in Brisbane City @QIMRB_Institute
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@abcnews16 Mar 2025
Health officials have warned people in recently flooded areas of the country to protect against mosquito-borne diseases after a new case of Japanese encephalitis was detected. ab.co/4huZTYd

Why Japanese encephalitis cases are rising in Australia

Health officials have warned people in recently flooded areas of the country to protect against mosquito-borne diseases after a new case of Japanese encephalitis was detected in NSW.

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This is the first detection of JEV in a densely populated east coast capital city in Australia. Will Brisbane residents now be eligible for free JEV vaccination, @DavidCrisafulli ? For now, stop those mosquitoes biting 🦟🦟 @QIMRB_Institute abc.net.au/news/2025-03-16/j…

Japanese encephalitis virus detected in Brisbane for the first time

Queenslanders are being warned against getting bitten by mosquitoes after the Japanese encephalitis virus was found in Brisbane. 

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This comes after @QIMRB_Institute warned last week of the threat of flooding from ex-TC Alfred on mosquito-borne viruses ntnews.com.au/news/queenslan…
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The @QIMRB_Institute Emerging Viral Diseases Lab is working on new ways to treat and prevent JEV qimrb.edu.au/researchers-and…

The Emerging Viral Diseases Laboratory

The Emerging Viral Diseases Laboratory focuses on deciphering the molecular mechanisms underlying viral infection and disease

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A sad reminder that mosquitoes are more than just annoying, they can spread pathogens that cause potentially fatal illness. Warnings from @NSWHealth as the first death of a person in the state with Japanese encephalitis since 2022 reported health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages…
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Very grateful to receive this NHMRC support for our team to progress our arbovirology projects for the next 5 years. The Emerging Viral Diseases Lab is focussed on innovating new antivirals, anti-inflammatories, and vaccines for mosquito borne viral diseases 🦟🔬
QIMR Berghofer@QIMRB_Institute24 Feb 2025
Three QIMR Berghofer scientists have received National Health and Medical Research Council @nhmrc Investigator Grants supporting their research in #epidemiology, #cancergenetics, and #virology. @daniel_rawle @RachelNeale14 @DrTracyO tinyurl.com/ye6m3877
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Japanese encephalitis virus – JEV – detected at two Queensland piggeries abc.net.au/news/2025-02-18/j…

Japanese encephalitis virus detected at two Queensland piggeries

A rare but serious mosquito-borne virus that can spread to humans has been found at two Queensland piggeries.

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