#YoungVIIN2025 was surprisingly fun and way more informative than I expected. Loved all the talks! And headed home with new insights and a few things I definitely want to look up later! 🤓
Huge thanks to all the organisers, you did an amazing job!
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Had an absolute blast attending my first #VIINYIS! Such a great day of exciting science hearing from our young investigators in the VIIN community. Thanks for a fab conference #youngVIIN2025
Until next time!
That wraps up an incredible day of science! A huge shoutout to all presenters, our amazing keynote speakers, Marcel Doerflinger and Nancy Wang, and a round of applause for the award winners! Thanks for making this symposium a success. We look forward to seeing you next year!
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And now for Networking and Poster session II to round out a full day of fantastic science communication 🥳🌟
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Final talk of the day! ✨️ Le Wang from @wehi-research.bsky.social wrapped up our last oral presentation session with an engaging talk on how Pro-apoptotic Agents Reduce Chronic HIV Infection in vivo #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS
Great energy from Wei-Che Chan as they showcase a 'microfluidic chip' that enables monitoring Ca2+ dynamic of individual cells! A novel tool used to discover: "Dynamic Single-Cell Microfluidics Uncovers Heterogeneous Mechanisms of Response to Anti-PD-1 Therapy" 🔬
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@hollyfryer.bsky.social from @monashuniversity.bsky.social giving us the low down on how memory B cells and plasmablasts expand following experimental infection with Streptococcus pyogenes in humans.
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Diving into more unconventional T cell research today! 🔬
Xiaoyue Zhang, my labmate at @thedohertyinst.bsky.social, is presenting her amazing work: "Macrophages play critical roles in MR1 antigen presentation and regulation of MAIT cell immunity against bacteria".
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And last of the science bites is Laura Rikard-Bell from @burnetinstitute.bsky.social telling us all about macrophage heterogeneity influences cellular response to HIV infection and latency modulation!
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Vic Lin is on stage now presenting "Altered gastrointestinal permeability and immune profiles in the Shank3B-/- mouse model of autism and modulation by the microbial metabolite-sequestering drug".
🧬 Learning how gut dysfunction and autism are linked is genuinely inspiring!
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Fantastic talk "A high-dimensional flow cytometry profiling on peripheral blood mononuclear cells of transitioning transgender individuals" by Den Celesta from @mcri.bsky.social @unimelb.bsky.social
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Theresa Nguyen from the Department of Immunology at monashuniversity.bsky.social
giving us a snapshot of a multi-omic approach to studying chronic urinary Tract infections
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Next up was Tejas Menon @tejas-the-tcell.bsky.social from @thedohertyinst.bsky.social on molecular gene profiles underpinning antiviral CD8+T cell immunity in nonagenarians and centenarians. Providing key insights for future vaccination strategies.
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Another great science bite from You Min Ahn @latrobeuni.bsky.social on "First molecular insight into HLA-C contribution to COVID-19 outcome" 🧬🦠
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Our next science bite from Carissa Aurelia @carissaaurelia.bsky.social from @thedohertyinst.bsky.social
presenting on the bispecific role of IgG4 antibodies to SARS-CoV-2
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Great to hear about "Investigation of microbe associated antibody cross-reactivity in SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid immune response" from Joshua Fialho @RMIT
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Final science bites session now! Starting with Joshua Fialho from RMIT presenting the investigation of microbe associated antibody cross-reactivity in SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid immune response.
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Here to cover Science Bite talks!
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Photo: hyper realistic model of me today 📸
Inspiring Keynote from Nancy Wang Ruth Bishop Fellow and new Team Leader at MCRI. She took us through her research harnessing CD4T cell-mediated immunity against Salmonella working to develop candidate protein vaccines and on immune-based assays for enteric fever surveillance
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Another interesting talk from Jesse Thomas about infection in chicken to keep :
🔬 Designing Improved Diagnostic Assays for IBDV Detection in Australia
And a good reminder that infections in chickens matter as they make up a huge part of the global meat supply! 🐔❤️
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Wrapping up our second VIIN YIS science bites session for the day is research assistant, Patrick Bajan from the @burnetinstitute.bsky.social with important updates on developing rapid point-of-care tests for active syphilis #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS
🐣 Jesse Thomas from @csiro.bsky.social & @deakinuniversity.bsky.social gave us a highlight of the design of improved diagnostic qPCR assays for IBDV detection, an economically important poultry disease in Australia
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Great science bite from Grace Osmond at @monashuniversity.bsky.social in the selection of β-synuclein epitopes for a targeted regulatory T cell therapy for progressive multiple sclerosis
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Beta-blockade is reshaping the breast cancer tumour immune landscape! A very interesting science bites talk from @monashuniversity.bsky.social MIPS PhD student Md Amir Hossain #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS
🫁 Excellent work on Influenza A virus driving TLR-dependent inflammatory responses in non-small cell lung cancer.
This exciting research was brought to us by Isabella Rosano from @RMIT.bsky.social
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Important work shown by Morgan Skinner from the
@thedohertyinst.bsky.social about how pre-existing humoral immunity and comorbidity-associated inflammatory signatures shape responses toward seasonal influenza vaccination in Australian First Nations people.
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Next up a wonderful presentation by PhD student Galih Adhyatma from @monashuniversity.bsky.social. Suppressing the Suppressors! Discussing how we can use novel antibody strategies to combat cancer #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS
