Today I officially submitted my PhD thesis for examination. I couldn’t have done it without the support of my incredible supervisors, Prof Stavros Selemidis and Stella Liong. And I wouldn’t have wanted to do my PhD anywhere but with the Oxidant and Inflammation Biology group. #PhDchatter #science #immunology

Super proud moment for OXIB!! Congratulations to Dr Gemma Trollope for submitting her PhD thesis!

Pre-clinical studies led by RMIT University with UniSA and Trinity College Dublin show low-dose aspirin could help prevent #pregnancy complications caused by #flu #infections. rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/…

A pivotal multi-disciplinary study led by Centre for Respiratory Science and Health researchers showing that influenza infection during pregnancy may disrupt offspring neurodevelopment sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Thank you ROSS VLAHOS, RMIT Research, Centre for Respiratory Science and Health, Oxidant and Inflammation Biology group, Prof Stavros Selemidis! A prominent mechanism that is often under appreciated!

Big congratulations to Centre for Respiratory Science and Health Theme Leaders, Prof Stavros Selemidis and ROSS VLAHOS, for being recognised for their outstanding impact in research and inspirational leadership, respectively.

#ArticlesInPress: Gestational #influenza A virus infection elicits non-resolving vascular dysfunction and T cell accumulation in the aorta of mice Osezua Oseghale et al. ow.ly/AWzr50TyUeX Stella Liong Oxidant and Inflammation Biology group RMIT University #endothelialdysfunction #pregnancy #influenza

#Pregnancy is a risk factor for #cardiovascular complications to influenza A virus (IAV) infection, and this new study by Oseghale et al. demonstrates a novel “long influenza” cardiovascular phenotype in female mice. ow.ly/OeUK50TzZ0z

Our very own superstar Dr Mark Miles is an invited keynote speaker at the 2024 Northern's Brightest Stars Student Symposium, speaking on his career journey and his research program on unravelling the acute and chronic effects of TLR7 during respiratory viral infections.

More great Science Bites at VIIN #VIINYIS #YoungVIIN2024. Thomas Huttmann from Centre for Respiratory Science and Health TLR7-linked sex-diffs in response to #RSV, a critically rising airborne pathogen; and Andrew Verich from Kirby Institute, UNSW employing #machinelearning to improve diagnosis of #gonorrhoeae

More work on TLR7 from Biomedical Sciences RMIT RMIT Research Great talk from Honours student Ameanah El-Hennawi who's looking at the role of TLR7 in macrophages during Influenza infection #VIINYIS #YoungVIIN2024 VIIN

Still a lot to learn about RNA-sensing in virus infection! Ameanah El-Hennawi from RMIT University presented some unexpected RIG-I and TLR7 responses to #flu infection in macrophages vs epithelial cells VIIN #VIINYIS #YoungVIIN2024

Our honours students presenting at the VIIN Young Investigator Symposium. Well done all! #viinyis #YoungVIIN2024 VIIN Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Congratulations to Mark on being awarded the Maxwell Eagle Endowment Award for Cancer Research. A great note to end the year on!

#ResearchSpotlight: Research led by Mark and Prof Stavros Selemidis in collaboration with UniSA and Trinity College uncovers a double-edged role of TLR7 in influenza infections. 🦠

It drives harmful lung inflammation and dysfunction early on but helps to control Th2-mediated chronic airway hyperreactivity. #Influenza #Immunology #TLR7 mdpi.com/1422-0067/25/2…

#ResearchSpotlight: New research led by Mark and Prof Stavros Selemidis from Oxidant and Inflammation Biology group reveals TLR7 helps drive stronger immune responses to RSV infection in females, including higher cytokine and antibody levels. mdpi.com/1999-4915/17/3…

Removing TLR7 reduced these sex-based differences, suggesting TLR7 may shape how males and females fight RSV. #RSV #TLR7 #Immunology #SexDifferences mdpi.com/1999-4915/17/3…