The Government: All international arrivals must self-isolate for 14 days to stop the spread of coronavirus. Gold Coast:

Delayed a fair while, but finally got to wear my hat.

"...most universities have been excluded from JobKeeper. So far more than 17,000 jobs have been lost in the sector, with more to come. Can you imagine this government being so nonchalant about losing the equivalent number of jobs in any other industry?"

How's this... The AVERAGE Australian in lockdown is now meeting the clinical definition of anxiety and depression, according to early results of a new study. The impact will likely be long term, especially for young people. Details at top of the hour on 'PM' on ABC Radio National

“Australia will continue to rely on its strong track record of scientific discovery as the critical base for translation into commercial outcomes. Measures to stimulate commercialisation cannot come at the expense of support for basic research." –Academy President Prof John Shine

Current @NHMRC funding can't support excellence. In 2021 33% of NHMRC Ideas grants rated outstanding by international standards were unfunded. THe sector is now in crisis. We call on Australian Government to immediately double the @NHMRC budget to support careers + ensure a healthy future

New paper after a massive collaboration. First identification of ZMYND8 mutations in nuerodevelopmental disorders. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Pathogenic variants in the ZMYND8 gene are newly identified as a cause of syndromic intellectual disability with frequent structural cardiac anomalies #DevelopmentalDelay #IntellectualDisability #ZMYND8 gimjournal.org/article/S1098-…

You also need one who can do trees.

Big thanks to my amazing supervisors and co-authors for their hard work and dedication. This monster review paper wouldn't have been possible without your contributions! #mange #scabies #wombat #drugresistance

The man myth the legend, Alex Khromykh talking about his lifelong work on #Flavivirus replicons and how you can manipulate flavi replicons for therapeutics.

New review out from our lab looking at the state of vaccine development for flaviviruses. The field still faces challenges developing these vaccines, and so is it time to look at different approaches? Read about it below. mdpi.com/2076-393X/12/8… Vaccines MDPI

The latest SARS-CoV-2 paper from our lab QIMR Berghofer has just been published in Cell Reports ! If you're into that sort of thing, give it a read here: cell.com/cell-reports/f…

Here, we reanalyse support for claims published in mBio on #SARSCoV2 "recombination" with bacteria. We find no evidence that mutations in SARS-CoV-2 VOC originate from homologous fragments in gut microbiota. Thanks to JVirology Editors for publishing. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jv…

New from the RNA Virology lab: We characterized 2021-2022 vaccine & hybrid immunity cohorts for #SARSCoV2 in QLD AUS and generated an ΔORF3-8 attenuated strain. We validated this virus in neutralization assays with sera panel. We hope for future BSL2 use. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Delivering this year's Hertzog Oration is David Underhill coming to us from Cedars-Sinai in LA, USA. David tells us about pathogen recognition all things phagocytosis #LorneIandI

Fascinating presentation by Dr Connor Scott from The University of Queensland UQ Science who discussed developments in therapeutic targets for Japanese encephalitis #lorneiandi

Exciting work by Dr Andrii Slonchak on using virus-inclusive scRNA-Seq to reveal the mechanism of flavivirus neuropathogenesis #lorneiandi

Great to see Dr Daniel Rawle back at UQ, now leading the Emerging Viral Diseases Lab. His team is dissecting viral replication and immunopathology to develop antivirals, vaccines, and anti-inflammatories. Exciting work in motion at QIMR Berghofer 🦠🧬 #virology

I'm trying to win this CellDrop Automated Cell Counter from @denovix to reduce my lab plastic waste! Count cells without slides! denovix.com/giveaway-2025 #WinACellDrop #DeNovix #CountCellsWithoutSlides