A study published in npj Journals Vaccines presents a vaccine candidate capable of protecting saltwater crocodiles from West Nile virus. go.nature.com/44n5gT8

📢 Exciting event alert! 🌟 Join us for @MicroTas2023 🧪 6 plenary + 12 keynote lectures, NEW Special Session with 2 lectures, 99 oral presentations, 560 posters, and 39 exhibitors. 🚀 Connect with the biggest microfluidic community to showcase your latest advances!

First up in the Infection and Immunity seminar series hosted by A/Prof Andrii Slonchak at UQ Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences is Henry de Malmanche speaking on manipulation of the RNAi pathway of Sf9 cells using #CRISPR/CAS9.

📢 Announcing our keynote speakers: Lourdes Basabe, Univ. of the Basque Country, Spain Aram Chung, Korea Univ. @GuijtRosanne , Deakin Univ., Australia David Juncker , McGill Univ., Canada Pilnam Kim , KAIST, Korea Chwee Teck Lim, NUS, Singapore 🚨 Deadline: 21st Aug for Late News!

#WorldMosquitoDay. Jody Peters (Hobson-Peters) lab is tackling mosquito-borne viral diseases using chimeric technology based on the benign Binjari virus. This provides the platform for the next generation of mosquito-borne flavivirus diagnostics, therapies & vaccines. tinyurl.com/4cm7vxb4

Powerful statement from the Australian women’s national rugby players.

Generous with his time, knowledge and reagents. A legend in both the virology and mosquito scientific space. Happy retirement Roy #mcaa

Had a great dinner with Australian colleagues in Poland! ⁦⁦@MicroTas2023⁩ ⁦⁦@GuijtRosanne⁩ Ming li ⁦⁦@MicroTElab⁩ ⁦⁦Michael Breadmore⁩

biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… Exited to share the first paper pre-print of many from the PhD of Ry-an the Science Man🦠. Ryan highlights the application of antigens produced using the chimeric Binjari virus system to rapid lateral flow assay for diagnosis of West Nile virus infections.

As proof-of-concept, diagnosis of West Nile virus infection in Australian saltwater crocodiles was shown #onlyinaustralia. However, we believe that this assay will work equally well for other crocodilian species.

A stunning image of a RAT-like test for flaviviruses, currently being developed at UQ Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, featured on the cover of Lab on a Chip. Taken by Ryan Johnston at our CMM@UQ facility, it won the Art in Science award at @MicroTas2024 in 2023!

Congrats Ry-an the Science Man🦠 👏🔬🥇

Excited to share our latest pre-print describing the beautiful work of PhD student Mikaela Bell on the insect-specific alphavirus, Yada Yada virus. Mikaela successfully brought the virus to “life” for the first time using RNA fragments from mosquitoes. researchsquare.com/article/rs-445…

Congratulations to Ry-an the Science Man🦠 on his first, first author publication from his PhD research! Application of chimeric antigens to paper-based diagnostics for detect... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

This CROCmas we reached out to colleagues from all over the world to get kids involved to share their Christmas love over crocodiles! Check out these great drawings from Year 5 Indigo from Bounty Boulevarde State School in North Lakes, Queensland, Australia!