The second paper from my PhD is out in Clinical & Translational Immunology! We explored the phenotype and effector functions of Vδ1 and Vδ2 T cells within ART-treated HIV.

Huge thanks to Jennifer Juno Wen Shi Lee Stephen Kent & Kathleen for all their support!

scientist after sequencing lots of single cells

So excited to share my first first author paper out in European Journal of Immunology, investigating mechanisms to enhance Vγ9Vδ2 T-cell TCR-dependent and independent effector functions 🎉🎉 Jennifer Juno The Viral and Vaccine Immunology Lab

Huge thanks to everyone involved!!

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Phenotypic and functional characterization of pharmacologically expanded Vγ9Vδ2 T cells in pigtail macaques

iScience journal
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🎉Congrats to our PhD student Isaac Barber-Axthelm on his recent paper! Check out the link below to learn all about macaque gamma delta T cells, and different pathways to expand them in vivo:
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Had a blast at the #ASI2022MEL poster sessions this week, presenting part of my PhD project 'Anatomical distribution of human gamma delta T cell subsets'

What a busy week at #ASI2022MEL ! Lots of posters and talks from The Viral and Vaccine Immunology Lab and a mentorship award for Stephen Kent 🎉 Looking forward to AVS 2022 coming up this week

Looking forward to #ASI2022MELB this week! This afternoon, Jennifer Juno and Amy Chung are chairing the vaccines session. Check out posters from our PhD students Devaki Pilapitiya (#81, today) Kirsty Field (#35, Wednesday), and Thu Do (#128, Thursday)...

So proud of the The Viral and Vaccine Immunology Lab team for our latest story looking at SARS-CoV-2 spike-specific CD4 T cells. Fantastic work led by Kathleen Wragg, Wen Shi Lee and Marios Koutsakos, and only possible with our dedicated cohort participants. Brief 🧵below:

Doherty Institute researchers Jennifer Juno in collab with Kirby Institute, UNSW have shown that the body’s T cells provide long-lasting memory against the virus following vaccination or infection from COVID-19. 
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UniMelb MDHS The Royal Melbourne Hospital

Happy to be at #lorneiandi for my second ever in person conference 🦠💉🎉 with I Am Dr. Sam 👩‍🔬 and Isaac Barber-Axthelm The Viral and Vaccine Immunology Lab VIIN

Fantastic presentation by Kirsty Field from the The Viral and Vaccine Immunology Lab, representing Vδ2+ T-cells at #lorneiandi VIIN

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We are prepared for stage 4 lockdown. #COVID19au Doherty Institute

If you need a break from COVID-related papers, check out our latest work in Cell Reports, where we describe an IL-23 responsive subset of human Vd2 T cells.
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Defined by high CD26 expression, these cells are present in adults and neonates...

1/ Excited to share @kentlaboratory's first pre-print! With Hyon-Xhi and Adam Wheatley, we characterised the B and T cell response to #SARS -CoV-2 spike in 41 convalescent adults. Great collaboration cross the Doherty Institute WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) WHO CC Influenza Melbourne. What did we find?