In 2025 we have welcomed two new members- Shearn Dior (PhD student) and Dr Reena Mukhiya. Looking forward to sharing more lab updates in 2026 on our vaccine responses studies in immunocompromised people, our post-acute infection syndromes work and much more! Wishing you all a happy and safe 2026.

I say this with teary eyes. Thank you Lily Schubert & Tracey Collins for bravely sharing your personal #MECFS stories 🙏 You inspire myself & the team to keep trying to find answers in the lab. We hope our work will lead to therapies & better tests for earlier diagnosis @emergeaustralia.bsky.social

In lab news this month! Congratulations to Maddison Cali, our honours student who was awarded the Best 10min talk at @burnetinstitute.bsky.social student symposium this month! 👏👏👏 Maddison studies post-acute infection syndromes including POTS and Long COVID. (📸Back row, on right end).

📝 Working on a manuscript? Not sure on how to navigate the submission process? Join our next workshop “Manuscript Mastery” for all the tips and tricks on how to prepare your work for publication! 🕰️ Wed 10th Sept 10am - 12pm Register by 5pm Friday 5th September bit.ly/45gWCst

Excited to share our 1st paper from our collaboration with @ianjohnwoolley.bsky.social & Spleen Australia is published! We describe predictors of VZV& shingles vaccine uptake in asplenia. Also a good reminder to all eligible adults to get their shingles vaccine! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Proud supervisor moment this afternoon! Our honours student, Maddison, did a great job presenting their project on post-acute infection syndromes. There was heaps of interest and Maddison fielded many questions. 👏 Watch this space for updates on this exciting project! 🧪🥼🧫

Are you a spectral flow cytometry guru? Join my team @burnetinstitute.bsky.social in Melbourne, where you will contribute to vaccine immunological response studies in immunocompromised and vulnerable people. www.seek.com.au/job/84837146...

I met Plum Stone @plumskyjam.bsky.social the founder of @saferairproject.bsky.social in Canberra last year. Plum is a passionate advocate for clean indoor air for all and lives with #LongCovid. Tune into @emergeaustralia.bsky.social podcast where she talks with CEO, Anne Wilson.

It is #LongCOVID Awareness Day. At least 10% of people will experience symptoms for many months, even years after COVID. These can be debilitating & impact everyday things we all take for granted. We hear you! Our lab is studying the causes behind LC. We hope to find better diagnostics & treatments.

Go team Burnet! 👏 It is amazing to think that a Hep C vaccine could be on the horizon. Great work by Dr Joey McGregor, Prof Heidi Drummer, Dr Andy Poumbourios the team. #lorneiandi @burnetinstitute.bsky.social

Check our piece on Long COVID in the @aunz.theconversation.com. With @brendancrabb.bsky.social @mjlscoullar.bsky.social #LongCOVID #SARSCoV2

📚 For those of you out there interested in the role of SARS-COV-2 reservoirs and persistence in Long COVID. Check out our earlier perspective in @mja.com.au it came out late 2024 but certainly relevant today! #LongCOVID onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/...

1/ Cutting-edge Recommendations Provide Treatment Path for Millions of Long COVID Patients In a new report, global experts outline key considerations to address persistent SARS-CoV-2; provide a roadmap to test critical new long COVID therapies polybio.org/cutting-edge...

Long-COVID incidence proportion in adults and children between 2020 and 2024 ✅ Just Accepted #IDSky

🐳 Join us in sunny Lorne, Australia next month, 19-21 Feb, for the @theviin.bsky.social Infection and Immunity Conference. 🪼 Absolutely great line-up this year! In person (sea-side🐚) and virtual registration options available too. Don't miss out- www.lorneinfectionimmunity.org/registration

Our other focus is studying vaccine responses in vulnerable people. In July we published our first study on serological responses & clinical outcomes of 3‐dose #COVID19 vaccine schedule in kidney #transplant recipients & people on #dialysis. doi.org/10.1002/cti2... More on these groups in 2025! 1/2

Very beneficial discussions during #AVS12 panel on Indigenous virology including how the Nagoya Protocol relates to our work - lots to learn but here is some basic information specific to Australia: www.dcceew.gov.au/science-rese...

Next up at #AVS12 is the Indigenous Virology session. Looking forward to hearing from the panel members - Natalie Netzlar, Allison Imrie, Trevor Lithgow & Lloyd Dolan. To get insights on how AVS and research in general can improve representation of first nations people in the field of Virology.

Did you know there are viruses big enough to have their own viruses? Chantel Abergel went back to the land of dinosaurs in the permafrost to discover many weird and wonderful giant viruses 🤯 #AVS12 #virology @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social

Using oncolytic viruses to fight transmissible facial tumours in Tassie Devils is such a cool approach!💥 Anjali Gowripalam's research has focused on selecting the right vector to 'vaccinate' devils. Does using poxvirus vector system mean life long Immunity? Watch this space! #AVS12

Really enjoyed this #AVS12 talk by Branka Grubor-Bauk. Looking forward to seeing more on the development of this vaccine against ZIKV which has such devastating effects.

Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

We are lucky that the Rob Webster oration this year is Chantal Abergel who has travelled from the CNRS-AMU, Marseille where she is the director of Information Génomique et Structurale. Chantal is presenting 20 years of research on giant viruses. #AVS12

Fabulous turn out at the #AVS12 career panel discussion. The crowd had fantastic questions! Our panel had plenty of wisdom to share. Thank you to our engaging panelists- @profpaulyoung.bsky.social Stephanie Gras, Fassili Coulibaly, Stacey Lynch, & Byron Shue. @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social

This week I'm posting live from #AVS12. Starting off the conference with our special ECR sessions that I have been fortunate to co-host with 2 great ECRs @ebony-monson.bsky.social and Robson Kriiger Loterio. @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social

Check our piece on Long COVID in the @aunz.theconversation.com. With @brendancrabb.bsky.social @mjlscoullar.bsky.social #LongCOVID #SARSCoV2

Our @mja.com.au Perspective on the role of SARS-CoV-2 viral persistence as a driver for #LongCOVID is out now. Great to work on this piece with with Michelle Scoullar, Emma Tippet, Suman Majumdar and @brendancrabb.bsky.social Read it here 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/... #SARSCoV2

A whole new world over here @bluesky! I am based at the Burnet Institute and my team study the impact of viral infections on health, immune responses to infections and vaccines in variety of vulnerable populations. #WomenInSTEM