#YoungVIIN2025 was surprisingly fun and way more informative than I expected. Loved all the talks! And headed home with new insights and a few things I definitely want to look up later! 🤓 Huge thanks to all the organisers, you did an amazing job! #VIINYIS

That wraps up an incredible day of science! A huge shoutout to all presenters, our amazing keynote speakers, Marcel Doerflinger and Nancy Wang, and a round of applause for the award winners! Thanks for making this symposium a success. We look forward to seeing you next year! #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

And now for Networking and Poster session II to round out a full day of fantastic science communication 🥳🌟 #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Final talk of the day! ✨️ Le Wang from @wehi-research.bsky.social wrapped up our last oral presentation session with an engaging talk on how Pro-apoptotic Agents Reduce Chronic HIV Infection in vivo #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Great energy from Wei-Che Chan as they showcase a 'microfluidic chip' that enables monitoring Ca2+ dynamic of individual cells! A novel tool used to discover: "Dynamic Single-Cell Microfluidics Uncovers Heterogeneous Mechanisms of Response to Anti-PD-1 Therapy" 🔬 #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

@hollyfryer.bsky.social from @monashuniversity.bsky.social giving us the low down on how memory B cells and plasmablasts expand following experimental infection with Streptococcus pyogenes in humans. #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

An interesting talk by Xiaoyue Zhang entitled- Macrophages play critical roles in MR1 antigen presentation and regulation of MAIT cell immunity against bacteria 👏 thedohertyinst.bsky.social theviin.bsky.social

Diving into more unconventional T cell research today! 🔬 Xiaoyue Zhang, my labmate at @thedohertyinst.bsky.social, is presenting her amazing work: "Macrophages play critical roles in MR1 antigen presentation and regulation of MAIT cell immunity against bacteria". #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

And last of the science bites is Laura Rikard-Bell from @burnetinstitute.bsky.social telling us all about macrophage heterogeneity influences cellular response to HIV infection and latency modulation! #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Vic Lin is on stage now presenting "Altered gastrointestinal permeability and immune profiles in the Shank3B-/- mouse model of autism and modulation by the microbial metabolite-sequestering drug". 🧬 Learning how gut dysfunction and autism are linked is genuinely inspiring! #YoungVIIN2025

Fantastic talk "A high-dimensional flow cytometry profiling on peripheral blood mononuclear cells of transitioning transgender individuals" by Den Celesta from @mcri.bsky.social @unimelb.bsky.social #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Theresa Nguyen from the Department of Immunology at monashuniversity.bsky.social giving us a snapshot of a multi-omic approach to studying chronic urinary Tract infections #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Next up was Tejas Menon @tejas-the-tcell.bsky.social from @thedohertyinst.bsky.social on molecular gene profiles underpinning antiviral CD8+T cell immunity in nonagenarians and centenarians. Providing key insights for future vaccination strategies. #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Another great science bite from You Min Ahn @latrobeuni.bsky.social on "First molecular insight into HLA-C contribution to COVID-19 outcome" 🧬🦠 #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Our next science bite from Carissa Aurelia @carissaaurelia.bsky.social from @thedohertyinst.bsky.social presenting on the bispecific role of IgG4 antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Great to hear about "Investigation of microbe associated antibody cross-reactivity in SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid immune response" from Joshua Fialho @RMIT #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Final science bites session now! Starting with Joshua Fialho from RMIT presenting the investigation of microbe associated antibody cross-reactivity in SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid immune response. #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

And now learning from amazing Nancy Wang of @mcri.bsky.social about the immune system response to Salmonella infection: Novel vaccines and diagnostics might be on the way! 🐭▶️👩🏻 "From mouse to human: harnessing CD4+ T cell-mediated immunity against Salmonella"

Inspiring Keynote from Nancy Wang Ruth Bishop Fellow and new Team Leader at MCRI. She took us through her research harnessing CD4T cell-mediated immunity against Salmonella working to develop candidate protein vaccines and on immune-based assays for enteric fever surveillance #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Another interesting talk from Jesse Thomas about infection in chicken to keep : 🔬 Designing Improved Diagnostic Assays for IBDV Detection in Australia And a good reminder that infections in chickens matter as they make up a huge part of the global meat supply! 🐔❤️ #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Wrapping up our second VIIN YIS science bites session for the day is research assistant, Patrick Bajan from the @burnetinstitute.bsky.social with important updates on developing rapid point-of-care tests for active syphilis #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

🐣 Jesse Thomas from @csiro.bsky.social & @deakinuniversity.bsky.social gave us a highlight of the design of improved diagnostic qPCR assays for IBDV detection, an economically important poultry disease in Australia #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Great science bite from Grace Osmond at @monashuniversity.bsky.social in the selection of β-synuclein epitopes for a targeted regulatory T cell therapy for progressive multiple sclerosis #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Beta-blockade is reshaping the breast cancer tumour immune landscape! A very interesting science bites talk from @monashuniversity.bsky.social MIPS PhD student Md Amir Hossain #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

🫁 Excellent work on Influenza A virus driving TLR-dependent inflammatory responses in non-small cell lung cancer. This exciting research was brought to us by Isabella Rosano from @RMIT.bsky.social #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Important work shown by Morgan Skinner from the @thedohertyinst.bsky.social about how pre-existing humoral immunity and comorbidity-associated inflammatory signatures shape responses toward seasonal influenza vaccination in Australian First Nations people. #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Next up a wonderful presentation by PhD student Galih Adhyatma from @monashuniversity.bsky.social. Suppressing the Suppressors! Discussing how we can use novel antibody strategies to combat cancer #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

💉 Hisham Shakir from the @thedohertyinst.bsky.social presenting his PhD work on harnessing MR1 antigen presentation with a ligand-restricted nanobody to achieve immune manipulation

Science bites round two! First up, we have Dian Hasanah showing us how lipid nanoparticles can be used to immunomodulate and treat experimental glomerulonephritis! Let’s go! @monashuniversity.bsky.social #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Elean Tay from @monashuniversity.bsky.social wrapping up session 5 talking about targeted Tregs for the treatment of autoimmune Small Vessel Vasculitis. TCR-1 Treg showed particular promise 🧫🧪

It's time! The Science Bites II presentations are officially kicking off here at the #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS 🚀 Get ready for another rapid-fire session of cutting-edge research. Don't miss out!

An excellent talk from Dhruti Parikh from @unimelb.bsky.social & St. Vincent's Institute on how Single-Cell Analysis Reveals the Precise Timing of T Lineage Commitment in the Thymus! #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Next up a fab talk from Md Jahangir Alam from @monashuniversity.bsky.social on his research into the role of CCR6+ cells in autoimmune skin disease #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Great talk from @ludivine-grzelak.bsky.social from @thedohertyinst.bsky.social on "Revealing dose and repeat effects of a novel Influenza vaccine on humoral immunity". Always excited when flu vaccine research moves ahead. More of this, please! 😌💉 #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

After a fantastic morning of oral presentations, our first Keynote speaker and rapid fire Science Bites it's time for lunch and Poster session I 🧫💡 #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Lunch time for scientists to feed their brain 🧠😋 #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Wytamma Wirth from @thedohertyinst.bsky.social speaking about a new deep learning approach to bacterial taxonomic classification

Another exciting Science Bite by Kavitha Wilson Rajaratnam on how a common stomach bacteria escape your immune system! 🔬"Identification of immunomodulatory proteins in Helicobacter pylori-derived extracellular vesicles." #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Next up Desirel Ng caused a stir with her novel finding that circadian rhythm disruption in mice actually boosted protective bugs in the gut and increases survival from Clostridioides difficile infection @MonashBDI #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Sabrina Bush from @monashuniversity.bsky.social AIMing for Streptococcus pyogenes-specific memory T cells in human challenge models! #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Great work from Kaitlin Clarke at @limsltu.bsky.social showing us how they reprogram bacterial autotransporters for drug delivery! Turning pathogenesis into therapeutics, exciting work! #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Rachelia Raissa Wibawa from @hudsonresearch.bsky.social gave an excellent talk on her research which has identified novel genetic mutations in Legionella pneumophila that impact host transcriptional responses #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Christopher McCrory christophermccrory.bsky.social from the @thedohertyinst.bsky.social explaining his work on the role of bacterial membrane vesicles conferring anti-microbial resistance in H.pylori #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Now listening to Dr Mitra Ashayeripanah sharing their approach to develop more immunogenic bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) strains for vaccination: "Enhanced immunogenicity in mouse by recombinant BCG prime and protein boost based on latency antigen Rv1733c and/or reactivation antigen RpfE".

Continuing with the malaria theme! Jiaqi (Albert) Shi at the @burnetinstitute.bsky.social giving us insight into the Development of next-generation mRNA vaccines against malaria! #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Pailene Lim from @wehi-research.bsky.social giving us a quick overview of how PfPTRAMP-CSS may have potential as a multi-stage malaria vaccine target #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Another great Malaria talk from Elena Lantero Escolar from @wehi-research.bsky.social Highlighting how Plasmepsins IX and X in Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites inhibits development within Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Great energy from Long Huynh from bio21 Institute as they walk us through their reseach on "Expansion microscopy" revealing how Kelch 13 mutations impair feeding in artemisinin resistant Plasmodium parasites! Malaria is in the spotlight at #YoungVIIN2025 ! 🦠 #VIINYIS

Kicking off the Science Bites session with 13 exciting talks! 🤓#YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS

Next up at #YoungVIIN2025 we have our first Science bites session, kicking off with Yijia (Jessica) Ji from Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS). #VIINYIS