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Jennifer Barr @jennbarr.bsky.social · Jul 8

Great to see this hard work finally published, led by UQ colleagues Ariel Isaacs & Dan Watterson 👏

We assessed the nanobody and engineered bispecific nanobody-MAb at BSL4 with live virus and found superior neutralization capability

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology @natsmb.nature.com · Jul 8

New online: A nanobody-based therapeutic targeting Nipah virus limits viral escape

A nanobody-based therapeutic targeting Nipah virus limits viral escape

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, Published online: 08 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41594-025-01598-2Here, Isaacs, Nieto and Zhang et al. discover a potent nanobody and engineer a dual-action antibody that targets two viral proteins, offering strong protection against Nipah and Hendra viruses while preventing viral escape, potentially contributing to future treatments.

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Nature Structural & Molecular Biology @natsmb.nature.com · Jul 8

New online: A nanobody-based therapeutic targeting Nipah virus limits viral escape

A nanobody-based therapeutic targeting Nipah virus limits viral escape

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, Published online: 08 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41594-025-01598-2Here, Isaacs, Nieto and Zhang et al. discover a potent nanobody and engineer a dual-action antibody that targets two viral proteins, offering strong protection against Nipah and Hendra viruses while preventing viral escape, potentially contributing to future treatments.

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MicroSeq2025 @microseqasm.bsky.social · Jul 3

🦋Hello BlueSky!🦋 Let's get right into it. MicroSeq is back September 3-4, 2025! Stay tuned for more details on registration and abstract submission coming soon here and at www.microseqconference.com. 🌟Save the date!🌟
#MicroSeq2025

A call to save the date for MicroSeq2025, returning September 3-4. MicroSeq is an online meeting where microbiology meets sequencing, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi.

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Jennifer Barr @jennbarr.bsky.social · Jul 2

Very rare human case of Australian Bat Lyssavirus (ABLV). A man was bitten by a bat several months ago and is now in a critical condition 😢

www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/2...

News - Community urged not to touch bats after rare case of Australian bat lyssavirus

NSW Health confirms first bat lyssavirus case in 2025. Avoid handling bats and seek urgent care if bitten or scratched. Only trained experts should manage injured bats.

www.health.nsw.gov.au

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Australasian Virology Society @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social · Jul 1

We wish @slonchak.bsky.social good luck as he starts his new Virology lab at @qimrb.bsky.social May your tip boxes always be filled and your biosafety applications be approved first time round.

slonchak.bsky.social @slonchak.bsky.social · Jul 1

Systems virology team has arrived to our new amazing home at @qimrb.bsky.social It was an exciting first day unpacking and unboxing and thank you to my fantastic team for their effort in getting setup!

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Australasian Virology Society @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social · May 30

New COVID-19 strain 'pretty much everywhere' in Australia
Read in ABC News: apple.news/AnMbXMgVdRFW...

New COVID-19 strain 'pretty much everywhere' in Australia — ABC News

Australians are being urged to get their COVID-19 booster as a new coronavirus variant drives up infections.

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Ebony Monson @ebony-monson.bsky.social · May 14

Excited to share our latest work, creating an artificial lipid droplet! 🦠🧠

This is @timetogoz.bsky.social's first first-author paper from her PhD, and my first senior-author paper!! 🎉🥹

Check it out ⬇️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@helbiglab.bsky.social @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social

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Australasian Virology Society @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social · Apr 30

@wesleyfreppel.bsky.social @jennbarr.bsky.social @profpaulyoung.bsky.social @sjturn.bsky.social @joshuadeerain.bsky.social @stacey-lynch.bsky.social @jessneil26.bsky.social @helbiglab.bsky.social @coulibaly-lab.bsky.social

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Australasian Virology Society @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social · Apr 30

Thanks for everyone for helping us put this together! @ebony-monson.bsky.social @rhyshparry.bsky.social @gregmoseley.bsky.social @profgilda.bsky.social @robull.bsky.social @iamdrsam.bsky.social @marioskoutsakos.viralvaxlab.com @connorapscott.bsky.social @chrismcmillan.bsky.social

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Australasian Virology Society @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social · Apr 29

Exciting news! The AVS12 Meeting Report is now published in the @asm.org Journal of Virology! 🎉

AVS prides itself on supporting diverse voices in virology through career development, Indigenous engagement, collaboration, and recognition of excellence.

Read it here: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Twelfth scientific biennial meeting of the Australasian Virology Society: AVS12 2024 | Journal of Virology

The Australasian Virology Society (AVS) biennial meeting is highly recognized as the premier virology conference in Australasia, fostering collaboration across diverse fields of virology and promoting...

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Rowena Bull @robull.bsky.social · Mar 14

Registration now open for HCV-Flavi 2025!

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Victorian Infection and Immunity Network @theviin.bsky.social · Feb 20

Fascinating presentation by @turville.bsky.social on how complex formation of ACE2 with solute carriers SLC6A19 and SLC6A20 allows for TMPRSS2 use by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineages #lorneiani

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Victorian Infection and Immunity Network @theviin.bsky.social · Feb 20

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

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Dr Ryan Farr @docfarr.bsky.social · Feb 21

"This is the hot mess of influenza" - Patrick Reading, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza

He's not wrong...
#lorneiandi @theviin.bsky.social

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Victorian Infection and Immunity Network @theviin.bsky.social · Feb 19

We've created a starter pack for everyone attending & supporting this year's Lorne Infection and Immunity Conference! 🔬🧪🦠🏖️

Let us know if you're attending #lorneiandi and would like to be added!

Check out the starter pack here: go.bsky.app/G6cE3nw

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helbiglab.bsky.social @helbiglab.bsky.social · Feb 19

👏🏻 to @irumii.bsky.social for presenting her research into the roles lipid droplets may play during viral infection and what we can learn from EVs! 🦠
#lorneiandi @theviin.bsky.social

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Cameron Webb @mozziebites.bsky.social · Feb 26

I know all the headlines about the recent Japanese Encephalitis death in NSW state “a man from Sydney” but please keep in mind that there is currently no evidence the virus is active in mosquitoes along the east coast (inc. Sydney). https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/20250225_01.aspx

News - NSW records first death of person with Japanese encephalitis since 2022

NSW Health continues to urge the public to be vigilant and take precautions against mosquitoes as NSW records its first death of a person with Japanese encephalitis (JE) since May 2022.

www.health.nsw.gov.au

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Connor Scott @connorapscott.bsky.social · Feb 21

Feeling very grateful to receive an early career development and ECR oral presentation award at Lorne I&I @theviin.bsky.social An amazing few days in Lorne learning about all types of pathogens and host responses. Great science at a stunning location!

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Australasian Virology Society @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social · Feb 16

Attention virologists - Upcoming Keystone Virology meeting #KSEmergingVirus26

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Rhys Parry @rhyshparry.bsky.social · Feb 8

🔬✨ First Keynote presentation at #MiM2025! for @aussocmic.bsky.social
Dr @nataleenewton.bsky.social is presenting work on tick-borne flaviviruses with a chimeric viral platform, revealing high-resolution cryo-EM structures & antigenic insights. 🦠 Great advances in #flavivirus vaccine development.

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Australasian Virology Society @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social · Jan 29

Excellent Flaviviridae meeting (Flaviviruses and hepatitis C virus) October 13th-16th, 2025 Singapore - don't miss out on hearing our Keynote Dan Barouche speak so close to home! Details to follow!

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Rhys Parry @rhyshparry.bsky.social · Jan 18

Here we provide evidence of henipaviruses in North America with the discovery of Camp hill virus in the Northern Short-Tailed Shrew, Alabama. Early release article available from EID
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/... #virology

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Mary @marypetrone.bsky.social · Dec 17

New preprint out now! The history of some RNA virus lineages that infect vertebrates might date back to our invertebrate ancestors.

Read more here: biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Screen grab of title page from BioRxiv website

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Jemma Geoghegan @jemmageoghegan.bsky.social · Dec 17

Diversity and cross-species transmission of viruses in a remote island ecosystem: implications for wildlife conservation. Work led by Rebecca French and @eddieholmes.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ve/advance-a...

Diversity and cross-species transmission of viruses in a remote island ecosystem: implications for wildlife conservation

Abstract. The ability of viruses to emerge in new species is influenced by aspects of host biology and ecology, with some taxa harbouring a high diversity

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