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Nicole Campbell @drnicolecampbell.bsky.social · Aug 13

My department is now on Bluesky! A must follow if you want to keep up with some of the best scientists in innate immunity 👩🏼‍🔬👨🏽‍🔬 #immunosky @hudsonresearch.bsky.social

CiiiD Hudson @ciiid-hudson.bsky.social · Aug 12

CiiiD is now on Bluesky!

After years of sharing discoveries, collaborations, and community, expect the same energy.

🔬 Cutting-edge innate immunity & infectious disease research
🤝 Collaborations across disciplines
📢 Opportunities & insights from the lab and beyond

#CiiiD #HudsonInstitute

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Nicole Campbell @drnicolecampbell.bsky.social · Jul 1

Q for my fellow scientists: you reviewed or authored a paper & when you see all of the reviewers’ comments, it is obvious one reviewer’s was written by ChatGPT, which all relate to the paper’s writing style rather than the actual science presented. Do you contact the handling editor? #sciencesky #AI

Nicole Campbell @drnicolecampbell.bsky.social · Jun 30

Done, welcome to you both! ☺️

Nicole Campbell @drnicolecampbell.bsky.social · Jun 29

Done!

Nicole Campbell @drnicolecampbell.bsky.social · Jun 20

I've been on a bsky hiatus but I'm back to tell you to read this very cool paper if you're interested in IFNs & host-pathogen interactions! Our fav constitutively-expressed IFN, IFN-epsilon, facilitates immune evasion by Neisseria gonorrhoeae via modulation of sialic acid metabolism #immunosky

Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · Jun 11

Interferon-epsilon, an estrogen-induced type I interferon, is uniquely exploited by Neisseria gonorrhoeae via effects on sialic acid metabolism
@cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

Interferon-epsilon, an estrogen-induced type I interferon, is uniquely exploited by Neisseria gonorrhoeae via effects on sialic acid metabolism

Kurt-Jones et al. examined IFN-ε, a hormone-responsive type I IFN expressed by genital epithelial cells, during Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Ng) infection. They demonstrated that mice lacking IFN-ε exhibit ...

www.cell.com

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Nicole Campbell @drnicolecampbell.bsky.social · Mar 20

I’m also grateful to the Mother’s Day Classic Foundation for their support of @ocrfaustralia.bsky.social – funds raised by the MDC will directly support my research to develop a new immunotherapy for ovarian cancer 🙏 @hudsonresearch.bsky.social

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Nicole Campbell @drnicolecampbell.bsky.social · Mar 20

I am incredibly honoured to be selected as an OCRF grant awardee in 2025 – every $ awarded by @ocrfaustralia.bsky.social was raised by supporters determined to improve outcomes for patients with ovarian cancer 🩵

Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation @ocrfaustralia.bsky.social · Mar 20

Our 2025 national research grants announcement is our biggest yet!

In our 25th anniversary year, we are delighted to announce OCRF’s largest ever funding round, awarding $3.5M across eight innovative and important ovarian cancer research projects.

Learn more: www.ocrf.com.au/record-fundi...

Celebrating 25 Years of Progress: $3.5M to Accelerate Ovarian Cancer Research

OCRF marks its 25th year with a historic $3.5M funding boost for ovarian cancer research, supporting eight groundbreaking projects to improve treatments and survival outcomes.

www.ocrf.com.au

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Nicole Campbell @drnicolecampbell.bsky.social · Mar 3

Super cool new ovarian cancer research from the Bilandzic group at @hudsonresearch.bsky.social ! #ovariancancer #metastasis #immunosuppression

Hudson Institute of Medical Research @hudsonresearch.bsky.social · Mar 3

Dr Maree Bilandzic's latest research reveals that KRT14-positive leader cells drive #OvarianCancer metastasis by suppressing the immune system & the loss of these leader cells impaired metastasis without affecting tumour cell proliferation. Read more: bit.ly/41Ck5lU

@ocrfaustralia.bsky.social

An advanced-stage tumor after 8 weeks, showing specific areas where cancer-spreading leader cells (KRT14+ LCs) and immune-suppressing cells (Tregs) are concentrated, driving tumor growth and immune evasion

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Nicole Campbell @drnicolecampbell.bsky.social · Feb 26

I am incredibly fortunate and delighted to have been awarded a NHMRC Emerging Leadership Level 1 Investigator Grant this year! 🥳 This funding will provide crucial support for my research on interferon epsilon in cancer over the next 5 years. @hudsonresearch.bsky.social #nhmrc #investigatorgrant

NHMRC Investigator grant success 2025

Research into autoinflammatory diseases, hypertension, cancer and perinatal brain injury has been funded by NHMRC Investigator grants.

www.hudson.org.au

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Nicole Campbell @drnicolecampbell.bsky.social · Feb 19

Loved this talk from Prof Bowen, great example of how to engage with Aboriginal communities to improve health outcomes both respectfully and effectively 🖤💛❤️@theviin.bsky.social #lorneiandi

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

Incredible to hear from Prof Asha Bowen OAM who presented on the SToP (See, Treat, and Prevent) trial for impetigo the Kimberley region of WA. Her talk highlighted the importance of cultural engagement in clinical trials and public health initiatives. #lorneiandi

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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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Nicole Campbell @drnicolecampbell.bsky.social · Feb 19

Also I was excited to see they used one of my new favourite technologies, proximity labelling, to make this discovery! @theviin.bsky.social

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Nicole Campbell @drnicolecampbell.bsky.social · Feb 19

What a great pick for this year’s #lorneiandi Hertzog oration, David Underhill @cedarssinai.bsky.social presenting exciting research (recently published @nature.com !) identifying a role for PDL1 in binding fungi during phagocytosis. Shame @paulh1pjh.bsky.social couldn’t make it this year!

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Nicole Campbell @drnicolecampbell.bsky.social · Feb 19

It’s good to be back at #lorneiandi! What a great talk to kick off proceedings by Anca Dorhoi @unigreifswald.bsky.social on hypoxic macrophages in TB infection @theviin.bsky.social

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Dane Parker @daneparkerlab.com · Feb 4

Do you work on #interferons, come join the family!
go.bsky.app/71vKZJA

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Nicole Campbell @drnicolecampbell.bsky.social · Feb 1

Done! 😊

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Nicole Campbell @drnicolecampbell.bsky.social · Jan 29

Please add me 🙋‍♀️

Also any immunologists who want to be added to the Interferons starter pack, send me a message! go.bsky.app/71vKZJA

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Nicole Campbell @drnicolecampbell.bsky.social · Jan 29

Now this is important research I think we can all get behind!

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/s...

The Perfect Cacio e Pepe Recipe, According to Science

Italian scientists have drawn from thermodynamic principles to prevent a famous pasta from turning into a gooey mess.

www.nytimes.com

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murchadhfinn.bsky.social @murchadhfinn.bsky.social · Dec 21

“It is a great shame that Ireland is a special case, but the shame is not Ireland’s.”
~Mark O’Connell

The Irish Times

☕️🥐

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Nicole Campbell @drnicolecampbell.bsky.social · Dec 14

Thanks Paul! 🥰

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Natalia Sampaio @drnatsampaio.bsky.social · Dec 14

Heading to @3rrrfm.bsky.social radio to discuss some of our science on #innateimmunity #inflammation #RNA sensing and what this could mean for new #mRNA therapies. If you’re in Australia, tune into Einstein-A-GoGo this morning at 11 am. Podcast link to follow! @hudsonresearch.bsky.social #immunosky

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Nicole Campbell @drnicolecampbell.bsky.social · Dec 14

Thanks! Missed you yesterday!

Nicole Campbell @drnicolecampbell.bsky.social · Dec 14

Another year, another science-themed cake for the @hudsonresearch.bsky.social CiiiD EOY party! This edible board game is made from gingerbread & royal icing, with a hidden medovik (honey cake) inside! It was a labour of love but lots of fun to make! #sciencesky #immunosky #bakingsky #sciencebakes

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Jacki Heraud-Farlow @jackiheraudfarlow.bsky.social · Dec 6

Time for a 🧵 on our new paper from the Walkley lab in @scienceimmuno.bsky.social.

If you're into RNA editing by ADARs, double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) sensing, post-transcriptional gene regulation and CRISPR screening, then read on! 1/X

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#RNASky #ImmunoSky

GGNBP2 regulates MDA5 sensing triggered by self double-stranded RNA following loss of ADAR1 editing

GGNBP2, CNOT10, and CNOT11 are required for innate immune response after the loss of ADAR1-mediated editing of self dsRNA.

www.science.org

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Nicole Campbell @drnicolecampbell.bsky.social · Dec 4

Done! 🙂