#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!
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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" 🔬

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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".

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

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Here to cover Science Bite talks!
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Photo: hyper realistic model of me today 📸

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"

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! 🐔❤️

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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! 😌💉

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Lunch time for scientists to feed their brain 🧠😋

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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."

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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".

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

Totally loved the talk by Dr Marcel Doerflinger on How to become a Laboratory Head ...for Dummies!
My main takeaway: chase the science that excites you, be patient with the process, and sooner or later those big opportunities (the so-called ‘luck’) will come your way.

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