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Jennifer Habel @habeljen.bsky.social · Sep 6

HLA-B*15:01 has been linked to protection from severe COVID, but this is not fool-proof. B*15+ individuals can still succumb to severe infections. Check out a recent study from Prof Kedzierska's lab 👇🏼 showing a lack of public TCR usage in B*15+ patients with severe COVID.

Louise Rowntree @louiserowntree.bsky.social · Sep 5

Why do some people get seriously ill while others don't? Our new study in @pnas.org investigated how a population of memory T cells influence #COVID severity

Read the paper: go.unimelb.edu.au/4zkp
Or our article here: go.unimelb.edu.au/2zkp

@katherinekedz.bsky.social @thedohertyinst.bsky.social

HLA-B*15:01-positive severe COVID-19 patients lack CD8+ T cell pools with highly expanded public clonotypes | PNAS

Understanding host factors driving asymptomatic versus severe disease outcomes is of key importance if we are to control emerging and re-emerging v...

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Louise Rowntree @louiserowntree.bsky.social · Sep 5

Why do some people get seriously ill while others don't? Our new study in @pnas.org investigated how a population of memory T cells influence #COVID severity

Read the paper: go.unimelb.edu.au/4zkp
Or our article here: go.unimelb.edu.au/2zkp

@katherinekedz.bsky.social @thedohertyinst.bsky.social

HLA-B*15:01-positive severe COVID-19 patients lack CD8+ T cell pools with highly expanded public clonotypes | PNAS

Understanding host factors driving asymptomatic versus severe disease outcomes is of key importance if we are to control emerging and re-emerging v...

go.unimelb.edu.au

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Jennifer Habel @habeljen.bsky.social · Jul 23

Congrats Tejas! 🎉

Tejas Menon @tejas-the-tcell.bsky.social · Jul 23

Thanks for the memories! Proud to have our study on central memory CD8+ T cells across the human lifespan published in PNAS today!
You can read our paper: go.unimelb.edu.au/rp7p
Or our article: go.unimelb.edu.au/jp7p
@thedohertyinst.bsky.social‬ @cvandesandt.bsky.social‬ @katherinekedz.bsky.social‬

Central memory T cells with key TCR repertoires and gene expression profiles dominate influenza CD8+ T cell pools across the human lifespan | PNAS

Central memory CD8+ T cells (Tcm) represent the prominent memory T cell subset in human blood, yet the persistence of T cell receptor (TCR) clonoty...

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Genevieve Martin @genevieveemart1.bsky.social · Jul 2

Thrilled to share our new research led by Jane Davies @menziesresearch.bsky.social on First Nations people in the NT living with chronic hepatitis B. An important study that could inform better care:

doi.org/10.1186/s128...

#idsky #MedSky #HepSky #LiverSky

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Jennifer Habel @habeljen.bsky.social · Apr 29

Happy Day of Immunology! I was delighted to host members of the public here at The Doherty Institute @thedohertyinst.bsky.social and guide a tour to showcase our research and teaching facilities, and give an overview of my research on how #pregnancy changes the immune system.

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Carolien van de Sandt @cvandesandt.bsky.social · Apr 24

Your immune system gradually loses it top team players when we get older 👱➡️👵
Our study in @ebiomedicine.bsky.social investigates how long good immune cells stay around – a 🧵⬇️ go.unimelb.edu.au/4sep
@katherinekedz.bsky.social @thedohertyinst.bsky.social #Influenza #AgingResearch #Immunity #TCR

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medRxivpreprint @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social · Mar 25

Single-cell immune profiling of third trimester pregnancies defines importance of chemokine receptors and prevalence of CMV-induced NK cells in the periphery and decidua https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.24.25324489v1

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Jennifer Habel @habeljen.bsky.social · Mar 26

‼️Preprint alert‼️ This is a study arising from my PhD thesis where we delve into the world of NK cells and pregnancy 🤰. Really glad to see it online and keen to hear any thoughts or feedback #immunosky

medRxivpreprint @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social · Mar 25

Single-cell immune profiling of third trimester pregnancies defines importance of chemokine receptors and prevalence of CMV-induced NK cells in the periphery and decidua https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.24.25324489v1

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Jennifer Habel @habeljen.bsky.social · Mar 20

This is so cool, pregnancy takes guts!

Irene Miguel-Aliaga @irenemiguel-aliaga.bsky.social · Mar 19

Lab’s latest: (mouse) mums grow their guts during pregnancy and lactation: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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Jennifer Habel @habeljen.bsky.social · Mar 8

Speaking of incredible women, my absolutely amazing mentor @katherinekedz.bsky.social is now on Bluesky🙌🏼, give her a follow!

Jennifer Habel @habeljen.bsky.social · Mar 4

What an insightful and inspiring panel discussion for International Women's Day. A timely reminder that we stand on the shoulders of giants who have paved the way for #WomenInSTEM, something we should not take for granted.

Thanks to the SBS and the EMCRA association for hosting 🌸

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Jennifer Habel @habeljen.bsky.social · Mar 4

What an insightful and inspiring panel discussion for International Women's Day. A timely reminder that we stand on the shoulders of giants who have paved the way for #WomenInSTEM, something we should not take for granted.

Thanks to the SBS and the EMCRA association for hosting 🌸

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Christiana Fogg @cnfogg.bsky.social · Feb 7

Timely study by Katherine Kedzierska and Jamie Rossjohn and colleagues defining key structural features of #Tcell binding to circulating #influenza strains from 1918 to ~present #ImmunoSky www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Molecular determinants of cross-strain influenza A virus recognition by αβ T cell receptors

TCR-peptide-HLA ternary structures define molecular mechanisms of TCR cross-reactivity toward natural influenza variants.

www.science.org

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Jennifer Habel @habeljen.bsky.social · Dec 17

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Jennifer Habel @habeljen.bsky.social · Dec 12

It was great to present and hear about exciting research at the Impact of Initial Influenza Exposure on Immunity in Infants meeting at the NIAID. Always a pleasure to see @eksliger.bsky.social, @jcclab.bsky.social, @sschattgen.bsky.social, @pgtimmune.bsky.social, and to meet some new faces as well!

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Jennifer Habel @habeljen.bsky.social · Dec 11

It was great to see you all state side!

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