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A multi-adjuvant personal neoantigen vaccine generates potent immunity in melanoma

@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 16d

A multi-adjuvant personal neoantigen vaccine generates potent immunity in melanoma: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

A personalized neoantigen peptide vaccine formulated with Montanide plus poly-ICLC and administered with local ipilimumab plus systemic nivolumab induces robust neoepitope-specific T cell responses an...

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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 23d

Our amazing team @menzies-research.bsky.social @utas.edu.au is still accepting applications for a PhD scholarship this week. Not many scholarships available, so domestic applicants will have the best chance of winning the scholarship.
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Available projects for research degrees | University of Tasmania - Co-infection and immunity in wildlife

Two independent Tasmanian devil facial tumours (DFT1, DFT2) are infect...

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University of Tasmania @utas.edu.au · Sep 4

The Multiple Sclerosis Research Flagship and Centre of Research Excellence (MS-CRE) at Menzies is recruiting PhD students across a range of disciplines. Successful applicants will join one of the largest Multiple Sclerosis research groups in the world. More: msresearchflagship.org.au/multiple-scl...

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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · Sep 5

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A rare case of rabies-like Australian bat lyssavirus infection

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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · Sep 5

Rabies control via co-creation: A model for sustainable one health interventions

Author summary Rabies remains endemic in Kenya due to low vaccination coverage and limited public awareness. A mass dog rabies vaccination campaign was implemented in Machakos County between 2021 and ...

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Post-exposure prophylaxis regimen of rabies monoclonal antibody and vaccine in category 3 potential exposure patients: a phase 4, open-label, randomised, active-controlled trial

@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · Sep 5

Post-exposure prophylaxis regimen of rabies monoclonal antibody and vaccine in category 3 potential exposure patients: a phase 4, open-label, randomised, active-controlled trial - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

RmAb was safe and well tolerated and showed protective efficacy against rabies. A PEP regimen containing RmAb plus PVRV was immunogenic with long-term persistence of immune response.

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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · Sep 5

Efficacy and safety of monoclonal antibody PEP for rabies - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Efficacy and safety of monoclonal antibody PEP for rabies

Human monoclonal antibodies targeting rabies glycoprotein have been proposed as a potential alternative to rabies immunoglobulin to neutralise rabies virus at the wound site until sufficient virus neu...

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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · Sep 3

Loss of ICOSL expression in the progression to cervical carcinoma | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Early-life infectious disease exposure, the “hygiene hypothesis,” and lifespan: Evidence from hookworm disease | PNAS

@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · Sep 3

Early-life infectious disease exposure, the “hygiene hypothesis,” and lifespan: Evidence from hookworm disease | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Exposure to infectious disease in early life may have long-term ramifications for health and lifespan. However, reducing pathogen exposure may not ...

You may have heard about their cube-shaped poo, but did you know that wombats have backward-facing pouches? 🤯 As marsupials, they raise their young in pouches just like kangaroos and koalas. But.....

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Dasyuridae @dasyuridae.bsky.social · Aug 30

#WombatWeekend

WomSAT @womsat.bsky.social · Aug 29

You’ve probably heard about #wombat #poop, but their #pouch faces backwards too! At least they keep their #joey clean while the mum #burrows www.facebook.com/australianmu...

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Western Sydney University @westernsydneyu.bsky.social · Apr 24

🐾 PhD student Sujatha Mayadunnage from our School of Science is leading vital research to protect #wombats from road collisions and disease. Her project is using data from the #WomSAT platform to make a difference. 🔗 Read her story and get involved: tinyurl.com/4s52z6xc #PhDAtWestern

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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · Aug 28

"proteins have been the only macronutrient that has never been vilified"
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The protein craze: scientists talk supplements — and who should take them

Most people can get enough protein from food, but certain groups can benefit from protein powders and related products.

Bucking the trend - recovery from near continent-wide extinction by a marsupial micro-predator during drought

@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · Aug 28

"Large scale suppression of threats reversed the decline of a threatened species".
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Recoveries of threatened species are rare, often requiring intensive and costly species-specific conservation interventions. Yet in arid Australia wit…

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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · Aug 28

Protein functional site annotation using local structure embeddings | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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A sit in the sauna can save endangered frogs

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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · Aug 23

The latest eruption of Kilauea is underway, and she's shootin' sideways this time around!

USGS live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqmp...

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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · Aug 22

"No one asks an accountant, or someone making money from money, what their greater purpose is.” Yet, someone like me working to conserve frogs is treated as if that’s not a real job... what I do is important, because we are saving species from the face of extinction"
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Anthony Waddle’s unconventional approach resulted in a stunningly practical solution to fight a deadly fungal infection.

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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · Aug 22

Registration for the Wild and Comparative Immunology 2026 #WACI2026 conference is open! Register early at space is limited.
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Rewilding immunology across species and environments

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John Vibes @johnvibes.bsky.social · Aug 18

A Hubble space image of a spiral galaxy surrounded by stars and galaxies. Toward the top, a red arrow points to a small speck of light with the caption “MY COUNTRY IS THE GREATEST.”

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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · Aug 16

How a Ph.D. is like riding a bike | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

How a Ph.D. is like riding a bike

This researcher struggled in grad school—until he embraced it as a time for learning

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Natural molecular glues spur next-gen small molecules for ‘undruggable’ targets - Nature Biotechnology

@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · Aug 16

#TheAnswersAreOutThere
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Inspired by natural molecular glues, drug hunters are chasing protein–protein interactions with next-gen small molecules tuned for enhanced tissue specificity and reduced toxicity.

Intranasal measles virus– and mumps virus–based SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidates prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission | PNAS

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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · Aug 16

New approaches look interesting.
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The emergence of immune-evasive SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants highlights the need to develop a mucosal SARS-CoV-2 vaccine that can provide broad p...