Australasian Virology Society
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The Australasian Virology Society was incorporated in 2011 following 10 years as a group. We serve the Australasian virology community and hold biennial meetings.
🏆 #MicroSeq2026 has plenty of awards on offer! 💰Cash prizes for best talks are sponsored by @aussocmic.bsky.social @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social and #MGen. Plus, loads of merch on offer for the best question of each session! 🖊️📔 Register here to submit an abstract👇 trybooking.com/events/landing/1610956
Calling all students and ECR virologists! 🦠 The AVS Young Virologist Symposium 2026 is coming to hubs across Australia and New Zealand this August–October. Free registration: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... Submit an abstract by 31 July: drive.google.com/uc?export=do... Find your nearest hub 👇
#MicroSeq2026 has many opportunities for medium and lightning talks. Submit your abstract by July 27 and take advantage of this valuable opportunity to present your work to a welcoming community of fellow ECRs and PhD students! 👇 trybooking.com/events/landing/1610956
MicroSeq2026@microseqasm.bsky.social · last mo.🚨Abstract submission & registration for #MicroSeq2026 is OPEN! 🚨Get in quick! The first 50 registrations are FREE for PhD students and ECRs who are current ASM members, thanks to @aussocmic.bsky.social. Register now 👇 trybooking.com/events/landing/1610956
#AVS13 award applications are open for the AVS Rising Star Award and AVS Young Award, recognising outstanding early- and mid-career virologists in Australia and New Zealand. Recipients will be awarded and announced at the national conference. Closes Sun 9 Aug 2026. www.avs2026.org/travelgrants...
Abstract submissions and registration are now open for #AVS13, the 13th Australasian Virology Society Meeting 2026, held 7–10 Dec at the National Wine Centre, Adelaide. Abstracts close Fri 24 July 2026. Submit: www.avs2026.org/submissions Register: www.avs2026.org/registration
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Jennifer Juno@jenjuno.viralvaxlab.com · 4mo ago👩🔬 Viral Vax Lab is looking for a post-doc! We have a junior postdoctoral position available for someone who is excited about CD4 T cells, B cells, and vaccines against infectious disease. Come join us at UniMelb and the Doherty Institute! unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/UoM_Ex...
👩🔬 Viral Vax Lab is looking for a post-doc! We have a junior postdoctoral position available for someone who is excited about CD4 T cells, B cells, and vaccines against infectious disease. Come join us at UniMelb and the Doherty Institute! unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/UoM_Ex...
Research Officer
Position Number: JR-012330 Role type: Full Time; Fixed Term until May 2027 Location: Parkville Faculty: Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (MDHS) Department: Microbiology and Immunology Salary: L...
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#AVS2026 – Watch this space! The 13th Australasian Virology Society Meeting is coming to Adelaide (7–10 Dec) at the National Wine Centre. Join virologists from across Australasia for a program spanning virus discovery, immunology, vaccines, clinical and structural virology. www.avs2026.org
Great news! @asm.org partners with the Korean Society of Virology and @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social. ASM's Journal of Virology (JVI) becomes an affiliated journal of both societies, providing members with exclusive benefits. More global collaboration for virus research! asm.org/press-releas...
ASM Expands Partnerships With 2 Global Virology Societies
ASM is pleased to announce the expansion of its virology network through partnerships with KSoV and AVS. ASM’s Journal of Virology will become an affiliated journal of both societies.
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It took a while, and many many people, but the offflu wildlife working group has brought together a (MASSIVE) overview of avian influenza epi and surveillance, 2020-20 👉 offlu.org/publications...
Our Australasian Virology Society Award for Best Virology Talk goes to Marwan Majzoub! Congratulations Marwan, a fantastic presentation on some awesome #virology research. Thank you @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social for making this prize possible. #MicroSeq2025
Congrats to Steve, Shatabdi, Ashish and excellent collaborators on this new paper... molecular smarts of viral proteins. @monashuniversity.bsky.social @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Conformational dynamics, RNA binding, and phase separation regulate the multifunctionality of rabies virus P protein - Nature Communications
Viral proteins can achieve high multifunctionality, but mechanisms are poorly understood. This study shows structural flexibility of rabies virus P protein enables RNA binding and phase separation to ...
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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 · last yr.New online: A nanobody-based therapeutic targeting Nipah virus limits viral escape
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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🦋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
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.
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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 · last yr.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!
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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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
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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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
Exciting work by Dr Andrii Slonchak on using virus-inclusive scRNA-Seq to reveal the mechanism of flavivirus neuropathogenesis #lorneiandi
"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
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
👏🏻 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
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.
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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!
🔬✨ 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.
