A microbiome masterclass from Prof Sam Forster at #lorneiandi 👨🏼‍🏫🦠 @ciiid-hudson.bsky.social @hudsonresearch.bsky.social

A pleasure to have @clionaofarrelly.bsky.social travel from the other side of the world to join us at #lorneiandi! Thoroughly enjoyed her energetic talk on the role of endometrial microbial diversity and inflammation on pregnancy outcomes. @tbsi-tcd.bsky.social

Fantastic Hertzog oration at this year’s #lorneiandi from @mgalejr.bsky.social !

Victorian Infection and Immunity Network@theviin.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This year’s Hertzog Oration at #lorneiandi was delivered by the preeminent Michael Gale Jr. @mgalelab.bsky.social!🧬 From showcasing his pioneering research on the RIG-I pathway to future therapeutic applications, Prof. Gale's work has changed how we fight RNA viruses-from HCV to emerging flavivirus.

Belated post of my macaron centrepiece from last week’s @ciiid-hudson.bsky.social Christmas party – “the cells of CiiiD”. A lot of work to produce this undetermined number of macarons (I lost count) 🙃 Big thanks to @biorender.bsky.social who I used to make the templates! @hudsonresearch.bsky.social

🚨 Preprint Alert 🚨 We discovered a new regulator of RIG-I-like receptors #MDA5 #RIG-I, which are critical innate immune sensors of #RNA that detect #viral infection. Check out our #biorxiv #preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... tl;dr 🙃 thread below

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 · last yr.

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

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

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 · last yr.

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...

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 · 2y ago

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...

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 · 2y ago

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

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.

hudson.org.au

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 · 2y ago

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

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

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!

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

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

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.

nytimes.com

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

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

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

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.

science.org

🚨IFN fans!🚨New research on IFN-epsilon just dropped: IFNe is constitutively expressed in the testis & protects the male reproductive tract from Zika virus infection! This work was led by the wonderful @drruki1.bsky.social @hudsonresearch.bsky.social #immunosky 1/3 journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

Interferon epsilon is produced in the testis and protects the male reproductive tract against virus infection, inflammation and damage

Author summary Many clinically significant viruses can infect the testis, affecting male fertility, and the health of the partners and children of infected men. Crucially, many viruses are transmitted...

journals.plos.org

One of the coolest science tattoos I’ve seen! 😍

Ardem Patapoutian@ardemp.bskyverified.social · 2y ago

Hey folks! I got a tattoo of my beloved PIEZO ion channel on my arm! Now I can show how they activate (flatten) under pressure by flexing—Will add a bit of performance art to my science talks 🧪🧠.

👋 fellow immunologists, it’s a pleasure to be with you all on bsky! I work on type I #interferons, I figured it would be neat to have a starter pack for those of us working on all things IFN! I’ll keep adding to it, let me know if you want to be included! #immunology #immunosky go.bsky.app/71vKZJA

The wave is rising 🌊🦋 In just a few days, we have surpassed the halfway mark of people in this #innateimmunity and #inflammation starter pack! Contact me to be added or tag someone you think should be on here. #immunosky #academicchatter go.bsky.app/QqJ9AgB