Novavax COVID vaccine surprisingly effective against all Omicron variants. Promising data to support boosting with Novavax - and putting to good use Australia’s millions of unused doses. Glad I had my 2nd boost with this vaccine. newatlas.com/science/novava…

Is #LongCovid a "real thing," #MedTwitter? I'll let you decide. Here's my own case: I'm a cardiologist(40s) with no prior medical Hx & have run tons of marathons & several 1/2 Ironman Tris. In March '20, I fell ill and became quickly hypoxic and confused. It was COVID-19. 1/

Lyssavirus P Protein Isoforms Diverge Significantly in Subcellular Interactions Underlying Mechanisms of Interferon Antagonism | Journal of Virology journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jv…

Five Burnet Institute researchers have been awarded NHMRC funding including Professor Caroline Homer, whose project aims to reduce #maternal and #newborn deaths and stillbirths by transforming #midwifery in the Asia-Pacific region. More info: burnet.edu.au/news/1681

Bats are amazing and their viruses are deadly! Help us discover more about them with a PhD or Honours project in Bat virology/immunology at the Burnet Institute burnet.edu.au/projects/511

Bats have adapted to manage viral infections differently (better?) than us and other mammals. How? Why? Join our lab for a PhD or Honours project and help us find out! burnet.edu.au/projects/511 Burnet Institute Prof Gilda Aust'asian Virology #viruses #bats #immunology #phd

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Asbestos is still in my kids Vic primary school! Libs have committed $5M to fix this + other urgent issues Will Labor match this so our kids are learning in a safe environment? #vicvotes #springst #auspol Victorian Labor Natalie Hutchins David Hodgett MP Tim Pallas Huntingdale PS

Had the pleasure of presenting 🎙️ my recent PhD work on ancient retroviruses 💀 to the biggest audience I've ever had! 👀 Thanks for the opportunity Aust'asian Virology! 😁 #avs11 #retrovirus #paleovirology White lab UNSW UNSW Science UNSW Biotechnology & Biomolecular Sciences

When you can see your poster has found it’s target audience at #AVS11 RNA structures are beautiful indeed!

⁦Burnet Institute⁩ Batman ⁦Joshua A Hayward⁩ presenting his poster on unique evolution and activity of antiviral bat tetherin - a study that scored the cover in ⁦JVirology Editors⁩ #AVS11 ⁦Aust'asian Virology⁩

WooRay for phages!! Phage therapy center in Australia. Phages rock! Stephanie Lynch, PhD great talk ! Phage Australia Jessica Sacher, PhD Aust'asian Virology #AVS11

Lipstick manufacturers hate this one weird trick….

Amazing phage work underway and on display at #AVS11 - can’t wait to see where it leads!

The experience of #AVS11 on the Gold Coast truly did not disappoint

So proud of my ⁦Burnet Institute⁩ Lab members and their engagement at #AVS11 presenting on #bats #antivirals #vaginal microbiome Brianna, asking great questions Joshua A Hayward, and leading the huge task of judging posters ⁦Pau👩🏼‍🔬⁩! 🥇🥇🥇

Why don’t most #viruses make #bats sick? Burnet Institute virologist Joshua A Hayward explains this weird aspect of bat biology & what we currently understand about why that is. burnet.edu.au/news/1735_why_… Prof Gilda

Starting a new lab from renovating the room and buying Schott bottles is really challenging. It gives me heart attacks every time when I look at my budget.

Bat immunity in a nutshell, by Smriti Mallapaty nature.com/articles/d4158…

Enjoyed writing this story as one of my last for Burnet Institute. And as a bonus, got to embed audio from my interview with Joshua A Hayward in the story using NU Knight Lab's SoundCite tool.