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Carolien van de Sandt

@cvandesandt.bsky.social
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Team leader Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne | Immunology | Virology | Influenza | COVID19 | Aging | T cells | TCRs

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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 19/09/2026
The ageing immune system and its battle with viruses. Published Open Access and fee-free in JGV using a Publish and Read agreement: doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.002320 #JGenVirol #PublishandRead
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Virus-specific immunity and correlates of protection change across human life: children encounter first infections/vaccinations when they are immunologically naïve, whereas cumulative exposure histories in older adults shape their immunity.
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ISRV @isrv.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
ISRV is expanding its Schools and Mini-Schools Program for 2027–2028 across Europe, Africa, Asia and South America, offering Early Career Researchers more opportunities to learn, connect and collaborate. Register your interest: buff.ly/rj1q09j #RespiratoryViruses
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Carolien van de Sandt @cvandesandt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
How does the #immune system’s battle with viruses change as we age?🦠👶➡️👵 Our #JGenVirol Review explores how aging & a lifetime of viral exposures shape immunity, viral protection&vaccination in older adults–a🧵⬇️ go.unimelb.edu.au/or2h @jagaevert.bsky.social @microbiologysociety.org @mcri.bsky.social
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immunity and correlates of protection change across human life #AgingResearch #ImmunoSky
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ISRV @isrv.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Deadline approaching! Submit your expression of interest for the 7th ISRV School on #RespiratoryViruses, 12–16 October 2026 in #HongKong For #EarlyCareerResearchers and postgraduates covering #Influenza, coronavirus, RSV and more. Apply by 30 April: buff.ly/MQ8VqlN
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ISRV @isrv.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Final call to submit your abstract for #OptionsXIII in #Washington, DC 🗓 Deadline this Friday 10 April Submit now: buff.ly/M0XfKjt #Influenza #RespiratoryViruses
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ISRV @isrv.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Applications are open for the 7th ISRV School of Respiratory Viruses at The University of Hong Kong, #HongKong An intensive program for #EarlyCareerResearchers and postgraduates covering #influenza, coronavirus, RSV and more Apply by 30 April: buff.ly/MQ8VqlN #RespiratoryViruses
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ISRV @isrv.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Nominations are open for the ISRV Lifetime Achievement Award and Geoffrey Schild Award, two of the Society’s most prestigious honours recognising excellence in respiratory virus research Closing date: 31 March Nominate: buff.ly/zcYPxMx #RespiratoryViruses
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ISRV @isrv.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Registrations and abstract submissions are open for Options XIII Join the global influenza and respiratory virus community in Washington, DC, 29 August to 2 September 2026 Submit your abstract by 10 April 2026 Register today: buff.ly/hrITUT5 #OptionsXIII #Influenza
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Carolien van de Sandt @cvandesandt.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
📢 A long-term mystery in Flu finally solved by Mathilde Richard & her team at @erasmusmc.bsky.social in @science.org : How do #influenza viruses transition from low to high path? Polymerase gets trapped by the RNA template leading to backtrackig and insertions 🤯 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Polymerase trapping as the mechanism of H5 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus genesis
Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAIVs) derive from H5 and H7 low pathogenic avian influenza viruses (LPAIVs). Although insertion of a furin-cleavable multibasic cleavage site (MBCS) in the...
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ISRV @isrv.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Applications are now open for the 7th ISRV School of Respiratory Viruses at The University of Hong Kong. An intensive program for #EarlyCareerResearchers and postgraduate students focused on influenza, coronavirus, RSV and more. Apply now: buff.ly/MQ8VqlN
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ESWI @eswinfluenza.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
📣 ESWI has created an Influenza Starter Pack on Bluesky It brings together trusted public health organisations, epidemiologists, and influenza-focused experts Follow all in one click or share with your network 🤝 👉 go.bsky.app/HuMRYtw
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Carolien van de Sandt @cvandesandt.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Many congratulations to @pogorely.bsky.social & @pgtimmune.bsky.social and their team, very excited to see this work finally published! Such a fantastic new method for TCR analysis! Looking forward to using it myself :)
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Carolien van de Sandt @cvandesandt.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
I'm deeply honoured & grateful to have been awarded the #CSLCentenaryFellowship at the #AAHMS dinner last week Many thanks to my mentors & colleagues for their support Congratulations to my Fellow winner @rhyswg.bsky.social #MedicalResearch #CSLCentenaryFellowships #WomenInSTEMM @mcri.bsky.social
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Carolien van de Sandt @cvandesandt.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Big congratulations well deserved winners who did amazing work!! 🥳🥳
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ESWI @eswinfluenza.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Key takeaways from today’s #ESWI2025 plenary: 🇺🇸 Shifting US priorities reshape global research 🇪🇺🇨🇦 EU & Canada face widening funding gaps 👩‍🔬Early-career scientists struggle to find stable paths need support from established scientists 🔄 Collaboration & support are essential
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Carolien van de Sandt @cvandesandt.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
What a great session and fantastic advice from the panel on how to navigate your career. With fantastic questions from our ECR/ECaS audience. Choose/find a path that you are passionate about and a career is rarely a straight line
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Carolien van de Sandt @cvandesandt.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Great work by @chinweetan.bsky.social , @Len Dalit and @groomlab.bsky.social and her team understanding the signatures behind T folicular helper heterogeneity! ⬇️ #ImmunoSky
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Carolien van de Sandt @cvandesandt.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
📢 Very proud to present @tejas-the-tcell.bsky.social 2nd First Author paper published in @pnas.org where he showed that key #TCR repertoires & gene expression profiles can be found in #influenza CD8 T central memory cell pools across the human lifespan. #AgingResearch doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2501167122
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Tejas Menon @tejas-the-tcell.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
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
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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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ESWI @eswinfluenza.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
🚨 #ESWI2025 🚨 Key upcoming deadlines 🐦 Early bird registration ends on 30 June 2025 🚀 Extra call for abstracts in #Molecular #Virology open until 31 July 2025 🚀 Late breaker abstract submission is open until 10 August eswiconference.org/abstract-sub...
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Carolien van de Sandt @cvandesandt.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
📢Very proud to present @jetvddijssel.bsky.social her final paper for her PhD in @eurjimmunol.bsky.social where we used the latest #Nanovial technology to activate CD8 T cells and link their TCRs to IFNy levels without the need to fix them! doi.org/10.1002/eji.... @thedohertyinst.bsky.social @Sanquin
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Linking Epitope‐Specific T‐Cell Receptors to IFNγ Secretion Using Nanovial Technology
To link IFNγ-secretion levels of epitope-specific T-cells with their TCRαβ, we coated nanovials with pHLA-I to capture and activate epitope-specific T-cells and their secreted IFNγ, followed by index...
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ESWI @eswinfluenza.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
🗓️ Only 3 weeks to go! 📍#ESWI2025 📆 20–23 October 2025 | Valencia, Spain 📝 Abstract submission deadline: 16 May 2025 🚨 Don’t miss your chance to contribute to the largest European #scientific conference on #Influenza & #AcuteRespiratoryVirus diseases eswiconference.org/abstract-sub...
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Carolien van de Sandt @cvandesandt.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
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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Carolien van de Sandt @cvandesandt.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Do age & CMV affect the generation of T cell responses against novel pathogens? 🧑‍🔬 Our @eurjimmunol.bsky.social study shows broad & robust memory #SARS-CoV-2 specific T cell response regardless of age or CMV #Ageingresearch.🧵⬇️ go.unimelb.edu.au/w76p @jetvddijssel.bsky.social @Sanquin @TheDohertyInst
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Carolien van de Sandt @cvandesandt.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Interested to learn about potential off-target effects from the #BCGvaccine on the #SARSCoV2 vaccine response? Check out the latest work by @nicolemessina.bsky.social and her team @mcri.bsky.social with whom we collaborated! ⬇️
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ESWI @eswinfluenza.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
🌟 #ESWI 🏆 Awards are open for #EarlyCareerScientists! 🌟 ✨ Claude Hannoun Prize for Best Body of Work 📅 Deadline: 28 February 2025 Apply now 👉 www.eswiconference.org/eswi-awards/... @cvandesandt.bsky.social was 2023 winner! 💬 eswi.org/site/young-s... Will you be next?
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The Tenth ESWI Influenza Conference - Valencia 2025
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Carolien van de Sandt @cvandesandt.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
📢 Great opportunity for #EarlyCareerResearchers working on respiratory virus infections like #Influenza #Covid_19 #RSV or #Vaccine innovations & those from under-represented communities ⬇️🧑‍🔬 Put in your application before Feb 28th! More information: eswiconference.org/eswi-awards #ECR #Awards #ESWI
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ESWI @eswinfluenza.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
💭 What's at the top of @cvandesandt.bsky.social wish list for #vaccineplatformtechnology in the short-term? To include high-risk groups in clinical trials ensuring vaccines are as effective as for healthy individuals. 🎧 Tune in to #ESWIAirborne on #FluVaccines shorturl.at/jvVt2 #ESWIEducationHub
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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
🎯Prestigious Academic Journals @bsky.app Active: Science: @science.org Nature: @natureportfolio.bsky.social Still Not Active: Cell: @cellpress.bsky.social Active Medical Journals: NEJM: @nejm.org JAMA: @jama.com Lancet: @thelancet.bsky.social BMJ: @bmj.com
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The New England Journal of Medicine | Research & Review Articles on Disease & Clinical Practice
The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is a weekly general medical journal that publishes new medical research and review articles, and editorial opinion on a wide variety of topics of importance ...
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Lisa Bauer @lisabauervirus.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Check out our new preprint where we investigated the attachment and replication of a clade 2.3.4.4b HPAIV H5N1 isolate (Caspian Gull origin) in human respiratory tissues. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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A 2022 avian H5N1 influenza A virus from clade 2.3.4.4b attaches to and replicates better in human respiratory epithelium than a 2005 H5N1 virus from clade 2.3.2.1
Background Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 viruses of the A/Goose/Guangdong/1/1996 (GsGd) lineage pose significant global risks to wildlife, domestic animals, and humans. Recent cross-spec...
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 03/12/2024
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Carolien van de Sandt @cvandesandt.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
How does antiviral #immunity against #influenza evolve across human lifespan? 👶➡️👧➡️👱➡️👵 Our study in Nature Immunology investigates the difference in CD8 T cell response across human lifespan - a🧵⬇️ go.unimelb.edu.au/627s Katherine Kedzierska, Fabio Luciani, The Doherty Institute
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