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Jennifer Habel

@habeljen.bsky.social
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Postdoc at the Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne researching antiviral, gestational, and infant immunity. scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&…

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Doherty Institute @thedohertyinst.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
A new study shows vaccination boosts immune responses, increasing B cells and antibodies, regardless of chronic health conditions. Findings help close a key gap in understanding vaccine responses in First Nations people. bit.ly/3SIcNLs
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Australian First Nations people and the flu shot: Encouraging results amid chronic health challenges - Doherty Institute
Explore our work in research, public health and education at the Doherty Institute.
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morganjskinner.bsky.social @morganjskinner.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Check out our new study published in #NatureCommunications highlighting positive vaccine responses in both Australian First Nations and non-Indigenous people facing chronic health challenges. Our findings help close a key gap in understanding vaccine responses in First Nations people.
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Atypical B cells and inflammatory profiles delineate immunity to influenza vaccination in First Nations and non-Indigenous people with chronic multimorbidity - Nature Communications
Skinner et al. dissects immune responses to seasonal influenza vaccination in a high-risk comorbid population of Australian First Nations and non-Indigenous people, highlighting significant baseline i...
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Jennifer Habel @habeljen.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Such an interesting and important study, well done!
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EMBO Molecular Medicine @embomolmed.org · 09/03/2026
IFN-gene signatures in #Bcells following #influenza A and B virus infection and influenza #vaccination 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s44321-026-00395-8 By W. Zhang, @katherinekedz.bsky.social , T. Nguyen & colleagues @unimelb.edu.au @thedohertyinst.bsky.social
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Jennifer Habel @habeljen.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
HLA-B*15:01 has been linked to protection from severe COVID, but this is not fool-proof. B*15+ individuals can still succumb to severe infections. Check out a recent study from Prof Kedzierska's lab 👇🏼 showing a lack of public TCR usage in B*15+ patients with severe COVID.
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Louise Rowntree @louiserowntree.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Why do some people get seriously ill while others don't? Our new study in @pnas.org investigated how a population of memory T cells influence #COVID severity Read the paper: go.unimelb.edu.au/4zkp Or our article here: go.unimelb.edu.au/2zkp @katherinekedz.bsky.social @thedohertyinst.bsky.social
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HLA-B*15:01-positive severe COVID-19 patients lack CD8+ T cell pools with highly expanded public clonotypes | PNAS
Understanding host factors driving asymptomatic versus severe disease outcomes is of key importance if we are to control emerging and re-emerging v...
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Jennifer Habel @habeljen.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Congrats Tejas! 🎉
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Genevieve Martin @genevieveemart1.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Thrilled to share our new research led by Jane Davies @menziesresearch.bsky.social on First Nations people in the NT living with chronic hepatitis B. An important study that could inform better care: doi.org/10.1186/s128... #idsky #MedSky #HepSky #LiverSky
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Jennifer Habel @habeljen.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Happy Day of Immunology! I was delighted to host members of the public here at The Doherty Institute @thedohertyinst.bsky.social and guide a tour to showcase our research and teaching facilities, and give an overview of my research on how #pregnancy changes the immune system.
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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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medRxivpreprint @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Single-cell immune profiling of third trimester pregnancies defines importance of chemokine receptors and prevalence of CMV-induced NK cells in the periphery and decidua www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Jennifer Habel @habeljen.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
‼️Preprint alert‼️ This is a study arising from my PhD thesis where we delve into the world of NK cells and pregnancy 🤰. Really glad to see it online and keen to hear any thoughts or feedback #immunosky
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Jennifer Habel @habeljen.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
This is so cool, pregnancy takes guts!
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Jennifer Habel @habeljen.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Speaking of incredible women, my absolutely amazing mentor @katherinekedz.bsky.social is now on Bluesky🙌🏼, give her a follow!
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Jennifer Habel @habeljen.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
What an insightful and inspiring panel discussion for International Women's Day. A timely reminder that we stand on the shoulders of giants who have paved the way for #WomenInSTEM, something we should not take for granted. Thanks to the SBS and the EMCRA association for hosting 🌸
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Christiana Fogg @cnfogg.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Timely study by Katherine Kedzierska and Jamie Rossjohn and colleagues defining key structural features of #Tcell binding to circulating #influenza strains from 1918 to ~present #ImmunoSky www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Molecular determinants of cross-strain influenza A virus recognition by αβ T cell receptors
TCR-peptide-HLA ternary structures define molecular mechanisms of TCR cross-reactivity toward natural influenza variants.
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Jennifer Habel @habeljen.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
It was great to present and hear about exciting research at the Impact of Initial Influenza Exposure on Immunity in Infants meeting at the NIAID. Always a pleasure to see @eksliger.bsky.social, @jcclab.bsky.social, @sschattgen.bsky.social, @pgtimmune.bsky.social, and to meet some new faces as well!
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