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Isabelle Foo

@isabellefjh.bsky.social
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Postdoc at The Peter Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne | Studying viral immunology, influenza, arbovirus and viral co-infection | she/her | 🇲🇾 in 🇦🇺 scholar.google.com.au/citations?use…

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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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Science Magazine @science.org · 02/04/2026
By analyzing a “time capsule” of historic samples from recipients of a 1994 #influenza vaccine, a team defines the breadth of antibody and B cell responses to future, emerging influenza A and B. Learn more in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine: scim.ag/3PWpH7d
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Historic 1994 influenza vaccine cohorts define breadth of antibody and B cell responses toward future influenza A and B viruses
B cell responses that bound to future H1N1 and influenza B virus strains, but not H3N2 strains, were elicited in adults by the 1994 influenza vaccine.
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Isabelle Foo @isabellefjh.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Extremely privileged to have our study featured on the issue cover which we designed with the latented team @scistories.bsky.social #ScienceTranslationalMedicine! @katherinekedz.bsky.social @thedohertyinst.bsky.social
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Doherty Institute @thedohertyinst.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
New research shows getting your annual flu vaccine can protect you from seasonal influenza strains and prime your immune system to respond to future strains, even some that emerge decades later. Find out more 🔗 bit.ly/4saTNBw
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Looking back to protect the future: New insights into influenza immunity
A new study from the Doherty Institute shows that seasonal influenza vaccination does more than protect against viruses circulating that year; it can also prime the immune system to respond to future strains, including some that emerge decades later.
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Isabelle Foo @isabellefjh.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Flu vaccination does more than protect against viruses circulating that year. Our study published in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine showed historic 1994 vaccine generated broad immune responses against future H1N1 & FluB strains, but not H3N2, spanning 30 years. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Historic 1994 influenza vaccine cohorts define breadth of antibody and B cell responses toward future influenza A and B viruses
B cell responses that bound to future H1N1 and influenza B virus strains, but not H3N2 strains, were elicited in adults by the 1994 influenza vaccine.
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Isabelle Foo @isabellefjh.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Student and ECR Networking event happening now at #Lorneiandi! @theviin.bsky.social
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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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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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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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