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Katherine Kedzierska

@katherinekedz.bsky.social
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Immunologist and Professor at the Doherty Institute and University of Melbourne

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Jennifer Habel @habeljen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Our recent study now in @ebiomedicine.bsky.social investigates how pregnancy impacts the immune system. We identify key differences in circulating and decidual immune cell populations during pregnancy, with a focus on natural killer cells. Check out the details here: tinyurl.com/mvk8xcsx
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Multidimensional molecular profiling reveals decidual and circulating NK cell dynamics in early and late pregnancy
Overall, our study provides key insights into immunity in pregnancy and reveals fundamental differences in the NK cell compartment. Understanding pregnancy-specific immunology fills important knowledg...
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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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Science Magazine @science.org · 01/04/2026
The new issue of #ScienceTranslationalMedicine is out! Featuring the winner of the 2026 BII & Science Translational Prize for Innovations in Women's Health, a "time capsule" of samples sheds new light on the breadth of flu vaccine immunity, and more. scim.ag/4taZbVW
The cover image illustrates how influenza vaccination, represented as an umbrella, offers broad but incomplete protection from infection, represented by falling influenza virus particles.
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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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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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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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Katherine Kedzierska @katherinekedz.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Massive congratulations Tejas 🎉
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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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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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