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Shalin H. Naik

@shalinhnaik.bsky.social
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Science: Group Leader at WEHI, Immunology, Haematopoiesis, Dendritic cells, Clonal lineage tracing, Barcoding Media: Ask the Doctor, Catalyst, The Jab Gab, Searching for Superhuman, The Great Acceleration

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Shalin H. Naik @shalinhnaik.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
I am proud to present my latest research during Plenary V at the ISSCR 2026 Annual Meeting, taking place in Montréal, Canada on 8-11 July 2026. Register to hear my presentation! #ISSCR2026 invt.io/1bxbjhu9c56 @isscr.org
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Shalin H. Naik @shalinhnaik.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
The reality of therapeutic Myeloid cells is closer than ever. Attend this @keystonesymposia.bsky.social to grasp the latest developments and possibilities from academia and industry. Parallel haematopoiesis Keystone too! You won't be disappointed. www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
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Shalin H. Naik @shalinhnaik.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Honestly, am so honoured that the next generation of researchers selected me to speak. This was fun to record!
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Shalin H. Naik @shalinhnaik.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
A triumph of perseverance from twitterless Tom Weber, Christine Biben and the team, our in vivo barcoding "LoxCode mouse" used to resolve epiblast fate to fetal organs is finally published in @cellpress.bsky.social and available through @jacksonlab.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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LoxCode in vivo barcoding reveals epiblast clonal fate bias to fetal organs
Much remains to be learned about the clonal fate of mammalian epiblast cells. Here, we develop high-diversity Cre recombinase-driven LoxCode barcoding…
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Shalin H. Naik @shalinhnaik.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Start a lab in Australia @wehi-research.bsky.social. and don't assume we're a scientific backwater. WEHI had Science, Cell and Nature Medicine papers among others all in the last month. Wet have a kick ass environment that values discovery, translation and spin outs.
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Ashraful Haque @assocprofashhaque.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Pls re-post: Melbourne Immunotherapy Network Spring Symposium, 2-3 Sept 2025, at Pentridge Prison (No current inmates BTW). www.melbourneimmunotherapy.org $250 for students (inc. networking drinks, conference dinner in prison hall, and after-dinner speaker - to be announced soon). C U behind bars!
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Mick Milsom @milsommick.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
T-minus 4 days until the deadline for abstract submission (19th May)!!!!!!!! Check out the latest updates to the program for the @isehsociety.bsky.social annual meeting here:
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Mark Dawson @mafdawson.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Australia completely lacks a dedicated training program for clinician scientists. With the vision and support of VMIAL @petermaccc.bsky.social is extremely proud to announce the first clinician-scientist fellowship. If you meet the eligibility criteria PLEASE APPLY! www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Clinician Scientist Fellowship - Parkville, Melbourne (AU) job with Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre – Parkville | 12839522
Peter Mac is launching Australia’s first clinician-scientist fellowship to advance cancer care, fostering innovation and global collaboration.
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Oz Single Cell @ozsinglecell.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
One day left to register for Oz Single Cell 2025! #ozsinglecell2025 Sydney May 21-23 www.eventbrite.com.au/e/oz-single-...
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Oz Single Cell 2025 - Sydney, NSW
Join us at the 8th Single Cell Conference from 21st - 23rd May 2025 inclusive in Sydney NSW at the University of New South Wales Roundhouse.
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Peter C Allen @petercallen.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
🧬Oz Single Cell Hackathon 2025🧬Join us at the Garvan Institute 19-21 May before the Oz Single Cell conference! Tackle challenges in scMultiomics integration, viz & predictive modeling. Details 👉 petercallen.github.io/2025-OSC-hac... #OzSingleCell #ozsinglecell25 @ozsinglecell.bsky.social
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2025 Oz Single Cell Hackathon
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WEHI (The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) @wehi-research.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
World-first: researchers have discovered what protein #PINK1 looks like in humans and how it is activated, solving a decades-long mystery in the fight against #Parkinsonsdisease. The team hope to use the knowledge to find a drug to stop #Parkinsons. www.wehi.edu.au/news/scienti...
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Scientists solve decades-long Parkinson’s mystery
WEHI researchers have made a huge leap forward in the fight against Parkinson’s disease, solving a decades-long mystery that paves the way for development of new drugs to treat the condition.
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Shalin H. Naik @shalinhnaik.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Amazing work from @wehi-research.bsky.social
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Helena Klara Jambor @helenajambor.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
JOIN #WoodstockOfBiology 2.0 - its first edition was such a joyful celebration of the good in science. #theconferencetoendallconferences #FightFascism #Nerdalert
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Shalin H. Naik @shalinhnaik.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Very excited about coming to this meeting
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Shalin H. Naik @shalinhnaik.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Tonight, I shall create a Zotero effigy and burn it
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Oz Single Cell @ozsinglecell.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Registration is open! Join us for the 8th Oz Single Cell conference in Sydney (21st - 23rd May). Amazing line up of speakers! Early bird registration until 9th April. www.eventbrite.com.au/e/oz-single-...
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Oz Single Cell 2025 - Sydney, NSW
Eventbrite - Oz Single Cell presents Oz Single Cell 2025 - Sydney, NSW - Wednesday, 21 May 2025 | Friday, 23 May 2025 at Roundhouse, Kensington, NSW. Find event and ticket information.
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Oz Single Cell @ozsinglecell.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Check out our speakers for #ozsinglecell25. May 21-23, Sydney Registrations opening soon www.ozsinglecell.com
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Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
I’ll be doing my best to attend this conference #OzSingleCell25 in my old Uni! #UNSW If the walls of the Roundhouse could talk!
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Shalin H. Naik @shalinhnaik.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
@ozsinglecell.bsky.social #OzSingleCell25 has a new website www.ozsinglecell.com See the current list of invited speakers and stay tuned for registration details. Sponsors reach out to ozsinglecells@gmail.com
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Shalin H. Naik @shalinhnaik.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
An opportune moment to remind students postdocs and PIs that, while not perfect, Australia is an attractive option for medical research.
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Alessandro Donada @alessandrodonada.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
If you ever asked yourself if cells remember their past (and I am sure you did), cell memory is one of the courses on this tasty menu! Some of the best scientists working on the subject will be there, both presenting and attending! Sign-up now, it's free of charge!
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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Our paper on nurturing a #PositiveResearchCulture within your #research #team published by @wellcometrust.bsky.social gives useful tips for your lab. As well as making you a good team leader, nurturing culture pays off in building your science: 1/11 wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/9-3...
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Shalin H. Naik @shalinhnaik.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
If i did not have ties to Australia, i would be applying for this in an instant. The @arcinstitute.org model is inspiring and exciting!
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Shalin H. Naik @shalinhnaik.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
*edited. 21-23 May #OzSingleCell25
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Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
#Illumina (still not on BlueSky) Single Cell 3' RNA kits are ready to go. Scalable, affordable, emulsion droplet partitions, sequencing and #DRAGEN analysis, all from a single shop. Check out the kits and pricing here: sapac.illumina.com/products/by-...
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Illumina Single Cell 3' RNA Prep
Accessible and highly scalable single-cell RNA-Seq solution for mRNA capture, barcoding, and library prep without complex workflows or microfluidics
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Shalin H. Naik @shalinhnaik.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Single cell afficionados: Save the date for the 8th Oz Single Cell in Sydney, Australia!! Stay tuned and follow @ozsinglecell.bsky.social for the amazing line up of international and national speakers to be announced. #OzSingleCell25 bring it on!
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Oz Single Cell @ozsinglecell.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
We are here 🦋. Save the date for Oz Single Cell 2025, 23-25 May in Sydney
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Caetano Reis e Sousa @reisesousalab.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Happy New Year! I am a newly-arrived refugee from the other platform. Looking forward to (re-)connecting with friends and colleagues in this community!
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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
🌟Keystone Cancer Immunotherapy conference 2025 🌟 Speaker Highlight #2 at #KSCancerImmune25: Dr. Ton N. Schumacher @nkinl.bsky.social will discuss how T cells detect tumors in “Dissecting T Cell Recognition of Cancer.” Don’t miss his cutting-edge immunology insights!
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Shalin H. Naik @shalinhnaik.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Not seeing the utility of 2 dimensional visualisation with UMAP is so one dimensional
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 13/12/2024
Just over a year ago, we launched the Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology with @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social and @uwmedicine.bsky.social. #SeaSynBio is focused on developing tech that could spawn tools that observe cells and intervene to treat disease in real time. 🔗 alleninstitute.org/division/sea...
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Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology
Cracking the code of how changes in our genes manifest as changes in health and disease
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Alex Swarbrick @alexswarbrick.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Jobortunities: Shortly advertising for 2 positions, both working on the Breast Cancer Atlas, in Sydney. - Wet lab research assistant: mol bio +/- pathology desirable - Comp. Research Assistant: scRNA-Seq, spatial transcriptomics and ML Details to follow, DM or email if you are a great fit.
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Charles Mullighan @cmullighan.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Our preprint led by Nicole Michmerhuizen and Emily Heikamp showing the key role and targetability of the MOZ/MORF history acetyltransferases in high-risk NUP98-rearranged acute myeloid leukemia. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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MOZ and HBO1 Histone Acetyltransferase Complexes Are Molecular Dependencies and Therapeutic Targets in NUP98-Rearranged Acute Myeloid Leukemia
NUP98 fusion oncoproteins (FOs) are a hallmark of childhood acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and drive leukemogenesis through liquid-liquid phase separation-mediated nuclear condensate formation. However,...
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Shalin H. Naik @shalinhnaik.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Yep, that summarises it.
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Fred Hutch @fredhutch.org · 06/12/2024
Please join us in welcoming Madhav Dhodapkar, MBBS, as the new leader of Fred Hutch’s #Myeloma Program. Dr. Dhodapkar, a board-certified hematologist and oncologist, is a renowned expert in the treatment of multiple myeloma and other hematologic malignancies. #ASH24 1/3
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Jamie Hackett @jamiehackett.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
We are beginning to understand how the full repertoire of inheritable units can affect phenotypic variability Beyond the main player - DNA sequence - transmitted chromatin, RNA, metabolites and proteins all play their role…
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Shalin H. Naik @shalinhnaik.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Australian research is taking a nosedive. A decade in the making. Bringing research back to the top of the national agenda requires a fresh approach from our sector, and political leadership. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Joanna Groom @groomlab.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Incredibly exciting announcement at @wehi-research.bsky.social today Repost / Apply (Melbourne is calling you)
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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
What an opportunity!
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Rhys Allan @rhyscienceallan.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
An amazing opportunity to be the Nossal Professor of Immunology @wehi-research.bsky.social An adventure of a lifetime! Bonuses: Vegemite at morning tea and chocolate Tim Tams last Friday of the month. Not a bad place to live either 🌞🏖️ Additional bonus unique 🇦🇺creatures 🦘🐍🕷️🐨
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Shalin H. Naik @shalinhnaik.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
📢 World-leading Immunologists. The Nossal Endowed Chair of Immunology has just been announced @wehi-research.bsky.social. This is your chance to move (or return) to Australia to do ground-breaking research and join a thriving environment for discovery and translation.
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WEHI - The Sir Gustav Nossal Professor of Immunology - Alumni Global
The Professor will lead transformative research into the complexities of the immune system, building on Sir Gustav Nossal’s pioneering work. By fostering a culture of scientific excellence and innovat...
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Shalin H. Naik @shalinhnaik.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Agree. People always discuss the numerator (lab output) never the denominator (funding/people per lab)
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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
1/23 Big news for the #ObenaufLab! So excited to finally share our new study providing another puzzle piece, why immunotherapy fails in many tumors, now out in @Nature 🧵👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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ISEH - International Society for Experimental Hematology @isehsociety.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
🚨 Save the Date!🚨 ISEH is heading to Kumamoto, Japan for #ISEH2025. Check out our confirmed speakers so far and mark your calendars for a great program you won't want to miss ➡️ iseh.org/iseh2025
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Mick Milsom @milsommick.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
First post on BSky and I'm going to use it to promote the outstanding line up of faculty that we've managed to put together for #ISEH2025 in Kumamoto, Japan (with more to come). Save the date: lots of space reserved in the program for you to present your exciting science! Link below.
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Jan Böttcher @jboettcherlab.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
🧪Exciting read on the role of dendritic cells supporting CAR T cells in tumors 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Shalin H. Naik @shalinhnaik.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
The Future... Without a doubt
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Izzy Jayasinghe @ijayas.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Our friends at EMBL Australia have called for expressions of interest for the position of Scientific Head. It's a fantastic opportunity for senior scientists based in Aus to bring a vision, stakeholders, and resources to a network that has produced such vibrant scientists and discoveries. 🧪
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EMBL Australia invites expressions of interest for Scientific Head role | EMBL Australia
Professor James Whisstock is stepping down after eight transformative years as Scientific Head of EMBL Australia. Prof. Whisstock is a structural biologist at Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute an...
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Shalin H. Naik @shalinhnaik.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
We are ramping up our attempts to get DC1 immunotherapy into the clinic for colorectal and lung cancer. Here me talk about why DC1s are the right choice, and how WEHI and PeterMacCC will get it to clinical trial within 2 yrs. Start ~13 min in. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/v...
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VAXXED: Game on, with BASE and WEHI
Podcast Episode · Phase III · 19/11/2024 · 26m
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