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Sebastian Carmody

@virusvoyeur.bsky.social
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An insatiable appetite for science and a sudden passion for infectious diseases. I want to continue learning new things.

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Sebastian Carmody @virusvoyeur.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
That time I found a dehydrated Ring tail possum on my fence. It was dusk and I saw a shadow on my fence that looked like a giant rat and I literally jumped. It was very sluggish so I contacted a wildlife support volunteer and they just advised me to let it go. I hope it survived.
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Sebastian Carmody @virusvoyeur.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
My journey into science started with a love of animals and wondering why they behave the way they do. With my wife’s support, I followed that passion. Amazingly, my passion changed to virology, inspired by my honours research at the CSIRO ACDP. But I still pick up the camera from time to time.
A couple of cute fairy penguins coming in to nest - Philip IslandA kookaburra just about to take off after snacking on a lizard - Philip IslandI saw this dragonfly land and just had to get a close-up - Lake Elizabeth
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Jeff Craig @drchromo.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
I just wrote this with the Prof Nancy Segal, who has an encyclopaedic knowledge of twins. I hope you learn something. I did. Genes, environment or a special bond? Why some twins talk and think in unison theconversation.com/genes-enviro...
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Genes, environment or a special bond? Why some twins talk and think in unison
Twins Bridgette and Paula Powers have gone viral for the way they speak in unison, using the same gestures and words.
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Sebastian Carmody @virusvoyeur.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Wonderful to attend the Discovery Tour for the Day of Immunology VIC. Amazing to see passionate researchers in infection & immunity sharing their work. Big thanks to Rachel Webb for taking the time to chat — my son absolutely loves immunology! #DayofImmunology #Immunology2025
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Berta Blanch @berta-b.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
WE ARE BACK! After hosting a successful and innovative #WDA2024 Off Country event last year in Canberra, this year we bring to you the #WDA2025GlobalVoice from Vancouver Island to wherever your are in the world!!! Check wda2025.com/2025-global-... for more information.
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CSIRO Publishing @csiropublishing.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
We're seeking Associate Editors to join the #AusJZoology editorial board! Associate Editors help manage the peer review process, uphold the journal's high publication ethics, and contribute to the publication of impactful zoological research. Find out more: www.publish.csiro.au/zo/Expressio...
Australian Journal of Zoology: evolutionary, molecular and comparative zoology.
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Jennifer Barr @jennbarr.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
An incredibly sad and bizarre outcome
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Sebastian Carmody @virusvoyeur.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
One of my all-time favourite places to visit is Lake Elizabeth. It's been some time since I've had the opportunity to photograph some wildlife. Unfortunately, after finding the green little bird and snapping a couple of shots, I stepped on a stick and rolled my ankle so badly I thought I broke it.
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Michelle Wille @duckswabber.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Summary of Australia's HPAI H7 outbreaks in 2024. 👉 www.sciquest.org.nz/browse/publi...
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Jeff Craig @drchromo.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
We must recognise diversity: Australia’s clinical guidelines shape health care. Why do so many still ignore sex & gender? theconversation.com/australias-c...
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Australia’s clinical guidelines shape our health care. Why do so many still ignore sex and gender?
Only 5% of guidelines define the terms ‘sex’ and ‘gender’.
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Sebastian Carmody @virusvoyeur.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
While the primary focus of this article is aimed at those in a relationship, I see benefits for colleagues, teachers, and friends. An opportunity to empathise with those living with ADHD and truly understand the struggles they encounter daily. www.additudemag.com/slideshows/i...
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"If You Love Me, Please Take This Seriously"
We don’t mean to hurt you. But we do — again and again. You feel like screaming, pulling out your hair, or lying in bed and crying, “When will she get it? Will this ever stop?” I don’t have all the an...
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Nature @nature.com · 29/01/2025
Bats’ ability to swoop and soar through the sky might have given them another ‘superpower’ — invincibility to most viruses go.nature.com/3PSpGOB
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How flight helped bats become invincible to viruses
The mammals carry immune adaptations that emerged when their ancestors took to the skies.
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Sgt Scholar @sgt-scholar.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
My first post on BlueSky is to say Happy Birthday to Alan Alda! Below is one of my favorite quotes, and he is also an excellent science communication advocate. www.aldacenter.org #science #CriticalThinking #STEM #SciComm
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Nature @nature.com · 27/01/2025
Cold emails can be a surprisingly powerful tool for landing a job in science. Here's how to make yours stand out go.nature.com/4htNunA
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Four tips for writing the perfect ‘cold e-mail’ in job applications
These strategies can transform your unsolicited applications from forgettable to fabulous.
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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 27/01/2025
The Vacation Studentships are open for applications. The Society offers limited awards for undergraduates to work on microbiological research projects and gives early/mid-career scientists supervision experience. Apply by 20 February. Learn more:
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Vacation Studentships
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Nature @nature.com · 27/01/2025
A group of scientists who are experts at spotting fraudulent research outline five essential steps to combat industrialized scientific misconduct go.nature.com/4h78aSw
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‘Stamp out paper mills’ — science sleuths on how to fight fake research
A group of scientists who are experts at spotting fraudulent research outline five essential steps to combat industrialized scientific misconduct.
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ADDitude @additudemag.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Impulsivity is at the root of many variables found to reduce life expectancy among adults with ADHD, including alcohol use, smoking, exercise, nutrition, sleep, and risky driving. “ADHD treatments could be used to reduce this background risk factor," said Russell Barkley, Ph.D.
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ADHD Reduces Life Expectancy by 7 to 9 Years: New Study
The life expectancy for a woman with ADHD is 8.6 years shorter than it is for her neurotypical peers, a slightly larger gap than the 6.8-year difference for men, according to a groundbreaking new U.K....
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Michelle Wille @duckswabber.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Human case of HPAI H5N1 in the UK. 👉 www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Human case of avian flu detected in England
UKHSA confirms rare case of bird flu (H5N1) in the West Midlands region.
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Seb Bowyer @sebbowyer.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Setting up an account to talk about my review article in @microbiologysociety.org - all about how #AI has been applied to virus research! #machinelearning #virology doi.org/10.1099/jgv....
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Unveiling the ghost: machine learning’s impact on the landscape of virology
The complexity and speed of evolution in viruses with RNA genomes makes predictive identification of variants with epidemic or pandemic potential challenging. In recent years, machine learning has bec...
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Jennifer Barr @jennbarr.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A world less safe and secure
On 20 January, President Trump announced the withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO). President Trump shares many of the same concerns about WHO as previous administra...
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ADDitude @additudemag.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Feelings of inadequacy with ADHD and give rise to RSD, social anxiety, imposter syndrome, and perfectionism. The solution? Breaking free from a flawed core belief of “not good enough.” #ADHD #RejectionSensitiveDysphoria #RSD #ADHDlife www.additudemag.com/not-good-eno...
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BirdLife International @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
By 2035, African Penguins could be extinct in the wild. 🐧 In the last century, their numbers have diminished by 97%. Make your voice heard and help us save this iconic species: only.one/act/save-afr... #PenguinAwarenessDay
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African Penguin on the Brink of Extinction
The African Penguin has been officially uplisted from Endangered to Critically Endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, highlighting the species’ severe risk…
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Nature @nature.com · 17/01/2025
Latest from the Nature Careers Podcast 🔊 How to be a brilliant ally to your neurodivergent lab mate go.nature.com/40doFFu
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How to be a brilliant ally to your neurodivergent lab mate
Two researchers, one with bipolar disorder and ADHD, the other with autism, discuss supportive workplaces, building networks, and how and when to disclose diagnoses.
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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Mosquito-borne #dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis detected in Queensland. - #JEV likely imported from Southern Queensland, Goondiwindi. Eek.😬 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
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Two Qld men hospitalised with rare and deadly mosquito-borne viruses
An elderly man is recovering from dengue fever in Townsville University Hospital, where another man who has Japanese encephalitis is also being treated.
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Michelle Wille @duckswabber.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Clade names getting you down? Now, simply drag and drop and you will have the clade information. Based on 3 Nextclade datasets, can assign clades to H5 HA sequences, call mutations relative to reference strains. Interface: clades.nextstrain.org?dataset-url=... 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Michelle Wille @duckswabber.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
In human alveolar epithelium, A/Vietnam/1203/2004 (old H5N1) replicated most efficiently, followed by A/Texas/37/2024 (human case, bovine genotype), then A/bovine/Ohio/B24OSU-342/2024. Induction of interferon-stimulated genes lower 2344b viruses. 👉 wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
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Michelle Wille @duckswabber.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
HA198 mutations significantly alter receptor binding properties in H9N2: 198V = 4-16 -fold 🔺 in overall receptor-binding avidity. HA198V/T enhanced binding to human α2,6 SA receptors, HA198A to avian α2,3 SA receptors. 👉 www.frontiersin.org/journals/vet...
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Michelle Wille @duckswabber.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Systematic approach that healthcare facilities can adopt to prepare to identify, confirm, and safely manage highly pathogenic avian influenza in the healthcare setting 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Michelle Wille @duckswabber.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Avian and human influenzas heat treated: avian viruses more stable at 75°C than human viruses, inactive virus preparations w HA0 protein retained infectious long during heat treatment +regained infectivity after heat inactivation by adding trypsin 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Nature @nature.com · 13/01/2025
Blood vessels in the brain rhythmically constrict and dilate to drive waves of cleansing fluid through the organ go.nature.com/3PwtwN2
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How the brain cleans itself during deep sleep
Blood vessels in the brain rhythmically constrict and dilate to drive waves of cleansing fluid through the organ.
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Nature @nature.com · 13/01/2025
“It’s going to take me longer, but I will get there. My plans have not changed, don’t give up, don’t step away from mentorship” Early-career researchers describe how they juggled workloads, emotions and finances after having children. go.nature.com/4gSIfhj
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PhD parents: the pros and cons of having a child during your doctorate
Early-career researchers describe how they juggled workloads, emotions and finances after having children.
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the ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 27/08/2024
I think EVERY student, graduate students included, should register with the disability office, and here's why. #HigherEducation #ADHD #Neurodivergent theadhdacademic.weebly.com/learning--ad...
Register with the disability office because

•Your circumstances may change. •The process can take time. • New technology may be available. to already be registered. wouldn't have thought of.

•If anything goes wrong and you need help, it's better • They may have ideas for accommodations that you

Graphic by the ADHD Academic. Do not reuse without permission.
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Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻 @carolinebowen.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
🆓🔓Horlin, C., Hronska, B. & Nordmann, E. (2024) I can be a “normal” student: The role of lecture capture in supporting disabled and #neurodivergent students’ participation in higher education. doi.org/10.1007/s107... #bskySPEECHIES
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I can be a “normal” student: the role of lecture capture in supporting disabled and neurodivergent students’ participation in higher education - Higher Education
After the return to on-campus teaching post-Covid, reports of student disengagement and low attendance are common and anxieties over the relationship between lecture recordings and attendance have re-...
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Sebastian Carmody @virusvoyeur.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
This is interesting.
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ADDitude @additudemag.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Nice to meet you, Bluesky! We look forward to sharing #adhd strategies from ADDitude magazine here. www.additudemag.com
ADDitude magazine cover for the winter 2024 issue covering ADHD at work, the ADHD-autism link, defiance in children, and procrastination.
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ADDitude @additudemag.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
In case you missed it, here are ADDitude's Top 10 #ADHD research reports, studies, and news articles of 2024 — from adult diagnosis guidelines to the protective effects of medication to the impact of estrogen fluctuations and beyond.
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Top 10 ADHD News & Research Headlines of 2024
This year, we learned that ADHD misdiagnosis and inadequate treatment in adulthood stem from poor diagnostic criteria. We saw Vyvanse increase production—and ADHD stimulant prices similarly rise. And ...
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ADDitude @additudemag.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
"The problem is that executive functioning is applied inconsistently in the #ADHD brain. We see this when we’re able to hyperfocus on tasks we find interesting yet find it downright painful to focus on what we find boring." - Ari Tuckman, PsyD How to create systems to compensate & get stuff done!
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You Can’t Train Away ADHD Executive Dysfunction
But you can more consistently get things done by creating systems in your life that support these brain processes. Here, learn the secrets to more reliably turning intentions into actions.
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Nature @nature.com · 10/01/2025
Female scientists are quitting academic publishing earlier than their male counterparts, even in biological-science disciplines that have roughly equal representation. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Study of biologists quitting academia reveals hidden gender gaps
Even in fields in which women are well represented, they are up to 40% more likely than men to leave research within 20 years.
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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Join our news team as a science reporter based in Berlin or Sydney! Applications close January 20th👇🏻 Please help spread the word @nature.com @natureportfolio.bsky.social
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Sebastian Carmody @virusvoyeur.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Memories! I presented my Honours project poster, The Ecology and Diversity of Avian Paramyxovirus 1: The Causative Agent of Newcastle Disease in Australian Wild Birds, at the VIIN Young Investigator Symposium. This project was done in collaboration with Uni Melbourne, Doherty Institute, and CSIRO.
Blurred out the data due to potential IP issues. Really really loved working on this project.I won the award for the best question alongside others who won various awards.
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Sebastian Carmody @virusvoyeur.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Here's hoping this social media takes off with a strong, scientifically literate foundation. The toxicity of Twitter really can't be downplayed.
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