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A/Prof Andrew Flies. #wild #immunology #vaccines Tasmanian devil wildlife #DFTD #UTAS #Menzies #ARC #FutureFellow looking for #antechinus #dunnart and other #dasyurid. Runner and digger in my spare time. Former farm worker in my youth. Love #Tasmania

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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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A bispecific CD3×CD19 antibody for systemic lupus erythematosus: a phase 1 trial - Nature Medicine
In a phase 1 trial evaluating intravenous delivery of a next-generation CD3×CD19 bispecific T cell engager in patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus, treatment was well tolerated, and there...
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A 2025 review of 412 studies showed that roughly a third of antibiotics prescriptions worldwide are inappropriate. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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FDA approves oncolytic virus - Nature Biotechnology
Nature Biotechnology - FDA approves oncolytic virus
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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FDA approves oncolytic virus - Nature Biotechnology
Nature Biotechnology - FDA approves oncolytic virus
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The Moderna cancer vaccine offers hope — now we must speed up personalized therapies www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The Moderna cancer vaccine offers hope — now we must speed up personalized therapies
A positive trial holds promise for treating people with cancer. More research is needed to get effective vaccines to the clinic.
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
HLA class I escape drives the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in human populations | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Interpreting vaccine-associated survival differences in immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I will give a talk at Australasian Genomic Technologies Association Annual Conference 2026 on National Speaker. Hoping for a great turnout! - via #Whova event app
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Will the mRNA flu shot work better than a regular seasonal one? What the science says www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Will the mRNA flu shot work better than a regular seasonal one? What the science says
Moderna’s newly approved vaccine could allow manufacturers to respond more rapidly to changing influenza strains.
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Large scale vaccination of wildlife has been very effective on several continents for decades. We have a system ready to use for #TasmanianDevils that could be rapidly adapted for other species to protect populations from bird flu. theconversation.com/iconic-austr...
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Iconic Australian mammals could be at real risk from bird flu. Could we protect them using vaccines in baits?
Edible bait vaccines made Europe virtually free from rabies. The approach could work against bird flu – if we invest in new vaccines.
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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More than 5,000 little penguins will be vaxxed against bird flu. How will this protect them?
Little penguins are flightless and return at night to the same burrow, making it easier to capture and vaccinate them.
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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Pumas are drivers’ guardian angels
Vehicles are less likely to smash into deer on the road where the big cats are on patrol.
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Want to in know what to do, and more importantly what NOT to do while trying to make a wildlife vaccine? Tune into this webinar. research.csiro.au/vetvaccines/...
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Vaccines for the Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor Disease (#Novel thinking needed) - Accelerating Veterinary Vaccines
In this webinar I will interview Associate Professor Andy Flies from the Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, […]
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
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Reclone: a global research community building equitable access to reagents - Nature Methods
The Reagent Collaboration Network (Reclone) seeks to address the global asymmetry in research and development in biotechnology across the Global South through open sharing of biomaterials, protocols a...
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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From vaccinology to immunology and back: progress and challenges - Nature Immunology
On 11–14 March 2026, the Vaccine Innovation Forum World 2026 (VIF World 2026) was held in Shanghai, China.
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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Wind turbine proximity and health: Longitudinal evidence from US households | PNAS
Rapid growth of wind energy plays a key role in global efforts to reduce carbon emissions, yet public concerns persist about its potential health e...
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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Why paying peer reviewers works, according to a journal’s editor-in-chief
A biology journal that paid peer reviewers found that the approach cut the time to a first editorial decision by 85% and maintained high-quality reviews.
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
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HPV vaccines, 20 years on - Nature Medicine
Women are now at the very center of the global cancer control agenda, but there are major challenges ahead.
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
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Thrilling, frivolous, a waste: not everyone’s happy about the Artemis II Moon mission
Discover the world’s best science and medicine | Nature.com
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
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Thrilling, frivolous, a waste: not everyone’s happy about the Artemis II Moon mission
Discover the world’s best science and medicine | Nature.com
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
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Long-term efficacy and safety of the single-dose tetravalent Butantan dengue vaccine - Nature Medicine
This 5-year follow-up of the double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase 3 DEN-03-IB trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of the Butantan dengue vaccine in participants aged 2–59 years in Brazil foun...
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MRC-UofG Centre for Virus Research @cvrinfo.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
🦠 NEW | Fully funded PhDs in #virology We are excited to offer three fantastic opportunities to do joint PhDs between @cvrinfo.bsky.social and @pirbrightinst.bsky.social. Funded for UK home students. Deadline for applications: Fri 8 May 26 Links and details below ⬇️
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Our Wild Immunology team is looking for a new research veterinarian. The project will involve 5-7 day field trapping trips a few times per year and assisting with caring for animals during vaccine trials with captive and wild devils. careers.utas.edu.au/cw/en/job/50... Please repost
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
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14 things our PhD supervisors got right and why it mattered
PhD students reflect on how their supervisors made a meaningful difference — from quiet acts of kindness to career-shaping guidance.
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
More than one-third of cancer cases are preventable, massive study finds www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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More than one-third of cancer cases are preventable, massive study finds
Many cancers are linked to two modifiable habits: tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption.
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
“You are not here because your experiments always work. You are here because you can think.” www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagaz...
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Science Magazine - Building confidence
Just 2 months into my Ph.D., I was on the verge of quitting. I felt out of my depth, and my broken English left me struggling to keep up with my colleagues.
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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ChatGPT spits out surprising insight in particle physics
Physicists combined human acumen and AI-assisted math to show that a doubted particle interaction is possible after all
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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Global immunology education: 20 years of Immunopaedia - Nature Reviews Immunology
Immunopaedia is a free educational platform that teaches immunological concepts through clinical case studies.
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Ecological vaccination: A strategy to prevent zoonotic spillover from bats | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Ecological vaccination: A strategy to prevent zoonotic spillover from bats
Harnessing natural behaviors to vaccinate wild bats reduces zoonotic spillover risk while supporting conservation.
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The Contributor Role Taxonomy tool must serve to record extent of authorship www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The Contributor Role Taxonomy tool must serve to record extent of authorship
Letter to the Editor
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
#WildImmunology #allegy www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Environmentally driven immune imprinting protects against allergy - Nature
In a mouse model, environmental immunostimulation in early life led to cross-reactive adaptive immune memory and reduced type II immune responses to allergens, indicating a mechanistic relationship be...
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
The Contributor Role Taxonomy tool must serve to record extent of authorship www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The Contributor Role Taxonomy tool must serve to record extent of authorship
Letter to the Editor
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
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A ten-year drive to credit authors for their work — and why there’s still more to do
Information about the roles of each author of a paper can help to build trust, integrity and responsible research assessment. Coordinated efforts are needed to consolidate progress.
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
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Human gut M cells resemble dendritic cells and present gluten antigen - Nature
An intestinal organoid model recapitulates human microfold (M) cell function and transcriptomic profiling and biochemical assays demonstrate that M cells uptake and present antigens to the immune syst...
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
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Human gut M cells resemble dendritic cells and present gluten antigen - Nature
An intestinal organoid model recapitulates human microfold (M) cell function and transcriptomic profiling and biochemical assays demonstrate that M cells uptake and present antigens to the immune syst...
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
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Naturalized immune responses are stable over years in a colony of laboratory mice with wild-derived microbiota
The transfer of microbiota and pathogens from wild mice to genetically tractable laboratory mice has been shown to enhance modeling of human immune responses in preclinical studies. However, the long-...
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
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Giant Rats Trained to Sniff Out Tuberculosis in Africa
Known for detecting land mines, the rodents could also help detect disease.
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
#PhD position available with CSIRO and @utas.edu.au to investigate the genetic mechanisms for resistance to Piscirickettsia salmonis in Atlantic salmon. The project would be primarily in vitro based with fish cell lines and hopefully implementing a gecko screen. www.utas.edu.au/research/deg...
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Available projects for research degrees | University of Tasmania - Identification of genetic mechanisms for resistance to Piscirickettsia salmonis
Salmon Rickettsial Syndrome (SRS) is an emerging disease in Atlantic s...
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I am recruiting a research assistant for a vaccine project. This will be a laboratory study that involves making viral vectors and testing in the lab. Find my @utas.edu.au @menzies-research.bsky.social email and contact me if interested. #WildImmunology careers.utas.edu.au/cw/en/job/50...
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
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Clonal persistence dominates homeostatic intestinal IgA responses
Gut plasma cells secrete IgA, which prevents infections, neutralizes toxins, and regulates the gut microbiota. Simons et al. demonstrate that stable IgA production results not from the persistence of ...
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Lauren Howson @lauren-j-howson.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
🚨 New publication alert! 🚨 Thrilled to share our latest research out today in @jclinical-invest.bsky.social! This work is another great outcome of my amazing clinical research partnership with first author Samantha Chan and RMH. @wehi-research.bsky.social #immunology #research #JCI
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JCI - A dominant-negative IFNGR1 variant reveals broad immune cell sequestering of IFN-γ
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
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Sequential class switching generates antigen-specific gut IgA from IgG1 B cells
IgA antibodies protect mucosal surfaces from foreign antigens. Siniscalco et al. identify germinal center (GC)-independent and GC-derived pathways of gut IgA generation following immunization. Sinisca...
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
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Human lung CD8+ tissue-resident memory T cell-derived interferon-γ orchestrates subset-specific antiviral programming in airway epithelial cells
Mattingly et al. use human lung cells to show that virus-specific CD8+ tissue-resident memory T cells trigger epithelial antiviral defenses via IFNγ. This early protective response varies by epithelia...
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
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A Hell of a Disease: Can Science Save the Tasmanian Devil?
A strange, contagious cancer is threatening Tasmanian devils, but researchers’ fight is fueling breakthroughs in science, survival, and hope.
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Nature @nature.com · 11/12/2025
This week, Australia became the first country to ban children aged under 16 from using most social media platforms go.nature.com/4pXa8Je
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Australia’s world-first social media ban is a ‘natural experiment’ for scientists
Researchers will study the effects of the policy on young people’s mental health, social interactions and political engagement.
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
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Lamprey FOXN1 rescues the block of thymic epithelial cell development in the mouse Foxn1-deficient thymic rudiment | PNAS
All vertebrate adaptive immune systems exhibit distinct lymphocyte lineages. In jawless vertebrates, such as lampreys, T-like cells are thought to ...
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
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Lamprey FOXN1 rescues the block of thymic epithelial cell development in the mouse Foxn1-deficient thymic rudiment | PNAS
All vertebrate adaptive immune systems exhibit distinct lymphocyte lineages. In jawless vertebrates, such as lampreys, T-like cells are thought to ...
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
@jaseziv.bsky.social can you your model be adapted to show attendance over time following new stadium construction? I suspect attendance would spike, but would only remain high if the team has a high winning percentage. medium.com/data-science...
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Building a Linear Regression Model in R to Predict AFL Crowds
Can this model beat the baseline?
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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
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Heterologous two-dose Ebola vaccine regimen in pregnant women in Rwanda: a randomized controlled phase 3 trial - Nature Medicine
In this phase 3 trial, a two-dose Ebola vaccine regimen in healthy pregnant women in Rwanda was found to be safe and immunogenic in women and offspring through passive transfer.
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