Synthetic Biologist at the University of Queensland. CRISPR/Cas9 engineering to explore the antiviral response in insect cells. Paint in my spare time.
Using ISVac platform @JodyPeters20 lab has developed chimeric vaccine candidate using Binjari Virus to protect pigs from Japanese Encephalitis. Dr @HenryDmal scales up production using mosquito cell cultures in bioreactors, paving the way for human trails. tinyurl.com/mwc9jvsx
Congratulations to @Ryanscienceman on his first, first author publication from his PhD research!
Application of chimeric antigens to paper-based diagnostics for detect... sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Our new publication is out demonstrating the safety and efficacy of a Binjari virus-based vaccine for the protection of Australian saltwater crocodiles against West Nile virus. An amazing outcome from the PhD of @gervaisha. 🐊
tinyurl.com/2o2gvpx8go.nature.com/44n5gT8
A study published in @Nature_NPJ Vaccines presents a vaccine candidate capable of protecting saltwater crocodiles from West Nile virus. go.nature.com/44n5gT8
In a recent overnight imaging session, I made a startling discovery... COS7 throw midnight dance parties. Who knew? These party animals are dressed in Vimentin-TagGFP (orange) and the ER marker SnapTag-Sec61b (blue) #FluorescenceFriday
Congratulations to the four #UQ research projects receiving support from Australia’s national biotech incubator – CUREator 🎉
🔬Micromune Therapeutics
🔬Sycura Therapeutics
🔬BioBandage
🔬Insect Specific Flavivirus Platform
Read more: tinyurl.com/2pdhcbnd
@UniQuestUQ
Excited to see one of the Peters Lab Post-Docs, Dr Henry de Malmanche talking tonight at the ASM virology SIG. Join us!!! eventbrite.com.au/e/asm-viro…
There's a tradition of film directors and studios congratulating each other for beating their box office records. A THREAD
In 1977, when STAR WARS beat Jaws to become the highest-grossing movie ever, Steven Spielberg took out the below ad for George Lucas in
@Variety
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7 days of dmem culture with no antibiotics/mycotics. Trying to show students in my culture course what contamination looks like. Even had them uncap and blow into it. Nothing... The science gods apparently have an ironic sense of humor😅 #CellBiology
When the facts don't fit the theory, the practitioner doubts the theory, the theorist doubts the facts, and the skeptical empiricist doubts both facts and theory.
Bluetooth is named after a one thousand year old Danish king with rotten teeth, and its logo is based on the Viking runes for his initials.
But that's all an accident - it was originally supposed to be called Personal Area Networking...