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Michelle Baker @mlbaker4

Comparative immunologist studying bats

Joined July 2014
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Michelle Baker@mlbaker4
6 Sep 2022
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Nolwenn Jouvenet Lab@lab_jouvenet
13 Jul 2024
Cool discovery about 🦇 antibodies: temperature fluctuations regulate antigen binding strength and diversity doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-5…
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Anjana Karawita@ackarawita
11 Jul 2024
Avian flu and the black swans… A story run by Sydney morning herald with ⁦@K_RenfreeShort⁩ #flu #uqnews #csiro ⁦@smh⁩ smh.com.au/politics/federal/…

Black swans in ‘significant peril’ from bird flu

Australia’s poultry industry is grappling with an outbreak of H7 bird flu, but the H5N1 strain, which has spread to every other continent, could wipe out native species.

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Anjana Karawita@ackarawita
23 Jan 2023
Replying to @K_RenfreeShort @UQ_News @DavidBurt8 @mlbaker4
Amazing media coverage for the paper: theconversation.com/australi…

Australia’s iconic black swans have a worrying immune system deficiency, new genome study finds

Why are Australian black swans so quick to die from bird flu? A new genome study comparing them to their bird brethren helps to unravel the mystery.

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<span style="color: #ff4815;">Multidisciplinary Project Examines Australia’s One Health Pandemic Governance bulletin.woah.org/?p=22688

Multidisciplinary Project Examines Australia’s One Health Pandemic Governance - WOAH Bulletin

A multidisciplinary, multi-sectoral team has conducted one of the first evaluations of pandemic risk management at a country-level focused on long-term pandemic prevention.

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The five virus families most likely to cause the next pandemic

Australian scientists have identified the five types of virus that pose the greatest pandemic threat and have told the federal government to start bolstering its defences.

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Jennifer Barr@BarrJenn
17 Aug 2022
Surveillance is important! Our short communication is out: Detection of filovirus-reactive antibodies in Australian bat species | Microbiology Society microbiologyresearch.org/con…

Detection of filovirus-reactive antibodies in Australian bat species

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Trent Munro@trent_munro
11 Aug 2022
First chance to hear the federal science minister, Ed Husik @IndustryGovAu, speak in person about the importance of biotechnology manufacturing here in Australia. Great to see as a National Priority!
CSIRO
@CSIRO
10 Aug 2022
#CSIRO opened a new $23.1 million national lab in #Melbourne today to bolster #Australia's ability to produce vaccines and drug treatments onshore. csiro.au/en/news/News-releas…
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Dr Katie Woolaston@WildlifeLawIntl
26 Jul 2022
Our article on #OneHealth approaches to #pandemic risk management with an 🇦🇺 case study is now out in @GHJournal and is open access. @Hopenjohnson @mlbaker4 @mieghanbruce @ali_bat @DrCharOskam @HealthLawQUT globalizationandhealth.biome…

An argument for pandemic risk management using a multidisciplinary One Health approach to governa...

Globalization and Health - The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and the subsequent COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant global impact. However, COVID-19 is just one of several high-impact...

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Andrew Breed@Andrew_Breed
5 May 2022
Great to be part of Australia's Human Animal Spillover & Emerging Diseases Scanning HASEDS Working Grp with @simon_firestone @ali_bat @mlbaker4 @kanta_subbarao & othrs frm @TheDohertyInst @healthywildlife @nswdpi @WAHealth @CentreHealthSec @jcu @Sydney_Uni @healthgovau #OneHealth
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Dr. Irene Salinas Remiro@DrSalinasLab
6 Apr 2022
Check out the amazing discovery by Rob Miller's lab @unm on loss of #gammadeltaTcells in reptiles @J_Immunol jimmunol.org/content/early/2… led by the amazing #WomenInSTEM @KimAMorrissey who is rocking her PhD (today she passed her comps!) Congrats Kim! #ComparativeImmunology

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The Journal of Immunology@J_Immunol
13 Apr 2022
The April 15, 2022 issue of The Journal of Immunology is now available online: ow.ly/bl9150IJcZH #ReadTheJI
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Marise Payne@MarisePayne
14 Feb 2022
A further 5-year $375m investment in 🇦🇺's Health Security Initiative for the #IndoPacific will build on our achievements to date, contribute to the avoidance & containment of infectious disease threats in our region & provide further support to partners. bitly.ws/ovxB
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Burnet Institute@BurnetInstitute
20 Jan 2022
How long does immunity after Omicron infection last? “If high levels of neutralising antibodies are elicited … we would expect to see some level of protection against reinfection, but this is likely to be short-lived,” Prof ⁦@GildaTachedjian⁩ said. cosmosmagazine.com/health/co…

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Aust'asian Virology@AusVirologySoc
3 Nov 2021
Huge congratulations @edwardcholmes - richly deserved!!
ScienceGovAu
@ScienceGovAu
3 Nov 2021
Congratulations to Professor Edward C. Holmes from @Sydney_Uni, recipient of the 2021 Prime Minister’s Prize for #Science. Outstanding! More: industry.gov.au/pmprizes #pmprizes
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Carol Azzam Mackay@CarolMackay_
7 Sep 2021
My favourite fact for Day 7 of #SciCommSeptember is the origins of the word "scientist" - first used in 1834 to describe Mary Somerville who, as a woman and multidisciplinary expert, did not fit the patriarchal labels of the time. Here's to women paving the way 💪
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Prof Gilda@GildaTachedjian
7 Sep 2021
Retroviruses of Bats: a Threat Waiting in the Wings? Our review in ⁦@mbiojournal⁩ ⁦is out ⁦@BurnetInstitute⁩ ⁦@JoshuaAHayward1⁩ journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128…

Retroviruses of Bats: a Threat Waiting in the Wings? | mBio

Bats are infamous reservoirs of deadly human viruses. While retroviruses, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), are among the most significant of virus families that have jumped from animals...

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Peter Daszak
@PeterDaszak
7 Sep 2021
While Nipah virus infections in people are often lethal, outbreaks are usually small with limited transmission among people. Let's hope that this spreads no further & that the rapid response is successful! cbsnews.com/news/kerala-nipa…

Authorities race to contain deadly Nipah virus outbreak in India

The virus is far deadlier than COVID-19, and it last claimed Indian lives in 2018, killing 17 of the 18 people who caught it from a contaminated family well.

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WACImmuno@WACImmuno
1 Sep 2021
2 days left to submit your abstract for #ASI2021 @ASImmunology. If your research is non-traditional, then submit to the Wild and Comparative Immunity Symposium! @Jamie_Rossjohn @WildImmunity @DrMichellePower @mlbaker4 @OneHealthRes @KathyBelov @j9deakin asi2021.org/submissions

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