Alex McAuley
alexmcauley.bsky.social
Alex McAuley
@alexmcauley.bsky.social
Senior Research Scientist and Team Leader in Virology and Vector Biology; Traveller & Wannabe Composer.
Saw this very Christmassy king parrot on the way to Warrnambool
December 22, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Reposted by Alex McAuley
Earlier this month, an ICE officer shot and killed Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, a Mexican immigrant, in a Chicago suburb. We analyzed surveillance, body cam and bystander videos, and found that key aspects of the DHS description of events do not hold up.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How an Attempted ICE Arrest Near Chicago Turned Deadly (Gift Article)
The New York Times analyzed surveillance, police body-camera footage and bystander videos to understand what happened when an immigration agent shot and killed a motorist in a Chicago suburb.
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Reposted by Alex McAuley
Vaccines are rigorously tested, they are effective, and they save lives. More than 150 million lives have been saved in the past 50 years thanks to vaccines!

But you may be worried about what's in them?
So, let’s break it down ⬇
June 10, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The similarity is uncanny…
March 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I had a productive first workday of the year. It can only go downhill from here…
January 6, 2025 at 6:05 AM
What are some of the most under-rated film scores you can think of? One of mine is Homeward Bound by Bruce Broughton. We had the film on VHS when I was a child, and the main theme is still one of my favourites
December 5, 2024 at 10:36 PM
My wife and I recently went on holiday to Thailand and Malaysia. It was an amazing trip!! Not least because it was the first time I have seen apes and monkeys in the wild
November 13, 2024 at 6:19 AM
Decided to move here from Twitter... I am a Team Leader and Senior Research Scientist a the CSIRO, Australia's National Science Agency 🧪. My research focusses on emerging infectious diseases, vaccine and therapy development, and novel mosquito control strategies
November 11, 2024 at 10:33 PM