Sebastian Carmody
@virusvoyeur.bsky.social
An insatiable appetite for science and a sudden passion for infectious diseases. I want to continue learning new things.
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.
June 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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.
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.
June 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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.
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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...
Genes, environment or a special bond? Why some twins talk and think in unison theconversation.com/genes-enviro...
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.
theconversation.com
May 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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...
Genes, environment or a special bond? Why some twins talk and think in unison theconversation.com/genes-enviro...
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
May 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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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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.
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.
March 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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.
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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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...
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...
March 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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...
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...
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An incredibly sad and bizarre outcome
Hantavirus, wow, only 2 to 3 cases a year in New Mexico on average with 38%-50% mortality.
OMI: Gene Hackman died of heart disease in Santa Fe; wife Betsy Arakawa had hantavirus
The agency announced the developments to a crowd of reporters outside the agency's headquarters Friday afternoon.
www.santafenewmexican.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
An incredibly sad and bizarre outcome
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.
March 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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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Summary of Australia's HPAI H7 outbreaks in 2024.
👉 www.sciquest.org.nz/browse/publi...
👉 www.sciquest.org.nz/browse/publi...
February 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Summary of Australia's HPAI H7 outbreaks in 2024.
👉 www.sciquest.org.nz/browse/publi...
👉 www.sciquest.org.nz/browse/publi...
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We must recognise diversity:
Australia’s clinical guidelines shape health care. Why do so many still ignore sex & gender? theconversation.com/australias-c...
Australia’s clinical guidelines shape health care. Why do so many still ignore sex & gender? theconversation.com/australias-c...
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’.
theconversation.com
February 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
We must recognise diversity:
Australia’s clinical guidelines shape health care. Why do so many still ignore sex & gender? theconversation.com/australias-c...
Australia’s clinical guidelines shape health care. Why do so many still ignore sex & gender? theconversation.com/australias-c...
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...
www.additudemag.com/slideshows/i...
"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...
www.additudemag.com
January 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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...
www.additudemag.com/slideshows/i...
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Bats’ ability to swoop and soar through the sky might have given them another ‘superpower’ — invincibility to most viruses
https://go.nature.com/3PSpGOB
https://go.nature.com/3PSpGOB
How flight helped bats become invincible to viruses
The mammals carry immune adaptations that emerged when their ancestors took to the skies.
go.nature.com
January 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Bats’ ability to swoop and soar through the sky might have given them another ‘superpower’ — invincibility to most viruses
https://go.nature.com/3PSpGOB
https://go.nature.com/3PSpGOB
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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
www.aldacenter.org
#science #CriticalThinking #STEM #SciComm
January 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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
www.aldacenter.org
#science #CriticalThinking #STEM #SciComm
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Cold emails can be a surprisingly powerful tool for landing a job in science. Here's how to make yours stand out
https://go.nature.com/4htNunA
https://go.nature.com/4htNunA
Four tips for writing the perfect ‘cold e-mail’ in job applications
These strategies can transform your unsolicited applications from forgettable to fabulous.
go.nature.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Cold emails can be a surprisingly powerful tool for landing a job in science. Here's how to make yours stand out
https://go.nature.com/4htNunA
https://go.nature.com/4htNunA
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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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January 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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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A group of scientists who are experts at spotting fraudulent research outline five essential steps to combat industrialized scientific misconduct
https://go.nature.com/4h78aSw
https://go.nature.com/4h78aSw
‘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.
go.nature.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
A group of scientists who are experts at spotting fraudulent research outline five essential steps to combat industrialized scientific misconduct
https://go.nature.com/4h78aSw
https://go.nature.com/4h78aSw
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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.
“ADHD treatments could be used to reduce this background risk factor," said Russell Barkley, Ph.D.
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....
www.additudemag.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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.
“ADHD treatments could be used to reduce this background risk factor," said Russell Barkley, Ph.D.
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Human case of HPAI H5N1 in the UK.
👉 www.gov.uk/government/n...
👉 www.gov.uk/government/n...
Human case of avian flu detected in England
UKHSA confirms rare case of bird flu (H5N1) in the West Midlands region.
www.gov.uk
January 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Human case of HPAI H5N1 in the UK.
👉 www.gov.uk/government/n...
👉 www.gov.uk/government/n...
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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....
#machinelearning #virology
doi.org/10.1099/jgv....
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...
doi.org
January 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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....
#machinelearning #virology
doi.org/10.1099/jgv....
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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...
#ADHD #RejectionSensitiveDysphoria #RSD #ADHDlife
www.additudemag.com/not-good-eno...
January 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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...
#ADHD #RejectionSensitiveDysphoria #RSD #ADHDlife
www.additudemag.com/not-good-eno...
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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
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
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…
www.birdlife.org
January 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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
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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Latest from the Nature Careers Podcast 🔊 How to be a brilliant ally to your neurodivergent lab mate
https://go.nature.com/40doFFu
https://go.nature.com/40doFFu
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.
go.nature.com
January 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Latest from the Nature Careers Podcast 🔊 How to be a brilliant ally to your neurodivergent lab mate
https://go.nature.com/40doFFu
https://go.nature.com/40doFFu
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Mosquito-borne #dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis detected in Queensland.
- #JEV likely imported from Southern Queensland, Goondiwindi. Eek.😬
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
- #JEV likely imported from Southern Queensland, Goondiwindi. Eek.😬
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
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.
www.abc.net.au
January 17, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Mosquito-borne #dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis detected in Queensland.
- #JEV likely imported from Southern Queensland, Goondiwindi. Eek.😬
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
- #JEV likely imported from Southern Queensland, Goondiwindi. Eek.😬
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
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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...
Interface: clades.nextstrain.org?dataset-url=...
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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...
Interface: clades.nextstrain.org?dataset-url=...
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...