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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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· Nov 24
Exciting night on the #TasmanPeninsula! #TasmanianDevil recorded trying to #hunt a #BrushtailPossum in a tree.
This is likely a young devil trying to climb the tree. #EaglehawkNeck @utas.bsky.social
This is likely a young devil trying to climb the tree. #EaglehawkNeck @utas.bsky.social
Peanut allergies have dropped dramatically in the US. Is that likely to happen in Australia?
theconversation.com/peanut-aller...
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Peanut allergies have dropped dramatically in the US. Is that likely to happen in Australia?
A US study found peanut allergy diagnoses decreased 43% in the years after guidelines changed to recommend introducing these foods early in babies’ diets.
theconversation.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Peanut allergies have dropped dramatically in the US. Is that likely to happen in Australia?
theconversation.com/peanut-aller...
theconversation.com/peanut-aller...
Are you passionate about using your professional skills to support conservation action in Tasmania’s wild places? We are seeking expressions of interest for vacant positions on the Grants Committee.
wildcaretas.org.au/news/TNCF-gr...
wildcaretas.org.au/news/TNCF-gr...
Seeking new TNCF Grants Committee members - Wildcare
wildcaretas.org.au
October 31, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Are you passionate about using your professional skills to support conservation action in Tasmania’s wild places? We are seeking expressions of interest for vacant positions on the Grants Committee.
wildcaretas.org.au/news/TNCF-gr...
wildcaretas.org.au/news/TNCF-gr...
A multi-adjuvant personal neoantigen vaccine generates potent immunity in melanoma: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
A multi-adjuvant personal neoantigen vaccine generates potent immunity in melanoma
A personalized neoantigen peptide vaccine formulated with Montanide plus poly-ICLC
and administered with local ipilimumab plus systemic nivolumab induces robust neoepitope-specific
T cell responses an...
www.cell.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
A multi-adjuvant personal neoantigen vaccine generates potent immunity in melanoma: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Our amazing team @menzies-research.bsky.social @utas.edu.au is still accepting applications for a PhD scholarship this week. Not many scholarships available, so domestic applicants will have the best chance of winning the scholarship.
www.utas.edu.au/research/deg...
www.utas.edu.au/research/deg...
Available projects for research degrees | University of Tasmania - Co-infection and immunity in wildlife
Two independent Tasmanian devil facial tumours (DFT1, DFT2) are infect...
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September 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Our amazing team @menzies-research.bsky.social @utas.edu.au is still accepting applications for a PhD scholarship this week. Not many scholarships available, so domestic applicants will have the best chance of winning the scholarship.
www.utas.edu.au/research/deg...
www.utas.edu.au/research/deg...
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The Multiple Sclerosis Research Flagship and Centre of Research Excellence (MS-CRE) at Menzies is recruiting PhD students across a range of disciplines. Successful applicants will join one of the largest Multiple Sclerosis research groups in the world. More: msresearchflagship.org.au/multiple-scl...
September 4, 2025 at 3:38 AM
The Multiple Sclerosis Research Flagship and Centre of Research Excellence (MS-CRE) at Menzies is recruiting PhD students across a range of disciplines. Successful applicants will join one of the largest Multiple Sclerosis research groups in the world. More: msresearchflagship.org.au/multiple-scl...
Post-exposure prophylaxis regimen of rabies monoclonal antibody and vaccine in category 3 potential exposure patients: a phase 4, open-label, randomised, active-controlled trial - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Post-exposure prophylaxis regimen of rabies monoclonal antibody and vaccine in category 3 potential exposure patients: a phase 4, open-label, randomised, active-controlled trial
RmAb was safe and well tolerated and showed protective efficacy against rabies. A
PEP regimen containing RmAb plus PVRV was immunogenic with long-term persistence of
immune response.
www.thelancet.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Post-exposure prophylaxis regimen of rabies monoclonal antibody and vaccine in category 3 potential exposure patients: a phase 4, open-label, randomised, active-controlled trial - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Efficacy and safety of monoclonal antibody PEP for rabies - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Efficacy and safety of monoclonal antibody PEP for rabies
Human monoclonal antibodies targeting rabies glycoprotein have been proposed as a
potential alternative to rabies immunoglobulin to neutralise rabies virus at the wound
site until sufficient virus neu...
www.thelancet.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Efficacy and safety of monoclonal antibody PEP for rabies - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Loss of ICOSL expression in the progression to cervical carcinoma | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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September 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Loss of ICOSL expression in the progression to cervical carcinoma | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Early-life infectious disease exposure, the “hygiene hypothesis,” and lifespan: Evidence from hookworm disease | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Early-life infectious disease exposure, the “hygiene hypothesis,” and lifespan: Evidence from hookworm disease | PNAS
Exposure to infectious disease in early life may have long-term ramifications for
health and lifespan. However, reducing pathogen exposure may not ...
www.pnas.org
September 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Early-life infectious disease exposure, the “hygiene hypothesis,” and lifespan: Evidence from hookworm disease | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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You’ve probably heard about #wombat #poop, but their #pouch faces backwards too! At least they keep their #joey clean while the mum #burrows www.facebook.com/australianmu...
Australian Museum
You may have heard about their cube-shaped poo, but did you know that wombats have backward-facing pouches? 🤯
As marsupials, they raise their young in pouches just like kangaroos and koalas.
But.....
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August 30, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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🐾 PhD student Sujatha Mayadunnage from our School of Science is leading vital research to protect #wombats from road collisions and disease. Her project is using data from the #WomSAT platform to make a difference. 🔗 Read her story and get involved: tinyurl.com/4s52z6xc #PhDAtWestern
April 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
🐾 PhD student Sujatha Mayadunnage from our School of Science is leading vital research to protect #wombats from road collisions and disease. Her project is using data from the #WomSAT platform to make a difference. 🔗 Read her story and get involved: tinyurl.com/4s52z6xc #PhDAtWestern
"proteins have been the only macronutrient that has never been vilified"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The protein craze: scientists talk supplements — and who should take them
Most people can get enough protein from food, but certain groups can benefit from protein powders and related products.
www.nature.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
"proteins have been the only macronutrient that has never been vilified"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Large scale suppression of threats reversed the decline of a threatened species".
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Bucking the trend - recovery from near continent-wide extinction by a marsupial micro-predator during drought
Recoveries of threatened species are rare, often requiring intensive and costly species-specific conservation interventions. Yet in arid Australia wit…
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August 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
"Large scale suppression of threats reversed the decline of a threatened species".
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Protein functional site annotation using local structure embeddings | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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August 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Protein functional site annotation using local structure embeddings | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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The latest eruption of Kilauea is underway, and she's shootin' sideways this time around!
USGS live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqmp...
USGS live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqmp...
August 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The latest eruption of Kilauea is underway, and she's shootin' sideways this time around!
USGS live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqmp...
USGS live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqmp...
"No one asks an accountant, or someone making money from money, what their greater purpose is.” Yet, someone like me working to conserve frogs is treated as if that’s not a real job... what I do is important, because we are saving species from the face of extinction"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A sit in the sauna can save endangered frogs
Anthony Waddle’s unconventional approach resulted in a stunningly practical solution to fight a deadly fungal infection.
www.nature.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"No one asks an accountant, or someone making money from money, what their greater purpose is.” Yet, someone like me working to conserve frogs is treated as if that’s not a real job... what I do is important, because we are saving species from the face of extinction"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Registration for the Wild and Comparative Immunology 2026 #WACI2026 conference is open! Register early at space is limited.
www.wacimmuno.com
@wildimmunity.bsky.social @menzies-research.bsky.social @utas.edu.au
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@wildimmunity.bsky.social @menzies-research.bsky.social @utas.edu.au
Wild and Comparative Immunology Consortium
Rewilding immunology across species and environments
www.wacimmuno.com
August 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Registration for the Wild and Comparative Immunology 2026 #WACI2026 conference is open! Register early at space is limited.
www.wacimmuno.com
@wildimmunity.bsky.social @menzies-research.bsky.social @utas.edu.au
www.wacimmuno.com
@wildimmunity.bsky.social @menzies-research.bsky.social @utas.edu.au
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How a Ph.D. is like riding a bike | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
How a Ph.D. is like riding a bike
This researcher struggled in grad school—until he embraced it as a time for learning
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August 16, 2025 at 6:10 AM
How a Ph.D. is like riding a bike | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...