Australasian Virology Society
The Australasian Virology Society was incorporated in 2011 following 10 years as a group. We serve the Australasian virology community and hold biennial meetings.
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyGreat to see this hard work finally published, led by UQ colleagues Ariel Isaacs & Dan Watterson 👏 We assessed the nanobody and engineered bispecific nanobody-MAb at BSL4 with live virus and found superior neutralization capability
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyNew online: A nanobody-based therapeutic targeting Nipah virus limits viral escape
- Reposted by Australasian Virology Society🦋Hello BlueSky!🦋 Let's get right into it. MicroSeq is back September 3-4, 2025! Stay tuned for more details on registration and abstract submission coming soon here and at www.microseqconference.com. 🌟Save the date!🌟 #MicroSeq2025
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyVery rare human case of Australian Bat Lyssavirus (ABLV). A man was bitten by a bat several months ago and is now in a critical condition 😢 www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/2...
- We wish @slonchak.bsky.social good luck as he starts his new Virology lab at @qimrb.bsky.social May your tip boxes always be filled and your biosafety applications be approved first time round.
- Systems virology team has arrived to our new amazing home at @qimrb.bsky.social It was an exciting first day unpacking and unboxing and thank you to my fantastic team for their effort in getting setup!
- New COVID-19 strain 'pretty much everywhere' in Australia Read in ABC News: apple.news/AnMbXMgVdRFW...
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyExcited to share our latest work, creating an artificial lipid droplet! 🦠🧠 This is @timetogoz.bsky.social's first first-author paper from her PhD, and my first senior-author paper!! 🎉🥹 Check it out ⬇️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @helbiglab.bsky.social @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social
- Exciting news! The AVS12 Meeting Report is now published in the @asm.org Journal of Virology! 🎉 AVS prides itself on supporting diverse voices in virology through career development, Indigenous engagement, collaboration, and recognition of excellence. Read it here: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
- Thanks for everyone for helping us put this together! @ebony-monson.bsky.social @rhyshparry.bsky.social @gregmoseley.bsky.social @profgilda.bsky.social @robull.bsky.social @iamdrsam.bsky.social @marioskoutsakos.viralvaxlab.com @connorapscott.bsky.social @chrismcmillan.bsky.social
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyRegistration now open for HCV-Flavi 2025!
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyFascinating presentation by @turville.bsky.social on how complex formation of ACE2 with solute carriers SLC6A19 and SLC6A20 allows for TMPRSS2 use by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineages #lorneiani
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyExciting work by Dr Andrii Slonchak on using virus-inclusive scRNA-Seq to reveal the mechanism of flavivirus neuropathogenesis #lorneiandi
- Reposted by Australasian Virology Society"This is the hot mess of influenza" - Patrick Reading, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza He's not wrong... #lorneiandi @theviin.bsky.social
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyWe've created a starter pack for everyone attending & supporting this year's Lorne Infection and Immunity Conference! 🔬🧪🦠🏖️ Let us know if you're attending #lorneiandi and would like to be added! Check out the starter pack here: go.bsky.app/G6cE3nwat://did:plc:g6wn6sakbk3u4zndateu2vtz/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3liiw2h27rd2c
- Reposted by Australasian Virology Society👏🏻 to @irumii.bsky.social for presenting her research into the roles lipid droplets may play during viral infection and what we can learn from EVs! 🦠 #lorneiandi @theviin.bsky.social
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyI know all the headlines about the recent Japanese Encephalitis death in NSW state “a man from Sydney” but please keep in mind that there is currently no evidence the virus is active in mosquitoes along the east coast (inc. Sydney). health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/20250225…
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyFeeling very grateful to receive an early career development and ECR oral presentation award at Lorne I&I @theviin.bsky.social An amazing few days in Lorne learning about all types of pathogens and host responses. Great science at a stunning location!
- Attention virologists - Upcoming Keystone Virology meeting #KSEmergingVirus26
- Reposted by Australasian Virology Society🔬✨ First Keynote presentation at #MiM2025! for @aussocmic.bsky.social Dr @nataleenewton.bsky.social is presenting work on tick-borne flaviviruses with a chimeric viral platform, revealing high-resolution cryo-EM structures & antigenic insights. 🦠 Great advances in #flavivirus vaccine development.
- Excellent Flaviviridae meeting (Flaviviruses and hepatitis C virus) October 13th-16th, 2025 Singapore - don't miss out on hearing our Keynote Dan Barouche speak so close to home! Details to follow!
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyHere we provide evidence of henipaviruses in North America with the discovery of Camp hill virus in the Northern Short-Tailed Shrew, Alabama. Early release article available from EID wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/... #virology
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- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyNew preprint out now! The history of some RNA virus lineages that infect vertebrates might date back to our invertebrate ancestors. Read more here: biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyDiversity and cross-species transmission of viruses in a remote island ecosystem: implications for wildlife conservation. Work led by Rebecca French and @eddieholmes.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ve/advance-a...
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyHendra@30 meeting has started with a fantastic smoking ceremony and welcome to country for the traditional owners of the land in Geelong #hendra30
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyAmazing 10 days in Melbourne, Geelong, Creswick, and the Great ocean road for AVS12 @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social 🎉 An awesome combo of fantastic science, collaboration, great food, and sight seeing across Victoria.
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyWill COVID bivalent vaccines provide better protection against future variants? (Spoiler alert - yes) Find out why here: t.author.email.elsevier.com/r/?id=h77a8d...
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyLive laugh lab. The Khromykh lab at #AVS12 thanks everyone for a phenomenal meeting. See you all in Adelaide in 2026! @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyAlways a treat to catch up with past and current members of the Beard Lab 🦠 @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social #AVS12
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyThanks @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social for a great meeting. Where else can you turn the evolution of flu A vs flu B strains as described by @marioskoutsakos.bsky.social into a dance move. Having Jenna Guthmiller here from the US was a highlight for me! See you all in Adelaide in 2026
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyHuge congratulations Lara Herrero, Griffith University for being awarded the first @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social “Young Award” - going to take me awhile to get used to that 🤣. For significant contributions to both their field and community. Can’t think of a more worthy recipient.
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyI have been so impressed by the @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social meeting. EXCELLENT talks, across all career stages. Amazing sense of community. Really positive and supportive meeting. Plus, I beat @robull.bsky.social at the double-gloved tube capping challenge. Thank you so much for hosting me!
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyThank you @profpaulyoung.bsky.social for all you have done for the Aus virology community. It was 12 years ago while sitting in your undergraduate virology class that I decided that I wanted to be a virologist. You ignited the passion which continues to burn in me today. @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social
- Now we are honoured to hear from the first Paul Young’s Oration at #AVS12, delivered by our very own Prof Paul Young - A Virologist’s Adventures in Wonderland. @profpaulyoung.bsky.social was the first president and vision behind the Australasian Society for Virology. Take it away Paul.
- Adventures in Science, the journey from virology as a second choice honours project at QIMR to three mature first generation Young labs (the Watterson, Chappell and Muller groups).
- Some reflections on Paul’s journey. Finally also “follow the data, not the hypothesis”
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyLast talk: oration by @profpaulyoung.bsky.social at the #AVS2024 @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social “a virologist’s adventures” from the rabbit hole to the wonderland of science ❤️
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietySo lucky to have Jenna joining us for #AVS2024 @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social 🎉👏👏👏 talking about #Influenza #virus ❤️
- Last data talk of the conference is The @amersocvirology.bsky.social Ann Palmenberg Junior Investigator Award winner Jenna Guthmiller who is going to talk about Antigenic drift within the receptor binding site differentially modulates sialic acid binding by H1N1 viruses #AVS12
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyAlways great to be sharing science, fun and great time with my wonderful lab ❤️ Enjoying the coffee break during #AVS2024 @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social
- Pivoting to HCV is Arunasingam Abayasingam (UNSW) who is taking us through the Affinity of Transmitted/Founder virus associates with early emergence of Hepatitis C Virus specific neutralising antibodies #AVS12
- You can check out a sneak peak of this work here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyThank you so much to @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social for having me sharing our very latest work on COVID
- Kicking off our final data session on Adaptive immunity chaired by Lara Herrero & Naphak Modhiran is our plenary speaker Stephanie Gras (La Trobe University) @graslab.bsky.social on COVID: what else is to be discovered? #AVS12
- Ariel Isaacs (SCMB, UQ), is next up presenting a protective bispecific antibody that targets both Nipah virus surface glycoproteins and limits viral escape. #Nipah is highly pathogenic (50-100% mortality) with no approved treatments/vaccines. Check him out next week at #Hendra30 #AVS12
- Next up is Samantha Davis @iamdrsam.bsky.social (ACDP, CSIRO) who is discussing New Insights Into Immune Dysregulation at the cellular and transcriptional level Following Infection of Domestic Pigs With Virulent African Swine Fever Virus. ASFV is fatal in pigs in almost 100% of cases #AVS12
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyHow do we help support & increase Indigenous researchers in virology? Well, it starts with education (get kids interested in cool science!), is supported by policy & strengthend through respect & science communication 🗣 #AVS12 #STEM #firstscientists @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyToday is the day! I will be speaking in the last session of the last day at #AVS12 sharing a snippet of a very cool story involving pigs & a nasty virus called African swine fever virus 🐷 Hope I will see you there (promise I will be more engaging than Ross) 😊 @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyThis is afternoon tea at #ASS12. It matches the high standard of the science presented at this conference. Well done to the organisers.
- Kicking off our final data session on Adaptive immunity chaired by Lara Herrero & Naphak Modhiran is our plenary speaker Stephanie Gras (La Trobe University) @graslab.bsky.social on COVID: what else is to be discovered? #AVS12
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyAmazing talk by Yonatan Ganor from @institutcochin.bsky.social during the #AVS2024 @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social conference talking about “sex, drugs and viruses”
- “Pivoting back to sex and drugs” is Bethany Horsburgh (Kirby institute) presenting a novel long-range sequencing assay and verification for #HIV and #HCV for use in a diagnostic/clinical setting #AVS12 This tiling PCR method is sensitive and robust (131/134 sequenced!), best chance at adoption?
- Now we are hearing from Andrew Young (ViceBio/UQ) who is sharing work on a uniquely Australian virology invention in the vaccine space: The Molecular Clamp Platform: A broadly applicable solution to the manufacture of multivalent subunit vaccines for respiratory viruses. #AVS12
- If you’re eligible for the clinical trial or know someone that is please consider enrolling: www.usc.edu.au/community/un...
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyAs it’s the last day of #AVS2024 conference @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social it’s time to mark the next AVS conference in your calendar for 2026 !!! Don’t miss out 🎉👍
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyCongratulations to the Australasian Virology Society inaugural Fellowships for those who have demonstrated exceptional professional achievement 🎉🎉🎉 @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social
- The Australasian Virology Society now offers Fellowship of AVS (FASV) for those who have demonstrated exceptional professional achievement and distinction in virology, and have shown commitment to A S. www.avs.org.au/fellowship-o... Our first FASV fellow is Paul Young @profpaulyoung.bsky.social
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyFor those looking for quality Australian Virologist to follow: here you go!
- A lot of people at #AVS12 are joining Bluesky!! We have made a starter pack to make it easier to follow each other! 👇Comment below to be added! go.bsky.app/FgBEzfcat://did:plc:q5x5wlbe4gr6pg47d5cnq7aj/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lch3zsj52u2q
- Finishing up our Indigenous Oral presentations session today is Natasha Jansz (Doherty Institute) who is talking about the #HTLV-1C genomic landscape reveals host-virus interactions in a humanised mouse model of infection. #AVS12
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyGreat turnout to our Indigenous virology panel discussing how @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social can better engage with our indigenous communities to conduct culturally aware research. #AVS12
- Reposted by Australasian Virology Society@trevor-lithgow.bsky.social representing @monashuniversity.bsky.social at #AVS12 @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social telling us about building relationships with indigenous custodians of country, and forming partnerships to identify novel environmental phages #viralsky #scienceyeah #indigenousvoice
- Rounding out the virus evolution session is Nayomi Danthanarayana (CSIRO) who is discussing the Diversity of insect-specific viruses in Culex mosquitoes collected in Papua New Guinea. What viruses are lurking in PNG!? #AVS12
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyA big thank you to AVS for allowing me the space to discuss my research at the #AVS12 conference, it has been a fantastic experience so far.
- Keeping the SARS structural virology going we have Francesca Hills (University of Otago) who is Reviewing the Structural Conservation of SARS-related Coronavirus Spike Glycoproteins Through Cryo-EM #AVS12
- Next up is Marios Koutsakos @marioskoutsakos.bsky.social who is presenting Antigenic evolution of the influenza B virus HA over 80 years of circulation in humans. Marios has apologised for only including one phylogenetic tree in his talk in this evolutionary virology session. #AVS12
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyFascinating talk from @marypetrone.bsky.social examining virosphere in aquatic animals like corals, sea sponges, and tunicates, the latter which have flu like viruses! @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social #AVS12 #viralsky #socool #scienceyeah
- It wouldn’t be a virus evolution session without a SARS2 talk and we hand it over to Ahmed Abdul Quadeer (University of Melbourne) who is presenting on Within-host genetic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 lineages in unvaccinated and vaccinated individuals #AVS12
- Next up is Mary Petrone @marypetrone.bsky.social who is Extending the evolutionary history of disease-causing RNA viruses. Mary has been sampling marine invertebrates and makes a compelling case that sponges and tunicates are exciting hot beds of virus evolution. #AVS12
- Take home messages: Life began in the ocean; many viral lineages likely first emerged there as well.
- Welcome to the last day of #AVS12 Kicking off our Virus evolution session is our invited speaker Erin Harvey @erinharvey.bsky.social discussing the Macro-scale evolution of mammalian viruses. Aussie Marsupials are one of the basal lineages within mammals and are an interesting group for discovery.
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyAn unknown illness has killed 143 people in DRC, mainly women and children. Patients had flu-like symptoms, including fevers and severe headaches. It could be a lot of things, but my first worry is Marburg www.reuters.com/business/hea...
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyHaving a great time at #AVS12 with CSIRO colleagues. @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social
- Next up is our Science Bites 2 session chaired by Wesley Freppel @wesleyfreppel.bsky.social Anjali Gowripalan #AVS12 Lets go!
- Next up: is Jackie E Mahar (CSIRO) who is sharing the critical analysis of the Phylogenomics of Murray Valley encephalitis genotypes of the 2023 Australian outbreak. #AVS12 More surveillance is needed from mosquitoes and cases to understand the multiple genotypes (G1 and G2) check out poster #104
- Changing it up to DNA viruses now is Understanding the nuclear localisation of cytomegalovirus major immediate early proteins through their interactions with host factors from Sophie Wacher (CSU) come check out her poster #106
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View full threadLast up is a prerecorded presentation from Dong Li (Westmead) with @thatliverguy.bsky.social who is Investigating HBV DNA integration and its role in genomic instability through HBx expression (Poster #116) And that finishes up the second Science Bites session, let’s go for tea! #AVS12
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyAmazing work from @nataleenewton.bsky.social showing the utility of the Binjari platform for TBF structures!
- Bringing the Structural Virology section home strong is Natalee Newton @nataleenewton.bsky.social who is sharing her Chimeric viral platform that enables high-resolution cryoEM analysis and antigenic characterization of diverse pathogenic tick-borne #flaviviruses. #AVS12 almost every TBF visualised!
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyI've made a starter pack for Aussie virologists joining Bluesky at #AVS12. Let me know if you would like to be added- please share 🤗 @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social go.bsky.app/FgBEzfcat://did:plc:q5x5wlbe4gr6pg47d5cnq7aj/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lch3zsj52u2q
- A lot of people at #AVS12 are joining Bluesky!! We have made a starter pack to make it easier to follow each other! 👇Comment below to be added! go.bsky.app/FgBEzfcat://did:plc:q5x5wlbe4gr6pg47d5cnq7aj/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lch3zsj52u2q
- Bringing the Structural Virology section home strong is Natalee Newton @nataleenewton.bsky.social who is sharing her Chimeric viral platform that enables high-resolution cryoEM analysis and antigenic characterization of diverse pathogenic tick-borne #flaviviruses. #AVS12 almost every TBF visualised!
- As an avid twitcher I’m excited to see the next talk from Babu Nath (CSU) on the development of a spray-dried vaccine against psittacine beak and feather disease #AVS12 These circoviruses are very small but pack a painful punch.
- Keeping the SARS structural virology going we have Francesca Hills (University of Otago) who is Reviewing the Structural Conservation of SARS-related Coronavirus Spike Glycoproteins Through Cryo-EM #AVS12
- Second up in the structural virology session is the association and molecular mechanism behind asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection by Dimitra Chatzileontiadou (La Trobe University) #AVS12
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Time to present the work on Tasmanian devil chuvirus at @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social 2024 today during the Science bites session !- @julienmelade.bsky.social and I are so excited to present our work on Tassie devil viruses at AVS this week that we went and found one
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyA fantastic talk on RNA virus diversity in Australian soil from our dirt queen and master of giant trees @royalfizzbin.bsky.social #AVS
- First afternoon session - Structural Virology. Chaired by Stephanie Gras & Emma Grant. Our plenary speaker is Joshua Hardy who is presenting on The Architecture of the Baculovirus Nucleocapsid Defines the Hallmarks of a New Viral Realm. #AVS12
- Reposted by Australasian Virology SocietyReally enjoyed this #AVS12 talk by Branka Grubor-Bauk. Looking forward to seeing more on the development of this vaccine against ZIKV which has such devastating effects.
