Synthetic Biologist at the University of Queensland. CRISPR/Cas9 engineering to explore the antiviral response in insect cells. Paint in my spare time.
Using ISVac platform @JodyPeters20 lab has developed chimeric vaccine candidate using Binjari Virus to protect pigs from Japanese Encephalitis. Dr @HenryDmal scales up production using mosquito cell cultures in bioreactors, paving the way for human trails. https://t.co/Btt7EhJ7Ul
Congratulations to @Ryanscienceman on his first, first author publication from his PhD research!
Application of chimeric antigens to paper-based diagnostics for detect... https://t.co/PasxBvj1kG
Our new publication is out demonstrating the safety and efficacy of a Binjari virus-based vaccine for the protection of Australian saltwater crocodiles against West Nile virus. An amazing outcome from the PhD of @gervaisha. 🐊
https://t.co/ES3NjTJH1M
https://t.co/KIwSiZc5Jn
A study published in @Nature_NPJ Vaccines presents a vaccine candidate capable of protecting saltwater crocodiles from West Nile virus. https://t.co/imcovn9RNx
In a recent overnight imaging session, I made a startling discovery... COS7 throw midnight dance parties. Who knew? These party animals are dressed in Vimentin-TagGFP (orange) and the ER marker SnapTag-Sec61b (blue) #FluorescenceFriday
Congratulations to the four #UQ research projects receiving support from Australia’s national biotech incubator – CUREator 🎉
🔬Micromune Therapeutics
🔬Sycura Therapeutics
🔬BioBandage
🔬Insect Specific Flavivirus Platform
Read more: https://t.co/lLHJQfkZMC
@UniQuestUQ
There's a tradition of film directors and studios congratulating each other for beating their box office records. A THREAD
In 1977, when STAR WARS beat Jaws to become the highest-grossing movie ever, Steven Spielberg took out the below ad for George Lucas in
@Variety
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7 days of dmem culture with no antibiotics/mycotics. Trying to show students in my culture course what contamination looks like. Even had them uncap and blow into it. Nothing... The science gods apparently have an ironic sense of humor😅 #CellBiology
Join us Mar. 14 & Dr Hobson-Peters @JodyPeters20 webinar on "Harnessing recombinant mosquito-specific viruses to tackle emerging One Health viral diseases".Webinar will not be recorded. Register:https://t.co/Xel690Sub7 @ACAV_ASTMH@ASTMH@ihii_utmb@Vasilakis_Lab@Virology_FAMERP
When the facts don't fit the theory, the practitioner doubts the theory, the theorist doubts the facts, and the skeptical empiricist doubts both facts and theory.
Bluetooth is named after a one thousand year old Danish king with rotten teeth, and its logo is based on the Viking runes for his initials.
But that's all an accident - it was originally supposed to be called Personal Area Networking...