Rhys Parry

Molecular virologist @KhromykhAlex lab, former @sassanasgari lab, University of Queensland. #virology #bioinformatics #molecularbiology 🏳️‍🌈

[Rhys Parry @RhysHParry]

New preprint from the Khromykh/ @andriislonchak /Short lab 👇
In primary human nasal epithelia infected with #SARSCOV2 #Omicron BA.5 & XBB show enhanced ciliated-cell tropism and cilia-gene shutdown plus apoptosis/inflammation, unlike ancestral/BA.1
https://t.co/LZgSypZXt4

[Ben Brennan @bbrennan83]

📝 SFTSV NSs protein is a novel tick antiviral RNAi suppressor — out now in PNAS 🧵#SFTSV

https://t.co/QpqDKJVhgW

[The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand @ConversationEDU]

A virus doesn't become a pandemic simply because it's deadly. @rhyshparry @UQ_News https://t.co/uo8wpOTtjb

[nature @Nature]

For cash-strapped and early-career researchers, archived data sets can fuel new science

https://t.co/l5WjXIyqBM

[UQ Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences @UQ_SCMB]

Today is #InternationalWomensDay, celebrating the achievements of women! Prof @K_RenfreeShort
speaks with Dr @DeplazesEvelyne on the Women in Science podcast. The podcast is produced by SCMB's A/Profs @marinarsfortes & @DekkerNitert. Listen here - https://t.co/KyutfwPYle

[A/Prof Andrii Slonchak @andriislonchak]

Our review paper on superinfection exclusion in insect-specific flaviviruses is now published. This comprehensive review summarizes the experimental data on the ability of different ISFs to cause SIE and suggests future pathways in SIE research: https://t.co/wxA3pnIi0v

[Dr Monique Ryan MP @Mon4Kooyong]

In the words of a world-renowned cardiologist, Australia’s young medical researchers are
“left to flounder with total job insecurity and family pressures. It’s the best recipe we have for raiding our future, in terms of a medical research workforce and the benefits of medical research, which are profound and help everyone.”

Why won't the government release the billions already putting aside for the sector in the Medical Research Future Fund? Why is it raiding the country’s future? Medical research matters.
https://t.co/tumeQOpquC

[Alexandra Elbakyan @ringo_ring]

um, it seems that Sci-Hub .se domain has been finally blocked.

P.S. You can access Sci-Hub by alternative addresses such as https://t.co/HEgPDPvYtP (yes, this world needs alternative DNS and independent legal systems to ensure freedom - not a single world government)

[Erik Karlsson @E_A_Karlsson]

In our recent @NatureComms study, we compared traditional #poultry swabs with environmental #metagenomics, sampling #air, cage surfaces, carcass wash water, and drinking water in two Cambodian live bird markets.

https://t.co/UPx0Gz40nM

[John B. Holbein @JohnHolbein1]

These authors wanted to know whether mothers face discrimination in hiring, even when they are equally qualified as other applicants.

So they ran two experiments.

First, a lab experiment: participants evaluated pairs of identical job applicants who differed only in parental status.

Then, a real-world audit study: they sent 1,200+ job applications to real employers for entry- and mid-level jobs.

They randomized whether applicants were:
– Mothers (based on serving on the PTA)
– Childless women (they were listed as volunteering in a non-parent specific role)
– Fathers (based on serving on the PTA)
– Childless men (they were listed as volunteering in a non-parent specific role)

All applicants had identical qualifications.

Then they tracked evaluations, salary recommendations, and employer callbacks.

They found that:

Mothers were rated as less competent and less committed than equally qualified childless women.

Mothers were held to stricter standards, offered lower salaries, and were far less likely to be hired or promoted.

In the field experiment, real employers called back childless women at more than twice the rate of mothers.

Fathers, by contrast, faced no penalty and sometimes received a bonus.

Bottom line:
The “motherhood penalty” is real, causal, and driven by discrimination, not differences in ability.

As the authors put it:
“Giving evidence of being a mother leads to discrimination against mothers in hiring and pay.”

[Stuart Turville @StuartTurville]

@siamosolocani @snpoehlm @Mike_Honey_ @JosetteSchoenma For the record flat file downloads gave birth to analysis that was 1. In kind, 2. Accessible in a format use by many. 3. Enabled a community of variants trackers that was unexpected but beautifully powerful in impact. 4. Allowed brilliant minds to generate growth predictions.

[Rhys Parry @RhysHParry]

@sciency_atack I wish more people put this anger into improving their communities. Targeting “woke” is the most intellectually lazy thing thing you can do. Put that anger into a soup kitchen king.

[Michelle Wille @DuckSwabber]

Come work with me in my "other" role doing outreach to support National Influenza Centres in Asia Pacific!

[UQ Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences @UQ_SCMB]

Congrats to Profs Chappell, Watterson, & Young on the completion of Sanofi's acquisition of Vicebio, commercialising UQ's Molecular Clamp tech. The record-breaking deal is the largest involving a company commercialising IP from an Aus uni! Full story - https://t.co/boQrbNVqjk

[A/Prof Andrii Slonchak @andriislonchak]

Celebrating an epic year with an even more epic team. Grateful to my team for their hard work through the year and the laughs at the Christmas party and to Ukrainian Club Brisbane for amazing food and flavoured vodkas🎄🧬🥂

[Rhys Parry @RhysHParry]

Out now in Microbial Genomics @MicrobioSoc MCMV-infected dendritic cells switch off MHC-II while turning on migration via viral GPCR M33 – converting DCs into stealth couriers for viral spread. Work with the great @HelenFa92229708 and @ChrisLDMcMillan https://t.co/N1YupIWAsg

[Rhys Parry @RhysHParry]

@andriislonchak Very kind brother, thanks for all the edits and feedback.

[Rhys Parry @RhysHParry]

Are influenza B viruses really “human only”? New review synthesises evidence from serology & metagenomics for #IBV / IBV-like viruses in animals and aquatic hosts. One Health gaps remain. With @MariosKoutsakos @DuckSwabber https://t.co/XHJ68oINr4

[Rhys Parry @RhysHParry]

@JosBowles I know personally 5 talented colleagues across three CSIRO locations not be renewed in the past 12 months, not a single one of them have picked up a university job. Universities are absolutely not taking up the slack.

[Barbara Pocock @BarbaraPocock]

100's of jobs cut at CSIRO when it has never been more important for govts to invest in science & research. Why can Labor find $$ for AUKUS but not our nation’s premier science, industry & research org? The Greens implore the Albanese government to commit funding & prevent cuts.