Caleb Stica

PhD student at the Queensland University of Technology | @QUT_CIIC | dengue | malaria | mosquitoes | evolution

[QIMR Berghofer @QIMRB_Institute]

PhD student @carlajulia15 discusses her preliminary research on Ross River fever in @nature – showing a different way of sampling humans, livestock & domestic populations to track #RRV. This technique could also be used for other #mosquitoborne pathogens https://t.co/lz7pzKRcir

[Frontiers - Bioengineering and Biotechnology @FrontBioeng]

New Research: New self-sexing Aedes aegypti strain eliminates barriers to scalable and sustainable vector control for governments and communities in dengue-prone environments https://t.co/Ubk5NB4k0m #bioengineering #biotech

[Caleb Stica @ScientiSTICA_84]

@QUT_CIIC Coupling this with long read #sequencing, we hope to capture any #mutations and potential evasion from #Wolbachia #control measures.

[Carla Júlia Vieira @carlajulia15]

I’m honoured to present at the #ISIDCongress2022. Thank you @ISID_org for allowing me to show a different way of sampling humans, livestock and domestic populations to track RRV. This technique may not only be used for #RRV but also any other pathogen @QIMRBerghofer @QUT_CIIC

[Caleb Stica @ScientiSTICA_84]

Amazing presentation by @carlajulia15 on the last day of #ISIDCongress2022 about using #mosquitoes as noninvasive disease #surveillance tools. @ISID_org @QUT_CIIC

[Carla Júlia Vieira @carlajulia15]

A safe and effective vaccine against dengue is needed to address an unmet medical need that affects many people worldwide. Takeda’s live attenuated tetravalent dengue vaccine (TAK-003) has shown protection in Phase 3 efficacy trial. Eduardo Nascimento #ISIDCongress2022 @ISID_org

[Caleb Stica @ScientiSTICA_84]

A lot of #SARSCoV2 #vaccine discussion at #ISIDCongress2022. Take home message: vaccination is a basic human right regardless of your socioeconomic status or the country in which you live. #VaccineEquity @ISID_org @QUT_CIIC

[QUT Centre for Immunology & Infection Control @QUT_CIIC]

Carla’s PhD is focused on Xeno-surveillance of Ross River virus (RRV). She explores the use of mosquito blood meals as a method of determining vertebrate host seroprevalence in relation to RRV ecology. https://t.co/Pw3txWcjiF

[QUT Centre for Immunology & Infection Control @QUT_CIIC]

@ScientiSTICA_84 In mosquitoes, #Wolbachia blocks #dengue virus transmission. We are using TEM to further investigate these intracellular interactions during coinfection https://t.co/xWwtHGMHt0

[QUT Centre for Immunology & Infection Control @QUT_CIIC]

🔦SPOTLIGHT Arbovirus Group🔦
Read about Caleb and Carla who have been let out of the lab to attend #ISIDCongress2022

Caleb’s PhD investigates #dengue virus evolution, possible evasion from current control methods, & the immune response to zoonotic spill-over events

[Caleb Stica @ScientiSTICA_84]

Cannot wait to see what @ISID_org has in store!! @QUT_CIIC #ISIDCongress2022 #infectiousdisease #ecr

[QUT Centre for Immunology & Infection Control @QUT_CIIC]

🔥NEW @VirusesMDPI PAPER ALERT!🔥

Hot off the press paper on tracking #Dengue viral diversification and its implications on #vaccine design by one of our brilliant PhD Candidates @ScientiSTICA_84.
Check it out 👉https://t.co/6EdGYIdBbs

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#Arbovirus
#Aedes
#DENV