Zahra Telikani

Research Fellow at RMIT
🔬🧪🥼🧬 Nanobiotechnology, lipid Biology, membrane models & host-pathogen interactions

[Zahra Telikani @TimetogoZ]

Excited to share that my first first-author paper from my PhD is finally out!
If you're interested in lipids and lipid droplets, check out our Artificial Lipid Droplets 🧪⚗️🦠🔬👇
https://t.co/SDP2ajVHqE
@HelbigLab
@ebony_monson
@LIMSLTU
@latrobe

[Ebony Monson, PhD @ebony_monson]

Excited to share our latest work, creating an artificial lipid droplet! 🦠🧠

This is @TimetogoZ's first first-author paper from her PhD, and my first senior-author paper!! 🎉🥹

Check it out ⬇️
https://t.co/7dRwvubXJ0

[La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science @LIMSLTU]

1/3 ⭐ Big congrats to @ONJCRI and LIMS’s Dr Lisa Mielke, and VivaZome Therapeutics’s Dr Ella Johnston, who have each been awarded grants from @arc_gov_au! 👉 https://t.co/OLJ2G7EMrk

#sciencenews #research #grantsuccess #LIMSLTU #latrobeuni

[Danielle Beckman @DaniBeckman]

And #COVID can also damage the vision by crossing the blood-retinal barrier after systemic exposure. And don't forget the retina is part of the brain. #NeuroCovid
More here: https://t.co/Ew2ZafNrmD

[biohub @biohub]

Virtual staining offers a promising approach to map dynamic cellular systems across various cell types + conditions, broadening the scope of live-cell imaging. Congrats to Shalin Mehta & the team at #CZBiohubSF 🎉🙌 https://t.co/kfxdF31TDV

[Drug Delivery Australia @AustralianCRS]

🎉Abstract submissions for #Drug_Delivery_Australia_2025 are now open! 2025 Conference will feature cutting-edge presentations, networking sessions, and industry engagement. Open to PhD students and EMCRs to showcase their research.
See https://t.co/1cypakINEj @NanoMed_UNSW

[La Trobe MAPP Postgrads @MAPP_postgrads]

Introducing the ✨2025 MAPP HDR Committee Members (2/2)✨

[La Trobe MAPP Postgrads @MAPP_postgrads]

A little bit late but as they say, better late than never!

Introducing the✨2025 MAPP HDR Executive Committee✨

Stay tuned for a bunch of fun upcoming events planned for the year, with trivia and our monthly Active Hour already in the books!

[La Trobe Agriculture, Biomedicine & Environment @SABE_latrobe]

3/3 Huge congrats to the Poster Prize winners at the SABE ECR Showcase!
🧬 ECR Poster
🏆Best: Vivian Tran
🥈Runner-up: Siyang Ding
🔬 PhD Poster
🏆Best: Ben Arnolds
🥈Runner-up: Jayson Rose
👏Highly Commended: Milicent Opoku, Donia Abeid

@LIMSLTU
@latrobe
@MAPP_latrobe
@ABSS_postgrads
@HelbigLab
@PetrovskiLab
@LabACDC
@GrasLab
@lewseylab
@LTUresearchers
@DanMissailidis
@gr_drummond
@ebony_monson
@Kazebrafish
@TravisKJohnson
@wenyi_li68

[Christopher Chong @_arthwritethis]

Australian Government $7,500 Women in STEM Subsidy

https://t.co/PMadR3mPKa

[La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science @LIMSLTU]

1/2 🧪 Iodine is a critical ingredient in the chemical industry as a reagent which converts stable Carbon-Hydrogen (C-H) bonds into unstable and reactive Carbon-Iodine (C-I) bonds – prized for their ability to help change and create new molecules. Read: https://t.co/7FKYakmGnu

[Zahra Telikani @TimetogoZ]

@SABE_latrobe @HelbigLab Thank you so much 😊!!!

[La Trobe Agriculture, Biomedicine & Environment @SABE_latrobe]

📢 Exciting new research from @SABE_latrobe opens new doors for future biomedical research!
Dr Zahra Telikani from @HelbigLab has developed tiny fat-based particles that travel to a wider range of cells and organs (including the brain) in mice and zebrafish models.
Read more 👉 https://t.co/hyuK2dlI1q “

[Zahra Telikani @TimetogoZ]

This is heartbreaking...

[Silvi Rouskin @silvirouskin]

The current attack of the US government is devastating. The internationals in my lab are asking can I come to work today ? I told them NO because I’m afraid government officials will come to arrest them - those are LEGAL international scientists that just lost their visas due to government attacks on Harvard. This is UNPRECEDENTED in the history of United States. Some of these internationals are Jews . This is NOT an antisemitic attack this is ATTACK ON SCIENCE.

[Jun Kim @Jun_kiim]

Published today in Nature, @CamiloFaustAkl et al. (@KeithLigon5, @EAChiocca , @QuintanaLabHMS) reveal that GBM co-opts TRAIL+ astrocytes to suppress anti-tumor immunity.

The team identify a distinct subset of TRAIL+ astrocytes within the GBM tumor microenvironment that induces apoptosis in CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ T cells via a GBM-secreted IL-11 -> STAT3 signaling axis. These astrocytes also modulate microglia- and monocyte-derived TAMs, further amplifying T cell dysfunction. Notably, high TRAIL and IL-11 expression correlated with faster recurrence and worse survival in GBM patients, underscoring the clinical relevance of this pathway.

Crucially, this immunosuppressive circuit can be therapeutically disrupted using an oHSV engineered to express an anti-TRAIL scFv—providing a compelling proof-of-concept for precision immunovirotherapy in GBM.

@MGBResearchNews @MassGenBrigham, @harvardmed @bcmhouston @BUMedicine @DanaFarber @broadinstitute @mcgillu

[Zahra Telikani @TimetogoZ]

@SABE_latrobe @latrobe @LIMSLTU @LaTrobeBIP @TrendsCellBio Love this 🤩👏👏...

[La Trobe Agriculture, Biomedicine & Environment @SABE_latrobe]

🎉Big congrats to PhD candidate Stephanie Rutter from the Poon Lab in SABE @latrobe and @LIMSLTU. Her stunning microscopy image of influenza-infected cells captured using @LaTrobeBIP is featured on the May cover of @TrendsCellBio @TrendsCellBio 👏
The issue also includes an article by Dr Bo Shi, Dr Kha Phan & Prof Ivan Poon.
Read👉https://t.co/qoGKlzZ40z
@LTUresearchers @Dr_Ivan_Poon #sciencetwitter @AusCellDeathSoc #CellBiology #Microscopy

[La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science @LIMSLTU]

👏 Not only fantastic cross-disciplinary research from across LIMS & @SABE_latrobe, but a special milestone of firsts for @HelbigLab members Zahra Telikani (first-time first author) and Dr Ebony Monson (first-time senior author). Congrats to all!
Read 👉 https://t.co/SofbdQiC3b

[Zahra Telikani @TimetogoZ]

@vivianvtran @ebony_monson @HelbigLab @LIMSLTU @EMCRofLIMS @SABE_latrobe @latrobe @LaTrobeBIP @Irumi_A @Kazebrafish @taylaa_hughes @satar_jamal1 Thanks Vivian ☺️!!!!

[Zahra Telikani @TimetogoZ]

@DanielleAckerly @HelbigLab @ebony_monson @LIMSLTU @latrobe Thanks Dani ☺️❤️!!!!

[Zahra Telikani @TimetogoZ]

Excited to share that my first first-author paper from my PhD is finally out!
If you're interested in lipids and lipid droplets, check out our Artificial Lipid Droplets 🧪⚗️🦠🔬👇
https://t.co/SDP2ajVHqE
@HelbigLab
@ebony_monson
@LIMSLTU
@latrobe

[Ebony Monson, PhD @ebony_monson]

Excited to share our latest work, creating an artificial lipid droplet! 🦠🧠

This is @TimetogoZ's first first-author paper from her PhD, and my first senior-author paper!! 🎉🥹

Check it out ⬇️
https://t.co/7dRwvubXJ0

[Zahra Telikani @TimetogoZ]

@HelbigLab @ebony_monson @LIMSLTU @latrobe 🥂 Karla!!!

[Zahra Telikani @TimetogoZ]

@elvandjouma @ebony_monson @HelbigLab @LIMSLTU @EMCRofLIMS @SABE_latrobe @latrobe @LaTrobeBIP @Irumi_A @Kazebrafish @taylaa_hughes @satar_jamal1 ☺️🤞