Alana Whitcombe

@FMHS_UoA postdoc working on the immune response to StrepA.

[Alana Whitcombe @AlanaWhitcombe]

@TaylaARees @debbie_hay @Dr_ChristopherW Congrats!! 🎓😁

[Alana Whitcombe @AlanaWhitcombe]

Had a great time presenting and meeting new people in Queenstown for #QRW2022. Lab group looking good!

[Nikki Moreland @njmoreland]

Science with a view! Team line up after the infectious diseases satellite @QTResearchWeek. Queenstown turning it on again after a 3 year hiatus #QRW2022

[Alana Whitcombe @AlanaWhitcombe]

@AshaBowen Thanks Asha!!

[Alana Whitcombe @AlanaWhitcombe]

@sap02hkc If only you were still here to recreate them! 😂

[Alana Whitcombe @AlanaWhitcombe]

On this day four years ago I started my PhD. Two weeks ago I successfully defended my thesis and today I submitted the final version! Feeling happy, proud and relieved, what a journey 👩‍🔬

[Alana Whitcombe @AlanaWhitcombe]

Come and talk about antibody responses to StrepA (#149) with me in the poster session today! #LISSSD2022

[Alana Whitcombe @AlanaWhitcombe]

Stockholm and #LISSSD bound with @RHCMcG! Incredibly excited to be attending an international conference 🛫

[Alana Whitcombe @AlanaWhitcombe]

Had an amazing time at the #ASIAdvImmSchool in Sydney! I learnt so much over the four days of science and socializing, big thanks to those who made it possible

[Sophie Curio @sophiecurio]

Aaand that’s a wrap! Thank you to all the participants, faculty, organisers and sponsors for this fantastic week! 🤩@ASImmunology #ASIAdvImmSchool

[Alana Whitcombe @AlanaWhitcombe]

@_JoniWhite Awesome!!

[Alana Whitcombe @AlanaWhitcombe]

Now pretty in print (/PDF)! https://t.co/uxCNGAzcfe

[Alana Whitcombe @AlanaWhitcombe]

@anastasiia_art Thank you!!

[Alana Whitcombe @AlanaWhitcombe]

It's been a big month- submitted my PhD thesis and now some of our interesting work on StrepA antibodies is published, see below 👇

[Nikki Moreland @njmoreland]

Here is the latest from @AlanaWhitcombe and our lab, showing a unique #StrepA serological profile in children with rheumatic fever compared to precursor throat and skin infections...

A short thread below👇

https://t.co/XQYAZM4BzS

[Alana Whitcombe @AlanaWhitcombe]

@_JoniWhite Thanks Joni!! 😁

[Alana Whitcombe @AlanaWhitcombe]

@JoshOsowicki @njmoreland Thank you!

[Alana Whitcombe @AlanaWhitcombe]

Can an accurate #StrepA multiplex immunoassay, that simultaneously detects antibodies to eight antigens, be developed? Yes ✅
Is the assay compatible with patient samples, including dried blood samples? Yes ✅
Read here: https://t.co/RMxcteyE6N

[Alana Whitcombe @AlanaWhitcombe]

Couldn't have put it better myself!

[Josh Osowicki @JoshOsowicki]

🔥 The #StrepA Octoplex is here! 🐙 Tiny beads, tiny sample volumes, high throughput, huge results! ⁦@AlanaWhitcombe⁩ ⁦@njmoreland⁩ 🧪 👩‍🔬 https://t.co/toSUrbinBW

[Reuben McGregor @RHCMcG]

Amazing to see all the hard work pay off from my PhD and beyond. Science really is a team effort #Scienceisateamsport, read the tour de force: https://t.co/P33M3yFzWV @NatImmunol @SpringerNature

[Alana Whitcombe @AlanaWhitcombe]

I can't believe it's been just over 3 years since I started my PhD- I was going to celebrate with a conference in Queenstown, I got a lockdown instead!
On the bright side, I guess I got my wish of writing up from home🤷‍♀️ #day43

[Alana Whitcombe @AlanaWhitcombe]

@SoniaMcAlister Awesome! :)