A/Prof Kirsty Short (@UQ_news) is one of our nation's top experts on respiratory viral infections like COVID-19 and the flu, but she never thought she would become a scientist—having to be persuaded by her mother to take science courses at university.

Today is #WorldTuburculosisDay , raising awareness for the continuing global epidemic. A/Prof Nick West & team explore why #TB is so hard to treat & new treatment options. Recent Nature article - rdcu.be/dziiW
#YesWeCanEndTB - donate to 'SCMB-TB' tinyurl.com/32z32rcc

Today is #InternationalWomensDay , celebrating the achievements of women! A/Prof Kirsty Short speaks with Dr Evelyne Deplazes on the Women in Science podcast. The podcast is produced by SCMB's A/Profs marina & Marloes Dekker Nitert.
Listen here - tinyurl.com/38p6w38h

Today is #InternationalWomensDay , celebrating the achievements of women! A/Prof Kirsty Short interviews Emerita Prof Emerita Professor Mary Garson AM on the Women in Science podcast. The podcast is produced by SCMB's A/Profs marina & Marloes Dekker Nitert
Listen here - tinyurl.com/5an8kur2

Today is #InternationalWomensDay , celebrating the achievements of women! A/Prof Kirsty Short interviews Prof & ADR Avril Robertson on the Women in Science podcast. The podcast is produced by SCMB's A/Profs marina & Marloes Dekker Nitert
Listen here - tinyurl.com/223dfsxa

Today is #InternationalWomensDay , celebrating the achievements of women! A/Prof Kirsty Short interviews Prof & Deputy HoS Joanne Blanchfield on the Women in Science podcast. The podcast is produced by A/Profs marina & Marloes Dekker Nitert
Listen here - tinyurl.com/5bw458pc

Prof Jack Clegg is part of a team that has developed a new method to measure and remove sulfate from water, potentially leading to cleaner waterways and more effective nuclear waste treatments.
Read more here - tinyurl.com/3w2znhuf
Jack Clegg

Researchers from #UQ have developed a treatment that can both prevent and cure infection caused by myrtle rust, an invasive fungal disease devastating native Australian plants.

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QLD Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation

Anne Sawyer

Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
Dr Anne Sawyer's research focuses on developing RNA vaccines as an environmentally friendly alternative to chemical fungicides.
Read more here - tinyurl.com/y7kn3krh
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Celebrating International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Dr Guneet Bindra is working on mosquito-borne flaviviral infections and the molecular basis of their replication and propagation. She is an avid science communicator on X: Dr Guneet Bindra & Instagram Dr Guneet Bindraentist.

Congratulations to Dr Sarah McGregor on winning the 2023 SciArt competition with her image of luminescent polymorphic crystals.

Many braved the rain to attend the Biochemistry Alumni Lecture where Prof Josh Mylne presented his group’s work using structural biology in new mode-of-action herbicide development. Nibbles afterwards offered time to catch-up with colleagues and alumni in attendance. Joshua Mylne

The latest SARS-CoV-2 work from Kirsty Short and Marcus Tong has been featured on UQ News, read the story here - tinyurl.com/2xa3wlge

Needle-free protection from the mosquito-borne Zika virus is under development.

A #UQ -developed #Vaxxas microprojection patch has delivered a Uni of Adelaide vaccine to evoke a response 270 per cent higher than syringe delivery.
Read more: uq.au/7eh UQ Science

Prof Dee Carter gave the 2023 Skerman Lecture, and her excellent presentation explored the shape-shifting potential of the yeast pathogen, Cryptococcus, & its capacity for disease in humans. Nibbles afterwards offered time to catch-up with colleagues & the alumni that attended.

It's National Mushroom Day! 𝐊𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐰-𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬 studies Australia's native mushrooms, exploring their properties, diversity, & health benefits, fousing on lion's mane & other wood-rot mushrooms. She aims to understand our fungal biodiversity & find new molecules for treating diseases.

A/Prof Jack Wang has been featured by UQ’s Contact Magazine in 'The Real YouQ' series, offering a glimpse into the real lives of members of the UQ community.
Read Jack's interview here: tinyurl.com/2y6yum5a

#WorldMosquitoDay . Alyssa Peterson, a PhD student in the @JodyPeters20lab, is using naturally occurring insect-specific viruses in mosquitoes to control the spread of diseases like dengue, Zika & West Nile to humans. tinyurl.com/bdh4nphj

#WorldMosquitoDay . Henry de Malmanche, Postdoc in the Jody Peters (Hobson-Peters) lab, is harnessing mosquito cell culture technology to develop industrially-compatible methods for the scalable manufacturing of next generation Japanese encephalitis vaccines. tinyurl.com/mpwxamm

#WorldMosquitoDay . Dr Dr Andrii Slonchak was recently awarded a prestigious ARC Future Fellowship to determine how & why insect specific-viruses make mosquitoes incapable of disease transmission. tinyurl.com/5dk7brdm