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Fazeleh Etebar et al. study Tissue-Specific Immune Transcriptional Signatures in the Bordering Tissues of the Mouse Retina and Brain, iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?a…. @FazelehEtebar @DrSamanthaDando @QUT_CIIC @QUT

Have you developed hay fever later in life? Prof Janet Davies, NACE respiratory allergy expert, explains the common triggers and invites people to take part in a new @QUT survey to help advance allergic rhinitis #research | @abcnews @QUT_CIIC @AAAaust 🤳shorturl.at/Vl6Fo

The CIIC Allergy Research Group is collaborating with consumers to find out the main concerns of people living with hay fever. This survey will set directions for future research on hay fever. Go to the survey lnkd.in/gNdGNgse or scan the QR code below.

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Congratulations to CIIC researcher Dr Alison Carey on the recent publication: Group B Streptococcus vaginal colonisation throughout pregnancy is associated with decreased Lactobacillus crispatus and increased Lactobacillus iners abundance in the vaginal microbial community

@QUT_CIIC HDR student Yusuf Idres at Options XII for the Control of Influenza, in Brisbane this week. 'Targeting Human Metapneumoviruses using RNAi Technology'

The CIIC Allergy Research Group is collaborating with consumers to find out the main concerns of people living with hay fever. This survey will set directions for future research on hay fever

Congrats to @QUT_CIIC HDRs receiving awards at the School of BioMed HDR Symposium Xavier Bertran Forga - Lightning Talk Mary Ann Zajaczkowski - Poster People's Choice Awards Nicolau Barbosa Palma Filho - Poster Henry Lamb - Lightning Talk Giuseppina Guida - Short Talk

Great to see @QUT_CIIC well represented at the @QUT School of Biomedical Sciences HDR Symposium this morning at TRI. #XavierBertranForga #KateZimmermann #MaryAnnZajaczkowski

🤧 Did you know 24% of Australians suffer from hay fever, up from 15% in 2008? Prof Janet Davies, NACE Respiratory Allergy expert, and A/Prof Kylie Gwynne, NACE Consumer Advisory Group Co-chair - who both have #allergicrhinitis - spoke with @theage about what's causing the rise.

Congrats CIIC researcher Prof Michelle Gatton on the recent publication 'Linked-evidence modelling of qualitative G6PD testing to inform low- and intermediate-dose primaquine treatment for radical cure of Plasmodium vivax' journals.plos.org/plosntds/artic…

Congrats CIIC postdoc @aureliebenfield - awarded the Herston Health Symposium Prof Laurie Powell AC Early Career Research Award for the project 'Cyclic host-defense peptides kill proliferative, non-proliferative and drug-resistant melanoma cells without inducing resistance'

@QUT_CIIC at the Herston Health Precinct Symposium. CIIC postdoctoral research fellow Dr Tega Yarlagadda poster presentation 'Lactobacillus rhamnosus dampens cytokine and chemokine secretion from primary human nasal epithelial cells infected with rhinovirus' @herstonhealth

@QUT_CIIC at the Herston Precinct Health Symposium. @TonyKenna3 Prof Tony Kenna presenting 'Harnessing the potential of genomics in inflammatory disorders' during this mornings session

@QUT_CIIC postdoctoral research fellow Dr Yizhou Wang chairing the QUT / Stryker session at the Herston Health Symposium this morning @HealthHerston

Celebrating partnerships and collaboration. @QUT_CIIC are a sponsor of the Herston Health Precinct Symposium being held this week at the RBWH Education Centre @HealthHerston

A great evening of networking with undergrad and post grad students at the UQ X QUT Biomedical Research & Industry Showcase yesterday. Thanks to UQ BMES for hosting this event.

Intl Symposium on Ecosystem Change, Infectious Disease Transmission & Early Warning 15th - 16th October Brisbane Abstracts now open ecidtaew.aconf.org/index.html?utm…