Damian Purcell

@VirusesMDPI There is a lot of progress in our understanding of HTLV infection, pathogenesis and approaches for prevention and treatment. Please consider submitting relevant research to this special issue in "Viruses"

📢 Calling all researchers! Contribute your original research or reviews to our Special Issue: "Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus (HTLV) Infection and Treatment." ❗️Submit now and be a part of groundbreaking discoveries! 👉t.ly/1sJ_b #HTLV1 #research #callforpapers

A superb lineup to dissect the current and potential future pandemics monkeypox and beyond to wrap up SYD #C192022. ⁦⁦@ProfSharonLewin⁩ ⁦@edwardcholmes⁩

@TheDohertyInst @PeterRevill1 @TheRMH @ICE_HBV There is no more deserving yet humble servent of our discipline than Pete and it's great to see him recognised for his great contributions. Congratulations!!

Congratulations to @PeterRevill1 for being made a member of the Order of Australia (AM) in today's Queen's Birthday Honours List! Professor Revill was recognised for his service to microbiology and immunology research. @TheRMH @ICE_HBV

@trent_munro @moderna_tx A very promising partnership for Australian domestic and regional pandemic vaccine security! We welcome the opportunity to extend the @moderna_tx mRNA vaccine technology to confront regionally important infectious diseases.

Very exciting to see the Australia deal highlighted in the Moderna JPM deck! Looking forward to seeing you down under @moderna_tx!!! Although QLD has better weather than Victoria 😉😁 - just saying.

Why we need to make our own drugs afr.com/policy/health-…

@trent_munro A very insightful vision of what’s needed from @trent_munro ......”although Munro is passionate about Queensland’s potential, he believes more can be achieved from the MMI through countrywide collaborations”. A Team Australia approach is the smoothest path to success..

@drdavidmuller @ScienceAdvances @ChrisLDMcMillan @AdvanceQld @ProfPaulYoung @UQ_SCMB An impressive advance for COVID-19 and other viruses from an innovative QLD development for vaccine delivery.

Very happy to share our latest work published in @ScienceAdvances describing the development of a COVID-19 vaccine patch. Congratulations to first authors @ChrisLDMcMillan and Jovin Choo. Thank you to all involved. @AdvanceQld @ProfPaulYoung @UQ_SCMB fcld.ly/9fj5a0s

@DWatterson_ @CSL @UQ_SCMB Well deserved Dan! Our discipline of virology will greatly benefit from what you will achieve with this support from @CSL.

I’m honoured to receive the 2022 @CSL Centenary Fellowship. This award will enable my team @UQ_SCMB to look deeper into how viral proteins work and make new broad-spectrum therapies that can target emerging viruses before they become pandemics.

Why do we need a third dose? There’s growing evidence that the efficacy of the COVID vaccines diminishes over several months. @sjturn @dfjp @TheDohertyInst @MonashUni @Swinburne @MurdochUni @UniMelb buff.ly/312yQBH

@ProfPaulYoung Very sorry to hear of your loss Paul, and very appreciative of your reflections that help explain your own remarkable nurture of our AUS virology community. Inter generational impact!

@GildaTachedjian @BurnetInstitute After being puzzled by GALV during my PhD studies pre-HIV, the story has come a long way connecting to KoRV and bats! I still wonder about seeing GALV positive RNA blots from a patient leukemia tissue sample in the pre-PCR era. Could a related GammaRV infect humans???

Excited to share our discovery of a new infectious retrovirus circulating in bats closely related to koala retrovirus (KoRV) linked to an AIDS like disease in Australia’s koala population ⁦@BurnetInstitute⁩ ⁦ pnas.org/content/early/…

@angew_chem @MonashCfb @clirspec @MonashUni It was great to work on the virology for this project with the Monash team. This is as far into StarTrek territory as I've boldly gone.....

Infrared Based Saliva Screening Test for #COVID-19 (Heraud @MonashCfb @clirspec @MonashUni) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

@AFox_Perth Here’s hoping this is just the first mRNA-LNP vaccine you will receive in coming years, but the next ones will be made in Australia!

Officially transfected! Such a weird feeling to have the mRNA lipid nanoparticles I’ve been discussing for a while now actually injected. Thank you amazing scientists for not giving up and for the staff at WA Health and Fed Govt. For procurement. Go my ribosomes #teamRNA

Great work from over many, many years from discovery science to implementation that has provided a definitive result and great lasting benefit to the community. Excellent foresight! @Cam_Simmons , @ScottLOneill,

@DanielAndrewsMP I had a T4 burst fracture in Jan 19, ICU, surgery and recovery under the care of the amazing team at Alfred Hospital. I can relate to your enthusiasm returning to what’s been off limits for the past months. My advice - take small steps, carry a cushion and befriend Panadol Osteo!

This week I had another round of scans and a meeting with my care team at the Alfred and got some good news. I've been given the all clear to return to work soon. On Monday 28 June I'll be back to work – and back to getting things done. I can't wait.

@moderna_tx This is great news for protecting vulnerable Australians hoping for rapid access to an mRNA vaccine. Establishing mRNA manufacturing in Australia is the best part of this announcement!!

We announced a new supply agreement with Australia for 25 million doses of our COVID-19 vaccine, including 10 million doses of our vaccine against the ancestral strain for in 2021 & 15 million doses of our variant booster candidate for delivery in 2022: buff.ly/3eEfcAh

New vaccine facility to be built in Victoria, but how long until mRNA vaccines are produced in Australia? abc.net.au/radionational/…