Emerging Leadership Awards: |
Winner |
Presentation |
AVS10 Rising Star (Australasian Virology Society) |
Agathe Colmant |
The attenuation of flavivirus Bamaga virus in vertebrates is temperature-dependent and linked to viral protease cleavage efficiency |
AVS10 Student Award (Australasian Virology Society) |
Ebony Monson |
Early Intracellular Lipid Droplet Accumulation Following Viral Infection Is Required for an Efficient Anti-Viral Response |
Research Presentations: |
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Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute Poster Prize |
Joshua Deerain |
Programmed Cell Death During Norovirus Infection |
Paulina Koszalka |
Use of a hollow fibre infection model to study the selection of resistance to the new influenza antiviral drug baloxavir. |
Microorganisms Best Oral Presentation Award (MDPI) |
Natalee Newton |
The first cryo-EM structure of an insect-specific flavivirus reveals an infectious immature virion and new mechanism for IgM-based flavivirus immunity |
Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity Award for Indigenous Health Research |
Ashley Hirons |
Novel hbz mRNA of HTLV-1c results in loss of activation domain |
Top Early Career Cellular Microbiologist Award (John Wiley & Sons Ltd.) |
Anjali Gowripalan |
Subverting the dogma of CRISPR/Cas9 to powerfully select recombinant poxviruses |
Maurice Wilkins Centre Student Presentation Award |
Svenja Fritzlar |
Genome-wide molecular screen reveals novel HCMV genes essential for viral egress |
AIDRC Student Presentation Award (Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre) |
Byron Shue |
Screening for a “CRISPR” perspective of RACK1 as a critical pan-flavivirus host factor for virus infection |
Institute for Glycomics Student Prize (Griffith University – Institute for Glycomics) |
Alice Russo |
Viral prevalence and diversity among cane toads (Rhinella marina) in their native and introduced ranges: can viruses impact invasion success? |
Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Melbourne Presentation Award |
Alex Underwood |
Defining correlates of antibody-mediated protection against HCV reinfection |
La Trobe Centre for Livestock Interactions with Pathogens Travel Award |
Gervais Habarugira |
Pathogenesis of WNVKUN infection in experimentally infected Crocodylus porosus |
Australian Society for Microbiology Award |
Natalia Salazar-Quiroz |
Structural and clade differences in HIV-1 Env trimer vaccines affect antibody functionality |
School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Best Poster Video Awards |
Wilson Nguyen |
Establishing, characterising and utilising new adult mouse models of arthritogenic alphaviruses for pre-clinical evaluations of new interventions. |
David Delgado Diaz |
Distinct immune responses elicited from cervicovaginal epithelial cells by lactic acid and scfas associated with optimal and non-optimal vaginal microbiota |
Hafsa Rana |
Developing methods to investigate viral entry into human foreskin |
Travel Awards: |
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Microorganisms Travel Award (MDPI) |
Anjali Gowripalan |
Subverting the dogma of CRISPR/Cas9 to powerfully select recombinant poxviruses |
Viruses Travel Award (MDPI) |
Joshua Hayward |
Infectious KoRV-related retroviruses circulating in Australian bats |
Thermo Fisher Scientific Travel Awards |
Alice Michie |
Genome-scale phylogeny and evolutionary analysis of Ross River virus |
Alice Russo |
Viral prevalence and diversity among cane toads (Rhinella marina) in their native and introduced ranges: can viruses impact invasion success? |