2/2 With no drug-based treatment for AAA currently, Dr Tran hopes to find a new drug target and biomarkers for AAA by investigating the role of inflammatory protein IL-18 & the immune system in how these aneurysms form. We can’t wait to see how this research unfolds! @Latrobe

1/2 Huge congrats to LIMS & @LaTrobe_CVR Dr Vivian Tran, who has been awarded a @heartfoundation Postdoctoral Fellowship to find new targets to solve Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) – a silent killer with few treatment options that causes about 1000 deaths in Australia annually.

3/3 The study, in collab with Toronto Metropolitan University, changes our fundamental understanding of the cell death process and communication, and could pave the way for new therapies targeting infectious and autoimmune diseases. #latrobeuni #sciencetwitter #cellbio

2/3 🔬 The research shows dying cells release a new type of extracellular vesicle (F-ApoEVs) – packets of information that tell other cells what has happened. But viruses like influenza can hide particles in the F-ApoEVs to spread infection. #latrobeuni #sciencetwitter #cellbio

1/3 New research by LIMS & @SABE_Latrobe researchers Stephanie Rutter & Prof Ivan Poon in collab w. @WEHI_Research’s Dr Georgia Atkin-Smith shows how cells communicate after death – and how viruses hijack this process to spread infection 👉 https://t.co/mvZLgjRW5z @latrobe

After an amazing @IAC2025Sydney, we were thrilled to join the first Biosensors x Space Workshop! Scientists from academia and industry discussed creating biosensors to improve health in space and on Earth. Huge thanks to all presenters and attendees – excited to see what’s next!

🚀 How can we monitor human health—reliably, continuously, and safely—on Earth and in space? Join us at the Space x Biosensors Workshop to find out! 6 Oct at @latrobe’s City Campus. More info & register 👉 https://t.co/bGit5jZggk #MedTech #ScienceTwitter #latrobe #LIMSLTU

📣 Applications are open to find the next LIMS Nick Hoogenraad Fellow! If you’re a Level B molecular scientist and ready to establish your own research program, we would love to hear from you! Details and apply 👉 https://t.co/5LJwcvK4iR #latrobe #LIMSLTU #sciencetwitter

✨ Congratulations to LIMS & @SABE_Latrobe’s A/Prof Erinna Lee, Dr Lesley Cheng & Dr Vivian Tran, who are finalists in the @STEMSistersau 2025 Women of Colour in STEM Awards! Winners announced on 6 Oct – we wish them the best of luck. @erinna_lee @vivianvtran @latrobe #latrobeuni

3/3 🌏 With over 250,000 Australians living with ME/CFS, and 1 in 10 COVID survivors facing Long COVID, the Centre aims to improve global health outcomes by identifying disease markers and testing treatments. #latrobe #LIMSLTU #PostViralResearch #MedicalResearch #LongCOVID

2/3 🔬 The Centre will investigate how viruses trigger long-term illnesses, using Long COVID as a model to uncover shared mechanisms across conditions like ME/CFS and MS. The team will work with people with lived experience to guide research and treatment development.

1/3 🎉 Huge congrats to LIMS Deputy Director Dist. Prof. Stephanie Gras, on receiving a $3M @nhmrc Centre of Research Excellence grant! The new PAVING Centre will lead groundbreaking research into post-viral conditions like Long COVID and ME/CFS. #latrobe #LIMSLTU #LongCOVID

⚡ At a thinness of just 3nm and with its power to conduct electricity similar to gold, 2D PEDOT could open the way for faster, more sensitive smart tech, from wearables and touch screens to biosensing medical devices. 👉 https://t.co/Nd934Uzkdm

🧪 Called “2D PEDOT”, the material is an ultrathin, powerfully conductive polymer created by sticking a hyaluronic acid template directly to a gold surface, in an innovative process that gives control over the polymer’s conductivity, thickness, and shape 👉 https://t.co/Nd934Uzkdm

📱 Hyaluronic Acid – you know it as a sticky, moisture-locking skincare ingredient. Now, LIMS's Luiza Aguiar do Nascimento, A/Prof Wren Greene & Dr Saimon Moraes Silva have used it to make an invisible material that could revolutionize smart tech 👉 https://t.co/Nd934Uzkdm

🧠 We're so excited to see LIMS, @LaTrobe_CVR and @SABE_latrobe's Dr Helena Kim awarded @latrobe's Tracey Banivanua Mar Fellowship - both wonderful recognition, and incredible support to further her critical research investigating stroke and cerebrovascular disease!

🐙 What do octopuses, short proteins and AI have in common? For LIMS & @SABE_Latrobe’s Dr Wenyi Li and @RMIT’s Dr Andrew Hung, they are key to finding new ways we can fight bacterial infection in the face of antibiotic resistance. Hear how 👉 https://t.co/PlKGf9QF49 @wenyi_li68

3/3 👏 Dr Mielke and Dr Johnston were alongside three other ARC Fellowship recipients at La Trobe University, including Dr Dugald Reid at the La Trobe Institute of Sustainable Agriculture & Food (LISAF) and @SABE_latrobe. Congratulations to all! 👉 https://t.co/OLJ2G7EMrk

2/3 🔬 Dr Mielke received a $1.1M ARC Future Fellowship to find new molecules for future cancer therapeutics development; Dr Johnston received a ~$470K ARC Early Career Industry Fellowship for her work enhancing the healing properties of VivaZome’s EVs. 👉

1/3 ⭐ Big congrats to @ONJCRI and LIMS’s Dr Lisa Mielke, and VivaZome Therapeutics’s Dr Ella Johnston, who have each been awarded grants from @arc_gov_au! 👉 https://t.co/OLJ2G7EMrk #sciencenews #research #grantsuccess #LIMSLTU #latrobeuni