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Irene Boo

Research Assistant, Drummer/Poumbourios Laboratory

Working groups

irene.boo@burnet.edu.au
Irene Boo

Qualifications

  • BBiomedSc (Hons)

Burnet publications

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16 Jul 2024

Homologous but not heterologous COVID-19 vaccine booster elicits IgG4+ B-cells and enhanced Omicron subvariant binding

npj Vaccines

Irene Boo, Heidi E. Drummer

Open access
10 Apr 2024

B-cell characteristics define HCV reinfection outcome

Journal of Hepatology

Irene Boo, Heidi E. Drummer

Open access
14 Feb 2024

Injecting drug use and hepatitis C virus infection independently increase biomarkers of inflammatory disease risk which are incompletely restored by curative direct-acting antiviral therapy

Frontiers in Immunology

Salimeh Ebrahimnezhaddarzi, Anna C. Hearps, Nikil Vootukuru, Brendan Harney, Irene Boo, Long Nguyen, Damian Pavlyshyn, Paul Dietze, Heidi E. Drummer, Anthony Jaworowski

Open access

Current projects

Profiling immune responses in paediatric and high-risk populations to the COVID-19 virus (PROPHECY)

Profiling immune responses in paediatric and high-risk populations to the COVID-19 virus (PROPHECY)

This study will evaluate immune responses after COVID-19 infection or vaccination in healthy and vulnerable people.

Development of a HCV vaccine candidate
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Development of a HCV vaccine candidate

No hepatitis C vaccine exists due to the virus's genetic diversity, a critical gap in global health. We aim to develop a vaccine that overcomes these hurdles.

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