Ina Smith

The paper identifies novel Rotavirus alphagastroenteritidis strains in Australian microbat specimens preserved for up to 60 years, demonstrating the feasibility of recovering viral RNA from formalin-fixed samples.

This paper shows that inhibiting interferon signaling enhances RHDV replication in rabbit liver organoids, enabling serial passaging for the first time.

A novel Hendra virus variant was identified in Australian horses, showing 83% nucleotide identity to the prototype strain and suggesting potential effectiveness of existing antibodies and vaccines.

The paper develops a pan-filovirus RT-PCR assay to detect all known filovirus species using universal primers targeting conserved regions of the nucleoprotein.