Community Outreach and Volunteer Activities
Tassie Science Road Trip @ Cradle Mountain – Molecular and viral warfare against transmissible cancers in tasmanian devils
STEM Professionals in schools program
Tasmanian Young Tall Poppy 2020
Australia’s Chief Scientist Storytime Pledge 15-Sept-2020
Panellist and presenter for “Devil in the Details: Tassie’s threatened species“. 7-Sept-2020
Devil walk at Cradle Mountain 2020 podcast. BeakerStreet@TMAG: Science & Art Walks. 22-Aug-2020
Day of Immunology lead organizer for Tasmanian “Your Amazing Immune System” event. 7-May-2020
BeakerStreet@TMAG – Wild Immunity Flourobox 2018
Open Day at UTAS – Wild Immunity Fluorobox 2018
Peppermint Bay Community Talk 2018
Science March guest speaker (#ScienceMarch) 2018
Science Worth Seeing (UTAS) 2018
Day of Immunology (Royal Hobart Hospital) 2018
Co-founder of Science in the Pub Tasmania (@SciPubTas) 2015-present
Founder of Wild Immunity (@WildImmunity) 2015-present
Science March participation and promotion (#ScienceMarch) 2017
U3A Community Outreach Talk (Hobart, Tasmania) 2017
Oceania Tobacco Control Conference (OTCC) volunteer 2017
Menzies Institute Corporate Networking Event volunteer 2015
Co-founder of Science in the Pub Adelaide (@SciPubAdelaide) 2014-2015
UniSA Open Day volunteer 2014
UniSA Sandalwood-Acacia project volunteer 2014
South Australia Road Runners Club (SARRC) 2013-2014
Rebuilding Together – Ingham County 2012
Citizen lobbyist for Sierra Club at Michigan State Legislature, District 68 2007-2012
Darwin Day – Michigan State University Museum 2007-2010
Baltimore Ecosystem Study – Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) 2005
Media Coverage
Hopes for new vaccine for Tasmanian Devil facial cancer. ABC 730 national program. 16-Jan-2023
New vaccine in development for Tasmanian Devils. ABC news. 12-July-2022
Devil vaccine – The Bright Side with Sabra Lane (ABC iView). 24-July-2022
Devil vaccine team working with the Bonorong wildlife Sanctuary. ABC radio Hobart 12-July-2022
Commentary about COVID vaccines. The Guardian. 21-Dec-2021
Devil and COVID vaccines. 702 ABC Sydney – Drive Program with Richard Glover. 28-Sept-2021
COVID vaccine research may protect Tasmanian devils from cancer. The Times UK. 27-Sept-2021
SciPubTas – Day of Immunology event on vaccines. ABC 936 Hobart. 27-April-2021
Devil vaccine research. ABC Radio Tasmania statewide. 16-Jan-2021
COVID-19 vaccine timelines. 3AW 693 News Talk. 8-Jan-2021
COVID-19 vaccine timelines. 1233 ABC Newcastle. 8-Jan-2021
COVID-19 vaccine timelines (sound bite). ABC Radio 936 Tasmania. 8-Jan-2021
COVID-19 vaccine timelines (sound bite). ABC Northern Tasmania. 8-Jan-2021
COVID-19 vaccine timelines (quote). The Australian. 8-Jan-2021
COVID-19 vaccine outlook – ABC Radio 936 Tasmania. 1-Jan-2021
COVID-19 vaccine update– ABC Radio 936 Tasmania 16-Nov-2020
Bequest boost kids cancer research – The Mercury. 6-Sept-2020
COVID-19 vaccine production – ABC Radio 936 Tasmania. 27-Aug-2020
Rewilding Immunology and devil research. Innovation Origins (Denmark). 22-Aug-2020
Rewilding immunology comic. Science in Pictures. 31-July-2020
Threatened species day Talking Point in The Mercury. 7-Sept-2020
COVID-19 vaccine production – ABC Radio 936 Tasmania. 27-Aug-2020
Coverage of Rewilding Immunology, WACI Consortium, and devil research. Innovation Origins (Denmark). 22-Aug-2020
New technology furthers cancer research – UTAS media release. 21-Aug-2020
Sci Art Walk – Devil vaccine. ABC Radio 936 Tasmania 17-Aug-2020
Schmutzige Mäuse – Der Spiegel (Germany). 8-Aug-2020
Science literacy. ABC Radio Northern Tasmania 6-Aug-2020
Tasmanian devil immunology research on WIN TV News Tasmania July 2020
Researchers from more than 10 institutes including UTAS are calling for an expansion in immunology studies. The Examiner. 4-July-2020
Rewilding Immunology – UTAS media release. 3-July-202
Medical discovery find in fight against devil facial tumour. The Mercury. 3-July-2020
UTAS researchers have discovered a new way to assess the immune system of Tasmanian Devils. The Examiner. 3-July-2020
New tools for fighting devil disease – UTAS media release. 2-July-2020
FAST proteins for immunology – Triple M Radio Tasmania with Brian Carlton July 2020
New tools for Tasmanian devil immunology research – ABC radio with Jane Longhurst
12 years since devils added to the endangered species list – ABC Radio Tasmania May 2020
Wild and Comparative Immunology 2019 – ABC Radio Tasmania Dec. 2019
DFTD vaccine – ABC Radio Tasmania Nov. 2019
DFTD vaccine – ABC Radio Northern Tasmania Nov. 2019
That’s what I call Science – Edge Radio 99.3, Hobart, Tasmania June 2019
The Naked Scientist podcast (click to listen) (BBC radio UK and Radio National Australia) Sept. 2018
Science in the Pub Tasmania – ABC Radio 936 Hobart July. 2018
Tasmanian devil research – ABC Radio 936 Hobart Mar. 2018
Science Worth Seeing (click to listen) – ABC Radio 936 Hobart Feb. 2018
Tasmanian Museum Sunday Session – ABC Radio 936 Hobart Feb. 2018
Science in the Pub Tasmania – ABC Radio 936 Hobart Oct. 2017
Science in the Pub Tasmania – ABC Radio 936 Hobart Sept. 2017
Spotted hyena research (click to listen) – ABC Radio Hobart and Northern Tasmania Apr. 2017
Front page article in The Mercury: New devil cancer hope (page 1 and continued on page 19). 2017. The Mercury
“No, I Don’t Need a Flu Shot: I’m an Alpha Female” – Smithsonian Magazine. Oct. 2016
Presentations
CSIRO ON Prime final presentation (password needed)
Original quotes from Andrew S. Flies @WildImmunity
“Biological organisms are what we call machines that are too complex to understand at this point in time.” – Andrew S. Flies July-2020
“DNA, proteins, and other molecules provide the canvas and paint of biology; the environment is the artist. Give 100 people the same canvas and paint, and no two paintings will come out alike. It is the same with biology and the immune system.” – Andrew S. Flies July-2020