EMBL Australia

Over 140 students attended the 5th annual EMBL Australia Postgraduate Symposium (EAPS) held on the 28th - 30th November at the Translational Research Institute (TRI) in Brisbane.

Group Leaders, Associate Professor Max Cryle and Associate Professor Chen Davidovich have been awarded grants in the latest round of Australian Research Council (ARC) funding.

A delegation of EMBL Australia researchers and senior administrators descended on the EMBL Heidelberg last month for a three-day program that included touring some of EMBL’s world-class core facilities, meeting international colleagues and sharing ideas for the direction of future research in a joint scientific symposium.

Dr Richard Morris will join our Partner Laboratory Network as a Group Leader, based at the University of New South Wales, early next year.

The mystery of what causes Alzheimer’s disease is a step closer to being solved thanks to an EMBL Australia group leader and his team, who have revealed a genetic link between Alzheimer’s and the endo-lysosomal system, a critical part of biological recycling machinery that maintains the health of brain cells.

EMBL Australia Scientific Head Professor James Whisstock was today awarded an Australian Research Council Australian Laureate Fellowship.

EMBL Director General Professor Iain Mattaj shares how his institution’s unique model of giving the most talented young researchers scientific freedom has led to ground-breaking discoveries

Students awarded EMBL Australia travel grants say their international trips led to postdoctoral job offers and enhanced their research, networks and collaboration opportunities.

The Australian National University has joined our Partner Laboratory Network as our first host institute in the ACT.

Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel, EMBL Director General Prof Iain Mattaj and EMBL Australia Scientific Head Prof James Whisstock were some of the esteemed speakers to present at the node launch event on 14 June.

Dr Robert Weatheritt is an EMBL Australia Group Leader, based at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney.