EMBL Australia

• ACABS conference October 2015 – brief overview
• Profile – A/Professor James Bourne, EMBL-Australia Collaborating Group Leader, Monash University
• Successful candidates of the joint EMBL Australia and UNSW postgraduate scholarships pilot programme announced
• EMBL Australia Postgraduate Symposium 2015 – Recap and Reflection
• EMBL Australia Bioinformatics Resource holds Intensive training in Cancer Genomics and the Genome Analysis Tool Kit in Melbourne and Sydney in February
• Post-doctoral Fellowship opportunities at EMBL Australia and Post-graduate opportunities at EMBL
• EMBL Showcase planned for July 2016, ANU Canberra
• Change of date for 2016 EMBL Australia, Student PhD symposium, 16-18 November, SAHRMI, Adelaide
• Internships still available for MSc or PhD students at Merrimack Pharmaceuticals

• Dr Pirjo Apaja appointed as EMBL Australia Group Leader, SAHMRI
• Internships still available for MSc or PhD students at Merrimack Pharmaceuticals

• Thanks to support from the EMBL Australia Bioinformatics Resource, CSIRO’s Annette McGrath attends GOBLET and secures 2016 GOBLET AGM
• Dr Vicky Schneider announced as Deputy Director, EMBL Australia Bioinformatics Resource
• EMBL Showcase planned for early July 2016
• Announcement of the EMBL Australia, 2016 PhD symposium followed by the success of 2015 Australian PhD symposium, Melbourne
• EMBL Heidelberg – seeking highly motivated student to join the Protein Expression and Purification Core Facility
• Internships still available for MSc or PhD students at Merrimack Pharmaceuticals

• Remarkable research infrastructure that can be accessed at EMBL Australia – BRAEMBL
• Dr Niklas Blomberg, Director, ELIXIR, EMBL (UK), visiting in early December
• Dr Max Cryle appointed as EMBL Australia, Group Leader, Monash University
• Profile – Prof Thomas Preiss, EMBL-Australia, Collaborating Group Leader, ANU
• Feedback from Student PhD Symposium and EMBL Noncoding Genome Conference, EMBL Heidelberg
• EMBL Heidelberg – seeking highly motivated student to join the Protein Expression and Purification Core Facility
• BioInfoSummer, 7-10 December, 2015 Registration still open
• Internships still available for MSc or PhD students at Merrimack Pharmaceuticals

• New members of EMBL Australia announced
• A/Professor Andrew Lonie appointed Director, Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI)
• Dr Mikaël Martino appointed as EMBL Australia Group Leader at the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute in the Victorian node
• Professor Kat Gaus, Node Head, EMBL Australia in Single Molecule Science, New South Wales – Profile
• Professor Steve Wesselingh, Node Head, South Australia- Profile
• Reminder, BioInfoSummer – 2015, University of Sydney
• Internships still available for MSc or PhD students at Merrimack Pharmaceuticals
• About EMBL Australia

An international team led by Dr Edwina McGlinn of EMBL Australia at Monash University found that de-activating a small group of microRNA (miRNA) molecules sent things awry for different parts of the backbone.

• Congratulations Dr Edwina McGlinn – Group Leader (ARMI, Monash University)
• Dr Maté Biro appointed as EMBL Australia Group Leader UNSW
• Search begins for the new EMBL Australia Scientific Head
• Nine Australian PhD students to attend the 17th EMBL (Heidelberg) PhD Symposium
• Success of the 2015 Winter School in Mathematical and Computational Biology, University of Queensland, Brisbane
• BioInfoSummer 2015, University of Sydney
• Registration still available for the 2nd EMBL Australia Student Symposium, Bio21 Institute, Melbourne
• Internships still available for MSc or PhD students at Merrimack Pharmaceuticals
• About EMBL Australia

The EMBL Australia Council invites expressions of interest from prospective host Institutions for EMBL Australia that will appoint a Scientific Head and host the National Secretariat office.

• Call for Applicants for new EMBL Australia International PhD Program
• $400 Million in funding over 4 years as the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) passes in the Australian Senate
• New EMBL Australia Group Leader – Dr Chen Davidovich joins EMBL Australia (Monash University)
• Highlights from EMBL Australia Bioinformatics Resource workshops held so far this year
• BioInfoSummer – 2015 (7-10 December) University of Sydney
• Reminder – ABACBS Conference 2015, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney NSW (10-11 October 2015)
• Reminder – 17th EMBL (Heidelberg) PhD Symposium (22-24 October 2015) abstract submission closing soon
• Travel grants and early bird discounts available for the 2nd EMBL Australia Student Symposium, Bio21 Institute, Melbourne (25-27 November, 2015)
• Internships still available for MSc or PhD students at Merrimack Pharmaceuticals
• The Social Science joins EMBL Australia
• Jobs with EMBL Australia

• EMBL Europe, EI3POD Postdoctoral programme – now open to EMBL Australia
• New EMBL Australia Group leader, Dr Yann Gambin joins EMBL Australia, (UNSW)
• Two Group Leaders from EMBL Monterotondo, Italy, visit EMBL Australia
• Dr Andrew Lonie, Interim Director, Bioinformatics Resource EMBL Australia (BRAEMBL) visits EMBL European Bioinformatics Institute, UK
• ABACBS Conference 2015, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney NSW (10-11 October, 2015)
• Reminder – Applications Open for Travel Grants for the 17th EMBL (Heidelberg) PhD Symposium (22-24, October 2015)
• EMBL Australia Student Symposium, Bio21 Institute, Melbourne (25-27 November, 2015)
• Internships still available for MSc or PhD students at Merrimack Pharmaceuticals
• The Social Science joins EMBL Australia
• Jobs with EMBL Australia