EMBL Australia

• 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

Victoria will host a state-of-the-art bioinformatics resource hub following a joint agreement between the University of Melbourne and EMBL Australia through funding from Bioplatforms Australia.

• 3rd annual EMBL Australia PhD Course, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Perth, Western Australia
• Monash honours student accepted into PhD programme in Italy
• Being part of EMBL – what is unique about the recruitment process
• ABACBS Conference 2015, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney NSW
• Applications Open for Travel Grants for the 17th EMBL (Heidelberg) PhD Symposium
• EMBL Australia Student Symposium, Bio21 Institute, Melbourne
• Internships available for MSc or PhD students at Merrimack Pharmaceuticals
• Jobs with EMBL Australia
• About EMBL Australia

• Nicolas Plachta moves to A*Star in Singapore
• Welcoming new researchers and collaborators into the EMBL Australia fold
• Jobs with EMBL Australia
• 3rd Annual EMBL Australia PhD Course in Perth, Western Australia
• Completing the Pipeline: From Biology to Bioinformatics and Back Again. A Symposium hosted and developed by PhD’s for PhD’s
• 17th EMBL PhD Symposium in Heidelberg Germany 22-24 October 2015
• Leadership in addressing Australia’s growing need for bioinformatics expertise and talent following new EMBL Australia agreement
• Bio21 Institute hosts the 2015 EMBL Australia Showcase
• ABACBS
• About EMBL Australia

EMBL Australia Scientific Head Professor Nadia Rosenthal has accepted a newly created position as Scientific Director of The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) in Maine.

Nicholas Plachta will join the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) at Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) later this year as Senior Principal Investigator to lead his own research group.

2013 has been a year of growth and renewal for EMBL Australia.

Our biggest achievement this past year has been the establishment of the South Australian node at the new South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI). On behalf of the EMBL Australia Council, I’d like to welcome Ville-Petteri Mäkinen and David Lynn to EMBL Australia, and wish them all the best in their research endeavours.

• Australian Bioinformatics Network to merge with new Society
• Our first PhD Symposium—giving students the upper hand
• Also in this newsletter:
  • Aussie PhD students meet like minds in Germany
  • “An investment in the future of science and innovation”
• About EMBL Australia​

• Understanding how life begins – Nicolas Plachta awarded fellowships for his research
• Stopping the immune system’s ‘friendly fire’
• Also in this newsletter:
  • The data is in on BiC 2014 Bioinformatics Conference
  • Become a member of the new bioinformatics society
  • BioInfoSummer comes to Monash in December
  • PhD students – register now for the first EMBL Australia PhD Symposium
• Events coming up