EMBL Australia

More than 20 researchers from around Australia plunged deep into the world of cryogenic electron tomography (cryoET) at our specialist imaging training course, ‘Freeze, Frame and Focus: Mastering Cryo Electron Tomography’, last month. 

EMBL Australia researchers have unlocked some secrets about the way a protein works to switch genes off, in a discovery that could improve the understanding of how diseases such as cancer progress. The study was published in Nature Genetics.

Dr Rolf Apweiler recently visited Melbourne to speak at the World Health Summit Regional Meeting and a proteomics workshop co-hosted by EMBL Australia. He kindly shared his thoughts with us about the role of EMBL-EBI in the Australian context, opportunities for collaboration and the future of bioinformatics.

EMBL Australia and Bioplatforms Australia joined forces to host a pivotal proteomics workshop titled ‘Future-proofing Computational Proteomics’ on 24 April, featuring leading guest speakers, Dr Rolf Apweiler, Prof Marc Wilkins and Dr Richard Lipscombe.

Members of the EMBL Australia Partner Laboratory Network were awarded more than $6.58 million in NHMRC Investigator Grants to support their outstanding research.

EMBL Australia Scientific Head Prof James Whisstock calls for better funding and support for young Australian researchers. “Without a better path to support young researchers to become the next generation of health and medical research leaders, Australian research will face a bleak future,” he warns.

A discovery that could speed up and improve wound-healing could transform regenerative medicine and save the health system billions of dollars. The research, led by EMBL Australia and ARMI group leader Associate Professor Mikaël Martino, was published in esteemed journal Nature.

News this quarter:

• Dr William Roman awarded $1.58m Investigator Grant
• Enhance your Cryo-ET skills with our unique training course: ‘Freeze, Frame & Focus: Mastering Cryo-Electron Tomography Techniques’
• Cracking the mystery of how HIV gets into the cell’s centre
• Annette Wittmann joins EMBL Australia as COO
• Powering cell transport by chance
• Light microscopy in focus at our Quantitative Microscopy for Cellular Dynamics Symposium

And more:

• Job opportunities
• Student opportunities
• Upcoming events
• Recent publications
• Get to know… Annette Wittmann

Welcome to Ms Annette Wittman, who will take on the role of EMBL Australia’s Chief Operating Officer from 18 March 2024.

Researchers at the EMBL Australia Single Molecule Science node at UNSW Sydney – including group leaders Yann Gambin and Richard Morris and node head Till Böcking – have cracked a mystery whose solution has long eluded researchers.