EMBL Australia

News this quarter:

• Max Cryle awarded fellowship to battle antimicrobial resistance
• Edwina McGlinn and Maté Biro awarded ARC Discovery Project grants
• Harald Janovjak is a ‘Scientist to Watch’
• EMBL Australia researcher awarded a Victoria Fellowship
• David Lynn on the importance of incentivising Open Science
• Aussie contingent shines at EMBL PhD Symposium

And more:                                          

• Upcoming events
• Recent publications
• Get to know EMBL Australia Group Leader Mikaël Martino

News this quarter:

• Our Partner Laboratory Network is expanding and we’re looking for new group leaders
• Nobel Laureate imparts lessons in perseverance to PhD Course students
• Antibiotic insight may help in battle against ‘superbugs’
• EMBL Australia PhD Course: 60 students, 57 presenters, 10 big days
• EMBL alumni in Australia come together for the first time
• PhD student’s imaging app impresses at VIZBI

And more:

• Upcoming events
• Jobs at EMBL Australia

News this quarter:

• Ancient DNA expert Professor Alan Cooper to give public address at the EMBL Australia PhD Course on 12 July 2017
• Swiss researcher Dr Harald Janovjak announced as a new EMBL Australia group leader
• Join EMBL for their first alumni event to be held in Australia
• EMBL’s Head of Electron Microscopy Core Facility, Dr Yannick Schwab, will present at EMBL Australia’s PhD Course
• Gaus group researchers have developed a sensor to measure membrane charges in live cells
• The Davidovich group has further enhanced our knowledge on how genes are regulated

And more:

• Student opportunities
• Upcoming events
• Job opportunities

News this month:

• EMBL Australia training events
• EMBL Australia PhD Symposium 2017 – ‘Overcoming Chaos’
• GAMe 2017 – Galaxy Australasia Meeting
• Cryo-EM and single particle analysis workshop

EMBL Australia training events:

• Training workshop on cryo-EM and single-particle analysis, Feb 1 – 3, Monash University (FULLY BOOKED)
• GamE 2017 – Galaxy Australasia Meeting, Feb 3 – 9, Melbourne University
• EAPS 2017, Nov 29 – Dec 1, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
• EMBL Australia PhD course, July 9 – 21, Monash University

• Profile: Tanja Racic, EMBL Australia PhD candidate and EAPS 2016 Co-convener
• Profile: Julienne O’Rourke, EMBL Australia PhD candidate and EAPS 2016 Co-convener
• Triumph at the EMBL Australia Postgraduate Symposium – EAPS2016
• Next-Generation Inspiring at BioInfoSummer 2016
• EMBL hosts first Cryo-EM and single particle analysis workshop

News this month:

• Profile: Dr Seán O’Donoghue (EMBL Alumni) – where is he now?
• SA Node hosts Finnish delegation, Peter Meikle and goes to ABACBS
• A Festival of Bioinformatics – report from Brisbane
• Australia tour: Prof Jeffrey Rosenthal – from Lotteries to Polls to Monte Carlo

Notice Board:

• EMBL – ABR training opportunities
• EMBL Heidelberg Post-doctoral opportunity

• Profile – Maree Agiazis, Chief Operating Officer and Head of Secretariat for EMBL Australia
• Nanoparticle shape affects voyage through a cell
• Travel grants to EMBL PhD Symposium (Heidelberg) announced
• Registration Open: 3rd EMBL Australia PhD student symposium
• Opportunity: EMBL – Heidelberg, New Group Leader Positions (2)
• Postdoctoral Opportunity in T Cell Signalling: NSW node
• Postdoctoral Opportunities in Cell Biology: EMBL headquarters, Heidelberg
• AB3ACBS-2016 conference – registration and abstracts submissions now open
• EMBL-ABR Best Practice workshop series: the data life-cycle
• EMBL-ABR hosting Galaxy Australasia meeting

News this month:

• Profile, Professor Peter Currie, EMBL Australia, Victoria Node
• A/Prof Ville Mäkinen –  Investigating the molecular risk factors for Type I diabetes sufferers
• Open – Early bird registration for the 3rd EMBL Australia PhD student symposium, SAHRMI with speaker update
• EMBL- Heidelberg, Postdoc Opportunities still open
• EMBL-ABR: Survey extended – tell us what you want and need
• ABACBS-2016 conference with GOBLET meeting – registration and abstracts submissions now open
• EMBL-ABR Best Practice workshop series: the data life-cycle
• EMBL-ABR hosting Galaxy Australasia meeting

News this month:

• Professor Matthias Hentze, Director, EMBL Heidelberg – public lecture ANU, 4th July
• EMBL Australia showcase – 5th July, 2016, John Curtin/ANU College of Medicine and Environment
• Max Cryle awarded Otto Schmeil prize
• Australian student travel grants now open for 18th EMBL (Heidelberg) PhD Symposium
• Calls for applications for EI3POD program (EMBL Europe) now open
• Third EMBL Australia PhD student symposium, 16-18 November, 2016
• SAHRMI EMBL – Heidelberg Postdoc Opportunities
• ARC – Winter school course in mathematical and computational biology, 4-8 July
• EMBL-ABR hosting Galaxy Australasia meeting (Melbourne, 3-9 February 2017)