EMBL Australia

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.

New insights into long-haul transport of molecular cargo in mammalian cell lines have been revealed with super-resolution microscopy in a study led by EMBL Australia group leader Dr Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan.

Congratulations to EMBL Australia group leader Dr William Roman, who was awarded a $1.58 million NHMRC Investigator Grant to investigate the transcriptional repair program during muscle reconstruction.

News this quarter:

• Three group leaders awarded ARC Discovery Project grants
• Are you EMBL Australia’s next Chief Operating Officer?
• Strengthening our European connections to EMBL & beyond
• Students praise “life-changing” PhD Course at ANU
• A spin-out company to transform regenerative medicine
• New malaria vaccine important step towards eradication
• Students take centre stage at postgraduate symposium
• Engineering ancestral antibiotics for future superbug treatments

And more:

• Job opportunities
• Student opportunities
• Upcoming events
• Recent publications

We’re hiring a Chief Operating Officer to lead the EMBL Australia Secretariat & collaborate closely with the EMBL Australia Council Chair and Scientific Director.

EMBL Australia group leader Professor Max Cryle was part of an international team that reconstructed ancestral antibiotics to learn more about how they work in order to produce new antibiotics to combat the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance. Published in Nature Communications, this vital information will inform the development of next-generation superbug treatments.