Australia’s national bioinformatics conference was held in Brisbane at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) October 31 to November 2.

• Profile - A/Professor Marcus Heisler, Australia’s first Group Leader
• How do leaves grow flat? Marcus Heisler (EMBL Heidelberg)
• EMBL-ABR officially launches new Galaxy Australia community
• Join us in Adelaide for AMSI BioInfoSummer this summer
• Last Call - Registration for the 3rd EMBL Australia PhD student symposium, SAHRMI
• EMBL Australia– NSW Node seeking Postdoctoral Scientist
• EMBL Monterotondo, Italy – Seeking Two Group Leaders
• EMBL- Heidelberg Post-doctoral opportunities still open
• AB3ACBS 2016 conference with GOBLET meeting

Marcus Heisler was the first Group Leader to be appointed under an EMBL-Australia Faculty Development Program after Australia became an Associate Member of EMBL in 2008.

The Heisler Group focuses on investigating fundamental plant development questions such as how tissues are organised and patterned. Recently they have investigated how leaves grow flat, publishing a paper in PNAS.

• 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

Ten postgraduate students have been awarded travel grants to attend the 18^th EMBL student PhD symposium, L1f3 by Numb3r5 held at EMBL Heidelberg, Germany.

The National Research Infrastructure Roadmap Capability Issues Paper (NRIRC) sets out the proposed capability requirements that will inform the development of the 2016 Roadmap. This will be accompanied by extensive consultation with key stakeholders, including EMBL Australia.

The Gaus research team has been working on an age-old question: How does nanoparticle shape affect the voyage through a cell?

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

We are well versed on the links between diet, diabetes, obesity, and heart disease. Yet the conversation around diabetic kidney disease, and the effect on heart disease and lifespan, remains largely unspoken.