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Capacity Building Program – Kuok Yap

  • 27 October 2025
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Read about how the CIPPS Capacity Building program has assisted PhD student, Kuok Yap from the Craik Group at The University of Queensland, with his research. I earned a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree from the University of Adelaide, where my research focused on understanding the biosynthesis of glycans in various cereal plants for agricultural […]

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Capacity Building Program – Dr Nipuni Peththa Thanthrige

  • 17 October 2025
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Nipuni shares her experience on how a CIPPS Capacity Building Grant has assisted her research.  Read more below: I completed my Honours degree in Microbiology in Sri Lanka, where I developed a strong interest in molecular biology and biotechnology, which motivated me to pursue higher studies. I was awarded a PhD scholarship in 2018 at […]

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Fresh Ideas Grant – Andrew White

  • 20 August 2025
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Read about how the CIPPS Fresh Ideas Grant has helped to support the reserarh work being done by Dr Andrew White from the Malins Group at Australian National University.

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Decoding nature’s secret molecules (years 4-6)

  • 4 August 2025
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Are you looking for a fun activity aligned with this year’s National Science Week theme of Decoding the Universe – Exploring the unknown with nature’s hidden language? We’ve customised our Peptide Bracelet Activity to introduce students in Years 4-6 to the secret language of peptides and proteins. We also have a version for Years 7-10 […]

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Decoding nature’s secret molecules (years 7-10)

  • 4 August 2025
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Are you looking for a fun activity aligned with this year’s National Science Week theme of Decoding the Universe – Exploring the unknown with nature’s hidden language? We’ve customised our Peptide Bracelet Activity to introduce students in Years 7-10 to the secret language of peptides and proteins. We also have a version for Years 4-6 […]

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3D Peptide models

  • 1 August 2025
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If you or your school has access to a 3D printer, here are some of our favourite 3D peptide models to accompany various activities such as the Peptide D-I-Y Activity Booklet . Cathelicidin Download compressed .stl file (7.39MB) Conotoxin Download compressed .stl file (7.13MB) Gympietide Download compressed .stl file (7.91MB) Insulin Download compressed .stl file […]

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Fresh Ideas Grant – Dr Xinyun Jian

  • 7 July 2025
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Read about how a CIPPS Fresh Ideas Grant has helped to support  the research work being done by Dr Xinyun Jian from the Challis and Cryle Groups at Monash University.

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CIPPS Fresh Ideas Grants 2025

  • 7 July 2025
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Congratulations to the winners of our third round of Fresh Ideas Grants! The Fresh Ideas Grants (FIG) scheme is a competitive grant process open to all Centre Postdoctoral Research Fellows. It aims to create a springboard to independence for our Research Fellows by creating an opportunity for them to drive their own research ideas.  Dr […]

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CIPPS Capacity Building Grants 2025

  • 7 July 2025
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Congratulations to our winners of the latest round of the CIPPS Capacity Building Grants:  Caitlin Gare – 10 weeks industry internship with AstraZeneca Sweden  Dr Nipuni Thanthrige – Visiting legume engineering team at CSIRO, Canberra for 3 weeks  Dr Sameer Kulkarni – International lab visit to Prof Arun Shukla, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 

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2024 Annual Report

  • 1 July 2025
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Our 2024 Annual Report has been published that showcases many great stories and photos from our team. It’s exciting to read about so many highlights spanning the CIPPS EMCR and PhD Retreat at Kingscliff, our 3rd Annual Symposium at Q-Station Manly, our progress reporting against the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and the many research in focus […]

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2025 ARC Laureate – Professor Richard Payne

  • 30 June 2025
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Congratulations to CIPPS Deputy Director, Professor Rich Payne, on being awarded a 2025 ARC Laureate Fellowship, FL250100011 – Unlocking the Modified Proteome. Professor Payne aims to uncover how protein modifications influence biological activity. This project will develop automated technologies to produce modified proteins with high precision and scale, enabling new insights into major protein classes. […]

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CIPPS-tivities

  • 25 June 2025
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Do you or someone you know like puzzles, mazes, and find-a-word activities? Do you want to learn the new ABCs of peptides? If so here are some fun CIPPS-tivities that we’ve made for you!

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Participating Institutions

The University of Queensland
The University of Sydney
Australian National University
Monash University
Queensland University of Technology
Edith Cowan University
CSIRO

International Partners

Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rosalind Franklin Institute
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Southampton
University of Tokyo
University of Washington

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