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Cross-Nodal Exchange – Matthew Pledge

  • 10 February 2025
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PhD student Matthew Pledge a Monash-Warwick Alliance (MWA) student at the Monash University recently completed a cross-nodal exchange to the University of Warwick, UK to visit Dr Alex Mullins and his group. Read the article below by Junming He.

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3rd Annual Symposium – Q-Station Manly

  • 14 January 2025
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Over 120 delegates were hosted at the CIPPS 3rd Annual Symposium held at Q-Station, Manly, 25-28th November 2024.  Read about the Sympoisum highlights below by Junming He. Powered By EmbedPress

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Professor David Baker Institute for Protein Design Department of Biochemistry University of Washington, USA.

Professor David Baker awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024

  • 8 November 2024
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 CIPPS Partner Investigator, Professor David Baker, who serves as Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Washington, Seattle WA, USA, was recently named recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in acknowledgment of his achievement “for computational protein design.”    The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded one half to David Baker and the other […]

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Capacity Building Program – Belinda Zhang

  • 8 November 2024
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Belinda Zhang from the Payne Group at the University of Sydney recently travelled to the Massachusets Institute of Technology (MIT), US to visit Professor Brad Pentelute and his team.  Her Trip was supported by the CIPPS Capacity Building program.  Read more in the below article by Junming He.

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Capacity Building Program – Dr Paul Visendi Muhindira

  • 1 November 2024
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Dr Paul Visendi Muhindira from the Craik Group recently travelled to the San Diego Supercomputing Center at the University of California San Diego. His Trip was supported by the CIPPS Capacity Building program.  Read more in the below article by Junming He.

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Cross-Nodal Exchange – Minuri Suhar Ratnayake

  • 1 November 2024
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PhD student Minuri Suhara Ratnayake from the Cryle group at Monash University was supported by the CIPPS Cross-Nodal exchange program to visit Professor Józef Lewandowski at the University of Warwik, UK. Read the article by Junming below:

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Cross-Nodal Exchange – Danella West

  • 23 October 2024
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PhD student Danella West from the Cryle Group at Monash University recently completed a cross-nodal exchange to the University of Warwick, UK to visit Professor Phil Stansfeld and his group. Read the article below by Junming He.

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Cross-Nodal Exchange – Cornelius Fischer

  • 23 October 2024
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PhD Student Cornelius Fischer from the Cryle Group at Monash recently travelled to the UK on a Cross-Nodal Exchange to visit Professor Józef Lewandowski at the University of Warwick.  Read the article below by Junming He.

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About DeadlyScience

  • 30 September 2024
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About DeadlyScience Written by Junming He DeadlyScience is an organisation that is committed to creating STEM equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learners. DeadlyScience is delivering fun and captivating activities through the Deadly Learners program, which are online workshops that connect Indigenous learners with STEM professionals from across the country. Founder and CEO of […]

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Fresh Ideas Grant – Dr. Stephen Butler

  • 6 September 2024
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Dr. Stephen Butler a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Jolliffe Group was recently awarded a CIPPS Fresh Ideas Grant to pursue a research interest.  Read more about the collaboroation in the article below by Junming He

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Eureka Prize – Outstanding Mentor

  • 6 September 2024
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Congratulations to CI Kate Jolliffe for winning this year’s Eureka Prize for Outstanding Mentor of Researchers.  Kate’s research and leadership has enhanced Australia’s standing in the relatively young field of supramolecular chemistry. To help close the gender gap she supported the foundation of the international ‘Women in Supramolecular Chemistry’ network. Her committed mentorship has resulted […]

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Cross-Nodal Exchange – Vishnu Mini Sasi

  • 6 September 2024
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PhD student Vishnu Mini Sasi from the Jackson Group at the ANU CIPPS Node travelled to Melbourne to collaborate with the Cryle Group at Monash.  Read about the cross-nodal exchange in the below article by Junming He

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Capacity Building Program – Max Harding

  • 6 September 2024
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PhD student Max Harding, from the Craik Group, recently completed and industry placement with Miruku in New Zealand. His Trip was supported by the CIPPS Capacity Building program.  Read about the placement in the below article by Junming He.

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ARC Fellowship success!

  • 28 August 2024
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Congratulations to CIPPS CI Prof Lara Malins (ANU), research fellow Bhavesh Khatri (UQ) and AI Emma Watson (UoA) who were each awarded ARC funding to cover their salaries and associated project costs.  Lara was recently awarded an ARC Future Fellowship. She will receive $1,208,152 over four years for her project Backbone Editing Strategies: Underutilised Tools […]

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Conference Highlights: CIPPS Retreat, Kingscliff

  • 28 August 2024
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Between 8-10 May 2024 approximately 120 centre members from across Australia gathered at the Mantra on Salt Beach, Kingscliff, in northern NSW to share their science and broaden their professional skills. The retreat offered talks by CIs, AIs, EMCRs and a poster session. Based on feedback from the last retreat the professional development sessions were […]

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Cross Nodal Exchange – Callum Bullock

  • 21 August 2024
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Callum Bullock, a PhD student from the University of Warwick, based with the Challis Group from the CIPPS Victoria node at Monash University, recently travelled to Canberra on a cross-nodal exchange to the Jackson and Malin Groups at the Australian National University. This exchange was supported by the CIPPS Cross Nodal Mentoring program.  To learn […]

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Getting selective with cyclic peptides. Hitting the right target

  • 16 August 2024
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A peptide library is a little like a regular book library. The peptide library has a number of amino acids or books all lined up in a specifically ordered system. We know and understand each book, and we can then make changes and easily see what effect those changes have. These libraries are useful for […]

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Fighting off extinction. Finding cures from within.

  • 16 August 2024
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Australia is home to some unique and wacky wildlife. From our one-of-a-kind platypus to the famous cuddly koala, special features and adaptations to our vast land result in species not found anywhere else in the world. Sadly, a number of our national treasures are already extinct in the wild, and the Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) […]

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Judging a beer by its bottle. More accurate gluten testing of fermented products offers new hope for Coeliac disease

  • 16 August 2024
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Gluten is the general name for the structural proteins naturally found in wheat, barley and rye. These proteins are sometimes difficult to digest and for those with Coeliac disease (CD), incomplete digestion of gluten triggers an immune-based response in the gut where the body begins attacking itself. The resulting inflammation can lead to numerous symptoms […]

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