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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. […]

 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 […]

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 […]

Professor Glenn King elected to the Fellowship of The Australian Academy of Science

CIPPS Partner Investigator Professor Hiroaki Suga, from The University of Tokyo, has been awarded the 2023 Wolf Prize for Chemistry. Professor Suga has been recognised for his ground-breaking work developing RNA-based catalysts that have revolutionised the discovery of bioactive peptides. The prize was also awarded to Professors Chuan He and Jeffery W. Kelly for their […]

Congratulations to CIPPS research fellow Dr Conan Wang (UQ) and Associate Investigator Dr Christoph Nitsche (ANU) who were awarded ARC Future Fellowship grants this week. Conan will receive $840,000 over four years for his project Peptides and Proteins for Fighting Pests and Protecting the Environment. The aim of this project is to enable the development […]