Educating children on CIPPS research through arts and craft The centre participated in two outreach events at Woollahra Library at Double Bay, NSW, in April. We explored science through art, hands on crafts and games that focussed on the biological and biochemistry themes of the centre. We hosted a creative school holiday workshop with children […]
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I am a third year PhD student with Professor Lara Malins. I graduated from the Australian National University in 2022 with a Bachelor of Science (Advanced) with First Class Honours in Chemistry. My Honours research with Professor Lara Malins focused on the development of antimalarial peptide-drug conjugates. Subsequently, my PhD research has comprised of several […]
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Inspiring confidence, connection and action By Junming He Date: Friday 6th March 2026 Time: 8:00 – 10:00 AM Venue: The Terrace Room, Level 6 Sir Llew Edwards Building (Building 14), The University of Queensland QLD 4072. The Centres of Excellence (CoE) Women in Leadership event brought together colleagues from across multiple CoEs for an engaging […]
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Guiding year 12 students through a research facility By Junming He The centre and the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) at the University of Queensland collaborated to host a group of 30 year 12 students in January for an engaging and interactive event with scientists from the facility. The event provided students with the opportunity […]
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Several CIPPS members recently attended the TIDES USA conference in San Diego. Read about their insights from the conference.
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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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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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Read how a CIPPS Cross Nodal Exchange has helped Caitlin Gare with her research.
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Read about how a CIPPS Cross-Nodal Exchange has enabled new collaborations for Alexandra Sundman from the King Group.
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Read about how the CIPPS Cross-Nodal program has supported a research visit to the Craik Group for Karandeep Grover from the New Group at the University of Sydney.
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Read about the invaluable collaboration experience Aedena obtained undertaking a CIPPS Cross-Nodal exchange.
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Read about how a CIPPS Cross-Nodal exchange has enabled Adele Gonzalvez to travel to the King Group to further her skills and knowledge of venoms.
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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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Read about how the CIPPS Parental Leave Momentum Initiative has supported Dr Angeline Chan from the Craik Group.
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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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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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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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Harnessing the flexibility of native chemical ligation to overcome the barriers of traditional therapies Native chemical ligation (NCL) is a remarkable technique widely utilized by peptide chemists to construct large, and increasingly complex peptides and miniature proteins, such as insulin, by fusing two medium-sized peptides. Developed at Scripps Research (USA) just 30 years ago, it […]
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Extracting DNA from Ninu scat to save an iconic marsupial from extinction Australia is home to about two-thirds of the world’s known extant species of marsupials, including Tasmanian devils and quolls (dasyurids or carnivorous marsupials), kangaroos, koalas, and wombats (diprotodonts or herbivores), and bilbies and bandicoots (permelemorphs). Marsupials are an iconic group of animals due […]
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Read about how a CIPPS Fresh Ideas Grant has supported the research work of Dr Bhavesh Khatri from the Craik Group.
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