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Capacity Building Program – Caitlin Gare

  • 8 April 2026
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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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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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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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Capacity Building Program – Callum Breeze

  • 9 June 2025
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PhD student Callum Breeze from The Australian National University recently completed a 3 month industry Internship at CSIRO Black Mountain Campus in Canberra.  This opportunity was supported by the CIPPS Capacity Building Program.

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