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Structural Biologist 🧬 @WEHI βš•οΈ | Protein and Drug Design | Biophysics πŸ”¬ | AI | Apoptosis | Epigenetics | Coffee β˜• | Naarm/Melbourne πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί

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WEBINAR SERIES: Leveraging deep learning to design custom protein-binding proteins β€” Australian BioCommons Be inspired by case studies that show you how deep learning methods are speeding up the process of designing proteins with desirable biophysical properties. More information Register

Just a heads up to anyone interested. @joshuamhardy.bsky.social will be presenting Protein DJ next week at the Australian Structural Biology Computing β€œProtein Design Seminars” hosted by @ausbiocommons.bsky.social

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

02.10.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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π“π‘πž π€π§ππžπ«π¬ π€π°πšπ«π recognises up to 5️⃣ scientists who are within 5 years of their PhD, with a talk secured in a dedicated session! It’s always a highlight of the meeting & a fantastic opportunity to showcase exciting new science 🀩

𝐀𝐩𝐩π₯𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐜π₯𝐨𝐬𝐞 πŸπŸ’ πŽπœπ­π¨π›πžπ« πŸπŸŽπŸπŸ“:
www.lorneproteins.org/submissions

25.09.2025 03:28 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Laying the groundwork for more Australia-Europe cooperation in the life sciences | EMBL Australian BioCommons, Bioplatforms Australia, and EMBL have signed a formal agreement to encourage collaboration in bioinformatics.

Australian BioCommons, Bioplatforms Australia, and EMBL signed a formal agreement to encourage collaboration in bioinformatics & related activities, including AI, omics, data services, and infrastructure.

www.embl.org/news/embl-an...

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17.07.2025 07:19 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Researchers WEHI and Duke-NUS Medical School have uncovered another important role of protein MCL-1: it keeps hair growing!

A finding that could pave the way for new treatments for alopecia, hair loss.

Read the study in Nature Communications: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

25.03.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Congratulations Alisa, this is a great outcome for science πŸŽ‰

24.03.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Such a beautiful structure congratulations to everyone involved!

14.03.2025 07:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Scientists solve decades-long Parkinson’s mystery WEHI researchers have made a huge leap forward in the fight against Parkinson’s disease, solving a decades-long mystery that paves the way for development of new drugs to treat the condition.

World-first: researchers have discovered what protein #PINK1 looks like in humans and how it is activated, solving a decades-long mystery in the fight against #Parkinsonsdisease. The team hope to use the knowledge to find a drug to stop #Parkinsons.

www.wehi.edu.au/news/scienti...

13.03.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Wow!

11.02.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Interactive Program now live for the Lorne Protein Conference 2025! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
www.lorneproteins.org

18.12.2024 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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