Trevor Lithgow

A new theme issue of #PhilTransB focuses on #marine disease ecology - highlighting novel findings across a broad taxonomic range of host organisms, sharing new methodologies, and evaluating management approaches. Read #OA: buff.ly/JZIFY6h

‘Complete joke’: Efforts to reduce funding wait times ends with longer blowout A long campaign to improve Australia’s sclerotic research bureaucracy has culminated in an extraordinary blowout to grant approval times, leaving scientists despondent.

“A complete joke”

After the starting gun fires, Australian researchers have to wait 2–3 years before even starting the race.

Really clear article explaining the impossibly long new time-frames for Australian Research Council grants.

By @liammannix.bsky.social

Come and work with us! I'm looking for a PDRA in data-driven modelling of collective cell behaviour to join the group. More information at www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/80472

RIP David Botstein
#MicroSky

We’re recruiting new Research Group Leaders!
We offer:
🔬 Core funding
💻 Access to world-leading infrastructure
👩🏽‍🔬A network of world-leading scientists
…and much more.
Apply by 11 April: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
#ResearchCareers #Bioinformatics @timcoorens.bsky.social @embl.org

PhD Scholarship at Monash University - MACSYS Do cutting-edge research at the intersection of cryo‑EM, genome-wide profiling, and AI-driven modelling. Work with world‑class cryo-EM/cryo-ET imaging and AI tools to discover how the dangerous bacter...

Come do a PhD with me and @trevor-lithgow.bsky.social at @monashuniversity.bsky.social ! We’re at the leading edge of pathogen biology using cutting edge Cryo-EM and AI-driven genetic screens to uncover the mysteries of outer membrane biology. Reach out to me for a chat!

macsys.org/phd-scholars...

Screenshot of LinkedIn post from ARC saying that DP27 EOI outcomes will be released on RMS on the 26th Feb 2026.

The ARC have said (on LinkedIn) they will release outcomes for Discovery Projects Expressions of Interest (2027) tomorrow👇

Job opening for Research Group Leader in Structural Studies at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, focusing on macromolecular structures.

Are you a structural biologist pushing the boundaries of molecular science with an ambitious research programme?
Join our Structural Studies Division as a tenure-track Group Leader, with core funding, world-leading facilities & enthusiastic colleagues.
Apply by 16 MAR
www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Bark microbiota modulate climate-active gas fluxes in Australian forests Recent studies suggest that microbes inhabit tree bark, yet little is known about their identities, functions, and environmental roles. Here we reveal, through gene-centric and genome-resolved metagen...

Standing room only at the @monashuniversity.bsky.social Microbiology seminar today. Hearing from Bob Leung and his work on microbial communities found on the bark of trees and their role in regulating greenhouse gases www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Amazing science!

Thanks @theviin.bsky.social for the invite to join this great meeting, and share our work on Kaptive for capsule typing, and how we can apply it to inform #klebsiella vaccines: tinyurl.com/npaj4vzr
With @tomstantonmicro.bsky.social @shaunkeegan.bsky.social @katholt.bsky.social and many others

an extraordinary and generous scientist, Brenda Andrews set in motion omics and multi-omics analysis decades ahead of it becoming trendy. We all now benefit from her work at was back then a hazy frontier

2026 Winner of the Lorne Genome Julian Wells Medal: Christine Wells (no relation!) @stemcellsystems.bsky.social congratulations, well deserved!!

Our 2027 awards are now open for nominations! Each year, we recognise researchers who have made remarkable achievements across diverse fields. Nominations close 1 May 2026. science.org.au/news-events/...

YouTube video by MACSYS Dr Joshua Hamey - MACSYS Research Fellow

Meet Dr Joshua Hamey, one of our outstanding MACSYS Research Fellows. Based at our UNSW node, Josh is a molecular biologist studying how proteins are made inside cells.
In this video, Josh shares insights into his research and what inspired him to join MACSYS.
youtu.be/MuAfPxFXWZk?...

Mathematical modeling of 1,2-propanediol utilization bacterial microcompartments in vivo activity On exposure to 1,2-propanediol (1,2-PD), Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium LT2 produces 1,2-PD utilization (Pdu) microcompartments (MCPs), nanoscale protein-bound shells that encapsulate metabol...

Mathematical modeling of 1,2-propanediol utilization bacterial microcompartments in vivo activity

arxiv.org/abs/2602.11338

Do cutting-edge research at the frontiers of AI-driven Whole Cell Modelling! We invite applications for two fully funded, 3.5-year PhD positions based with MACSYS at The Australian National University (ANU).
👉Info on the 2 PhD projects & how to apply: macsys.org/phd-scholars...

AMR, antibiotic use increasing | Pharmacy Daily ANTIBIOTIC prescriptions in Australia have increased, antibiotic resistance is on the up, and less than half the antibiotics given after surgeries were appropriate, according to the Australian Centre ...

Antibiotic use in Australia is lower than a decade ago, and hospitals use last-line antibiotics carefully. However, rising #AMR and inconsistent prescribing, especially after surgery and in geriatrics, highlight the need to strengthen antimicrobial stewardship.
pharmacydaily.com.au/news/amr-ant...

MACSYS at ANZIAM!
This past week, members from three of our nodes represented the Centre at the Conference of the Australia & New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) held this year in Canberra. Among the highlights, PhD Student Yong See Foo winning the prize for best student paper.

@lorneproteins.bsky.social

On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, MACSYS proudly celebrates the exceptional women who are advancing our mission to model a whole cell - one of the most ambitious challenges in modern science. Pictured here are our Chief Investigators, Research Fellows, and PhD candidates.

Their expertise spans biology, mathematics, statistics, machine learning, AI, computer science and computational modelling. Their collaborative work is bridging disciplines & pushing the boundaries of what we can understand about life at the molecular level!
#InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience

Dr Tom Litfin (Australian Biocommons) presented the Structural Biology Platform project and the Australian Computational Structural biology community. If you are interested and missed him you can join up here: australian-structural-biology-computing.github.io/index
🧬🧶 #lorneprotein2026

First speaker. Last session at Lorne Proteins. Michael Hecht on designing proteins for novel functions @lorneproteins.bsky.social

It was a hybrid event, with our Melbourne & Monash node members gathering at The University of Melbourne. We had another in-person gathering at UNSW, while others from QUT and ANU nodes joined online. The event was organised by our Centre's Equity, People, and Culture Committee.

Did you know that only around 20% of all biographies on Wikipedia are about women? To mark the International Day of Women & Girls in Science, MACSYS hosted a Wikipedia Edit‑a‑thon to help address this imbalance by improving & creating pages about #WomenInSTEM.

what a brilliant talk! classic Lorne Proteins stuff, getting into how things (in this case Alphafold) works

such a brilliant workshop, and so well presented. very exciting stuff

Sparrow Session - Gavin Knott @knottrna.bsky.social up next - but I've been sworn to secrecy!

#lorneproteins2026

Gavin Knott in the Anders session at Lorne on antiphage defence proteins. @knottrna.bsky.social @lorneproteins.bsky.social

fantastic stuff!