Research theme seminar series

Our research theme seminars feature expert speakers that cover a wide-range of topics.

Our speakers include visiting national and international academics and students completing their PhDs.  They cover diverse topics across our research themes:

Who should attend

Students and staff with an interest in the research theme are welcome to attend:

  • undergraduate students
  • postgraduate students
  • HDR students (including Honours)
  • postdoctoral staff 
  • research staff.

Join us online and in-person

You can attend our seminars in-person and/or online in a Zoom meeting. 

Contacts

Contact research theme seminars

Structural Biology and Biochemistry (SBB) Theme Seminar

27 March 2024 10:00am11:00am
Structural Biology and Biochemistry (SBB) Theme welcomes everyone to attend the March seminar session, presentations by Dr Yoochan Myung and Dr Ariel Isaacs. The seminar is to be followed by morning tea at the secret garden (Building 76).

Infection and Immunity Theme

22 March 2024 3:00pm4:00pm
The first Infection and Immunity Theme Seminar will feature three speakers: Dr Michaela Blyton, Mikaela Bell, and James Potter.

Structural Biology and Biochemistry (SBB) Theme Seminar

29 February 2024 10:00am11:00am
Structural Biology and Biochemistry (SBB) Theme Seminar's first seminar for the year will take place 29 February with Shannon Jewel and Isacc Tucker presenting. The Kobe lab will cater morning tea after the session in the secret garden.

Structural Biology and Biochemistry (SBB) Theme Seminar

26 October 2023 10:00am11:00am
Structural Biology and Biochemistry (SBB) Theme Seminar is pleased to welcome Dr Farrah Blades and Xin Lin to present their work. The presentation by Farrah is of special interest for people interested in cryo-EM data processing so do not miss out!

Infection and Immunity Theme Seminar

13 October 2023 3:00pm4:00pm
The Infection and Immunity Theme seminar with feature three SCMB speakers: Adriana Pliegro Zamora, Ellesandra Noye, and Jessica Harrison.

Genetics & Genomics Theme Seminar

6 October 2023 3:00pm4:00pm
We will be joined by three speakers: PhD candidate Korawich Uthayopas, who will discuss PRIMITI, a machine learning model for accurate prediction of miRNA-target mRNA interaction; PhD candidate Oliver Hughes, on his work on evaluating regional bias between replicates that are inherent to ChIP-seq and is widespread across ENCODE, and a flash talk by PhD candidate Sophie Leech on her research on altered gut microbiome composition in women with pre-existing type 2 diabetes mellitus during pregnancy.

Structural Biology and Biochemistry theme - LEGO-CSM: Predictive building blocks for construction functional protein insights

28 September 2023 10:00am11:00am
SCMB's Dr Alex de Sá will be presenting 'LEGO-CSM: Predictive building blocks for construction functional protein insights' at the Structural Biology and Biochemistry theme seminar.

Infection & Immunity Seminar

1 September 2023 3:00pm4:00pm
This week's Infection and Immunity seminar will be presented by 3 SCMB students and ECRs. Speakers include: Dr Emily Strong (West Lab), Dr Lian Zheng Jie (Schembri Lab), and Yanshan Zhu (Short Lab).

Metals in Biology Group Symposium

1 August 2023 1:00pm5:00pm
The 2023 UQ Metals in Biology Group Symposium will be held 1 August 2023, featuring presentations by several international, SCMB, IMB, and CAI researchers.

Unlocking non-natural chemistries in ancestral cytochromes P450 - and - Structural Characterisation of Endosomal Trafficking Protein Sorting Nexin 27

27 July 2023 10:00am11:00am
Dr. Raine Thomson will present "Unlocking non-natural chemistries in ancestral cytochromes P450" and Qian Guo will present "Structural Characterisation of Endosomal Trafficking Protein Sorting Nexin 27"

Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Theme Seminar

29 September 2022 1:00pm2:00pm
Dan Ellis will present his latest work on characterising and quantifying the different metabolites produced by the yeast from his study's library of native non-Saccharomyces yeasts. This will be followed by Bernard Agustinus' presentation on the optimisation of light-driven P450 biocatalysis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

Molecular Genetics and Genomics Theme Seminar

16 September 2022 3:00pm4:00pm
Dr Clara Jiang from the Institute of Molecular Biosciences will present "Unlocking insights into cellular senescence through single cell transcriptomics of ageing mesenchymal stem cells" followed by Dr Steve Robbins from the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences presentation "A genomic view of the sponge microbiome"

Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Theme Seminar

25 August 2022 1:00pm2:00pm
A Possible Strategy for the Treatment of Batten’s Disease: Recovery of Lysosome Function presented by Associate Professor Ronald Clarke, the School of Chemistry, University of Sydney