We offer a busy calendar of events, which are variously available to the public, our graduates, future and current students, and staff.

  

MBS Seminar - How Cryo-EM Reveals Macromolecular Mechanisms

9 April 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Please join us for the MBS Seminar 'How Cryo-EM Reveals Macromolecular Mechanisms', presented by A/Prof Gökhan Tolun from the University of Wollongong.

Chemistry Seminar - Flow Chemistry - Exploiting Reactive Intermediates and Discovering New Reactions

24 March 2025 1:00pm2:00pm
The next Chemistry Seminar will be presented by Prof Marcus Baumann. His talk 'Flow Chemistry - Exploiting Reactive Intermediates and Discovering New Reactions' will showcase the effective exploitation of continuous flow reactors for the safe generation of reactive intermediates using photochemical as well as thermal strategies.

MBS Seminar - TIR domain-mediated signalling by cooperative higher-order assembly formation

19 March 2025 3:00pm4:00pm
We have an MBS seminar on Wednesday 5 March 2025 at 12:00 pm in building 76-228 (note location). It is our pleasure to welcome Prof Bostjan Kobe (SCMB) to present 'TIR domain-mediated signalling by cooperative higher-order assembly formation'.

Chemistry Seminar - From Research to Reality: Using Chemistry Education Research to Enhance Student Learning

17 March 2025 1:00pm2:00pm
Please join us for the next chemistry seminar, 'From Research to Reality: Using Chemistry Education Research to Enhance Student Learning' on 17 March by Prof Ryan Sweeder. This talk explores how chemistry simulations can be effectively used outside the classroom to introduce new topics, comparing the benefits and challenges of direct student interaction versus screencasts across a range of concepts.

Chemistry Seminar - RACI Organic Division Athel Beckwith Lecture Catalytic reaction development and investigating mechanism

3 March 2025 1:00pm2:00pm
Please join us for this chemistry seminar on 3 March by Dr Sinead Keavaney, visiting from the University of Wollongong, she will be presenting the RACI Athel Beckwith Lectureship 'Catalytic reaction development and investigating mechanism'.

MBS Seminar - Structural phylogenetics: tracing evolution through protein structure

25 February 2025 2:00pm3:00pm
Molecular Bioscience Special Seminar will be presented by Dr. Caroline Puente-Lelievre (University of Auckland) is entitled 'Structural phylogenetics: tracing evolution through protein structure'.

MBS Seminar - From in-depth high-throughput plasma glycoproteomics to fine details of antibody glycosylation

19 February 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
SCMB welcomes you to join a Molecular Bioscience Special Seminar presented by Professor Albert Heck (Utrecht University), who will be presenting 'From in-depth high-throughput plasma glycoproteomics to fine details of antibody glycosylation.'

Chemistry Seminar - Catalysing sustainable chemical manufacturing from biomass

10 February 2025 1:00pm2:00pm
Please join us for the Chemistry seminar by Prof Adam Lee (Griffith University), 'Catalysing sustainable chemical manufacturing from biomass'. Prof Lee's presentation will describe challenges in the design of catalytic technologies for biofuels and platform chemicals synthesis.

Molecular Bioscience Special Seminar - Restoring Protein Glycosylation with GlycoShape

29 January 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Please join us for a Molecular Bioscience Special Seminar - Restoring Protein Glycosylation with GlycoShape, presented by A/Prof Elisa Fadda (University of Southampton, UK).

Chemistry Seminar - Mechano, Electro-Organic and Flow Chemistry: A New Paradigm in Organic and Materials Syntheses

28 January 2025 1:00pm2:00pm
The first Chemistry Seminar of 2025 will take place on Tuesday 28 January, with a talk by Prof Anil Kumar, 'Mechano, Electro-Organic and Flow Chemistry: A New Paradigm in Organic and Materials Syntheses'.

MBS Seminar - Leveraging bioinformatics to identify functional RNA structures necessary for viral replication and emergence

20 December 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
The SCMB Molecular Biosciences Seminar series welcomes Assistant Professor Jenny Hyde from the University of Washington (USA), to present 'Leveraging bioinformatics to identify functional RNA structures necessary for viral replication and emergence'.

Chemistry Seminar - Continuous manufacturing of polymers and particles in ultrasonic microreactors

9 December 2024 1:00pm2:00pm
The next SCMB Chemistry Seminar will be presented by Professor Simon Kuhn (KU Leuven, Belgium), titled 'Continuous manufacturing of polymers and particles in ultrasonic microreactors'.

From Testing to Therapeutics: Harnessing Metagenomics for Advanced Clinical Diagnostics and Microbiome-Derived Therapeutics

26 November 2024 2:30pm3:30pm
Associate Professor Lutz Krause, of Microba Life Sciences, will be presenting the 2024 Skerman Lecture entitled 'From Testing to Therapeutics: Harnessing Metagenomics for Advanced Clinical Diagnostics and Microbiome-Derived Therapeutics'. His presentation will explore how metagenomic technologies enable the development of both rationally selected therapeutics and advanced pathogen diagnostics.

Chemistry Seminar - Gain by Strain: Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes to Access Carbo- and Heterocyclic Compounds

11 November 2024 1:00pm2:00pm
Please join us at the next chemistry seminar on 11 November by Professor Daniel Werz, visiting from Albert-Ludwigs-Universität. His presentation is titled 'Gain by Strain: Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes to Access Carbo- and Heterocyclic Compounds'.

Special MBS Seminar - Immunity, neurodegeneration and phase transition: molecular biology at the single molecule resolution

6 November 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
The SCMB Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series welcomes A/Prof Yann Gambin, UNSW/EMBL Australia, who will be presenting 'Immunity, neurodegeneration and phase transition: molecular biology at the single molecule resolution'.

Chemistry Seminar - Organic chemistry for drug discovery and back again

4 November 2024 1:00pm2:00pm
The Chemistry Seminar Series welcomes Dr Tristan Reekie from the University of New South Wales Canberra, who will be presenting 'Organic chemistry for drug discovery and back again'.

The Secret Chemistry and Biology of the Sulfur Cycle

29 October 2024 2:00pm3:00pm
Prof Spencer Williams (University of Melbourne) will be presenting the 2024 Bertram Dillon Steele lecture. In his 'The Secret Chemistry and Biology of the Sulfur Cycle' lecture he will describe the discovery of specialised glycosidases termed sulfoquinovosidases that release SQ from sulfolipids, a new pathway for SQ degradation that achieves the cleavage of the distinctive carbon-sulfur bond, and the development of synthetic tools that can be used to study and exploit the new enzymes and proteins that we have discovered.

Congenital malformation: Identifying causes, disease mechanisms, and opportunities for possible prevention

22 October 2024 2:00pm3:00pm
Prof Sally Dunwoodie (Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute) will be presenting the 2024 Biochemistry Alumni Lecture, titled 'Congenital malformation: Identifying causes, disease mechanisms, and opportunities for possible prevention'.

Structural Biology & Biochemistry (SBB) Theme Seminar - 1) The yeast secretome: responses to cellular stressors and profiling in wine; 2) Investigating the role of nucleotide binding by Tir domains in plant innate immunity

17 October 2024 2:00pm3:00pm
We are excited to invite you to our final SBB theme seminar for 2024. This month we will have PhD students Shulei Liu and Bryan Lim from the Schulz and Kobe group. We hope to see you there.

MBS Seminar - Antibiotic resistant superbugs: it’s all about the clones

16 October 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series welcomes Prof Mark Schembri (SCMB/IMB), who will be presenting 'Antibiotic resistant superbugs: it’s all about the clones.'

Chemistry Seminar - Why squeeze MOFs? The Effect of Pressure, Guest Uptake and Structural Flexibility on Porous Materials

14 October 2024 1:00pm2:00pm
The SCMB Chemistry Seminar Series Welcomes Prof Stephen Moggach (UWA), who will present 'Why squeeze MOFs? The Effect of Pressure, Guest Uptake and Structural Flexibility on Porous Materials'.

MBS Seminar - What happens when a genome wakes up: gene regulation during seed germination

9 October 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
MBS Seminar Series welcomes Prof Mathew G Lewsey of La Trobe Institute for Sustainable Agriculture and Food, and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space. Prof Lewsey will be presenting 'What happens when a genome wakes up: gene regulation during seed germination'.

MBS Seminar - Developing and applying AI/XAI methods in hit drug discovery & in understanding antimicrobial drug resistance

4 October 2024 2:00pm3:00pm
SCMB Seminar Series welcomes guest speaker A/Prof Nicholas Furnham (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine). Nicholas will be presenting 'Developing and applying AI/XAI methods in hit drug discovery & in understanding antimicrobial drug resistance'.

Chemistry Seminar - Australia, Women and Rare Earth Chemistry

4 October 2024 1:00pm2:00pm
SCMB will host an an extra Chemistry Seminar this Friday, 4 October. It is my pleasure to announce a presentation by Prof Colette Boskovic, who will present 'Australia, Women and Rare Earth Chemistry'. In this lecture she will present her own journey as a woman in chemistry and discuss some of the challenges that remain for the full participation of women in science.

MBS Seminar - Neuroprotective benefit of magnesium sulfate therapy in preterm infants: is it magnesium or is it sulfate?

2 October 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
The next MBS seminar will be presented by A/Prof Paul Dawson (Mater Research Institute), entitled 'Neuroprotective benefit of magnesium sulfate therapy in preterm infants: is it magnesium or is it sulfate?'

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