Events

Please join us for the 2025 Biochemistry Alumni Lecture presented by A/Prof Danielle Grotjahn. She will be presenting 'Lessons from mitochondria on thriving under stress'.

Please join us for the MBS seminar presented by Prof Michael Beard from the University of Adelaide. He will present 'CRISPR genome-wide screens as a tool to identify novel host genes that control viral replication'.

It is our pleasure to announce the next chemistry seminar on September 29th by Dr Marcus Korb from the University of Western Australia, 'Internal Alkynes – From Metal-mediated activation to redox active Macrocyles'.

Please join the SBB theme for a seminar by Dr Kevin Chen (IMB), 'Assembly of Retromer–Rab7–Gyp6 Complex: A Novel Molecular Timer for Vacuolar Cargo Retrieval'.

We have an MBS seminar next Wednesday 24th of September at 12:00 pm in the AIBN seminar room. It is our pleasure to welcome Mirza S Baig (Institute of Technology Indore) to present “Targeting TIRAP-Mediated Inflammatory Signalling: A Promising Therapeutic Strategy for Sepsis and Chronic Inflammatory Diseases”. Please come and support the MBS seminar series.

It is our pleasure to announce our next chemistry seminar on September 22nd by Dr. Waleed Hussein, who will present 'Total Synthesis of the Natural Product Talarolide A Reveals a Unique Structural Conformation in Hydroxamate-Containing Cyclic Peptides'

Please join the Infection and Immunity Theme Seminar for three presentations on Friday 19 September at 11 am in Room 76-228.

The SCMB Chemistry Seminar Series welcomes Associate Professor Roderick Bates to present 'Synthesis of Natural and Unnatural Products'.

SCMB's Infection and Immunity Seminar series will have three speakers - Georgina McCallum; Melanie Wu; Kyle Macauslane. Morning tea in the secret garden to follow.

Join the SBB theme for their monthly seminar series, featuring two speakers: Dr Yeping Wu (IMB) and Saipriyaa Vasan (AIBN).

Please join us for this MBS seminar, presented by Dr Ivan Liachko from Phase Genomics. He will be presenting 'Next-Generation Metagenomics: Linking the Virome, Resistome, and Plasmidome to the Microbiome'.

Please join us for this MSB seminar, presented by Prof Hindrik Mulder from Lund University in Sweden. He will be presenting 'Acyl-CoA synthetase (ACSL1) is key regulator of insulin secretion and a pathogenetic factor in Type 2 Diabetes'. His current research explores the mechanisms whereby genetic variation influences mitochondrial function, lipid metabolism and circadian regulation in beta-cells in the events leading to Type 2 Diabetes. His group has established a platform for use of induced pluripotent stem cells from patients with Type 2 Diabetes.

Please join us for this Chemistry Seminar presented by Dr Julian Steele (AIBN/SMP). He will present 'On the Metastability of CsPbI3 Perovskite and How to Tame It'. This seminar aims to highlight the fundamental aspects of metal halide perovskites that dictate a stable crystal structure, through the lens of thermodynamic preference and phase formation energies.

The SCMB Chemistry Seminar Series welecomes Professor Andrew Lawrence (University of Edinburgh), who will present 'Synthetic Strategies and Concepts Inspired by Natural Products'. This presentation will be an account of his group's research into how molecular complexity is rapidly and selectively generated in biosynthetic pathways. This will include their recent development of new synthetic strategies towards complex natural products and the exploration of new concepts in asymmetric synthesis.

Please join us for a special seminar by A/Prof Aaron Irving, a UQ alumnus, presenting 'Genetic adaptations and enhanced antiviral immunity in Chinese horseshoe bats'.

We have an MBS seminar Wednesday 30 July at 12:00 noon in the AIBN seminar room. It is our pleasure to welcome Dr Lauren Aoude (University of Queensland Frazer Institute) to present “Novel Biomarkers in Oesophageal Cancer”. Please come and support the MBS seminar series.

Please join us for this extra chemistry seminar on 17 July by Prof Huw Davies from Emory University, he will present 'Recent Advances in Rhodium-Catalyzed Reactions of Donor/Acceptor Carbenes'. This presentation will highlight some of his group's recent academic and industrial collaborations to expand the synthetic utility of donor/acceptor carbenes. This will include the use of bowl-shaped catalysts to control site selective C-H functionalization, computational studies to understand the conformational flexibility of the bowl-shaped catalysts, and pharmaceutical applications towards drug targets and scale-up synthesis.

It is our pleasure to announce a chemistry seminar on July 15th by Prof Song Lin from Cornell University, NY. He will present 'New Methods and Technologies for Organic Electrosynthesis'. This talk will detail his team's design principle underpinning the development of these new electrochemical transformations with a focus on applications in the synthesis of medicinally relevant compounds. Also, this talk will discuss a parallel effort in the development of new electrochemical high-throughput reactors that can drastically improve the efficiency of reaction discovery and optimization.

The SCMB Chemistry Seminar Series welcomes Professor Jon Njardarson (University of Arizona), who will be presenting 'Asymmetric Anionic Amino Cope Adventures'.

Please join us for the 2025 TGH Jones Memorial Lecture by Professor Erick Carreira from ETH Zürich, 'Recent Advances in Enantioselective and PhotoHAT Catalysis'. The presentation will focus on the unique reactivity of Ir- and Ru- complexes with a novel ligands as well as recent progress with earth-abundant metal catalysts combined with photochemistry.

It is our pleasure to announce the next chemistry seminar on 30 June by Professor Stephen Thomas, from The EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh. In his talk 'Iron-catalysed Functionalisation of Arene and Alkene C–H Bonds' he will discuss how mechanistic analyses and single turnover studies were used to guide reaction development and optimisation across iron-catalysed C-H borylation, hydrogen isotope exchange. C-H reductive coupling reaction, and beyond.

You are invited to attend the UQ-TUM Organometallic Seminar, this symposium will be headlined by Professor Shigeyoshi Inoue and supported by ECR speakers from both TUM and UQ. The event forms part of the larger Australasian Organometallic Chemistry Meeting, but registration is not required for this session.

It is our pleasure to welcome you to the next chemistry seminar on 23 June by A/Prof Erin Leitao, from The School of Chemistry, The University of Auckland. This seminar will coincide with Erin's Plenary Lecture at the Australasian Organometallic Meeting, and will be hosted in the Parnell Building (07-222).

As part of the SCMB Advanced Functional Materials research theme seminar series, it is our pleasure to announce a talk by Prof Beata Luszczynska, 'Smart interface materials for organic electronics application'.

Please join us for a special UQ alumni presentation by Dr Gaelen Burke from the University of Georgia will be presenting 'The function and evolution of beneficial viruses of parasitoid wasps'. In this talk, she will be compare and contrast several different parasitoid wasp-host systems in terms of virus and wasp genomic architecture and virus function in wasps and hosts. Strengths and weaknesses for potential applications in biological control will also be discussed.