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

Featured events
Research Students Symposium
TGH Jones Memorial Lecture
School research seminars
Research theme seminars

  

MBS Seminar - Using brain organoids model and single cell transcriptomics to understand falvivirus pathogenesis

14 May 2025 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
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Please join us for an upcoming MBS seminar on Wednesday 14 of May at 12:00 noon in 76-228 seminar room. It is our pleasure to welcome Dr Andrii Slonchak (SCMB) to present “Using Brain organoids model and single cell transcriptomics to understand falvivirus pathogenesis”.

Chemistry Seminar - 18F-SiFA-Labeled Glycomimetic Dendrimers for Imaging Heparanase in Breast Cancer

16 May 2025 11:00am–12:00pm
 
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Please join us for a special chemistry seminar out of sequence on Friday 16 May by Dr Justin Bailey, from TRIUMF – Life Sciences Division, Canada; entitled '18F-SiFA-Labeled Glycomimetic Dendrimers for Imaging Heparanase in Breast Cancer'. The talk will also briefly introduce TRIUMF, Canada’s national particle accelerator centre, and showcase how its infrastructure, isotope production capabilities, and interdisciplinary environment uniquely support translational radiopharmaceutical research—bridging fundamental discovery and applied innovation.

MBS Seminar - Uncovering mechanisms of infection and disease for emerging viruses

28 May 2025 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
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Please join us for this special MBS seminar presented by Dr Daniel Rawle (QIMRB), 'Uncovering mechanisms of infection and disease for emerging viruses'.

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4 July 2025 2:00pm–3:00pm
 
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This year's TGH Jones Memorial Lecture will be presented by Professor Erick Carreira from ETH Zurich.

Chemistry Seminar - Nanoscale Characterisation by Small Angle Scattering (SAXS/SANS)

12 May 2025 1:00pm–2:00pm
 
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Please join us for the next Chemistry seminar 'Nanoscale Characterisation by Small Angle Scattering (SAXS/SANS)' presented by Dr. Vikram Raghuwanshi from the Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis.

MBS Seminar - Inherent symmetry and flexibility in hepatitis B virus subviral particles

1 May 2025 2:00pm–3:00pm
 
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We have a special MBS seminar on Thursday 1 May at 2:00 pm in 76-228. It is our pleasure to welcome Professor Rao Zihe (Tsinghua University) to present “Inherent symmetry and flexibility in hepatitis B virus subviral particles”.

MBS Seminar - RNA therapies to treat viruses and cancer: A new class of nanoparticles

30 April 2025 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
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SCMB's Molecular Bioscience Seminar Series welcomes Prof Nigel McMillan (Griffith University), who will be presenting 'RNA therapies to treat viruses and cancer: A new class of nanoparticles'.

Chemistry Seminar - Divalent Organocopper Complexes: Masked Radicals for Effective Electrochemically Driven Atom Transfer Radical Addition

28 April 2025 1:00pm–2:00pm
 
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It is our pleasure to announce the next chemistry seminar on 28 April by Dr. Masnun Naher, SCMB; 'Divalent Organocopper Complexes: Masked Radicals for Effective Electrochemically Driven Atom Transfer Radical Addition'. This presentation will highlight the potential of electrochemical methods for carbon–carbon bond formation and discuss the new directions in electrochemical organic synthesis using copper-based catalysts.

Chemistry Seminar - The biological function of copper(II)-binding cyclic peptides from the Great Barrier Reef

14 April 2025 1:00pm–2:00pm
 
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The SCMB Chemistry Seminar Series welcomes Dr Phillip Baur, who will be presenting 'The biological function of copper(II)-binding cyclic peptides from the Great Barrier Reef'.

MBS Seminar - How Cryo-EM Reveals Macromolecular Mechanisms

9 April 2025 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
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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 1:00pm–2:00pm
 
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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 3:00pm–4:00pm
 
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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 1:00pm–2:00pm
 
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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 1:00pm–2:00pm
 
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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 2:00pm–3:00pm
 
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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 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
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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 1:00pm–2:00pm
 
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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 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
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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 1:00pm–2:00pm
 
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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 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
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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 1:00pm–2:00pm
 
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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 2:30pm–3:30pm
 
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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.

2024 SCMB Research Students Symposium

20 November 2024 8:00am–5:00pm
 
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Chemistry Seminar - Gain by Strain: Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes to Access Carbo- and Heterocyclic Compounds

11 November 2024 1:00pm–2:00pm
 
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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 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
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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 1:00pm–2:00pm
 
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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 2:00pm–3:00pm
 
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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 2:00pm–3:00pm
 
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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 2:00pm–3:00pm
 
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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.

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