Events

Professor Keith Chappell, SCMB/AIBN, will be presenting 'Second Generation Molecular Clamp Platform for the Development of Subunit Vaccines for Viral Pathogens'.

A/Prof Tom Rufford, School of Chemical Engineering, will be presenting 'Fabricating stable, selective catalyst layers on gas diffusion electrodes for high current density CO2 electrolysis'. In this seminar, Tom will highlight their recent work on electrode fabrication to improve the efficiency and stability of gas diffusion electrodes (GDE) in CO2 electrolysers. The key examples he will share are studies on (1) wettability and flooding of electrolytes in the GDE and (2) optimizing the catalyst ink formation to prepare highly selective catalyst layers for C2+ production. He will conclude the presentation with a summary of research approaches in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Green Electrochemical Transformation of CO2 (GETCO2) to address some of the future challenges in CO2 electrolysis and related technologies.

Ruirui Qiao, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, will be presenting 'Polymer/inorganic Nanohybrids in Biomedical Applications: From Nanoparticle-Based Therapeutics to 3D-Printed Soft Robots'.

Dr Rosemary Cater (IMB) will be presenting "Structural and Mechanistic Insights into Nutrient Transport at the Blood Brain Barrier"

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).

The first Infection and Immunity Theme Seminar will feature three speakers: Dr Michaela Blyton, Mikaela Bell, and James Potter.

Dr Mathew Jones, SCMB/Frazer Institute, will be presenting "Understanding cell cycle regulation and DNA replication with high content imaging and nanopore sequencing".

Ruirui Qiao, of AIBN, will be presenting 'Polymer/inorganic Nanohybrids in Biomedical Applications: From Nanoparticle-Based Therapeutics to 3D-Printed Soft Robots'.

Dr David Cantillo, of SCMB, will be presenting "lectrochemical Synthesis of an Axitinib Intermediate – A Pharma Case Study".

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.

Dr Kylie Agnew-Francis will be presenting "Bioactive secondary metabolites from Australian macrofungi", and in this presentation she will discuss preliminary findings from two genus of Australian fungi, Hericium and Kretzschmaria, collected from Tasmanian and Queensland rainforests, and how they are able to leverage these findings to engage with government, community organisations and other industries.

A/Prof John Dearnaley, the University of Southern Queensland, will be presenting 'Plant fungal endophytes – hidden immune systems in plants?'

Professor Josh Mylne of Curtin University will be presenting the 2023 Biochemistry Alumni Lecture, 'Key for a lock: using structural biology in new mode-of-action herbicide development'.

Dr Anthony Verderosa, from IMB, will present 'Hybrid Drugs to Kill Nasty Bugs: Combining antibiotics to fight antimicrobial resistance'

Dr. Michelle Wille, University of Melbourne, will be presenting 'Evolutionary ecology of avian influenza viruses in Australia, and how this may inform our preparation for HPAI'

Prof. Debabrata Maiti of the Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India, will be presenting 'En-Light-ening C-H functionalization'.

Dr Zhian (Anthony) Chen of the UQ Frazer Institute will be presenting 'Unlocking the biochemical “secrets” that control T cell-mediated antibody response'

The 19th Annual Symposium is organised by and for SCMB's research (HDR, PGCW and Honours) students.

Prof Johnson Mak, of the Institute for Glycomics at Griffith University (Gold Coast) will be presenting 'A journey in understanding HIV assembly - implications on protein trafficking'.

A/Prof Fernando Guimaraes will be presenting 'The emergence of natural killer cells as a major target for immunotherapy'.

Professor Gareth Denyer will be presenting 'Teaching Innovations in Biochemistry: the ‘triumphs’ and the disasters'.

Prof Dee Carter will be presenting 'Using drug synergy to combat fungal infections'.

Registration closes 23 October 2023 for the 2023 Skerman lecture by Prof Dee Carter of the University of Sydney.

Prof. Qianqian Lin of the School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, China will be presenting 'Optoelectronic Characterization and Device Considerations of Next-generation Semiconductors'.

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!