EMBL Australia

  • Nanoparticle shape affects voyage through a cell

    News / 21 September 2016

    The Gaus research team has been working on an age-old question: How does nanoparticle shape affect the voyage through a cell? A new study led by EMBL’s Prof. Kat Gaus uncovered that nanoparticles shaped like rods and worms are more effective at moving to the center of a cell.

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  • EMBL Australia Newsletter - August 2016

    Newsletters / 25 August 2016

    News this month:

    • Profile, Professor Peter Currie, EMBL Australia, Victoria Node
    • A/Prof Ville Mäkinen –  Investigating the molecular risk factors for Type I diabetes sufferers
    • Open – Early bird registration for the 3rd EMBL Australia PhD student symposium, SAHRMI with speaker update
    • EMBL- Heidelberg, Postdoc Opportunities still open
    • EMBL-ABR: Survey extended – tell us what you want and need
    • ABACBS-2016 conference with GOBLET meeting – registration and abstracts submissions now open
    • EMBL-ABR Best Practice workshop series: the data life-cycle
    • EMBL-ABR hosting Galaxy Australasia meeting
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  • Profile - Professor Peter Currie, EMBL Australia, Victoria Node

    News / 22 August 2016

    Professor Peter Currie is a based at Monash University in Victoria, Australia, where he is the Victorian node head for the EMBL Australia Partner Laboratory. He leads research focused on the molecular mechanisms that act to pattern the vertebrate embryo and how different muscle cell types have evolved.

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  • EMBL Australia Annual Report (March 2015-February 2016)

    Annual Reports / 21 August 2016

    In 2015-16, EMBL Australia moved into a new phase with the renewal of Australia's associate membership of EMBL funded by the Australian Government and a new governance structure.

    This coincided with a change in both the Chair of the EMBL Australia Council and Scientific Head of the organisation and the continued expansion of the Partner Laboratory Network.
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  • EMBL Australia Newsletter - June 2016

    Newsletters / 1 July 2016

    News this month:

    • Professor Matthias Hentze, Director, EMBL Heidelberg – public lecture ANU, 4th July
    • EMBL Australia showcase – 5th July, 2016, John Curtin/ANU College of Medicine and Environment
    • Max Cryle awarded Otto Schmeil prize
    • Australian student travel grants now open for 18th EMBL (Heidelberg) PhD Symposium
    • Calls for applications for EI3POD program (EMBL Europe) now open
    • Third EMBL Australia PhD student symposium, 16-18 November, 2016
    • SAHRMI EMBL – Heidelberg Postdoc Opportunities
    • ARC – Winter school course in mathematical and computational biology, 4-8 July
    • EMBL-ABR hosting Galaxy Australasia meeting (Melbourne, 3-9 February 2017)
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  • EMBL Australia Newsletter - May 2016

    Newsletters / 1 June 2016

    News this month:

    • Profile – Chair of EMBL Australia Council – Professor Brandon Wainwright
    • Professor Kat Gaus, NSW node, building the next generation of innovative microscopes
    • EMBL Australia – PhD Scholarship Program 2017
    • EMBL – Heidelberg Postdoc Opportunities
    • Reminder – 18th EMBL (Heidelberg) PhD Symposium: 10 travel grants available to Australian students
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  • EMBL Australia Newsletter - April 2016

    Newsletters / 28 April 2016

    News this month:

    • EMBL Australia council decision – New Scientific Head, Professor James Whisstock
    • Update on name change – BRAEMBL is now EMBL ABR
    • 10 travel grants to attend the 18th EMBL (Heidelberg) PhD Symposium
    • Positions vacant
    • EMBL Australia showcase, 5 July 2016, Canberra
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