The MACSYS mission - as told by more than two dozen of our researchers - 📽️VIDEO: youtu.be/JyvifQ41RZU Why it's important, why it's so challenging, and why it's going to take a team of interdisciplinary researchers like the one MACSYS has put together to tackle this challenge.

MACSYS has launched! www.arc.gov.au/news-publica...

This past week, MACSYS celebrated our official Centre Launch! Below is the group photo from our event🥳at Science Gallery Melbourne. We can't to see where this amazing journey takes us over the next few years! 👉News story on launch: macsys.org/macsys-centr...

There’s nothing quite like the energy of in-person collaboration. Last week, MACSYS researchers specialising in mathematical modelling came together for a dynamic, 2-day workshop at UNSW. It focused on exploring new collaborative opportunities for modelling membrane structure, function & metabolism.

Reflecting back on an extraordinary week on Bruny Island as part of #ATSIMA2025 a chance to connect with brilliant people doing brilliant things. Thank you atsima.com

Recently, we had the honour of hosting Dr Chris Rackauckas, VP of Modelling & Simulation at @juliahub.bsky.social, across our nodes at Melbourne, UNSW & QUT. During his visit, Chris delivered seminars, led technical workshops, and held one-on-one sessions with our researchers youtu.be/5F_evpvMcRw

It's been a thrill to host Dr Chris Rackauckas for a 2-day visit to our node at QUT. Chris presented a seminar, ran a workshop on High-Performance Scientific Modelling with Julia & SciML, & met with our researchers. Chris is VP of Modelling and Simulation at JuliaHub. @chrisrackauckas.bsky.social

The Australian Society for Biophysics awards MACSYS Chief Investigator Adelle Coster (UNSW) its top honour – the Bob Robertson Award. The award recognises outstanding contributions & service to the field of biophysics in Australia and New Zealand. Congratulations, Adelle! macsys.org/adelle-coste...

It's been a thrill to host Dr Chris Rackauckas for a 2-day visit to our node at The University of Melbourne. Today, he presented a workshop for our researchers on High-Performance Scientific Modelling with Julia & SciML. Yesterday, he gave a public seminar. Now he's headed to meet our team at UNSW.

🚨Registrations close this week for the upcoming Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Mathematics Alliance (ATSIMA) Conference. This year’s ATSIMA Conference: 📍 Lunawuni (Bruny Island) Lutruwita (Tasmania) 📅 1–3 October 2025 👉Registrations close on Friday (26 Sept): events.atsima.com/ATSIMA2025Bi...

Join us tomorrow (Tues) for our Seminar at The Univ of Melbourne with special guest, Dr Chris Rackauckas. 🔹"Automating Construction of Biochemical & Physical Models with Scientific Machine Learning (SciML)" 📆Tue, 23 Sep @ 1 pm 📌Theatre 1 (G04), Old Geology (155) events.unimelb.edu.au/mathematics-...

MACSYS is excited to host Dr Chris Rackauckas for visits to three of our node universities. He is: 🔹VP of Modelling & Simulation - #JuliaHub 🔹Director of Scientific Research - #PumasAI 🔹Co-PI - Julia Lab at #MIT 🔹Lead developer - #SciML Open Source Software Org @chrisrackauckas.bsky.social ( 🧵1/2)

Yes I'll be going all over Australia. Happy to connect with anyone while there.

MACSYS will host Dr Chris Rackauckas for visits to three of our node universities this month. He is: 🔹VP of Modelling & Simulation - #JuliaHub 🔹Director of Scientific Research - #PumasAI 🔹Co-PI - Julia Lab at #MIT 🔹Lead developer - #SciML Open Source Software Org @chrisrackauckas.bsky.social

Do cutting-edge research at the frontiers of Computational & Mathematical Biology! We invite applications for four fully funded PhD positions with MACSYS at The University of Melbourne. 👉Find out more/apply: macsys.org/phd-scholars... @smbmathbiology.bsky.social #PhD #Scholarships

Meet the minds in MACSYS shaping the future with our series of profiles featuring our Postdoctoral Research Fellows. Dr TrungTin Nguyen is with MACSYS at QUT. His research investigates the mathematical & statistical foundations of #AI: www.linkedin.com/pulse/dr-tru... @trungtinnguyen.bsky.social

The deadline is today (Monday 4 Aug)!

Meet the minds👩‍🔬in MACSYS shaping the future! @hilaryhunt.bsky.social is a Postdoc with MACSYS at QUT. Hilary's research integrates mathematical methods, systems biology, & experimental data to understand the mechanisms underlying cellular regulation and behaviour. 👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/dr-hil...

📢Attention PhD Students! We invite you to apply for the @emblaustralia.org PhD Course 2025, a prestigious two-week residential program designed to accelerate your research career. This year, MACSYS is proud to co-host the course in Adelaide. Apply by this Monday www.emblaustralia.org/training-opp...

📢We're Hiring: Project Lead – RNA & Computational Biology Innovation Initiatives We're seeking a Project Lead to coordinate & deliver high-impact initiatives across MACSYS, the Shine-Dalgarno Centre for RNA Innovation & the Centre for Computational Biomedical Sciences jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/project...

Because of the forces they have to withstand being whizzed around on #flagellae, flagellotropic #phages are super stable. It turns out that the same super-stability remains long after you adapt to a host bacterium without a #flagellum rdcu.be/ewnzT

Our Centre is well-represented at this year's Society of Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting in Edmonton, Canada. As part of #SMB2025, we organised a two-session minisymposia: 2025.smb.org/MS03/MS-MFBM... Well done, team MACSYS! @smbmathbiology.bsky.social @mjsimpson.bsky.social

Congratulations to MACSYS Chief Investigator Lan Nguyen - the Australian Research Council (ARC) just awarded Lan a 2025 Future Fellowship! macsys.org/macsys-chief...

📢Job Alert! We are seeking an outstanding researcher to join our Centre as a Fellow (Academic Level C) in the Quantitative and Computational Biology Group at The Australian National University. 👉https://jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/macsys-fellow-canberra-act-act-australia Applications close 24 July.

Welcome to @bsky.app, @lifecoursecentre.bsky.social!

This NAIDOC Week (6–13 July), we reflect on 50 years of celebrating the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The 2025 theme — “The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy” — speaks to the strength, vision, and legacy of the next generation. (🧵1/3)

📢Come join our team! We're hiring for a Stakeholder Engagement Officer to be based at our headquarters at The University of Melbourne. The Stakeholder Engagement Officer will identify and develop new partnerships with industry and government agencies. unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/UoM_External...

📢 Don’t miss out! Indigenous Educator Scholarship applications for the ATSIMA 2025 Conference close this Monday, 30 June! 👉APPLY: events.atsima.com/ATSIMA2025Bi... ATSIMA 2025 Conference 📆Weds-Fri, 1-3 October 📌lunawanna-allonah (Bruny Island, TAS) MACSYS is proud to be a Conference Gold Sponsor.

🍇MACSYS is thrilled to announce a new collaboration with The Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI)! So far, we’re working together on 2 projects focussed on yeast metabolism & fermentation dynamics, key processes that shape the flavour & quality of wine. Find out more: macsys.org/awri-collabo...

Come join our team! MACSYS is recruiting for an Indigenous Outreach & Education Coordinator who will play an important role in bridging mathematics and biology through innovative education & community engagement - based at the University of Melbourne. unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/UoM_External...

🚨 Exciting PhD Opportunities with MACSYS! The MACSYS team at Monash University is offering multiple fully funded #PhD scholarships for students eager to explore the cutting edge of computational biology, microbiology, and systems modelling. 👉More info/apply: macsys.org/monash-phd-s...

Wielding science like Mjölnir🔨! Meet Dr Kwok Jian (KJ) Goh - a MACSYS Postdoc at Monash University (and occasional wielder of Thor's Hammer). KJ shares his thoughts on discovery science, the power of action, and why being open-minded might is an important superpower: www.linkedin.com/pulse/dr-kj-...

📢Come join our team! We're recruiting for three (3) professional staff positions to be based at The University of Melbourne: 🔷Centre Administrator: lnkd.in/gQ7pJWpp 🔷Stakeholder Engagement Officer: lnkd.in/gRGMXbFP 🔷Indigenous Outreach & Education Coordinator: lnkd.in/gpSxyVBw

Exciting MACSYS news! Prof Trevor Lithgow has been appointed Centre Director, with Prof. Jennifer Flegg as Deputy Director. Their combined expertise in molecular biology & mathematical modelling is set to drive bold advances, transforming how we understand the cell through interdisciplinary science.

This was a brilliant day, with a real generosity of input and discussion across our disciplines from maths and stats to computational science to molecular cell biology. I am so much looking forward to tomorrow’s discussions on how we predict the behaviour of bacteria and fungi …

There’s nothing quite like coming together in person! Researchers from across the MACSYS nodes gathered at the Monash University for the first of two intensive workshop days. Through individual, small-group & whole-group discussions, we’re diving deep into the complex challenges we aim to tackle.

Are you a teacher working with Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander students? The AUS Assoc of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT) is offering up to 3 fully funded grants for teachers to attend the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Mathematics Alliance (ATSIMA) Conference. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

In theoretical biology, models often struggle with non-identifiability—where different parameter values give the same results. Just published research from MACSYS Chief Investigator @mjsimpson.bsky.social introduces a new computational approach using likelihood reparameterisation. (1/2)

MACSYS Chief Investigators Jennifer Flegg & Mat Simpson attended the 5th Intl Symposium on Modelling, Analysis & Applications in Biomathematics at Harbin Engineering University in China. The event showcased cutting-edge research in maths applied to biology, medicine, ecology & epidemiology.

Great science looks at big unknowns. In bacteria, sRNAs control gene expression but ‘how’ they do this at systems level is far from known. @MACSYS is recruiting for courageous PhD students who would learn, know and report how sRNAs deliver systems level phenotypes macsys.org/monash-phd-s... for

A beautiful end to Autumn at The University of Melbourne where MACSYS is headquartered.

The MACSYS team was well represented at this year's InSTEM Conference in Melbourne. The InSTEM Conference brings together leaders, allies, and members of marginalised groups with a goal to foster inclusive environments, share effective diversity strategies, and strengthen allyship.

What a great way to end the week - a very nice turnout on a Friday arvo for our Whole Cell Modelling Reading Group. The group gets together every few weeks to share & discuss the latest research. It's also a great way for our researchers at our different node universities to get to know each other.

I was lucky enough to see Dr Hamey’s presentation and it was definitely a highlight of the conference, such interesting work!

Our MACSYS team from UNSW was well represented this week at the #AUSoMiCs 2025 Conference in Cairns, QLD. From L-R in the picture are PhD students Heather McDonald-Haynes and Andrew Spiteri, Prof Marc Wilkins, and Dr Joshua Hamey. Josh gave a talk and Heather & Andrew presented posters #ausomics2025

Here's a great set of recorded lectures on Turing patterns by @profruthbaker.bsky.social from @ox.ac.uk.

🚀Meet the minds in MACSYS shaping the future! Check out our series of spotlight profiles featuring our👩‍🔬Postdoctoral Research Fellows. Dr Haripriya Sridharan uses mathematical tools to analyse the complex networks of reactions happening inside cells. Profile story👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/dr-har...

We are recruiting for a PhD student who wants to understand how bacterial membranes are built and how they function. It would be a biology meets maths project … if this piques your interest take a look here: macsys.org/monash-phd-s... for project details and contact info

🚨 Exciting PhD Opportunities with MACSYS! The MACSYS team at Monash University is offering multiple fully funded #PhD scholarships for students eager to explore the cutting edge of computational biology, microbiology, & systems modelling. 👉More info/apply: macsys.org/monash-phd-s...

Wish to pursue a PhD? Fancy Melbourne's weather? Love a hybrid between biology and math? If yes, then this opportunity might be for you! Take a look at the available projects and contact any of us if you're interested 😉 Also, help spread the words pls! @macsys.bsky.social macsys.org/monash-phd-s...