We are one of the teams who secured an ARC Discovery Project grant funding (equivalent of NSF in the US)! 😃🎉🎆 Thanks so much to my team members Haibo Yu, Nikolas Johnston and Martina Sanderson-Smith for their hard work. I feel for the 9/10 applications not funded. 🙁 We need more science funding!

I attended the Australian Cell Cycle, DNA Repair and Telomere Meeting for the first time, and now I wish I could have attended it earlier. Thanks much to the organisers and especially to @genomestability.bsky.social for putting such a nice meeting together. I am looking forward to the future ones!

Keyword processing: "With reference to your article 'Molecular basis for RNA polymerase-dependent transcription complex recycling by the helicase-like motor protein HelD', We would like to know your interest to present a talk at our 6th International Conference on Recycling and Waste Management" 😄

We need to be careful! Being descendants of the British Empire, and most already fans of the Royal Family, Aussies may be closer to going back to an authoritarian regime than other countries. 🙁 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Our school is hiring! Permanent/Continuing, full-time academic appointment (Level B: $119,491 - $137,996 + 17% Superannuation [retirement plan]). www.uow.edu.au/about/jobs/j...

@molecularhorizons.bsky.social tour on Open Day at UOW. (Due to BlueSky limitations on videos, please see it on LinkedIn) www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

We have a 3-year funded postdoc position to work on structures of #amyloid filaments. If you are an expert in protein biochemistry, structural biology or #cryoEM / #cryoET, this could be for you! Feel free to email me with any questions. Come join us! 🤩 www.nature.com/naturecareer...

After ruling the NIH grant cuts were illegal yesterday, Judge Young, a Reagan appointee on the bench since 1985, ended the hearing with a blistering 15-minute speech. I've cleaned up my notes — here are his remarks in full. 🧵

11 of 12 Fulbright board members resign in protest over Trump-era meddling. Hundreds of awardees canceled; 1,200 foreign scholars face extra review. A pillar of U.S. academic diplomacy is under threat. zurl.co/o2mgg #StandUpForScience #Fulbright

I donated to Stand Up for Science. Let's support these scientists fighting for all science and scientists. Although they're in the US, the resulting public outreach of their actions has a global footprint!

The current US administration is the perfect example of what happens when you put incompetent people with no expertise, experience, or empathy, in charge. I hope this will be a lesson to all other nations, and public and private institutions for avoiding making the same mistake.

Tomorrow is the last day to apply!

We have extended the application deadline for the CCeMMP #PostDoc #position. www.seek.com.au/job/82195402... www.uow.edu.au/about/jobs/j... Join us in beautiful Wollongong and use our world-class #CryoEM facility. @molecularhorizons.bsky.social #job

We were just discussing things like this at the @lorneproteins.bsky.social conference. "Founded by DeepMind alumnus, Latent Labs launches with $50M to make biology programmable" techcrunch.com/2025/02/12/f...

Until next time, @lorneproteins.bsky.social ...

Getting ready for my @lorneproteins.bsky.social talk. #Insta360

It's always great to hear that other scientists also find our protein structures beautiful and our science exciting (so, it's not just me 😄). It's such a boost! 🤩

One more conference talk done... Now I'm enjoying the rest of the talks in a much more relaxed state. 🙂

Lorne Protein 2025 here I come! 50 year anniversary - here are some colleagues from the 2020 meeting, just prior to the COVID outbreak. The world is such a different place now. @lorneproteins.bsky.social

We're hiring a #CCeMMP #Postdoc! Join us at the cutting-edge Molecular Horizons research institute with world-class equipment including our #cryoEM facility featuring a Titan Krios. Great science, great weather, and stunning beaches await! Please share (thanks). www.uow.edu.au/about/jobs/j...

One of my favorite times of the year: our annual research group photo! It is Thanksgiving in the US and it's customery to say what one is thankful for: I am thankful for my #PhD (HDR) students, a group of dedicated young scientists who carry out fantastic research, working in harmony. 🧿😊

My PhD student Lucy Fitschen won this year's Thompson Prize awarded by the Sydney Protein Group, a Special Interest Group under the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 🤩🎉 @kmichie.bsky.social presenting her award certificate.