WEHI researchers have led a major global effort to create the first authoritative atlas for E3 ligases, resolving more than 18 years of inconsistencies in the ubiquitin field. Study led by Dr Ngee Kiat ‘Jake’ Chua & Dr Rebecca Feltham in @cellpress.bsky.social www.wehi.edu.au/news/new-enz...

It’s true, I have been on a bit of a warpath. #medicalresearchmatters

‘Medical research isn't just good for our health, it's also great for our economy.’ In this Budget, the govt has to commit to spending money put aside for that purpose in the Medical Research Future Fund. Before we lose more brilliant minds overseas, before we damage the sector irrevocably.

Paid 12-month internship: Communications Officer. We have an exciting opportunity for someone looking to take their first step into a science communication or publishing role. Based Cambridge, UK (& wfh). See the full role description for further details at biologists.com/wp-content/u...

If you're interested in our Machines on Genes conference, you may be interested in these related papers from our journals 🧪: bit.ly/4ubGSBm

One week left to apply for the protein crystallography focused 2.5 year postdoc position in my group @otagobiochemist.bsky.social : otago.taleo.net/careersectio...

With a variety of new discoveries in immune response challenging the traditional framework, we’re excited to announce our special themed collection, ‘Shifting paradigms in immunity: New cells, or new functions for old cells’. 🧪 Submit your best work here: https://ow.ly/pJiK50YgbWZ

Welcome Laura! So glad to have you join the WEHI team

Already more than 5,000 Australians have joined our campaign to release more funding for medical research in the 2026 Federal Budget. If you can spare 30 seconds of your time to join our campaign, you’ll help fund life-saving cures in Australia. www.moniqueryan.com.au/medical_rese...

What an amazing group of people at the 2026 Lorne Protein Meeting. Hope we see many of you there again in 2027!

All Biochemical Journal papers undergo a rigorous peer review process; however, the Editorial Board is committed to ensuring that, if revisions are recommended, extra experiments not necessary to the paper will not be asked for🧪. https://ow.ly/PLkr50Ybg7g

🎉 As we celebrate #TIBS50, we're highlighting #CitedClassics and revisiting the top cited article from each of the last 50 years! Check out this one from 1980! Read it here 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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UPDATE‼️ Mentor list update for the ACDS 2026 Mentorship Program (details below): Applications are still open - Closing 27th Feb, 5pm AEDT. Apply here: australasiancelldeathsociety.com/mentorship-p...

Chris Barnes on now! Outpacing RNA viruses. #lorneproteins26 is go 🎆

Do you know a exceptional PhD candidate whose very promising research career has been interrupted for non-academic reasons? Encourage them to apply for the Krebs Memorial Scholarship - now accepting applications for the 2026/27 academic year! Deadline 3 April https://ow.ly/Pufm50Y7K5G

This is a cool study that you should all read. Full credit to the key agitator, Alexandra Gurzau, and noting not possible without amazing collaborators, and another fun effort for me, personally, with long time collab @marnieblewitt.bsky.social

The IMB at the University of Queensland is looking for a new Mass Spectrometry Facility Manager. See details below. Closing date 13th of February. uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/uqcare...

Say hello to our incoming lab heads! 👋 Excited to announce Dr Danika Hill, Dr Jacki Heraud-Farlow and Dr Sylvie Callegari will soon be establishing new labs at WEHI. More info: www.wehi.edu.au/news/excepti... bsky.app/profile/sylv... bsky.app/profile/jack... bsky.app/profile/prec...

Jane Richardson was born #OTD in 1941 + Developed the Richardson (ribbon) diagram to represent proteins' 3D structure (becoming a standard representation for protein structures) + MacArthur Fellow, 1985 + Elected, Nat'l Academy of Sciences, 1991 + President, Biophysical Society, 2012 #WomenInSTEM

#NARF is on bluesky! 👉 if you’ve held a fellowship in the last 10 years, you should join.

Check out the latest issue of Biochemical Journal, featuring research on enzymology, molecular interactions, signaling biotechnology, gene expression, host-microbe interactions, and mutation🧪 https://ow.ly/MijF50XXQtp

In the words of a world-renowned cardiologist, Australia’s young medical researchers are “left to flounder with total job insecurity and family pressures. It’s the best recipe we have for raiding our future, in terms of a medical research workforce and the benefits of medical research”

🎉 Happy New Year! I am so excited for #TIBS50! ✍️ My editorial provides insights into the exciting projects planned for 2026, and I hope that each of you finds something that resonates with you. Please reach out to share your ideas for content as well as your #ScienceSketch ideas!

Interested in writing for a wide, interdisciplinary audience? The Biochemist has announced its themed issues for 2026, if your work aligns with any of these themes - get in touch with our Editorial Team today! 🧪 https://ow.ly/f2cT50XWyov

💡Solving decades-long mysteries with cryoEM. 💥Brilliant science + best tech = life-saving medical research. Shaping the future of health through bold new approaches. #ParkinsonsDisease

Pseudokinases have emerged as key regulators of numerous fundamental biological processes however, bacterial pseudokinases remain largely unexplored. O’Boyle et al reveal understudied bacterial serine–threonine pseudokinase families in this mini-review. https://doi.org/10.1042/BST20253080

Lorne Proteins 2026 🏖️ features Princeton University protein cognoscenti Michael Hecht, designing an artificial proteome with new folds and functions; and Jerelle Joseph, on tractable MD simulations of multiprotein condensates & synthetic condensate engineering. 🔗 Register now www.lorneproteins.org

Unsure how to gain your first peer review opportunity, or keen to improve your feedback? Catch up on our latest ECR webinar and gain practical tips from Biochemical Society Editors-in-Chief on writing and submitting a high-quality review!🧪 https://ow.ly/5pWZ50XNBJs

Working with a great team to organize @keystoneSymposia.bsky.social #InnateImmunity : Diversity in #HostDefense & Disease, this March! Join us to explore emerging research in Banff! keysym.us/KSInnateImmune26 #KSInnateImmune26

I occasionally enjoy a game of NFL especially when cricket tests go for only 2 days in these uncertain times. But my sense is that it’s like publishing a paper - the last 10% takes 90% of the time #academicsky

Pssst! I have a PhD position available. Please pass it on www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Who’s ready for hot cross buns?

I totally failed to photograph it but I made what might now be a post Xmas tradition. Pizza, cranberry sauce base, turkey (and stuffing) cubed on top with Brie and mozzarella. No complaints from the masses #leftovers

Medical research matters! Australian scientists are making potentially lifesaving breakthroughs into the molecular mechanisms of brain tumours - discoveries with potential for commercialisation and global uptake. We should support them better via the MRFF and NHMRC.

So 2025 turned out to be a big year for de novo antibody design! Here are thoughts and predictions on the state of de novo antibody design heading into 2026 🧵

Lorne Proteins 2026 🏖️🤩 Featuring speakers Elitza Tocheva, UBC, on outer spore membrane biogenesis for endospore formation in Firmicutes; and EMBO keynote speaker David Drew, Stockholm University, focusing on GLUT glucose transporters and Na⁺/H⁺ exchangers. 🔗 Register now at: www.lorneproteins.org

An unexpectedly vibrant live music scene in Canberra. Very much hoping to run into Sir Paul and to hear him sing about his mini horse called Jet. Imagine the pressure on the Friday and Saturday acts?!

The great news for me is that it’s Saturday in Australia so the chances of even more editor and reviewer assignments have plummeted for at least 2 days. I’m hoping everyone will be as kind to my year end submissions

Every July and August, us good folks in the southern hemisphere review our little hearts out to pick up the slack for the “sorry I’m travelling” crowd up north. Guess what Santa’s bringing our northern friends for the festive season?! Peer review requests!

📢 Lorne Proteins 2026 features Ruchi Anand, IIT Bombay—applying advanced structural biology to AMR mechanisms 🦠and biosensor development 💡. And synthetic biology titan Hagan Bayley, Oxford, fabricating 3D tissues 🧫 to founding Oxford Nanopore 🍩. 🤓 Register now at: www.lorneproteins.org

@ginaravenscroft.bsky.social & #NARF are collecting impact statements from Australian researchers ‘ Please consider sharing your story about the impact of Australia's chronic underfunding of science and biomedical research.’ lnkd.in/g8A_PAZG 1/

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Happy thanksgiving to those in the US! Also time to celebrate for those in other jurisdictions who get a much earned break from review requests for 2-3 days. Time to unleash that magnum of champagne and sacrifice that turkey

🧪 The Campbell lab at UTokyo is looking to hire a postdoctoral researcher for a project focused on protein engineering for optogenetic tool development. Details here: www.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/recruit/?...

⏳Four days to go until #AusUb2025! Check out the video below to hear some conference tips and tricks from our committee chair David Komander (and some potentially controversial interest rankings!?!?). More interviews to come in the next few days so watch this space 😉

Register today for our December 9 webinar on Mass Photometry, organized by Justin Benesch, University of Oxford. www.proteinsociety.org/webinars

Who wants to discuss innate immunity and host defense? Join us in Banff to share your exciting research. www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...