Bioinformatics Postdoc | Research focussed on reconstructing proteins from millions of years ago...

Brisbane, Queensland
Joined December 2008
Register for the next @abacbs national seminar is on October 26th (last one before our annual meeting in December) and hear from Prof Barabara Holland and Jacqueline Rehn Click here-> sahmri.zoom.us/meeting/regis… @abacbspostdocs @wessidepraxis
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ATTENTION final call for early bird rego! Don't miss out on the chance to attend our @ABACBS conference at the discounted rate. Where else but #Brisbane to discuss the latest #bioinformatics & #compbio ideas with awesome colleagues & new friends?! Closing midnight tonight AEST.
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Our abstract submission deadline ends tonight at 1 minute to midnight so please submit your abstracts today! A big thanks if you've already sent yours. It's shaping up to be a STELLAR @ABACBS conference with an amazing line-up of #bioinformatics @dorkyM 2023.abacbs.org/
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We received > 200 abstracts already & for those who submitted, we thank and salute YOU! 🙏🥳❤️🤩🥰🏆👏Our decision to extend the deadline was to ensure we are providing the opportunity to capture as much diversity in in our research and our researchers as possible.
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Our local organising committee have been working behind the scenes to ensure this year's @ABACBS conference runs as smoothly and brilliantly as possible! 2023.abacbs.org/organising-c… We thank them for their hard work and can't wait to see you all in sunny Brisbane 4-8 Dec! 🐨🏖️🥰🦘🇦🇺
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The SCMB #GenGen seminar series are back in full force. Join us this Friday in person at Building 76, Room 228.
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I’m excited to announce that we were awarded an #MRFF EMCR grant! An incredible team of EMCRs @UQ_SCMB developing broad spectrum vaccines for emerging RNA viruses. @Ari1saacs @ChrisLDMcMillan @RhysHParry @cusycon @gabefoley Jessica Harrison & Yu Shang Low.
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Pore forming toxins are beautiful! If you think so too, our lab currently has a fully funded PhD position open. Applicants (domestic and international both welcome!) should be ready to commence by July 2023. More information in the link: graduate-school.uq.edu.au/pr…
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Students at all levels are invited to join the 2023 COMBINE Symposium Organising Committee. The 2023 symposium will take place in Nov-Dec in Brisbane☀️ 👉Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/103Q… Applications close on Fri 24th Feb.
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Back on the advent calendar of inspirational people and things after a bit of a weekend break, so three people today, all of whom have delivered an @ml4proteins talk that has set my mind racing with possibilities!
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Dragonfly spotted in the #ABACBS22 AGM assures me that it is actually a full member with voting rights.
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Replying to @bluebirdi
@bluebirdi has started Women in Bioinformatics Australia! Follow @bioinfowomen #abacbs22
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Replying to @givanna90
@Givanna90 kicks off the first of several postdoc talks at #ABACBS22 #ABACBS2022. Here is a short bio about Givanna. #abacbspostdocs #Supercells #Spectre
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Replying to @Feargal_Ryan
@Feargal_Ryan dives deep into immunology at #abacbs22. Check out his profile below! #COVID19 #systemsimmunology
We are having the first national postdoc @abacbspostdocs meetup during @abacbs at The Wharf Hotel after the poster sessions (~7:40pm Tuesday 29/11). Come and join us to chat. RSVP here forms.gle/H8HnMgH6naXkbsVR7
In this new Methods paper, Foley et al describe a method with capacity to perform ancestor sequence reconstruction from data sets in excess of 10,000 sequences. Check it out here: plos.io/3WjYzhh
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Engineering indel and substitution variants of diverse and ancient enzymes using Graphical Representation of Ancestral Sequence Predictions (GRASP) work from SCMB EMCR member @gabefoley published in @PLOSCompBiol journals.plos.org/ploscompbi…
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After much development, I'm happy to announce PhyloDM #bioinformatics #rust4bio. A #python and #rustlang package that converts a tree into a pairwise distance matrix. It uses ~94% less memory than DendroPy and is ~183x faster! github.com/aaronmussig/Phylo…
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Excited to announce our next set of speakers! Aug 2nd — @namrata_anand2 on equivariant diffusion to generate sequence and structure Aug 16 — @JustasDauparas on str -> seq using ProteinMPN Sep 6 — @brianltrippe and Jason Yim on diffusion models of protein backbones
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We are looking for 1-2 enthusiastic co-organizers, ideally PhD students. [email protected] or DM if you're interested!