📢We're so proud to share that Professor Dena Lyras, BDI Deputy Director & ARC Laureate Fellow, has been appointed as a Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor, the most prestigious title conferred on Professors at the University. Congrats! 🎉Read more

2/Read the publication in @CellCellPress

1/Congrats to all on the @CellCellPress study! Shout out to BDI’s @CamillaFaoro, co-first author, for her work (structures & binding studies) on immune receptor variants found in First Nations people, revealing insights into their immune recognition. More:

RT @AAHMS_health: Prof James Whisstock’s discoveries include elucidating the mechanism of function of perforin-like proteins and using his….

2/ Using cryo-EM, the team showed LYCHOS is a unique hybrid of a cell transporter commonly found in plants (and not humans) and a G protein-coupled receptor. Read the paper in @Nature

1/Paving the way for possible new treatments of diseases triggered by abnormal cell growth,research published in @Nature, co-led by BDI's @Dr_Ellisdon & @MIPS_Australia @dr_MLHalls, co-first @BJ_Charles @luptoncj, has solved the structure of ‘LYCHOS’. More

RT @BioCurate: BioCurate's Proof of Concept Fund empowers exceptional teams like Prof. Claudia Nold & @dr_ellisdon in their groundbreaking….

RT @EMBLAustralia: At the 9th EMBL Australia #PhD Course, you'll learn from leading scientists like Jose Polo (@UniofAdelaide @SAiGENCI), M….

RT @mscienceaustnz: Join Dr Alex Combes (@AlexKoomz @MonashBDI) Aug 30 for our next #SpatialConversations instalment. Hear how high resolut….

RT @ImmunoSketch: Our immune system is like a versatile toolbox, with flexible γδ T cells acting as multi-tools to fight a wide range of th….

2/ Read the @Nature publication below. A decade of work - the flexibility of the γδ TCR receptor to recognise a wide array of binding partners underscores the unique role it plays in the human immune system. @MonashUni @Monash_FMNHS @MonashResearch

1/ Just how are immune responses started? Published in @Nature, an international team led by @MonashBDI's @RossjohnLab & @MRC_TIDU's @davislab_oxford, made possible with expertise from @CryoEM_Monash, has solved the structure of a key “trigger”. More

2/ Government policy needs to join the dots: regulating student numbers must be coupled to increasing revenue for indirect research costs, so that host institutions can pay for government-commissioned research, Prof @jcarrollmonash in @timeshighered. More

1/ A mechanism to replace lost international revenue will be vital if Australia is to continue to excel in research that drives innovation & our nation's future economic prosperity, says Prof @jcarrollmonash in @timeshighered.

@CellCellPress @Jamie_Rossjohn @ETandori 3/ An international, multisensory, accessible science initiative, founded by @JamieRossjohn with legally blind artist & intern Dr @ETandori, read the @CellCellPress article below

2/ What began as a gallery for the visually impaired has become a trailblazer in science communication and fair employment. Published in @CellCellPress, founded by @MonashBDI's @Jamie_Rossjohn with legally blind artist Dr @ETandori .

1/ Hopefully catalysing institutions to be more inclusive in the workplace, #MonashSensoryScience — a program employing laboratory staff with disabilities & bringing science to life for those with low vision — has been highlighted in @‌CellCellPress. More

Congrats 👏to @BobLeung4 (@greeninglab) & Zakia Haque (Mansouri Lab) on winning the @MonashUni VC top awards for graduate excellence in @Monash_FMNHS, respectively the Mollie Holman medal & VC Commendation for Thesis Excellence🥇🥇! Well done! Read more:

An amino acid known as arginine is crucial in a unique mechanism of #AMR.@DrMeilingHan @MonashBDI @monashmicro & co-authors in @CellReports showed how arginine enables the detection of Acinetobacter baumannii, a ‘Critical Pathogen’ classified by @WHO.Paper

A study studying cell organisation led by Inwon Lee, @DeepakMonash, @jcarrollmonash in @PNASNews reveals that disruption of #mitochondrial distribution by forming 'mitoballs' displaces nuclei & disrupts early #embryo development: 10.1073/pnas.2317316121