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University of Wollongong researchers visualising the molecular machinery of life to understand and cure disease

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Gökhan Tolun @gokhan-tolun.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
@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...
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We welcomed prospective students and their parents to University of Wollongong during the Open Day last weekend. | Gökhan Tolun
We welcomed prospective students and their parents to University of Wollongong during the Open Day last weekend. One of the activities we ran was the Molecular Horizons Research Institute tour, which...
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Rachelle Balez @chellebalez.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Much food for thought from the MH EMCR network workshop on the importance of, and how to craft, a research narrative as a young scientist when writing grants @molecularhorizons.bsky.social
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
🚨 Seminar Today! 🚨 Join us for Thomas Guy's seminar titled 'Stepwise maturation within the human Th1 differentiation program' 🕧 Time: 12:30 PM 📍 Location: Room 32-G01 / Zoom Don’t miss it! 🔬✨ #MHSeminarSeries #UOWResearch
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
A few snapshots from the MH booth at the UOW Open Day on Sat 28 June! Our amazing volunteers had a blast engaging with visitors, crafting edible molecular spheres 🫧 and showcasing the innovative DIB-BOT 🤖in action. #UOWResearch
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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 19/06/2025
Optimised nanobody-based quenchbodies are developed through rational design and in vitro evolution, enabling improved protein detection with up to 2.4-fold fluorescence increase @haiboyu.bsky.social @lisannes.bsky.social @molecularhorizons.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Optimised nanobody-based quenchbodies for enhanced protein detection - Communications Biology
Optimised nanobody-based quenchbodies are developed through rational design and in vitro evolution, enabling improved protein detection with up to 2.4-fold fluorescence increase and 2 nM sensitivity f...
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
🚨 Seminar Today! 🚨 Join us for Dr Tamantha Stutchbury's seminar titled 'From Bench to the World' 🕧 Time: 12:30 PM 📍 Location: Room 32-G01 / Zoom Don’t miss it! 🔬✨ buff.ly/SAkFF3u #MHSeminarSeries #UOWResearch
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
We’re live at the annual Molecular Horizons Research Summit! 🧬 10 researchers across career stages are pitching projects & we are exploring the research funding landscape in a supportive, collaborative space. Great energy & engagement so far! #UOWResearch #MolecularHorizonsUOW
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
🚨 Seminar Today! 🚨 Join us for A/Prof Lea-Ann Kirkham 's seminar titled 'Developing therapies to prevent and treat middle ear infections' 🕧 Time: 12:30 PM 📍 Location: Zoom www.uow.edu.au/events/2025/... Don’t miss it! 🔬✨ #MHSeminarSeries #UOWResearch
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
🚨 Seminar Today! 🚨 Join us for a seminar by NFMRI CEO Dr. Noel Chambers titled 'Solving the wicked problem of the gap from research to translation' 🕧 Time: 10:00 AM 📍 Location: 20-1 (in person only) www.uow.edu.au/events/2025/... Don’t miss it! 🔬✨ #MHSeminarSeries #UOWResearch
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Rachelle Balez @chellebalez.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Super excited to be bringing my #iPSC experience to this project! As an #ECR I’m grateful for the opportunity and can’t wait to see how #iPSCs may aid in the discovery of new drugs for #dementia @monashuniversity.bsky.social @molecularhorizons.bsky.social
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
MH Director Professor Martina Sanderson-Smith's journey from a PhD student to a pioneering microbiologist and mentor at UOW exemplifies the power of women supporting women in STEM. www.uow.edu.au/the-stand/20...
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2025: Women supporting women in STEM - University of Wollongong – UOW
For more than 30 years, three UOW researchers have had each other's backs professionally and personally.
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Rachelle Balez @chellebalez.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
First day back in the lab after 7 months mat leave, glad to report it was just like riding a bike. Excited to dive in to some single-cell mass spec imaging! @molecularhorizons.bsky.social
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
🚨 Seminar Today! 🚨 Join us for Dr Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan's seminar titled 'Uncovering the rules underlying mitochondrial volume homeostasis' 🕧 Time: 12:30 PM 📍 Location: Room 32-G01 / Zoom Don’t miss it! 🔬✨ #MHSeminarSeries #UOWResearch
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
🚨 Seminar Today! 🚨 Join us for Dr Constance Bailey's seminar titled 'Strategies to Generate Peptide Natural Products through Synthetic Biology' 🕧 Time: 12:30 PM 📍 Location: Room 32-G01 / Zoom Don’t miss it! 🔬✨ #MHSeminarSeries #UOWResearch
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
🚨 Seminar Today! 🚨 Join us for Gary Ticknell's exit seminar titled 'Discovery and Clinical Utility of Novel Prognostic Biomarkers in Gastroesophageal Cancer' 🕧 Time: 12:30 PM 📍 Location: Room 20-4 / Zoom Don’t miss it! 🔬✨ #MHSeminarSeries #UOWResearch
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
A promising new treatment for inherited MND linked to the SOD1 gene has emerged from researchers at MH and @UOW. Researchers found that a 3-drug combo slowed disease progression in preclinical models, offering new hope to families. 💊🧬 #UOWResearch www.uow.edu.au/media/2025/d...
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2025: Drug breakthrough sparks hope for families affected by MND gene SOD1 - University of Wollongong – UOW
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Seminar today at 12.30pm in 20-4 or online via Zoom! Join us for Nicole Miles' exit seminar 'Identifying and characterising potential therapeutics and identifying protein binding partners of TDP-43 using a TDP-43 overexpression cell model of motor neurone disease' @UOWResearch #MHSeminarSeries
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Seminar today at 12.30pm in 32-G01 or online via Zoom! Join us for A/Prof Kelly Lambert's seminar titled ' Engaging consumers in research: the what/why/ how' buff.ly/XUczyoP #UOWResearch #MHSeminarSeries
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Lisanne Spenkelink @lisannes.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
We're hiring! Join our team at @molecularhorizons.bsky.social to study mitochondrial DNA replication using single-molecule visualisation and cryo-EM. Looking for someone with strong experience in protein biochemistry. 🗓️ Apply by 29 April 2025 🔗 www.uow.edu.au/about/jobs/j... @helixhero.bsky.social
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Seminar today at 12.30pm in 32-G01 or online via Zoom! Join us for Dr Dieter Hamprecht's seminar titled '  Drugging the Matrix: Lysyl Oxidase Inhibitors to Tackle Scarring and Fibrosis' #UOWResearch #MHSeminarSeries
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Seminar today at 12.30pm in 32-G01 or online via Zoom! Join us for Professor Joel Mackay's seminar titled 'Honey, I shrunk the lead discovery process' #UOWResearch #MHSeminarSeries
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
A/Prof Kara Vine-Perrow is lead investigator of a team of researchers awarded $500K to develop a groundbreaking cancer detection device. This technology has the potential to revolutionise early diagnosis. #UOWResearch www.uow.edu.au/media/2025/r...
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2025: Research team awarded $500K to bring groundbreaking cancer device to life - University of Wollongong – UOW
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
First we have Lezanne Ooi from the University of Wollongong. 👏 Stay tuned for more in our #CCeMMP #IWD25 series! 🙂 #IWD2025 #WomenInScience #AccelerateAction @lezanne.bsky.social
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Lisanne Spenkelink @lisannes.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Great talk by @yuhenglau.bsky.social! Small molecules, medium-sized peptides, and large cages. @molecularhorizons.bsky.social @helixhero.bsky.social
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Seminar today at 12.30pm in 32-G01 or online via Zoom! Join us for Professor Marcus Baumann's seminar titled 'Flow Chemistry - Exploiting Reactive Intermediates and Discovering New Reactions' #UOWResearch #MHSeminarSeries
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Seminar today at 12.30pm in 32-G01 or online via Zoom! Join us for Associate Professor Yu Heng Lau's seminar titled 'Expanding molecular horizons: drug discovery, evolution, self-assembly' buff.ly/EAwro0Z #UOWResearch #MHSeminarSeries
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Seminar today at 12.30pm in 32-G01 or online via Zoom! Join us for Dr. Aleksei Aksimentiev's seminar titled 'Seeing the unseen with supercomputers' #UOWResearch #MHSeminarSeries
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Seminar today at 12.30pm in 32-G01 or online via Zoom! Join us for Dr. Ronnie Brown's seminar titled 'Between Academia and the Agrochemical Industry' buff.ly/42X1diM #UOWResearch #MHSeminarSeries
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
MH member, Dr. Simon Maksour, has been awarded more than $700k from Race Against Dementia to investigate new approaches to targeting devastating disease. #UOWResearch www.uow.edu.au/media/2025/m...
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2025: Microglia, the brain’s clean-up crew, could hold the key to new Alzheimer’s treatment - University of Wollongong – UOW
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Gökhan Tolun @gokhan-tolun.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
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
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Seminar today at 12.30pm in 35-G20 or online via Zoom! Join us for Prof. Nils G. Walter's seminar titled 'Single Molecules Come Into Focus: From Riboswitches to Phase Separation' buff.ly/3QqwB1M #UOWResearch #MHSeminarSeries
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Seminar today at 12.30pm in 35-G20 or online via Zoom! Join us for Prof. Klaus Dreisewerd's seminar titled 'MALDI-2 and t-MALDI-2 mass spectrometry imaging: Molecular insights into tissues and cell cultures at the micrometer scale' buff.ly/4b4nP2U #UOWResearch #MHSeminarSeries
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Seminar today at 12.30pm in 35-G20 or online via Zoom! The first seminar of 2025 is starting off strong with presentations by the co-recipients of the Publication Of The Year Award, Nick Marzano and Jesse Michael buff.ly/40UGlWS #UOWResearch #MHSeminarSeries
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
The first Molecular Horizons member catch up of 2025 in the Cedar Tree Courtyard The POMA committee presented the Publication of the Year awards for 2024 to the two winners - Jesse Michael and Nick Marzano. Congratulations to you both! 🔬🎉 #UOWResearch
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Seminar today at 1.30pm! Join us for Dr. Matt Krosch's (Principal Research Officer, Forensic Services Group, Queensland Police Service) seminar in 32-G01. www.uow.edu.au/events/2025/... #UOWResearch #MHSeminarSeries
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Molecular Horizons @ UOW @molecularhorizons.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Molecular Horizons Director, Professor Martina Sanderson Smith, has embarked on Homeward Bound's 7th Antarctic expedition, joining 122 other women leaders in STEMM to address sustainability issues. www.uow.edu.au/media/2025/t...
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2025: Two UOW scientists set sail for historic expedition to Antarctica - University of Wollongong – UOW
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