News Highlights from our researchers. Awards for Exemplary SMS Citizens Last night, at their annual awards evening, Arc – the UNSW student association – honoured extraordinary supervisors and research students, including Associate Professor Till Böcking and Ms Rokiah Alford both from Single Molecule Science (SMS). A future of nanobots in 180 seconds: UNSW student wins global 3MT prize Jonathan Berengut's rapid-fire exploration of how we can control matter at the nanoscale wowed judges of the global Three Minute Thesis contest. Jonathan Berengut “dominated the stage” at the UNSW 3 Minute Thesis Competition Jonathan Berengut, of the Lee lab, won first prize at the UNSW Three Minute Thesis Finals, as well as the People’s Choice Award and the ASPIRE Prize. Privilege and Culture at SMS “With great privilege comes great responsibility,” Head of Single Molecule Science (SMS), Katharina Gaus recently shared her ideals thoughts on what makes a great research centre and what culture we want at SMS. Uncovering diseases hidden in our DNA with targeted next-generation genetic screening Sydney-based Genepath Laboratories has now made genetic testing available to all families in Australia to identify inherited disorders before they cause disease, and their scientists believe that it is more reliable than genome-wide sequencing. UNSW Sydney hosts 5th EMBL Australia PhD Course Sixty of the nation's finest first and second year PhD students converged at UNSW Sydney last month to participate in the annual EMBL Australia PhD course. Riverside Student Retreat at Terara PhD students, Manuela Ecker and Jessica Mazalo describe the recent student-run weekend retreat in Terara, NSW to bond, unwind, and have fun together. Breakthrough study shows how HIV is shielded from immune attack A UNSW study has shown for the first time how HIV hijacks a host molecule to strengthen its protective shell and shield itself from attack. The findings have implications for potential new drug developments. SEAMS Elevator Pitch Competition Last week, SEAMS – or Students of EMBL Australia Node in Single Molecule Science – organised an Elevator Pitch competition to help improve their communication skills, especially with non-specialist audiences. Unfolding New Potentials for Nanotechnology With DNA origami Taking nanotechnology a step closer to realising the potential for high precision bio-nanodevices, UNSW researchers have developed a method to accurately measure DNA nanostructures, and discovered how to fold these building materials into different shapes. Dilshan Gunasinghe talks super resolution microscopy, superbugs and T cells Dr S. Dilshan Gunasinghe talks to SBS Sinhalese radio about his research – from his PhD with at Monash University with Professor Trevor Lithgow – using super resolution microscopy to investigate the structure of bacterial cell walls and their role in arising drug resistance. Professor David Cooper AO Memorial Service and Symposium You are invited to the public memorial service for Professor David Cooper AO, 1949 - 2018 Load More
Awards for Exemplary SMS Citizens Last night, at their annual awards evening, Arc – the UNSW student association – honoured extraordinary supervisors and research students, including Associate Professor Till Böcking and Ms Rokiah Alford both from Single Molecule Science (SMS).
A future of nanobots in 180 seconds: UNSW student wins global 3MT prize Jonathan Berengut's rapid-fire exploration of how we can control matter at the nanoscale wowed judges of the global Three Minute Thesis contest.
Jonathan Berengut “dominated the stage” at the UNSW 3 Minute Thesis Competition Jonathan Berengut, of the Lee lab, won first prize at the UNSW Three Minute Thesis Finals, as well as the People’s Choice Award and the ASPIRE Prize.
Privilege and Culture at SMS “With great privilege comes great responsibility,” Head of Single Molecule Science (SMS), Katharina Gaus recently shared her ideals thoughts on what makes a great research centre and what culture we want at SMS.
Uncovering diseases hidden in our DNA with targeted next-generation genetic screening Sydney-based Genepath Laboratories has now made genetic testing available to all families in Australia to identify inherited disorders before they cause disease, and their scientists believe that it is more reliable than genome-wide sequencing.
UNSW Sydney hosts 5th EMBL Australia PhD Course Sixty of the nation's finest first and second year PhD students converged at UNSW Sydney last month to participate in the annual EMBL Australia PhD course.
Riverside Student Retreat at Terara PhD students, Manuela Ecker and Jessica Mazalo describe the recent student-run weekend retreat in Terara, NSW to bond, unwind, and have fun together.
Breakthrough study shows how HIV is shielded from immune attack A UNSW study has shown for the first time how HIV hijacks a host molecule to strengthen its protective shell and shield itself from attack. The findings have implications for potential new drug developments.
SEAMS Elevator Pitch Competition Last week, SEAMS – or Students of EMBL Australia Node in Single Molecule Science – organised an Elevator Pitch competition to help improve their communication skills, especially with non-specialist audiences.
Unfolding New Potentials for Nanotechnology With DNA origami Taking nanotechnology a step closer to realising the potential for high precision bio-nanodevices, UNSW researchers have developed a method to accurately measure DNA nanostructures, and discovered how to fold these building materials into different shapes.
Dilshan Gunasinghe talks super resolution microscopy, superbugs and T cells Dr S. Dilshan Gunasinghe talks to SBS Sinhalese radio about his research – from his PhD with at Monash University with Professor Trevor Lithgow – using super resolution microscopy to investigate the structure of bacterial cell walls and their role in arising drug resistance.
Professor David Cooper AO Memorial Service and Symposium You are invited to the public memorial service for Professor David Cooper AO, 1949 - 2018
