MACSYS
ARC Centre of Excellence for the Mathematical Analysis of Cellular Systems - an initiative to generate whole cell models for fundamental science, design in synthetic biology, and biotechnology. We compute life.
- Our Centre node at QUT to is pleased to welcome Johann Fredrik Jadebeck for a visit this month. Johann is a researcher at Forschungszentrum Jülich (IBG-1) - and is giving a lecture this Friday. Join us in person at QUT or online: macsys.org/event/johann... 📆Fri, 16 January: 11 am AEST/ 12 pm AEDT
- You can now find MACSYS on YouTube! 📽️ www.youtube.com/@MACSYS-Centre Find out more about our Centre's research mission, our people, and more! And while you're there, please subscribe to our channel.
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- ✨ Cheers to 2026! 🍾 At MACSYS, we’re looking forward to a year of collaboration, exploration, and discovery with our partners, universities, colleagues and communities. Together, we’ll continue to learn, innovate, and grow. Thank you for being part of our journey. Here’s to an inspiring year ahead!
- MACSYS was proud to partner with EMBL Australia for the 2025 edition of its flagship PhD training course. As a course sponsor, MACSYS led two dedicated teaching days, introducing participants to our mission of modelling an entire cell. This video📽️explains how: youtu.be/Gsm2taPZffI @emblaustralia.org
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- MACSYS is proud to support this year's EMBL Australia PhD program as it brings together more than 60 high-achieving PhD students from across the country for this unique, two-week residential course. For 2 days this week, MACSYS researchers led the program's sessions. @emblaustralia.org
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- Congratulations to MACSYS Research Fellow Dr Sami Al-Izzi - just awarded an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA): macsys.org/sami-al-izzi... @r-g-morris.bsky.social
- Congratulations to MACSYS Chief Investigator Adelle Coster for being awarded the Bob Robertson Medal by @aus-soc-biophys.bsky.social! The medal recognises outstanding contributions and service to the field of biophysics in Australia and New Zealand. macsys.org/adelle-coste...
- Meet Dr Alex Sneddon - a MACSYS Research Fellow at The Australian National University. Alex's research focuses on incorporating domain-specific knowledge into the data-driven AI methods that she uses to help MACSYS unlock insights from complex biological datasets. 📹VIDEO: youtu.be/GVsMQ0E3Aok
- 📢PhD Scholarship Opportunity! Join our Centre at the University of Melbourne and work with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, mathematicians and biologists to build experimentally validated models of metabolism. 👉Apply/more info: findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/opportunity/... #maths #biology
- The MACSYS mission - as told by more than two dozen of our researchers - 📽️VIDEO: youtu.be/JyvifQ41RZU Why it's important, why it's so challenging, and why it's going to take a team of interdisciplinary researchers like the one MACSYS has put together to tackle this challenge.
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- This past week, MACSYS celebrated our official Centre Launch! Below is the group photo from our event🥳at Science Gallery Melbourne. We can't to see where this amazing journey takes us over the next few years! 👉News story on launch: macsys.org/macsys-centr...
- There’s nothing quite like the energy of in-person collaboration. Last week, MACSYS researchers specialising in mathematical modelling came together for a dynamic, 2-day workshop at UNSW. It focused on exploring new collaborative opportunities for modelling membrane structure, function & metabolism.
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- Recently, we had the honour of hosting Dr Chris Rackauckas, VP of Modelling & Simulation at @juliahub.bsky.social, across our nodes at Melbourne, UNSW & QUT. During his visit, Chris delivered seminars, led technical workshops, and held one-on-one sessions with our researchers youtu.be/5F_evpvMcRw
- It's been a thrill to host Dr Chris Rackauckas for a 2-day visit to our node at QUT. Chris presented a seminar, ran a workshop on High-Performance Scientific Modelling with Julia & SciML, & met with our researchers. Chris is VP of Modelling and Simulation at JuliaHub. @chrisrackauckas.bsky.social
- The Australian Society for Biophysics awards MACSYS Chief Investigator Adelle Coster (UNSW) its top honour – the Bob Robertson Award. The award recognises outstanding contributions & service to the field of biophysics in Australia and New Zealand. Congratulations, Adelle! macsys.org/adelle-coste...
- It's been a thrill to host Dr Chris Rackauckas for a 2-day visit to our node at The University of Melbourne. Today, he presented a workshop for our researchers on High-Performance Scientific Modelling with Julia & SciML. Yesterday, he gave a public seminar. Now he's headed to meet our team at UNSW.
- 🚨Registrations close this week for the upcoming Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Mathematics Alliance (ATSIMA) Conference. This year’s ATSIMA Conference: 📍 Lunawuni (Bruny Island) Lutruwita (Tasmania) 📅 1–3 October 2025 👉Registrations close on Friday (26 Sept): events.atsima.com/ATSIMA2025Bi...
- Join us tomorrow (Tues) for our Seminar at The Univ of Melbourne with special guest, Dr Chris Rackauckas. 🔹"Automating Construction of Biochemical & Physical Models with Scientific Machine Learning (SciML)" 📆Tue, 23 Sep @ 1 pm 📌Theatre 1 (G04), Old Geology (155) events.unimelb.edu.au/mathematics-...
- MACSYS is excited to host Dr Chris Rackauckas for visits to three of our node universities. He is: 🔹VP of Modelling & Simulation - #JuliaHub 🔹Director of Scientific Research - #PumasAI 🔹Co-PI - Julia Lab at #MIT 🔹Lead developer - #SciML Open Source Software Org @chrisrackauckas.bsky.social ( 🧵1/2)
- Dr Chris Rackauckas will present a seminar at all three university stops: "Automating Construction of Biochemical and Physical Models with Scientific Machine Learning (SciML)" 📆Tues, 23 Sept: University of Melbourne 📆Thurs, 25 Sept: UNSW 📆Mon, 29 Sept: QUT 👉https://macsys.org/event/
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- MACSYS will host Dr Chris Rackauckas for visits to three of our node universities this month. He is: 🔹VP of Modelling & Simulation - #JuliaHub 🔹Director of Scientific Research - #PumasAI 🔹Co-PI - Julia Lab at #MIT 🔹Lead developer - #SciML Open Source Software Org @chrisrackauckas.bsky.social
- MACSYS will host Dr Chris Rackauckas for visits to three of our node universities this month. He is: 🔹VP of Modelling & Simulation - #JuliaHub 🔹Director of Scientific Research - #PumasAI 🔹Co-PI - Julia Lab at #MIT 🔹Lead developer - #SciML Open Source Software Org @chrisrackauckas.bsky.social
- Dr Chris Rackauckus will first visit The University of Melbourne where he will give a seminar: 🔹Automating Construction of Biochemical and Physical Models with Scientific Machine Learning ( #SciML ) 📆Tues, 23 Sept @ 1 pm 📌Theatre 1 (G04), Old Geology (155) 👉 events.unimelb.edu.au/mathematics-...
- Do cutting-edge research at the frontiers of Computational & Mathematical Biology! We invite applications for four fully funded PhD positions with MACSYS at The University of Melbourne. 👉Find out more/apply: macsys.org/phd-scholars... @smbmathbiology.bsky.social #PhD #Scholarships
- Meet the minds in MACSYS shaping the future with our series of profiles featuring our Postdoctoral Research Fellows. Dr TrungTin Nguyen is with MACSYS at QUT. His research investigates the mathematical & statistical foundations of #AI: www.linkedin.com/pulse/dr-tru... @trungtinnguyen.bsky.social
- The deadline is today (Monday 4 Aug)!
- 📢Attention PhD Students! We invite you to apply for the @emblaustralia.org PhD Course 2025, a prestigious two-week residential program designed to accelerate your research career. This year, MACSYS is proud to co-host the course in Adelaide. Apply by this Monday www.emblaustralia.org/training-opp...
- Meet the minds👩🔬in MACSYS shaping the future! @hilaryhunt.bsky.social is a Postdoc with MACSYS at QUT. Hilary's research integrates mathematical methods, systems biology, & experimental data to understand the mechanisms underlying cellular regulation and behaviour. 👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/dr-hil...
- 📢Attention PhD Students! We invite you to apply for the @emblaustralia.org PhD Course 2025, a prestigious two-week residential program designed to accelerate your research career. This year, MACSYS is proud to co-host the course in Adelaide. Apply by this Monday www.emblaustralia.org/training-opp...
- 📢We're Hiring: Project Lead – RNA & Computational Biology Innovation Initiatives We're seeking a Project Lead to coordinate & deliver high-impact initiatives across MACSYS, the Shine-Dalgarno Centre for RNA Innovation & the Centre for Computational Biomedical Sciences jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/project...
- Reposted by MACSYSBecause of the forces they have to withstand being whizzed around on #flagellae, flagellotropic #phages are super stable. It turns out that the same super-stability remains long after you adapt to a host bacterium without a #flagellum rdcu.be/ewnzT
- Our Centre is well-represented at this year's Society of Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting in Edmonton, Canada. As part of #SMB2025, we organised a two-session minisymposia: 2025.smb.org/MS03/MS-MFBM... Well done, team MACSYS! @smbmathbiology.bsky.social @mjsimpson.bsky.social
- Congratulations to MACSYS Chief Investigator Lan Nguyen - the Australian Research Council (ARC) just awarded Lan a 2025 Future Fellowship! macsys.org/macsys-chief...
- 📢Job Alert! We are seeking an outstanding researcher to join our Centre as a Fellow (Academic Level C) in the Quantitative and Computational Biology Group at The Australian National University. 👉https://jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/macsys-fellow-canberra-act-act-australia Applications close 24 July.
- Welcome to @bsky.app, @lifecoursecentre.bsky.social!
- This NAIDOC Week (6–13 July), we reflect on 50 years of celebrating the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The 2025 theme — “The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy” — speaks to the strength, vision, and legacy of the next generation. (🧵1/3)
- 📢Come join our team! We're hiring for a Stakeholder Engagement Officer to be based at our headquarters at The University of Melbourne. The Stakeholder Engagement Officer will identify and develop new partnerships with industry and government agencies. unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/UoM_External...
- 📢 Don’t miss out! Indigenous Educator Scholarship applications for the ATSIMA 2025 Conference close this Monday, 30 June! 👉APPLY: events.atsima.com/ATSIMA2025Bi... ATSIMA 2025 Conference 📆Weds-Fri, 1-3 October 📌lunawanna-allonah (Bruny Island, TAS) MACSYS is proud to be a Conference Gold Sponsor.
- 🍇MACSYS is thrilled to announce a new collaboration with The Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI)! So far, we’re working together on 2 projects focussed on yeast metabolism & fermentation dynamics, key processes that shape the flavour & quality of wine. Find out more: macsys.org/awri-collabo...
- Come join our team! MACSYS is recruiting for an Indigenous Outreach & Education Coordinator who will play an important role in bridging mathematics and biology through innovative education & community engagement - based at the University of Melbourne. unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/UoM_External...
- 🚨 Exciting PhD Opportunities with MACSYS! The MACSYS team at Monash University is offering multiple fully funded #PhD scholarships for students eager to explore the cutting edge of computational biology, microbiology, and systems modelling. 👉More info/apply: macsys.org/monash-phd-s...
- Wielding science like Mjölnir🔨! Meet Dr Kwok Jian (KJ) Goh - a MACSYS Postdoc at Monash University (and occasional wielder of Thor's Hammer). KJ shares his thoughts on discovery science, the power of action, and why being open-minded might is an important superpower: www.linkedin.com/pulse/dr-kj-...
- 📢Come join our team! We're recruiting for three (3) professional staff positions to be based at The University of Melbourne: 🔷Centre Administrator: lnkd.in/gQ7pJWpp 🔷Stakeholder Engagement Officer: lnkd.in/gRGMXbFP 🔷Indigenous Outreach & Education Coordinator: lnkd.in/gpSxyVBw
