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Craig @drcjm.bsky.social · 5d

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Australian Journal of Chemistry @ausjchem.bsky.social · 6d

Today @csiropublishing.bsky.social launched ConnectSci, a new global destination for trusted science content, hosting our journal, eBooks and a science news service.

You can now find Australian Journal of Chemistry here:

connectsci.au/ch

So, what's new for readers and authors?

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Craig @drcjm.bsky.social · 14d

Ah. OK, then 6f7h?

Craig @drcjm.bsky.social · 15d

Drink? Surely 1u3t is the only choice!

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Lorne Proteins @lorneproteins.bsky.social · 20d

🎨 Design the Next Lorne Proteins T-Shirt!
Got an eye for design? We’re calling on creative scientists to design the official 2026 conference T-shirt!
📅 Entries close 10 November 2025
👉 Submit your design here:
#LorneProteins #TshirtCompetition #CreativeScience

T-Shirt Competition Entry Form

docs.google.com

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Craig @drcjm.bsky.social · 21d

So many options for PIERCE!

A scorpion toxin? e.g. 1T7A or 1WMT
Bacterial toxin pore? e.g. 9CCP
Bacteriophage tail tube? e.g. 5W5E

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Kate Michie @kmichie.bsky.social · 25d

Just a heads up to anyone interested. @joshuamhardy.bsky.social will be presenting Protein DJ next week at the Australian Structural Biology Computing “Protein Design Seminars” hosted by @ausbiocommons.bsky.social

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

WEBINAR SERIES: Leveraging deep learning to design custom protein-binding proteins — Australian BioCommons

Be inspired by case studies that show you how deep learning methods are speeding up the process of designing proteins with desirable biophysical properties. More information Register

www.biocommons.org.au

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Craig @drcjm.bsky.social · 26d

Tl;dr version: Concerned, but not like that!

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Tracy @theothertracy.bsky.social · 27d

Y'know what? It's giveaway time! Been a while.

Like and repost this post, be entered to win one of two You Are-themed decks. the dungeon and the tavern!

Giveaway of one deck happens at 50 reposts. Both decks at 100 reposts!

Let's go (and back the Kickstarter!)

www.kickstarter.com/projects/san...

You Are... The Kickstarter!

Four solo worldbuilding games in print! You Are the Dungeon, Tavern, Wilds, and the Palace of Dreams (plus play a game as it funds!)

www.kickstarter.com

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Lorne Proteins @lorneproteins.bsky.social · Sep 25

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 recognises up to 5️⃣ scientists who are within 5 years of their PhD, with a talk secured in a dedicated session! It’s always a highlight of the meeting & a fantastic opportunity to showcase exciting new science 🤩

𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝟐𝟒 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓:
www.lorneproteins.org/submissions

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CSIRO Publishing @csiropublishing.bsky.social · Sep 23

We're #Hiring - join our team!

We're looking for a Journals Acquisitions Specialist to play a key role in the growth of our scholarly publishing program.

More details and how to apply:
jobs.csiro.au/job/Melbourn...

#PublishingJobs #ScholarlyPublishing

A group of people stand outside among eucalypt trees on a sunny day. They are the members of the CSIRO Publishing Board of Standards, a mix of CSIRO and Australian Academy of Science staff, and journal Editors-in-Chief.

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Coulibaly @coulibaly-lab.bsky.social · Sep 18

👇 We want you! Don’t miss out on our inaugural "Indigenous Researcher Award" from the Lorne Proteins conference. Full support to attend the 2026 conference. Deadline October 24.
www.lorneproteins.org/researcher

Indigenous Researcher Award — Lorne Proteins 2026

www.lorneproteins.org

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Craig @drcjm.bsky.social · Sep 19

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CSIRO Publishing @csiropublishing.bsky.social · Sep 19

Step into the surreal and spectacular world of fungi with these beautiful photos from Stephen Axford 🍄✨

1) Coprinopsis pulchricaerulia
2) Crepidotus cf. boninensis
3) Marasmius sp.
4) Omphalotus nidiformis

#FungiFriday #PlanetFungi

Two short mushrooms with fuzzy white stems and rounded blue caps nestled together on a log. The blue caps are covered in thousands of tiny white warts, giving the appearance that the mushrooms are covered in an ethereal, glistening frost. Photo by Stephen Axford.

Peach-coloured fan-shaped fungi of different sizes growing in a cluster on a log. Their delicate, radiating gills are prominently visible. Photo by Stephen Axford.

Three hot pink mushrooms with slender stems and conical caps, set against a dark background. The gills beneath the caps are clearly visible and a lighter colour of pink. Photo by Stephen Axford.

A cluster of bioluminescent fungi glowing an eerie green in the dark. The mushrooms have broad, flat caps with gills along the underside that are illuminated by their own light. Photo by Stephen Axford.

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Craig @drcjm.bsky.social · Sep 19

US GOP following a playbook or what?

Laura Anne Gilman @lauraannegilman.bsky.social · Sep 18

www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...

Headline from the New York Times, 1939: “Goebbels ends careers of five “Aryan“ actors who made witticisms about the Nazi regime.”

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Craig @drcjm.bsky.social · Sep 17

I'd rank that up there as one of your best rants. S tier.

(Yes I have all your rants ranked. Is that weird?)

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Lorne Proteins @lorneproteins.bsky.social · Sep 16

Momentum is building! Join us for the 51st Lorne Proteins Conference Feb 8–12, 2026, Mantra Lorne on the Great Ocean Road, for fun networking activities 🏐 🎾 🥗 🪩 and breathtaking surf-coast accessibility 🏖️ 🏊 🏄 in the generous breaks between sessions!

🔗 Register here: www.lorneproteins.org/register

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Craig @drcjm.bsky.social · Sep 12

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CSIRO Publishing @csiropublishing.bsky.social · Sep 11

Australia is home to approx 24,000 species of native plants 🌿

This #BiodiversityMonth, we’re celebrating the beauty and diversity of native flora — from orchids to mistletoes.

Our guide books are your companions for exploring them: www.publish.csiro.au/PlantsAndFun...

The orchid Prasophyllum candidum, photographed by Lachlan Copeland, from the book Guide to Native Orchids of NSW and ACT. The flowers are arranged in an alternating pattern along a straight, vertical stem. The flowers are a gentle pink colour with yellow centres and rust-coloured outer petals.

The mistletoe Amyema linophlla, photographed by Kevin Thiele, from the book Mistletoes of Western Australia. The plant has long pendent like protrusions covered in a soft grey-green fuzz.

The seeds of the Macaranga tanarius, photographed Hugh Nicholson, from the book Australian Rainforest Seeds. The seeds are dark, almost black, with light green spikey exteriors protecting them.

Blossoms from the wattle Acacia genistifolia, photographed by Alan Gibb, from the book Wattles of Victoria and Tasmania. The flowers have white filaments with yellow anther, and long spear-like green phyllodes growing from the stem.

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James Bradley @drbradbrad.bsky.social · Sep 10

2 Postdoc vacancies: Microbial dormancy in the cryosphere
@erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA
📢 PLEASE RT

Experimental:
🧬 Single cell microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, omics, biogeochem

Modelling:
🖥️ Bioenergetics, thermodynamics, ecological, biogeochem

☀️ Marseille, France
‼️ Apply by 30 Sept

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Craig @drcjm.bsky.social · Sep 7

Congratulations Roland!

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Tobias Warnecke @tobiaswarnecke.bsky.social · Sep 1

Please re-post: If you know (or are!) somebody who might fancy doing a PhD (Oct 2026 start) in my group @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social, working on chromatin evolution in prokaryotes (or other things we're interested in), please have a look at www.bioch.ox.ac.uk/supervisors-...

Supervisors and Projects

www.bioch.ox.ac.uk

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Craig @drcjm.bsky.social · Aug 29

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CSIRO Publishing @csiropublishing.bsky.social · Aug 29

We're excited to welcome our journal Marine & Freshwater Research to Bluesky!

Follow @marinefreshwater.bsky.social for research about all aquatic environments, including groundwaters, wetlands, estuaries, rocky shores, reefs and the open ocean.

www.publish.csiro.au/mf

#MarineFreshwaterRes

The cover of Marine and Freshwater Research over a photo of mangroves taken underwater, with the caption "an international journal publishing advances in aquatic sciences; publish.csiro.au/mf".

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Craig @drcjm.bsky.social · Aug 25

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My favourites are the singing dogs (very close relatives of dingoes) in Papua New Guinea.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Gui...

CSIRO Publishing @csiropublishing.bsky.social · Aug 25

Are dingoes dogs?

Researchers argue no: dingoes are genetically distinct, reproductively isolated, and on their own evolutionary path:

theconversation.com/dingoes-are-...

@drcairns.bsky.social @howlingdingo.bsky.social @euanritchie.bsky.social @newsometm.bsky.social

#AusMammalogy

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Dingoes are not domestic dogs – new evidence shows these native canines are on their own evolutionary path

New research suggests dingoes are distinct enough to have their own scientific name. If this is accepted, it will have far-reaching consequences

theconversation.com

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Lorne Proteins @lorneproteins.bsky.social · Aug 21

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The 51st Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function is officially live! After the resounding success of the 50th Lorne Conference in 2025 celebrating five decades of pioneering science and community, the legacy continues... 🏄🏖️🌞

February 8–12, 2026

Register here: www.lorneproteins.org

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Craig @drcjm.bsky.social · Aug 20

Very happy to see this work published and thanks to Eric Reynolds, Paul Veith and Eric Hanssen for giving me the chance to contribute. 🧪

Éric Hanssen @bigfrenchman.bsky.social · Aug 19

My longest ever running project, all the stars finally aligned after 13 years! Thank you to Eric Reynolds group for sharing the journey. #bio21-institute, #university-of-melbourne. @sepidehv.bsky.social @craigmorton.bsky.social @debnathghosal.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Insights into type IX secretion from PorKN cogwheel structure bound to PorG and attachment complexes - Nature Communications

Type IX secretion system (T9SS) is required for protein export in the Bacteroidota. Here, the authors obtain structure of T9SS PorKN ring which resembles a cogwheel that may have a rotational movement...

www.nature.com

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Craig @drcjm.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thanks for the tag Eric, but I'm actually @drcjm.bsky.social !

Really enjoyed working with you on this, and very pleased to see it finally published.

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Wolfgang Bremer @wolfgang.bremer.co · Aug 17

This is absolutely mind blowing! 😳

Watch Hajime Miura win his 8th 3A World YoYo Championship at the World YoYo Contest 2025

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