Ian Henderson
@hendersonlab.bsky.social
Executive Director, UQ Institute for Molecular Bioscience
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Why does daptomycin resistance appear so fast in Enterococcus? We finally have a clue.
DAP resistance in enterococci pops up quickly. What’s been missing is why resistance-associated membrane changes look the way they do, and why the classic path of mutations is so predictable.
DAP resistance in enterococci pops up quickly. What’s been missing is why resistance-associated membrane changes look the way they do, and why the classic path of mutations is so predictable.
A two-component system signaling hub controls enterococcal membrane remodeling in response to daptomycin https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.16.688641v1
November 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Why does daptomycin resistance appear so fast in Enterococcus? We finally have a clue.
DAP resistance in enterococci pops up quickly. What’s been missing is why resistance-associated membrane changes look the way they do, and why the classic path of mutations is so predictable.
DAP resistance in enterococci pops up quickly. What’s been missing is why resistance-associated membrane changes look the way they do, and why the classic path of mutations is so predictable.
Delighted to be attending the Prime Ministers Prizes for Science again. Awesome winners and awesome scientists #AustraliasBest #science #price
November 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Delighted to be attending the Prime Ministers Prizes for Science again. Awesome winners and awesome scientists #AustraliasBest #science #price
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"...one year on and it feels like much of the political momentum around tackling AMR has already vanished."
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‘As new infections outpace new drugs, are we sleepwalking into a global health disaster?’ | Dr Manica Balasegaram
Much of the political momentum around the antimicrobial resistance crisis has dissipated, but a new report shows the danger to our health has not
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October 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
"...one year on and it feels like much of the political momentum around tackling AMR has already vanished."
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Curing disease: it's in our nature! As the Institute for Molecular Bioscience enters its 25th year, we’re not just celebrating the milestones behind us we are shaping the future.
We invite the next generation of scientific leaders to join us in writing that future.
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We invite the next generation of scientific leaders to join us in writing that future.
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Group Leader - Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB)
Institute for Molecular Bioscience Join a university ranked in the world’s top 50 Australia’s #1 research institute Based at St Lucia Campus About UQ What started as Queensland's first university in 1...
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October 14, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Curing disease: it's in our nature! As the Institute for Molecular Bioscience enters its 25th year, we’re not just celebrating the milestones behind us we are shaping the future.
We invite the next generation of scientific leaders to join us in writing that future.
uniroles.com.au/display-job/...
We invite the next generation of scientific leaders to join us in writing that future.
uniroles.com.au/display-job/...
Curing disease: it's in our nature! As the Institute for Molecular Bioscience enters its 25th year, we’re not just celebrating the milestones behind us we are shaping the future.
We invite the next generation of scientific leaders to join us in writing that future.
uniroles.com.au/display-job/...
We invite the next generation of scientific leaders to join us in writing that future.
uniroles.com.au/display-job/...
Group Leader - Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB)
Institute for Molecular Bioscience Join a university ranked in the world’s top 50 Australia’s #1 research institute Based at St Lucia Campus About UQ What started as Queensland's first university in 1...
uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Curing disease: it's in our nature! As the Institute for Molecular Bioscience enters its 25th year, we’re not just celebrating the milestones behind us we are shaping the future.
We invite the next generation of scientific leaders to join us in writing that future.
uniroles.com.au/display-job/...
We invite the next generation of scientific leaders to join us in writing that future.
uniroles.com.au/display-job/...
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October 7, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Your data is lying to you. Here’s how technical artifacts distort biology—and how to see the truth. 👇
1/ Beautiful t-SNE? Shiny heatmap?
Look closer.
Technical artifacts can fake whole cell types.
Here’s where the ghosts hide.
1/ Beautiful t-SNE? Shiny heatmap?
Look closer.
Technical artifacts can fake whole cell types.
Here’s where the ghosts hide.
October 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Your data is lying to you. Here’s how technical artifacts distort biology—and how to see the truth. 👇
1/ Beautiful t-SNE? Shiny heatmap?
Look closer.
Technical artifacts can fake whole cell types.
Here’s where the ghosts hide.
1/ Beautiful t-SNE? Shiny heatmap?
Look closer.
Technical artifacts can fake whole cell types.
Here’s where the ghosts hide.
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Want to know what natural products are in clinical trials? Read this review! Great job from Mark Butler, Rob Capon, Mark Blaskovich! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#naturalproducts #antibiotic #amr #drugdiscovery #drug
#naturalproducts #antibiotic #amr #drugdiscovery #drug
Natural product-derived compounds in clinical trials and drug approvals
Covering: January 2014–June 2025. Previous review: Natural Product Reports, 2014, 31, 1612Natural products (NPs) have long been foundational in medicine, from ancient herbal remedies to the discovery ...
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September 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Want to know what natural products are in clinical trials? Read this review! Great job from Mark Butler, Rob Capon, Mark Blaskovich! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#naturalproducts #antibiotic #amr #drugdiscovery #drug
#naturalproducts #antibiotic #amr #drugdiscovery #drug
Want to know what natural products are in clinical trials? Read this review! Great job from Mark Butler, Rob Capon, Mark Blaskovich! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#naturalproducts #antibiotic #amr #drugdiscovery #drug
#naturalproducts #antibiotic #amr #drugdiscovery #drug
Natural product-derived compounds in clinical trials and drug approvals
Covering: January 2014–June 2025. Previous review: Natural Product Reports, 2014, 31, 1612Natural products (NPs) have long been foundational in medicine, from ancient herbal remedies to the discovery ...
pubs.rsc.org
September 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Want to know what natural products are in clinical trials? Read this review! Great job from Mark Butler, Rob Capon, Mark Blaskovich! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#naturalproducts #antibiotic #amr #drugdiscovery #drug
#naturalproducts #antibiotic #amr #drugdiscovery #drug
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I heard this sad news yesterday. I had known Kim for about 30 years. She was unfailingly kind and supportive toward all. The world is less bright without her. Deepest condolences to her friends and family.
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Kimberly Walker Obituary (1965 - 2025) - Allentown, PA - WFMZ-TV 69 News
View Kimberly Elaine Walker's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.
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September 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I heard this sad news yesterday. I had known Kim for about 30 years. She was unfailingly kind and supportive toward all. The world is less bright without her. Deepest condolences to her friends and family.
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🌟 I am truly honoured to be named a finalist for the Rose-Anne Kelso Commemorative Award from Life Sciences Queensland Ltd (LSQ).
A big thank you to LSQ for their tireless work in fostering innovation, collaboration, and growth across the life sciences sector in Queensland.
A big thank you to LSQ for their tireless work in fostering innovation, collaboration, and growth across the life sciences sector in Queensland.
September 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🌟 I am truly honoured to be named a finalist for the Rose-Anne Kelso Commemorative Award from Life Sciences Queensland Ltd (LSQ).
A big thank you to LSQ for their tireless work in fostering innovation, collaboration, and growth across the life sciences sector in Queensland.
A big thank you to LSQ for their tireless work in fostering innovation, collaboration, and growth across the life sciences sector in Queensland.
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When the world seems so anti-science, here is something to brighten your day! The UQ Institute for Molecular Bioscience is recruiting a new Director for its Centre for Chemistry and Drug Discovery to drive its drug discovery program! #DrugDiscovery #Biotech
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#drugdiscovery #medicinalchemistry #biotech #imb #uq #pharmaceuticalscience #hiring | Ian Henderson
🚀 Exciting Leadership Opportunity at the UQ Institute for Molecular Bioscience!
We are delighted to announce that the position of Director of Chemistry and Drug Discovery is now open for recruitment...
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September 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
When the world seems so anti-science, here is something to brighten your day! The UQ Institute for Molecular Bioscience is recruiting a new Director for its Centre for Chemistry and Drug Discovery to drive its drug discovery program! #DrugDiscovery #Biotech
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When the world seems so anti-science, here is something to brighten your day! The UQ Institute for Molecular Bioscience is recruiting a new Director for its Centre for Chemistry and Drug Discovery to drive its drug discovery program! #DrugDiscovery #Biotech
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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#drugdiscovery #medicinalchemistry #biotech #imb #uq #pharmaceuticalscience #hiring | Ian Henderson
🚀 Exciting Leadership Opportunity at the UQ Institute for Molecular Bioscience!
We are delighted to announce that the position of Director of Chemistry and Drug Discovery is now open for recruitment...
www.linkedin.com
September 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
When the world seems so anti-science, here is something to brighten your day! The UQ Institute for Molecular Bioscience is recruiting a new Director for its Centre for Chemistry and Drug Discovery to drive its drug discovery program! #DrugDiscovery #Biotech
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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In Australia (UQ) if you click through
Dear Bluesky, some good news to brighten your day! We are recruiting for the Director of the Centre for Population and Disease Genomics!! I would be grateful if you could share across your networks! uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo...
Director, Centre for Population and Disease Genomics
Centre for Population & Disease Genomics - Institute for Molecular Bioscience Join a university ranked in the world’s top 50 Full-time, fixed-term position for up to 5 years at Academic Level E Ba...
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August 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
In Australia (UQ) if you click through
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Dear Bluesky, some good news to brighten your day! We are recruiting for the Director of the Centre for Population and Disease Genomics!! I would be grateful if you could share across your networks! uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo...
Director, Centre for Population and Disease Genomics
Centre for Population & Disease Genomics - Institute for Molecular Bioscience Join a university ranked in the world’s top 50 Full-time, fixed-term position for up to 5 years at Academic Level E Ba...
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August 20, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Thank you @narjournal.bsky.social and reviewers, and thank you team @hendersonlab.bsky.social @weinehue.bsky.social Brian forde and Matt Hemm, and Jack Bryant who was there from the beginning
August 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Thank you @narjournal.bsky.social and reviewers, and thank you team @hendersonlab.bsky.social @weinehue.bsky.social Brian forde and Matt Hemm, and Jack Bryant who was there from the beginning
Dear Bluesky, some good news to brighten your day! We are recruiting for the Director of the Centre for Population and Disease Genomics!! I would be grateful if you could share across your networks! uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo...
Director, Centre for Population and Disease Genomics
Centre for Population & Disease Genomics - Institute for Molecular Bioscience Join a university ranked in the world’s top 50 Full-time, fixed-term position for up to 5 years at Academic Level E Ba...
uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
August 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Dear Bluesky, some good news to brighten your day! We are recruiting for the Director of the Centre for Population and Disease Genomics!! I would be grateful if you could share across your networks! uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo...
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Elio Schaechter, eminent microbiologist and great human, leaves us his memoirs that tell the story of an extraordinary life: www.eliosmemoirs.org. What a fantastic and impactful journey!
Elio's Memoirs
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August 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Elio Schaechter, eminent microbiologist and great human, leaves us his memoirs that tell the story of an extraordinary life: www.eliosmemoirs.org. What a fantastic and impactful journey!
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4 years ago I was honored to host the legendary Elio Schaechter in the microbiology journal club, when he was only 93 yo...
Elio told us about very peculiar microbes that travel 1 mm/sec, reside inside mitochondria, ride a microbial bus...He named my kids who also joined "micro microbiologists"
RIP
Elio told us about very peculiar microbes that travel 1 mm/sec, reside inside mitochondria, ride a microbial bus...He named my kids who also joined "micro microbiologists"
RIP
August 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
4 years ago I was honored to host the legendary Elio Schaechter in the microbiology journal club, when he was only 93 yo...
Elio told us about very peculiar microbes that travel 1 mm/sec, reside inside mitochondria, ride a microbial bus...He named my kids who also joined "micro microbiologists"
RIP
Elio told us about very peculiar microbes that travel 1 mm/sec, reside inside mitochondria, ride a microbial bus...He named my kids who also joined "micro microbiologists"
RIP
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Out yesterday. Using a translation reporter on a mini-tn5 transposon, and high freq. mutagenesis, we looked at translation on whole genome scale independently of genome annotation. academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
PIRT-Seq: a high-resolution whole-genome assay to identify protein-coding genes
Abstract. The advent of high-density mutagenesis and data-mining studies suggest the existence of further coding potential within bacterial genomes. Small
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August 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Out yesterday. Using a translation reporter on a mini-tn5 transposon, and high freq. mutagenesis, we looked at translation on whole genome scale independently of genome annotation. academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
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Just a few days left to apply for PhD positions in the Health Protection Research Unit - Public Health Genomics @imibirmingham.bsky.social.
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I am offering two projects (on Clostridioides difficile & metagenomics of wastewater and freshwater).
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I am offering two projects (on Clostridioides difficile & metagenomics of wastewater and freshwater).
PhD Microbial Genomics for Health Protection, Biosciences - University of Birmingham
PhD in Microbial Genomics, exciting new Doctoral Training Programme in Microbial Genomics for Health Protection in collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) launches
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July 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Just a few days left to apply for PhD positions in the Health Protection Research Unit - Public Health Genomics @imibirmingham.bsky.social.
preview-uob.cloud.contensis.com/research/cen...
I am offering two projects (on Clostridioides difficile & metagenomics of wastewater and freshwater).
preview-uob.cloud.contensis.com/research/cen...
I am offering two projects (on Clostridioides difficile & metagenomics of wastewater and freshwater).
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Best day of the year (if a bit hot this time)
I absolutely love graduation day!! Huge congratulations to all today’s graduates! 🎉🍾😀 @wvschaik.bsky.social @jackf7.bsky.social @alanmcn1.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Best day of the year (if a bit hot this time)
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I know you will all play a tiny violin but I genuinely very rarely get invited to speak at big conferences. So the invite this morning to present at ESCMID next year is a career highlight! Can’t wait!!!!
July 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I know you will all play a tiny violin but I genuinely very rarely get invited to speak at big conferences. So the invite this morning to present at ESCMID next year is a career highlight! Can’t wait!!!!
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Thank you @inflammasomelab.bsky.social and @s-burgener.bsky.social for the invitation to visit the IMB@UQ in Brisbane! I had a fantastic time presenting my postdoc work in the Kagan lab (@jkagan1.bsky.social) and talking science!
July 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Thank you @inflammasomelab.bsky.social and @s-burgener.bsky.social for the invitation to visit the IMB@UQ in Brisbane! I had a fantastic time presenting my postdoc work in the Kagan lab (@jkagan1.bsky.social) and talking science!
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Any international research colleagues interested in a move to Australia 🌊🔬🧪🇦🇺🌏
Global Talent Attraction Program
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July 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Any international research colleagues interested in a move to Australia 🌊🔬🧪🇦🇺🌏