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Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · 15d

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Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Sep 3

(Live update)
Next, we have Dr. Alessandro Annibaldi from University of Cologne (Cologne, Germany)
Tune in - latrobe.zoom.us/j/81756544249

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Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Sep 3

(Live update)
Next we have Dr. Caroline Holley from Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology (Berlin, Germany). Dr Holley also was the winner of the ACDS Prize for Outstanding ECRs in 2024!!!
Don't miss her talk live now at latrobe.zoom.us/j/81756544249

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Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Sep 3

(Live update)
Dr. Uris Ros from Max Planck Institute of Biophysics (Frankfurt, Germany) presenting on "MLKL activity requires a splicing-regulated, druggable intramolecular interaction".
--> Join us live on latrobe.zoom.us/j/81756544249

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Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Sep 3

LIVE NOW! Join us on zoom : latrobe.zoom.us/j/8175654424...

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Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Sep 3

⏰ Reminder: This seminar kicks off in just 10 minutes! 🌍🧬
Join us on Zoom 👉 latrobe.zoom.us/j/81756544249

Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Aug 18

(1/3) 🚨 We’re back with Edition #2 of our 2025 International Cell Death Seminar Series! 🚨
📅 Wednesday 3 Sept | 🦘 4:30pm AEST / 🌍 8:30am CEST
In collaboration with @ecdoorg.bsky.social + @CDDpress.
Flyer below ⬇️

#ACDS #CellDeath

Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Sep 2

Happening today! In 6.5hrs 🌏

Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Aug 18

(1/3) 🚨 We’re back with Edition #2 of our 2025 International Cell Death Seminar Series! 🚨
📅 Wednesday 3 Sept | 🦘 4:30pm AEST / 🌍 8:30am CEST
In collaboration with @ecdoorg.bsky.social + @CDDpress.
Flyer below ⬇️

#ACDS #CellDeath

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Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Aug 28

⏰ Reminder: just 1 week to go until the next International Cell Death Seminar (3 Sept)! Don’t miss this global line-up of speakers 🌍🧬

Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Aug 18

(1/3) 🚨 We’re back with Edition #2 of our 2025 International Cell Death Seminar Series! 🚨
📅 Wednesday 3 Sept | 🦘 4:30pm AEST / 🌍 8:30am CEST
In collaboration with @ecdoorg.bsky.social + @CDDpress.
Flyer below ⬇️

#ACDS #CellDeath

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Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Aug 19

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Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Aug 18

(3/3) This is an incredible opportunity to hear fresh insights from leaders in cell death research and connect with colleagues worldwide 🌍. We hope to see you there!
#ACDS #ECDO #CDDpress #Celldeath

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Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Aug 18

(2/3) Our lineup speakers:
🔬 Prof Grant Dewson- @wehi-research.bsky.social, Melbourne
🧪 Dr Uris Ros- @mpibp.bsky.social, Frankfurt
🧫 Dr Caroline Holley- @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de, Berlin
🧬 Dr Alessandro Annibaldi- University of Cologne

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Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Aug 18

(1/3) 🚨 We’re back with Edition #2 of our 2025 International Cell Death Seminar Series! 🚨
📅 Wednesday 3 Sept | 🦘 4:30pm AEST / 🌍 8:30am CEST
In collaboration with @ecdoorg.bsky.social + @CDDpress.
Flyer below ⬇️

#ACDS #CellDeath

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Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Aug 18

🧠 Great ACDS PD Workshop #3 on Research Financing & Budgeting with Prof Ivan Poon (La Trobe). With >$4.4M secured, he shared invaluable tips on planning budgets & avoiding pitfalls. Big thanks, Ivan! 🙌 Next: Prof Kate Schroder on Interviews, Oct 22. #ProfessionalDevelopment

Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Aug 11

Another fantastic meeting for our cell death community!

Komander Lab @komanderlab.bsky.social · Apr 7

Join us at the beach for the first Australian Ubiquitin summit from 20-23 Nov! 🏄‍♀️ Check out the amazing speakers here: www.lorneubiquitin.org

And, why not stay a little longer and join the International Symposium on Autophagy from 16-20 Nov, also in beautiful Lorne ☀️. www.isa11.org

See you there!

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Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Aug 11

🔬 Exciting news for the ferroptosis community!
FerrOZtosis 2.0 symposium is happening this 19th September 2025 at The Florey, Melbourne.
📅 Abstract deadline: August 15
📍 Details & registration: lnkd.in/dn7imCzd

We are excited to announce FerrOZtosis 2.0! | Scott Ayton

We are excited to announce FerrOZtosis 2.0! Come join us on the 19th of September at the Florey for a day full of ferroptosis. Our international guest speaker is the co-discoverer of ferroptosis, Pro...

www.linkedin.com

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Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Jul 30

🧬 New paper alert!
@molregulation.bsky.social’s team reveals a paradox: Nedd4-2 deficiency triggers kidney injury but protects against high blood glucose in diabetes. Fascinating twist! 🔄

Nedd4-2 ablation in kidney improves glycaemic control in diabetic mice - Cell Death & Disease

Cell Death & Disease - Nedd4-2 ablation in kidney improves glycaemic control in diabetic mice

www.nature.com

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Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Jul 22

🧬 New paper alert!

Preprint Club - Immunology @preprintclub.bsky.social · May 20

Today, in #preprinthub2 Raisa Brito @mdc-berlin.bsky.social will present a #preprint from @inflammasomelab.bsky.social on how caspase-1 self-terminates protease activity to enforce homeostasis and prevent #inflammasome driven diseases.
✂️🧯🐭 #immunosky

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

Caspase-1 self-terminates protease activity to enforce homeostasis and prevent inflammasome-driven diseases

Signal shutdown mechanisms must exist to silence the potent inflammatory programs initiated by the caspase-1 (CASP1) protease, to allow inflammation to resolve and reinstate tissue homeostasis. It is ...

www.biorxiv.org

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Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Jul 22

🧬 New paper alert!
Former ACDS committee member Dr Malvina & team identify mitochondrial cardiolipin as a selective inhibitor of CASP4/11-driven cell death & inflammation @inflammasomelab.bsky.social
📄 Read here: www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

Cardiolipin inhibits the non-canonical inflammasome by preventing LPS binding to caspase-4/11 | The EMBO Journal

imageimageAvailable caspase-4/11 (CASP4/11) inhibitors also block the activity of caspase-1 (CASP1), which complicates interpretation of results in functional studies and limits their clinical potenti...

www.embopress.org

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Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Jul 8

📢 Big shoutout to our MCR Committee Advisor, Dr Kerstin Brinkmann, for her latest publication as first author in Science! Check out her paper below ⬇️
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Relative importance of the anti-apoptotic versus apoptosis-unrelated functions of MCL-1 in vivo

The anti-apoptotic protein MCL-1 (myeloid cell leukemia-1) is essential for embryogenesis and the survival of many cell types that tolerate loss of its relatives, BCL-XL and BCL-2. Apoptosis-unrelated...

www.science.org

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Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Jul 2

🎉 That’s a wrap for today’s ACDS Seminar Series. Thank you to all who joined us—we’ll see you at the next one in September
A big thank you to our sponsors for making this possible!

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Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Jul 2

(2/2) Huge thanks to our generous sponsors for supporting this award and investing in the future of cell death research! 🌱🔬
@wehi-research.bsky.social , Merck Life Science, @promegacorporation.bsky.social, @limsltu.bsky.social, and Apop Biosciences!

Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Jul 2

(1/2) 🎉 We were also thrilled to announce the winner of the 2025 ACDS Professional Development Award — congratulations Dr Adrian Lee! 👏
Watch this space 🌍

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Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Jul 2

(Live update)
👏 A big thank you to Dr Andrew Freeman for closing our seminar with a fantastic presentation featuring exciting new findings — great to see such strong collaboration within the cell death community!

Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Jul 2

(Live update)
🧪 Now welcoming our second speaker: Dr Andrew Freeman, diving into more cutting-edge cell death science. A fantastic session so far! 🚀
Tune in- latrobe.zoom.us/j/85747490867

Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · Jul 2

(Live update)
🔬 A huge thank you to our first speaker, Dr @michelleyeaphw.bsky.social, for their fantastic and insightful talk! 👏

Check out her recent paper to learn more:
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....