AppliedBioSciences@MacquarieUniversity @MQAppBioSci
Biological innovation for a better world. bit.ly/mqappbiosci Macquarie Park Joined April 2020-
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🌟 Excited for #NationalScienceWeek! Join Applied BioSciences team at "Speed Meet a Scientist" on 17 Aug, 2 PM at #WoollahraLibrary, and "Science in the Swamp" on 18 Aug, 11 AM at #CentennialPark. #ScienceInTheSwamp #ScienceInTheScrub #GreaterSydneyParklands #Macquarie_Uni
We're excited that Dr. Vivian Mendez Alvarez & team will be representing Applied Biosciences, @Macquarie_Uni at 'Science in the Scrub'! event Join us on 11 Aug 2024, 11am-3pm, at Lizard Log Amphitheatre, Western Sydney Parklands greatersydneyparklands.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/scien… @Hort_Au @theGRDC
🪰 Exciting news! Dr. Kate Tepper, Dr. Maciej Maselko, and team at Applied BioSciences, have engineered black soldier flies to tackle more organic waste. These engineered flies could revolutionize waste management and biomanufacturing. 🌍🧬🌍 Read more: tinyurl.com/yhb74pe9
🐸Dr. Anthony Waddle and team at ABS, @Macquarie_Uni & @UniMelb designed heated shelters to help endangered frogs combat chytridiomycosis. A lifeline for green & golden bell frog! Read more: nature.com/articles/s4158… #FrogConservation
Congrats Rabia Ali, PhD student at ABS, for receiving the Ritman Scholarship from Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative and Hort Innovation! Her research on biological control of Fall Armyworm promotes sustainable agriculture, reducing reliance on insecticides & GM crops. 🌿🌿🐛
🌟 Excited to announce public lecture in the "Discover Lecture Series" by Dr. Maciej Maselko on "Engineering a sustainable future with Animal Synthetic Biology" 🐾🔬 When: May 22, 2024, at 6pm Where: Mason Theatre, 14 SCO. Register now: event.mq.edu.au/animal-synthet…
🎉🌾 Exciting news! Dr. Mary Whitehouse has been honored with a prestigious "life membership roll of honour" by the Association of Australian Cotton Scientists! 🏆 at the AACS conference in Toowoomba on Sept 5-7. 🌟 #CottonScience #AACSConference
🧬 Applied BioSciences is proud to be involved in a collaboration that is set to boost DNA and RNA sequencing in Australia. 🌏 Introducing a new, highly accurate, long-read genetic sequencer that will take our genomic science capability to new heights. 🚀 aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…
🔬 Dr Vivian Mendez, Dr Fazila Yousuf, and Dr Meena Thakur had an amazing time representing Applied Biosciences at 'Speed Meet a Scientist' in Double Bay Central Library, Woollahra. 🎉 Response from attendees was fantastic while discussing Fall armyworm 🐛, a voracious pest.
Join us at the @austmus for @Aus_ScienceWeek today @ARC_CoESB @macq#NationalScienceWeek #syntheticbiology
🔬 Join Dr Vivian Mendez, Dr Fazila Yousuf, and Dr Meena Thakur from Applied Biosciences @ Woollahra Library, Double Bay as they uncover the secrets of the notorious Fall Armyworm in celebration of National Science Week. 🗓️ Saturday, August 19th ⏰ 2:00-3:45pm @Macquarie_Uni
🙌Congratulations to Dr. Vivian Mendez and the team for securing $1.05M from GRDC to extend their existing $5.43M project funded by Hort Innovation. Expanding the efforts to combat Fall armyworm for sustainable food production 🌾🌽
Congratulations to PhD candidate Kate Tepper from Applied BioSciences for receiving the Best Student Oral Presentation award worth $400 at the 2023 Mercury Australia Symposium for her talk "Mercury Bioremediation Has Legs!
Join us on 13 Aug @ Western Sydney Parklands for #scienceweek's Science in the Scrub! Dive into the Fall Armyworm world with experts from Applied Biosciences, Macquarie Uni. Explore specimens, learn about FAW & its control. Don't miss this FREE event bit.ly/44Ng7Gx
🎉Huge congratulations to Honorary Professor Shoba Ranganathan from @Macquarie_Uni Applied BioSciences on being elected as the first Australian ISCB Fellow! 🌍 Her remarkable achievements in computational biology make this recognition truly well-deserved. iscb.org/ismbeccb2023-g…
🎓Exciting! Six exceptional US undergrads have been chosen for the International Research Experience for Students (IRES) program, funded by the US National Science Foundation. 🎉 They'll be joining us at @Macquarie_Uni & @qdaf for their research. Stay tuned for their discoveries!
Happy International Women's Day! Keep an eye on our feed throughout the day as we highlight some of @Macquarie_Uni's incredible researchers, their thoughts on the #IWD2023 theme #DigitALL & the opportunities for women in their area of expertise. #MacquarieUniversity #IWD
Congratulations @sahadat_71 on such a wonderful achievement.
Congratulations @sahadat_71 on such a wonderful achievement.

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