Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS)
@auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social
🔬 Bringing together the Australasian cell death research community. Supporting researchers with seminars, networking sessions, mentoring programmes, and professional development.
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(1/2) 🎉 The 2025 ACDS Prize for Outstanding ECRs is now open!
Recognising an ECR who’s advanced the Australasian cell death community.
🏆 Winner gets a cash prize, medal & invited talk.
Apply by 7 Nov 2025 (5 pm AEDT) → australasiancelldeathsociety.com/acds-awards
Recognising an ECR who’s advanced the Australasian cell death community.
🏆 Winner gets a cash prize, medal & invited talk.
Apply by 7 Nov 2025 (5 pm AEDT) → australasiancelldeathsociety.com/acds-awards
(Live update) Panel now underway with A/Prof Zhen He, Dr Anna Triggs & Dr Travis Johnson- exploring how to maximise AI’s impact in biology.
Watch live: latrobe.zoom.us/j/85651701553
Watch live: latrobe.zoom.us/j/85651701553
October 21, 2025 at 5:08 AM
(Live update) Panel now underway with A/Prof Zhen He, Dr Anna Triggs & Dr Travis Johnson- exploring how to maximise AI’s impact in biology.
Watch live: latrobe.zoom.us/j/85651701553
Watch live: latrobe.zoom.us/j/85651701553
(Live update)
Dr Travis Johnson (La Trobe University) now sharing how AI is driving breakthroughs in metabolic disease research -
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Dr Travis Johnson (La Trobe University) now sharing how AI is driving breakthroughs in metabolic disease research -
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October 21, 2025 at 4:51 AM
(Live update)
Dr Travis Johnson (La Trobe University) now sharing how AI is driving breakthroughs in metabolic disease research -
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Dr Travis Johnson (La Trobe University) now sharing how AI is driving breakthroughs in metabolic disease research -
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(Live update) Dr Anna Trigos from Peter Mac on integrating AI into cancer research — bridging computational models with biology.
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Join the session: latrobe.zoom.us/j/85651701553
October 21, 2025 at 4:34 AM
(Live update) Dr Anna Trigos from Peter Mac on integrating AI into cancer research — bridging computational models with biology.
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Join the session: latrobe.zoom.us/j/85651701553
(Liver update) We’re live!
A/Prof Zhen He now sharing insights on how AI is reshaping experimental biology 🔍🤖
A/Prof Zhen He now sharing insights on how AI is reshaping experimental biology 🔍🤖
October 21, 2025 at 4:07 AM
(Liver update) We’re live!
A/Prof Zhen He now sharing insights on how AI is reshaping experimental biology 🔍🤖
A/Prof Zhen He now sharing insights on how AI is reshaping experimental biology 🔍🤖
(Live update) Happening now! Tune in on latrobe.zoom.us/j/85651701553
October 21, 2025 at 4:03 AM
(Live update) Happening now! Tune in on latrobe.zoom.us/j/85651701553
(1/2) 🎉 The 2025 ACDS Prize for Outstanding ECRs is now open!
Recognising an ECR who’s advanced the Australasian cell death community.
🏆 Winner gets a cash prize, medal & invited talk.
Apply by 7 Nov 2025 (5 pm AEDT) → australasiancelldeathsociety.com/acds-awards
Recognising an ECR who’s advanced the Australasian cell death community.
🏆 Winner gets a cash prize, medal & invited talk.
Apply by 7 Nov 2025 (5 pm AEDT) → australasiancelldeathsociety.com/acds-awards
October 16, 2025 at 3:26 AM
(1/2) 🎉 The 2025 ACDS Prize for Outstanding ECRs is now open!
Recognising an ECR who’s advanced the Australasian cell death community.
🏆 Winner gets a cash prize, medal & invited talk.
Apply by 7 Nov 2025 (5 pm AEDT) → australasiancelldeathsociety.com/acds-awards
Recognising an ECR who’s advanced the Australasian cell death community.
🏆 Winner gets a cash prize, medal & invited talk.
Apply by 7 Nov 2025 (5 pm AEDT) → australasiancelldeathsociety.com/acds-awards
🔬✨ Join us online for Bench to Bytes: How to Maximise AI for Biological Research!
🗓 Tue 21 Oct 2025 | 3:00–4:30pm AEDT (MELB,SYD)
🎙 Talks + panel with leading AI + biomedical experts
👉 Zoom link - Scan QR code
🗓 Tue 21 Oct 2025 | 3:00–4:30pm AEDT (MELB,SYD)
🎙 Talks + panel with leading AI + biomedical experts
👉 Zoom link - Scan QR code
October 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
🔬✨ Join us online for Bench to Bytes: How to Maximise AI for Biological Research!
🗓 Tue 21 Oct 2025 | 3:00–4:30pm AEDT (MELB,SYD)
🎙 Talks + panel with leading AI + biomedical experts
👉 Zoom link - Scan QR code
🗓 Tue 21 Oct 2025 | 3:00–4:30pm AEDT (MELB,SYD)
🎙 Talks + panel with leading AI + biomedical experts
👉 Zoom link - Scan QR code
Thank you to Prof. Kate Schroder (@inflammasomelab.bsky.social) for closing out our 2025 Mentorship PD workshop series with such an insightful session! Biggest tip? 👉 Reach out to potential employers before a conference- invite them to check out your talk or poster. It can make all the difference!
October 15, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Thank you to Prof. Kate Schroder (@inflammasomelab.bsky.social) for closing out our 2025 Mentorship PD workshop series with such an insightful session! Biggest tip? 👉 Reach out to potential employers before a conference- invite them to check out your talk or poster. It can make all the difference!
📢 Join us for the 2025 Australian Inflammation Centres (AIC) Symposium in Adelaide, 10–11 Nov!
Featuring top speakers — including Prof. David Huang — and great opportunities for early/mid-career researchers to connect and collaborate.
🧬 Free registration + online option available!
Featuring top speakers — including Prof. David Huang — and great opportunities for early/mid-career researchers to connect and collaborate.
🧬 Free registration + online option available!
October 15, 2025 at 4:21 AM
📢 Join us for the 2025 Australian Inflammation Centres (AIC) Symposium in Adelaide, 10–11 Nov!
Featuring top speakers — including Prof. David Huang — and great opportunities for early/mid-career researchers to connect and collaborate.
🧬 Free registration + online option available!
Featuring top speakers — including Prof. David Huang — and great opportunities for early/mid-career researchers to connect and collaborate.
🧬 Free registration + online option available!
(Live update)
Next, we have Dr. Alessandro Annibaldi from University of Cologne (Cologne, Germany)
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Next, we have Dr. Alessandro Annibaldi from University of Cologne (Cologne, Germany)
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September 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
(Live update)
Next, we have Dr. Alessandro Annibaldi from University of Cologne (Cologne, Germany)
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Next, we have Dr. Alessandro Annibaldi from University of Cologne (Cologne, Germany)
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(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
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
September 3, 2025 at 7:39 AM
(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
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
(Live update)
Dr. Uris Ros from Max Planck Institute of Biophysics (Frankfurt, Germany) presenting on "MLKL activity requires a splicing-regulated, druggable intramolecular interaction".
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Dr. Uris Ros from Max Planck Institute of Biophysics (Frankfurt, Germany) presenting on "MLKL activity requires a splicing-regulated, druggable intramolecular interaction".
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September 3, 2025 at 7:07 AM
(Live update)
Dr. Uris Ros from Max Planck Institute of Biophysics (Frankfurt, Germany) presenting on "MLKL activity requires a splicing-regulated, druggable intramolecular interaction".
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Dr. Uris Ros from Max Planck Institute of Biophysics (Frankfurt, Germany) presenting on "MLKL activity requires a splicing-regulated, druggable intramolecular interaction".
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LIVE NOW! Join us on zoom : latrobe.zoom.us/j/8175654424...
September 3, 2025 at 6:33 AM
LIVE NOW! Join us on zoom : latrobe.zoom.us/j/8175654424...
⏰ Reminder: This seminar kicks off in just 10 minutes! 🌍🧬
Join us on Zoom 👉 latrobe.zoom.us/j/81756544249
Join us on Zoom 👉 latrobe.zoom.us/j/81756544249
(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
📅 Wednesday 3 Sept | 🦘 4:30pm AEST / 🌍 8:30am CEST
In collaboration with @ecdoorg.bsky.social + @CDDpress.
Flyer below ⬇️
#ACDS #CellDeath
September 3, 2025 at 6:22 AM
⏰ Reminder: This seminar kicks off in just 10 minutes! 🌍🧬
Join us on Zoom 👉 latrobe.zoom.us/j/81756544249
Join us on Zoom 👉 latrobe.zoom.us/j/81756544249
Happening today! In 6.5hrs 🌏
(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
📅 Wednesday 3 Sept | 🦘 4:30pm AEST / 🌍 8:30am CEST
In collaboration with @ecdoorg.bsky.social + @CDDpress.
Flyer below ⬇️
#ACDS #CellDeath
September 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Happening today! In 6.5hrs 🌏
⏰ Reminder: just 1 week to go until the next International Cell Death Seminar (3 Sept)! Don’t miss this global line-up of speakers 🌍🧬
(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
📅 Wednesday 3 Sept | 🦘 4:30pm AEST / 🌍 8:30am CEST
In collaboration with @ecdoorg.bsky.social + @CDDpress.
Flyer below ⬇️
#ACDS #CellDeath
August 28, 2025 at 1:11 AM
⏰ Reminder: just 1 week to go until the next International Cell Death Seminar (3 Sept)! Don’t miss this global line-up of speakers 🌍🧬
Advancing Cell Health Research 📈
@promegacorporation.bsky.social ’s new Lumit™ hKi-67 Immunoassay delivers rapid, luminescent detection of the proliferation marker Ki-67—helping researchers monitor cell growth with speed & precision.
🔗 Exclusive early access: www.promega.com.au/c/global/for...
@promegacorporation.bsky.social ’s new Lumit™ hKi-67 Immunoassay delivers rapid, luminescent detection of the proliferation marker Ki-67—helping researchers monitor cell growth with speed & precision.
🔗 Exclusive early access: www.promega.com.au/c/global/for...
August 19, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Advancing Cell Health Research 📈
@promegacorporation.bsky.social ’s new Lumit™ hKi-67 Immunoassay delivers rapid, luminescent detection of the proliferation marker Ki-67—helping researchers monitor cell growth with speed & precision.
🔗 Exclusive early access: www.promega.com.au/c/global/for...
@promegacorporation.bsky.social ’s new Lumit™ hKi-67 Immunoassay delivers rapid, luminescent detection of the proliferation marker Ki-67—helping researchers monitor cell growth with speed & precision.
🔗 Exclusive early access: www.promega.com.au/c/global/for...
(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
📅 Wednesday 3 Sept | 🦘 4:30pm AEST / 🌍 8:30am CEST
In collaboration with @ecdoorg.bsky.social + @CDDpress.
Flyer below ⬇️
#ACDS #CellDeath
August 18, 2025 at 3:54 AM
(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
📅 Wednesday 3 Sept | 🦘 4:30pm AEST / 🌍 8:30am CEST
In collaboration with @ecdoorg.bsky.social + @CDDpress.
Flyer below ⬇️
#ACDS #CellDeath
🧠 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
August 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
🧠 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
Another fantastic meeting for our cell death community!
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!
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!
August 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Another fantastic meeting for our cell death community!
🔬 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
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...
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August 11, 2025 at 6:08 AM
🔬 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
FerrOZtosis 2.0 symposium is happening this 19th September 2025 at The Florey, Melbourne.
📅 Abstract deadline: August 15
📍 Details & registration: lnkd.in/dn7imCzd
🧬 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! 🔄
@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
July 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
🧬 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! 🔄
@molregulation.bsky.social’s team reveals a paradox: Nedd4-2 deficiency triggers kidney injury but protects against high blood glucose in diabetes. Fascinating twist! 🔄
🧬 New paper alert!
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...
✂️🧯🐭 #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
July 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
🧬 New paper alert!
🧬 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....
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
July 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
🧬 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....
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....
📢 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/...
🔗 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
July 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
📢 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/...
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...