A/Prof Karen Gregory
@gregorykj.bsky.social
Endocrine & Neuropharmacology lab head, Pharmaceutical sciences lecturer, Drug discovery biologist.
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Hi folks! About me - I lead the Endocrine and Neuropharmacology lab in Drug Discovery Biology at Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences. I’m passionate about supporting women in STEM. Within the education, I’m committed to building feedback literacy and authentic learning experiences.
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ARC says outcomes for Future Fellowships and Early Career Industry Fellowships will be announced tomorrow (Wednesday 9 July).
Such announcements have been happening around 11am AEST recently.
(Apologies for my tardiness to report this – was offline for a bit.)
Such announcements have been happening around 11am AEST recently.
(Apologies for my tardiness to report this – was offline for a bit.)
July 8, 2025 at 10:21 AM
ARC says outcomes for Future Fellowships and Early Career Industry Fellowships will be announced tomorrow (Wednesday 9 July).
Such announcements have been happening around 11am AEST recently.
(Apologies for my tardiness to report this – was offline for a bit.)
Such announcements have been happening around 11am AEST recently.
(Apologies for my tardiness to report this – was offline for a bit.)
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📢Registration now open for #WCP2026: 20th World Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology in Melbourne/Narrm, Australia.
Register now 👉 www.wcp2026.org
#visitmelbourne #visitvictoria #meetinmelbourne #ASCEPT #IUPHAR
Register now 👉 www.wcp2026.org
#visitmelbourne #visitvictoria #meetinmelbourne #ASCEPT #IUPHAR
July 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
📢Registration now open for #WCP2026: 20th World Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology in Melbourne/Narrm, Australia.
Register now 👉 www.wcp2026.org
#visitmelbourne #visitvictoria #meetinmelbourne #ASCEPT #IUPHAR
Register now 👉 www.wcp2026.org
#visitmelbourne #visitvictoria #meetinmelbourne #ASCEPT #IUPHAR
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Applications are now open! We are recruiting 20 Assistant Professors in a wide range of subject areas. We're looking for early-career researchers with strong scientific merits and future potential.
🔗 All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...
🔗 All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...
June 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Applications are now open! We are recruiting 20 Assistant Professors in a wide range of subject areas. We're looking for early-career researchers with strong scientific merits and future potential.
🔗 All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...
🔗 All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...
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New posting for a Research Assistant in our division. Ideal position for recent graduate looking for experience in molecular neurobiology and microscopy. Team-oriented environment working across projects generating spatial transcriptomics data in human 🧠 tissue and human-derived neuronal cell models
June 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
New posting for a Research Assistant in our division. Ideal position for recent graduate looking for experience in molecular neurobiology and microscopy. Team-oriented environment working across projects generating spatial transcriptomics data in human 🧠 tissue and human-derived neuronal cell models
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🌟 WCP2026 Partnership Opportunities 🌟
We are delighted to invite organisations offering services, products, and expertise in pharmacology and therapeutics to partner with us in supporting #WCP2026
Find out more wcp2026.org/sponsorship/
#IUPHAR #ASCEPT
We are delighted to invite organisations offering services, products, and expertise in pharmacology and therapeutics to partner with us in supporting #WCP2026
Find out more wcp2026.org/sponsorship/
#IUPHAR #ASCEPT
June 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
🌟 WCP2026 Partnership Opportunities 🌟
We are delighted to invite organisations offering services, products, and expertise in pharmacology and therapeutics to partner with us in supporting #WCP2026
Find out more wcp2026.org/sponsorship/
#IUPHAR #ASCEPT
We are delighted to invite organisations offering services, products, and expertise in pharmacology and therapeutics to partner with us in supporting #WCP2026
Find out more wcp2026.org/sponsorship/
#IUPHAR #ASCEPT
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CCeMMP Seminar alert! ⏰ We welcome Professor Yifan Cheng, Howard Hughes Medical Institute University of California San Francisco!
“Dynamic allostery drives integrin avb8 mediate L-TGF-b
activation” 👏More info and register:
ccemmp.org/events/ccemm...
“Dynamic allostery drives integrin avb8 mediate L-TGF-b
activation” 👏More info and register:
ccemmp.org/events/ccemm...
May 28, 2025 at 3:26 AM
CCeMMP Seminar alert! ⏰ We welcome Professor Yifan Cheng, Howard Hughes Medical Institute University of California San Francisco!
“Dynamic allostery drives integrin avb8 mediate L-TGF-b
activation” 👏More info and register:
ccemmp.org/events/ccemm...
“Dynamic allostery drives integrin avb8 mediate L-TGF-b
activation” 👏More info and register:
ccemmp.org/events/ccemm...
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A DMer reports that the ARC have said Linkage Projects and Laureate Fellowships outcomes won't be announced this week.
Nor is it likely that even a schedule for those announcements will be published this week.
What on earth is going on there??
Nor is it likely that even a schedule for those announcements will be published this week.
What on earth is going on there??
There's now 2 schemes for which the announcements are late: Linkage Projects & Laureate Fellowships.
Despite knowing this might happen more than a month ago, ARC still haven't got a new timeline!
The outcomes will have been determined, and only require ARC Board sign-off (not the Minister).
Despite knowing this might happen more than a month ago, ARC still haven't got a new timeline!
The outcomes will have been determined, and only require ARC Board sign-off (not the Minister).
ARC once again smashing it out of the park with an extremely helpful "update"👇 (▶️ www.arc.gov.au/news-publica...)
This "update" tells us there'll be updates in future.
They had the entire Caretaker period to reschedule the Linkage Projects & Laureate Fellowships announcements…
This "update" tells us there'll be updates in future.
They had the entire Caretaker period to reschedule the Linkage Projects & Laureate Fellowships announcements…
May 22, 2025 at 4:05 AM
A DMer reports that the ARC have said Linkage Projects and Laureate Fellowships outcomes won't be announced this week.
Nor is it likely that even a schedule for those announcements will be published this week.
What on earth is going on there??
Nor is it likely that even a schedule for those announcements will be published this week.
What on earth is going on there??
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Hiring! We're looking for a postdoc to join my lab at the @ukdri.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk We’re investigating neuronal and circuit dysfunction in Alzheimer's, and developing innovative new treatments.
Apply here👇
shorturl.at/LpCAq
Apply here👇
shorturl.at/LpCAq
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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May 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Hiring! We're looking for a postdoc to join my lab at the @ukdri.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk We’re investigating neuronal and circuit dysfunction in Alzheimer's, and developing innovative new treatments.
Apply here👇
shorturl.at/LpCAq
Apply here👇
shorturl.at/LpCAq
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Take Nature’s AI research test: find out how your ethics compare
What’s your view on using AI for peer review and for writing research papers
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
What’s your view on using AI for peer review and for writing research papers
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May 15, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Take Nature’s AI research test: find out how your ethics compare
What’s your view on using AI for peer review and for writing research papers
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
What’s your view on using AI for peer review and for writing research papers
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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www.wehi.edu.au/careers/make...
WEHI is looking for new lab heads! New and experienced lab heads welcome. Check out the ad, consider applying and share. We’re a collaborative bunch, in Australia, with fabulous technology, great colleagues at a values-driven organisation. @wehi-research.bsky.social
WEHI is looking for new lab heads! New and experienced lab heads welcome. Check out the ad, consider applying and share. We’re a collaborative bunch, in Australia, with fabulous technology, great colleagues at a values-driven organisation. @wehi-research.bsky.social
Make your future Melbourne | WEHI
Lead the next wave of biomedical discovery
www.wehi.edu.au
May 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
www.wehi.edu.au/careers/make...
WEHI is looking for new lab heads! New and experienced lab heads welcome. Check out the ad, consider applying and share. We’re a collaborative bunch, in Australia, with fabulous technology, great colleagues at a values-driven organisation. @wehi-research.bsky.social
WEHI is looking for new lab heads! New and experienced lab heads welcome. Check out the ad, consider applying and share. We’re a collaborative bunch, in Australia, with fabulous technology, great colleagues at a values-driven organisation. @wehi-research.bsky.social
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Super excited to be bringing my #iPSC experience to this project! As an #ECR I’m grateful for the opportunity and can’t wait to see how #iPSCs may aid in the discovery of new drugs for #dementia @monashuniversity.bsky.social @molecularhorizons.bsky.social
A little bit of good news! Pleased to share our team was successful in securing #mrff #nhmrc funding to support new drug discovery efforts for dementia www.monash.edu/news/article...
Monash scientists secure MRFF funding to find new medicines for dementia by “lighting up” human brain cells
A team of Melbourne scientists have been backed by the Commonwealth Government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Stem Cell Therapies Mission to develop new safer and more effective medicines for d...
www.monash.edu
May 13, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Super excited to be bringing my #iPSC experience to this project! As an #ECR I’m grateful for the opportunity and can’t wait to see how #iPSCs may aid in the discovery of new drugs for #dementia @monashuniversity.bsky.social @molecularhorizons.bsky.social
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📢Prof Kelly Chibale joins #WCP2026
Thrilled to announce Prof Kelly Chibale, UCT's pioneering drug discovery expert and H3D Centre Director, will keynote at the 20th World Congress of Pharmacology!
wcp2026.org
#ASCEPT #IUPHAR
Thrilled to announce Prof Kelly Chibale, UCT's pioneering drug discovery expert and H3D Centre Director, will keynote at the 20th World Congress of Pharmacology!
wcp2026.org
#ASCEPT #IUPHAR
May 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
📢Prof Kelly Chibale joins #WCP2026
Thrilled to announce Prof Kelly Chibale, UCT's pioneering drug discovery expert and H3D Centre Director, will keynote at the 20th World Congress of Pharmacology!
wcp2026.org
#ASCEPT #IUPHAR
Thrilled to announce Prof Kelly Chibale, UCT's pioneering drug discovery expert and H3D Centre Director, will keynote at the 20th World Congress of Pharmacology!
wcp2026.org
#ASCEPT #IUPHAR
A little bit of good news! Pleased to share our team was successful in securing #mrff #nhmrc funding to support new drug discovery efforts for dementia www.monash.edu/news/article...
Monash scientists secure MRFF funding to find new medicines for dementia by “lighting up” human brain cells
A team of Melbourne scientists have been backed by the Commonwealth Government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Stem Cell Therapies Mission to develop new safer and more effective medicines for d...
www.monash.edu
May 12, 2025 at 1:35 AM
A little bit of good news! Pleased to share our team was successful in securing #mrff #nhmrc funding to support new drug discovery efforts for dementia www.monash.edu/news/article...
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If an 🇦🇺 #biomed researcher, 🙏 consider 📝 this letter to #NHMRC advocating for ⬆️ flexibility around part-time work with #investigatorgrants. This will go some way to reducing barriers encountered by those who work part-time, incl. women of young children #womeninSTEM docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Letter-NHMRC_IG_FTE_draft
12th of May 2025 RE: NHMRC Investigator Grant Scheme and part-time work Dear Steve and Frances, I am writing to urge the NHMRC to enable greater flexibility in the Investigator ...
docs.google.com
May 9, 2025 at 6:01 AM
If an 🇦🇺 #biomed researcher, 🙏 consider 📝 this letter to #NHMRC advocating for ⬆️ flexibility around part-time work with #investigatorgrants. This will go some way to reducing barriers encountered by those who work part-time, incl. women of young children #womeninSTEM docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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We are hiring!
@aurinaarn.bsky.social and I are jointly looking for a talented Postdoc in Systems and Comp Neuro at Monash (AUS).
If you like neuroimaging 🧠, comp models 💻, genetics 🧬, brain disorders 🤕, and/or evolution 🐵🐭, this could be the job for you!!
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
@aurinaarn.bsky.social and I are jointly looking for a talented Postdoc in Systems and Comp Neuro at Monash (AUS).
If you like neuroimaging 🧠, comp models 💻, genetics 🧬, brain disorders 🤕, and/or evolution 🐵🐭, this could be the job for you!!
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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April 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
We are hiring!
@aurinaarn.bsky.social and I are jointly looking for a talented Postdoc in Systems and Comp Neuro at Monash (AUS).
If you like neuroimaging 🧠, comp models 💻, genetics 🧬, brain disorders 🤕, and/or evolution 🐵🐭, this could be the job for you!!
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
@aurinaarn.bsky.social and I are jointly looking for a talented Postdoc in Systems and Comp Neuro at Monash (AUS).
If you like neuroimaging 🧠, comp models 💻, genetics 🧬, brain disorders 🤕, and/or evolution 🐵🐭, this could be the job for you!!
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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🎉 Thrilled to announce we have received the NoA for our new NIMH R01! Excited for the discoveries ahead and grateful to the NIH for the support.
April 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🎉 Thrilled to announce we have received the NoA for our new NIMH R01! Excited for the discoveries ahead and grateful to the NIH for the support.
Elections in Australia = voting AND supporting your local school/community centre via sausage sizzle or cake stall. Choosing your polling place by first checking @democracysausage.org is a must!
Hello Australia! Are you ready for some sizzling fundraising action? You can now add your you can now add your stalls for the 2025 Federal Election at democracysausage.org. For more info, check out our media release: democracysausage.org/media/2025%2...
April 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Elections in Australia = voting AND supporting your local school/community centre via sausage sizzle or cake stall. Choosing your polling place by first checking @democracysausage.org is a must!
Extremely happy for and proud of my friend Dr Alisa Glukhova - she’s an exceptional scientist and I know she’ll achieve amazing breakthroughs with support from @snowmedical.bsky.social
Incredibly excited to share Dr Alisa Glukhova has been awarded a prestigious @SnowMedical Fellowship - the only recipient this year!
She'll receive $8M over 8 years to advance her groundbreaking #cancer research.
🔗 www.wehi.edu.au/news/wehi-ca...
She'll receive $8M over 8 years to advance her groundbreaking #cancer research.
🔗 www.wehi.edu.au/news/wehi-ca...
March 26, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Extremely happy for and proud of my friend Dr Alisa Glukhova - she’s an exceptional scientist and I know she’ll achieve amazing breakthroughs with support from @snowmedical.bsky.social
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Incredibly excited to share Dr Alisa Glukhova has been awarded a prestigious @SnowMedical Fellowship - the only recipient this year!
She'll receive $8M over 8 years to advance her groundbreaking #cancer research.
🔗 www.wehi.edu.au/news/wehi-ca...
She'll receive $8M over 8 years to advance her groundbreaking #cancer research.
🔗 www.wehi.edu.au/news/wehi-ca...
March 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Incredibly excited to share Dr Alisa Glukhova has been awarded a prestigious @SnowMedical Fellowship - the only recipient this year!
She'll receive $8M over 8 years to advance her groundbreaking #cancer research.
🔗 www.wehi.edu.au/news/wehi-ca...
She'll receive $8M over 8 years to advance her groundbreaking #cancer research.
🔗 www.wehi.edu.au/news/wehi-ca...
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It’s an honor to receive the ACS Chem Biol Young Investigator Award! I’m most grateful for the contributions from all past & present lab members — it is an award for all of you as much as for me. (& also grateful to still be considered young 😅) axial.acs.org/chemical-bio...
@acsbiol.bsky.social 1/2
@acsbiol.bsky.social 1/2
Dr. Jeremy Baskin wins the 2024 ACS Chemical Biology Young Investigator Award | ACS Publications Chemistry Blog
Get to know more about Dr. Baskin's work and career in this exclusive interview.
axial.acs.org
March 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
It’s an honor to receive the ACS Chem Biol Young Investigator Award! I’m most grateful for the contributions from all past & present lab members — it is an award for all of you as much as for me. (& also grateful to still be considered young 😅) axial.acs.org/chemical-bio...
@acsbiol.bsky.social 1/2
@acsbiol.bsky.social 1/2
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We are thrilled to announce Prof Simon Maxwell as the @britpharmsoc.bsky.social lecturer for #WCP2026! A leading expert in clinical pharmacology at @edinburghuni.bsky.social and pioneer of the Prescribing Safety Assessment.
Learn more: wcp2026.org
#ASCEPT #IUPHAR
Learn more: wcp2026.org
#ASCEPT #IUPHAR
March 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM
We are thrilled to announce Prof Simon Maxwell as the @britpharmsoc.bsky.social lecturer for #WCP2026! A leading expert in clinical pharmacology at @edinburghuni.bsky.social and pioneer of the Prescribing Safety Assessment.
Learn more: wcp2026.org
#ASCEPT #IUPHAR
Learn more: wcp2026.org
#ASCEPT #IUPHAR
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Congrats to all —essential reading for those interested in #psychedelics
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The structural diversity of psychedelic drug actions revealed - Nature Communications
The authors present 7 cryo-EM structures of hallucinogenic and non-hallucinogenic compounds across multiple chemotypes bound to the 5-HT2A receptor, shedding light onto ligand specificity and sig...
www.nature.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Congrats to all —essential reading for those interested in #psychedelics
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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"If science is to honour one of its core values — a commitment to the truth wherever it might lead — scientists must stand up when DEI matters"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Don’t wait out four hard years: speak truth to power
The importance of diversity in science is an unshakeable reality that the scientific community must stand by.
www.nature.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"If science is to honour one of its core values — a commitment to the truth wherever it might lead — scientists must stand up when DEI matters"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Update:
ARC just sent this email to applicants confirming that all previously-entered career interruption info is gone. Has to be re-entered.
This can only be entered by each individual CI & PI.
Such an ARC response. "Gotta problem? Shoulda thought-a that when you entered info in da first place!"
ARC just sent this email to applicants confirming that all previously-entered career interruption info is gone. Has to be re-entered.
This can only be entered by each individual CI & PI.
Such an ARC response. "Gotta problem? Shoulda thought-a that when you entered info in da first place!"
March 17, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Update:
ARC just sent this email to applicants confirming that all previously-entered career interruption info is gone. Has to be re-entered.
This can only be entered by each individual CI & PI.
Such an ARC response. "Gotta problem? Shoulda thought-a that when you entered info in da first place!"
ARC just sent this email to applicants confirming that all previously-entered career interruption info is gone. Has to be re-entered.
This can only be entered by each individual CI & PI.
Such an ARC response. "Gotta problem? Shoulda thought-a that when you entered info in da first place!"
Excited to share that next week I’ll be the new Associate Dean Graduate Research at Monash Pharmacy&Pharm Sci. Looking forward to leading efforts to best support our future research leaders
March 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Excited to share that next week I’ll be the new Associate Dean Graduate Research at Monash Pharmacy&Pharm Sci. Looking forward to leading efforts to best support our future research leaders