MACSYS
@macsys.bsky.social
ARC Centre of Excellence for the Mathematical Analysis of Cellular Systems - an initiative to generate whole cell models for fundamental science, design in synthetic biology, and biotechnology. We compute life.
What a week it's been at the 2026 Lorne Proteins Conference! Centre Director Trevor Lithgow & members of his lab from Monash University attended - showing off their work and taking in the latest research that this important conference showcases. @lorneproteins.bsky.social #lorneproteins2026
February 12, 2026 at 3:21 AM
What a week it's been at the 2026 Lorne Proteins Conference! Centre Director Trevor Lithgow & members of his lab from Monash University attended - showing off their work and taking in the latest research that this important conference showcases. @lorneproteins.bsky.social #lorneproteins2026
Do cutting-edge research at the frontiers of AI-driven Whole Cell Modelling! We invite applications for two fully funded, 3.5-year PhD positions based with MACSYS at The Australian National University (ANU).
👉Info on the 2 PhD projects & how to apply: macsys.org/phd-scholars...
👉Info on the 2 PhD projects & how to apply: macsys.org/phd-scholars...
February 12, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Do cutting-edge research at the frontiers of AI-driven Whole Cell Modelling! We invite applications for two fully funded, 3.5-year PhD positions based with MACSYS at The Australian National University (ANU).
👉Info on the 2 PhD projects & how to apply: macsys.org/phd-scholars...
👉Info on the 2 PhD projects & how to apply: macsys.org/phd-scholars...
It was a hybrid event, with our Melbourne & Monash node members gathering at The University of Melbourne. We had another in-person gathering at UNSW, while others from QUT and ANU nodes joined online. The event was organised by our Centre's Equity, People, and Culture Committee.
February 11, 2026 at 5:19 AM
It was a hybrid event, with our Melbourne & Monash node members gathering at The University of Melbourne. We had another in-person gathering at UNSW, while others from QUT and ANU nodes joined online. The event was organised by our Centre's Equity, People, and Culture Committee.
Did you know that only around 20% of all biographies on Wikipedia are about women? To mark the International Day of Women & Girls in Science, MACSYS hosted a Wikipedia Edit‑a‑thon to help address this imbalance by improving & creating pages about #WomenInSTEM.
February 11, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Did you know that only around 20% of all biographies on Wikipedia are about women? To mark the International Day of Women & Girls in Science, MACSYS hosted a Wikipedia Edit‑a‑thon to help address this imbalance by improving & creating pages about #WomenInSTEM.
Their expertise spans biology, mathematics, statistics, machine learning, AI, computer science and computational modelling. Their collaborative work is bridging disciplines & pushing the boundaries of what we can understand about life at the molecular level!
#InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience
#InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience
February 11, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Their expertise spans biology, mathematics, statistics, machine learning, AI, computer science and computational modelling. Their collaborative work is bridging disciplines & pushing the boundaries of what we can understand about life at the molecular level!
#InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience
#InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience
On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, MACSYS proudly celebrates the exceptional women who are advancing our mission to model a whole cell - one of the most ambitious challenges in modern science. Pictured here are our Chief Investigators, Research Fellows, and PhD candidates.
February 11, 2026 at 1:14 AM
On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, MACSYS proudly celebrates the exceptional women who are advancing our mission to model a whole cell - one of the most ambitious challenges in modern science. Pictured here are our Chief Investigators, Research Fellows, and PhD candidates.
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🔦 Spotlighting Prof @edueyras.bsky.social - EMBL Australia Group Leader & newly appointed Director of the Shine‑Dalgarno Centre for #RNA Innovation at ANU!
🔗 Read about his vision for the Centre:
www.emblaustralia.org/eduardo-eyra...
🔗 Read about his vision for the Centre:
www.emblaustralia.org/eduardo-eyra...
Eduardo Eyras appointed Director of Shine‑Dalgarno Centre for RNA Innovation | EMBL Australia
From being recruited through a highly competitive international search to Centre Director, Professor Eduardo Eyras has charted an impressive journey at EMBL Australia. After joining the John Curtin Sc...
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February 5, 2026 at 5:19 AM
🔦 Spotlighting Prof @edueyras.bsky.social - EMBL Australia Group Leader & newly appointed Director of the Shine‑Dalgarno Centre for #RNA Innovation at ANU!
🔗 Read about his vision for the Centre:
www.emblaustralia.org/eduardo-eyra...
🔗 Read about his vision for the Centre:
www.emblaustralia.org/eduardo-eyra...
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First time I've been able to go to the opening of @lorneproteins.bsky.social, 11th time I've attended #can'tgetkeysbefore3pm
February 8, 2026 at 4:15 AM
First time I've been able to go to the opening of @lorneproteins.bsky.social, 11th time I've attended #can'tgetkeysbefore3pm
Proteomics on the Great Ocean Road! MACSYS Chief Investigator Marc Wilkins (2nd from right) and his lab a strong showing at the 31st Annual Proteomics Symposium in Lorne.
Talks from Nicola Karakatsanis and Tara Keogh, plus posters from Heather, James, Josh, and Tara. Great work, Team Wilkins Lab.
Talks from Nicola Karakatsanis and Tara Keogh, plus posters from Heather, James, Josh, and Tara. Great work, Team Wilkins Lab.
February 9, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Proteomics on the Great Ocean Road! MACSYS Chief Investigator Marc Wilkins (2nd from right) and his lab a strong showing at the 31st Annual Proteomics Symposium in Lorne.
Talks from Nicola Karakatsanis and Tara Keogh, plus posters from Heather, James, Josh, and Tara. Great work, Team Wilkins Lab.
Talks from Nicola Karakatsanis and Tara Keogh, plus posters from Heather, James, Josh, and Tara. Great work, Team Wilkins Lab.
Our Centre node at QUT to is pleased to welcome Johann Fredrik Jadebeck for a visit this month. Johann is a researcher at Forschungszentrum Jülich (IBG-1) - and is giving a lecture this Friday. Join us in person at QUT or online: macsys.org/event/johann...
📆Fri, 16 January: 11 am AEST/ 12 pm AEDT
📆Fri, 16 January: 11 am AEST/ 12 pm AEDT
January 13, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Our Centre node at QUT to is pleased to welcome Johann Fredrik Jadebeck for a visit this month. Johann is a researcher at Forschungszentrum Jülich (IBG-1) - and is giving a lecture this Friday. Join us in person at QUT or online: macsys.org/event/johann...
📆Fri, 16 January: 11 am AEST/ 12 pm AEDT
📆Fri, 16 January: 11 am AEST/ 12 pm AEDT
You can now find MACSYS on YouTube!
📽️ www.youtube.com/@MACSYS-Centre
Find out more about our Centre's research mission, our people, and more! And while you're there, please subscribe to our channel.
📽️ www.youtube.com/@MACSYS-Centre
Find out more about our Centre's research mission, our people, and more! And while you're there, please subscribe to our channel.
January 12, 2026 at 5:27 AM
You can now find MACSYS on YouTube!
📽️ www.youtube.com/@MACSYS-Centre
Find out more about our Centre's research mission, our people, and more! And while you're there, please subscribe to our channel.
📽️ www.youtube.com/@MACSYS-Centre
Find out more about our Centre's research mission, our people, and more! And while you're there, please subscribe to our channel.
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From last year: a short video from the ARC Centre of Excellence MACSYS @macsys.bsky.social where I talk about my research on bringing domain knowledge into data-driven AI methods for complex biology
Meet Dr Alex Sneddon - a MACSYS Research Fellow at The Australian National University. Alex's research focuses on incorporating domain-specific knowledge into the data-driven AI methods that she uses to help MACSYS unlock insights from complex biological datasets.
📹VIDEO: youtu.be/GVsMQ0E3Aok
📹VIDEO: youtu.be/GVsMQ0E3Aok
Dr Alex Sneddon - MACSYS Research Fellow, ANU
YouTube video by MACSYS
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January 8, 2026 at 4:45 AM
From last year: a short video from the ARC Centre of Excellence MACSYS @macsys.bsky.social where I talk about my research on bringing domain knowledge into data-driven AI methods for complex biology
✨ Cheers to 2026! 🍾
At MACSYS, we’re looking forward to a year of collaboration, exploration, and discovery with our partners, universities, colleagues and communities. Together, we’ll continue to learn, innovate, and grow. Thank you for being part of our journey. Here’s to an inspiring year ahead!
At MACSYS, we’re looking forward to a year of collaboration, exploration, and discovery with our partners, universities, colleagues and communities. Together, we’ll continue to learn, innovate, and grow. Thank you for being part of our journey. Here’s to an inspiring year ahead!
January 2, 2026 at 1:28 AM
✨ Cheers to 2026! 🍾
At MACSYS, we’re looking forward to a year of collaboration, exploration, and discovery with our partners, universities, colleagues and communities. Together, we’ll continue to learn, innovate, and grow. Thank you for being part of our journey. Here’s to an inspiring year ahead!
At MACSYS, we’re looking forward to a year of collaboration, exploration, and discovery with our partners, universities, colleagues and communities. Together, we’ll continue to learn, innovate, and grow. Thank you for being part of our journey. Here’s to an inspiring year ahead!
MACSYS was proud to partner with EMBL Australia for the 2025 edition of its flagship PhD training course. As a course sponsor, MACSYS led two dedicated teaching days, introducing participants to our mission of modelling an entire cell. This video📽️explains how: youtu.be/Gsm2taPZffI
@emblaustralia.org
@emblaustralia.org
MACSYS at the EMBL Australia PhD Program
YouTube video by MACSYS
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December 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
MACSYS was proud to partner with EMBL Australia for the 2025 edition of its flagship PhD training course. As a course sponsor, MACSYS led two dedicated teaching days, introducing participants to our mission of modelling an entire cell. This video📽️explains how: youtu.be/Gsm2taPZffI
@emblaustralia.org
@emblaustralia.org
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A huge thanks to @macsys.bsky.social for supporting our 10th PhD Course - we could not have done it without you! 👏
MACSYS is proud to support this year's EMBL Australia PhD program as it brings together more than 60 high-achieving PhD students from across the country for this unique, two-week residential course. For 2 days this week, MACSYS researchers led the program's sessions.
@emblaustralia.org
@emblaustralia.org
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
A huge thanks to @macsys.bsky.social for supporting our 10th PhD Course - we could not have done it without you! 👏
The students were given a good taste of the interdisciplinary nature of MACSYS research - from biology, to maths, to AI, machine learning and computer science - with the hopes this next generation will feel more comfortable working across disciplines to tackle big scientific challenges!
December 5, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The students were given a good taste of the interdisciplinary nature of MACSYS research - from biology, to maths, to AI, machine learning and computer science - with the hopes this next generation will feel more comfortable working across disciplines to tackle big scientific challenges!
MACSYS is proud to support this year's EMBL Australia PhD program as it brings together more than 60 high-achieving PhD students from across the country for this unique, two-week residential course. For 2 days this week, MACSYS researchers led the program's sessions.
@emblaustralia.org
@emblaustralia.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:58 AM
MACSYS is proud to support this year's EMBL Australia PhD program as it brings together more than 60 high-achieving PhD students from across the country for this unique, two-week residential course. For 2 days this week, MACSYS researchers led the program's sessions.
@emblaustralia.org
@emblaustralia.org
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Thank you, @macsys.bsky.social, for your generous support and for empowering the next generation of life science researchers with the tools, maths and mindset that will drive the field forward! 🚀
#EMBLAPhD #NCRISimpact
#EMBLAPhD #NCRISimpact
December 4, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Thank you, @macsys.bsky.social, for your generous support and for empowering the next generation of life science researchers with the tools, maths and mindset that will drive the field forward! 🚀
#EMBLAPhD #NCRISimpact
#EMBLAPhD #NCRISimpact
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A huge shout-out to one of our major supporters of the 10th EMBL Australia PhD Course - @macsys.bsky.social, the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Mathematical Analysis of Cellular Systems. 👏
Their mission? Delivering the mathematics needed to compute life. (1/5)
Their mission? Delivering the mathematics needed to compute life. (1/5)
December 4, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A huge shout-out to one of our major supporters of the 10th EMBL Australia PhD Course - @macsys.bsky.social, the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Mathematical Analysis of Cellular Systems. 👏
Their mission? Delivering the mathematics needed to compute life. (1/5)
Their mission? Delivering the mathematics needed to compute life. (1/5)
Congratulations to MACSYS Research Fellow Dr Sami Al-Izzi - just awarded an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA): macsys.org/sami-al-izzi...
@r-g-morris.bsky.social
@r-g-morris.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Congratulations to MACSYS Research Fellow Dr Sami Al-Izzi - just awarded an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA): macsys.org/sami-al-izzi...
@r-g-morris.bsky.social
@r-g-morris.bsky.social
Congratulations to MACSYS Chief Investigator Adelle Coster for being awarded the Bob Robertson Medal by @aus-soc-biophys.bsky.social! The medal recognises outstanding contributions and service to the field of biophysics in Australia and New Zealand. macsys.org/adelle-coste...
Last night the Bob Robertson award was presented by Adelle Coster (UNSW), a beautiful talk integrating mathematics and biology. Well deserved!
And very special to be joined by her dad Hans Coster, a legend in the Australian biophysics community! @lisannes.bsky.social @francesbiophys.bsky.social
And very special to be joined by her dad Hans Coster, a legend in the Australian biophysics community! @lisannes.bsky.social @francesbiophys.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Congratulations to MACSYS Chief Investigator Adelle Coster for being awarded the Bob Robertson Medal by @aus-soc-biophys.bsky.social! The medal recognises outstanding contributions and service to the field of biophysics in Australia and New Zealand. macsys.org/adelle-coste...
Meet Dr Alex Sneddon - a MACSYS Research Fellow at The Australian National University. Alex's research focuses on incorporating domain-specific knowledge into the data-driven AI methods that she uses to help MACSYS unlock insights from complex biological datasets.
📹VIDEO: youtu.be/GVsMQ0E3Aok
📹VIDEO: youtu.be/GVsMQ0E3Aok
Dr Alex Sneddon - MACSYS Research Fellow, ANU
YouTube video by MACSYS
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Meet Dr Alex Sneddon - a MACSYS Research Fellow at The Australian National University. Alex's research focuses on incorporating domain-specific knowledge into the data-driven AI methods that she uses to help MACSYS unlock insights from complex biological datasets.
📹VIDEO: youtu.be/GVsMQ0E3Aok
📹VIDEO: youtu.be/GVsMQ0E3Aok
📢PhD Scholarship Opportunity! Join our Centre at the University of Melbourne and work with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, mathematicians and biologists to build experimentally validated models of metabolism.
👉Apply/more info: findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/opportunity/...
#maths #biology
👉Apply/more info: findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/opportunity/...
#maths #biology
November 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
📢PhD Scholarship Opportunity! Join our Centre at the University of Melbourne and work with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, mathematicians and biologists to build experimentally validated models of metabolism.
👉Apply/more info: findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/opportunity/...
#maths #biology
👉Apply/more info: findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/opportunity/...
#maths #biology
The MACSYS mission - as told by more than two dozen of our researchers - 📽️VIDEO: youtu.be/JyvifQ41RZU
Why it's important, why it's so challenging, and why it's going to take a team of interdisciplinary researchers like the one MACSYS has put together to tackle this challenge.
Why it's important, why it's so challenging, and why it's going to take a team of interdisciplinary researchers like the one MACSYS has put together to tackle this challenge.
The MACSYS Mission (to Mars)
YouTube video by MACSYS
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November 6, 2025 at 5:33 AM
The MACSYS mission - as told by more than two dozen of our researchers - 📽️VIDEO: youtu.be/JyvifQ41RZU
Why it's important, why it's so challenging, and why it's going to take a team of interdisciplinary researchers like the one MACSYS has put together to tackle this challenge.
Why it's important, why it's so challenging, and why it's going to take a team of interdisciplinary researchers like the one MACSYS has put together to tackle this challenge.
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