Reflecting back on an extraordinary week on Bruny Island as part of #ATSIMA2025 a chance to connect with brilliant people doing brilliant things. Thank you atsima.com

to how we understand each other in the maths of the real world … and discussing together how we abstract from our real world to understand how it works with maths

the 2025 ATSIMA conference #ourlanguageourstrength was extraordinary and we delegates have come away with so much. From Truganini’s dreaming story of the whale mother shared with us

We are recruiting for a PhD student who wants to understand how bacterial membranes are built and how they function. It would be a biology meets maths project … if this piques your interest take a look here: macsys.org/monash-phd-s... for project details and contact info

Competitions are not always constructive, but this one could be. Gauntlet thrown …

A couple of eight-legged colleagues popped by my office today …

Huanchang Chen is a wonderful member of the lab, a visiting MSc student from Wenzhou Medical University. Heading home after a year with us, what better farewell dinner than fish & chips on the beach at Lorne @lorneproteins.baky.social

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2025 is the 50th Anniversary of the fabulous Lorne Proteins @lorneproteins.bsky.social … the really cool anniversary dinner tonight set me thinking about my own experience since 1986, and my lab retreats here since 1996. A community of scientists running since 1976!

Beautiful walk into the Bay of Islands this morning. And back in time for the cricket!

A minimalist phage isolated from Wurundjeri Country is teaching us new things about incremental evolution toward new phenotypes.
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