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Attention HDR student and early career researchers - the DDI ECR Travel Awards are back for Round II! ✈️ Access up to $1,000 in travel funding - exchange ideas and connect with the broader scientific community. Apply now 📲 bit.ly/4at1t9Y

Earlier this year, we created Neurodrug in a joint initiative with the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sydney Health to build capacity in drug discovery for central nervous system and neurological disorders. Today, we are thrilled to congratulate the awardees of Neurodrug 2024 👏

We're proud to launch the Sydney Anti-Bacterial Accelerator in partnership with the Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute Sydney ID! Led by Dr Matthew Doyle Dr Matthew Doyle and Prof Jeff Errington, SABA will generate new and sustainable momentum in antimicrobial resistance research.

📣 Register to attend the NSW Drug Discovery Forum - a free full-day event! Hear researchers present innovative ideas to a panel of experts and connect with industry professionals. MTPConnect Ab Initio Pharma 📍Cliftons Sydney Margaret Street 📲 bit.ly/3BhLHCo

#7 pitcher at NanoPitch Health is Dr Pegah Varamini from the School of Pharmacy. Presenting: 🎙️Bionic membrane-coated nanotechnology for precision therapy of triple-negative breast cancer #BreastCancer #nanotech

Supporting and championing projects led by early to mid-career researchers is an important part of researcher development at the DDI. 🏆 Congratulations to the recipients of the EMCR Seed funding scheme 2024! Arthika Manoharan Titch Danon Rachel North #drugdiscoveryinnovation

The 2024 Drug Discovery Forum is a state-wide event & will be held on the 28-29th October. It has been made possible by MTPConnect and Centre for Drug Discovery Innovation. If you don't want to miss it then register now: bit.ly/3ZZnmeK #DrugDiscovery #ResearchExcellence #researchtranslation

📸 The DDI Research Image Contest 2024 is on! Submit an image you have captured in the course of your research and/or in the lab for a chance to win: 🏆 First prize: $500 🥈 Runner Up: $150 👥 People's Choice: $150 bit.ly/4eJJgXR

💡Last Friday we hosted the first workshop for the Sydney Anti-Bacterial Accelerator with Sydney ID! Thanks to attendees, and Dr Matthew Doyle. Together, we revisited the history of antibiotic discovery, with an eye to meeting the challenge of antimicrobial resistance through SABA.

Honored to present our lab’s cardiovascular mechanobiology and biomedical engineering work at @NSWParliament for the NSW CVRN event. Great to showcase NSW’s outstanding CV research! Biomedical Engineering, University of Sydney Engineering Sydney Uni Heart Research Institute Snow Medical Charles Perkins Centre Centre for Drug Discovery Innovation Australian Society for Mechanobiology (AuSMB) Australian Academy of Science

Great to be at the Inaugural NSW Drug Discovery Forum. An exciting day of innovation ahead Anne O'Neill opens the proceedings NSW Medical Research Centre for Drug Discovery Innovation Duncan MTPConnect

Exciting day coming up at the inaugural NSW Drug Discovery Forum, organised in partnership with MTPConnect. Great to be welcomed by Duncan Macinnis, Michael Kassiou, and hear opening remarks from Anne O'Neill. Many thanks to our sponsors Ab Initio Pharma and AusBiotech!

Thank you to presenters, panellists, and audience who brought the first-ever NSW Drug Discovery Forum to life! 👏Congratulations to Dr Philip Kwok, winner of the Ab Initio Pharma ABVANCE Commercialisation Award, and Dr Ben Johnson, winner of the AusBiotech 2025 Conference award.

📸This year we received outstanding images of research in action for the DDI Research Image Contest 2024! 👏Congratulations to Winner Dr William Ryder for his image "Actin' Crazy" (left), and Runner-up Dr Nick Shields for “The Dark Side of the (Spheroid) Moon” (right).

✨🎓 We had an inspiring afternoon yesterday hosting Session 2 of "I have a PhD, now what?" focusing on commercialisation, investment and IP 🎓 Many thanks to our guest speakers Dr Megan O'Connor, Rachel Hooke, Dr Akshita Wason, and master of ceremonies Titch Danon!

🔔Voting for the DDI Research Image Contest 2024 - People's Choice award closes in two days! 📲 forms.office.com/r/pXF72q962g This year fantastic snapshots from DDI members' labs have revealed the breadth and beauty of research being conducted University of Sydney 🤩 Congrats to our nominees!

Huge congrats to our PhD students Chianna, Nick and Dane and our post-doc Andrew for their poster presentations at #RACIORGANIC24 last night!

Three University of Sydney researchers have been named Superstars of STEM! Congrats to Dr Kenya Fernandes and Rebecca Thistlethwaite from Sydney Uni Life&Env and Rebecca Halligan from Sydney Quantum Academy 👏 Read more about our Superstars: tinyurl.com/3xpsewpe #STEM #WomenInSTEM

We have PhD scholarships Sydney Chemistry available to work on a range of drug discovery and chemical biology projects in my lab, applications close Feb 21 Please let any potentially interested candidates know! sydney.edu.au/scholarships/d…

Register for our ECR Welcome Event and post-event catered networking session (at Courtyard!) on Feb 19🌟📷 bit.ly/42mYRcC It's a fantastic opportunity to connect with fellow ECRs working University of Sydney in drug discovery related fields—from disease biology to data science.