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MACSYS Announces New Leadership Team
The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Mathematical Analysis of Cellular Systems (MACSYS) is proud to announce the appointment of Professor Trevor Lithgow as the new Centre Director and Professor Jennifer (Jen) Flegg as the new Deputy Director. Together, Trevor and Jen bring a powerful combination of…
MACSYS Scientist Cracks Decades-Old Mystery Behind Key Cellular Process
A nearly three-decade-old scientific puzzle has finally been solved, thanks to an unusual collaboration that began with a conversation at a conference. The findings, just published in the journal Cell Reports, reveal the discovery of a long-sought gene responsible for a crucial type of methylation,…
Journal Honours MACSYS Chief Investigator with Best Paper Award
Congratulations to MACSYS Deputy Director & Chief Investigator Professor Matthew Simpson (QUT) and his colleagues for just being awarded the Lewis Wolpert Prize for Best Paper by the Journal of Theoretical Biology. The Journal said it selected the publication for its "importance in addressing…
MACSYS Chief Investigator Honoured with Prestigious Applied Mathematics Medal
Congratulations to MACSYS Chief Investigator Jennifer Flegg (pictured on left) for recently being awarded the EO Tuck Medal at the annual Australia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) Conference. ANZIAM awards the EO Tuck Medal to mid-career researchers in recognition of…