Albert takes a lecture tour of China. First stop Hangzhou at Westlake University for an invited talk at the International Astrobiology Symposium, 11-15 October 2026. Next stop was The University of Hong Kong for an invited talk at the 4th Stoddart Molecular-cum-Supramolecular Science Symposium with Nobel Laureate Omar Yaghi as the keynote speaker, 21-23 October…

Dev Chauhan was selected to give an oral presentation at the Australian Lipid Meeting 7 & 5th International Lipidomics Society Conference at Perth on October 17-21 2026. Dev talked about his work on chirality and polymorphism in lipid soft matter. Nice work, Dev!

A/Prof. Fahrenbach, current director of the Australian Centre for Astrobiology, organises a public panel discussion in celebration of the Centre’s 25 year anniversary. The panel, moderated by Dr Indrani Mukherjee, consisted of Professor Martin Van Kranendonk, Professor Carol Oliver, Professor Kathy Campbell, Director Darren Dougan of the Big Questions Institute and Dr Brett Biddington former…

Former group member, Dr Luke Steller, publishes his paper on how ribose can influence the solubility of borate minerals, with implications for prebiotic organo-mineralisation — a concept not often considered! Luke also wrote up a piece on this work in The Conversation. Well done, Luke!

Allanah Fonseca graduates with a first class Honours degree! Congratulations, Allanah!

Dev Chauhan publishes his first paper in ACS Earth and Space Chemistry — nice work, Dev!

A/Prof. Fahrenbach and Allanah Fonseca travel to Nanjing, China for the joint Chinese Astrobiology Meeting-Australasia Astrobiology Meeting. A/Prof. Fahrenbach gives an invited talk while Allanah nabs a poster award!

A/Prof. Fahrenbach heads to his old stomping grounds in Chicago to give an invited talk at the ACS Fall Meeting for the Fraser Stoddart Memorial Symposium. 

A/Prof. Fahrenbach and other members of the ACA host “Doughnuts and Debate” with the UNSW Science Faculty — a public panel discussion about life’s origins.

A/Prof. Fahrenbach heads to Perth to give a talk on RNA dynamic covalent chemistry at the 2026 RACI Congress!

Dev Chauhan gave an oral presentation for the second year in a row at Sassy2026 (Sydney Surfaces And Soft Stuff) at UNSW on May 13, 2026. Selected for an oral presentation, he talked about his work on RNA capture and retention in lyotropic lipid mesophases. Keep it up, Dev!

Dr Jonas Kaltbeitzel scores again with a Fellowship from the Big Questions Institute. Jonas will use this Fellowship ship to collaborate abroad with McKeague lab at McGill University in Canada. Congratulations, Jonas!