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  • A/Prof. Fahrenbach takes a lecture tour of China!

    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 Presents at the Australian Lipid Meeting

    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!

  • The Australian Centre for Astrobiology’s 25th Anniversary

    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…

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  • A/Prof. Fahrenbach gives a recorded talk with the Origin of Life Early-Career Network (OoLEN) discussing the challenges of getting funding in astrobiology when just starting out as a new PI. Check it out!

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  • Jonas Kaltbeitzel with help from Fahrenbach Group members Luke Marshall and Teja Senthilkumar publishes his first article on RNA dynamic covalent chemistry. Looking forward to seeing what you have next in the pipeline, Jonas! 

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  • The dynamic duo, Jonas Kaltbeitzel and Dev Chauhan present their recent work at the SUPRAMOL26 Conference at Monash University. Their talks highlighted ongoing research on RNA ligation and the interactions of chiral lipids with RNA. Fantastic!

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  • Dev continues his great Australian tour, giving another oral presentation at the Australasian Colloid and Interface Symposium (ACIS) in Glenelg, South Australia. Amazing!

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  • Jonas Kaltbeitzel wins big with $51,000 from the NSW-RRTN Strategic Fund for his project “Engineering an Inosine-Specific RNase for sgRNA Synthesis and RNA Modification Mapping“. We are expecting great things from you, Jonas!

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  • Congratulations to Joe Cao on completing his Masters degree!

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  • Dev is on a conference role, presenting a poster about chiral lipid-RNA interactions at the Sydney Biomolecular Condensate Symposium. Keep up the momentum!

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  • Dev Chauhan attends the Geological Society of Australia Earth Science Student Symposium held at UNSW giving a talk on some of his work in the dynamic encapsulation of ribose-borate complexes within lipid vesicles, winning an award for best oral presentation! Excellent job, Dev!

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  • The Fahrenbach group scores big with a 2026 Discovery Project grant from the ARC — check it out!

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  • Associate Professor Fahrenbach travels to Ningo, China to attend the 3rd Stoddart Molecular-Cum-Supramolecular Symposium to give an invited talk!

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  • Congratulations to Luke Marshall on his first-author paper in JACS as a communication — well done!

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  • Group alumni, Dr Jeremy Tran, started his new job at Neuroscience Research Australia — good luck, Jeremy!

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