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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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  • Jeremy Tran strikes again giving two lectures on his PhD research in Vietnam. Nice work, Jeremy! TRANSLATION: Science for all #8THE ORIGIN OF LIFE: The Theories & Humanity’s Journey to Seek AnswersSpeaker: Tran Quoc Phuong, postgraduate researcher in prebiotic chemistry and the origin of life at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia.REGISTER HERE…

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  • Jeremy Tran wrote a piece in the Conversation about his recent Nature Communications article, which is making a splash in a number of media outlets all over the globe!

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  • Jeremy Tran started a collaboration which ended up as an article published today in Nature Communications on prebiotic hot spring chemistry. Well done, Jeremy!

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  • Congratulations to Yaam Deckel for her recent publication in Chem. Commun. and also getting the inside cover for the issue!

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  • Dev Chauhan attends the 6th Australian Lipid Meeting at the University of Queensland and wins the Best Poster Presentation Award. Congrats, Dev!

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  • Dr Jonas Kaltbeitzel gave a presentation at the 2024 UNSW RNA Institute Symposium and won the award for best talk! Congratulations, Jonas!

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  • The Fahrenbach Group welcomes Ece Yurdakul, a visiting undergraduate student from the Middle East Technical University in Turkey!

  • The Fahrenbach Group welcomes Rick Maes, who hails from HAS University in the Netherlands. Rick will stay for six months, welcome Rick!

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  • Farewell to Yaam Deckel, who after completing her Honours degree will soon be off to the University of Cambridge to pursue her PhD. Good luck, Yaam!

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  • Dr Fahrenbach is attending the Gordons Systems Chemistry Research Conference in Portland, Maine to give an invited talk!

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  • Teja Senthilkumar is off to Munich to attend and present at the Molecular Origins of Life Conference. Good luck, Teja!

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  • Dev Chauhan just arrived back to Sydney from the Scripps Research Institute after having spent two months there in collaboration with the Krishnamurthy group. His trip was sponsored by an award from the UNSW RNA Institute. Welcome back, Dev!

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