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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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  • Teja Senthilkumar officially graduated with he Bachelors in Medicinal Chemistry with First Class Honours! Way to go, Teja!

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  • The Fahrenbach Lab gets a visit from MPs Geoff Lee and Gabrielle Upton to see how the NSW government can further support the growing RNA research ecosystem in Sydney!

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  • Luke Marshall graduates with his Degree of Masters of Philosophy for the work he did in collaboration with the Fahrenbach and Thordarson groups. Luke plans to continue on with his PhD. Great job, Luke!

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  • Dr Fahrenbach helps start the inaugural Prebiotic Chemistry and Early Earth Environments (PCE3) seminar series supported by the NASA Astrobiology program. Check it out, the seminars are uploaded to Youtube! http://prebioticchem.info/seminar-series/index.html 

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  • Dr Christine Poon joins the Fahrenbach group. Welcome, Christine!

  • Dr. Fahrenbach was recently interviewed in the news by the American Geophysical Union (AGU), check it out!

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  • The Fahrenbach group welcomes Tejaswi Senthilkumar as a 2021 Honours student!

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  • The Fahrenbach group scores a Discovery Project grant from the Australian Research Council (ARC).  Check it out! Project Title: “Continuous Reaction Networks that Model Chemical Evolution of RNA” https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP210102133

  • Congratulations to Jeremy and Renee on submitting their Honours Theses! Great work!

  • The Fahrenbach group opines in the recent issue of Nature Chemistry News and Views on future directions for prebiotic chemistry. Check it out! Here’s a snippet… “The theoretical physicist Paul Dirac famously emphasized the importance of beauty7 in guiding one’s physical equations. Chemical equations also possess a certain beauty. The α-ketoacid r-TCA cycle analogue discovered…

  • Congratulations to Renee for her recently published review in Pure and Applied Chemistry!

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  • The Fahrenbach group’s recent publication in PNAS was highlighted by Forbes!  Check it out!

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