
Postdoc @TheCraikGroup | PhD from the @IMBatUQ | with a keen interest in protein engineering and plant synbio 🌱🧬💊
Brisbane, Queensland
Joined December 2020
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🌱 RESEARCH 🌱
Bacteriophage P22 Virus-Like Particles as Nanoscale Protein Scaffolds for Plant Synthetic Biology - Harding et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.70735
#plantscience #syntheticbiology 🧪
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High-fidelity in vitro packaging of diverse synthetic cargo into encapsulin protein cages
"Fluorescent dyes, proteins and cytotoxic drug molecules can all be selectively packaged via a peptide-mediated targeting process."
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🚀Exciting Opportunity in Peptide Chemical Biology!
We are seeking a domestic #PhD student (ANZ citizens) to join @TheCraikGroup group @IMBatUQ @ARC_CIPPS
For more details and to apply, please visit the following link.
study.uq.edu.au/study-option…
Please share with your network!🙂
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Enhancing quality and yield of recombinant secretory IgA antibodies in Nicotiana benthamiana by endoplasmic reticulum engineering - #ISPMF @ISPMF
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Giessen Lab@GiessenLab3 May 2024
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New preprint out @biorxivpreprint. Great work by PhD student Seokmu Kwon (@smkwon6) and postdoc Mike Andreas. Congrats!
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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In our article published today @Nature , we report complete all-atom structural models of a fully packaged bacteriophage particle. Congratulations to Kush Coshic on his first publication! Many thanks to Chris Maffeo and David Winogradoff for pushing this 6-year project forward.
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Coming down from the high of Taylor-related content with the Aus part of the Eras tour now over? I've got you covered.
Introducing:
🔺Tetrahedral encapsulin protein cages (@taylorszyszka's version)
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Encapsulins form icosahedra. How did she make pyramids?
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Join us at the Atrium at UQ Brisbane City on 16 November for cheese and chats, where we will share our vision for addressing global health challenges.
Hear insight into the research from different career perspectives
🔗Register bit.ly/UQEvent
@IMBatUQ @UQ_News @ARC_CIPPS
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Close up of the newly-infected bacterial cell from "Bacteriophage T4 Infection." I drew the illustration in Photoshop at a scale of 1 pixel/nanometer.
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molecular biology, synthetic biology, genetic engineering – at Oakland, CA
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Great to get together with over 100 CIPPS Early and Mid- Career Researchers for an inspiring two days of amazing science and mentoring programs in the picturesque Blue Mountains!
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Our work on antiplasmodial peptide-drug conjugates is out today in @BioconjChem! Congrats to PhD student @Izzy_Palombi for leading the effort, joined by @AndrewWhiteSci & @CaitlinGare, @McmorranBrendan at JCSMR and @NicoleLscientst & @TheCraikGroup at IMB! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…
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Now in formatted form: "Tunable In Vivo Colocalization of Enzymes within P22 Capsid-Based Nanoreactors"
From co-loading ratios measured by FRET to learning that sometimes less is more for densely packed enzymes!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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We were delighted to engage with year 12 students this week as part of the National Youth Science Forum. Our IMB Science Ambassadors led interactive sessions and demonstrations for this next generation of STEM professionals.
@NYSFoz @LilyKenchEvans @MaxHarding19
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Link fixed 🤦♂️ for the 2nd preprint 📢
Stoichiometric control over protein cargos in P22 VLPs assembled in vivo AND using that to tune unnatural aa synthesis from multi-step biocatalytic nanoreactors!!
@donna__mc @Lygie6 @claudiaevickers @douglaslab_IU
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv…
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Seeking students interested in developing new peptide-based antimalarial drugs. Have a look at this and other exciting projects open to summer scholars @IMBatUQ
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Applications for the 2022 Summer Research Program are now open.
Don't miss your chance to team up with some of UQ's leading researchers to apply your knowledge and develop valuable research + professional capabilities. 🔬
See IMB's list of projects: bit.ly/3PXP033
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Check out our newly minted paper on a suite of vectors for optimizing cargo loading in P22 bacteriophage #VirusLikeParticles
Great fun with @Lygie6 @donna__mc @douglaslab_IU and @claudiaevickers
Plasmids on their way to @Addgene 👍 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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Jumping in on #MyScienceMay 🎉
We are the @arc_gov_au Centre for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science (CIPPS!)
We aim to DISCOVER new peptides from diverse Australian flora and fauna, DECODE their functions and DEVLOP new products for human benefit🐨🌱🕷️💊
@LetsTalkSciComm
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What a wonderful and productive few days! Thank you to everyone who made #CIPPS2022 so special! Watch this space for some very exciting science 🧪 🧬🌱🕷🐨💊🫖🎉 – at Sunshine Coast, Queensland





























