Lyras Lab

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📢We're so proud to share that Professor Dena Lyras, BDI Deputy Director & ARC Laureate Fellow, has been appointed as a Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor, the most prestigious title conferred on Professors at the University. Congrats! 🎉Read more bit.ly/3NWNpMp

A reminder to submit your abstracts for MGE AUS by November 29th - Student/ECR focused - Travel sponsorships available - Keynote speakers announced - Two day program coming soon - Early bird prices still available mgeaus.org @AUSSOCMIC

Registration and abstract submission for MGE AUS, a brand new meeting dedicated to mobile genetic elements are now open! -ECR and PhD student focused -Two day program to be announced soon -$150 student rego -Lots of prizes -Submissions close 29th Nov mgeaus.org

On the final morning, experts discuss mechanisms of drug resistance as well as vaccines, alternative therapies and drug discovery! Check it out 👇🏽 #AMRSymposium2024

So thankful to the organisers for the opportunity to share our work on capsules and recipients at #ISPB2024 Such an amazing week of plasmid biology! @PlasmidSociety

So proud of Desirel Ng who won one of the top three prizes at the @MonashUni-wide Visualise Your Thesis final for her audio/visual animation of her PhD project. It was a pleasure seeing such creative science communication from all the talented finalists! doi.org/10.26180/25981…

So happy to see our structural and molecular biology collaboration with @DrSheenaMcGowan out in @CommsBio. We show that C. difficile uses an endolysin for toxin secretion, a mechanism which seems to occur in a controlled manner without cell lysis nature.com/articles/s4200…

The oral–gut microbiome axis in health and disease rdcu.be/dOzKm Kunath, Wilmes et al. explore the interaction between the oral and the intestinal microbiota and how they influence each other and the development of different diseases. @wilmeslab @microsyseco

Registration for the AMR symposium in Singapore from Sept 9-11, 2024 is closing on Sept 5. Check out the exciting program that also features selected early career speakers & poster flashtalks! @FillouxLab @LyrasLab @KelWyres @OlayaRendueles @DrKatHolt @TheFrankelLab

#EDI Panelled with the best - Prof Dena Lyras, @RochelleSoo1, & @sam_manna3! V. interesting & open discussions on pertinent/interrelated topics: childcare, LGBTQIA+, neurodiversity, & PoC/WoC experiences in navigating Micro/STEMM & beyond! #ASM2024 #ASM2024_XAward @AUSSOCMIC

Double the celebrations with our recent wonderful graduates 🌟Dr🌟 @AshleighPRogers and Master's student Georgie Gilmore who is continuing her research as a PhD student with us this year 🎓🥳 @MonashBDI

Attending #ASM2024? Make sure to check out our special panel session on equality diversity and inclusion in microbiology!

Please join us for our next ASM Hour, for three fascinating talks from our Mobile Genetic Elements Special Interest Group: Date: 12pm AEST, Tuesday April 9th theasm.org.au/asm-hour Hope to see you there!

Huge congratulations to Georgie Gilmore who won 1st place for the ASM Vic Branch Award last night for her Masters work supervised by @Sci_Sez, Yogi Srikhanta, @DrSheenaMcGowan and Prof Dena Lyras! @ASM_VicBranch

Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Cephamycin-Based Antisporulation Agents targeting Clostridioides difficile - PubMed dlvr.it/T0MsX7 #cdiff #cdi

Happy holidays from the Lyras lab! 🎄

Congrats👏to our five @MonashBDI researchers on their @nhmrc Investigator Grant awards! Prof Mariapia Degli-Esposti FAA @The_DE_Lab, A/Prof @KarlaHutt @HuttLab, Prof Jian Li FAA, Dr @bhusalrp Dr @AE_Shahine @RossjohnLab. Read more about their projects: bit.ly/45jiEYa

Really excited to be co-chairing this brand new special interest group with the incredible @DrJoshRamsay

So proud of @HoudaiiHousam who moved to Australia to start her PhD in 2020 just before covid became a pandemic and after years of hard work and perseverance she reached her final candidature milestone and gave an excellent pre-sub presentation today 🥳 @MonashBDI