SIMBA

📚 Student Journal Club – Every two weeks. Join us to discuss exciting papers and sharpen critical thinking! Registration details coming soon!

SIMBA 2026 is officially online! 🎉  SIMBA is more than a Friday drink at IMBar. We are a community that learns and grows together 🔬✨  Here’s a look at some of our regular events! Come be part of it 💫

☕ Afternoon Tea with a Researcher – Held quarterly. Sit down with a senior researcher for an open, relaxed conversation about career paths, science, and everything in between.

🌟 IMB Student Symposium – Our biggest event of the year! A chance for students to showcase their research, connect across disciplines, and celebrate the science happening in our community. MarkJuly 3rd down, because you would not want to miss out on this!

Paula, an IMB student, is going through a difficult time and needs support for upcoming surgeries. Any contribution or share helps ❤️ gofund.me/e0db794c8

If you want to know more about our events or have any questions, feel free to reach out to SIMBA on Instagram, X, LinkedIn, or email - or just have a chat with any of us about anything! We look forward to working with you through the rest of 2025 and into 2026!

Meet your new SIMBA team - Michael, Sam, William, Gabriel, and Eva - here to support your journey at IMB as a student and to create a space for great research and a little fun along the way. More in comments ⇩

Could this be you? SIMBA annual general meeting is happening tomorrow! During the AGM, students will nominate for the executive positions for the 2025 SIMBA team. We’d love to see you at the AGM, regardless of whether you’re interested in an exec position for next year!

Last month, team IMB along with SIMBA, proudly marched through the streets of Meanjin/Brisbane for Brisbane Pride March 2024 🏳️‍🌈 Thank you to everyone who came down and supported the event!

Throwback to SIMBA’s largest event of the year - Student Symposium 2024! We were so glad that many of you enjoyed the event this year. SIMBA strives to be a club that enables IMB research students to come create memories together 😊.

Have you signed up for the annual IMB Student Symposium 2024? As one of SIMBA’s most anticipated event of the year, we are hoping to see students of the IMB to showcase their research!! Scan the QR code to register now 🥼🔬👩🏻‍🔬🧑🏻‍🔬 Sign up link > forms.office.com/Pages/Response…

Last Friday’s RQ2 pizza event! All smiles for free pizza 🍕Thanks for coming down everyone! We were super excited to see some new faces 😆

All smiles last Friday for the annual Trivia Night! Thanks for coming down everyone, I’m sure you guys had loads of fun 😆. Stay tuned for more events from SIMBA!

Happy Monday everyone 😊 Mark 5th of April on your calendars because QBP trivia night is back 🎲 Come join us for a night of fun and games! Sign up now! -> form.jotform.com/240614277945462

Happy Thursday! Have you signed up for our paint and sip happening on the 22nd of March?? 🎨🖌️🧑🏻‍🎨 Sign up to reserve your slot and get creative!

Meet Angela (@angela_lwin), our SIMBA social coordinator for 2024! Angela is a first year PhD student in the Yap group looking at cytoskeletal crosstalk and epithelial homeostasis. Feel free to say hello when you see her around!

Meet Lucy, our SIMBA treasurer for 2024! Lucy is a second year PhD student in the Vetter group using venoms from native Australian stinging trees to study pain. Feel free to say hello when you see her around!

Meet Marise, our SIMBA secretary for 2024! Marise is a second year PhD student in the White group looking at cellular dynamics during early nervous system development. Feel free to say hello when you see her around!