Our final talk, and plenary #2, for our #PPG2024, the fantastic Prof. Danny Hatters University of Melbourne presenting advancements in understanding protein aggregation in neurodegeneration

Thank you all who came to the PPG AGM 2024 at ECU! #PPG2024

‼️ RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT ‼️ A 60-year old mystery solved — the biosynthetic pathway of fatty acid synthase inhibitor cerulenin solved using a self-resistance gene-guided approach in Heng Chooi lab. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an… Check out more research here: perthproteins.org

‼️ RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT ‼️ Crystal structures and single molecule FRET system to study how PPR proteins locate and bind to specific single-stranded RNA coming from Charlie Bond's group at UWA. academic.oup.com/nar/article/52…

‼️ RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT ‼️ Another highlight from Ravenscroft lab Harry Perkins Institute, hypomorphic variants in HMGCS1 cause recessive early-onset muscle disease and Hmgcs1 mutant zebrafish with severe early defects are rescued by mevalonic acid supplementation. academic.oup.com/brain/article-…

Cool research coming from KC 👨‍🔬🌾🍄🇦🇺's group at CCDM with identifying key biochemical processes in the virulence of plant-damaging oomycetes Phytophthora using proteomics method! link.springer.com/protocol/10.10…

Inspired by the memory drug meclofenoxate, Joel Haywood developed a non-volatile pro-dicamba herbicide. Check it out here: …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ch…

I’m excited to finally share our work published in @NAR_Open! This is the final paper from my PhD – showing how my focal research protein RdfS uniquely coordinates a bunch of different molecular roles. Read along to get the whole story! 👀👇1/13 doi.org/10.1093/nar/gk…

James Kelly from Australian Plant Phenomics Network/UWA looks at using FTIR spectroscopy coupled with chemometrics as a high throughput technique to predict dough-making quality from wheat flour. Interesting work!! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Incredible work by PPG members led by Charlie Bond giving new insights on how protein molecular machines assemble on DNA or RNA. Check it out here: uwa.edu.au/news/article/2…

Amazing research coming from Curtin University: Small extracellular vesicles from PDAC cells carry SLC5A3, a prognostic and diagnostic biomarker that promotes tumour progression, offering potential for early detection and targeted therapy. nature.com/articles/s4139…

Exciting research coming out of Curtin University by our very own Joel Haywood!! Structure guided design of highly selective herbicidal A. thaliana DHFR-TS inhibitors and identification of novel inhibitory scaffolds through large- library virtual screening cell.com/molecular-plan…

The Perth Protein Group AGM has begun! The registration desk is now open at Harry Perkins Research Institute #PPGAGM2025