5 March 2024

Discursive Theatre, RMIT City Campus, Melbourne

International Women’s Day

A hybrid panel discussion  on the theme of “Inspire Inclusion in Academic Research”

Register online

12 April 2024

AGSE Building, Swinburne University, Melbourne

Joint ITTC Career Day

A full-day event with CV and cover letter writing workshop, a panel and mentoring session on career paths

Centre Members-only event.

24 June 2024

UQ City Campus, Brisbane

CFBD Final Forum

The final CFBD Forum will be held together with FBDD DU. Stay tuned for more details.

25 & 27 June 2024

UQ City Campus, Brisbane

FBDD DU 2024

The 5th Fragment-Based Drug Design Down Under Conference will take place in sunny Brisbane.

Visit https://fbdddownunder.com.au/ to register.

22 to 25 September

Boston, USA

FBLD 2024

After a significant hiatus, FBLD 2024 will be held in the heart of Boston at the George Sherman Union, part of the BU Campus from September 22nd through 25th 2024.

Register here: https://fbldconference.org/

7 & 8 December 2023

Treacy Centre Melbourne

CFBD Annual Forum 2023

A program of events to foster our Centre community, engage with our partners and discuss our research progress to date.

Centre Members-only event.

27 October 2023
Woodward Conference Centre Melbourne

Hit ID Symposium 2023

The inaugural Hit ID Symposium was held on 27 October 2023 at the Woodward Conference Centre, in Melbourne, Australia. This event consisted of scientific sessions, interactive events and networking opportunities focussed on introducing delegates to the topic of hit identification within a small molecule drug discovery setting.

19 September 2023
Sydney Node

Protein Purification Workshop

More information to follow

Centre Members-only event. Contact the Centre Manager for more information or to register.

18 September 2023
Sydney Node

Statistics Workshop

This workshop takes a very different approach to statistics than you will have had before. In the process, almost no equations are presented, but you will have the opportunity to hear about and discuss:

• Some fundamental aspects of data: errors, distributions, presentation
• What are replicates (really)?
• What hypothesis testing is – and isn’t
• How Joel pooing in a jar informs your interpretation of enzyme kinetics data
• The critical role of prior probability in data analysis

Centre Members-only event. Contact the Centre Manager for more information or to register.

29 June 2023
Monash Node

Mindfulness for wellbeing and peak performance

Stress, inattention, multitasking and haste are becoming ubiquitous in the modern world and they come with significant costs in terms of wasted time, inefficiency, mistakes and miscommunication. The popularity of mindfulness can therefore be looked upon as an antidote to modern life. This interactive and experiential workshop will explore the science, philosophy and practice of mindfulness and some of its applications including managing stress, work-life balance, enhancing mental and physical health, communication and dealing with imposter syndrome.

Centre Members-only event. Contact the Centre Manager for more information or to register.

12 May 2023
Monash Node

NMR Training Workshop

This workshop will cover the basics of NMR screening with hands-on experience in the lab.

The workshop will be facilitated by CFBD Director Prof Martin Scanlon. More details to follow soon.

Centre Members-only event. Contact the Centre Manager for more information or to register.

5 & 6 April 2023
Monash Node

CIPPS & CFBD Joint Writing Retreat

This workshop will cover why it is important to upgrade your EndNote writing skills and professional writing skills in general. We will focus on what publishers and/or future employers are looking for not only in papers but also in cover letters.

Contact the Centre Manager for more information or to register.

31 March 2023
Sydney Node

CIPPS & CFBD Joint Writing Retreat

This workshop will cover why it is important to upgrade your EndNote writing skills and professional writing skills in general. We will focus on what publishers and/or future employers are looking for not only in papers but also in cover letters.

Contact the Centre Manager for more information or to register.

9 December 2022

MedChem Seminar – A/Prof Hari Arthanari

Emerging Frontiers in Computational Drug Discovery

In-person: 11:00 am to 12:00 pm, LT3, Monash University, Parkville Campus

4 – 8 December 2022

ANZMAG 2022

ANZMAG are holding their conference in Marysville, VIC, Australia this year. Visit the conference website for more information.

28 – 30 September 2022

FBDD-DU 2022

The 4th Fragment-Based Drug Discovery Down Under Meeting (FBDD-DU) took place in Melbourne from 28 to 30 September 2022.

12 August 2022

Joint ANSTO & CSIRO workshop

Learn about the facilities at Synchrotron and the CSIRO FBDD Research Lab.

1 April 2022

Workshop: What does it mean to be an ethical researcher?

Five Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Training Centres are coming together to hold an event on “What does it mean to be an ethical researcher?”

3 March 2022

Workshop: Plex for target/pathway identification

The workshop will comprise a presentation of Plex, followed by a training session on the product.

Centre Members-only event

16 – 21 December 2021

Pacifichem 2021

The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies 2021 (Pacifichem 2021).

8 – 10 December 2021

ARC CFBD Forum

A virtual program of events to foster our Centre community and engage with our partners and discuss our research progress to date.

Centre Members-only event.

3 December 2021

Directors’ Forum: What does it mean to be an ethical researcher?

This event will explore the ethics and responsibilities that Centre researchers will experience across academia and industry, using the experiences and expertise of the five Centre Directors or Deputy-Directors. We will address what their personal responsibilities are versus that of the company or institution they work for. 

Centre Members-only event.

15 November 2021

Joint ARC Centres Media and Presentation Training

This one-day workshop is a joint event of the ARC CoE for Mathematical & Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS), The ARC CoE in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies (FLEET) and the CFBD. 

Centre Members-only event.

22 – 27 August 2021

ISMAR-APNMR 2021

The International Society of Magnetic Resonance and Asia-Pacific NMR joint meeting will be held in Osaka, Japan. Registration and abstract submission open 10 February 2021.

First week of December 2020

ARC CFBD Forum

A virtual program of events to foster our Centre community and engage with our partners and discuss our research progress to date.

Centre Members-only event.

Mondays at 12:00 pm AEST

Australian Biochemistry Lunch (hosted by ANU)

Professor Joel Mackay (20 July), Professor Sally-Ann Poulsen (3 August) and Professor Martin Scanlon (7 September) will speak at the Australian Biochemistry Lunch seminar series. The weekly Monday lunchtime seminar series is hosted by Professor Thomas Huber (ANU) with the aim to foster interactions between like-minded Australian biochemists. Contact us or Professor Thomas Huber for the Zoom ID.

12 – 15 November 2019

FBDD-DU 2019

The third Fragment-Based Drug Discovery Down Under Meeting (FBDD-DU) was held at the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, in Melbourne.

12 November 2019

ARC CFBD Launch

The ARC Centre for Fragment-Based Design was officially launched by The Hon Kevin Andrews MP. Read the event launch summary here.