Perth Protein Group

A special interest group of the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB). E-mail perthproteins@gmail.com to join the mailing list and be kept informed of relevant events. Also, be sure to follow us on Twitter at @PerthProteins.

News on Twitter

Now in our fifth year, we have social mixers, host international speakers and run an AGM's on a shoestring budget that are heaps of fun. Previous AGMs have been held at ECU Joondalup, 2024, UWA Albany, 2023, Curtin Business School, 2022, ECU Bunbury, 2021, and UWA Albany, 2020. If you have work to be showcased on PPG twitter please e-mail us to join the contact list or DM @PerthProteins.

Recent events

On 1 November we held AGM2024 at the Edith Cowan University Joondalup campus 30km north of Perth. Congratulations to our 2024 prize-winners and to our keynote speakers Mihwa Lee and Danny Hatters . Keep an eye out for news updates on our Twitter feed and look out for our monthly Research Highlights newsletter showcasing publications from our community dropping in your inbox.

Coming up

Our 2025 AGM will be held at Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research on the 27th - 28th November 2025. Registration is free for ASBMB members, and early bird registration for non-members is only $50! To submit an abstract, download our template and submit to perthproteins@gmail.com. Ensure your ASBMB membership is current!

Our mission is to enable interaction and collaboration between protein research groups in Perth, create awareness of research strengths and key research equipment within Perth, raise awareness and extend membership of the ASBMB, create a forum for students and ECRs to present their work in an informal atmosphere, help disseminate and technical and practical aspects of protein science, and bring scientists from interstate or overseas to present their findings.

— Perth Protein Group Constitution perthproteins.org

Executive Committee

We're always looking for members of the Perth protein community to get involved, especially when it comes to taking charge of PPG events, e-mail perthproteins@gmail.com to express your interest.

Joel Haywood

Co-Chairperson

Farley Kwok van der Giezen

Co-Chairperson

Andrew Marshall

Treasurer

Callum Verdonk

Secretary

Hera Nguyen

Media Officer

Emma Knowling

Events officer

Benjamin Hearn-Thomas

Events officer

Luke Smithers

Webmaster
Join the ASBMB

We encourage all Perth protein scientists to join the ASBMB and remember to tick the box next to "Perth Protein Group" in the Special Interest Groups section as this forms the basis of their support for our events. If you're already a member, forgot to tick the box or were unable to, just e-mail perthproteins@gmail.com and we can update your ASBMB profile with PPG membership. Did you know first year HDR students get a year of membership free if their supervisor is an ASBMB member. Also students get additional benefits from joining ASBMB, to see them click here.

Highlights from WA

Check out some of the recent protein work led by West Australian scientists using the gallery below. Each image will link to the PubMed entry for the paper. If you have recent work to highlight, e-mail the PPG secratary any time with a 720 x 550 pixel JPEG image and a hyperlink to the paper in Pubmed.

Institution Representatives

Keen to arrange a PPG event at your institution? Click a name below to get in touch with your local institution representative.

Pauline Zaenker

Edith Cowan University

Aniruddha Agnihotri

Murdoch University

Danielle Rudler

The Kids Institute

Kristina Gagalova

Curtin University

Tanima Dutta

Notre Dame University

Andrew Marshall

University of Western Australia

Tara Richman

Harry Perkins Institute

Alyssa Van Dreumel

ASBMB liaison