Laena D’Alton
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Noushin Nasiri named 2025 Sydney Professional Engineer of the Year
We are thrilled that MOBIUS lead researcher, Associate Professor Noushin Nasiri, Head of the NanoTech Laboratory in the Macquarie University Faculty of Science and Engineering, was named 2025 Sydney Professional Engineer of the Year at the 2025 Engineers Australia Excellence Awards. The award recognises Associate Professor Nasiri’s outstanding work as a nanotechnologist and materials scientist,…
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Training and Development Webinar: Reporting and Committees
We were excited to have held our first Training and Development Webinar on ‘Reporting and Committees: What every MOBIUS M/ECR needs to know’ on 22 September, 2025. Large research schemes like MOBIUS can be the first time that many early- and mid-career researchers are part of reporting and governance. MOBIUS is committed to equipping the…
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Ing Kong has secured a $3M Cooperative Research Centre
Congratulations to MOBIUS lead researcher, Associate Professor Ing Kong, who has secured a $3 million Cooperative Research Centre Project (CRC-P) grant from the Australian Government for a project in partnership with Melbourne-based med-tech company, Haemograph. Congratulations to MOBIUS lead researcher, Associate Professor Ing Kong, who has secured a $3 million Cooperative Research Centre Project (CRC-P)…
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Congratulations to Brian Abbey, Distinguished Professor
Congratulations Professor Brian Abbey on his appointment as a Distinguished Professor at the School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, La Trobe University. For the past 17 years, Professor Brian Abbey, a Chief Investigator on the MOBIUS project, has led the development of new optical technologies for biological imaging and sensing, leveraging advances in coherent…
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ANSTO Eureka Prize for Associate Professor Noushin Nasiri
A huge congratulations to MOBIUS lead researcher, Associate Professor Noushin Nasiri (Macquarie University), and her ‘Fission Chips’ team for being awarded the 2025 ANSTO Eureka Prize for Innovative Use of Technology! In a paradigm shift for nanosensor production, Associate Professor Noushin Nasiri and her Fission Chips Team developed a cheaper, more efficient sensor using non-toxic…
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Research Excellence prize for Professor Chamindie Punyadeera
Congratulations to MOBIUS Deputy Director, Professor Chamindie Punyadeera, who has received the Griffith University Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics (IBG) Excellence in Research Leadership 2025 Award. Chamindie is an innovator and an advocate for women in STEMM. She leads the salivary diagnostics and liquid biopsy laboratory, focused on developing biomarkers—molecules indicative of disease or disease…
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ARC CEO Professor Ute Roessner spoke at MOBIUS’ launch
The ARC attended the official launch of the ARC Research Hub for Molecular Biosensors at Point-of-Use (MOBIUS) at La Trobe University on 15 August 2025. MOBIUS is developing biosensors that can be used at the point of need, from mobile sensors that can help emergency workers identify biological threats in the field, to saliva-based devices…
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The MOBIUS Research Hub has launched!
As we mark the success of our official Launch, we would like to take a moment to revisit what that incredible day represents. The concept of MOBIUS grew out of several initiatives at La Trobe University, including the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science’s Molecular Sensing theme. From this foundation, our Director, Professor Conor Hogan,…
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MOBIUS’ Inaugural Conference, August 2025
MOBIUS was thrilled to welcome over 80 chief and partner investigators and researchers to our Inaugural Conference at La Trobe University on 13-14 August 2025. Researchers and collaborators from six universities and 20+ industry partners, along with our Advisory Board, Early Career Researchers and Higher Degree by Research candidates, got together for a packed agenda…
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Congratulations to MOBIUS Research Officer, Jayson Rose, for 3MT prize
Congratulations to MOBIUS Research Officer Jayson Rose who has been awarded the Runner Up Prize for both the ‘Judge’s overall decision’ and ‘People’s choice award’ at the 3MT heat at the School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment, La Trobe University. His talk was titled “Foam fighters: using the microbial dark matter to fight foam”. Jayson’s…