The magazine of the ASBMB, the Australian Biochemist, keeps members up-to-date with relevant scientific and personal news in Australia and abroad. It provides information to members on upcoming events and conferences, high impact research publications, education, Society awards and medals, news and views, competitions, member profiles, state activities, Special Interest Groups and more.
The magazine is published in April, August and December each year and is available in PDF on this webpage. Publication Schedule for the Australian Biochemist.
For specific enquiries regarding the Australian Biochemist, please contact the Editor, Tatiana Soares da Costa (editor@asbmb.org.au), or the Editorial Officer, Liana Friedman (liana.friedman@monash.edu).
Australian Biochemist Online
PDFs of the Australian Biochemist are available online.
Current Issue: December 2019
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Table of Contents
| 4 | Editorial Committee |
| 5 | Publications with Impact |
| Hanging on to Heavy Metal | |
| Evolution of a New Metabolic Pathway in Parasitic Protists | |
| A Step Towards the In Vitro Cyclisation of an Unusual Glycopeptide Antibiotic | |
| BOK: It’s Not All About Death | |
| Respiratory Syncytial Virus Coopts the Mitochondria of Infected Host Cells | |
| Dancing Dustbins: Proteasome Activation Insights with Implications for Antimalarial Drug Action | |
| 14 | ASBMB Education Feature |
| Staff and Student Perceptions of Academic Expectations: How Closely Do They Align? | |
| From Little Things, Big Dreams Grow… | |
| Teaching Inside a Cell, Inside a CAVE | |
| WIL-ing Students in Science | |
| 19 | SDS PAGE |
| Choosing Your First Career Move After Your PhD | |
| Beyond Publication: Boosting Your Track Record for Early Career Fellowships | |
| 21 | Off the Beaten Track |
| From Benchside to Bedside – Breaking Free from Academia | |
| 23 | Competition: Structure Match |
| 24 | Annual Society Conferences are Great: This Year’s ASBMB Meeting Shows Us Why |
| 26 | ASBMB Medallists and Awardees at ASBMB 2019 Conference |
| 27 | Report on ASBMB 2019 Conference |
| 30 | Intellectual Property |
| The Usefulness of ‘Use’ Patents | |
| 32 | News from the States |
| 36 | Biochemical Education: an ASBMB Special Interest Group |
| 38 | Great Expectations |
| Meaningful Mentoring and the Path to Fulfilment | |
| 43 | ASBMB Award Reports: Shimadzu Education Award Report and ASBMB Fellowships |
| 44 | ASBMB Honours Loyal Members |
| 50 | Aspiring Meeting of Young Researchers in Kuala Lumpur |
| 51 | Report on 27th FAOBMB and 44th MSBMB Conference |
| 54 | Forthcoming Meetings |
| 55 | ASBMB Annual Reports |
| 60 | Our Sustaining Members |
| 64 | ASBMB Council |
| 65 | Directory |
Golden Jubilee Issue
In honour of the 50th anniversary of the ASBMB, an historical Golden Jubilee issue of the Australian Biochemist was published in August 2005. This commemorative issue highlights the achievements of the Society over the past 50 years in the context of the rapid advances in biochemistry and molecular biology.