Clarivate Analytics' annually published list recognizes world-class researchers selected for their exceptional research performance, demonstrated by production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in Web of Science.
The Australian Research Council's (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) recognizes promising early career researchers and provides them with up to three years of support. It is a highly competitive award, with only 200 being awarded nationwide. Congratulations Rochelle!
ACE members Donovan Parks, Christian Rinke, Maria Chuvochina, Pierre-Alain Chaumeil, Ben Woodcroft, Paul Evans, Philip Hugenholtz and Gene Tyson published 8000 new metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) in Nature Microbiology, substantially expanding the tree of life.
To investigate the behaviours of marine microorganisms at spatially relevant scales, we engineered an in situ chemotaxis assay (ISCA) based on microfluidic technology!
ACE director, Prof Phil Hugenholtz was inducted today as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Sciences in Canberra.
Check out this video by the Australian Academy of Science on Prof Hugenholtz's landmark contributions to the understanding of uncultured microbial diversity, evolution and ecology.
Together with the Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC), The University of Queensland is organising the next GSC Workshop in Brisbane, Australia from 15th – 17th May 2017.
Prof Phil Hugenholtz, the director of ACE, delivered the keynote address at the Microbiome R & D and Business Collaboration Congress in Hong Kong March 1-2nd.