Professor and Director of the UNSW RNA Institute, School of Chemistry, UNSW.https://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3mlg66fzma22oWell done Angus!09 May 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlg66fzma22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3mhth2iigdc27This morning's commute from Mittagong is slightly different: Heading off for Science Meets Parliament #SMP26 Looking forward to it.24 Mar 2026 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhth2iigdc27https://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3mhppmtgmic2kI feel privileged & honoured on a day like to day when we celebrate two new PhD's from our group; Dr. Anika Moller and Dr. Keerthana Nakka as well as BSc Honours Medicinal Chemistry AND the University Medal for Emma Beukers. Very proud of Anika, Keerthana & Emma. The future belongs to you! #ozchem23 Mar 2026 09:09 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhppmtgmic2khttps://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3mh6a5ogpfc2k@ashjogalekar.bsky.social Summarised beautifully on X the most profound lesson re Rosie and her personalised canine cancer vaccine, namely that Paul Conyngham's work here using AI to design the mRNA we made, demonstrates that Dyson's prophecy about "domesticating" Biotech is within reach! #ozchem16 Mar 2026 10:17 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6a5ogpfc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3mgtywjmyvs25First group lunch of the year! We had a good start to the year; 4 PhD Theses recently submitted, several papers, 2 new Honours students joining, and our Honours student from last year returning to do a PhD with a University Medal in tow. So we celebrated with a delicious Thai lunch! #ozchem #RNA12 Mar 2026 08:41 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgtywjmyvs25https://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3mfqpklm5v22kOnce again: The publication system needs to be taken behind the shed, shot and buried. Will CAS be the one that pull the trigger? [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Feb 2026 07:50 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfqpklm5v22khttps://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3mfplcbdw3s2mToday's RNA collaborative seminar, sponsored by the @rnasociety.bsky.social , will feature A/Prof. Kelly Clemens from the UNSW RNA Institute @unswrna.bsky.social #RNA25 Feb 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfplcbdw3s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3mev7vdvshc26Iron Lung: Unsure when I eent with my teenage children to watch this movie. The producer/main actor is Markiplier, a popular YouTuber. This Gen Z horror movie is actually not bad. There is literally an ocean of blood in it! I feel like the producer has been heavily influenced by Das Boot & Solaris.15 Feb 2026 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mev7vdvshc26https://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3mep7xjdckc2wDavid MacMillan ( @princeton.edu Princeton) & 2021 Chemistry @nobelprize.org Laureate is here at @unswchemistry.bsky.social with another brilliant seminar #ozchem13 Feb 2026 00:13 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mep7xjdckc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3mdtlml3dok2yFantastic seminar here at @unswchemistry.bsky.social from Maartje Bastings @icepfl.bsky.social on programmable biomaterials. #ozchem02 Feb 2026 00:27 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdtlml3dok2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3mcxmazme7k2rRaven-Flóki & Eric the Red have a lot to answer regarding naming Iceland and Greenland, respectively. However, I don't they could have counted on the Chief of Vineland (Leif Eriksson's name for America) to mix them repeatedly up even if not drunk.21 Jan 2026 21:24 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcxmazme7k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3mcwjzyroqc2aInspired by Mark Carney's historic speech, this from an Icelandic commentator: Expand the Nordic alliance to include Ireland, Scotland (goodbye Farage!) and Canada! An alliance of 83 Million ppl, 5% world GDP, like-minded countries. I say add Australia+New Zealand for extra power to this alliance.21 Jan 2026 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcwjzyroqc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3mcc4qzd5c22qBeyond proud of our @narjournal.bsky.social Nucleic Acids Research paper. It has everything to like: RNA, peptides, binding studies (2:1 equilib.!), biological relevance (Telomerases) AND great collaborators (@felixrizzuto.bsky.social Felix Rizzuto & John Mattick). https://academic.oup.com/nar/article/54/1/gkaf1471/841584513 Jan 2026 08:21 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcc4qzd5c22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3mbin3a36gs2sThese people successfully used AI to run AND mark oral exams! This is quite interesting IMO. Probably a sign of what is coming. As educators our job will be to set up and oversee this sort of assessment tasks but AI will do the hard yakka. #ozchem https://www.behind-the-enemy-lines.com/2025/12/fighting-fire-with-fire-scalable-oral.html?m=103 Jan 2026 05:04 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbin3a36gs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3max7eakogs2cWe had a surprise Christmas visitor in our backyard - a very curious echidna! After roaming around for a bit, it went on its merry way to the neighbours and then up the next road back towards the bush.27 Dec 2025 06:43 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3max7eakogs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3m563mnsp5s2jGoodbye Australia, Sydney (La Perouse), hello New Zealand (Te Korowai-o-Te-Tonga / South Head Peninsula), as I approach Auckland for the NZ RNA platform symposia. Looking forward to catch up again with our wonderful Kiwi #RNA #mRNA friends. #ozchem09 Nov 2025 02:44 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m563mnsp5s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3m4wiwdp7j22yWe are very fortunate to have Dame Juliet Gerrard U. Aucklandhere at UNSW School of Chemistry to give a seminar about her journey through science, business and government. #ozchem06 Nov 2025 02:21 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4wiwdp7j22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3m2ofqt2xfs2jThis is a fantastic day for Australian chemistry. First Australian chemistry Nobel prize since John Cornforth in 1975, but Richard Robson's work is at least as impactful. #ozchem [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Oct 2025 10:12 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ofqt2xfs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3m2kzqycdts23Beyond proud to be the 2025 recipient of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) Leighton Memorial Medal, in recognition of eminent service to chemistry in Australia. Big thanks to all my former and current students, staff amd collaborators for making this happen. #RACI #ozchem #chemistry07 Oct 2025 02:00 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2kzqycdts23https://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3lxe56xfcjs2hHahahaha! I still think of my favourite student survey feedback: "Great accent, sounds like a 1930's Chicago ganster" Maybe Sydney Uni should also look into the benefits of foreign accents;-) See https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/school-life/university-of-sydney-responds-to-reports-of-accent-training-for-international-staff/news-story/bd870b28a38601dc971211a14308a38527 Aug 2025 03:57 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxe56xfcjs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3lvwmctt24s22A nice round number on Google Scholar, so I couldn't resist snapping a screenshot.09 Aug 2025 01:25 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvwmctt24s22https://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3luobwformc2zI got a light teaching load so it impacts me less than others but boy, isn't demoralising to have only 3 of 64 students attending lectures. This is not sustainable as eventually people lose the will to teach this way. Can we not just admit the lecture is dead & buried and make some big changes.24 Jul 2025 00:33 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3luobwformc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3lqttnlchwc2pSaying goodbye to Carlos, our superstar visiting #supramolecular PhD student from U. Chile, Santiago who has been with us here at UNSW School of Chemistry, for the past 10 months doing some amazing work in #calixarene host-guest chemistry. We will miss you Carlos! #ozchem05 Jun 2025 07:53 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqttnlchwc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3losonj6n2s2lOff to Les Diablerets in the Swiss Alps for the biannual Gordon Conference on Self-assembly and Supramolecular Chemistry! Looking forward to catching up with friends and making new + soaking in some great science in the alpine environment. And yes it includes RNA condensates etc ;-)10 May 2025 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3losonj6n2s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3lnpmu2hkec27My 15y tells me there a lot of ads from Labor, LNP and yes, Clive's Trumpets on Insta. Big diff between the Labor & LNP content is that people just make fun of the latter for how out of touch they are while Labor, being also mostly lame, at least gets sometimes right with the cynical Insta crowd26 Apr 2025 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnpmu2hkec27https://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3lnedevlqxc2cMy 15y son listens to Radiohead and my 13y daughter to Nirvana and got herself also a Green Day t-shirt (she had 2 Nirvana ones already). Several years of listening to my playlist in the car seem to have paid off;-) #GenX21 Apr 2025 23:36 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnedevlqxc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3lkrk7jcivs27Marc Greenberg from John Hopkins giving a fantastic lecture here at @unswchemistry.bsky.social UNSW RNA Institute on oxidative damage in DNA-histone protein interactions. #ozchem #RNA #DNA20 Mar 2025 01:27 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkrk7jcivs27https://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3lkimqrqxjc2bFantastic analysis of what is wrong with Australian politics: We wasted a $400b windfall, and now we’ll all have to pay https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/we-wasted-a-400b-windfall-and-now-we-ll-all-have-to-pay-20250314-p5ljjv16 Mar 2025 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkimqrqxjc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/palliunsw.bsky.social/post/3lkd6pcbbys23Our faculty had a great discussion about these BIG proposed changes. My thoughts: 1) Fellowships are gone. 2) LIEF gone, the 30 "collaborate" grants may include some for large equipment. 4) Initiate = 2 years = too short. 5) No distinct fundamental research is risky. 6) Need international reviewers! [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Mar 2025 08:24 +0000at://did:plc:tipbcx4t36ridvtlzymqftyx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkd6pcbbys23