ComBio 2026

Invited Speakers

Invited national and international speakers will lead the symposia sessions throughout the conference, including:

Proteins, Peptides and Structural Biology

**Charles Bayly-Jones**
*Monash University*
Australia

**Sylvie Callegari**
*Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research*
Australia

**Zhenling Cui**
*Queensland University of Technology*
Australia

**Melanie Dietrich**
*Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research*
Australia

**Emily Furlong**
*Australian National University*
Australia

**Debnath Ghosal**
*University of Melbourne*
Australia

**Rhys Grinter**
*University of Melbourne*
Australia

**Ben Gully**
*Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute*
Australia

**Joshua Hamey**
*University of New South Wales*
Australia

**Kensuke Ikenaka**
*University of Osaka*
Japan

**Ruitao Jin**
*La Trobe University*
Australia

**Matthew Johnson**
*Melbourne University*
Australia

Arnold Ju — **Lining (Arnold) Ju**
*University of Sydney*
Australia

**Ann Kwan**
*University of Sydney*
Australia

**Renae Ryan**
*University of Sydney*
Australia

**Emma Watson**
*Monash University*
Australia

Plant Biology

**Helen Bothwell**
*University of Georgia*
United States of America

**Jason Bragg**
*Botanic Gardens of Sydney*
Australia

**Chris Brosnan**
*University of Queensland*
Australia

**Caitlin Byrt**
*Australian National University*
Australia

**Kai Chan**
*Australian National University*
Australia

**Ryan Coates**
*University of Western Australia*
Australia

Eduardo Flores Sandoval — **Eduardo Flores-Sandoval**
*Monash University*
Australia

**Manuel Frank**
*Aarhus University*
Denmark

**Andrei Herdean**
*University of Technology Sydney*
Australia

**Adil Khan**
*University of Western Australia*
Australia

**Maria Maldonado**
*UMonash University*
Australia

**Loraine Rourke**
*Australian National University*
Australia

**Chaoqun (Carrie) Shen**
*Adelaide University*
Australia

**Taylor Szyszka**
*University of Sydney*
Australia

**Vivien Tsai**
*University of Queensland*
Australia

**Alex Wu**
*University of Queensland*
Australia

**Bo Xu**
*ARC Centre of Excellence University of Adelaide*
Australia

**Xiujuan Yang**
*Adelaide University*
Australia

Cell and Developmental Biology

**Robert Bryson-Richardson**
*Monash University*
Australia

**Maria Di Biase**
*University of Melbourne*
Australia

**Andrew Elefanty**
*Murdoch Childrens Research Institute*
Australia

**Jozef Gecz**
*Adelaide University*
Australia

Anai Gonzalez- Cordero — **Anai Gonzalez-Cordero**
*Children's Medical Research Unit*
Australia

**Brendan Manning**
*Harvard University*
United States of America

**Ramon Martinez-Marmol**
*University of Queensland*
Australia

**Christina Mitchell**
*Monash University*
Australia

**Greg Neely**
*University of Sydney*
Australia

**Robert Parton**
*University of Cologne*
Germany

**Adrienne Sullivan**
*Adelaide University*
Australia

**Aleksandra Trifunovic**
*University of Queensland*
Australia

**Sophie Wisziniak**
*Adelaide University*
Australia

**Steve Zuyrn**
*University of Queensland*
Australia

Biochemistry and Metabolism

**Kristin Brown**
*Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre*
Australia

**Anthony Don**
*University of Sydney*
Australia

**Nir Eynon**
*Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute*
Australia

**Luke Isbel**
*Adelaide University*
Australia

**Melkam Kebede**
*University of Sydney*
Australia

**Sharissa Latham**
*Garvan Institute of Medical Research*
Australia

**Kym Lowes**
*Walter Eliza Hall Institute of Research*
Australia

**John O'Sullivan**
*University of Sydney*
Australia

**Justin O'Sullivan**
*University of Auckland*
New Zealand

**Clare Puttick**
*Garvan Institute of Medical Research*
Australia

**Aparna Rao**
*Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre*
Australia

**Dorit Samocha-Bonet**
*Garvan Institute of Medical Research*
Australia

**Luke Selth**
*Flinders University*
Australia

Education

**Dhanushi Abeygunawardena**
*University of New South Wales*
Australia

**Anne Galea**
*University of New South Wales*
Australia

**Kathryn Jones**
*University of Auckland*
New Zealand

**Julian Pakay**
*La Trobe University*
Australia

**Masha Smallhorn**
*Flinders University*
Australia

**Reece Sophocleous**
*University of Sydney*
Australia

**Nirmani Wijenayake Gamachchige**
*University of New South Wales*
Australia

RNA

**Mark Corbett**
*Adelaide University*
Australia

**Linglan Fang**
*Westlake University*
China

**Selene Fernandez Valverde**
*UNSW Sydney*
Australia

**Tony Millar**
*Australian National Univeristy*
Australia

**Ernest Moles**
*University of New South Wales*
Australia

**Hyun Jung Oh**
*Yonsei University*
Korea

**Ulf Schmitz**
*James Curtin University*
Australia

**Michaela Yuen**
*Children's Medical Research Institute*
Australia

'Omics and System Biology

**Joanna Achinger-Kawecka**
*Adelaide University*
Australia

**Nikeisha Caruana**
*University of Melbourne*
Australia

**David Greening**
*Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute*
Australia

**Leonie Heilbronn**
*Adelaide University*
Australia

**Marco Herold**
*Olivia Newton John Institute*
Australia

**Tim Hore**
*University of Otago*
New Zealand

**Isabelle Lucet**
*Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research*
Australia

**Dylan Multari**
*Monash University*
Australia

**Liuyu (Elle) Peng**
*The Kids Research Institute of Australia*
Australia

**Kate Quinlan**
*University of New South Wales*
Australia

**Nichollas Scott**
*University of Melbourne*
Australia

**Jaclyn Swan**
*La Trobe University*
Australia

**Jean Yang**
*University of Sydney*
Australia

**Reuben Young**
*University of Wollongong*
Australia

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Acknowledgement of Country
ComBio 2026 will be held at the ICC Sydney that stands and operates on Tumbalong, the land of the Gadigal clan of the Eura Nation. The ComBio 2026 Conference acknowledges the traditional custodians of the Gadigal country and demonstrates respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

ComBio 2026 Conference Office
WALDRONSMITH Management
119 Buckhurst Street
South Melbourne VIC 3205 Australia
T +61 3 9645 6311
E combio@wsm.com.au

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