We’re thrilled to keep the momentum going with the last session of this season’s SFRR-E ECR webinar series, “Emerging Leaders in Redox Biology”, taking place on Tuesday, 5th May 2026, at 9:00 AM CET.
This session is particularly special, as it is organised in collaboration with SFRR-Australasia. For this webinar, we are delighted to welcome speakers from our sister society and to strengthen the connection between our communities. We are very excited about this collaboration and look forward to many more joint initiatives between SFRR-E and SFRR-Australasia in the future.
To make participation possible for members of both societies, the webinar time has been specially adjusted to better accommodate attendees across time zones: 9:00 AM CET.
This series is dedicated to showcasing early-career researchers who are pushing the boundaries of redox biology. We’re looking forward to another engaging session of learning, discussion, and connection.
For this final webinar of the season, we’ll do a “Redox Jamboree”, with presentations from two exceptional researchers: Christoph Göbl and Belal Chami. Join us at 9:00 AM CET for an exciting deep dive into cutting-edge redox research!
Switchable amyloids: A single disulfide bond reversibly controls the transition between monomeric and amyloid INK4 tumour suppressors
Christoph Göbl, PhD
Mātai Hāora – Centre for Redox Biology and Medicine, University of Otago, New Zealand
Dr Christoph Göbl studied Chemistry at the Karl-Franzens-University of Graz, Austria, and performed a PhD supervised by Klaus Zangger (Graz) and Nico Tjandra (NIH, USA), where he applied biomolecular NMR spectroscopy to the study of proteins. He then undertook postdoctoral research with Tobias Madl at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, focusing on redox-protein NMR spectroscopy, followed by a second postdoctoral position with Tak Mak and Chiara Gorrini in Toronto, Canada, investigating the aryl hydrocarbon receptor in breast cancer.
Dr Göbl moved to New Zealand in 2019 and currently works at Mātai Hāora – Centre for Redox Biology and Medicine in Christchurch. His recent work revealed that small, monomeric cell-cycle inhibitor proteins can transition into large amyloid structures upon oxidation. This process is strictly governed by disulfide bond formation and is fully reversible upon reduction of the disulfide bond. These redox-regulated amyloids represent the first examples of their kind and are currently being investigated both in vitro and in vivo.
Chemiluminescent Redox-Driven Assay for Monitoring Inflammatory Disease Activity
Belal Chami, PhD
The Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Australia
Dr Belal Chami is a senior lecturer at the University of Sydney, The Charles Perkins Centre, where he leads the Redox Inflammation Group. Dr Chami is a biomedical scientist and redox biologist with expertise in oxidative stress, inflammation, and translational biomarker development. His work focuses on redox-dependent mechanisms underlying chronic inflammatory disease, investigation of novel antioxidants as potential drug adjunctive and the development of novel analytical platforms for disease monitoring. Dr Chami has authored over >35 peer-reviewed publications in the fields of redox biology, cardiovascular and inflammatory pathology, and advanced diagnostic technologies. His research integrates fundamental redox chemistry with clinically relevant assay development, with particular interest in chemiluminescent and reactive oxygen species-sensitive detection systems. The work presented in this webinar reflects his ongoing efforts to translate redox biology into practical tools for monitoring inflammatory disease activity.
We warmly invite members from both societies to attend and help us celebrate this collaborative milestone together.
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