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May newsletter
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May newsletter

In this month’s newsletter we have conference updates and training news. This naturally...find out more

April 2023 newsletter
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April 2023 newsletter

With July rapidly approaching, we’re continuing our focus on the Galaxy Community...find out more

March 2023 newsletter
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March 2023 newsletter

This month’s newsletter is (almost) all about Galaxy. Not only are there multiple (and...find out more

February 2023 newsletter (summer edition)
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February 2023 newsletter (summer edition)

This year is going to be a busy one – not least with GCC2023 coming to Brisbane in July! –...find out more

ABACBS award for Catherine Bromhead
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ABACBS award for Catherine Bromhead

Catherine Bromhead of Melbourne Bioinformatics is the winner of the ABACBS Outstanding...find out more

A year in training
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A year in training

With the delivery of the new Machine Learning in Life Sciences workshop in November, Melbourne...find out more

December 2022 newsletter
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December 2022 newsletter

On Saturday, 26 November 2022, I received the awful news that Simon Gladman, our great friend and...find out more

Remembering Simon Gladman
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Remembering Simon Gladman

It is with much sadness we share that our great friend and colleague, Simon Gladman, has died...find out more

Publication Prize for Peter Georgeson
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Publication Prize for Peter Georgeson

The University of Melbourne’s Melbourne Medical School has awarded one of its prestigious...find out more

Upcoming Events

Machine learning in life sciences
Workshops

Machine learning in life sciences

Tuesday, 6 June 2023 10am-3pm
21 Bedford St, North Melbourne, VIC 3051

What is it, when should it be used and how to avoid common pitfalls This workshop will provide a high-level introduction to machine learning: what it is, its advantages and disadvantages compared to traditional modelling approaches and the types of scenarios where it may be the right tool for the job. We’ll contrast a few […]

Variant calling using GATK4 command line workflow
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Variant calling using GATK4 command line workflow

Wednesday, 28 June 2023 10am-2pm
21 Bedford St, North Melbourne, VIC 3051

Workshop Description: This workshop aims to introduce participants to variant calling using command line applications. The teaching material is available here and follows the GATK variant calling best practices workflow and provides an introduction to tools, datatypes and file formats associated with variant calling. The workshop will use a test llumina sequencing dataset to progress […]

In an age of digital connectedness, open, highly accessible, globally shared data and analysis platforms have the potential to transform the way biomedical research is done, opening the way to ‘global research markets’, where competition arises from deriving understanding rather than access to samples and data. Other disciplines have embraced the benefits of global data generation and sharing, astronomy and high energy physics being two highly successful examples. We have the opportunity to mirror their successes in infrastructure funding by demonstrating that biological research can embrace the same global perspective on common infrastructure investment and data sharing.

Assoc Prof Andrew Lonie, Director, Australian BioCommons & Senior Advisor, Melbourne Bioinformatics