Training & Events
What COMBINE offers
Bioinformatics Workshops
Helping you sharpen your research skills
Social Events
Connecting you with computational biology and bioinformatics students around Australia
Events & Workshops
Intro to Metabarcoding using QIIME2 in Galaxy – 21 October 2026
This workshop introduces QIIME2 tools on Galaxy Australia, using 16S rRNA gene amplicon data from marsupial-associated bacteria. Date: 21 October...
Read MoreIntroduction to Targets – 8 October 2026
This workshop introduces best practices for writing R analyses using the Targets package, with a focus on building well-structured, efficient...
Read MoreIntro to Galaxy for Bioinformatics -Workshop 1 (1 October 2026)
This beginner’s tutorial will introduce the Galaxy Australia interface and tools, how to run a simple analysis and how to...
Read MoreIntro to Pandas (17 September 2026)
This course is designed for researchers who wish to learn how to use Python for basic data analysis and visualization....
Read MoreIntro to Python Workshops — Part 1 (3 September 2026) & 2 (10 September 2026)
Melbourne Bioinformatics is offering two free, beginner-friendly workshops providing a hands-on introduction to Python programming for data analysis. These sessions...
Read MoreFrequently Asked Questions
What can I do if a workshop is booked out?
For each workshop, there will be a waiting list at the bottom of the registration page where you can add your name and contact details if the workshop is booked out.
COMBINE doesn't currently run a workshop for the skills I'm interested in learning. Can I suggest a workshop topic?
Yes! Please contact the COMBINE team through the slack channel: combine-au.slack.com or email us at events@combine.org.au
Where can I get more information about upcoming workshops?
Join our slack channel and follow us on social media to get timely notifications on upcoming events.
You can check out training registries like DReSA (Australasia) and TeSS (Europe). Bioinformatics and data skills training events from many organisations (including COMBINE) are listed in these registries.