Sarah didn’t set out to work in high-performance computing. She started in genetics, hunting disease genes in neuromuscular disorders across both the wet lab and the command line, and somehow ended up on the Supercomputing Applications team at Pawsey. In this fireside chat, she traces that path — from a PhD in Medicine to supporting bioinformatics researchers on one of Australia’s most powerful supercomputers. She’ll talk about the moments that redirected her, the skills that carried over (and the ones she had to pick up), and why staying open to unfamiliar opportunities can take your career somewhere you never planned to go. Come along for an honest, informal conversation about building a career that doesn’t follow a straight line, and bring your questions.
Speaker: Sarah Beecroft (Pawsey) — LinkedIn
Time: 1:30 PM AEST/Brisbane, Tuesday 29 July 2026