“What Is Bioinformatics” Seminar Attention all students! Are you curious about bioinformatics and want to learn more about this rapidly growing field? Join us for an exciting event that will introduce you to the world of bioinformatics and provide you with a unique opportunity to hear from experienced industry and academic bioinformaticians. Our event will …
The FIRST joint Pawsey–COMBINE Bioinformatics Symposium is coming to Perth in September! We are looking for Bioinformatics PhD students, post-docs and early career researchers to join us! Domain experts from WA will be there to share their latest research, as well as ideas on methods, tools and best practices to everyone interested. In addition to this, the team at Pawsey Computing Centre will be running a Bioinformatics focused workshop, giving …
Perth Bioinformatics Symposium, 6-7 September 2018 Read More »
Date: Friday, 9th November, 2012 Time: 3.30pm Location: Brown Theatre, Electrical Engineering Bldg, The University of Melbourne Description: Life has a remarkable ability to adapt to seemingly hostile environments. At sub-zero temperatures certain organisms would face the risk of freezing if it were not for the antifreeze proteins (AFPs) they harbour in their body fluids. AFPs are thought …
Dr. Michael J. Kuiper – How to Freeze Your Computer Read More »
Date: Friday, 28th September, 2012 Time: 3.30pm Location: Room 103, Old Metallurgy Building, The University of Melbourne Description: Many, if not most, analysis pipelines for sequence data start by mapping the sequences to a reference sequence. However, there is a class of techniques sometimes called “alignment free” which work by decomposing sequences in to short …
Dr. Tom Conway – Alignment Free Methods For Sequence Comparison Read More »