annual ABACBS/COMBINE Online Career Panel (Tue May 26th 2-3:30pm AEST)

Join us for an insightful panel discussion on bioinformatics career pathways within academia and the professional bioinformatics world. Our panellists will share the career journey that led them to where they are now, including how they overcame challenges and obstacles in their way and the key wins that contributed to their professional success. We have […]

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Reproducible Computing Environments with Docker workshop – 9th June 2026

An introduction to Docker for creating portable and reproducible research computing environments. 9 June 2026 (in-person, North Melbourne) Free Eligibility: University of Melbourne staff and students (and affiliates) Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reproducible-computing-environments-with-docker-tickets-1988368549858?aff=affilia

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Intro to Galaxy for Bioinformatics workshop – 3rd June 2026

A beginner-friendly introduction to Galaxy Australia, including running simple analyses and building Galaxy workflows/pipelines. 3 June 2026 (in-person, North Melbourne) Free Eligibility: University of Melbourne staff and students (and affiliates) Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/intro-to-galaxy-for-bioinformatics-tickets-1988737875521?aff=affiliates

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Hybrid Genome Assembly in Galaxy – 26th May 2026

This workshop introduces hybrid genome assembly using Nanopore and Illumina sequencing data, helping participants generate high-quality genome assemblies using Galaxy. Date: 26 May 2026 Location: 21 Bedford St, North Melbourne Cost: Free Eligibility: University of Melbourne staff and affiliates Lead trainer: Tristan Reynolds (Melbourne Bioinformatics) Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hybrid-genome-assembly-in-galaxy-tickets-1980836307719?aff=affiliate

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Analysing Hi-C data with Galaxy Australia – 24th june 2026

This hands-on workshop will introduce participants to Hi-C data analysis using Galaxy Australia, covering mapping, visualisation, and interpretation of chromatin data. Date: 24 June 2026 Location: 21 Bedford St, North Melbourne Cost: Free Eligibility: University of Melbourne staff and affiliates Lead trainer: Tristan Reynolds (Melbourne Bioinformatics) Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/analysing-hi-c-data-with-galaxy-australia-tickets-1985344549993?aff=affiliates

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Fireside Chat with Chris Love – May 2026

About the Speaker Chris is an experienced computational biologist specialising in translational genomics, with a career spanning academia and industry across precision oncology, rare disease, and model organisms. Most recently, at Geneseq Biosciences, he contributed to the development of a world first-in-class blood test for detecting invasive melanoma through miRNA profiling, and has authored more

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2025 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Summer Scholarship Program 

We are seeking outstanding undergraduate students to participate in our six-week summer vacation scholarship program.  Students are provided a stipend of $400 per week for a period of 6 weeks (full time). Get involved in real-life laboratory-based research and contribute to this exciting cancer research.  To be eligible, you must currently be enrolled in an

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R-Adelaide 2025

Black Ochre Data Labs are pleased to announce that RAdelaide will return again in 2025, and that tickets are now available (https://events.humanitix.com/radelaide-2025). RAdelaide is a 3-day, in-person, training course for those wanting to develop their skills in the language R, and will be held at the University of Adelaide from 8-10 July. The course is

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EOI R Shiny Workshop

The workshop will be delivered in two instructor-led sessions, with students having access to all presented code so they can follow along interactively. The first session will introduce the core features of shiny apps, including the concept of creating reactive elements. The second session will demonstrate how to incorporate interactive tables and figures into apps

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