Register now for our upcoming Introduction to R and Data Visualisation workshop delivered online via Zoom. This workshop will run for 2 days. Please note that all-important communications will be in the workshop slack channel during the workshop. We strongly recommend that you log on before starting time to troubleshoot any issues with zoom or […]
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On 14th and 16th September 2021, COMBINE organised a bioinformatics workshop with virtual machines provided through Australian BioCommons, with 25 registrants across 6 states in Australia. This workshop introduced basic activities carried out by bioinformaticians including basic shell functions, version control with git, formatting documents with LaTeX and working with real biological data. Participants were
Event Report: A day in the life of a bioinformatician Read More »
1. What is your current role? PostDoc researcher at Human Phenome Institute, Fudan University and visiting scientist at Garvan Institute, Sydney. I work on somatic structural variant detection and annotation in cancer genomes. 2. How did you end up in bioinformatics? My background actually is a bit different. I worked as an electrical engineer for
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1. What is your current role? Finishing up a research Masters at UTS! My project looked at benchmarking recombination detection methods for viral sequences. 2. How did you end up in bioinformatics? “Bioinformatics” was mentioned in a final year genomics lecture as this awesome thing that used programming and computing to make sense of biological
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Expand your bioinformatics community by meeting your international peers and working intensively on practical coding challenges. It’s free to join and the project descriptions are available for you to choose from. The event is 8-12 November in CEST timezone, and registration closes on 15 September (or as soon as capacity has been reached). Check Australian BioCommons page for more info!
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Register now for our upcoming A day in the life of a bioinformatician workshop targeted at beginners to coding and bioinformatics, delivered online via Zoom in collaboration with Australian BioCommons. This workshop will run for 2 days. When: Day 1: 15th September 11:00 – 15:00 AEST; Day 2: 16th September 11:00 – 15:00 Where: Online
Introductory bioinformatics workshop in September! Read More »
Register now for our upcoming A day in the life of a bioinformatician workshop targeted at beginners to coding and bioinformatics, delivered online via Zoom in collaboration with Australian BioCommons. This workshop will run for 2 days. Please note that during the workshop, all important communications will be in the workshop slack channel. Zoom and
A day in the life of a bioinformatician 2021 Read More »
1. What is your current role? I’m a post-doc researcher at Deakin University. I develop machine learning models for genomic data, especially microbiome compositions. 2. How did you end up in bioinformatics? Phew, that’s a journey! Before getting into research, I actually went to medical school. I loved the coursework, but I didn’t care much
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1. What is your current role? 2nd year bioinformatics PhD student with Monash University, supervised by Sonika Tyagi.I work on developing and applying tools for multi-omics data integration. 2. How did you end up in bioinformatics? I started as a biologist but attended an introduction to bioinformatics lecture as an undergraduate. I saw a big fasta
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On 4th and 6th May 2021, COMBINE organised a python workshop, with 38 registrants across 6 states in Australia. This workshop covered basic concepts in python including pandas, data visualisation, and plotting with plotnine. Participants were presented with challenges after each section, which made the learning fun and interactive.
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