We are delighted to announce that COMBINE Symposium 2026 will be held at RMIT University, Melbourne CBD campus, on the 16th of November 2026, as a part of ABACBS 2026.
More details and the official conference launch will be announced soon — stay tuned for registrations, abstract submissions, travel awards, a very special social event, and more!
We are excited to already announce our keynote and career panel speakers:
Career Panel Speakers:
- Head of Clinical Bioinformatics at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI)
- Principal Biostatistician at CSL
- Principal Bioinformatic Scientist at Children’s Cancer Institute (CCI)
and…
Mystery speaker to be announced soon!
2026 COMBINE Symposium Committee
The organising committee is composed of volunteer students from across the country, and across a variety of research disciplines.
Conference co-conveners:
- Michelle Meier – Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre; University of Melbourne
- Naima Vahab – RMIT University
Committee members:
- Diya Prabhuram – University of Queensland
- Aashish Bhandari – RMIT University
- Ama Embuldeniya – RMIT University
- Murali Aadhitya – Monash University
- Zunair Khurram – Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre; University of Melbourne
- Chengyi Ma – University of Melbourne
- Claudio Díaz García – University of Melbourne
- Lachlan Rowles – University of Melbourne
- Suet Li Hooi– Monash University
- Anusuiya Bora – Deakin University
- Julia Broadbent – Bio21 Institute; University of Melbourne
- Aleks Pacnik – Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research; University of Melbourne
- Viraj Patel – University of Melbourne
- Manvita Dondapati – University of Western Australia
- Tricia Lee – University of Queensland
- George Hee – Murdoch Children’s Research Institute; University of Melbourne
- Tianyao Lu – Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research; University of Melbourne
- Jessica Sun – University of Melbourne
- Minghan Wu – Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research; University of Melbourne
For any enquiries please email symposium@combine.org.au.
See our past symposiums here.