A passionate group of structural biologists has formed the Australian Structural Biology Computing Community, to share computational knowledge, methods, and resources.
Read MoreThe “Optimising MAGs-building workflows hackathon” is taking place in October and we want to know if you’d like to join! An international group is participating in Europe, and BioCommons is planning to offer a complementary event in Australia. Please join us if you are interested in enhancing MAGs-building workflows, developing user-friendly training materials, advancing workflow evaluation methods, or building intelligent computational resource estimation tools.
Read MoreQCIF Ltd has made high-performance hardware available to the Australian BioCommons, giving the hardware a second life and uplifting national capacity for running AlphaFold 2 jobs in Galaxy Australia while supporting innovation through other GPU-enabled tools.
Read MoreBioCommons’ Nextflow for the life sciences workshop heralds a return of our dispersed model of hands-on training. By connecting supported in person satellite sites with online trainers this workshop enables access to Nextflow experts and fosters local connections that are essential for continued learning.
Read MoreMicrobiology Lab offers a customised, user-friendly view of Galaxy Australia that provides rapid access to popular tools, workflows and compute for analysis and visualisation of microbiomes and omics data from microbial isolates.
Read MoreA new paper Nature Scientific Data from a BioCommons lead author describes the public and inclusive registry dedicated specifically to the sharing of computational workflows: WorkflowHub.
Read MoreA series of webinars will feature Australian researchers from across academia and industry sharing their experiences of using AI in the life sciences. Hear how AI is being used to push boundaries, solve problems, and reimagine the way we do science. From multi-omics analysis to drug discovery, structural biology and the ethics of AI in science, these free events will explore diverse and practical applications across the life sciences, focusing on the stories, insights, and experiences behind the research.
Read MoreA visit from the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) team enhanced Australian researchers’ skills in submitting and retrieving genomic, metagenomic, and environmental DNA (eDNA) data to/from international repositories. The two weeks together provided a unique opportunity to engage directly in our time zone through an intensive series of workshops and roundtable discussions.
Read MoreThe first-ever Australian satellite site of the international nf-core Hackathon has just taken place in Sydney. Seventeen participants from across the country came together to collaborate on cutting-edge Nextflow projects. This marked a significant step in strengthening Australia’s Nextflow and nf-core community, fostering new collaborations between researchers, bioinformaticians, and Nextflow enthusiasts.
Read MoreGalaxy has proven to be such a versatile data analysis platform that Galaxy Australia supports over 41,000 users. Now is the perfect time to get on board with Galaxy, with a variety of ways to get involved on offer in the coming months.
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