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Spotlight on Research Software Engineers
The Research Software Engineer (RSE) Asia Australia unconference and the New Zealand Research Software Engineering conference have just wrapped up for 2023. Australian BioCommons supported these important events, and thought you might like to know more - particularly if you’ve not heard of an RSE or an unconference before!
International collaboration has local impact: ELIXIR comes to town
A visit by a large group of international experts presented an excellent opportunity to deepen working relationships and connections between ELIXIR and the Australian BioCommons, and to integrate Galaxy service innovations globally.
Global biodata resources: crucial infrastructure underpinning biodiversity research
BioCommons and ARGA will present a session covering the importance of globally-connected infrastructure, its dependence on distributed resources, and its potential fragility at next month’s TDWG 2023 Conference on Biodiversity Information Standards.
Diverse range of BioCommons activities on display at eResearch Australasia 2023
BioCommons staff and collaborators will be presenting a range of our activities at eResearch and are looking forward to engaging with delegates interested in information-centric research capabilities.
Month-long visit of ELIXIR team to Australia
A team of 14 ELIXIR experts visited Australia for a month to coincide with the 2023 Galaxy Community Conference and were hosted by Australian BioCommons.
Collaboration boosts Galaxy services
The global Galaxy family has capitalised on the rare opportunity to work in the same timezone, with key members of the Galaxy Europe team remaining in Australia after attending the Galaxy Community Conference. Thanks to a working visit sponsored by ELIXIR Europe, significant progress has been made to improve the Galaxy experience.
Advice, infrastructure and support for community-scale bioinformatics training
The Australian BioCommons training team enables life science research excellence by creating opportunities to develop transferable skills in bioinformatics and to learn how to use new platforms, tools, services and techniques.
A new best-practice workflow for easy and efficient genome assembly
An off-the-shelf bioinformatics workflow for genome assembly from HiFi read data is now available and has been specifically tailored for Australian researchers through a collaboration between BioCommons and the Australian Genomics Research Facility.
The Australian Outpost of BioHackathon Europe is back for 2023!
Want to develop your skills while pitching in to the international effort to improve life science data infrastructure and code? Join the Australian Outpost of the BioHackathon Europe! This unique opportunity to participate in a significant global event will see you networking with your international peers while working locally on practical challenges. BioCommons will cover your expenses to join us in Brisbane for the duration of ELIXIR’s BioHackathon, 30 Oct - 3 Nov 2023.
Wrapping up the 2023 Galaxy Community Conference
We have just wrapped up the global Galaxy Community Conference for 2023. Over 130 delegates from 20 countries joined us at QUT to discuss the latest developments in Galaxy, both in person and online.