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Conservation managers welcome readymade bioinformatics workflows that support decision making
Conservation decisions are becoming better informed by important genetic information thanks to a new set of bioinformatics workflows that assemble and annotate reference genomes for threatened vertebrate species.
Join the Australian Outpost of BioHackathon Europe 2024!
Are you interested in joining this year’s BioHackathon Europe, but can’t face the long haul flights? You should join the Australian Outpost team who will gather to work locally, while checking in regularly with our international colleagues.
Improving access to bioinformatics tools and software in Australia
Finding the right computational tools or software for your research can be frustrating. Which tools do what, where can you find them, and which high end computers can you access?
BioCLI: Improving command-line infrastructure for life scientists
Learn more about how the newly established BioCLI Project is empowering Australian life scientists to access command-line infrastructure.
Galaxy Australia leads 2024 Galaxy Project publication
The latest developments in the Galaxy platform have been captured in a definitive publication describing the popular international data analysis platform.
ZERO Childhood Cancer Data Portal launched
Researchers can now access a large bank of paediatric genomic data collected as part of the ZERO Childhood Cancer program.
Reducing the frustrations of research data movement
All BioCommons activities are informed by researchers’ challenges. Read more about how we make the right connections between people, facilities and services to ease data movement.
Latest tech unlocks deep sea mysteries hidden in museum collections
Researchers from the Museums Victoria Research Institute have constructed one of the largest distributional and evolutionary DNA datasets seen in marine science and now seek to answer questions such as: Where and when did deep sea life begin? How did it spread throughout the oceans that cover over 70% of the Earth’s surface?
Phylogenetics collaboration takes researchers back to basics with new training
A new online tutorial is taking researchers back to basics to uncover the principles of phylogenetics and how tree-building methods work thanks to a longstanding collaboration between Professor Michael Charleston from the University of Tasmania and Australian BioCommons.
Training with real-world genetic data to advance Australia’s urgent conservation goals
A diverse group of researchers converged at The University of Melbourne this month to work through their unique bioinformatics challenges under the guidance of The University of Auckland’s Dr Katarina Stuart.