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Addressing DNA sequencing data submission challenges at global scale: your invitation to learn from the experts
A range of special events for Australian researchers will focus on streamlining the data submission processes for various data types, addressing common challenges, and providing best-practice guidance on interacting with the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA).
Pawsey enables more flexible and scalable DNA analysis
Researchers have developed a novel solution to process nanopore sequencing data on any mainstream GPU hardware, expanding computational options for the global bioinformatics community. Slorado is the first open-source software/library solution for nanopore sequencing basecalling on AMD Graphic Processing Units (GPUs). It was developed using Australia’s most powerful supercomputer at the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre with the support of the Australian BioCommons Leadership Share (ABLeS).
Interstate students converge in Melbourne to enhance their bioinformatics
The participation of 18 students from around Australia was supported by travel grants to AMSI BioInfoSummer. The annual conference is a valuable opportunity to explore current bioinformatics research and developments, with the most recent meeting hosted by the University of Melbourne.
New bioinformatics pipeline for the identification and detection of viral genomes from Oxford Nanopore sequencing
Transformative genomic technologies can now be leveraged for detecting pathogens thanks to the innovative bioinformatics pipelines developed by bioinformatics experts in Queensland. Their work is helping protect Australian plant industries by making the new capabilities accessible to biosecurity sites nation-wide, and making the pipelines and technical instructions accessible to all researchers and diagnosticians.
Boosting genomic medicine in Sri Lanka
A workshop in Sri Lanka taught medical doctors, research lab workers and university students to use Galaxy Australia for genomic medicine.
Researchers come together to tackle the bioinformatics of fungal genomics
A diverse group representing commercial enterprise, academia, government research and citizen scientists gathered at ANU for a hands-on fungi bioinformatics workshop. The skills uplift was designed to support Bioplatforms Australia’s Functional Fungi and Plant Pathogen Omics National Initiatives.
Helping the bioinformatics community harness the computing resources they need
A recent workshop explored strategies for the adoption, usage, and optimisation of GPUs and addressed researchers’ challenges to accessing high performance computing.
Australian researchers tells us about their bioinformatics training needs
Our 2023 bioinformatics training needs survey revealed the topics that the life science community want to learn about and that a blend of live and self-paced training is preferred.
Success of BioCommons-ELIXIR partnership showcased on the international stage
ICRI 2024 explored global trends, challenges, and opportunities in research infrastructure, including an official side event: Euro-Australian research infrastructure collaboration in the molecular life sciences.
An international approach to harnessing AI opportunities in the life sciences
We recently hosted Prof Ewan Birney, Deputy Director General of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and Director of EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in Melbourne to share his views in a workshop: Exploring opportunities in Life Sciences AI.