Bioinformatics Training Advisory Group

The Australian BioCommons Training Advisory Group provides strategic advice in support of the Australian BioCommons Training Program. The Advisory Group meets regularly to provide comments on planning and activity reports. This distinguished group of international and Australian bioinformatics training professionals advise whether the program is likely to achieve its goals, suggest improvements and help identify opportunities for alignment or partnerships to ensure excellence in training offerings.

    Member
    Affiliation
    Location
  


    Jason Williams (Chair)
    Founder of Life Science Trainers Assistant Director, External Collaborations of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s DNA Learning Center; Education, Outreach, and Training lead for CyVerse; ELIXIR UK Science and Industry Advisory Board 
    Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
  

    Sarah Morgan
    Scientific Training Coordinator, EMBL-EBI
    Hinxton, UK
  

    Celia van Gelder
    Training Programme Manager DTL/ELIXIR-NL/Health-RI, Co-lead ELIXIR Training Platform, Chair GOBLET
    Utrecht, Netherlands
  

    Richard Edwards
    Chair of ABACBS Education and Training Sub-Committee;
Senior Lecturer in Genomics and Bioinformatics, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales
    Sydney, NSW, Australia
  

    Bruno Gaeta
    Senior Lecturer and Program Director (Bioinformatics), UNSW; ISCB Education Committee.
    Sydney, NSW, Australia
  

    Nathan Watson-Haigh
    Deputy Bioinformatics Platform Lead, Senior Bioinformatician,
Plant Genomics Centre, South Australian Genomics Centre

    Adelaide, SA, Australia
  

    Deanna Deveson Lucas
    Platform Manager, Monash Bioinformatics Platform, Monash University
    Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  

    Ann Backhaus
    Education and Training Manager, Pawsey Supercomputing Centre
    Perth, WA, Australia
  

    Dominique Gorse
    Director, QCIF Bioinformatics
    Brisbane, QLD, Australia
  

    Belinda Weaver
    Manager, Library Academic Engagement, Griffith University 
    Brisbane, QLD, Australia
  

    Victoria Perreau
    Training Lead, Melbourne Bioinformatics, University of Melbourne
    Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  

    Sarah Richmond
    Science Manager, Bioplatforms Australia
    Sydney, NSW, Australia
  