The Winter School in Mathematical & Computational Biology is almost upon us! The five-day conference runs from the 2nd to the 6th of July, 2018 at the Queensland Bioscience Precinct, University of Queensland, St Lucia. Registration is still open but filling fast. To register go to http://bioinformatics.org.au/winterschool/. Act quickly because registration for this fantastic event closes …
Our 2018 National Student Survey will be closing soon on Friday 8th June. If you haven’t completed it yet we would greatly appreciate you taking the time to tell us about your experience as a computational biology or bioinformatics student and how COMBINE can help to improve it. In return you can enter the draw …
Thank you to all who attended our first Wikipedia edit-a-thon, held in Melbourne last week. Articles were edited, pizza was eaten and good time had by all. Also a very special thanks to Geoff McIntyre, Bernie Pope and Gayle Philip for dropping by to offer support. Participants ranged from those with a general interest in improving …
Due to overwhelming demand, this workshop is now full. Please email us at workshops@combine.org.au if you would like to be placed on the waiting list in the event a free space is available. Given there is a high demand for this type of workshop, we are looking into potentially running another one. To stay up to …
The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) is again running an international competition to improve the coverage on Wikipedia of computational biology and bioinformatics. From the announcement: A key component of the ISCB’s mission to further the scientific understanding of living systems through computation is to communicate this knowledge to the public at large. Wikipedia …
Date: Friday, 9th November, 2012 Time: 3.30pm Location: Brown Theatre, Electrical Engineering Bldg, The University of Melbourne Description: Life has a remarkable ability to adapt to seemingly hostile environments. At sub-zero temperatures certain organisms would face the risk of freezing if it were not for the antifreeze proteins (AFPs) they harbour in their body fluids. AFPs are thought …
Dr. Michael J. Kuiper – How to Freeze Your Computer Read More »
Description: “Tucked away in the back streets of Fitzroy is The Union Club Hotel. Located on the corner of Gore and Webb Streets Fitzroy, the Union is a land mark corner pub and a true local”. According to their website anyway. By all accounts the Union is very good pub. In mid-October, COMBINE will be providing drinks …
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Date: 11th October Time: 4.30pm Location: VLSCI Boardroom, 187 Grattan St, Carlton. Description: In the lead up to our Student Symposium, Professor Justin Zobel will give a talk on oral and poster presentations. He will consider how to approach the task of preparing for a presentation; what to include and what to omit; common mistakes students make when presenting (and …
Prof. Justin Zobel – How to Give a Research Better Presentation Read More »
Date: Friday, 28th September, 2012 Time: 3.30pm Location: Room 103, Old Metallurgy Building, The University of Melbourne Description: Many, if not most, analysis pipelines for sequence data start by mapping the sequences to a reference sequence. However, there is a class of techniques sometimes called “alignment free” which work by decomposing sequences in to short …
Dr. Tom Conway – Alignment Free Methods For Sequence Comparison Read More »