COMBINE is seeking expressions of interest to join the 2023 COMBINE Symposium Organising Committee!
The COMBINE symposium is our premier annual event, held in conjunction with the ABACBS conference. It provides an opportunity for bioinformatics and computational biology students from across Australia to present their research. This year’s symposium will be held in late November / early December (date TBC) in Brisbane.
We welcome participation from all states and territories for this year’s symposium committee. Those based in Queensland are strongly encouraged to apply!
Membership on the committee will involve attending regular meetings and contributing to various organisational aspects. In addition, the committee will be comprised of the following teams:
Treasurer and finance team – In charge of finances for the conference and identifying sponsors. Finance members are required to work closely with the COMBINE treasurer and ABACBS to organise funding for the event.
Media and comms team – Responsible for promoting the symposium and the careers panel events through social media, via the COMBINE mailing list, and by other possible avenues. Members are expected to work in conjunction with the COMBINE media team and the symposium coordinators.
General committee members – Contribute to discussion and planning for the symposium and help out as required. There will also be opportunities for general committee members to be involved in the symposium program committee which will select the abstracts to be presented at the symposium.
Careers panel team – Bring together a panel of computational biologists from both industry and academia to give advice and guidance to students. This is a great opportunity to develop your bioinformatics network!
For further details on these roles, and to submit your expression of interest, click here.
Applications will be open until 24th February 2023, and committee members will be contacted shortly thereafter.
Sam Davis & Oliver Hughes
2023 COMBINE Symposium Conveners