Register now for our upcoming introduction to python workshop delivered online via Zoom. This workshop will run for 2 days, with each day covering different topics. Please note that during the workshop, all important communications will be in the workshop slack channel. We strongly recommend that you log on before starting time to troubleshoot any issues …
Are you a current student studying computational biology or bioinformatics? Are you interested in being part of a community that supports students by planning events, encouraging social interactions and promoting technical skills — then come and join the COMBINE committee! We are a purely online committee and would love to have committee members from all …
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 …
Are you new to bioinformatics? This workshop will get you started! In this workshop, we will give you a gentle introduction to high performance computing, basic linux commands, cloud computing and show you how to install your first bioinformatics package.At the end of the workshop, you will be able to navigate HPC systems and install …
Register now for our upcoming Introduction to R Workshop 2023 workshop delivered in person. This workshop will run on 6th April 2023 from 9 AM – 4:30 PM at 21 Bedford Street , University of Melbourne. At the end of the workshop you will learn about: Setting up and Basic R Commands Exploring Popular R Packages Data Visualisation This workshop …
“What Is Bioinformatics” Seminar Attention all students! Are you curious about bioinformatics and want to learn more about this rapidly growing field? Join us for an exciting event that will introduce you to the world of bioinformatics and provide you with a unique opportunity to hear from experienced industry and academic bioinformaticians. Our event will …
Register now for our upcoming Introduction to R and Data Visualisation workshop delivered online via Zoom. This workshop will run for 2 days. Please note that all-important communications will be in the workshop slack channel during the workshop. We strongly recommend that you log on before starting time to troubleshoot any issues with zoom or …
Introduction to R and Data Visualisation February 2022 Read More »
On 14th and 16th September 2021, COMBINE organised a bioinformatics workshop with virtual machines provided through Australian BioCommons, with 25 registrants across 6 states in Australia. This workshop introduced basic activities carried out by bioinformaticians including basic shell functions, version control with git, formatting documents with LaTeX and working with real biological data. Participants were …
Event Report: A day in the life of a bioinformatician Read More »
1. What is your current role? PostDoc researcher at Human Phenome Institute, Fudan University and visiting scientist at Garvan Institute, Sydney. I work on somatic structural variant detection and annotation in cancer genomes. 2. How did you end up in bioinformatics? My background actually is a bit different. I worked as an electrical engineer for …
1. What is your current role? Finishing up a research Masters at UTS! My project looked at benchmarking recombination detection methods for viral sequences. 2. How did you end up in bioinformatics? “Bioinformatics” was mentioned in a final year genomics lecture as this awesome thing that used programming and computing to make sense of biological …