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The Australian Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Society Inc. Promoting the science and profession of bioinformatics www.abacbs.org

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abacbs.bsky.social @abacbs.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
🌟 Our annual Online Career Q&A Session is back on Tue May 26th 2-3:30pm AEST Our panellists will share the career journey that led them to where they are now, including how they overcame challenges and the key wins that contributed to their professional success. 👉 Register at shorturl.at/AwkH2
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Brisbane Bioinformaticians: Join colleagues for a Coffee Catch Up this week! Date and time: Wednesday, April 29th, 10:30 - 11:30am Location: Cafe Dose, UQ Herston Organised by @abacbs.bsky.social Brisbane Chapter. Come with a friend 🙂.
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Have you registered for the upcoming ABACBS national seminar series? It's in a few days, Monday 13th of April between 12 noon and 1pm. The talks will include "allele-specific HLA dysregulation in lung cancer" & "microbial variant calling and phylogenomics" Register now 👇🏾
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abacbs.bsky.social @abacbs.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Very interesting read. www.asimov.press/p/bioinforma... (Thanks to @torstenseemann.bsky.social for sharing over on the #ABACBS slack)
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A Brief History of Bioinformatics Software
How computer scientists on the fringes of biology made sense of sequencing data.
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abacbs.bsky.social @abacbs.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The ABACBS National Seminar Series will be back Monday April 13th, 12pm-1pm AEST, with speakers Dr. Clare Puttick and Dr Wytamma Wirth. uqz.zoom.us/meeting/regi....
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: ABACBS Seminar Series 2026 #1. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: ABACBS Seminar Series 2026 #1. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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Cancer Bioinformatics Australia @cancerbioinfoau.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
🚨 CBA2026 Oral Abstract Deadline Extended 🚨 Take the opportunity to submit your oral abstracts by our new deadline April, 10th! 🎓 Students and postdocs are eligible for travel scholarships.
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Melbourne Bioinformatics @melbioinf.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Bioinformaticians of Melbourne, the next ABACBS-Melbourne Bioinformatics Coffee Catch Up is this Thursday, 2 April. (Please note the new time/day for 2026!) Everyone is welcome. Details in the attached image. See you there!
BIOINFORMATICIANS OF MELBOURNE COFFEE CATCH UP!

• 1st Thursday of Every Month! 10:00am-11:00am
• Dr. Dax Kitchen, Kenneth Myer Building, 30 Royal Parade

Looking to meet other bioinformaticians?

Keen to chat about data, workflows, or anything bioinformatics over coffee?

This is for you! A great chance to connect and find some
like-minded collaborators.

All academic levels and professional/industry staff welcome.

Come grab a coffee and say hi.
Biscuits will be provided!
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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
🏆 Announcing the BioC2026 Sticker Design Winner: @kavyavns.bsky.social Kavya's design features well-known Seattle landmarks, including the Space Needle, the Seattle Great Wheel, Mount Rainier, and the surrounding evergreen forests. 👉 Register for BioC2026 here: ti.to/nf-projects/...
Illustration of Seattle featuring the Space Needle, a ferry on the water, a ferris wheel, evergreen trees, and a hot air balloon labeled “BioC 2026,” all inside a hexagonal badge with “www.bioconductor.org”
 at the top and “Seattle” at the bottom.
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Rob Edwards @linsalrob.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
So good to hang out with @lucyleef.bsky.social and @laurabonofiglio.bsky.social in Perth Taking over the @abacbs.bsky.social Meetup to talk #phage
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abacbs.bsky.social @abacbs.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Brisbane Bioinfos! Coffee catch up this Wednesday.
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
We're all set for March BrisBio seminar! You're invited to hear about bioinformatics in CRISPR & reproducibility in TF analysis. 🗓️:Thurs 19th March by 1pm Tell a friend The location is QUT campus, and you're welcome to join online: uqz.zoom.us/j/8901226169... PW: 722570 #BioinformaticsEngagement
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abacbs.bsky.social @abacbs.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
We are delighted to announce that #ABACBS2026 will be held at RMIT, Melbourne CBD campus from 16th to 20th November 2026. Big thanks to A/Prof. Sonika Tyagi and team for leading this years organising! More details and official conference launch to follow! #bioinformatics @combine1.bsky.social
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Bioinformaticians of Brisbane, what does your day look like tomorrow? Join the @abacbs.bsky.social members for an informal meet and greet, and catch-up. Venue: Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba 🕐: 10-11am #BrisbaneBioinformatics #Networking
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Vijini Mallawaarachchi @vijinim.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
🚀 Just launched: GraphBin Visualise (WASM) a browser-based visualisation tool for comparing initial metagenomic binning results vs refined results from GraphBin - all running in your browser, no backend required. (1/n) #bioinformatics #metagenomics #binning #webapp #pyiodide #webassembly
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GitHub - metagentools/graphbin-visualise-wasm-app: GraphBin Visualise WebAssembly App
GraphBin Visualise WebAssembly App. Contribute to metagentools/graphbin-visualise-wasm-app development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Jovana Maksimovic @jovmaksimovic.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
This is probably of interest to all the @abacbs.bsky.social binfies 🙂
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Tuomas Borman @tuomasborman.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Wonderful week at ABACBS and BioCAsia conferences in Adelaide, Australia. Thanks everyone who joined the workshop on Orchestrating Microbiome Analysis with Bioconductor, you made it awesome! @abacbs.bsky.social @bioconductor.bsky.social #ABACBS2025 #BioCAsia2025
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Feargal Ryan @feargalr.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
That’s a wrap! Huge thank you to everyone who joined us for #ABACBS2025 & a big shout-out to the Adelaide bioinfo community who worked their butts off. Couldn’t have asked for a better crew or a better venue than Adelaide Oval. @wessidepraxis.bsky.social @linsalrob.bsky.social
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Wytamma @wytamma.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Client-side bioinformatics workshop done ✅ massive thanks to legends @lonsbio.bsky.social @lfeatherstone.bsky.social @torstenseemann.bsky.social #ABACBS2025
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Hasindu Gamaarachchi @hasindu2008.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Our cornetto work is now published at www.nature.com/articles/s41... It can do near-T2T assembly using @nanoporetech.com adaptive sampling - with less 💸 - reference agnostic, so works for non-humans - not just blood, even saliva Just presented at #abacbs2025 yesterday.
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Targeted sequencing and iterative assembly of near-complete genomes - Nature Communications
Long-read sequencing enables high-quality genome assemblies, but challenges remain. Here, the authors introduce Cornetto, a method that improves assembly quality, enables genome sequencing from saliva...
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Nikeisha Caruana @nikeishacaruana.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Thanks so much to the 113 people who have answered the survey! If you haven’t already you can find it at lnkd.in/gJGfxftq or come see me at our poster! @abacbs.bsky.social #ABACBS2025
A girl in an orange top and jeans standing in front of a poster board which illustrates aspects of inclusion and diversity in the Australian bioinformatics and computational society.
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Rob Edwards @linsalrob.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
And also a fantastic keynote at #ABACBS2025 on this story!
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George Bouras @gbouras13.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Workshops underway this morning! #ABACBS2025
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Nora Liu @noraliu.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
@acepigenetics.bsky.social team at #ABACBS2025! Grateful for the chance to help plan and organise this year’s meeting and to chair the single cell and spatial session, where my colleague and dear friend Ning is our invited speaker. Biggest congrats to @mmohenska.bsky.social for her poster award!
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Jimmy Breen @wessidepraxis.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Thanks to the amazing Adelaide Bioinformatics community for making #ABACBS2025 an amazing event. We couldn’t have done it without you. A few more days of workshops to go before the festival finishes for another year 😀
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Sagrika Chugh @sagrikachugh.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Melbourne Integrative Genomics, UniMelb @mig-unimelb.bsky.social at #ABACBS2025 Amazing to have a big representation at @abacbs.bsky.social held in Adelaide.
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Sagrika Chugh @sagrikachugh.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Did my best to help a bit to get academic twitter back. Hopefully we can continue. Thanks and congratulations to @jovmaksimovic.bsky.social too. Thanks @abacbs.bsky.social #ABACBS2025 for an amazing conference.
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Nikeisha Caruana @nikeishacaruana.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
10 years ago I took a flight to Sydney to attend my first COMBINE. The support of @shazanfar.bsky.social @hdashnow.bsky.social and @lonsbio.bsky.social meant the world and I made so many friends that year I still get to hang out with.Thanks to everyone for a successful conference! #ABACBS2025
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Jovana Maksimovic @jovmaksimovic.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
#abacbs2025
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a group of cartoon girls are standing next to each other with their arms in the air .
ALT: a group of cartoon girls are standing next to each other with their arms in the air .
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Anuradha Wickramarachchi @anuradhawick.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
It was great to present TRECA at ABACBS 2025 as a lightening talk. Come find my poster #21. #ABACBS2025 @abacbs.bsky.social
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Hasindu Gamaarachchi @hasindu2008.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
With Slorado, now you have more choices for GPUs when basecalling @nanoporetech.com sequencing data. This is a work we collaborated on with AMD, led by PhD candidate @bonson-wong.bsky.social (poster at #abacbs2025) and great to see being highlighted in the AMD blog: www.amd.com/en/blogs/202...
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Jovana Maksimovic @jovmaksimovic.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
The most upsetting UpSet plot from Adam Heterick's talk at #abacbs2025: only 2 genes are shared across these 8 organisations that provide guidance on pharmacogenomics 😭😭😱😱
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abacbs.bsky.social @abacbs.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Our prez @jessmar.bsky.social gave a shout-out to our Slack shameless-plugs channel. We’re all about boosting our members, which is why we’re leaning into Bluesky. Papers shared here get indexed by Altmetric, so growing this community turns into real, measurable impact for our members #ABACBS2025
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Alicia Oshlack @aliciao.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
PeterMac @petermaccc.bsky.social representing at #abacbs2025 What a community 😍
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abacbs.bsky.social @abacbs.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Voting has closed in our peoples choice poster awards! #ABACBS2025
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Jovana Maksimovic @jovmaksimovic.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
10 incredible years of bioinformatics and computational biology community building by @abacbs.bsky.social - enjoying catching up with old friends at #abacbs2025 🥂 @aliciao.bsky.social @nadia-davidson.bsky.social @shazanfar.bsky.social @ellispatrick.bsky.social Jean Yang Belinda Phipson Milica Ng
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abacbs.bsky.social @abacbs.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Don’t forget to vote on the peoples choice poster away using the QR codes hung around the poster area. Tomorrow is a different set of posters. #ABACBS2025
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Sagrika Chugh @sagrikachugh.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Lunch with a view?? Yes please @abacbs.bsky.social #ABABCBS2025
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Sagrika Chugh @sagrikachugh.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
@alforrest.bsky.social kicked off the Cancer and Molecular Medicine session at #ABACBS2025 giving us a new cell-cell interaction tool ConnectomeDB2025 www.connectomedb.org #ABACBS2025 @abacbs.bsky.social
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Jovana Maksimovic @jovmaksimovic.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Many of the resources we use regularly today were originally developed in the 1990s #abacbs2025
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Nora Liu @noraliu.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
A great discussion today at #ABACBS2025 on the evolving landscape of research funding in Australia. Insightful perspectives, thoughtful questions, and a much needed conversation for our research community. @abacbs.bsky.social
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Nikeisha Caruana @nikeishacaruana.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Bit topical as @abacbs.bsky.social sits in a panel discussion about funding. 13% success rate on the DECRAs #ABACBS2025
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abacbs.bsky.social @abacbs.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Thanks Andrew!!
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Sagrika Chugh @sagrikachugh.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
The McCarthy lab @davisjmcc.bsky.social is very excited to be in beautiful Adelaide for the 10th ABACBS conference. Look at our happy faces @aaronkwc.bsky.social @ameliadunstone #ABACBS2025
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abacbs.bsky.social @abacbs.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Packed house #ABACBS2025
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Sagrika Chugh @sagrikachugh.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Starting off #ABACBS2025 with a welcome to country by Robbie Young and Her Excellency the Honourable Frances Adamson AC Governor of South Australia at Adelaide Oval @abacbs.bsky.social
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Jovana Maksimovic @jovmaksimovic.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
So excited for the start of #ABACBS2025. It's been incredible to see this community grow over the last decade. Happy 10th anniversary @abacbs.bsky.social! 🎉
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Nikeisha Caruana @nikeishacaruana.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Global equity of data is only possible when countries can have ownership and generate their own data. Data equity and access to infrastructure is so important. A great presentation by @ebi.embl.org Interim Director Dr. Joanna McEntyre @abacbs.bsky.social #ABACBS2025
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Alicia Oshlack @aliciao.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Well done to the outgoing and incoming #COMBINE2025 presidents! Very proud of both Liyang Fei and Caitlin Page, PhD students in my group! #ABACBS2025
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David Ma @frostickle.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Social drinks for #ABACBS2025 with @jamieleet.bsky.social and Emma and @ingridtarr.bsky.social the @egiannoulatou.bsky.social lab!
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Zamin Iqbal @zaminiqbal.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Very excited to be in Adelaide to attend #ABACBS2025 . Australia is a powerhouse of microbial genomics, and indeed of bioinformatics, so am very much looking forward to meeting everyone, old friends and new, and speaking tomorrow!
View of Adelaide from just by the Australian Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Society conference.
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