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Showcasing bioinformatics research across Brisbane. Affiliated with ABACBS & COMBINE.

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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
BB spotlight this week is Christopher Hau, a Master's graduate from UQ with a speciality in clinical bioinformatics. He has previously worked at the Queensland Brain Institute, where he used a bioinformatics tool to discover the pathology of ALS.
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BB spotlight This spotlight is on Suresh Sabale, a Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Researcher with an M.Sc. in Medical Biotechnology and an interest in clinical bioinformatics. They also have expertise in peptide design for therapeutic purposes, & structure prediction and interpretation.
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Brisbane folks! You've been invited to the next ONT working group meeting - organised by the Brisbane ONT community! Submit an EOI to give a talk about anything ONT (super casual talks are encouraged!): forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Today, we're spotlighting a computational biologist at Cell Bauhaus who specialises in metabolic pathway design and strain engineering. Their typical day involves developing models and algorithms. They deal with interesting math on a daily basis, especially a lot of ODE and Bayesian statistics.
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Today's spotlight is on an anonymous PhD student at IMB UQ who specialises in spatial transcriptomics spends a typical day looking after plants, preparing for cryo sections, procrastinating, writing a few lines of literature and breaking up with the lab a couple of times. #BrisbaneBioinformatics
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Multi-Omics 2026 (December 6-8) in Brisbane is shaping up to be a big one this year, and we'd love to see you there. A few things worth knowing: 📌 40+ international speakers are heading to Brisbane, including heads of R&D from across the industry 🔗: multiomics2026.org/register
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Thank you all for showing up to the ABACBS coffee catch-up and the BrisBio seminar series. Special shout-out to both speakers and everyone who engaged. If you'd like to present in September or know someone who's interested, send us a message or send them our way! Cheers!
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Dear Brisbane bioinformaticians! The ABACBS Coffee Catch-Up and BrisBio seminar series for August is set for the 20th at 10:00 & 11 AM at UQ. We'll have coffee at Darwin's Cafe and head over to room 09-210 in the Michie Building for the Seminar featuring Dr Alex de Sa & Seb Porras. See you there!
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
BB spotlight 💡 Shern Tee is a postdoc/lecturer at Griffith University with speciality in molecular dynamics (MD) and research software engineering. #BioinformaticsCommunity #BrisbaneBioinformatics
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Continuing on with the series spotlighting bioinformaticians in Brisbane. AMREEN KHAN is an MSc Applied Microbiology graduate, Bioinformatics trainee / researcher. They're inspired by how collaborative and interdisciplinary the bioinformatics community is.
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Day 4 of the QLD Bioinformatics Week at the Intersect's AI-ready workshop! Thanks to Glen Charlton, Lyall Weir, Craig Hamilton, and all participants who showed up. #QBW2026
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
QLD Bioinformatics Week Day 1! Thank you all for being here today. We sincerely appreciate all our speakers, attendees, volunteers, and sponsors. Let us know what your favourite sessions are, and tag the speakers if they're here! #BioinformaticsCommunity
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The QLD Bioinformatics Week includes a panel on Friday, in collaboration with the @abacbs.bsky.social Professional Bioinformatics community (APBC). Our panellists will explore the future of bioinformatics across different sectors in Queensland. Come with questions! #BioinformaticsCommunity
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
On Thursday, Intersect Australia will run a hands-on workshop where you'll gain skills needed to build and deploy ML, Deep Learning and more advanced AI workflows. More details and FREE registration here: brisbanebioinformatics.org/event/inters... #BioinformaticsCommunity #QLDBioinformaticsWeek
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Our next BrisBio seminar series is set for 14th July. Join us: -for talks on fruit tree breeding, crustaceans & black tiger prawn -to discover a cloud-based platform RNA-seq data analysis Register for free here: brisbanebioinformatics.org/event/qld-we... #BrisBioSeminar #BioinformaticsCommunity
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Hi Binfies, QCIF is running an introduction to NGS and Bioinformatics analysis workshop on 15th and 16th of July. So, if you know someone new to the NGS space or curious about it, here's something to share with them. Registration is FREE but Required: events.humanitix.com/introduction...
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
There are 3 fun community-led events organised for Tuesday, 14th July. 1️⃣ Spatial data analysis by MGI 2️⃣ BrisBio seminar series with Novogene Genomics 3️⃣ BiocAsia seminar series @bioconductor.bsky.social Find details and register for free: brisbanebioinformatics.org/event/qld-we... Share widely!
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
As the start of QLD Bioinformatics Week draws near, we'd like to acknowledge the support of all our sponsors. Thank you for your commitment to the bioinformatics community in Queensland! #BioinformaticsCommunity
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Only 7 days to the week-long bioinformatics event in Queensland! We're excited 😊! Have you registered? It closes tomorrow. Details here & share with your network: brisbanebioinformatics.org/event/qld-bi... #QLDBioinformaticsWeek #BioinformaticsCommunity @combine1.bsky.social @abacbs.bsky.social
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
QLD Bioinformatics week 2026: brisbanebioinformatics.org/event/qld-bi... #SpeakerFeature Harry Newton is a Data Scientist / ML Engineer at Truckit.net, where he applies machine learning to a freight marketplace. He has a background in Computer Science and Bioinformatics.
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
QLD Bioinformatics week 2026: brisbanebioinformatics.org/event/qld-bi... #SpeakerFeature Dr. Khoa Tran will be on our career panel on Friday. He is a Postdoctoral Researcher within the Medical Genomics Group at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute.
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
QLD Bioinformatics week 2026: brisbanebioinformatics.org/event/qld-bi... #SpeakerFeature Aaron Kilgallon is a data scientist at the Queensland Spatial Biology Centre and a member of the clinicalOMx lab at the Frazer Institute at UQ.
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
QLD Bioinformatics week 2026: brisbanebioinformatics.org/event/qld-bi... #SpeakerFeature Dr Alexandre Cristino is a molecular biologist and bioinformatician specialising in systems biology and functional neurogenomics.
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
QLD Bioinformatics week 2026: brisbanebioinformatics.org/event/qld-bi... #SpeakerFeature Wishva Herath leads the human bioinformatics team in the Genomics Discipline at Pathology Queensland. He joined as the first bioinformatician and helped establish the service from the ground up.
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
QLD Bioinformatics week 2026: brisbanebioinformatics.org/event/qld-bi... #SpeakerFeature Sachini is a final-year MPhil candidate at James Cook University, with degrees in mathematics & computer science, which gives her a strong background for mathematical modelling & analysis of large-scale data.
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
As part of the QLD Bioinformatics Week, MGI will be running a spatial transcriptomics workshop on Tuesday morning, July 14th. We'll have on-site and technical support from Onkar Mulay, Amir Shamshirian, and Melvin Li. Register now & share with colleagues: brisbanebioinformatics.org/queensland-b...
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
QLDBioinformaticsWeek2026: brisbanebioinformatics.org/event/qld-bi... #SpeakerFeature Dr. Magdalena Antczak presents the development of a bioinformatics workflow for taxonomic identification designed for non-bioinformaticians within the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
As part of the QLD Bioinformatics Week, our July monthly seminar series will be on Tuesday, the 14th in partnership with NovogeneAIT Genomics. Join us at QUT for an afternoon of interactive workshops. It's free, so register now and invite a friend: brisbanebioinformatics.org/registration/
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
QLD Bioinformatics week 2026: brisbanebioinformatics.org/event/qld-bi... #SpeakerFeature A/Prof Quan Nguyen is Head of the Genomics and Machine Learning Laboratory, Scientific Director of the QIMRB National Centre for Spatial Tissue and AI Research, & founder of an emerging QIMRB spin-out company.
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
#QLDBioinformaticsWeek: brisbanebioinformatics.org/event/qld-bi... #SpeakerFeature Maina was born in Brazil where she fell in love with science, graduated in Biophysics & got a PhD in Bioinformatics. She's worked in Germany, Brazil & now, Australia where she is a senior research officer at QIMRB.
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
#SpeakerFeature Brad completed his Bachelors of Science with a Dual Major in Bioinformatics at the UQ, followed by first class Honours in Mikael Boden’s lab also at UQ. His PhD focused on methods to characterize cell type heterogeneity using single cell RNA-seq data in very tissues like the brain.
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
#QLDBioinformaticsWeek brisbanebioinformatics.org/event/qld-bi... #SpeakerFeature Dr Dharmesh Bhuva is an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow at the Frazer Institute UQ, passionate about understanding how systems of gene regulation and signalling lead to organisation of healthy & diseased tissues.
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
QLD Bioinformatics week 2026: brisbanebioinformatics.org/event/qld-bi... #SpeakerFeature Dr. Alpesh Malde is a Research and Teaching Academic at Griffith University and leads the Computational Chemistry & Drug Design Group.
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
QLD Bioinformatics week 2026: brisbanebioinformatics.org/event/qld-bi... #SpeakerFeature Prof Lyn Griffiths is a Distinguished Professor in molecular genetics with more than 30 years’ research experience in this field. She is also Director of the Centre for Genomics and Personalised Health.
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Brisbane Bioinformaticians, Join us for the June ABACBS Coffee catch-up (10am) and BrisBio seminar series (11am) at QIMRB in Herston. Can't make it in person? No worries, join us on zoom by 11: uqz.zoom.us/j/8707326700...
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
QLD Bioinformatics week 2026: brisbanebioinformatics.org/event/qld-bi... #SpeakerFeature In 2022, Mitchell joined Queensland's public and environmental health reference laboratories (PEHRL) as a bioinformatics specialist where he is now the acting team lead for the genomics hub.
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Hi Binfies, Fun weather this June, yeah? Stay warm. Our monthly seminar series is set for 11am on 18th, Thursday. Right after ABACBS Coffee catch-up at QIMRB. We'll hear from Dr Cameron and Dr Cameron 🙂 about big data in bio research. Join us on zoom: uqz.zoom.us/j/8707326700... PW: 784419
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
QLD Bioinformatics week 2026: brisbanebioinformatics.org/event/qld-bi... #SpeakerFeature Dr Ian Scott is consultant general physician at the PA Hospital, Brisbane. He is currently Clinical Consultant in AI at the Digital Health and Informatics Division of Metro South Hospital and Health Service.
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
QLD Bioinformatics week 2026: brisbanebioinformatics.org/event/qld-bi... #SpeakerFeature Dr. Bicheng Yang holds a PhD in Biosciences from the University of Birmingham, with a research background in Plant Molecular Biology. Since joining BGI Group in 2009, she has taken on senior leadership roles.
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The ABACBS postdoc committee has organised a day of research excellence with some of Australia's EMCR leaders in bioinformatics and computational biology. Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... and you can submit an abstract until the 10th of June.
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Connect with Chloe on LinkedIn or send an email to the attached address. Do share with your network. #BioinformaticsInBrisbane
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Dear Brisbane Bioinformaticians, Are you working on an MRFF grant proposal in the context of genomics, proteomics, spatial, and the likes? NovogeneAIT Genomics is offering integrated multiomics support. And even better, Chiawei Tai (Chloe) will be in Brisbane this month for a coffee chat.
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Monday & Friday is locked in. Tuesday is full and we're still welcoming community-led workshops, seminars, talks and events for the remaining days! Have an idea? We can featur it as a QLD bioinformatics week event: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #QLDBioinformaticsWeek #BrisbaneBioinformatics
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Registration is still open for the QLD Bioinformatics Week. Come along & connect with bioinformaticians across QLD including academic researchers, industry professionals, students, and government experts. Get your tickets here: lnkd.in/gvsPr2bW #QLDBioinformaticsWeek #BrisbaneBioinformatics
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Did you know...? The career and professional development day, Friday 17th July, will include the typical career panel we all know and love... ➕ A future-focused panel that tells you where QLD bioinformatics is going as a whole. More details here: brisbanebioinformatics.org/event/brisba...
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
For this month's seminar series, Roy Barkan will share a multiomics framework in the context of climate science. And then we'll hear from Daniel about epigenetics in schizophrenia. Join us: uqz.zoom.us/j/8644454068... PW: 526130 1pm, 21 May #BioinformaticsSeminar
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
BB spotlight: Episode #7 Fawaz Farjo is a graduate student working on gene annotation and looking forward to research on enzymes. Their background is in genomics and biotechnology, and a big part of their day is dedicated to studying. #BioinformaticsCommunity #BrisbaneBioinformatics
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
As you can see, the mid days are still light. So, if you have a workshop idea or an already planned bioinformatics event that the community will benefit from, tell us about it. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Save the date: 13th - 17th July #QLDBioinformaticsWeek #BrisbaneBioinformatics
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
It's much easier to appreciate the impact of Bioinformatics when we stop working in silos. This first of its kind statewide event aims to bring binfies across all sectors to share what's happening and what the future holds. Register now and tell a friend: brisbanebioinformatics.org/event/qld-bi...
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Brisbane Bioinformatics @brisbinf.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
📢 We're happy to announce that rego is now open for the inaugural QLD Bioinformatics Week! Early bird tickets are set for the first 25 sign-ups, so don't wait. To find more details, visit the event page: brisbanebioinformatics.org/event/qld-bi... 1/2 #BioinformaticsShowcase #BrisBioShowcase
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