Upcoming relevant events

[Tiffanie Nelson]

Hi all,

There are several upcoming relevant events and an opportunity to join in our Aussie Outpost of the BioHackathon with a microbiome-focussed project. These may be of interest, further details are below:

[MEETING] Genomics analysis community meeting

  - Date: Tuesday 15 September 2026, 1:00 pm  2:00 pm AEST
  - Details: Come along to hear from Prof. (Emer.) Tony Bacic & Senior Research Fellow, Dr. Oliver Berkowitz, La Trobe University, BPA Protein Atlas: Why? Improving the Nutrition and Sensory Qualities of Legumes & Legume-Based Foods

  - More information here

[WEBINAR] Getting started with GPUs for bioinformatics

  - Date: Tuesday 22 September 2026, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm AEST
  - Details: Learn how to access GPUs on Setonix, leverage existing tools, and troubleshoot common issues without a steep learning curve.

  - More information here 

[WORKSHOP] Introduction to Galaxy for bioinformatics

  - Date: Thursday 1 October 2026, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm AEST
  - Details: A beginner’s tutorial covering the Galaxy Australia interface, quality control, mapping, and workflow creation.
  - More information here

[WORKSHOP] Long read sequencing for bacterial genomics

  - Date: 7-8 October 2026, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm AEST
  - Deadline: Applications close Tuesday 29 September 2026.
  - Details: Dr Magdalena Antczak and Dr Michael Geaghan will discuss fundamentals and assembly of bacterial genomes.
  - More information here

[OPPORTUNITY] Australian Outpost of BioHackathon Europe 2026

  - Date: 9 - 13 November 2026

  - Deadline: Please contact us if you are interested and let us know which project/s you would like to participate in by 25 September 2026.
  - Details: Join a local team in Melbourne to work on global bioinformatics challenges (e.g., Nextflow to Galaxy portability, Microbiome Knowledge Graphs) during business hours. Costs for the Melbourne meetup will be covered.

  - More information here

[WEBINAR]: Benchmarking the latest annotation pipelines on Australian reference genomes
  - Date: Wednesday 18 November 2026, 1:00 pm  2:00 pm AEST

  - Details: Join Australian BioCommons and AGRF for a webinar on benchmarking scalable genome assembly and annotation workflows to streamline research for bioinformaticians and non-specialists alike. UQ PhD candidate Jane Tung and Senior Bioinformatician Dr. Thomas Harrop will present findings on automating and standardising these pipelines for Australian reference genomes.

  - More information here

Any questions please get in touch.

Tiff

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Australian BioCommons

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