Prof Jessica Mar
The Future of Queensland Bioinformatics is People – How to Create A Stronger Community? In this 10min window, I will highlight how our greatest strength for a vibrant Queensland bioinformatics future lies with our people. But how can we work…
Nicholas Matigian
Building Bioinformatics Capability: Support, Training and Mentorship Bioinformatics is now integral to research, yet many researchers face challenges accessing the expertise, training, and resources needed to fully leverage their data. This presentation will explore how integrated support, practical training, and…
Dr Wishva Herath
Clinical Bioinformatics at Pathology Queensland This talk will give an overview of human bioinformatics within the Genomics Discipline at Pathology Queensland, and outline where the service stands today. The service runs custom-built pipelines incorporating both open-source and commercial components for…
Dr Mitchell Sullivan
The role of bioinformatics at the Public and Environmental Health Reference Laboratories (PEHRL) in Queensland The Public and Environmental Health Reference Laboratories (PEHRL) in Queensland play a critical role in supporting public health surveillance, outbreak investigation, and environmental monitoring across…
Dr Maina Bitar
Hidden Genes: Bioinformatics, CRISPR and lncRNAs in Cancer Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a vast and largely unexplored class of genes that regulate gene expression and cancer biology. My research focuses on understanding how lncRNAs contribute to women’s cancers, particularly…
Dr Jake Bradford
Dr Jake Bradford Lecturer, School of Computer Science, QUT Faculty of Science Dr Bradford is a lecturer in the School of Computer Science at Queensland University of Technology. He leads the bioinformatics stream of the Integrative Computational and Plant Genomics…
Dr Hanem Ellethy
Using AI Effectively and Ethically in Learning: Preparing Students for the Real World The rapid adoption of generative AI tools is transforming how students learn, solve problems, and engage with knowledge. While these tools offer significant opportunities, they also introduce…
Dr Bicheng Yang
Genos and Beyond: From Scalable AI Infrastructure to Multi-Omics Data Analysis This talk introduces Genos, a large open-source human-centric genomic foundation model that learns directly from high-quality human genomes representing global ancestries and scales to single-nucleotide precision across ultra-long contexts….
