“action-packed lectures and hands on workshops from the best in the bioinformatics field, from Australia and abroad.”

Liam Crowhurst Queensland University of Technology

Program

AEDT times below are for ACT, NSW, TAS, VIC
If you are joining from overseas please convert to your timezone

Day 1

MONDAY 21 NOVEMBER – High Resolution Biology
WA	NT	QLD	SA	AEDT	Chairs: Dr Heejung Shim & Dr Davis McCarthy	Venue
0630	0800	0830	0900	0930	REGISTRATION
0720	0850	0920	0950	1020	Conference Opening – Welcome to Country – Welcome address, Professor Michael Stumpf, Melbourne Integrative Genomics – Opening address, Professor Tim Marchant, AMSI	Forum Theatre (153) Arts West
0740	0910	0940	1010	1040	Diversity in STEM Session How Diversity Influences Innovation: Missed Opportunities in Australian STEM sector Dr Morley Muse & Dr Ruwangi Fernando, iSTEM.co My walk on the path to equity in STEMM Professor Louise Purton, Equity in Australian STEMM	Forum Theatre (153) Arts West
0830	1000	1030	1100	1130	Navigating heterogeneity with single cell RNA-seq data Dr Belinda Phipson, WEHI	Forum Theatre (153) Arts West
0900	1030	1100	1130	1200	Single-molecule, tissue and whole organ resolutions: data analytical approaches for high resolution spatial transcriptomics data Dr Shila Ghazanfar, The University of Sydney	Forum Theatre (153) Arts West
0930	1100	1130	1200	1230	BREAK
1030	1200	1230	1300	1330	Workshop 1: Unlocking single cell spatial omics analyses with scdney Dr Shila Ghazanfar, The University of Sydney	Rm 456 Arts West North Wing
					Workshop 2: Introduction to analysing single-cell RNA-seq data Dr Davis McCarthy, Dr Cynthia Liu & Aaron Kwok Bioinformatics & Cellular Genomics Laboratory, St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research	Rm 453 Arts West North Wing
1230	1400	1430	1500	1530	BREAK
1300	1430	1500	1530	1600	Developing a single-cell resolution synthetic barcoding platform to identify markers of cancer progression and therapeutic resistance Dr Dane Vassiliadis, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre	Forum Theatre (153) Arts West
1330	1500	1530	1600	1630	Keynote presentation Dr Oliver Stegle, German Cancer Research Center	Forum Theatre (153) Arts West
1430	1600	1630	1700	1730	Welcome reception

Day 2

TUESDAY 22 NOVEMBER – Genome Architecture
WA	NT	QLD	SA	AEDT	Chair: Dr Agnese Barbensi, University of Melbourne	Venue
0715	0845	0915	0945	1015	REGISTRATION
0730	0900	0930	1000	1030	Supercoiling-mediated feedback rapidly couples and tunes transcription Professor Katie Galloway, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Forum Theatre (153) Arts West
0830	1000	1030	1100	1130	Epigenetic Plasticity in Development and Cancer Dr Melanie Eckersley-Maslin, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre	Forum Theatre (153) Arts West
0900	1030	1100	1130	1200	Differential analysis of three-dimensional genome architecture in the immune system Dr Hannah Coughlan, WEHI	Forum Theatre (153) Arts West
0930	1100	1130	1200	1230	BREAK
1030	1200	1230	1300	1330	Workshop 3: Introduction to Git collaboration Christian Madsen, University of Melbourne	Rm 456 Arts West North Wing
					Workshop 4: Introduction to Topological Data Analysis Dr Agnese Barbensi, Theoretical Systems Biology Group, the University of Melbourne	Rm 453 Arts West North Wing
1130	1300	1430	1500	1530	BREAK
1300	1430	1500	1530	1600	High-throughput molecular discovery and machine learning to understand enhancers Associate Professor Emily Wong, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute	Forum Theatre (153) Arts West
1330	1500	1530	1600	1630	Careers Session Neke Ibeh, PhD Student, University of Melbourne (moderator) Dr Davis McCarthy, St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research Associate Professor Jennifer Flegg, the University of Melbourne Dr Elisabeth Roesch, JuliaHub Dr Michael Blair, Gingko Bioworks	Forum Theatre (153) Arts West

Day 3

WEDNESDAY 23 NOVEMBER – Whole-cell Modelling
WA	NT	QLD	SA	AEDT	Chair: Professor Michael Stumpf, Melbourne Integrative Genomics	Venue
0715	0845	0915	0945	1015	REGISTRATION
0730	0900	0930	1000	1030	Furthering genome design using whole-cell models Dr Lucia Marucci, University of Bristol (UK)	Forum Theatre (153) Arts West
0830	1000	1030	1100	1130	A framework for the comparison of mathematical models: Towards a conceptual and mathematical understanding of living organisms Dr Sean Vittadello, The University of Melbourne	Forum Theatre (153) Arts West
0900	1030	1100	1130	1200	Internal Models and the ‘Rules of Life’: Universal Robustness-Promoting Structures in Biological Networks Dr Robyn Araujo, Queensland University of Technology	Forum Theatre (153) Arts West
0930	1100	1130	1200	1230	BREAK
1030	1200	1230	1300	1330	Workshop 5: Julia for Biologists Dr Elisabeth Roesch, Julia Computing & Associate Professor Yoni Nazarathy, University of Queensland	Rm 456 Arts West North Wing
					Workshop 6: Writing your first grant Professor Michael Stumpf, University of Melbourne	Rm 453 Arts West North Wing
1230	1400	1430	1500	1530	BREAK
1300	1430	1500	1530	1600	Noisy transcriptomics: identification and inference of stochastic models Dr Lucy Ham, the University of Melbourne	Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre A (G06)
1330	1500	1530	1600	1630	Fast Forward Talks	Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre A (G06)
1400	1530	1600	1630	1700	Poster Q&A	Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre A (G06)
1430	1600	1630	1700	1730	PUBLIC LECTURE RECEPTION
1500	1630	1700	1730	1800	Public Lecture Energising the living fabric of your body: The molecular engines of metabolism Dr Drew Berry, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research	Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre A (G06)

Day 4

THURSDAY 24 NOVEMBER – Populations
WA	NT	QLD	SA	AEDT	Chairs: Associate Professor Kim-Anh Lê Cao & Dr Yao-Ban Chan	Venue
0645	0815	0845	0915	0945	REGISTRATION
0700	0830	0900	0930	1000	The ARG revolution in population genomics Dr Jerome Kelleher, Robertson Fellow in Biomedical Data Science, Big Data Institute, University of Oxford	Forum Theatre (153) Arts West
0800	0930	1000	1030	1100	Genome-wide Genetic Models for association, heritability analyses and prediction Professor David Balding, the University of Melbourne	Forum Theatre (153) Arts West
0830	1000	1030	1100	1130	Batch Effects Correction for Microbiome Data with Dirichlet-multinomial Regression Associate Professor Yingying Wei, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Forum Theatre (153) Arts West
0900	1030	1100	1130	1200	BREAK
1000	1130	1200	1230	1300	WORKSHOP 7: Introduction to writing reproducible workflows with Nextflow Dr Evan Floden, Seqera labs	Rm 456 Arts West North Wing
					WORKSHOP 8: Multivariate analysis of microbiome data with mixOmics Associate Professor Kim-Anh Lê Cao, Melbourne Integrative Genomics	Rm 453 Arts West North Wing
1200	1330	1400	1430	1500	BREAK
1230	1400	1430	1500	1530	The quest for accurate microbial species identification from metagenome data Dr Vanessa R. Marcelino, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Monash University	Forum Theatre (153) Arts West
1300	1430	1500	1530	1600	Building foundational infrastructure tooling for open science Dr Evan Floden, Seqera labs	Forum Theatre (153) Arts West
1330	1500	1530	1600	1630	CONFERENCE CLOSE AND PRIZE ANNOUNCEMENTS

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