Resources

This list of bioinformatics resources is primarily for researchers working in Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA.

Seminars

WEHI Bioinformatics Seminars - weekly Tuesday 10:45am
AGRF Next-Gen Sequencing Special Interest Group - bimonthly Tuesday 4pm
LSCC Applied Bioinformatics Seminars - fortnightly Friday 3pm

Mailing Lists

VLSCI/LSCC News - training courses, student internships, seminars
Melbourne Bioinformatics Alliance - jobs, events, journal papers
Australian Bioinformatics Network - jobs, events, community

Training

Bioplatforms Australia Training Courses - multiple per year
Genomics Virtual Laboratory - how to do your own analyses using Galaxy
Winter School in Mathematical and Computational Biology - annually July (Brisbane)
BioInfSummer: AMSI Summer Symposium in Bioinformatics - annually November (Melb 2014)
UROP: Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program - top students placed in your lab
EMBL Australia Training - courses, scholarships

Learning

BioStars - bioinformatics Q&A forum
SeqAnswers - bioinformatics Q&A forum
Rosalind - practice bioinformatics problem solving
Genomics Virtual Laboratory - step-by-step Galaxy tutorials for common tasks

Education

Master of Science (Bioinformatics) - University of Melbourne
Master of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics - La Trobe University
BMS 2062: Introduction to Bioinformatics - Monash University (undergraduate subject)

Conferences

AMATA - annually around October
ComBio - annually around October
Lorne Genome - annually February
Lorne Proteomics Symposium - annually February
Lorne Protein Structure and Function - annually February
LSCC Annual Genomics Community Retreat - annually Oct/Nov

Research Groups