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Australian BioCommons @ausbiocommons.bsky.social · Sep 4

Our annual @elixir-europe.org BioHackathon Europe Outpost is back! 🇦🇺 Join our fully-funded team in Melbourne this Nov to work on cool bioinformatics challenges & connect with global peers, no jet lag required.

EOIs close THIS FRIDAY, Sep 5! #BioHackathon

🔗 www.biocommons.org.au/news/biohack...

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foundingGIDE @gideproject.bsky.social · Aug 27

📢 Deadline Extended!

We’re excited to announce that the registration deadline for in-person attendance at the #foundingGIDE Community Event has been extended.

🗓️ New deadline: 30 September 2025 (previously 31 August 2025)

foundingGIDE @gideproject.bsky.social · Aug 25

The #foundingGIDE Community Event 2025 program is now live!

📌 Location: Brisbane, Australia & Online
📅 Deadline: 31st August
📃 Program: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

@globalbioimaging.bsky.social @nifaustralia.bsky.social @micro-au.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social

#imaging #bioimaging

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Australian BioCommons @ausbiocommons.bsky.social · Aug 19

Learn how to analyse #SpatialOmics data in #R in this hands-on workshop.

Join Sarah and Fred as they guide you through the process of visualising gene expression from CosMx, Xenium experiments within tissue samples.

🗓️ 28 - 29 Oct 2025
👉 More info: www.biocommons.org.au/events/spati...

WORKSHOP: Spatial omics — Australian BioCommons

Learn how to analyse data from in situ spatial (e.g. CosMx, Xenium) experiments with Seurat in R to visualise gene expression within tissue samples. More information Apply here

www.biocommons.org.au

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Australian BioCommons @ausbiocommons.bsky.social · Aug 19

Keen to use #SpatialOmics in your research? Not sure where to start?

Join us for a gentle introduction to #SpatialOmics, how it differs from other methods and what you need to think about when analysing this data.

🗓️ 10 September, 12pm AEST
👉 www.biocommons.org.au/events/spati...

Flyer about an upcoming webinar. Text reads: Getting started with spatial omics. Dr Sarah Williams, QCIF Ltd. Dr Michael Geaghan, Australian BioCommons and Sydney Informatics Hub. 12pm AEST, 10 September 2025.

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National Computational Infrastructure @nci-australia.bsky.social · Aug 17

🌟Call for Expressions of Interest: Join the NCMAS Scientific Advisory Committee 2025–2028!

🗓 Apply by 5 Sept 2025

📧 Send CV + statement: [email protected]

🔗 Full details: ncmas.nci.org.au

#NCMAS #NCI #Supercomputing #ResearchLeadership

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Biosecurity Commons @biosecuritycommons.bsky.social · Aug 7

Would you like to get to know Biosecurity Commons better?

We are offering free training for our users which we can tailor depending on your situation.

Click on the form below, select the type of training that suits you and we'll be in touch. Easy!

Form: docs.google.com/forms/d/1Exv...

Biosecurity Commons training options

We have a number of different training options for you depending on what is most suitable. Fill out the form below and select the training that works best for you and your team. In-person training w...

docs.google.com

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UQ Research Computing Centre @uq-rcc.bsky.social · Jul 7

Join us for this seminar: How to Attack and Defend LLMs: AI Security Explained.
The speaker is Holly Wright, an architect & software engineer in IBM's security team.
Join us at #UQ St Lucia on Wed, 20 August, 10am+.
Free, but please register for catering purposes:
rcc.uq.edu.au/event/sessio...

How to Attack and Defend LLMs: AI Security Explained

rcc.uq.edu.au

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abacbs.bsky.social @abacbs.bsky.social · Aug 5

🚨 Abstract deadline extended! 🚨

You’ve now got until August 15 to submit for #ABACBS2025 — one-time extension only!
Join us in Adelaide for world-class #bioinformatics, workshops, student & EMCR events, and more.

🔗 www.abacbs.org/abacbs2025

ABACBS 2025 Conference

Adelaide, South Australia. Nov. 24-

www.abacbs.org

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Martin Smith @martinalexsmith.bsky.social · Aug 12

🥱 Bored during #ScienceWeek2025?
🥼 Want to go on an adventure from the comfort of your pyjamas?
🧪🧬Why not go on an immersive & interactive virtual tour of a #Genomics #Lab?
Wander around the @ramacgenomics.bsky.social Centre with impunity here ➡️ tinyurl.com/mr2cj4rj
#UNSWscience

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Australian BioCommons @ausbiocommons.bsky.social · Aug 12

Next in our #AI webinars:

Stefano Mangiola @saigenci.bsky.social
talks AI models in #SingleCell and if they can uncover biological patterns

Anh TN Nguyen @monashuniversity.bsky.social shares how deep learning is accelerating #DrugDiscovery for GPCRs

More info www.biocommons.org.au/events/ai-se...

Flyer advertising upcoming webinars. Photos of the speakers are shown on the right.

The words read: Dr Stefano Mangiola (SAiGENCI)
“Improving the interpretability of AI models for cell biology and precision medicine”

Dr Anh TN Nguyen (Monash)
“Bridging pharmacology and AI: Accelerating GPCR drug discovery with deep learning”

26 August 2025
12 - 1 pm AEST

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The Tattooed Professor @schwessinger.bsky.social · Aug 11

This is an excellent long-read on AI and science with lots of useful further reading www.aisnakeoil.com/p/could-ai-s.... Well worth your time to actually read it.

Could AI slow science?

Confronting the production-progress paradox

www.aisnakeoil.com

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Nextflow @nextflow.io · Aug 5

🚀 Excited to see this work on "Empowering bioinformatics communities with Nextflow and @nf-co.re" is now published, showcasing the incredible growth and impact of the community.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Empowering bioinformatics communities with Nextflow and nf-core - Genome Biology

Standardized analysis pipelines contribute to making data bioinformatics research compliant with the paradigm of Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability (FAIR), and facilitate co...

link.springer.com

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Cyntia Taveneau @cyntiat.bsky.social · Aug 5

Thrilled to be part of this great @ausbiocommons.bsky.social initiative : a webinar serie on AI-based binder design :)

I’ll be sharing a case study on using deep learning to design programmable CRISPR inhibitors

12 August 12pm AEST, love to see you there ! www.biocommons.org.au/events/prote...

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AARNet @aarnet.edu.au · Aug 8

20 years of #Galaxy powering global life sciences research! #GalaxyAustralia, hosted on #AARNet's infrastructure, recently supported over 2k students @ #Singapore Biology League & 3.5k participants for the Galaxy Training Academy. @ausbiocommons.bsky.social

ow.ly/TG9K50WBMXw #Research

Powering discovery: AARNet infrastructure supports global Galaxy…

Hosted on AARNet’s high-performance infrastructure, Galaxy Australia benefits from the reliability, scalability and bandwidth of Australia’s national…

ow.ly

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Caucus for Women in Statistics and Data Science @cwstat.bsky.social · Jun 24

Mark you calendars for October 14th!

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EMBL @embl.org · Jul 17

Australian BioCommons, Bioplatforms Australia, and EMBL signed a formal agreement to encourage collaboration in bioinformatics & related activities, including AI, omics, data services, and infrastructure.

www.embl.org/news/embl-an...

@ausbiocommons.bsky.social
@bioplatformsaus.bsky.social

Laying the groundwork for more Australia-Europe cooperation in the life sciences | EMBL

Australian BioCommons, Bioplatforms Australia, and EMBL have signed a formal agreement to encourage collaboration in bioinformatics.

www.embl.org

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Bioplatforms Australia @bioplatformsaus.bsky.social · Jul 17

🚨 Bioplatforms Australia, @ausbiocommons.bsky.social & @embl.org have signed a new agreement to boost collaboration in bioinformatics, AI, training & data infrastructure. A big step for life science research in Australia & beyond! 🌏🧬
👉 Read more here: bioplatforms.com/bioplatforms...

Bioplatforms Australia, Australian BioCommons and EMBL sign agreement to advance bioinformatics and biological data infrastructure - Bioplatforms Australia

Bioplatforms Australia, Australian BioCommons, and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) are deepening their long-standing collaboration in life science research, focusing on biological dat...

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Australian BioCommons @ausbiocommons.bsky.social · Jul 17

We're excited to announce that we have signed an MoU with @embl.org and @bioplatformsaus.bsky.social! This will accelerate life sciences innovation between Australia and Europe 👉 www.biocommons.org.au/news/mou-emb...

Global collaboration across life science data infrastructures boosted by Australian BioCommons, Bioplatforms Australia and EMBL — Australian BioCommons

A new MoU fosters international collaboration across life sciences and strengthens Australian and European cooperation in science and technology.

www.biocommons.org.au

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Phil Ewels @ewels.bsky.social · Jun 3

New podcast! Those who know my background will know that I love a good national platform 😅 The folks in @ausbiocommons.bsky.social are doing really amazing stuff with not just infrastructure, but also community building 🎉

It can be easy to forget, but the two really need to go hand in hand! 🤝🏻

Nextflow @nextflow.io · Jun 3

In the latest Nextflow Podcast episode, Steven Manos & Ziad Al-Bkhetan from @ausbiocommons.bsky.social discuss how they're building a world-class bioinformatics infrastructure across Australia using Nextflow and @seqera.io💻🌏

🎙️Watch now: hubs.la/Q03qnYv30

Australian BioCommons | The Nextflow Podcast by Seqera

Seqera | The Home for Open Science | From the creators of Nextflow, Wave, and MultiQC

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AARNet @aarnet.edu.au · Jun 19

Technical specialists at @ausbiocommons.bsky.social recently used the #Globus #DataMovement service over the #AARNet high-speed network to migrate 15 TB of #ResearchData for the #Apollo platform with minimal disruption.

Find out more ow.ly/vcXu50Wc2mi #BigData #DataMovement

Smooth migration for BioCommons’ Apollo service: AARNet and Globus…

Technical specialists at Australian BioCommons used the Globus service over the AARNet network to rapidly migrate 15 TB of research data for the Apollo…

aarnet.edu.au

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EMBL Australia @emblaustralia.org · Jun 26

🌟 Apply now for the EMBL Australia #PhD Course!

This year's program includes two exciting workshops from @ausbiocommons.bsky.social:

💻 Machine Learning in the Life Sciences
📊 Mastering Data Visualisation Design

🔗 Applications close 27 July - don't miss out! bit.ly/4kljhsO

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Bioplatforms Australia @bioplatformsaus.bsky.social · Jul 3

🚨 Now open! The NCRIS Synthetic Biology Voucher Scheme offers up to $50K Primary and $25K Secondary matched funding to access world-class SynBio facilities across Australia.

👉Open to researchers, startups & SMEs.
📅Closes 12th of September.

🔗 Info: bioplatforms.com/ncris-synthe...

NCRIS Synthetic Biology Voucher Scheme - Bioplatforms Australia

bioplatforms.com

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abacbs.bsky.social @abacbs.bsky.social · Jul 4

The day is finally here! 🎉 We’re releasing the invited speaker line-up, key dates, and lots more info for ABACBS 2025.
Check it out and share widely: www.abacbs.org/abacbs2025

Registrations and abstract submissions open next week, with abstracts due in August!

ABACBS 2025 Conference

Adelaide, South Australia. Nov. 24-

www.abacbs.org

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Australian BioCommons @ausbiocommons.bsky.social · Jun 16

Are you our new Assoc Director of Operations & Strategic Partnerships?

Join us for a high-impact role that makes the most of your talent for strategic vision, operational oversight, and deep stakeholder engagement in research, industry, and government sectors.

Apply by 2 Jul tinyurl.com/JR-000091

Notice board text on a yellow background reading "We are hiring"

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Australian BioCommons @ausbiocommons.bsky.social · May 7

We regularly bring researchers together to discuss what's happening across Australia in genomics.

Join us online 14 May to hear Dr Selene L. Fernandez-Valverde @unswbabs.bsky.social @selfdz.bsky.social: Finding conservation signals in long non-coding RNAs.

www.biocommons.org.au/events/genom...

MEETING: Genomics community — Australian BioCommons

Join researchers, scientists and bioinformaticians to discuss genomics research in Australia More information

www.biocommons.org.au

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