Insights from the Human Genomes Platform Project (HGPP) knowledge discovery phase have recently been published online. This ensures that knowledge is shared with others who will follow on the complicated path of sharing human genomics research data.
Read MoreR and RStudio are popular tools for robust and flexible data analysis but getting started can be daunting. Find out how we’re supporting life scientists on their R learning journey with collaborative training supported by access to cloud computing.
Read MoreThe Galaxy Community Conference is coming to Brisbane after years of campaigning by the Galaxy Australia team to bring this international event to our shores. GCC2023 will bring together hundreds of researchers, trainers, tool developers, software engineers, and computational infrastructure providers, from all over the world. This unique meeting offers a range of ways to exchange information about using the Galaxy data integration and analysis platform for data intensive science.
Read MoreWe are thrilled to announce that Menzies School of Health Research is joining our National Bioinformatics Training Cooperative. We hope to support the Northern Territory-based medical research institute in its ambition to improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Read MoreAre you interested in joining this year’s Biohackathon Europe - but from Australia? BioCommons is hosting the Australian Outpost so we are putting together a team who will work with the international participants in their timezone - but from a city close to home.
Read MoreBioCommons attended this month’s ELIXIR All Hands Meeting in Amsterdam, presenting work on behalf of national collaborators and sharing the Australian perspective on the shared needs and challenges facing bioinformatics and computational infrastructures.
Read MoreAustralian Research Data Commons has published a new impact booklet documenting how digital research infrastructure ensures Australian researchers are internationally competitive, including Galaxy Australia as a case study.
Read MoreMolecular biologists and plant pathologists recently came together to learn how to use Galaxy Australia to implement small RNA sequencing for the detection of viruses and viroids in imported plants at the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment’s Post Entry Quarantine (PEQ) Facility.
Read MoreMembers of the BioCommons team have recently returned from the US where they progressed our mission to establish infrastructure for human genome sharing and analysis in Australia and to deliver technical solutions to help researchers actively participate in global research collaborations. Visiting the Gen3 team at the University of Chicago, the CAVATICA team at the Center for Data Driven Discovery in Biomedicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and the Terra team at the Broad Institute, the opportunity to share ambitions, plans and ideas with our international partners was extremely valuable.
Read MoreIn an effort to support the discovery and reuse of workflows, Australian BioCommons has established a presence on WorkflowHub. BioCommons and its partners have so far registered 31 workflows which have already accumulated more than 16,000 views and 250 downloads.