Grant Australian Office of National Intelligence funds research project to detect artificially manipulated genomes Dr. Aidan Tay was awarded $350,000 for a two-year fellowship by the Australian Office of National Intelligence to detect artificially manipulated genomes for biosecurity applications. Australia needs protection from biological threats that
GenomeWeb GenomeWeb: CSIRO Develops Software to Detect Foreign DNA Without Reference Genomes CHICAGO – Bioinformaticians with the Australian e-Health Research Centre at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation have developed a computing algorithm to detect foreign DNA in whole-genome sequences by looking for shifts in
Scientific publication Detecting foreign DNA with INSIDER The Transformational Bioinformatics Group have published a new software, INSIDER, for detecting foreign DNA in the genome. The tool helps streamline the process of finding genetic elements that are different to the rest
Antimicrobial Resistance Can AI help fight antibiotic-resistant superbugs? A team of researchers contributing their expertise to a new collaboration called OUTBREAK to help fight antimicrobial resistance.