Growing a bi-lateral grant into a nation-building international initiative CSIRO and GSI Lab, one of Indonesia’s leading genomics testing facilities, expanded a relationship-building grant from Australia’s Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) into an opportunity with Indonesia’s
case study Case study: Identifying Population-specific Genetic Markers of Metabolic Syndrome in South Koreans The ClientThe Seoul Clinical Laboratories (SCL) is South Korea’s most prominent diagnostic and reference laboratory, specialising in a wide range of medical testing and diagnostic services. Established in 1983 as the first
Bioinformatics Student Exchange Program (BSEP) 2025 The Bioinformatics Student Exchange Program (BSEP) is open for 2025, offering bioinformatics internships in Australia. BSEP is aimed at domestic and overseas students, giving them the opportunity to contribute to world-class science and
Bioinformatics Student Exchange Program (BSEP) 2024 The Bioinformatics Student Exchange Program (BSEP) is open for 2024, offering bioinformatics internships in Australia. BSEP is aimed at overseas students, giving them the opportunity to contribute to world-class science and gain experience
Scientific publication Towards risk governance of clinical genomics in Australia Professionals within the clinical genomics system recognise the significant benefits of genomics in healthcare, but they hold divergent perspectives on the ethical, technical, and social risks involved.
Scientific publication New research finds genomic professionals support patient genomic data ownership in Australia Advances in genomics have huge potential for patient outcomes. But with this momentum comes an ethical tension around the rights of patients to own their data. Our new research explores perceptions of health
BSEP Bioinformatics Student Exchange Program (BSEP) 2023 The Bioinformatics Student Exchange Program (BSEP) is open for 2023, offering remote as well as options to travel to Australia. BSEP is aimed at overseas students, giving them the opportunity to contribute to
GenomeWeb GenomeWeb: Australia's CSIRO Looks Beyond Spike Protein to ID New COVID-19 Variants to be Monitored CHICAGO – Bioinformaticians in Australia are calling for a change in how epidemiologists monitor and predict new COVID-19 variants, using analytics software to sort through entire viral variant genomes rather than simply looking for
Scientific publication Machine Learning provides early warning for emerging COVID-19 variants Researchers at CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, have developed a faster and more comprehensive way to identify emerging and dangerous COVID 19 variants, by analysing the DNA of the whole variant, rather
case study Case Study: Boosting product confidence of a world-leading RNA therapeutics start-up CSIRO’s Transformational Bioinformatics group validates the importance of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) as novel cancer therapeutics targets. The ClientAmaroq Therapeutics is a New Zealand-based biotechnology company targeting long non-coding RNAs for next
BSEP Bioinformatics Student Exchange Program (BSEP) 2022 The Bioinformatics Student Exchange Program (BSEP) is back, offering remote as well as options to travel to Australia. BSEP aimed at giving overseas students the opportunity to contribute to world-class research and gain
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
Scientific publication New software-guided approach streamlines genome editing capability CSIRO has developed a computational tool for a new genome editing approach that makes research and clinical applications more effective. The approach consists of a new gene editing strategy developed by the University
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 BitEpi, a software tool to find hidden epistatic interactions in the genome The Transformational Bioinformatics Group published BitEpi, a software tool to find the hidden gene-gene interactions in the genome. Complex diseases are driven my multiple genes and understanding this interplay could be the holy
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
Explainer The Many Ways to the Cloud (Part 1): Lift-and-shift This Explainer-series is aimed at describing the “many ways to the cloud”. It help you choose the best way of porting your research onto the cloud. Running your research on public cloud infrastructure
GenomeWeb Amazon Web Services Aims to Remove Computational 'Heavy Lifting' for Genomics Customers CHICAGO – Amazon Web Services has been expanding its reach into genomics in recent years and continues to grow in areas like molecular diagnostics through new initiatives. [..] read more at GenomeWeb. The article highlights
Scientific publication A Score Card for Genome Editing Techniques (GOANA) The Transformational Bioinformatics Group published a new software (GOANA [1]) to score genome editing approaches: It helps make Gene Therapy become a reality, by detecting and comparing rare mutations that may be accidentally
Scientific publication Defining a global standard for COVID-19 patient data collection To fight COVID-19 we need to understand the functional consequences of viral mutation. However, only 13% of current entries in the world’s largest COVID-19 virus database (GISAID) have the necessary information about
Diversity and Inclusion International Women's Day 2021 International Women’s Day is about championing women to lead others and achieve their goals. It also gives the opportunity to celebrate the people who are making it possible for women to have
The Lighthouse The Lighthouse: World-first software could revolutionise how we understand disease An Australian machine-learning program is the first in the world to handle genomic datasets with a trillion data points, helping scientists decode the mysteries of inherited illness, says Macquarie University Honorary Associate Professor
COVID-19 Our COVID video is in The NewsCred Top 20 The video we produced with the amazingly creative Kashmi Ranasinghe was highlighted in the NewsCred Top 20, which recognises brands that represent the best of content marketing in 2020. Congratulations to CSIRO for
Awards CSIRO awarded NSW iAward for VariantSpark Innovation Australian innovator CSIRO has been awarded the merit of the Public Sector category at the NSW Australian Information Industry Association iAwards, which unearths, recognises and rewards excellence in Australian innovation. Delivered by Australia’
AEHRC AEHRC: 19/20 Annual Report - COVID, Artificial Intelligence and more The Australian E-Health Research Center (AEHRC), which the Transformational Bioinformatics Group is part of, just published its annual report for 2019-20. It provides an overview of the great work that our scientists, engineers
