Melbourne Bioinformatics

Galaxy Support We provide introductory and advanced training for Galaxy Australia users. We also offer tailored support for Galaxy setup, research analysis, and the development of analysis pipelines.

At the University of Melbourne (or one of its affiliates)? Need Galaxy Australia support – or just want to learn more about it?

Melbourne Bioinformatics has dedicated specialists who can advise you on tools, pipelines, datasets, and more.

We can help. Get in touch!

BIOINFORMATICIANS OF MELBOURNE COFFEE CATCH UP! • 1st Thursday of Every Month! 10:00am-11:00am • Dr. Dax Kitchen, Kenneth Myer Building, 30 Royal Parade Looking to meet other bioinformaticians? Keen to chat about data, workflows, or anything bioinformatics over coffee? This is for you! A great chance to connect and find some like-minded collaborators. All academic levels and professional/industry staff welcome. Come grab a coffee and say hi. Biscuits will be provided!

Bioinformaticians of Melbourne, the ABACBS-Melbourne Bioinformatics Coffee Catch Up is back for 2026!

The first one is tomorrow, Thursday, 5 March. (Please note the new time/day!)

Everyone is welcome. See you there!

For more about MBITE, see mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/melbournebio...

MBITE is the new home for all of our bioinformatics workshops and training content!

It's a one-stop shop for what you need to know about attending our on-site training, with eligibility requirements. It's also a repository for our tutorials on everything from Unix to proteomics.

And it's free!

And if you're unable to attend our workshop, the training material is freely available on MBITE!

mbite.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/tutorials/hy...

When and where: 26 May, 21 Bedford St, North Melbourne.

This is a free workshop for University of Melbourne staff, students, and affiliated organisations only. Register at the link with your institutional email.

Hybrid Genome Assembly in Galaxy Learn how to create high-quality genome assemblies using the powerful combination of Nanopore and Illumina reads.

In our "Hybrid Genome Assembly in Galaxy" workshop, Tristan Reynolds (Melbourne Bioinformatics) will lead you through the creation of high-quality genome assemblies using Nanopore and Illumina reads. Basic familiarity with Galaxy will be assumed, but no experience with sequencing reads is required.

We'll give you the skills you need to lead bioinformatics workshops, manage projects, and write training material. Some experience with git and R is essential, but you don't need to be an expert.

Applications are now open, and close on 6 March. Apply now! mbite.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/guides/train...

MBITE - Melbourne Bioinformatics Training and Education The Melbourne Bioinformatics training program is a year-long, paid opportunity for students to learn about and contribute to the growing field of knowledge in bioinformatics as well as develop their leadership and scientific communication skills. Students will then be able to apply these skills as workshop facilitators and leads throughout the program.

Are you a University of Melbourne graduate student? Would you like to learn how to teach workshops in bioinformatics? You might be interested in our Graduate Student Training Program! This is a paid opportunity to gain practical experience in science communication.

Subscription collaborations are available for University of Melbourne staff, students and affiliates. For more information, please get in touch via the following link. mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/melbournebio...

Need in-house bioinformatics support for your research, but don't have the capacity? We can help!

By embedding one of our expert bioinformaticians in your team, you'll have in-house access to -omics based analyses, bioinformatics pipelining and other specialised methods optimised to your own needs.

Intro to Galaxy for Bioinformatics Empower your Bioinformatics research using Galaxy Australia!

Last chance to sign up for our "Intro to Galaxy for Bioinformatics" workshop on 3 March!

It's free and in-person, but only open to staff and students of the University of Melbourne and its affiliates.

Register now!

When and where: 25 March, 21 Bedford St, North Melbourne.

This is a free workshop for University of Melbourne staff, students, and affiliated organisations only. Register at the link with your institutional email.

Practicalities of Research Data Management This workshop will explore some examples of data management and offer practical solutions.

Join our "Practicalities of Research Data Management" workshop with Gayle Philip (Melbourne Bioinformatics) to learn core research data management principles through practical examples and case studies, enabling you to develop strategies for file organisation, tidy data, backups, and data privacy.

Intro to UNIX A hands-on workshop covering the basics of the Unix/Linux command line interface.

Last chance to sign up for our "Intro to UNIX" workshop on 25 February!

It's free and in-person, but is only open to staff and students of the University of Melbourne and its affiliates.

Register now!

Melbourne Bioinformatics Melbourne Bioinformatics enables cutting edge research through the power of data. We train the specialists and build the infrastructure needed to understand some of society’s biggest challenges, from cancer to climate change.

We regularly run free, hands-on workshops on all aspects of bioinformatics and data science – everything from basic Unix, R, Git and Python skills to de novo assembly, scRNA-seq analysis and variant calling!

Open only to staff and students of the University of Melbourne and its affiliates.

Melbourne Bioinformatics February Newsletter MBITE (Melbourne BioInformatics Training and Education) is the new home for all of our workshops and training content! MBITE is a convenient way to find out about our upcoming workshops, along with helpful resources such as a pre-workshop checklist. Through MBITE, you can also access the training material we use in our workshops, whether you want to get a head start, teach yourself, or even lead workshops yourself. We've completely revamped the interface, allowing you to filter by tutorial type such as R, Python or cloud computing, or by categories like skills, genomics or visualisation. So now you can quickly find exactly what you need. Emma Gail, our Training Lead, says that while MBITE is designed for students who want to upgrade their programming and bioinformatics skills, biologists at all levels can benefit from MBITE: "I see MBITE becoming a resource for students to design their own learning pathway and we hope to offer recommended learning pathways in the near future. I am looking forward to MBITE growing and evolving as new tools are developed and we hear from workshop participants what they want to see from us to help them in their research." MBITE is constantly under development, so be sure to check back often!

Our February newsletter is out! Inside you’ll find:

• Say hello to MBITE, the new home for all our training material
• Train the Trainer 2026 application deadline
• First workshops for 2026: UNIX, Galaxy and RNA-seq
• Research wins for our staff

And a lot more!

This in-person workshop is free, but open to University of Melbourne staff, students & affiliated organisations only. Registration required using institutional email.

Hands-on workshop – bring your laptop & charger. Some R and statistics knowledge is assumed.

RNA-seq in R: (from counts to genes) An Introduction to RNA-seq Analysis: Counts to Differentially Expressed Genes

In our "RNA-seq in R (from counts to genes)" workshop, you will learn to analyse RNA-seq data & identify differentially expressed genes using R & Bioconductor. Led by Luke Gandolfo (Melbourne Bioinformatics).

When: 2 April
Where: 21 Bedford St, North Melbourne

Open to University of Melbourne staff, students, and affiliated organisations only.
Register with your institutional email, places are limited and bookings are essential!

Ideal for researchers with, or expecting to use, RNA-seq short read data. No programming experience needed.

RNA-seq in Galaxy (from reads to counts) Register for a hands on workshop in RNAseq analysis.

"RNA-seq in Galaxy (from reads to counts)" is a hands-on workshop for researchers wanting to turn RNA-seq reads into accurate gene count tables using Galaxy, with Tristan Reynolds (Melbourne Bioinformatics).

When: 1 April
Where: 21 Bedford St, North Melbourne

Beginners welcome!

This free workshop is exclusively for University of Melbourne staff, students & affiliated organisations.

You'll need to register with your institutional email & set up a Galaxy Australia account at least 3 business days before the workshop begins.

Intro to Galaxy for Bioinformatics Empower your Bioinformatics research using Galaxy Australia!

Join us for "Intro to Galaxy for Bioinformatics"!

Discover how to navigate Galaxy Australia, run analyses & build reproducible workflows. Perfect for researchers new to the platform.

Presenter: Tristan Reynolds (Melbourne Bioinformatics)
When and where: 3 March, 21 Bedford St, North Melbourne

PhD Research Projects Learn how to use the tools you need to apply bioinformatics techniques in your own research.

How would you like to apply your passion for #bioinformatics to a real-world research problem?

We co-supervise PhD students in a wide variety of research groups across the University of Melbourne and the Melbourne Biomedical Precinct.

If you're interested in doing a PhD with us, get in touch!

Enquiries As a University of Melbourne research platform hosted within the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, our expert team supports life science data analysis across the Melbourne…

If you work or study at the University of Melbourne or one of its affiliates, and you need help with a bioinformatics research problem, talk to us! We offer free 1-hour consultations on research design, grant writing, data analysis, general troubleshooting, and more.

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Galaxy Support We provide introductory and advanced training for Galaxy Australia users. We also offer tailored support for Galaxy setup, research analysis, and the development of analysis pipelines.

At the University of Melbourne (or one of its affiliates)? Need Galaxy Australia support – or just want to learn more about it?

Melbourne Bioinformatics has dedicated specialists who can advise you on tools, pipelines, datasets and more.

We can help. Get in touch!

No previous experience required. Open to University of Melbourne staff, students, and affiliated organisations only. Registration requires an affiliated institutional email address.

Intro to UNIX A hands-on workshop covering the basics of the Unix/Linux command line interface.

"Intro to UNIX" – Master the command-line interface! Led by Khalid Mahmood (Melbourne Bioinformatics), this free in-person workshop on 25 February at 21 Bedford St, North Melbourne covers accessing Unix machines, organising files, managing permissions, and automating workflows with shell scripts.

Open to University of Melbourne staff, students, and affiliated organisations only. Registration requires an affiliated institutional email address.

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Intro to R for Biologists Ever wanted to visualise your own data? You can with R!

"Intro to R for Biologists" – Learn to visualise biological data with R!

Led by Jessica Chung (Melbourne Bioinformatics), this free in-person workshop on 24 February at 21 Bedford St, North Melbourne covers loading data, creating plots with ggplot, and working with RNA-seq data using tidyverse.