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About the group
The applied bioinformatics group was founded in 2007 at the University of Queensland and moved to the University of Western Australia in January 2015. Since this time, the group has established itself as a leading bioinformatics group in Australia. Our current research activities include the second generation sequencing of complex genomes and metagenomic populations, genome annotation, diversity analysis, trait association and data visualisation.
The group receives funding from the University of Western Australia, the Australian Research Council, the Grains Research and Development Corporation and several industry partners to undertake applied bioinformatics research in genetics and genomics.
The group is led by Professor David Edwards and consists of researchers with diverse backgrounds. We offer training in applied bioinformatics at all levels and publish widely in the fields of genomics, genetics and bioinformatics. Please contact David Edwards for further information.
We are based at the University of Western Australia's Crawley campus in Perth, Australia.
Publications
We publish extensively in major journals. A current list of publications can be found on Google Scholar
Public research projects
The applied bioinformatics research group works in several areas associated with second generation sequencing and assembly, genetic and genomic variation analysis and the discovery and application of molecular genetic markers. We work with a range of species, mostly in collaboration with a broad range of national and international research groups.
Genome sequencing
- Soybean genomics
Transcriptomics
Molecular marker discovery
Genome annotation and visualisation
Machine learning in Plant Biology
Knowledge networks
Species of interest include:
Publicly available data sets:
Group members
Group leader
Postdocs
Positions available, please contact David Edwards if interested
Research Assistants
PhD students
Positions available, please contact David Edwards if interested
Master students
Positions available, please contact David Edwards if interested
Honours students
Positions available, please contact David Edwards if interested
Interns
Positions available, please contact David Edwards if interested
Alumni
Positions available
There are current positions available at all levels including Postdoc, PhD students and Interns. Candidates should have a good understanding of one or more areas of Computing, Software development, Complex data analysis, Bioinformatics or Genomics. For consideration, please forward your cv and cover letter to Dave.Edwards@uwa.edu.au.
