UWA Centre for Applied Bioinformatics

A community of bioinformatics researchers across WA and beyond

210Members 15+Institutions 65Students

About

Bioinformatics is an important component of diverse research projects in the biological and biomedical sciences. Within the centre, we support current research projects through sharing knowledge and facilities, moving away from individual bioinformatics researchers isolated in different groups towards establishing a community of researchers who can seek support from each other, building on communal experience and capability.

The UWA Centre for Applied Bioinformatics is a virtual centre that supports bioinformatics teaching, research training, research and outreach for individuals who share similar requirements for training and access to infrastructure. The centre brings together expertise from across UWA, from 6 schools, Perkins, TKI and the Marshall Centre. The Centre supports researchers at all levels and people with diverse expertise and requirements, from needing to analyse their lab data through to large scale studies using high performance computing.

Questions about the Centre? Contact Dave Edwards.  ·  UWA page: Centre for Applied Bioinformatics
CAB members

Executive

Prof David Edwards

Director
School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia
Dave.Edwards@uwa.edu.au

Prof Timo Lassmann

Deputy Director
School of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia
Timo.Lassmann@telethonkids.org.au

A/Prof Nicola Armstrong

Curtin University
nicola.armstrong@curtin.edu.au

Dr Philipp Bayer

School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia
Philipp.Bayer@uwa.edu.au

Dr Renee Catullo

University of Western Australia
renee.catullo@uwa.edu.au

Prof Silvana Gaudieri

University of Western Australia
silvana.gaudieri@uwa.edu.au

Mr Charles Herring

University of Western Australia
herring.charles.a@gmail.com

Prof Charlene Kahler

University of Western Australia
charlene.kahler@uwa.edu.au

Prof Ryan Lister

Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, University of Western Australia
ryan.lister@uwa.edu.au

Dr David Martino

Telethon Kids Institute
David.Martino@telethonkids.org.au

Dr Nina McCarthy

School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia
nina.mccarthy@uwa.edu.au

Members

Below is a list of members, affiliations and contacts. Please do not spam this list; to contact all members, email Dave.Edwards@uwa.edu.au and we can include your information in a newsletter. To join, submit your details here.

First nameSurnameAffiliationRoleResearch areaEmailWeb page
ShaimaaAbdelazizUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent23884124@student.uwa.edu.au
PatriciaAgudelo-RomeroThe Kids Research Institute AustraliaPatricia.AgudeloRomero@telethonkids.org.auLink
ZeeshanAhmedUniversity of Western Australiazeeshan.ahmed@uwa.edu.auLink
Andria AnnaAlexUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent25053496@student.uwa.edu.au
EricAlvesHarry Perkins Institute of Medical Researcheric.alves@research.uwa.edu.au
BenjaminAndersonDepartment of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractionsbenjamin.anderson@dbca.wa.gov.auLink
NicolaArmstrongCurtin Universitynicola.armstrong@curtin.edu.auLink
PuttaBala Sai Vignesh BabuUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent24367622@student.uwa.edu.au
IdoBarGriffith Universityi.bar@griffith.edu.auLink
PhilippBayerUniversity of Western Australiaphilipp.bayer@uwa.edu.auLink
TeresaBednarekUniversity of Western AustraliaStudentteresa.bednarek@research.uwa.edu.au
SarahBeecroftPawsey Supercomputing Research CentreSarah.Beecroft@csiro.auLink
ThomasBergmannUniversity of Western Australiathomas.bergmann@uwa.edu.au
MitchellBestryUniversity of Western Australiamitchell.bestry@uwa.edu.au
EirianBeswickUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent22721688@student.uwa.edu.au
RachelBinksDepartment of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractionsrachel.binks@dbca.wa.gov.auLink
StefiBinuCurtin Universitystefi.sb@outlook.comLink
DiyaBobbyUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent25053271@student.uwa.edu.au
CharlieBondUniversity of Western Australiacharles.bond@uwa.edu.auLink
AaronBraceEdith Cowan UniversityStudentabrace0@our.ecu.edu.auLink
JimmyBreenABACBSjimmy.breen@adelaide.edu.auLink
RachaelBrettUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent23370503@student.uwa.edu.au
RobertBroganUniversity of Western Australiarobert.brogan@health.wa.gov.auLink
JackBrutonUniversity of Western Australiajack.bruton@uwa.edu.au
SamBuckberryThe Kids Research Institute Australiasam.buckberry@telethonkids.org.auLink
SeanBuckleyUniversity of Western Australiasean.buckley@uwa.edu.auLink
AlyssaBuddUniversity of Western Australiaalyssa.budd@uwa.edu.auLink
MelissaBurkeAustralian BioCommonsmelissa@biocommons.org.auLink
MargaretByrneUniversity of Western Australiamargaret.byrne@uwa.edu.au
GemmaCadbyUniversity of Western Australiagemma.cadby@uwa.edu.auLink
LorenzoCaponpon CortezUniversity of Western AustraliaStudentlorenzocaponponcortez@gmail.com
PhoebeCarrThe Kids Research Institute AustraliaPhoebe.Carr@telethonkids.org.au
ReneeCatulloUniversity of Western Australiarenee.catullo@uwa.edu.auLink
AmandaChairunnisaUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent25022061@student.uwa.edu.au
KennethChanAGRFcckenneth@gmail.com
TimothyChapmanThe Kids Research Institute Australiatimothy.chapman@telethonkids.org.auLink
KevinChenThe Kids Research Institute Australiakevin.chen@telethonkids.org.au
ZimingChenUniversity of Western Australiaziming.chen@uwa.edu.au
ClementChiengUniversity of Western Australiaclement9811@gmail.com
Melvin (Wee Loong)ChinUniversity of Western Australiawee.chin@health.wa.gov.au
RishiChinnasamyUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent22978097@student.uwa.edu.au
HengChooiUniversity of Western Australiayitheng.chooi@uwa.edu.auLink
JeffChristiansenAustralian BioCommonsjeff@biocommons.org.au
Chin ChiChungUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent22972348@student.uwa.edu.au
MelindaColemanUniversity of Western Australiamelinda.coleman@dpi.nsw.gov.auLink
COMBINECommitteeCOMBINEcombine@combine.org.auLink
AlistairCookUniversity of Western Australiaalistair.cook@uwa.edu.auLink
JenetteCreaneyNational Centre for Asbestos Related Diseasesjenette.creaney@uwa.edu.au
MarkCruickshankUniversity of Western Australiamark.cruickshank@uwa.edu.auLink
MonicaDanileviczUniversity of Western Australiamonica.danilevicz@uwa.edu.auLink
BacDaoUniversity of Western Australiangoc.dao@research.uwa.edu.au
AmitavaDattaUniversity of Western Australiaamitava.datta@uwa.edu.auLink
Emmade JongUniversity of Western AustraliaEmma.DeJong@telethonkids.org.auLink
MarcoDe La PierreIndependentmarco.delapierre@icloud.com
DharanaDhamiUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent24536351@student.uwa.edu.au
ManvitaDondapatiUniversity of Western AustraliaStudentmanvitadondapati14@gmail.com
GuillaumeDrouartThe Kids Research Institute Australiaguillaume.drouart@telethonkids.org.au
NathanDysonUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent21651859@student.uwa.edu.au
MartinEbertUniversity of Western AustraliaMartin.Ebert@health.wa.gov.auLink
DavidEdwardsUniversity of Western AustraliaDave.Edwards@uwa.edu.auLink
RichEdwardsUniversity of Western Australiarich.edwards@uwa.edu.auLink
KateFarleyThe Kids Research Institute Australiak.farley410@gmail.com
AleksandraFilipovskaThe Kids Research Institute AustraliaAleksandra.Filipovska@telethonkids.org.auLink
PatrickFinneganUniversity of Western Australiapatrick.finnegan@uwa.edu.auLink
JamesFogartyUniversity of Western Australiajames.fogarty@uwa.edu.auLink
ChiaraFollandHarry Perkins Institute of Medical Researchchiara.folland@perkins.org.auLink
Joao Lucas CotrimFontanaUniversity of Western Australiajoao.cotrimfontana@research.uwa.edu.au
AlistairForrestHarry Perkins Institute of Medical Researchalistair.forrest@perkins.uwa.edu.auLink
MatthewFraserUniversity of Western Australiamatthew.fraser@uwa.edu.auLink
KristinaGagalovaCurtin Universitykristina.gagalova@curtin.edu.auLink
VanikaGargMurdoch Universityvanika.garg@murdoch.edu.au
SilvanaGaudieriUniversity of Western Australiasilvana.gaudieri@uwa.edu.auLink
PrashanthGoudaUniversity of Western AustraliaStudentprashgouda44@gmail.com
HemnaGovindarajuUniversity of Western Australiahemna.govindaraju@uwa.edu.au
BelindaGuoUniversity of Western Australiabelinda.guo@uwa.edu.auLink
SaurabhGuptaHarry Perkins Institute of Medical Researchsaurabh.gupta@curtin.edu.auLink
Arini RachmaHakikiUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent24997893@student.uwa.edu.au
ChristinaHallAustralian BioCommonschristina@biocommons.org.au
JamesHaneCurtin UniversityJames.Hane@curtin.edu.au
SarahHarmerFlinders Universitysarah.harmer@flinders.edu.au
AnnaHepworthanna.hepworth@gmail.com
ChuckHerringHarry Perkins Institute of Medical Researchherring.charles.a@gmail.comLink
MattHeydenrychUniversity of Western Australiamatt.heydenrych@research.uwa.edu.au
BenHeywardCurtin Universitybenjamin.L.heyward@postgrad.curtin.edu.au
XinHoUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent24248575@student.uwa.edu.au
SamHodgsonUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent22971243@student.uwa.edu.au
ConnyHooperUniversity of Western Australiacornelia.hooper@uwa.edu.auLink
Mary-AnneHorleyUniversity of Western AustraliaStudentmary-anne_horley@hotmail.com
MohitulHossainCurtin UniversityStudentmdmohitul.hossain@postgrad.curtin.edu.auLink
RickyHuGuangdong Academy of Agricultural Scienceshuhaifei@gdaas.cn
YinHuangHarry Perkins Institute of Medical Researchyin.huang@uwa.edu.au
JennieHuiBusselton Population Medical Research Institutejennie.hui@uwa.edu.auLink
ThomasIosifidisThe Kids Research Institute Australiathomas.iosifidis@telethonkids.org.auLink
AnyaJonesThe Kids Research Institute AustraliaAnya.Jones@telethonkids.org.auLink
SeenaJosephUniversity of Wales Trinity Saint Davidseena.joseph@uwtsd.ac.uk
UlrichKadolskyGenomics WAulrich.kadolsky@perkins.org.auLink
CharleneKahlerUniversity of Western Australiacharlene.kahler@uwa.edu.auLink
LarsKamphuisCurtin Universitylars.kamphuis@curtin.edu.auLink
YuvasriKananUniversity of Western AustraliaStudentyuvasri321@gmail.com
JoakimKarlssonHarry Perkins Institute of Medical Researchjoakim.karlsson@perkins.org.auLink
BhavikKarsanUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent23412603@student.uwa.edu.au
Gagan JotKaurUniversity of Western AustraliaStudentgaganjotkaur34@gmail.com
JeffKeelanUniversity of Western Australiajeff.keelan@uwa.edu.auLink
Mydeen Nowfal RiyazKhanUniversity of Western AustraliaStudentnowfalblue10@gmail.com
HarshitaKhotUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent24292534@student.uwa.edu.au
JanineKinlochDepartment of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractionsjanine.kinloch@dbca.wa.gov.auLink
Brian KibetKipkosgeyUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent24006196@student.uwa.edu.au
DanKnightUniversity of Western Australiadaniel.knight@uwa.edu.auLink
IngeKochUniversity of Western Australiainge.koch@uwa.edu.auLink
Adriel RajiKoshyUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent24990217@student.uwa.edu.au
TimoLassmannUniversity of Western AustraliaTimo.Lassmann@telethonkids.org.auLink
SurabiLawatiUniversity of Western AustraliaStudentsuropi.limbu123@gmail.com
KarlLaycoUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent24787488@student.uwa.edu.au
SeungyeonLeeUniversity of Western AustraliaStudentleeseungyeon03@gmail.com
Stephen SumLeeUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent19404373@student.uwa.edu.au
MatthewLeoUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent23921868@student.uwa.edu.au
WenqiLiUniversity of Western AustraliaStudentchristopherleo86@gmail.com
ChristineLinUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent23349727@student.uwa.edu.au
RyanListerUniversity of Western Australiaryan.lister@uwa.edu.auLink
ZizzieLiuUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent24248842@student.uwa.edu.au
ErinLloydUniversity of Western Australiaerin.lloyd@uwa.edu.auLink
JoshuaLockeUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent23114109@student.uwa.edu.au
AlauraLovelyUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent24906195@student.uwa.edu.au
MarthaLudwigUniversity of Western Australiamartha.ludwig@uwa.edu.auLink
DougMacMasterUniversity of Western AustraliaStudentdoughal.macmaster@gmail.com
TessaMacnishUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent22724711@student.uwa.edu.au
BelindaMartinUniversity of Western Australiabelinda.martin@uwa.edu.auLink
DavidMartinoThe Kids Research Institute Australiadavid.martino@telethonkids.org.auLink
NinaMcCarthyUniversity of Western Australianina.mccarthy@uwa.edu.auLink
AlisonMcDonnellThe Kids Research Institute Australiaalison.mcdonnell@telethonkids.org.au
GraceMcLoughlinUniversity of Western Australiagrace.mcloughlin@research.uwa.edu.au
ConnorMcPhanHarry Perkins Institute of Medical Researchconnor.mcphan@uwa.edu.au
BrendanMcQuillanUniversity of Western Australiabrendan.mcquillan@uwa.edu.auLink
JoannaMelonekUniversity of Western Australiajoanna.melonek@uwa.edu.auLink
ShameelaMohamedikbalUniversity of Western Australiashameela.mohamedikbal@research.uwa.edu.au
GavinMonahanHarry Perkins Institute of Medical Researchgavin.monahan@perkins.org.auLink
PaulaMoolhuijzenCurtin Universitypaula.moolhuijzen@curtin.edu.auLink
MahsaMousaviCurtin Universitys.mousavid@curtin.edu.auLink
BenjaminMullinUniversity of Western Australiabenjamin.mullin@uwa.edu.auLink
Maureen HildaNatukundaUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent23983301@student.uwa.edu.au
BenNestorDepartment of Primary Industries and Regional DevelopmentBen.Nestor@dpird.wa.gov.au
IsaacNgUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent22166329@student.uwa.edu.au
MarkNicolUniversity of Western Australiamark.nicol@uwa.edu.auLink
Mika MartinNieuwenhuyzenUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent22938292@student.uwa.edu.auLink
KiaNikoumaneshUniversity of New EnglandStudentnikouman@une.edu.auLink
MounikaNithakkiUniversity of Western AustraliaStudentmounikanuthakki2002@gmail.com
CoreyOhn-KhinUniversity of Western AustraliaStudentcorey.ohn-khin@outlook.com
KymOttewellDepartment of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractionskym.ottewell@dbca.wa.gov.auLink
LisannaPaladinEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratorylisanna.paladin@gmail.comLink
PatriciaPalagiSIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformaticspatricia.palagi@sib.swissLink
PriyadarshiniParameshwaranUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent24471542@student.uwa.edu.au
KimParkinThe Kids Research Institute Australiakimberley.parkin@telethonkids.org.au
JevinParmarHarry Perkins Institute of Medical ResearchStudent00106303@uwa.edu.auLink
KuldeepPatelUniversity of Western AustraliaStudentkbpatel9489@gmail.com
RafaelPeres da SilvaThe Kids Research Institute Australiarafael.peresdasilva@thekids.org.auLink
AmberPettittUniversity of Western AustraliaStudentamber.j.pettitt@gmail.com
KaiPlunkettThe Kids Research Institute Australiakai.plunkett@telethonkids.org.auLink
AsadProdhanUniversity of Western Australiaasad.prodhan@uwa.edu.auLink
AdarshPurushothamanUniversity of Western AustraliaStudentadarshpurushothaman008@gmail.com
KateQuigleyJames Cook Universitykatemarie.quigley@my.jcu.edu.auLink
SmithaRamjitUniversity of Western AustraliaStudentsmitharamjit@gmail.com
GinaRavenscroftHarry Perkins Institute of Medical Researchgina.ravenscroft@perkins.uwa.edu.auLink
GaotianRenUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent23855786@student.uwa.edu.au
MarkReynoldsUniversity of Western Australiamark.reynolds@uwa.edu.auLink
AlkaSaxenaGenomics WAalka.saxena@perkins.org.auLink
NikkiSchultzThe Kids Research Institute Australianikki.schultz@thekids.org.au
AdityaSethiAustralian National Universityaditya.sethi@anu.edu.auLink
HoileyShamUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent24409393@student.uwa.edu.au
DanialShamsuddinUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent21957737@student.uwa.edu.au
AdityaSharmaUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent24303952@student.uwa.edu.auLink
AkhiyaShindeUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent25385958@student.uwa.edu.au
ElizabethSinclairUniversity of Western Australiaelizabeth.sinclair@uwa.edu.auLink
IanSmallUniversity of Western Australiaian.small@uwa.edu.auLink
TimothySohHannover Medical Schooltimothy.soh@cssb-hamburg.de
JulianneSparkeUniversity of Western Australiajulianne.sparke@uwa.edu.auLink
CeliaSpyridakiMurdoch UniversityCelia.Spyridaki@murdoch.edu.au
KautilyaSrivastavaUniversity of Western Australiakautilya.srivastava@research.uwa.edu.auLink
AndrewStevensonUniversity of Western Australiaandrew.stevenson@uwa.edu.auLink
AditiSubramanyaPawsey Supercomputing Research Centreaditi.subramanya@pawsey.org.auLink
CassieTay FernandezUniversity of Western Australiacassandria.tayfernandez@murdoch.edu.au
CalebThomasHarry Perkins Institute of Medical Researchcaleb.thomas@uwa.edu.auLink
Sadia HaqueTonnyUniversity of Western AustraliaStudentsadia.tonny@research.uwa.edu.au
StephanieTrendPerron Institutestephanie.trend@perron.uwa.edu.au
RohiniTrivediUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent23778829@student.uwa.edu.au
TimTsanUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent24648307@student.uwa.edu.au
AmberTuckerUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent23847534@student.uwa.edu.au
ShriprabhaUpadhyayaUniversity of Western Australiashriprabha.upadhyaya@research.uwa.edu.au
Jeremy JohnVederUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent23389737@student.uwa.edu.au
MaximilianoVidal RamosUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent25392512@student.uwa.edu.au
AliceVrielinkUniversity of Western Australiaalice.vrielink@uwa.edu.auLink
ZiyiWangUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent21233602@student.uwa.edu.au
MaxWardUniversity of Western Australiamax.ward@uwa.edu.auLink
TanyaWardNational Centre for Asbestos Related Diseasestanya.ward@uwa.edu.auLink
ThomasWernbergUniversity of Western Australiathomas.wernberg@uwa.edu.auLink
PaulWhatmoreCurtin Universitypaul.whatmore@curtin.edu.auLink
SachinthaWijegunasekaraCOMBINEswijegun@deakin.edu.auLink
JasonWilliamsCyVersewilliams@cshl.eduLink
MichaelWiseUniversity of Western Australiamichael.wise@uwa.edu.auLink
MerrideeWoutersThe Kids Research Institute Australiamerridee.wouters@telethonkids.org.auLink
MichaelYoungIndependentyoungmr44@gmail.comLink
KanYuUniversity of Western Australiakan.yu@research.uwa.edu.auLink
PingYunUniversity of Western Australiaping.yun@uwa.edu.auLink
StefanZalstrovsUniversity of Western AustraliaStudent22487891@student.uwa.edu.au
DirkZellerUniversity of Western Australiadirk.zeller@uwa.edu.auLink
XiaoZhongGenomics WAxiao.zhong@uwa.edu.auLink
XinyuanZhuUniversity of Western Australiaxinyuan.zhu@research.uwa.edu.auLink
FelipeAlbornozCentre for Applied Bioinformatics, UWAfelipe.albornoz@uwa.edu.au
SarahBrownUWA Studentsarahbrown2811@gmail.com
AlifaYukkiUWAStudent23729028@student.uwa.edu.au
Kshitij BalenduBapatThe University of Western Australiakshitijbapat2001@gmail.comLink

Training

The UWA Centre for Applied Bioinformatics supports diverse training in applied bioinformatics.

Programs

Training Courses

A series of practical training courses are being developed within the Centre and with Centre partners. Details will be listed here and distributed via the Centre newsletters when available.

Have a training suggestion or want to offer a course? Contact Dave Edwards.

Newsletters

Partners

We are fortunate to collaborate with the following organisations: