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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 [http://www.uwa.edu.au/ University of Western Australia], the [http://www.arc.gov.au/ Australian Research Council], the [http://www.grdc.com.au/ 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 [[publications_DE|publish]] widely in the fields of genomics, genetics and bioinformatics. Please contact [mailto:Dave.Edwards@uwa.edu.au 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 [https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=AxsOkqYAAAAJ&hl=en 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]]===

:[http://www.wheatgenome.info Wheat genome sequencing]

:[http://www.brassicagenome.net Brassica genome sequencing]

:[http://www.cicer.info/ Chickpea genome sequencing]

:[http://appliedbioinformatics.com.au/index.php/Seagrass_Zmu_Genome Seagrass genome sequencing]

:[[Metagenomics]]

:[[TAGdb]]

===Transcriptomics===

:[[A differential kmer analysis pipeline]]

===Molecular marker discovery===

:[[SNP discovery]]

:[[SNParrayDB]]

===Genome annotation and visualisation===

:[[Gene and genome annotation]]
:[http://daisychain.appliedbioinformatics.com.au Daisychain]

===Machine learning in Plant Biology===
:[[Image based high-throughput phenotyping of crops using neural networks]]

===Knowledge networks===

:[[QTLNetMiner collaboration with Rothamstead Research]]

===Species of interest include:===

:[[Brassica]]

:[[Chickpea]]

:[[Wheat]]

:[[Seagrass]]

:[[Other legumes]]

:[[Metagenomics]]

===Publicly available data sets:===

:[[Sample data]]

==Group members==

===Group leader===

[[David Edwards]]

===Postdocs===

[[Philipp Bayer]]

[[Jakob Petereit]]

Positions available, please contact David Edwards if interested

===Research Assistants===

===PhD students===

[[Habib Rijzaani]]

[[Ricky Hu]]

[[Clementine Merce]]

[[Monica Danilevicz]]

[[Robyn Anderson]]

[[Cassandria Tay Fernandez]]

[[Jacob Marsh]]

Positions available, please contact David Edwards if interested

=== Master students ===
[[Xuesong Wang]]

[[Dimity Smith]]

[[Ruolan Zhao]]

Positions available, please contact David Edwards if interested

=== Honours students ===

Positions available, please contact David Edwards if interested

=== Interns ===
[[Callum Corkill]]

[[Gareth Tay Fernandez]]

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.