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About the group

The applied bioinformatics group was founded in 2007 at the University of Queensland to lead a Bioinformatics group for the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics and establish a research group in applied bioinformatics. Since this time, the group has attracted more than 6.5 M AU$ in competitive funds and is establishing itself as a leading bioinformatics group in Australia. Our current research activities include the second generation sequencing of complex plant genomes and bacterial metagenomic populations, genome annotation, diversity analysis and data visualisation.

The group receives funding from the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, the University of Queensland, 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 David Edwards and consists of 12 full time 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 Queensland's St Lucia campus in Brisbane, Australia.

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.

Current projects include:

Genome sequencing

Wheat genome sequencing

Brassica genome sequencing

TAGdb

Molecular marker discovery

SNP discovery

SSR discovery

Genetic map visualisation

Genome annotation and visualisation

Gene and genome annotation

Species of interest include:

Wheat

Barley

Brassica

Metagenomics

Group members

Group leader

David Edwards

Postdocs

Jiri Stiller

Terry Clark

Edmund Ling

Chris Duran

Researchers

Sahana Manoli

PhD students

Mike Imelfort

Chris Duran

Kaitao Lai

Paul Berkman

Michal Lorenc

Interns

Please apply if interested

Positions available

There are current positions availble at all levels including Postdoc, Researcher, PhD student and Intern. 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@uq.edu.au.

Alumni

Nikki Appleby

Jacqueline Batley

Tristan de Jong

Daniel Marshall

Adam Skarshewski

Lars Smits

Sonika Tyagi

Megan Vardy

Ping Zhang

Positions available

There are current positions availble at all levels including Postdoc, Researcher, PhD student and Intern. 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@uq.edu.au.