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About the group
The applied bioinformatics group was founded in 2007 at the University of Queensland to lead a Bioinformatics node for the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics and establish independent research in applied bioinformatics. Since this time, the group has attracted more than 6.5 M AU$ in competitive funds and is 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 Professor David Edwards and consists of 10 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.
Publications
A current list of publications can be found here 'publications'
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
Transcriptomics
- A differential kmer analysis pipeline
Molecular marker discovery
Genome annotation and visualisation
Species of interest include:
Group members
Group leader
Postdocs
Researchers
PhD students
Interns
Positions available, please contact David Edwards if interested
Alumni
Nikki Appleby
Jacqueline Batley
Terry Clark
Chris Duran
Mike Imelfort
Tristan de Jong
Daniel Marshall
Adam Skarshewski
Lars Smits
Jiri Stiller
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.
