QCIF - News

QCIF’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic

As the COVID-19 situation develops, QCIF has been preparing initiatives to ensure researchers can still access our resources and services even while our staff work from home.

Project to standardise govt species distribution modelling

QCIF is supporting the rollout of a CSIRO and Griffith University-led project aiming to coordinate the use of species distribution models across state and federal government departments.

Pieter Demmers joins QCIF as Data Innovation Program Manager

Pieter Demmers has replaced Heidi Perrett as QCIF’s Data Innovation Program Manager.

Galaxy Australia contributes to global research effort into COVID-19

The recent public health emergency arising from the COVID-19 outbreak has demonstrated the necessity for a rapid, collaborative and international response.

Winter School 2020 cancelled due to COVID-19

Due to the developing COVID-19 situation, the organisers of the Brisbane-based Winter School in Mathematical and Computational Biology 2020 have made the difficult decision to cancel the event this year.

CQU’s Hacky Hour is back and fully virtual!

CQU’s Hacky Hour restarted on 11 March and will be held on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month, 2pm–3pm.

QCIF welcomes John Bancroft as new CEO

John Bancroft will become QCIF’s new CEO as of Monday, 9 March 2020.

John Bell joins QCIF board

Professor John Bell has replaced Dr Erin Rayment as the QCIF board member for the University of Southern Queensland.

Liz Ryan joins QFAB

Dr Elizabeth (Liz) Ryan has joined QFAB, QCIF’s bioinformatics arm, as a Senior Biostatistician.

New investment to tackle the data challenges of bioscience researchers

A new investment from the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) will enable significant expansion of the Australian BioCommons ‘Bring Your Own Data (BYOD)’ platform.

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Events

Brisbane Microscope Facility Forum

Monthly, UQ St Lucia

UQ R User Group

20 January 2020, UQ St Lucia

USQ eResearch Training and Support Schedule 2020

February–November 2020, USQ

News

Google invests in ReDBox 2.0

Google is investing in QCIF-managed ReDBox to make it easier for users to access the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) via the research data management tool.

Apply now for a Winter School travel bursary

Applications for student travel support to the University of Queensland-based Winter School in Mathematical and Computational Biology are open until Friday, 31 May.

Dr Edan Scriven to become our newest eResearch Analyst

QRIScloud Operations Engineer Dr Edan Scriven will replace Dr Minh Dinh as a UQ-based QCIF eResearch Analyst.

QCIF’s Image Repository Show and Tell

What are the challenges and opportunities involved in image repositories, and can Queensland universities share imaging resources with QCIF’s support?