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.
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 has replaced Heidi Perrett as QCIF’s Data Innovation Program Manager.
The recent public health emergency arising from the COVID-19 outbreak has demonstrated the necessity for a rapid, collaborative and international response.
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 restarted on 11 March and will be held on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month, 2pm–3pm.
John Bancroft will become QCIF’s new CEO as of Monday, 9 March 2020.
Professor John Bell has replaced Dr Erin Rayment as the QCIF board member for the University of Southern Queensland.
Dr Elizabeth (Liz) Ryan has joined QFAB, QCIF’s bioinformatics arm, as a Senior Biostatistician.
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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Read more ...The Characterisation Virtual Laboratory (CVL) community is seeking researchers, university lecturers and bioimaging professionals to take part in a skills development program to become CVL Champions.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...Applications for student travel support to the University of Queensland-based Winter School in Mathematical and Computational Biology are open until Friday, 31 May.
Read more ...Two QCIF staff were actively involved in the Australian Academy of Science’s ‘Re:produce workshop’ about reproducible science, held in Brisbane across 10–11 December.
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