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 ...February–November 2020, USQ
Read more ...30 September to 2 October 2020, UQ St Lucia
Read more ...20 January 2020, UQ St Lucia
Read more ...QCIF eResearch Analyst Jason Bell has begun regular Hacky Hours at CQUniversity, alternating between online conferences and face-to-face sessions in Rockhampton.
Read more ...As we expand our training program over 2020, QCIF is looking for casual training assistants to support our existing team of experienced trainers and eResearch Analysts. This is a paid role.
Read more ...A QCIF digital tool for data curation was launched at an open data event in Brisbane on Friday, 1 March.
Read more ...Former bioinformatician Dr Mark Crowe has joined QCIF as its Training Manager.
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