QCIF was represented at QUT’s “BioeconOMICS” workshop on Thursday, 30 November, with three speakers talking about work QCIF is involved in to support the bioeconomy sector.
Work has completed on transforming high performance computer Euramoo into a new, easier-to-use supercomputer, called Awoonga, for Queensland researchers.
QCIF has made the difficult decision to cease its Aspera service, with the final day of use of Aspera Shares and Aspera Drive being Friday, 15 December.
Amanda Miotto has joined the QCIF team as a Griffith University-based eResearch Analyst.
QUT now has its own weekly Hacky Hour to help its research staff and students with research-related IT problems.
A free online resource allowing data managers and institutions to quickly and easily register a research activity and generate a Research Activity ID (RAiD) is now available.
QCIF is seeking a small number of users to trial a new QRIScloud service that enables researchers to access their QRISdata collections using an object storage interface.
Nectar has a new shared filesystem service for virtual machines that is available to QRIScloud users.
Nectar’s database service, available on QRIScloud, has introduced the option for users to launch PostgreSQL databases, in addition to the existing option for MySQL databases.
A culturally sensitive app’ using storytelling to help end-of-life care for Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people claimed first prize at this year’s Brisbane Health Hack.
Ebony Watson attended last year’s Winter School in Mathematical and Computational Biology and was so inspired by the presentations, she decided to do a PhD at The University of Queensland on machine learning and bio-imaging.
Read more ...Former bioinformatician Dr Mark Crowe has joined QCIF as its Training Manager.
Read more ...John Bancroft will become QCIF’s new CEO as of Monday, 9 March 2020.
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.
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