CPD Events Workshops

Bioinformatics: Considerations and tools for biologists

Thursday 26 September 2024
3.00pm – 4.00pm AEST
Via Zoom
Includes a 15-minute Q&A session
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COST
Free to all members of the medical research community.
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TOPIC
The analysis of a defined region of the genome typically offers limited scope for discovery or medical innovation. Rather, it is the patterns detected by comparing and contrasting vast amounts of aggregated data yielded by Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) that typically brings to light medically significant insights, correlations and associations.

This computationally intensive step in the research pipeline is itself a rapidly developing field. Bioinformatics capabilities are, therefore, evolving. This evolution, however, uses language and methods that biologists are not necessarily well equipped to understand.

To help cut through these challenges, ASMR is hosting a webinar that addresses the key bioinformatics considerations most relevant to biologists.

Key topics include:
• Workflows for diverse applications.
• Aggregating and analysing data.
• Interpreting bioinformatics outputs.
• Empowering users of all skillsets and experience with efficient solutions.
• Introduction to the Illumina Connected Software portfolio.
This session has been designed to help researchers improve human health by interrogating genomic data in more targeted and efficient ways.

PRESENTER
The bioinformatics webinar will be presented by Dr Dale Watkins.

Dr Watkins received his PhD from the University of Adelaide where he studied mechanisms of response in Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia. He completed a post-doctoral research fellowship within the cancer theme of the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute. There, he developed and refined both wet-lab and dry-lab skills in next generation sequencing (NGS). Interrogating the resulting data led to a new focus on bioinformatics.

Following his work at SAHMRI, Dr Watkins joined the private sector with a focus on bridging the research community with advanced bioinformatics toolkits and expertise. Today, he is the manager of a team of bioinformatics sales specialists at Illumina that cater to researchers across the Asia Pacific Region, Japan, the Middle East and Africa.

This webinar is presented with thanks to ​, the exclusive sponsors of ASMR’s 2024 professional development webinar series