“5 days of action-packed lectures and hands on workshops from the best in the bioinformatics field, from Australia and abroad.”

Liam Crowhurst Queensland University of Technology

Day 1

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MONDAY 2 DECEMBER – Introduction to bioinformatics
1000-1100 REGISTRATION CPC Auditorium
1100-1130 Conference Opening CPC Auditorium
1130-1230 Opening Lecture: Bioinformatic the discipline, versus the career
Professor Melanie Bahlo, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research		 CPC Auditorium
1230-1415 WELCOME LUNCH (catered) CPC Auditorium
1230-1415 CHOOSE MATHS LUNCH EVENT (catered) CPC Level 6
1415-1500 Workshops
Stream A: Biology in the metaverse – a Virtual Reality tour
Professor Philip Poronnik, The University of Sydney
Jim Cook, ICT Techlab, The University of Sydney
Professor Peter Thorn, The University of Sydney		 CPC Seminar 1.1
Stream B: An Introduction to Statistics in the Omics Era
Associate Professor Gary Glonek, The University of Adelaide		 CPC Dry Lab 1.2
1500-1520 AFTERNOON TEA (catered) CPC Level 1
1520-1630 Workshops
Stream A: Biology in the metaverse – a Virtual Reality tour
Professor Philip Poronnik, The University of Sydney
Jim Cook, ICT Techlab, The University of Sydney
Professor Peter Thorn, The University of Sydney		 CPC Seminar 1.1
Stream B: Enter the tidyverse with R and RStudio (Part A)
Kevin Wang, The University of Sydney
Dr Garth Tarr, The University of Sydney		 CPC Dry Lab 1.2
Stream C: Introduction to UNIX and RNA-seq processing
Dr Kitty Lo, The University of Sydney
Dr Dario Strbenac, The University of Sydney		 CPC Seminar 1.2
1630-1730 Saving the Tasmanian Devil from Extinction
Professor Kathy Belov AO FRSN, The University of Sydney		 CPC Auditorium
1730-1830 WELCOME RECEPTION (catered) CPC Auditorium

Day 2

TUESDAY 3 DECEMBER – Epigenetics / Genomics
0845-0900 REGISTRATION CPC Auditorium
0900-0945 Epigenetics Demystified
Associate Professor Clare Stirzaker, Garvan Institute of Medical Research		 CPC Auditorium
0945-1030 Accurate identification of mRNA alternative splicing using Oxford Nanopore sequencing
Dr Heejung Shim, Melbourne Integrative Genomics (MIG), University of Melbourne		 CPC Auditorium
1030-1100 MORNING TEA (catered) CPC Auditorium
1100-1145 FreeHi-C: high fidelity Hi-C data simulation for benchmarking and data augmentation
Ye Zheng, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center		 CPC Auditorium
1145-1200 Diversity in STEM
Chloe Pearse, Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute		 CPC Auditorium
1200-1330 Diversity in STEM LUNCH (catered) CPC Auditorium
1330-1500 Workshops
sponsored by Australian BioCommons
Stream A: Open data resources for human genomics research
Associate Professor Jason Wong, University of Hong Kong
Dr Rebecca Poulos, Children’s Medical Research Institute		 CPC Seminar 1.1
Stream B: Enter the tidyverse with R and RStudio (Part B)
Kevin Wang, The University of Sydney
Dr Garth Tarr, The University of Sydney		 CPC Dry Lab 1.2
Stream C: 3D Genomics and Long-range Gene Regulations
Ye Zheng, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center		 CPC Seminar 1.2
1500-1530 AFTERNOON TEA (catered) CPC Level 1
1530-1700 Workshops
sponsored by Australian BioCommons
Stream A: Open data resources for human genomics research
Associate Professor Jason Wong, University of Hong Kong
Dr Rebecca Poulos, Children’s Medical Research Institute		 CPC Seminar 1.1
Stream B: Enter the tidyverse with R and RStudio (Part B cont.)
Kevin Wang, The University of Sydney
Dr Garth Tarr, The University of Sydney		 CPC Dry Lab 1.2
Stream C: 3D Genomics and Long-range Gene Regulations
Ye Zheng, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center		 CPC Seminar 1.2
1700-1830 COMBINE CAREERS EVENT (catered) The Nag’s Head Hotel

Day 3

WEDNESDAY 4 DECEMBER – Single cell omics
0845-0900 REGISTRATION CPC Auditorium
*UPDATED*
0900-0945		 Understanding cell fate decisions using single cell genomics
Dr John Marioni, EMBL-EBI, Cambridge University		 CPC Auditorium
*UPDATED*
0945-1030		 Rethinking the atlas paradigm: Moving from descriptive to predictive computational biology
Professor Christine Wells, Centre for Stem Cell Systems		 CPC Auditorium
1030-1100 MORNING TEA (catered) CPC Auditorium
1100-1130 Multidimensional single cell analysis of the tumour microenvironment
Associate Professor Alex Swarbrick, Garvin Institute of Medical Research		 CPC Auditorium
1130-1150 Investigating higher order interactions in single cell data with scHOT
Dr Shila Ghazanfar, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute		 CPC Auditorium
1150-1210 Why bulk samples (still) matter for gene expression analysis
Associate Professor Jessica Mar, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology		 CPC Auditorium
1210-1230 Scalable bioinformatics methods for single cell data
Associate Professor Joshua Ho, University of Hong Kong		 CPC Auditorium
1230-1330 LUNCH
1330-1500 Workshops
sponsored by The Westmead Institute for Medical Research
Stream A: Single Cell RNA-seq Analysis
Hani Kim, University of Sydney
Yingxin Lin, University of Sydney
Dr Shila Ghazanfar, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute		 CPC Seminar 1.1
Stream B: Single cell RNA-seq data analysis on the cloud
Associate Professor Joshua Ho, University of Hong Kong		 CPC Seminar 1.2
Stream C: Gene expression analysis with RNA-Seq data using R
Associate Professor Jessica Mar, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology		 CPC Dry Lab 1.2
1500-1530 AFTERNOON TEA (catered) CPC Level 1
1530-1700 Workshops
sponsored by The Westmead Institute for Medical Research
Stream A: Single Cell RNA-seq Analysis
Hani Kim, University of Sydney
Yingxin Lin, University of Sydney
Dr Shila Ghazanfar, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute		 CPC Seminar 1.1
Stream B: Pitfalls and roadblocks in single-cell analyses
Dr John Marioni, EMBL-EBI, Cambridge University		 *WORKSHOP CANCELLED*
Stream C: Gene expression analysis with RNA-Seq data using R
Associate Professor Jessica Mar, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology		 CPC Dry Lab 1.2

Day 4

THURSDAY 5 DECEMBER – Mass spec analytics
0845-0900 REGISTRATION CPC Auditorium
0900-0945 Challenges and questions in proteomics technologies and research
Dr Mark Larance, The University of Sydney		 CPC Auditorium
0945-1030 iProFun: An integrative analysis tool to screen for Proteogenomic Functional traits
Professor Pei Weng, Icahn Medical School at Mount Sinai, New York		 CPC Auditorium
1030-1100 MORNING TEA (catered) CPC Auditorium
1100-1125 Using Multiomic Technologies to Unravel Heart Failure
Dr John O’Sullivan, The University of Sydney		 CPC Auditorium
1125-1150 Computational analysis for biological discovery from (phospho)proteomic data
Dr Pengyi Yang, The University of Sydney		 CPC Auditorium
1150-1215 Key ingredients of a data analytical pipeline with TMT or SWATH
Dr Dana Pascovici, Australian Proteome Analysis Facility, Macquarie University		 CPC Auditorium
1215-1330 LUNCH
1330-1500 Workshops jointly held with BioCAsia
sponsored by Children’s Medical Research Institute
Stream A: Imputation and data quality control for proteomics data
Professor Pei Weng, Icahn Medical School at Mount Sinai, New York		 CPC Seminar 1.1
Stream B: Computational analysis for biological discovery from (phospho)proteomic data
Dr Pengyi Yang, The University of Sydney		 CPC Seminar 1.2
Stream C: R and Bioconductor for Genomic Analysis
Professor Martin Morgan, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center		 CPC Dry Lab 1.2
1500-1530 AFTERNOON TEA (catered) CPC Level 1
1530-1630 Workshops jointly held with BioCAsia
sponsored by Children’s Medical Research Institute
Stream A: Imputation and data quality control for proteomics data
Professor Pei Weng, Icahn Medical School at Mount Sinai, New York		 CPC Seminar 1.1
Stream B: Introduction to proteomics
Dr Ben Crossett, Sydney Mass Spectrometry, University of Sydney
David Maltby, Sydney Mass Spectrometry, University of Sydney
Angela Connolly, Sydney Mass Spectrometry, University of Sydney		 CPC Seminar 1.2
Stream C: Building a Bioconductor package
Dr Peter Hickey, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research
Dr Saskia Freytag, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research		 CPC Dry Lab 1.2
1630-1700 Fast Forward Poster Session CPC Auditorium
1700-1800 Poster Q&A Session
Public lecture registration (catered)		 CPC Auditorium
1800-1930 Public Lecture: The Bright Future of Applied Statistics
Professor Rafael Irizarry, Harvard University		 CPC Auditorium

Day 5

FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER – BioCAsia / Precision medicine
Day jointly held with BioCAsia
0845-0900 REGISTRATION CPC Auditorium
0900-0940 How To Advance Science Using Bioconductor
Professor Martin Morgan, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center		 CPC Auditorium
0940-0955 The RNAseq123 workflow package in Bioconductor
Associate Professor Matthew Ritchie, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research		 CPC Auditorium
0955-1010 ClinSV: Detection of clinically relevant structural and copy number variation from whole genome sequencing
Dr Andre Minoche, Kinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics		 CPC Auditorium
1010-1015 Experiences of a First-Time Package Contributor
Dr Stephen Pedersen, University of Adelaide		 CPC Auditorium
1015-1020 schex avoids overplotting for large single cell RNA-sequencing datasets
Dr Saskia Freytag, UWA Centre for Medical Research		 CPC Auditorium
1020-1025 COmapR: Genetic length calculation from crossover events
Ruqian Lyu		 CPC Auditorium
1030-1100 MORNING TEA (catered) CPC Auditorium
1100-1120 Single cell analysis with Mass Cytometry; technology introduction and opportunities in clinical studies
Dr Helen McGuire, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney		 CPC Auditorium
1120-1200 On differential discovery in high-dimensional cytometry data
Helena Crowell, University of Zurich		 CPC Auditorium
1200-1230 Ethics of precision medicine
Dr Lisa Dive, The University of Sydney		 CPC Auditorium
1230-1330 LUNCH
1330-1530 Workshops jointly held with BioCAsia
Stream A: Differential discovery in high-dimensional cytometry data
Helena Crowell, University of Zurich		 CPC Seminar 1.1
Stream B: Fluent genomics: a plyranges and tximeta case-study
Stuart Lee, Monash University, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research
 CPC Seminar 1.2
Stream C: Reproducible bioinformatics
Dave Tang		 CPC Dry Lab 1.2
1530-1550 AFTERNOON TEA (catered) CPC Auditorium
1550-1645 Defining immune signatures of therapeutic response with non-negative matrix factorization of bulk and single cell data
Associate Professor Elana Fertig, Johns Hopkins University		 CPC Auditorium
1645-1700 CONFERENCE CLOSE CPC Auditorium
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