CBA Workshops
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CBA technical workshops typically focus on advanced analytical and technical methods, with the primary developers of the methods presenting, across three main areas:
- population- and phylo-genomics,
- macro evolution and ecology, and
- biodiversity informatics.
The Ecogenomics and Bioinformatics Lab (EBL) offers an annual wet lab “Introduction to molecular lab fundamentals” to coincide with new honours and PhD cohorts and also welcomes requests for bespoke experimental and/or training requirements throughout the year.
The CBA also facilitates and supports other activities such as working groups, round table discussions and symposiums that support research development and collaboration across our partner institutions and knowledge exchange amongst scientists, managers and policy makers.
We strongly encourage direct input from post docs and PhD students regarding the types of dry and wet lab training they need for their specific research requirements and interests.
We also support national and international visiting scientists who present a workshop during their time in Canberra.
More information
- Dry lab technical workshops: Claire Stephens
- Wet lab molecular workshops: Niccy Aitken
- Knowledge exchange workshops: Jess Ward-Jones
- CBA EMCR Training support funding
- CBA Visiting scientist support funding
Upcoming events
Carlos Melian, EAWAG, Switzerland, will lead a workshop exploring the theoretical foundations and examples of network and multilayer network analysis for biological and ecological systems.
Join keynote speakers Nic Rawlence, University of Otago and Emilio Mármol Sánchez, University of Copenhagen for an exploratory workshop for researchers interested in generating and utilising historical datasets.
Jessica Storer and Rachel O’Neill from the University of Connecticut will give an overview of assembling repetitive parts of the genome, how to check assemblies and curate and annotate the genome for transposable elements.
Henry North from the University of Cambridge will present a hands-on workshop focused on the application of whole-genome population genomics to monitoring and managing invasive and endangered populations.
Paula Riccardi from the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology will introduce a framework for contextualising large volumes of imaging and DNA barcoding data into taxonomic revisions and species descriptions.
Past events
This ECR training workshop will introduce the principles of Illumina DNA library prep for short-read sequencing and provide hand-on experience with the key steps involved in library construction, quality control, and best lab practices.
A hands-on workshop to learn about unmethylated region (UMR)-sequencing.
The EBL's annual 3-day introductory course to molecular lab fundamentals for Honours and PhD students and other researchers new to molecular lab work.
Led by the creators of dartR, this five-day online training workshop is designed for ecologists, conservation biologists, early-career researchers and students - anyone ready to master population genetics in R.
As part of the Australian and New Zealand Entomological Conference at ANU in December, the CBA will be hosting lab tours of the ABDF and demonstrations of the DiversityScanner pipelines.
Ivan Koludarov visiting from the Technical University of Munich's Department of Scientific Computing will present a two-day workshop on genome annotation methods and their application to difficult to annotate multicopy gene families.
This 3-day workshop presented by Fred Allendorf and other guest speakers will provide a comprehensive overview of the essential background, concepts, and tools required to understand how genetics and genomics can be used for conservation and management.
Dr Rob Salguero-Gómez (University of Oxford) will lead an interactive workshop designed specifically for PhD students and early-career researchers to provide a behind-the-scenes look at the publication process.
The EBL's annual 3-day introductory course to molecular lab fundamentals for Honours and PhD students and other researchers new to molecular lab work.
Over two days, Paul Frandsen (Brigham Young University) will provide workshop participants with knowledge and hands-on experience in analysing PacBio HiFi sequencing data, running whole genome assemblies, evaluating the quality of their genome assemblies, and will be introduced to whole genome annotation.
An opportunity to hear about and observe the DiversityScanner pipelines at the newly established Australian Biodiversity Discovery Facility and discuss ways of testing and developing this novel technology in Australia.