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 ECR Training support funding
- CBA Visiting scientist support funding
Upcoming events
Ivan Koludarov visiting from the Technical University of Munich's Department of Scientific Computing will present a 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.
The dartR team will host a population genomics workshop using the dartRverse.
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.
Past events
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 at the newly established Australian Biodiversity Discovery Facility and discuss ways of testing and developing this novel technology in Australia.
In this workshop Adam Leaché, from the University of Washington, will give an introduction and run through practical activities on coalescent theory and analysis.
This workshop aims to develop skills required to simulate biodiversity patterns using MEEMs, and specifically the Gen3sis engine, enabling participants to design experiments and test multiple interconnected hypotheses for the evolution of biodiversity.
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.
A 5-day training workshop run by developers of popular R packages and experienced practitioners to help students and ECRs get the most out their population genomics research using R.
Visiting ecophysiologist Karine Salin from the Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) will present a talk and workshop on mitochondrial metabolism.
In conjunction with Biosystematics 2023, the CBA is hosting a post-conference workshop on phylogenetic analysis software BEAST 2.
This hands-on workshop will show participants how to speak about their research to invite conversation, whether it be amongst other scientists, stakeholders, or the general public.
You are invited to a working group to discuss the development of a new CBA initiative investigating the potential of new data sources to unify the three elements of biodiversity - ecosystems, species and genes.