Bioinformatics Advisory Committee


Terms of Reference

Authority

Under the terms of the EMBL Australia Deed of Agreement, the EMBL Australia Council may form subcommittees and advisory groups as required from time to time to make non‐binding recommendations to the EMBL Australia Council (Clause 4.2)

Purpose

The primary function of the Bioinformatics Advisory Group (BAC) of EMBL Australia Council is to assist and advise the Council in all matters relating to the provision of bioinformatics and related services to the EMBL Australia Partner Laboratory and the Australian life science research community.

Duties

The duties of the BAC are:
  • provide expert advice re bioinformatics to Council and Partner Laboratory Groups
  • support the establishment of bioinformatics related initiatives including the EBI mirror at the EMBL Australia Partner Laboratory node at the University of Queensland and a national bioinformaticians network
  • other appropriate bioinformatics related items as directed by Council

Reporting Arrangements

  • The Chairman of the BAC should present a verbal summary report of the Committee’s activities and deliberations drawing significant items to Council’s attention at its next full meeting.
  • The minutes of the BAC meetings will be formally recorded and submitted to the Council for noting in a timely manner.
  • The BAC will make reports and recommendations to the Council on matters within its terms of reference as it shall think fit.



Members

The EMBL Australia Bioinformatics Advisory Committee Members are:

Dr Louise Ryan (Chair)
Chief of CSIRO Mathematics, Informatics and
Statistics
CSIRO
Prof Nadia Rosenthal   
Scientific Head
EMBL Australia
Prof Dave Adelson
Professor and Chair of Bioinformatics
The University of South Australia
Dr Jean Yee Hwa Yang
Senior Lecturer, School of Mathematics and Statistics
The University of Sydney
Dr Ewan Birney
Senior Scientist
EMBL-EBI
Prof Paul Bonnington
Director, e-Research
Monash University
Dr David Lovell
Transformational Biology Bioinformatics &
Analytics Leader
CSIRO
Prof Grant Morahan
Laboratory Head/Director Centre for Diabetes
Research
The University of Western Australia
Prof Mark Ragan
Head of Division, Genomic and Computational
Biology
The University of Queensland
Prof Terry Speed
Division Head, Bioinformatics
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Mr Silvio Tiziani
Executive Director
EMBL Australia
Prof Brandon Wainwright
Director, Institute Molecular Bioscience The University of Queensland
Prof Marc Wilkins
NSW Systems Biology Initiative The University of New South Wales


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