2025 PhD Course Program | 1-5 December

9:00 – 10:00	Registration and Check-in
10:00 – 10:30	Welcome Prof Craig Simmons Chief Scientist for South Australia, South Australia State Government Prof Jose Polo EMBL Australia Scientific Head, SAiGENCI
10:30 – 11:30	The Future of Data Needs Around the World Jo McEntyre Interim COO, EMBL-EBI
11:30 – 12:30	Placeholder – AI in the Life Sciences
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch
13:30 – 14:15	Ice Breaker Activity – Collaborating Across Silos
14:15 – 16:30	Introduction to R/Python (optional) Dr Nora Lui SAiGENCI

Today is proudly supported by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical Analysis of Cellular Systems (MACSYS)

Today is proudly supported by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical Analysis of Cellular Systems (MACSYS)

Workshops kindly presented by Australian BioCommons

9:00 – 10:30	Machine learning in the life sciences Dr Benjamin Goudey, AI Technical Lead Australian BioCommons
10:30 – 11:00	Break
11:00 – 12:00	Machine learning in the life sciences continued
12:00 – 12:30	Three Minute Thesis
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch
13:30 – 15:00	Mastering Data Visualisation Design Dr Giorgia Mori, Training and Communications Officer Australian BioCommons
15:00 – 15:30	Break
15:00 – 15:30	Introduction to iLearn Plus Dr Fuyi Li SAiGENCI

9:00 – 10:30	FAIR Data Principles Dr Jimmy Breen Chief Data Scientist of the Indigenous Genomics research group, The Kids Research Institute Australia
10:30 – 11:00	Break
11:00 – 12:00	Consumer Engagement Dr Justine Clark Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Kids Research Institute Australia
12:00 – 12:30	Three Minute Thesis
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch
13:30 – 15:00	Ancient DNA Associate Professor Bastien Llamas Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD)
15:00 – 15:30	Break
15:00 – 16:30	Group Work and Presentations Learnings from the week & key takeaways

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