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COMBINE: a bioinformatics group aimed at students and early-career researchers (#258)

Andrew Lonsdale 1 , Harriet Dashnow 2 3 4
  1. School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
  2. Life Science Computation Centre, Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative, Carlton, VIC, Australia
  3. The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
  4. Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia
COMBINE is a student-run Australian organisation for researchers in computational biology, bioinformatics, and related fields. COMBINE is the official International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) Regional Student Group (RSG) for Australia.

We aim to bring together students and early-career researchers from the computational and life sciences for networking, collaboration, and professional development. 

Australia has many research institutes, each with their own cohorts of students. Aside from conferences, there are few opportunities that bring these students together, allowing them to discover the different kinds of research going on at other local institutes. 

COMBINE aims to bridge this institutional divide by organising a variety of lectures and social events that allow students to connect with each other in a casual environment.