QFAB Bioinformatics
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| Abbreviation | QFAB Bioinformatics |
|---|---|
| Formation | 2007 |
| Type | academic not-for-profit |
| Headquarters | Institute for Molecular Bioscience University of Queensland Brisbane |
Region | Australia |
Director | Dr Dominique Gorse |
| Website | qfab |
QFAB Bioinformatics is a Queensland-based organisation dedicated to the provision of resources in bioinformatics, biostatistics and specialised computing platforms. QFAB operates Australia-wide and is a key contributor to the EMBL Australia Bioinformatics Resource [1] and the emerging Australian BioCommons.
Organisational structure
QFAB Bioinformatics is a unit of the Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation (QCIF), a not-for-profit member-based organisation.
Members
- Central Queensland University
- Griffith University
- James Cook University
- Queensland University of Technology
- The University of Queensland
- University of Southern Queensland
Affiliate member
History
QFAB was established in 2007[2] , with funding from the Queensland Government's National and International Research Alliances Program[3], as a joint venture between The University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology, Griffith University, CSIRO’s Australian eHealth Research Centre and the Queensland Government’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
Professor Mark Ragan from the Institute of Molecular Bioscience (IMB) and Dr Anthony Maeder from the Australian eHealth Research Centre led QFAB’s establishment and appointed Mr Jeremy Barker as CEO (2007–2014) to address three critical issues then facing bioinformatics in Queensland:[4]
- integrated data and high-performance computing in a secure environment
- affordable network bandwidth
- access to expert personnel
In 2015, Dr Dominique Gorse became CEO of QFAB and led the strategic alliance with QCIF, the Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation, which resulted in the merger of the two organisations in April 2016. QCIF operates significant high-performance computing, cloud computing and data storage resources, is part of the national eResearch infrastructure.
Computing Platforms
QFAB and QCIF, together with the University of Melbourne’s Melbourne Bioinformatics, and the University of Queensland’s Research Computing Centre jointly built and operate Galaxy Australia which is a major feature of the Genomics Virtual Laboratory. [5]. It is the Australian national bring-your-own-data analysis platform for processing and visualisation of genomics data. Users simply upload their data, Galaxy Australia presents the tools in an easy to use GUI, where all the computational configuration is handled by the service. Data is stored in individual histories, that can be seamlessly shared with others. Galaxy Australia is part of the global usegalaxy.* group, that has enabled access to standardised reference genomes and also allows Australia to contribute to the core Galaxy code base development. Galaxy Australia is steadily adding new tools and functionality that reflects the dynamic nature of the research community supported.
Memberships
- Life Science Queensland
- EMBL Australia Bioinformatics Resource
- Global Organisation for Bioinformatics Learning, Education & Training (GOBLET)
- Pistoia Alliance
References
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