The Newcastle Bioinformatics Initiative and its network of collaborators has over 50 researchers and students accross the different areas of knowledge. The areas most represented are Optimization Methods, Medical Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, Protein Modelling, Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Evolutionary Algorithms and Data Mining.

Core research group

Academics
Dr. Regina Berretta: Optimisation Problems in Bioinformatics
Prof. Michael Fellows: Computational Molecular Biology
Dr. Alexandre Mendes: Evolutionary Algorithms
A/Prof. Pablo Moscato (Director): Algorithmics, Machine Learning and Data Mining
Prof. Rodney Scott: Medical Genetics and SNP analysis

Postdocs
Dr. Nikola Bowden: High-throughput medical genetics
Dr. Martin G. Ravetti: Combinatorial Optimization and Data Mining
Dr. Osvaldo Rosso: Temporal-series analysis of EEGs for absence epilepsy

Students
Mario Inostroza-Ponta: PhD student – P. Moscato and R. Berretta

Collaborators at Newcastle

Prof. Stephen Ackland: Cancer diagnosis, therapies and clinical trials
Prof. Leonie K Ashman: Cell and molecular biology of cancer
A/Prof. John Attia: Molecular and genetic epidemiology
Prof. Hugh Craig: Computational linguistics
Prof. John Forbes: Cancer control and prevention
Prof. Peter Gibson: Respiratory medicine, asthma, allergies
Dr. Frans Henskens: Neural Modelling and Algorithmics for Bacterial Identification
Prof. Peter Hersey: Melanoma diagnosis, vaccine and treatments
A/Prof. Michael Hunter: Brain chemistry and function
Dr. Jeanette Lechner-Scott: Multiple sclerosis
Prof. Patricia Michie: Cognitive Neuroscience
Prof. John Rostas: Medical Biochemistry – HMRI Executive Director
A/Prof. Alistair Sim: Biochemistry of proteins
Prof. Wayne Smith: Methodology, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Dr. Paul Tooney: Schizophrenia and immunohistochemistry
Dr. David Williams: Brain and mental health, John Hunter Hospital

Collaborators at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience

Prof. Kevin Burrage: Computational biology, multi-scale modelling
Prof. Mark Ragan: Comparative and Computational Genomics
Dr. Rohan Teasdale: Computational cell biology

Supporters at Newcastle

Prof. John Aitken: Protein Modelling and Human Reproduction
Prof. Mike Calford: Auditory Cortex Development
Dr. Stephan Chalup: Machine Learning
Dr. Jose de Dona: Non-Linear Dynamical Systems and Control
Dr. Renate Griffith: Computer Molecular Modelling and Drug Design
Dr. Abbas Kouzani: Image Processing
Prof. Rick Middleton: Integrated Dynamics and Control
A/Prof. Brett Ninness: System Identification
Prof. Adrian Page: former DVC-R and PVC of the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment

Alumni

Brett Anderson: Honours student - Supervisor: P. Moscato (2005)
Dr. Elena Prieto: PhD - Supervisor: P. Moscato (2001-2005)
Dr. Mou'ath Hourani: PhD - Supervisor: P. Moscato (2004-2007)

International and national interns

Guillaume Angeli: Polytechnique Universitaire de Marseille, France: P. Moscato (2005)
Emilie Masse: Polytechnique Universitaire de Marseille, France: P. Moscato (2005)
Marco Rospocher: University of Trento, Italy: P. Moscato (2005)
Jarrod Smith: Summer school scholarship: P. Moscato (2004)
Triinu Tasa: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden: P. Moscato (2006)
Joshua Thompson: Summer school scholarship: R. Berretta (2005)

Overseas members of the NBI

Dr. Luciana Buriol: Universita' di Roma, Italy
Prof. Carlos Cotta: University of Malaga, Spain
Dr. Vinicius Jacques Garcia: University of Campinas, Brazil
M.Sc. Lalinka Gomes: University of Campinas, Brazil
Prof. Fernando Jose Von Zuben: University of Campinas, Brazil

Other supporters and external collaborators

Dr. Edoardo Amaldi: Politecnico di Milano, Italy
A/Prof. Phoebe Chen: Deakin University, Australia
Prof. M.J. Dinneen: University of Auckland, New Zealand
Dr. Henning Fernau: Grammars and Graph Theory
Dr. Phil Giffard: Queensland University of Technology
Prof. David W. Juedes: Ohio University, USA
Prof. J. Leslie Keedy: University of Ulm, Germany
Prof. Giuseppe Lancia: University of Udine, Italy
Prof. Michael A. Langston: University of Tenessee, USA
Prof. Kerrie Mengersen: Applications of Statistics
Prof. Yaser Mostafa: California Institute of Tech., USA, Head of Machine Learning Group
Dr. Romeo Rizzi: University of Udine, Italy
Dr. Gail Robertson: CRC for Diagnostics, QUT
Dr. Frances Rosamond: Parameterized complexity
Prof. Osvaldo Rosso: University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dr. Desmond Smith: UCLA School of Medicine, USA
Dr. Richard Webber: NICTA, Australia
Prof. Karsten Weihe: Algorithm Engineering
Dr. Fatos Xhafa: UPC, Barcelona, Spain

September 2007 ::: Two new Research Associates join the NBI

The Newcastle Bioinformatics Initiative has received two new Research Associates, Drs. Osvaldo Rosso and Martin Ravetti.   more

September 2006 ::: Hunter Medical Research Institute Conference on Translational Cancer Research

The Newcastle Bioinformatics Initiative was represented at the event by its director, Pablo Moscato, and also Rodney Scott, Alexandre Mendes and Nikola Bowden.   more

August 2006 ::: New fellowships available

The Newcastle Bioinformatics Initiative will support applications for the 2007 round of the University of Newcastle's Research Fellowships.    more