CompBio Australia 2026

1 week of cross-disciplinary training in Computational Biology
for graduate students

June 8-12, 2026

University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Advanced Studies Workshop in
Computational Biology

Biology research increasingly benefits from computational analysis of large and complex data sets, particularly the development of techniques for discovering and describing patterns in those data with simulation and AI models. With the goal of fostering these skills in the next generation of trainees, we introduce the CompBio Asia—Advanced Studies Workshops (ASW).

This one-week workshop consists of integrated lectures, hands-on training, and small-group projects. The workshop features lecturers from across the globe with expertise in disciplines spanning artificial intelligence, genomics, proteomics, structural biology, and molecular dynamics.

Program details (tentative)

The application process for CompBio Australia 2026 will be posted soon

Application deadline: TBD

For US Citizens, Nationals and Permanent Residents:

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Amitava Roy
Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Montana, USA

Julia Rogers
Postdoctoral Researcher, Mohammed AlQuraishi Lab
Department of Systems Biology
University of Columbia, USA

Charles Laughton
Professor of Computational Pharmaceutical Science
University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Travis Wheeler
Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy
University of Arizona, USA

Training topics

Hands-On Guidance and Instruction

Genome Sciences

Annotation and analysis of genomic and protein sequences.

Structure Prediction

Annotation and analysis of genomic and protein sequences.

Biomolecule-ligand affinity estimation

Computational estimation of binding affinity for protein-small molecule complexes.

Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Calculating and analyzing fluctuations patterns of molecules.

Artificial Intelligence

Fundamentals of neural networks, with hands-on creation of simple models, and application of
existing models to the above topics.

About us

CompBio Australia

CompBio Asia and CompBio Australia are part of an international initiative dedicated to advancing computational biology through Advanced Interdisciplinary Study Workshops (ASWs).

Since its inception, the initiative has hosted ASWs at leading institutions, including the National Science and Technology Development Agency of Thailand (NSTDA) in 2022, the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2023, and Kasetsart University in Bangkok in 2025.

The workshop is supported by NSF award 1953405 and 2420222.

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Common Questions

The workshop is designed for graduate students from the USA. For applications from the USA, we will only consider graduate students. For applications from the rest of the world, along with graduate students, we will consider applications from academicians, researchers, and industry professionals.

Participants are expected to have graduate-level research experience in at least one of the
streams- genomics, computational structural biology, molecular dynamics, or artificial
intelligence- and an active interest in learning the other streams.

Workshop attendance also requires comfort with the UNIX command-line interface and
proficiency in at least one programming language (see below).

Attendees should be proficient in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Java, C,
Rust, R). We strongly recommend arriving with sufficient experience in Python to allow the
installation of Python packages, parsing data from structured and unstructured data files, data
manipulation with Python’s pandas library, and figure generation with Matplotlib.

Please keep an eye on this website for links to suggested tutorials.

NSF will cover all costs for successful applications by US citizens, nationals, and permanent residents. Applicants from the rest of the world are expected to cover their own costs. We will have a few travel grants for applicants from the rest of the world.