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Bernie Pope

Computer scientist and bioinformatician

Overview

I am a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at The University of Melbourne. I work in the fields of computer science and bioinformatics, where I apply scalable and robust computational methodologies to key challenges in human health, particularly in genomics and cancer.

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Other Affiliations and Duties

News

Recent presentations

  • GUARDIANS: Building National Infrastructure for Human Genomic Data Sharing and Analytics in Australia, OICR Seminar, 10 April 2026.
  • Melbourne PX4 Health Initiative, International Data Week (IDW) 2025, session on Linking Pixels, Proteins & Populations: Integrating Data Across Life Science Domains, 16 October 2025.
  • GUARDIANS: Genomics Uplift for Australian Research through Digital Infrastructure at National Scale, International Data Week (IDW) 2025, keynote in plenary session on Open Research and Federated Systems: Disciplinary, Regional and International Perspectives , 15 October 2025.

Recent activities

  • 14 April - 17 April: Attended the GA4GH Connect 2026 meeting in Montreal, Canada
  • 10 April 2026: Visited OICR in Toronto and gave a seminar
  • 13-16 October 2025: Attended and presented at the International Data Week (IDW) Conference in Brisbane
  • 18 September 2025: Gave presentation about the role of data commons infrastructure in data governance at the InGeNA Member Session on Data Privacy & Sovereignty in Genomics
  • 16 September 2025: Gave presentation about the GUARDIANS program to the ELIXIR Human Data Communities group