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Bernie Pope

Computer scientist and bioinformatician

Overview

I am an Associate Professor at The University of Melbourne. My research focuses on applying computational techniques to biological questions, especially related to human genomics and cancer. I am also enthusiastic about education and have extensive experience teaching at the university level.

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Recent presentations

  • Ultra-sensitive detection of circulating tumour DNA enriches for patients with higher risk disease in clinically localised prostate cancer, AACR Special Conference: Advances in Prostate Cancer, 18 March 2023.
  • Advancing Human Genomics data sharing in Australia: Highlights from Australian BioCommons’ Human Genome Informatics initiative, eResearch NZ, 16 February 2023.
  • Enhancing Australia’s capability for secure and responsible sharing of human genomics research data, The Australian Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Society (ABACBS) 2022 National Conference, 30 November 2022.

Recent activities

  • 15-18 March, 2023: Attended and presented a talk at the AACR Special Conference: Advances in Prostate Cancer, Denver, Colorado, USA
  • 13 March, 2023: Started lecturing the subject Coding for Business Problems in the Masters of Business Analytics, The Melbourne Business School, The University of Melbourne
  • 7 March, 2023: Gave lecture on Introduction to Bioinformatics Computing Resources for the Masters of Science (Bioinformatics), The University of Melbourne
  • 3,6,8 February, 2023: Lectured Introduction to Python Programming in the Masters of Business Analytics, The Melbourne Business School, The University of Melbourne
  • 30 November, 2022: Attended the ABACBS Conference and chaired a session at the Victorian Cancer Bioinformatics Symposium, Melbourne