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Dr Brian Forde
Senior Research FellowInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:1Supervisor:Researcher biography:Brian Forde is a fellow in microbial bioinformatics and Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellow at the University of Queensland (UQ) Centre for Clinical Research (CCR). Brian was awarded a PhD from University College Cork, Ireland, in 2013 and developed his interest in bacterial genomics as a postdoctoral fellow at the UQ School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences (SCMB). Currently, his work is primarily focused on clinical microbial genomics, including: the evolution of antibiotic resistance, genomic epidemiology, genomic surveillance of Infectious Diseases and translating genomic research into clinical practice. Since 2017 he has been part of a multidisciplinary team, including researchers, infectious diseases clinicians and infection control professionals, leading the introduction of WGS to investigate hospital-acquired infection in Queensland (https://www.queenslandgenomics.org). In 2020, Brian was awarded Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowship to explore the application of Artificial Intelligence to genomic surveillance and transmission dynamics.
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Mr Thom Cuddihy
Bioinformatics DeveloperInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:0Supervisor:Dr Budi Permana
Postdoctoral Research FellowInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:0Supervisor:Students
Ms Simone Dowd
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