2025 Speakers and Program Preview | EMBL Australia

Program Overview

(Please note this program is subject to change)

🧠 Week One – Big Ideas & New Tools

Be welcomed by Jo McEntyre, Interim Director, EMBL-EBI.
Explore national efforts in AI and machine learning across the life sciences.
Learn from leaders at the Australian Institute for Machine Learning, MACSYS, and more.
Attend focused sessions on mathematical modelling, systems biology, and computational approaches.
Build skills in:
- Machine learning for life sciences (Australian BioCommons)
- Data visualisation


Monday 1 December	Welcome and Intro to AI Across Australia Jo McEntyre, Interim Director, EMBL-EBI The Australian Institute of Machine Learning
Tuesday 2 December	Math and Modelling Proudly supported by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical Analysis of Cellular Systems (MACSYS)
Wednesday 3 December	Math and Modelling Lan Nguyen, Group Leader, SAiGENCi
Thursday 4 December	AI in the Life Sciences & Communicating with Impact Workshops kindly presented by Australian BioCommons WORKSHOP: Machine Learning in the Life Sciences Dr Benjamin Goudey, Australian BioCommons, AI Technical Lead WORKSHOP: Mastering Data Visualisation Design Dr Giorgia Mori, Training and Communications Officer
Friday 5 December	Australian Indigenous Genomics Dr Jimmy Breen Dr Bastien Llamas Dr Justine Clark

🧬 Week Two – Applications, Communication & Careers

Investigate applied research topics, including Indigenous genomics, and Omics and therapeutics
Imaging techniques and AI integration
Build your communication and storytelling skills
Explore career paths with guest speakers from academia, industry, government, and research infrastructure.

📢 Build your presentation skills

3MT presentations throughout the 2 week course
Prepare group presentations to reflect on the learned skills from the week
Present your work in a poster presentation, with expert feedback and guidance


Monday 8 December	Omics Workshops kindly presented by the South Australian Genomics Centre
Tuesday 9 December	Therapeutics and Drug Delivery Dr Thierry Jardé, Senior Research Fellow, Director of the Monash Organoid Program, Monash University
Wednesday 10 December	Communicating to Diverse Audiences Dr Jonathan Berengut, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UNSW Jodie Haigh, Scientific Communications, ARC Poster Session (open to the public)
Thursday 11 December	Imaging Techniques and AI Applications Associate Professor Izzy Jayasinghe, Head of the Department of Molecular Medicine in the School of Biomedical Sciences, UNSW
Friday 12 December	Career Development and Pathways Impact CV workshop Panel and discussions with leading experts across industry, academia, international, policy, research infrastructure and more!