Webinar: Non model Organism Sequencing Using MGI DNBSEQ™ Platform

We are excited to have invited two collaborators to share their experience in using DNBSEQ™ platform in their exciting research projects. In this two-part webinar, Dr. Paul O’Brien from James Cook University will present how his team used genome-centred metatranscriptomics to investigate key microbial processes within the microbiome of sponges common to the Great Barrier Reef; Professor Robert Henry from the University of Queensland will discuss the results of his research in comparing a range of long read sequencing and genome assembly tools using Macadamia jansenii as a model plant genome. The webinar will be moderated by Dr. Jiyoti Verma from Decode Science.
Speakers:
Dr. Paul O'Brien, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University (JCU), was a recipient of an AIMS@JCU Scholarship. Majoring in Human Physiology and Zoology during his undergrad, Paul took an interest in coral reef science that has brought him to JCU where he developed a drive for marine research and completed his PhD. His current research investigates evidence for coevolution and symbiosis in coral reef invertebrates and their microbial communities. Paul has recently started a new position with the University of Queensland to investigate microbial inducers of coral settlement.
Professor Robert Henry is currently Professor of Innovation in Agriculture. Before being appointed QAAFI Director (May 2010-September 2020), he was Director of the Centre for Plant Conservation Genetics at Southern Cross University, a centre which he established in 1996. He is particularly interested in Australian flora and plants of economic and social importance and has led the way in research into genome sequencing to capture novel genetic resources for the diversification of food crops to deliver improved food products.