Mar 2019 Updates

  • The Phylogenomics working group led by Darren Crayn has been meeting regularly to tease out the various approaches that can be undertaken by the project.
  • The Bioinformatics (pilot genomes) working group led by Anna Syme has been meeting once a month to discuss the tools and compute requirements for the 3 pilot reference genome projects. The long term compute requirements for the initiative and best sequencing approaches for the pilot reference genomes are also being considered.
  • Working groups list: https://www.genomicsforaustralianplants.com/consortium/