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GIH research team
	Dean Basic Computational biologist Genome Innovation Hub	d.basic@uq.edu.au
	Dr Jun Ma Research Specialist - Biochemistry Genome Innovation Hub	jun.ma@imb.uq.edu.au
	Valentine Murigneux Computational biologist Genome Innovation Hub Bioinformatician QCIF Facility for Advanced Bioinformatics	v.murigneux@uq.edu.au
	Dr Subash Rai Research Specialist - Long Read Sequencing Genome Innovation Hub	subash.rai@uq.edu.au
	Rafael Tubelleza Computational Biologist Genome Innovation Hub	r.tubelleza@uq.edu.au
	Shivangi Wani Research Specialist - Genomics Genome innovation Hub Senior Research Assistant UQ Sequencing Facility	s.wani@uq.edu.au
	Dr Di Xia Research Specialist - Genome Engineering Genome Innovation Hub	d.xia@imb.uq.edu.au
	Dr Sohye Yoon Research Specialist - Genomics Genome innovation Hub	s.yoon@uq.edu.au

GIH management group
	Stacey Andersen Operations Manager Genome Innovation Hub	s.andersen2@uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Scott Beatson Associate Professor School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Science Affiliate Associate Professor UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine	+61 7 336 54863 scott.beatson@uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Jessica Mar ARC Future Fellow Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) Affiliate Research Fellow Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB)	j.mar@uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Allan McRae Interim Director Genome Innovation Hub (GIH) ARC Future Fellow - GL Institute for Molecular Biosciences	a.mcrae@imb.uq.edu.au
	Professor Grant Montgomery Professorial Research Fellow - GL Institute for Molecular Biosciences (IMB) Affiliate Professorial Research Fellow Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) Affiliate Professorial Research Fellow Office of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Infrastructure) Former Director Genome Innovation Hub (GIH)	+61 7 3346 2612 g.montgomery1@uq.edu.au
	Dr Elizabeth Ross Research Fellow Centre for Animal Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation	+61 7 334 62162 e.ross@uq.edu.au

GIH Steering Committee
	Professor Paul Clarke Director, UQ Diamantina Institute The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Faculty of Medicine	paul.clarke@uq.edu.au
	Professor Helen Cooper Deputy Director (Research) Queensland Brain Institute	h.cooper@uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Claire Côte Director Centre for Water in the Minerals Industry Sustainable Minerals Institute	c.cote@uq.edu.au
	Professor Ian Henderson Director Institute for Molecular Bioscience Affiliate Professor UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine Affiliate Professor School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Science	i.henderson@imb.uq.edu.au
	Professor Robert Henry Professor of Innovation in Agriculture Centre for Crop Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation	robert.henry@uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Lee Hickey Principal Research Fellow Centre for Crop Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
	Professor Phil Hugenholtz ARC Australian Laureate Fellow School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Science Affiliate Professor The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Faculty of Medicine	p.hugenholtz@uq.edu.au
	Professor Grant Montgomery Professorial Research Fellow - GL Institute for Molecular Biosciences (IMB) Affiliate Professorial Research Fellow Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) Affiliate Professorial Research Fellow Office of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Infrastructure) Former Director Genome Innovation Hub (GIH)	+61 7 3346 2612 g.montgomery1@uq.edu.au
	Professor David Paterson Director UQ Centre for Clinical Research Faculty of Medicine	d.paterson1@uq.edu.au
	Professor Alan Rowan Institute Director Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology	alan.rowan@uq.edu.au
	Professor Joe Shapter Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Res Infra) Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Infrastructure) Affiliate Professor Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology	j.shapter@uq.edu.au
	Dr Kirsty Short Senior Lecturer School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Science	k.short@uq.edu.au
	Professor Naomi Wray NHMRC Leadership Fellow - GL Institute for Molecular Bioscience Affiliate Professor Queensland Brain Institute	naomi.wray@uq.edu.au
	Professor Paul Young Head of School School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Science Affiliate Professor Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Affiliated Professor Institute for Molecular Bioscience	p.young@uq.edu.au

Collaborative researchers
	Evan Bailey PhD candidate School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
	Dr Seweryn Bialasiewicz Senior Research Fellow School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Science	seweryn@uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Mikael Boden Associate Professor School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Science Affiliate Research Fellow Institute for Molecular Bioscience	m.boden@uq.edu.au
	Ms Tatiana Briody PhD Candidate Centre for Animal Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation	t.briody@uq.edu.au
	Dr Chris Brosnan Postdoctoral Research Fellow Centre for Horticultural Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation	c.brosnan@uq.edu.au
	Dr Cheong Xin Chan Senior Research Fellow School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Science Affiliate Research Fellow Institute for Molecular Bioscience	c.chan1@uq.edu.au
	Dr. Frank Chan Max Planck Research Group Leader Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society	frank.chan@tue.mpg.de
	Dr Seth Cheetham Honorary Fellow Mater Research Institute-UQ, Faculty of Medicine	seth.cheetham@mater.uq.edu.au
	Professor Paul Clarke Director, UQ Diamantina Institute The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Faculty of Medicine	paul.clarke@uq.edu.au
	A/Prof Lachlan Coin
	Joanna Crawford Senior Research Assistant Institute for Molecular Bioscience	j.crawford@imb.uq.edu.au
	Dr Peter Crisp ARC Decra Research Fellow School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Faculty of Science	p.crisp@uq.edu.au
	Professor Bernard Degnan Director CMS & Professor School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science	b.degnan@uq.edu.au
	Professor Sandie Degnan Professor School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science	s.degnan@uq.edu.au
	Dr Katherine Dougan Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences	k.dougan@imb.uq.edu.au
	Janette Edson Sequencing Manager Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, The University Of Queensland	j.edson@uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Peter Erskine Program Leader/Assoc Prof Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, Sustainable Minerals Institute	p.erskine@uq.edu.au
	Dr Adam Ewing Honorary Senior Fellow Mater Research Institute-UQ, Faculty of Medicine	adam.ewing@mater.uq.edu.au
	Professor Geoff Faulkner Professor in Neuroscience Queensland Brain Institute Affiliate Professor Mater Research Institute-UQ, Faculty of Medicine	geoffrey.faulkner@mater.uq.edu.au
	Dr Laura Fenlon NHMRC Leadership Fellow School of Biomedical Sciences Faculty of Medicine	l.fenlon@uq.edu.au
	Mr Stephen Fletcher Postdoctoral Research Fellow Centre for Horticultural Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation	s.fletcher@uq.edu.au
	Dr Brian Forde Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellow UQ Centre for Clinical Research Faculty of Medicine	b.forde@uq.edu.au
	Dr Agnelo Furtado Senior Research Fellow Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation	a.furtado@uq.edu.au
	Dr Donald Gardiner Deputy Director, ARC Hub Sust Crop Centre for Horticultural Science Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation	donald.gardiner@uq.edu.au
	Dr Emily Goodall Research Officer Institute for Molecular Bioscience	e.goodall@imb.uq.edu.au
	Dr Dom Gorse Director, Data Scientist QCIF Facility for Advanced Bioinformatics	d.gorse@qfab.org
	Dr Helen Gunter Laboratory Manager -Mercer Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology	h.gunter@uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Craig Hardner Principal Research Fellow Centre for Horticultural Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation	craig.hardner@uq.edu.au
	Dr Patrick Harris NHMRC Early Career Fellow UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine	p.harris@uq.edu.au
	Professor Ben Hayes Centre Director, Animal Science Centre for Animal Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI)	b.hayes@uq.edu.au
	Professor Ian Henderson Director Institute for Molecular Bioscience Affiliate Professor UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine Affiliate Professor School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Science	i.henderson@imb.uq.edu.au
	Professor Robert Henry Professor of Innovation in Agriculture Centre for Crop Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation	robert.henry@uq.edu.au
	Jessica Hintzsche Research Assistant School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Faculty of Science	j.hintzsche@uq.edu.au
	Senel Idrisoglu Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology	s.idrisoglu@uq.edu.au
	Dr Mathew Jones Research Fellow The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Faculty of Medicine	mathew.jones@uq.edu.au
	Dr Hyungtaek Jung Research Fellow Centre for Animal Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI)	hyungtaek.jung@uq.edu.au
	Dr Ronan Kapetanovic Research Fellow Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel Switzerland
	Dr Denuja Karunakaran IMB Fellow Institute for Molecular Bioscience	d.karunakaran@imb.uq.edu.au
	Dr Sanjaya KC Research Officer Institute for Molecular Bioscience	sanjaya.kc@imb.uq.edu.au
	Dr Peter Kozulin Senior Research Assistant Queensland Brain Institute	p.kozulin@uq.edu.au
	Dr Hannah Leeson Postdoctoral Research Fellow Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology	h.leeson@uq.edu.au
	A/Prof Andrew Mallett Adjunct Senior Fellow Institute for Molecular Bioscience Associate Professor Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit, Faculty of Medicine	a.mallett@uq.edu.au
	Dr Brett McKinnon Research Fellow Institute for Molecular Bioscience	b.mckinnon@imb.uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Timothy Mercer Principal Research Fellow and GL Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology	t.mercer@uq.edu.au
	Dr Karishma Mody Research Fellow Centre for Horticultural Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation	k.mody@uq.edu.au
	Professor Trent Munro Professor Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology/BASE facility	t.munro@uq.edu.au
	Dr Christian Nefzger Senior Research Fellow - GL Institute for Molecular Bioscience	c.nefzger@imb.uq.edu.au
	Dr Loan Nguyen Research Fellow Centre for Animal Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI)	t.nguyen3@uq.edu.au
	Dr Quan Nguyen Senior Research Fellow - Group Leader Institute for Molecular Bioscience	quan.nguyen@imb.uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos ARC Future Fellow School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science	d.ortizbarrientos@uq.edu.au
	Dr Dmitry Ovchinnikov Senior Research Fellow The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health Melbourne, Brain Centre/Kenneth Myer Building, The University of Melbourne	d.ovchinnikov@uq.edu.au
	Dr Nathan Palpant Senior Research Fellow - GL Institute for Molecular Bioscience	n.palpant@uq.edu.au
	Professor David Paterson Director UQ Centre for Clinical Research Faculty of Medicine	d.paterson1@uq.edu.au
	Mehrdad Pazhouhandeh PhD candidate The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Faculty of Medicine	m.pazhouhandeh@uq.edu.au
	Dr Minh-Duy Phan Research Fellow Institute for Molecular Bioscience	m.phan1@uq.edu.au
	Katherine Pinto-Irish PhD candidate Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, Sustainable Minerals Institute	k.pintoirish@uq.edu.au
	Dr Divya Ramnath Research Officer Institute for Molecular Bioscience	d.ramnath@imb.uq.edu.au
	Dr Rebecca San Gil FightMND Research Fellow Queensland Brain Institute	r.sangil@uq.edu.au
	Professor Mark Schembri Affiliate Professor & Professorial Research Fellow & Group Leader Institute for Molecular Bioscience Professor School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Science	m.schembri@uq.edu.au
	Dr Rodrigo Suarez Lecturer (Anatomy and Physiology) School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine	r.suarez@uq.edu.au
	Professor Matt Sweet Professorial Research Fellow - GL Institute for Molecular Bioscience Affiliated Professor School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences	m.sweet@imb.uq.edu.au
	Dr Milos Tanurdzic Senior Lecturer School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science	m.tanurdzic@uq.edu.au
	Dr Romain Tropée Nucleic acids production lead Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology/BASE facility	r.tropee@uq.edu.au
	Professor Gene Tyson ARC Future Fellow School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Science Deputy Director Australian Centre for Ecogenomics (ACE)	g.tyson@uq.edu.au
	Dr Delaney Burnard Postdoctoral Research Fellow UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine	d.burnard@uq.edu.au
	Dr Antony Van der Ent UQ Amplify Researcher, Senior Research Fellow Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, Sustainable Minerals Institute	a.vanderent@uq.edu.au
	Jessica von Pein PhD candidate Institute for Molecular Bioscience	jessica.vonpein@uq.net.au
	Dr Kai Voss-Fels ARC DECRA Centre for Animal Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation	k.vossfels@uq.edu.au
	Dr Adam Walker Ross Maclean Fellow Queensland Brain Institute	adam.walker@uq.edu.au
	Professor Mark Walker Professor School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Science	mark.walker@uq.edu.au
	Dr Melanie Wilkinson Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science	m.wilkinson2@uq.edu.au
	Dr Sarah Withey Postdoctoral Research Fellow Centre for Animal Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation Postdoctoral Research Fellow Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology	s.withey@uq.edu.au
	Professor Ernst Wolvetang Senior Group Leader Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology	e.wolvetang@uq.edu.au
	Professor Di Yu Professorial Research Fellow The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Faculty of Medicine	di.yu@uq.edu.au
	Dr Julian Zaugg Bioinformatician Software Developer School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences	j.zaugg@uq.edu.au

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