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A cutaway image of the capsid or protein shell of a Poliovirus formed from a 3.7 million-atom simulation. Image credit: Jason Roberts

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RAS Round 5 now open ahead of Stage 2 upgrades

April 24, 2012

Stage 2 for VLSCI means more than a big new Blue Gene/Q, named Avoca. New resources in this round will predominantly consist of access to the Blue Gene/Q, but limited additional x86 capacity is also available. Access to the new resources will be available to some current projects and successful Round 5 projects on 1 July, 2012. Not all existing users need to apply for resources – some will... Read full story


UROP projects Winter 2012

March 16, 2012

The Bio21 Cluster runs the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program which is co-sponsored by VLSCI and CSL. VLSCI's provides administration support and funding for up to ten half-stipends for projects which relate to computational biology. This is open to students across all Victorian Institutions. There are a number of half stipends available to support UROP places. These half... Read full story


New research grants announced

March 7, 2012

New research grants announced The VLSCI has announced the latest round of allocations for supercomputer access for life science researchers. Allocations were determined on the merit of proposals submitted by a wide variety of key Victorian health and medical research institutions and universities. “The quality of the new projects is outstanding,” said Professor Peter Taylor, Director... Read full story


LSCC offers bioinformatics & computational biology support

March 1, 2012

The VLSCI Life Sciences Computation Centre is seeking Expressions of Interest from Victorian-led projects in the fields of High Throughput Genomics, Computational Bioimaging, Proteomics & Integrative Biology which may benefit from support from and collaboration with LSCC's bioinformatics and/or computational biology expertise. The EOI simply requires a: Project Overview (title, aims... Read full story


World's greenest supercomputer heads to Melbourne to boost health research

February 14, 2012

MELBOURNE, Australia: Victoria will be home to one of Australia’s fastest supercomputers and the world’s greenest supercomputer, the IBM Blue Gene/Q, which will be housed at the Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI) hosted by the University of Melbourne, and is aimed at advancing the study of human disease. The acquisition of the IBM supercomputer is the second stage... Read full story