Bioinformatics at Westmead
The Westmead Research Hub brings together a distributed network of specialist bioinformatics teams across the Westmead precinct and partner organisations, offering expertise in genomics, computational biology, data analysis, and advanced bioinformatics methodologies.
Each bioinformatics team is managed by one of our Hub partners. Links below provide details on capabilities, services, locations, and contacts.
WIMR Bioinformatics Core Facility (WRH Core Facility)
What they do: Bulk and single‑cell transcriptomics (RNA‑seq, scRNA‑seq, VDJ, CITE‑seq, ATAC‑seq), epigenomics (ChIP‑seq, bisulfite), spatial transcriptomics (Visium), cytometry/genomics data analysis, public data meta‑analysis, bespoke visualisation, and training.
Lead Contact: Dr Brian Gloss
More info: WIMR Bionformatics | Internal fees & training details
Level 2, WIMR
Microbial Genomics Reference Laboratory (MGRL)
What they do: State wide pathogen genomics service for NSW—routine genomic surveillance, outbreak investigation, pipeline development, and bioinformatics analyses in collaboration with genomic epidemiologists, scientists, and clinicians.
More info: NSW Health Pathology
ICPMR, Westmead Hospital
Children’s Cancer Research Unit (CCRU) – Bioinformatics
What they do: Develop bioinformatics pipelines for DNA sequencing from liquid biopsies, analyse cancer predisposing genes; integrated lab/computational roles for translational paediatric oncology.
More info: CCRU Overview
Western Sydney Genetics Program (WSGP) / Sydney Genome Diagnostics (SGD)
What they do: Statewide paediatric genomics program with clinical genetics and diagnostic lab services (Molecular Genetics, Cytogenetics, Biochemical Genetics), underpinned by bioinformatics pipelines for rare disease diagnosis and precision medicine.
More info: WSGP overview
Computational Systems Biology Unit
What they do: Computational methods and systems approaches to cell identity, stem cell differentiation and development; modelling of regulatory networks.
More info: Research at Westmead – CMRI units
Transformational Bioinformatics (Australian e Health Research Centre)
What they do: Cloud native bioinformatics, machine learning/AI for genomics, biosecurity and precision health; scalable pipelines; variant early warning systems; led by Prof Denis Bauer.
More info: CSIRO Transformational Bioinformatics
Level 3, East Tower (IQ) Building,158–164 Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead (no CSIRO reception on site; use Envoy)
Sydney Precision Bioinformatics (USYD)
What they do: Method development for predictive biomarkers, single cell data analysis, and statistical/algorithmic tools in computational biology.
More info: Sydney Precision Bioinformatics
HDR & research supervision (Westmead aligned projects)
Overview: Multiple PhD projects at CMRI/WIMR involve bioinformatics and computational biology, reflecting a distributed network of supervisors and projects on the Westmead campus.
More info: Bioinformatics Service
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