AuPS HDR/ECR Virtual Webinar

Bioinformatics and AI in Physiology Research

Modern physiology research is generating biological data at an unprecedented scale and making sense of it requires powerful computational approaches. This webinar brings together two researchers at the forefront of bioinformatics and multi-omics analysis to explore how AI and data-driven methods are transforming our understanding of human physiology.

Dr Macsue Jacques (Monash University) will share insights from her work on the molecular biology of ageing and exercise, including large-scale multi-omics approaches to identify biomarkers of biological age and exercise-responsive molecular signatures in skeletal muscle and cardiovascular health.

Dr Hitesh Kore (University of Melbourne) will discuss his work developing accessible bioinformatics tools for physiologists, with a focus on proteogenomics and how integrating long-read transcriptomics with proteomics data can illuminate the role of alternative splicing in transcriptional diversity across tissues. Together, they will highlight how cutting-edge computational methods are opening new frontiers in physiology and what these tools mean for researchers working at the bench and beyond.

Speaker Bios:

Macsue Jacques

Macsue Jacques is a bioinformatician and ageing researcher at Monash University, specialising in multi-omics analysis, epigenetics, and the molecular biology of ageing and exercise. She completed her PhD in 2021 and has since established a strong research profile in ageing biology, with expertise spanning DNA methylation, transcriptomics, proteomics, and systems biology approaches. Her research focuses on understanding how ageing affects skeletal muscle and cardiovascular health, with the goal of identifying biomarkers and therapeutic targets to improve healthspan and prevent age-related disease. Macsue has authored more than 35 peer-reviewed publications, including multiple first-author papers, and is currently leading projects involving large-scale ageing atlases, biological age prediction, and exercise-responsive molecular signatures.

Hitesh Kore

Hitesh is a postdoctoral researcher in A/Prof Benjamin Parker’s group at the Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Melbourne. He completed a PhD in Bioinformatics at Queensland University of Technology. His expertise includes analysing genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics datasets generated using cutting-edge technologies and developing user-friendly software solutions for biologists. He has a deep interest in understanding the complexity of the human genome and how alternative splicing drives transcriptional diversity across tissues. His current work focuses on building a user-friendly proteogenomic platform that integrates long-read transcriptomic and proteomics datasets.

Register now!

When: Thursday, June 25th 11:00am AEST

Where: Zoom (link sent upon registration)

FREE for members and non-members