Bioinformatics is about using mathematics, statistics and information technology to extract useful information from large and complex biological datasets.
CSIRO and the Kolling Institute of Medical Research at Sydney’s Royal North Shore Hospital have discovered two new biological markers that can identify different types of aggressive brain tumours.
CSIRO’s researchers discover new biomarkers, or signatures, for colorectal cancer. They adapt the detection and measurement of these biomarkers to new assay technologies which allow higher throughput and content through miniaturisation – such as lab-on-a-chip formats.
CSIRO is developing new statistical tools for analysing microarray data to enable faster drug discovery and development of simpler clinical diagnostic tests.
CSIRO senior principal research scientist Dr Bill Barendse is a geneticist with 20 years experience in population, evolutionary and molecular genetics who is working to identify genetic markers that can be used to help improve livestock production and health.
Many statisticians and mathematicians work at CSIRO. Miss Betty Allan’s appointment in 1930 to CSIRO's predecessor, CSIR, as their first statistician, marked the beginning of recognition of statistics' vital role in scientific research. (12 pages)
This 64-page report details the research output of CSIRO Mathematical & Information Sciences (CMIS) between 2002-06 and includes a little of our history, some of the context within which we work and the strategy underpinning our research.
