18 May 2022
Finding the genetic cause of lupus
A team of researchers have discovered a genetic variation that causes the debilitating disease Lupus. The supercomputing and data infrastructure at the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI)
13 May 2022
Predicting the next coronavirus outbreak
This research highlight was originally published in NCI's 2020-2021 Annual Report. Professor Ben Corry from The Australian National University received one of five prestigious Australasian Leadership
21 Jan 2022
Supporting national needs in high-throughput computing
NCI supports Australian researchers across all of their computational and data needs, from High-Performance Computing (HPC) through to High-Performance Data (HPD) and High-Throughput Computing (HTC)
09 Dec 2021
NCI and NCIG are building the foundation for long-term dynamic consent for genome research
The National Computational Infrastructure (NCI), Australia’s peak supercomputing and big data facility, and the National Centre for Indigenous Genomics (NCIG) at The Australian National University are
04 Nov 2021
NCI works with NCRIS facilities to respond to national challenges
NCI is one of more than 20 projects supported by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). These projects provide vital research infrastructure for all of Australia’s
01 Jul 2021
Australian HPC centres collaborate with international COVID-19 research efforts
NCI Australia and the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre have joined the US-led COVID-19 High Performance Computing (HPC) Consortium. Joining the esteemed group as a Collaborating Initiative, known as the
11 May 2021
A long-term project for improving the health of Indigenous Australians
Australian health care is moving towards using genomics for diagnosing and treating rare diseases and cancers. However, the majority of reference datasets currently available feature mostly European
27 Apr 2021
Generating great Australian science with giant research grants
NCI Australia is proud to support incredible Australian research through the 2021 Australasian Leadership Computing Grants (ALCG). The highly competitive Grants will allow researchers to work on some
30 Mar 2021
Modelling a potential COVID-19 cure
Once the COVID virus enters the body, it binds to and enters a cell, and starts producing copies of itself. Each new viral particle that is released can then bind to a new cell, and thus the infection
27 Oct 2020
The impact of GPUs in modern medicine
UNSW PhD candidate, visiting student at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and bioinformatics tool developer Hasindu Gamaarachchi is using NCI’s heterogenous architecture – its integrated mix of
