Supercomputer to speed up genomic sequencing

Gregor Heard
Updated November 20 2020 - 12:37pm, first published 11:00am
Philipp Bayer, University of Western Australia Forrest Fellow and bioinformatics researchers, says a new supercomputer cluster will be a boon for agricultural researchers.
Philipp Bayer, University of Western Australia Forrest Fellow and bioinformatics researchers, says a new supercomputer cluster will be a boon for agricultural researchers.

AGRICULTURAL researchers will be among the beneficiaries of an upgrade at the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre in Perth.

Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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