VLSCI News 
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Call for Applications for PCF Resources
24 December: The VLSCI has announced the first call for applications to the Resource Allocation Scheme. Applications should be submitted by 29 January 2010...
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VLSCI and AMSI initiate postgraduate intern program
10 December: The VLSCI has agreed to support the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) for an exciting new intern program for mathematicians and computational specialists completing their research higher degrees to work in medical research institutes, hospitals and life sciences research teams...
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VPAC extends computer access until March 2010
7 December: VPAC who made computing capacity available to VLSCI in order to give 'Stage 0' life-sciences research projects early access to a high-performance computing system has extended the life of the access to March 2010...
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VLSCI has moved offices
18 November: The office of the Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative has moved to new premises. We are now at 187 Grattan Street, Carlton, Melbourne, Vic 3010...
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VLSCI supports travel for 6 students to SC09 conference
28 October: The VLSCI is providing support for six postgraduate students to attend a workshop at the SC09 conference, November 14th - 29th 2009 in Portland Oregon. SC09 is the major international conference and exhibition on super computing...
- » Search for a new VLSCI Director
19 October: The University of Melbourne is seeking an innovative leader to be the Director of the Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI)...
- » Scholarships available for students enrolling in New Masters Degree in Bioinformatics
3 September: The VLSCI with the University of Melbourne's Faculty of Science is offering AU$5,000.00 scholarships to 5 students enrolling in the new degree of 'Masters of Science, Bioinformatics'...
About the VLSCI
The University of Melbourne and the Victorian Government have established the Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI).
VLSCI key aims
- to strengthen the outstanding life sciences reputation and capability of Victorian institutions and researchers
- to make significant investment in high performance computing facilities and research support services
VLSCI key targets for 2013
- a supercomputing facility ranking in the top 5 in life sciences world-wide
- over 50 people supporting life sciences research across 5 programs
- over $100m of contibutions to the initiative
Other related information: Overview, Current Status and History
From the Minister for ICT & Financial Services, State Government of Victoria
"The Victorian Government is making strategic investments in key information and communications technology (ICT) to save lives in Victoria and beyond."
"The VLSCI will further boost Victoria's reputation as a global centre for excellence in life sciences research and will provide our researchers with the necessary tools to solve some of the biggest challenges facing our health system and impacting our quality of life."
"It is a great example of Victorian researchers and research organisations coming together to continue Victoria's leadership in groundbreaking life science research."
— John Lenders, MP, Treasurer, Minister for Information and Communication Technology and Financial Services, State Government of Victoria
From the Vice Chancellor, The University of Melbourne
"We are tremendously excited about the potential for this initiative to expand dramatically the State's and the University's capacity in bioinformatics, computational biology and advanced biomedical image analysis."
"The far reaching vision and scale of this initiative will combine Victoria's already globally competitive biomedical research capability with computational infrastructure specially designed for the life sciences, equal to the best in the world."
— Professor Glyn Davis, Vice-Chancellor, The University of Melbourne
