About the Centre
The Phenomics and Bioinformatics Research Centre (PRBC) was established in 2008 as a joint venture between the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics (ACPFG) and the University of South Australia through the School of Mathematics and Statistics.
The research being undertaken in the PBRC can readily be described as lying in the intersection of Biology, Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science. Current questions that are being addressed fall into the three main categories of Phenomics and Plant Image Analysis, Phenomics and Biometrics (Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis), and Computational Biology.
One of the primary undertakings of the PBRC is its research in
biomathematics, biostatistics and bioinformatics to support the biological
research being undertaken by ACPFG researchers in their quest for abiotic
stress tolerant cereal plants.
The unique combination of technical skills in the centre and the centre’s focus makes the PBRC unique as a research concentration within UniSA. Indeed, it is largely unique in Australia.
The PBRC forms one of the four nodes of the ACPFG and receives support from numerous sponsors, including the Government of South Australia, the Australian Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, and the Generation Challenge Programme.