AMATA Committee Workshop Minutes 16 th April 2012 Murdoch Childrens - - PDF document

AMATA- The Australasian Genomic Technologies Association www.amata.org.au A.B.N. 45 833 973 608 C/- Prof Erik Thompson University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery 29 Regent St, Fitzroy, Vic 3065 Australia National Representation

Adelaide SA Pathology

• Mr. Mark Van der Hoek (Hon. Treasurer)

mark.vanderhoek@adelaide.edu.au

• Prof. Greg Goodall

Greg.Goodall@health.sa.gov.au Canberra ANU

• Dr. Carsten Külheim

carsten.kulheim@anu.edu.au New Zealand University of Otago

• Mr. Les McNoe

les.mcnoe@stonebow.otago.ac.nz Brisbane QIMR Dr Lutz Krause Lutz.Krause@qimr.edu.au Queensland Brain Institute

• Ms. Vikki Marshall

v.marshall@uq.edu.au University of Queensland Associate Prof. Christine Wells c.wells1@uq.edu.au Hobart Menzies Institute

• Dr. Jac Charlesworth

Jac.Charlesworth@utas.edu.au Melbourne WEHI

• Prof. Gordon Smyth

smyth@wehi.edu.au SVI

• Prof. Erik (Rik) Thompson

rik@medstv.unimelb.edu.au Peter Mac

• Dr. Richard Tothill (Public Officer/ Hon.

Meeting Secretary) richard.tothill@petermac.org AGRF

• Dr. Andreas Scherer

Andreas.Scherer@agrf.org.au MCRI Dr Alicia Oshlack alicia.oshlack@mcri.edu.au Sydney The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

• Dr. Daniel Catchpoole

(Hon. President) danielc@chw.edu.au Ramaciotti Centre (UNSW)

• Dr. Ruby Lin (Hon. Website and

Membership Secretary) rubyl@unsw.edu.au Macquarie University

• Prof. Ian Paulsen

Ian.paulsen@mq.edu.au Proudly Supported by:

AMATA Committee Workshop Minutes 16th April 2012 Murdoch Children’s Research Institute In attendance: Carsten Kulheim, Richard Tothill, Gordon Smyth, Rik Thompson, Vikki Marshall, Jac Charlesworth, Dan Catchpoole, Lutz Krause, Andreas Scherer, Alicia Oshlack. Greg Goodall (meeting report by phone) Apologies: Ian Paulsen, Mark Van de Hoek, Christine Wells, Ruby Lin

• 1. President Report and Recap of 2011 Planning Day – Dan (See attached slides)
• Dan reviewed meeting 2011: Increased committee size from 12 to 15. One position

remaining.

• Nodes: need to be more integrated more active, more accountable – not yet achieved.
• Financials- Investment endowment fund – deemed not appropriate. Gordon commented that

we haven’t met formally to decide upon endowment fund but it would appear not to be financially attractive given additional work and associated risk

• Conference and workshops – AMATA/ComBio connection, achieved and ongoing.
• Dan presented: 1) purpose and remit of AMATA 2) issues to be addressed and 3) key items

and questions (see attached slides).

• How do we build a genomics community and get people communicating. Are we

disseminating information about key people and skills and linking people together?

• How can we use our money better? Seed funding, benefit or burden? Is it still relevant?
• Membership. Why be a member
• Meetings, once a year or do we initiate new workshops.

AMATA- The Australasian Genomic Technologies Association www.amata.org.au A.B.N. 45 833 973 608 C/- Prof Erik Thompson University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery 29 Regent St, Fitzroy, Vic 3065 Australia National Representation

Adelaide SA Pathology

• Mr. Mark Van der Hoek (Hon. Treasurer)

mark.vanderhoek@adelaide.edu.au

• Prof. Greg Goodall

Greg.Goodall@health.sa.gov.au Canberra ANU

• Dr. Carsten Külheim

carsten.kulheim@anu.edu.au New Zealand University of Otago

• Mr. Les McNoe

les.mcnoe@stonebow.otago.ac.nz Brisbane QIMR Dr Lutz Krause Lutz.Krause@qimr.edu.au Queensland Brain Institute

• Ms. Vikki Marshall

v.marshall@uq.edu.au University of Queensland Associate Prof. Christine Wells c.wells1@uq.edu.au Hobart Menzies Institute

• Dr. Jac Charlesworth

Jac.Charlesworth@utas.edu.au Melbourne WEHI

• Prof. Gordon Smyth

smyth@wehi.edu.au SVI

• Prof. Erik (Rik) Thompson

rik@medstv.unimelb.edu.au Peter Mac

• Dr. Richard Tothill (Public Officer/ Hon.

Meeting Secretary) richard.tothill@petermac.org AGRF

• Dr. Andreas Scherer

Andreas.Scherer@agrf.org.au MCRI Dr Alicia Oshlack alicia.oshlack@mcri.edu.au Sydney The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

• Dr. Daniel Catchpoole

(Hon. President) danielc@chw.edu.au Ramaciotti Centre (UNSW)

• Dr. Ruby Lin (Hon. Website and

Membership Secretary) rubyl@unsw.edu.au Macquarie University

• Prof. Ian Paulsen

Ian.paulsen@mq.edu.au Proudly Supported by:

• Industry engagement. Could we be the portal for the introduction of new

technologies?

AMATA- The Australasian Genomic Technologies Association www.amata.org.au A.B.N. 45 833 973 608 C/- Prof Erik Thompson University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery 29 Regent St, Fitzroy, Vic 3065 Australia National Representation

Adelaide SA Pathology

• Mr. Mark Van der Hoek (Hon. Treasurer)

mark.vanderhoek@adelaide.edu.au

• Prof. Greg Goodall

Greg.Goodall@health.sa.gov.au Canberra ANU

• Dr. Carsten Külheim

carsten.kulheim@anu.edu.au New Zealand University of Otago

• Mr. Les McNoe

les.mcnoe@stonebow.otago.ac.nz Brisbane QIMR Dr Lutz Krause Lutz.Krause@qimr.edu.au Queensland Brain Institute

• Ms. Vikki Marshall

v.marshall@uq.edu.au University of Queensland Associate Prof. Christine Wells c.wells1@uq.edu.au Hobart Menzies Institute

• Dr. Jac Charlesworth

Jac.Charlesworth@utas.edu.au Melbourne WEHI

• Prof. Gordon Smyth

smyth@wehi.edu.au SVI

• Prof. Erik (Rik) Thompson

rik@medstv.unimelb.edu.au Peter Mac

• Dr. Richard Tothill (Public Officer/ Hon.

Meeting Secretary) richard.tothill@petermac.org AGRF

• Dr. Andreas Scherer

Andreas.Scherer@agrf.org.au MCRI Dr Alicia Oshlack alicia.oshlack@mcri.edu.au Sydney The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

• Dr. Daniel Catchpoole

(Hon. President) danielc@chw.edu.au Ramaciotti Centre (UNSW)

• Dr. Ruby Lin (Hon. Website and

Membership Secretary) rubyl@unsw.edu.au Macquarie University

• Prof. Ian Paulsen

Ian.paulsen@mq.edu.au Proudly Supported by:

• 2. AMATA Nodes Review - Richard

Richard presented four slides to discuss the idea of nodes: past and present. A lot of discussion was had on whether nodes were still relevant and what could we have instead.

• Slide 1. Richard reviewed the nodes from a historical perspective using the description of the

nodes within the AMATA constitution as a reference. Rik offered some further clarification

• n the origin of the nodes. Nodes were originally created for the ACRF DNA resource and

this was later followed by incorporation at which point it was written into the constitution that at least four node members should be on the management committee. Rik commented that the remit of the nodes really extended beyond the distribution of reagents and that it involved the sharing of ideas and methods around the use of technology, case example being the assistance given to the Ramaciotti Centre in printing oligo arrays.

• Gordon commented that the two most important activities of the organisation included the

conference and the seed funding. Nodes play little role in the conference organisation and are really only relevant for seed funding initiatives. Therefore if seed funding initiatives dry up then one could argue that nodes are no longer relevant. In reply Rik commented that seed funding really happened by “accident” and that the nodes were not initially formed for the purpose of seed funding, rather the initial ACRF DNA resource and associated communication between the nodes on microarray technology.

• Slide 2 and 3. Who is currently a node and some additional definition of nodes from 2011

planning day. Richard gave a summary of the existing nodes and node members. Key points are that a) the vast majority of nodes are represented by committee members b) some nodes have become silent either because a committee member had retired or they have not been

AMATA- The Australasian Genomic Technologies Association www.amata.org.au A.B.N. 45 833 973 608 C/- Prof Erik Thompson University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery 29 Regent St, Fitzroy, Vic 3065 Australia National Representation

Adelaide SA Pathology

• Mr. Mark Van der Hoek (Hon. Treasurer)

mark.vanderhoek@adelaide.edu.au

• Prof. Greg Goodall

Greg.Goodall@health.sa.gov.au Canberra ANU

• Dr. Carsten Külheim

carsten.kulheim@anu.edu.au New Zealand University of Otago

• Mr. Les McNoe

les.mcnoe@stonebow.otago.ac.nz Brisbane QIMR Dr Lutz Krause Lutz.Krause@qimr.edu.au Queensland Brain Institute

• Ms. Vikki Marshall

v.marshall@uq.edu.au University of Queensland Associate Prof. Christine Wells c.wells1@uq.edu.au Hobart Menzies Institute

• Dr. Jac Charlesworth

Jac.Charlesworth@utas.edu.au Melbourne WEHI

• Prof. Gordon Smyth

smyth@wehi.edu.au SVI

• Prof. Erik (Rik) Thompson

rik@medstv.unimelb.edu.au Peter Mac

• Dr. Richard Tothill (Public Officer/ Hon.

Meeting Secretary) richard.tothill@petermac.org AGRF

• Dr. Andreas Scherer

Andreas.Scherer@agrf.org.au MCRI Dr Alicia Oshlack alicia.oshlack@mcri.edu.au Sydney The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

• Dr. Daniel Catchpoole

(Hon. President) danielc@chw.edu.au Ramaciotti Centre (UNSW)

• Dr. Ruby Lin (Hon. Website and

Membership Secretary) rubyl@unsw.edu.au Macquarie University

• Prof. Ian Paulsen

Ian.paulsen@mq.edu.au Proudly Supported by:

engaged with AMATA beyond the ACRF DNA resource activity c) some committee members belong to “informal” nodes. Point c) could just be a formality but it raises the question “should these centres be nodes?” Alicia commented on the difficulty in distinguishing nodes from committee members. How do we distinguish nodes from committee? She didn’t consider MCRI a node as she associates nodes with core

• facilities. Therefore should only core facilities be nodes? Richard asked whether

bioinformatic cores count? Probably.

• Carsten commented that he really represents a broader genomic community within Canberra

and felt that the conference really helped develop relations with his peers in Canberra leading to small reagent sharing initiatives (eg Ampure beads). Rik also commented on the development of clusters on the website and the UQ nodes. How to develop a structure for those members to come together as a cluster? Rik felt there was benefits to having “clusters”. Richard noted that many important centres are currently not engaged by AMATA (eg DPI, La Trobe Uni). Gordon commented that nodes appear to come on and off as people join and retire from the committee and that this should not be the case.

• Slide 4. Richard reviewed additional ideas from last year’s meeting including the ideas of a

node subcommittee, bimonthly teleconference etc. Rik commented that of the three ideas presented in slide 4 the idea of a bimonthly Webex meeting seemed the most interesting and potentially beneficial. Richard commented that central communication would likely mitigate any requirement of nodes for webex meetings as people would be unlikely to congregate at the physical location of a node if they could join the Webex through a personal computer. Lutz commented that he felt having representation within an institute was rather important for dissemination of information relating to AMATA activities. QIMR no longer has a strong platform facility but remains a central hub of genomics activity.

AMATA- The Australasian Genomic Technologies Association www.amata.org.au A.B.N. 45 833 973 608 C/- Prof Erik Thompson University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery 29 Regent St, Fitzroy, Vic 3065 Australia National Representation

Adelaide SA Pathology

• Mr. Mark Van der Hoek (Hon. Treasurer)

mark.vanderhoek@adelaide.edu.au

• Prof. Greg Goodall

Greg.Goodall@health.sa.gov.au Canberra ANU

• Dr. Carsten Külheim

carsten.kulheim@anu.edu.au New Zealand University of Otago

• Mr. Les McNoe

les.mcnoe@stonebow.otago.ac.nz Brisbane QIMR Dr Lutz Krause Lutz.Krause@qimr.edu.au Queensland Brain Institute

• Ms. Vikki Marshall

v.marshall@uq.edu.au University of Queensland Associate Prof. Christine Wells c.wells1@uq.edu.au Hobart Menzies Institute

• Dr. Jac Charlesworth

Jac.Charlesworth@utas.edu.au Melbourne WEHI

• Prof. Gordon Smyth

smyth@wehi.edu.au SVI

• Prof. Erik (Rik) Thompson

rik@medstv.unimelb.edu.au Peter Mac

• Dr. Richard Tothill (Public Officer/ Hon.

Meeting Secretary) richard.tothill@petermac.org AGRF

• Dr. Andreas Scherer

Andreas.Scherer@agrf.org.au MCRI Dr Alicia Oshlack alicia.oshlack@mcri.edu.au Sydney The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

• Dr. Daniel Catchpoole

(Hon. President) danielc@chw.edu.au Ramaciotti Centre (UNSW)

• Dr. Ruby Lin (Hon. Website and

Membership Secretary) rubyl@unsw.edu.au Macquarie University

• Prof. Ian Paulsen

Ian.paulsen@mq.edu.au Proudly Supported by:

• Dan commented on the need for a balance between the management of

the association and expanding the network and engaging the nodes. Not all nodes can be represented on the management committee. People also need to see an identity with the node. Jac commented that people on the committee or a node representative should represent a geographical catchment rather than a single institute. To the outsider it looked like the nodes were exclusive in the context of specific institutes being nodes. Central ideas derived from the node discussion

• Nodes have been historically important for seed funding although technically seed funding came

after the formation of nodes. Nodes have been important for sharing of information but this has been mainly around sharing of technical knowhow in relation to technology platforms. Nodes (but not node reps) have played little part in the organisation of conferences.

• Nodes may become relevant again in the future with respect to seed funding although it would

appear the seed funding concept may not be that attractive or viable going forward owing to fast pace of technology and risk associated with a payback scheme and competition with other initiatives (eg term deposit and associated revenue). Would seed funding only be given to nodes in the future?

• Should nodes only be core facility providers? If so should “core facility nodes” pay an additional
• membership. What would be the rationale for this?
• Current node listings are seen as exclusive. We also need to separate and distinguish the committee

members from nodes as opportunity to be on the committee should be open to all members not just node representatives. Any new structure should be as inclusive as possible to broaden the network.

• In the absence of seed funding, nodes may still be relevant for communication purposes but

representation from individual institutes may be a better and more inclusive solution. Does having nodes really bring people together locally or would this occur naturally anyway through joint

• rganisation of conferences and general links through AMATA, such as with Carsten’s experience?

How would we make it attractive for an individual to be an institute representative (discussed late

AMATA- The Australasian Genomic Technologies Association www.amata.org.au A.B.N. 45 833 973 608 C/- Prof Erik Thompson University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery 29 Regent St, Fitzroy, Vic 3065 Australia National Representation

Adelaide SA Pathology

• Mr. Mark Van der Hoek (Hon. Treasurer)

mark.vanderhoek@adelaide.edu.au

• Prof. Greg Goodall

Greg.Goodall@health.sa.gov.au Canberra ANU

• Dr. Carsten Külheim

carsten.kulheim@anu.edu.au New Zealand University of Otago

• Mr. Les McNoe

les.mcnoe@stonebow.otago.ac.nz Brisbane QIMR Dr Lutz Krause Lutz.Krause@qimr.edu.au Queensland Brain Institute

• Ms. Vikki Marshall

v.marshall@uq.edu.au University of Queensland Associate Prof. Christine Wells c.wells1@uq.edu.au Hobart Menzies Institute

• Dr. Jac Charlesworth

Jac.Charlesworth@utas.edu.au Melbourne WEHI

• Prof. Gordon Smyth

smyth@wehi.edu.au SVI

• Prof. Erik (Rik) Thompson

rik@medstv.unimelb.edu.au Peter Mac

• Dr. Richard Tothill (Public Officer/ Hon.

Meeting Secretary) richard.tothill@petermac.org AGRF

• Dr. Andreas Scherer

Andreas.Scherer@agrf.org.au MCRI Dr Alicia Oshlack alicia.oshlack@mcri.edu.au Sydney The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

• Dr. Daniel Catchpoole

(Hon. President) danielc@chw.edu.au Ramaciotti Centre (UNSW)

• Dr. Ruby Lin (Hon. Website and

Membership Secretary) rubyl@unsw.edu.au Macquarie University

• Prof. Ian Paulsen

Ian.paulsen@mq.edu.au Proudly Supported by:

around Membership). Would profile be sufficient or could there be some small financial incentive like free membership or conference registration. Would institute representation completely replace nodes? What would be the implications for eligibility of future seed funding if nodes were disbanded?

• 3. Financial History and Summary – Vikki Maree Marshall

Individual Items

• Description of current accounts (see attached slides)
• Request for Greg Goodall for funding of speakers for ComBio 2012. $14,000

($2000/session). Unanimously accepted by committee. Rik made comment that this sum of money fitted within the returns from term deposit.

• Richard talked to the concept of employing/contracting a communications/administration
• fficer as detailed in his written proposal. The idea had general support from the management

committee members present. General discussion around admin/communications officer concept.

• Time required (0.5-0.8 FTE). Likely to be seasonal. Need someone who is flexible.

Flexibility in some societies provided by secretariats outsourced from other firms. Past history of outsourcing through Magic Touch, which wasn’t that successful. The idea of directly employing an individual was seen as more attractive as it would be more personal and more likely to have continuity with a single individual who understands the organisation.

• How can we afford the position? It would have to involve new revenue, new

initiatives, increase in membership rate, increasing sponsorship. Current revenue $6- 8K through membership fees plus revenue from term deposits it is likely to be ~$20-

• 25K. Membership would likely grow as AMATA offers more to members increasing

revenue.

AMATA- The Australasian Genomic Technologies Association www.amata.org.au A.B.N. 45 833 973 608 C/- Prof Erik Thompson University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery 29 Regent St, Fitzroy, Vic 3065 Australia National Representation

Adelaide SA Pathology

• Mr. Mark Van der Hoek (Hon. Treasurer)

mark.vanderhoek@adelaide.edu.au

• Prof. Greg Goodall

Greg.Goodall@health.sa.gov.au Canberra ANU

• Dr. Carsten Külheim

carsten.kulheim@anu.edu.au New Zealand University of Otago

• Mr. Les McNoe

les.mcnoe@stonebow.otago.ac.nz Brisbane QIMR Dr Lutz Krause Lutz.Krause@qimr.edu.au Queensland Brain Institute

• Ms. Vikki Marshall

v.marshall@uq.edu.au University of Queensland Associate Prof. Christine Wells c.wells1@uq.edu.au Hobart Menzies Institute

• Dr. Jac Charlesworth

Jac.Charlesworth@utas.edu.au Melbourne WEHI

• Prof. Gordon Smyth

smyth@wehi.edu.au SVI

• Prof. Erik (Rik) Thompson

rik@medstv.unimelb.edu.au Peter Mac

• Dr. Richard Tothill (Public Officer/ Hon.

Meeting Secretary) richard.tothill@petermac.org AGRF

• Dr. Andreas Scherer

Andreas.Scherer@agrf.org.au MCRI Dr Alicia Oshlack alicia.oshlack@mcri.edu.au Sydney The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

• Dr. Daniel Catchpoole

(Hon. President) danielc@chw.edu.au Ramaciotti Centre (UNSW)

• Dr. Ruby Lin (Hon. Website and

Membership Secretary) rubyl@unsw.edu.au Macquarie University

• Prof. Ian Paulsen

Ian.paulsen@mq.edu.au Proudly Supported by:

• Management of the position would present some difficulties

although Dan highlighted how many sales reps operate from

• home. Contractual employment would be preferable option over salary to avoid

associated costs and paperwork.

• Vikki commented that the person would be a great assistance for meetings owing to

the substantial amount of administrative work not covered by contracted meeting

• rganisers.
• Drafting a business case and position description is necessary (Action: Dan in

consultation with Mark). Additional costs for allowances (e.g. airfares etc) needs to be taken into consideration. We need advice as a not-for-profit organisation the implications of employing someone. The idea of supporting part salary for someone already employed by an affiliated institute was raised as a possibility. The person may, for example, provide a bioinformatics service as a part of a full time role.

• Lutz queried the outcome of the endowment fund proposal. Rik replied that it did not seem to

be that attractive. Return rate wasn’t going to be much more than term deposit for a lot more effort.

• Seed Funding - Is the seed funding model still relevant. What sort of things would be funded?

If we are going to support a part salary could we still loan large amounts of money as this would effect our return. There may still be opportunities for seed funding. The VCFG was good example of a successful initiative despite the issue with current repayment.

• Spotlight on technology at conference (perhaps this could be added ComBio 2012?).
• Small grant allocations from term deposit interest. Technology comparison. Would compete

with admin/communications officer concept.

• Alicia – student meeting associated with annual meeting. Nominal contribution from

AMATA perhaps covered by annual conference. To be run by the students. The idea was

AMATA- The Australasian Genomic Technologies Association www.amata.org.au A.B.N. 45 833 973 608 C/- Prof Erik Thompson University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery 29 Regent St, Fitzroy, Vic 3065 Australia National Representation

Adelaide SA Pathology

• Mr. Mark Van der Hoek (Hon. Treasurer)

mark.vanderhoek@adelaide.edu.au

• Prof. Greg Goodall

Greg.Goodall@health.sa.gov.au Canberra ANU

• Dr. Carsten Külheim

carsten.kulheim@anu.edu.au New Zealand University of Otago

• Mr. Les McNoe

les.mcnoe@stonebow.otago.ac.nz Brisbane QIMR Dr Lutz Krause Lutz.Krause@qimr.edu.au Queensland Brain Institute

• Ms. Vikki Marshall

v.marshall@uq.edu.au University of Queensland Associate Prof. Christine Wells c.wells1@uq.edu.au Hobart Menzies Institute

• Dr. Jac Charlesworth

Jac.Charlesworth@utas.edu.au Melbourne WEHI

• Prof. Gordon Smyth

smyth@wehi.edu.au SVI

• Prof. Erik (Rik) Thompson

rik@medstv.unimelb.edu.au Peter Mac

• Dr. Richard Tothill (Public Officer/ Hon.

Meeting Secretary) richard.tothill@petermac.org AGRF

• Dr. Andreas Scherer

Andreas.Scherer@agrf.org.au MCRI Dr Alicia Oshlack alicia.oshlack@mcri.edu.au Sydney The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

• Dr. Daniel Catchpoole

(Hon. President) danielc@chw.edu.au Ramaciotti Centre (UNSW)

• Dr. Ruby Lin (Hon. Website and

Membership Secretary) rubyl@unsw.edu.au Macquarie University

• Prof. Ian Paulsen

Ian.paulsen@mq.edu.au Proudly Supported by:

given general support by the committee. Action: Alicia to draft a plan/proposal describing general concept for AMATA 2013.

• 4. VCFG – Letter from Kaylene Simpson requesting waiver of remaining $55K payment.
• Vikki gave further detail to the agreement as she and Rik were heavily involved at the time.

Clarification that the loan amount was for $165K not $150K. Comment that the technology and format has changed since the original proposal (now siRNA and boutique screens rather than short hairpin RNAs)

• Rik gave further comment on the fact that the repayments were originally meant to be more
• frequent. However, there has been significant technical difficulties associated with original

reagents from Open Biosystems. Despite the shortfall in originally proposed work and the problems in meeting repayment Rik’s opinion was that the VCFG still provides a valuable service and in general has been quite successful. It is apparent that the Peter Mac provides substantial subsidies to the facility and that the actual cost of a screen is not fully cost

• recovered. On this basis they are requesting the waiver. There could be two different

compromises or a combination of both. A) extend terms of repayment, B) reduce payment. We may need to be a careful to not create a precedent for future seed funding. Rik, Richard and Vikki declared some level of conflict of interest and will abstain from any vote on the final decision.

• Dan’s feeling was that we need a solution that does not undermine future seeding where

AMATA is seen in a positive light. Complete waiving of the $55K does not seem reasonable but also being hard nosed about it does not seem to be that palatable. Action: Dan to have further discussion with Kaylene and will report back to the committee.

• 5. Membership

AMATA- The Australasian Genomic Technologies Association www.amata.org.au A.B.N. 45 833 973 608 C/- Prof Erik Thompson University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery 29 Regent St, Fitzroy, Vic 3065 Australia National Representation

Adelaide SA Pathology

• Mr. Mark Van der Hoek (Hon. Treasurer)

mark.vanderhoek@adelaide.edu.au

• Prof. Greg Goodall

Greg.Goodall@health.sa.gov.au Canberra ANU

• Dr. Carsten Külheim

carsten.kulheim@anu.edu.au New Zealand University of Otago

• Mr. Les McNoe

les.mcnoe@stonebow.otago.ac.nz Brisbane QIMR Dr Lutz Krause Lutz.Krause@qimr.edu.au Queensland Brain Institute

• Ms. Vikki Marshall

v.marshall@uq.edu.au University of Queensland Associate Prof. Christine Wells c.wells1@uq.edu.au Hobart Menzies Institute

• Dr. Jac Charlesworth

Jac.Charlesworth@utas.edu.au Melbourne WEHI

• Prof. Gordon Smyth

smyth@wehi.edu.au SVI

• Prof. Erik (Rik) Thompson

rik@medstv.unimelb.edu.au Peter Mac

• Dr. Richard Tothill (Public Officer/ Hon.

Meeting Secretary) richard.tothill@petermac.org AGRF

• Dr. Andreas Scherer

Andreas.Scherer@agrf.org.au MCRI Dr Alicia Oshlack alicia.oshlack@mcri.edu.au Sydney The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

• Dr. Daniel Catchpoole

(Hon. President) danielc@chw.edu.au Ramaciotti Centre (UNSW)

• Dr. Ruby Lin (Hon. Website and

Membership Secretary) rubyl@unsw.edu.au Macquarie University

• Prof. Ian Paulsen

Ian.paulsen@mq.edu.au Proudly Supported by:

• Approx. 200 members. 50% listed as AMATA members but these

individual most likely registered just for cheaper conference registration.

• Renewals – past issues with managing membership. The website was supposed to control

renewals but there has been issues with automatic renewal through PayPal. Recruitment of admin/communications officer could address the shortfalls.

• We don’t have any members from WA. Likely because of no node or institute representation.

It likely comes down to communication. Raises the question of if you want to be an AMATA member then what do you get out of it? Need to boost members that really want to be

• members. Need more personal interaction. Need representation WA and NZ.

Ideas for Website

• How will we maintain the website. Admin/communications officer may resolve some issues

but may take some time to fill the position.

• Carsten suggested that committee members make the effort to draft a half page description of

their node/institute. Perhaps drop every second TC to make the effort. Richard suggested a survey with fixed questions.

• Newsletter? A lot of work but would be good for publicity and refurbishment of society. Rik

suggested that we could commission a newsletter for the first edition. A web forum would be a good idea.

• Open positions (recruitment) notice board (Lutz). Accepted as a great idea by the committee.

Facebook? Seminar notifications? Gordon commented that the website would need some improvement and is not a ten minute job.

• General awareness of society has dropped away.
• Maintaining the effort with all of these initiatives is the key issue. How quickly can we

recruit someone?

• WA is ready to receive information but there is nothing yet to send.
• Presidential email to members to describe upcoming meeting and name change (Action:

Dan)

AMATA- The Australasian Genomic Technologies Association www.amata.org.au A.B.N. 45 833 973 608 C/- Prof Erik Thompson University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery 29 Regent St, Fitzroy, Vic 3065 Australia National Representation

Adelaide SA Pathology

• Mr. Mark Van der Hoek (Hon. Treasurer)

mark.vanderhoek@adelaide.edu.au

• Prof. Greg Goodall

Greg.Goodall@health.sa.gov.au Canberra ANU

• Dr. Carsten Külheim

carsten.kulheim@anu.edu.au New Zealand University of Otago

• Mr. Les McNoe

les.mcnoe@stonebow.otago.ac.nz Brisbane QIMR Dr Lutz Krause Lutz.Krause@qimr.edu.au Queensland Brain Institute

• Ms. Vikki Marshall

v.marshall@uq.edu.au University of Queensland Associate Prof. Christine Wells c.wells1@uq.edu.au Hobart Menzies Institute

• Dr. Jac Charlesworth

Jac.Charlesworth@utas.edu.au Melbourne WEHI

• Prof. Gordon Smyth

smyth@wehi.edu.au SVI

• Prof. Erik (Rik) Thompson

rik@medstv.unimelb.edu.au Peter Mac

• Dr. Richard Tothill (Public Officer/ Hon.

Meeting Secretary) richard.tothill@petermac.org AGRF

• Dr. Andreas Scherer

Andreas.Scherer@agrf.org.au MCRI Dr Alicia Oshlack alicia.oshlack@mcri.edu.au Sydney The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

• Dr. Daniel Catchpoole

(Hon. President) danielc@chw.edu.au Ramaciotti Centre (UNSW)

• Dr. Ruby Lin (Hon. Website and

Membership Secretary) rubyl@unsw.edu.au Macquarie University

• Prof. Ian Paulsen

Ian.paulsen@mq.edu.au Proudly Supported by:

• “Commercial members” to boost sponsorship allowing facilitated access

to AMATA. Vendors and pharma? Not for profit (AGRF, Ramaciotti). Advertising on newsletter and website. What is advertising worth? Sponsorship of a webinar?

• Institutional reps. Target specific institutes/centres not currently engaged (eg La Trobe,
• Garvan. IMB). Offering increased profile through the website plus maybe financial incentive.
• 6. AMATA Conference and Workshops – Greg (telephone)
• AMATA stream: 8 sessions, 1) microRNA, ncRNA Thomas Preiss 2) Genomics (Hamish),

3) Transcription, 4) Transcriptomics, 5) Bioinformatics, 6) Epigenetic regulation, 7) Regulation gene expression 8) Chromatin structure and remodelling

• 6 short talks from abstracts (Colloquiem).
• International speakers: Plenary: Brenda Andrews, Gerald Crabtree, Seph Grant, Geoff Hasty,

Susan McCouch, Anne Osborne, Ryan Lister.

• Symposia: Charles Mulligan (St Jude), Millennium sponsor: Paul Robson (Singapore).

Another by ASMBMB. Additional $12-14K directly paid to speakers from AMATA. For internationals the registration will be waived.

• Millennium to confirm. Dinner sponsorship from Agilent for AMATA dinner. Conference

dinner to be held on Wednesday (2nd last day). AMATA AGM to be held within meeting on Wednesday at 6pm. AMATA on Tuesday 25th September. Dinner at botanic gardens

• restaurant. Did discuss using dinner to get AMATA membership. When members register

they will be asked what society they are members of – adding to distribution of profits (i.e. more members more profit). By doing that they qualify for reduction of dinner cost.

• Given AMATA is contributing funds can we leverage more money from sponsors. We want

to have continuity of sponsorship between meetings

• Poster awards and travel bursaries for students and early career scientists supported from

AMATA budget. Sponsors could also offer money for travel grants? 1st and 2nd prize, student and early career, poster and oral. Eight in total. Need to define early career.

AMATA- The Australasian Genomic Technologies Association www.amata.org.au A.B.N. 45 833 973 608 C/- Prof Erik Thompson University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery 29 Regent St, Fitzroy, Vic 3065 Australia National Representation

Adelaide SA Pathology

• Mr. Mark Van der Hoek (Hon. Treasurer)

mark.vanderhoek@adelaide.edu.au

• Prof. Greg Goodall

Greg.Goodall@health.sa.gov.au Canberra ANU

• Dr. Carsten Külheim

carsten.kulheim@anu.edu.au New Zealand University of Otago

• Mr. Les McNoe

les.mcnoe@stonebow.otago.ac.nz Brisbane QIMR Dr Lutz Krause Lutz.Krause@qimr.edu.au Queensland Brain Institute

• Ms. Vikki Marshall

v.marshall@uq.edu.au University of Queensland Associate Prof. Christine Wells c.wells1@uq.edu.au Hobart Menzies Institute

• Dr. Jac Charlesworth

Jac.Charlesworth@utas.edu.au Melbourne WEHI

• Prof. Gordon Smyth

smyth@wehi.edu.au SVI

• Prof. Erik (Rik) Thompson

rik@medstv.unimelb.edu.au Peter Mac

• Dr. Richard Tothill (Public Officer/ Hon.

Meeting Secretary) richard.tothill@petermac.org AGRF

• Dr. Andreas Scherer

Andreas.Scherer@agrf.org.au MCRI Dr Alicia Oshlack alicia.oshlack@mcri.edu.au Sydney The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

• Dr. Daniel Catchpoole

(Hon. President) danielc@chw.edu.au Ramaciotti Centre (UNSW)

• Dr. Ruby Lin (Hon. Website and

Membership Secretary) rubyl@unsw.edu.au Macquarie University

• Prof. Ian Paulsen

Ian.paulsen@mq.edu.au Proudly Supported by:

• Advertising: Provisional program has to be in by 17th April and

subsequently ASMBMB and ComBio websites. Need to get Bobby (AGRF) to update AMATA website. Need to change name on website.

• Next big thing is advertising.
• Anything else we have to do as a committee? Organising poster judging. Abstracts submitted
• nline and made available once submission deadline has passed. Session chair then decides
• n which abstracts get orals, poster etc. Dan offered assistance in organising dinner.
• Andreas: All speakers appear to be coming from US?. No speakers from Europe? Greg:

sourcing speakers wasn’t symmetrically distributed.

• AMATA is not the only sponsors. ASMBMB, plant societies also have provided additional

funding.

• Where possible AMATA will be advertised as sponsors for associated speakers.
• Gordon: We should consider dropping travel bursaries as it is a lot of work. General

agreement from committee. 2013 Meeting

• Review of 2013 meeting. Discussion on the expectation of conference organisers to attain a

certain level of sponsorship. Some concern about Leishman expecting $80K sponsorship based on experience in Hobart but the level of sponsorship dropping for Canberra to $50K. Further negotiation required with the bidding conference organisers on this point.

• General comment from Carsten on experience with Sally Brown. Advantages in her being

local in Brisbane that may reduce the cost of catering etc.

• Location likely to be GC or Brisbane. GC seems to be the preference.
• Student day idea raised again. Alicia suggested that organising committee could contact local

students for organising student day. Training Day/Workshops

AMATA- The Australasian Genomic Technologies Association www.amata.org.au A.B.N. 45 833 973 608 C/- Prof Erik Thompson University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery 29 Regent St, Fitzroy, Vic 3065 Australia National Representation

Adelaide SA Pathology

• Mr. Mark Van der Hoek (Hon. Treasurer)

mark.vanderhoek@adelaide.edu.au

• Prof. Greg Goodall

Greg.Goodall@health.sa.gov.au Canberra ANU

• Dr. Carsten Külheim

carsten.kulheim@anu.edu.au New Zealand University of Otago

• Mr. Les McNoe

les.mcnoe@stonebow.otago.ac.nz Brisbane QIMR Dr Lutz Krause Lutz.Krause@qimr.edu.au Queensland Brain Institute

• Ms. Vikki Marshall

v.marshall@uq.edu.au University of Queensland Associate Prof. Christine Wells c.wells1@uq.edu.au Hobart Menzies Institute

• Dr. Jac Charlesworth

Jac.Charlesworth@utas.edu.au Melbourne WEHI

• Prof. Gordon Smyth

smyth@wehi.edu.au SVI

• Prof. Erik (Rik) Thompson

rik@medstv.unimelb.edu.au Peter Mac

• Dr. Richard Tothill (Public Officer/ Hon.

Meeting Secretary) richard.tothill@petermac.org AGRF

• Dr. Andreas Scherer

Andreas.Scherer@agrf.org.au MCRI Dr Alicia Oshlack alicia.oshlack@mcri.edu.au Sydney The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

• Dr. Daniel Catchpoole

(Hon. President) danielc@chw.edu.au Ramaciotti Centre (UNSW)

• Dr. Ruby Lin (Hon. Website and

Membership Secretary) rubyl@unsw.edu.au Macquarie University

• Prof. Ian Paulsen

Ian.paulsen@mq.edu.au Proudly Supported by:

• Webinar has been discussed in previous items
• Christine had ideas on bioinformatics workshops.
• Carsten commented that there is a definite need for more bioinformatics workshops.

Workshops around meetings or run independently?

• Richard commented that there are many other organisations planning workshops and asked

whether we should be working together with others rather than in competition? eg VLSCI, Monash, AGRF are all thinking of holding workshops. Should AMATA be supporting or leading these initiatives? Next meeting Monday 28th May 2012

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9:30am – Welcome - Alicia 9:35am – Presidents Report – Dan 10:00am – Node Review and Discussion – Richard 11:30am – Morning Tea 12:00pm – Financial History and Discussion– Vikki 12:45pm – VCGF Proposal? 1:00pm - Lunch 2:00pm – Membership Summary and Discussion – Gordon/Dan 3:00pm – Afternoon tea 3:15pm – Meetings Report 4:30pm - Close

Agenda

Monday 16th April, 2012, Melbourne.

Presidents Report

Summary ¡Planning ¡Mee/ng ¡(Sydney) ¡– ¡Ac/on ¡Points ¡ 1) Increased ¡Commi0ee ¡Size ¡– ¡Approved ¡at ¡AGM, ¡not ¡fully ¡ achieved ¡in ¡reality ¡due ¡to ¡vacancies. ¡ 3) Nodes ¡to ¡be ¡‘more ¡integrated’, ¡‘more ¡acBve’, ¡‘more ¡ accountable’ ¡– ¡not ¡achieved. ¡ 4) Financials ¡– ¡‘Investment ¡into ¡endowment ¡fund’ ¡– ¡followed ¡ up, ¡deemed ¡not ¡appropriate. ¡ 5) Conference ¡and ¡Workshops ¡– ¡AMATA/Combio ¡connecBon ¡ – ¡achieved ¡and ¡ongoing. ¡ChrisBne ¡convenor ¡for ¡2013. ¡ 5) ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡AMATA ¡Name ¡change ¡– ¡finalised ¡but ¡requires ¡full ¡i ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡implementa;on. ¡

AMATA – Statement of Purposes

1) ¡Promote ¡the ¡understanding ¡and ¡use ¡of ¡Microarray ¡ technology ¡ 2) ¡Foster ¡communicaBon ¡& ¡collaboraBons ¡between ¡ Australasian ¡research ¡groups ¡uBlising ¡microarray ¡ technologies ¡ 3) ¡Provide ¡refundable ¡seed ¡capital ¡for ¡the ¡bulk ¡purchase ¡

• f ¡reagents ¡and ¡resources. ¡

4) ¡Facilitate ¡and ¡accelerate ¡microarray ¡and ¡related ¡ technology ¡development ¡in ¡Australasia. ¡

AMATA – Issues To Be Addressed

Name ¡change ¡reflects ¡changing ¡discipline, ¡but ¡how ¡do ¡we ¡ change ¡AMATA ¡to ¡be ¡relevant....? ¡ ¡ 1) ¡How ¡do ¡we ¡promote ¡the ¡understanding ¡and ¡use ¡of ¡genomic ¡ technology ¡?? ¡or ¡should ¡we ¡focus ¡on ¡academia?? ¡ 2) ¡Are ¡we ¡fostering ¡communicaBon ¡& ¡collaboraBons ¡between ¡ Australasian ¡research ¡groups ¡uBlising ¡genomic ¡technologies?? ¡ 3) ¡Is ¡providing ¡refundable ¡seed ¡capital ¡for ¡the ¡bulk ¡purchase ¡of ¡ reagents ¡and ¡resources ¡sBll ¡the ¡best ¡use ¡of ¡our ¡funds? ¡ 4) ¡Are ¡we ¡in ¡a ¡posiBon ¡to ¡facilitate ¡and ¡accelerate ¡genomic ¡and ¡ related ¡technology ¡development ¡in ¡Australasia? ¡

AMATA – Issues To Be Addressed

Key ¡items ¡which ¡need ¡new ¡iniBaBve ¡and ¡thought... ¡

• 1. Improving ¡Node ¡InteracBons ¡– ¡how ¡to ¡build ¡community? ¡
• 2. CommunicaBon ¡– ¡what, ¡when, ¡how, ¡who? ¡
• 3. CollaboraBon ¡– ¡recognising ¡and ¡promoBng ¡skills ¡and ¡

services? ¡

• 4. Financials ¡– ¡how ¡to ¡spend ¡$600k? ¡
• 5. Seed ¡funding ¡– ¡benefit ¡or ¡burden? ¡
• 6. Membership ¡– ¡why ¡be ¡a ¡member? ¡
• 7. MeeBngs ¡– ¡just ¡once ¡a ¡year? ¡
• 8. Industry ¡-­‑ ¡engagement? ¡

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9:30am – Welcome - Alicia 9:35am – Presidents Report – Dan 10:00am – Node Review and Discussion – Richard 11:30am – Morning Tea 12:00pm – Financial History and Discussion– Vikki 12:45pm – VCGF Proposal? 1:00pm - Lunch 2:00pm – Membership Summary and Discussion – Gordon/Dan 3:00pm – Afternoon tea 3:15pm – Meetings Report 4:30pm - Close

Agenda

Monday 16th April, 2012, Melbourne.

Nodes

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• local centre of concentrated interest
• technology speciality around genomics
• willing to (co)host conference/workshops
• not necessarily attached to service facility
• actively promote AMATA membership
• report to executive committee ***
• receive and disseminate news from AMATA
• receive minutes of monthly committee meetings

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9:30am – Welcome - Alicia 9:35am – Presidents Report – Dan 10:00am – Node Review and Discussion – Richard 11:30am – Morning Tea 12:00pm – Financial History and Discussion– Vikki 12:45pm – VCGF Proposal? 1:00pm - Lunch 2:00pm – Membership Summary and Discussion – Gordon/Dan 3:00pm – Afternoon tea 3:15pm – Meetings Report 4:30pm - Close

Agenda

Monday 16th April, 2012, Melbourne.

Seed Funding

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How can we spend/save our money better to the advancement of AMATAs goals? Seed funding – what, how much, who and when? Restrictions and opportunities? Keeping up with the technology? New idea of things to fund…if we can?

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AMATA ¡Treasury ¡ ¡@ ¡April ¡13, ¡2012 ¡ Cash ¡in ¡Accounts: ¡ Term ¡Deposit: ¡ ¡ ¡$ ¡500,000 ¡ Bus.TransacBon ¡Acc: ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡$ ¡37,544 ¡

• Bus. ¡Online ¡Saver:

¡ ¡ ¡$ ¡75,339 ¡ PayPal ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡$ ¡777 ¡ Total ¡Cash ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡$ ¡613,660 ¡ Non-­‑current ¡Assets: ¡ VCFG ¡Loan: ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡$ ¡55,000 ¡ ¡(*payment ¡waiver ¡to ¡be ¡discussed) ¡ Total ¡Assets ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡$ ¡668,660 ¡

Notes: ¡

No ¡Seed ¡Funding ¡currently ¡out. ¡ Term ¡Deposit ¡Matures ¡June ¡2012 ¡(7 ¡months ¡@ ¡5.5% ¡will ¡return ¡~ ¡$16,000). ¡

AMATA ¡posiBon ¡@ ¡June ¡30: ¡ June ¡2010: ¡ ¡ ¡$640,000 ¡ June ¡2011: ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡$643,000 ¡ June ¡2012*: ¡ ¡$615,660 ¡

(* ¡assumes ¡$55K ¡VCFG ¡loan ¡repayment ¡waived, ¡$14K ¡for ¡AMATA ¡@ ¡Combio, ¡$16K ¡term ¡deposit ¡return) ¡

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9:30am – Welcome - Alicia 9:35am – Presidents Report – Dan 10:00am – Node Review and Discussion – Richard 11:30am – Morning Tea 12:00pm – Financial History and Discussion– Vikki 12:45pm – VCGF Proposal? 1:00pm - Lunch 2:00pm – Membership Summary and Discussion – Gordon/Dan 3:00pm – Afternoon tea 3:15pm – Meetings Report 4:30pm - Close

Agenda

Monday 16th April, 2012, Melbourne.

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9:30am – Welcome - Alicia 9:35am – Presidents Report – Dan 10:00am – Node Review and Discussion – Richard 11:30am – Morning Tea 12:00pm – Financial History and Discussion– Vikki 12:45pm – VCGF Proposal? 1:00pm - Lunch 2:00pm – Membership Summary and Discussion – Gordon/Dan 3:00pm – Afternoon tea 3:15pm – Meetings Report 4:30pm - Close

Agenda

Monday 16th April, 2012, Melbourne.

Meetings ~

AMATA Conferences. Workshops. Training Schemes. Can we do these better? Increased frequency. Targeted audiences. ~ Linkage with Combio 2012. Brisbane 2013.

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9:30am – Welcome - Alicia 9:35am – Presidents Report – Dan 10:00am – Node Review and Discussion – Richard 11:30am – Morning Tea 12:00pm – Financial History and Discussion– Vikki 12:45pm – VCGF Proposal? 1:00pm - Lunch 2:00pm – Membership Summary and Discussion – Gordon/Dan 3:00pm – Afternoon tea 3:15pm – Meetings Report 4:30pm - Close

Agenda

Monday 16th April, 2012, Melbourne.

ACRF-DNA Network

IMB (Koopman) Herston (Grimmond) PMCI (Bowtell) Perth (Lake) Adelaide (Goodall) Sydney (Dawes)

AGRF Central Repository Regional Nodes User Catchment

ACT (Easteal) WEHI

Bioinformatics (Speed) Bioinformatics Centre

AGRF (Foote)

Acquisition Curation Reproduction Distribution Quality control SVIMR

MacroArrays

(Thompson)

Macro-Array Centre Network

What ¡is ¡a ¡node? ¡Are ¡nodes ¡s/ll ¡relevant? ¡

The ¡AMATA ¡cons/tu/on ¡states ¡

(12) ¡The ¡Associa/on ¡will ¡adopt ¡the ¡number ¡of ¡Member ¡Nodes ¡of ¡the ¡ACRF ¡DNA ¡Resource ¡ Network ¡(as ¡named ¡in ¡the ¡contract ¡between ¡ACRF ¡and ¡AGRF) ¡provided ¡that ¡the ¡key ¡ representa/ves ¡from ¡each ¡node ¡consents ¡to ¡becoming ¡members ¡of ¡the ¡Associa/on. ¡Current ¡ nodes ¡at ¡the ¡/me ¡of ¡incorpora/on ¡are ¡defined ¡in ¡Appendix ¡3. ¡New ¡member ¡nodes ¡can ¡be ¡ accredited ¡by ¡the ¡Associa/on ¡provided ¡that: ¡ (a) ¡the ¡node ¡represents ¡a ¡concentrated ¡interest ¡in ¡microarray ¡or ¡associated ¡technology; ¡ (b) ¡the ¡node ¡is ¡nominated ¡and ¡seconded ¡for ¡membership ¡in ¡each ¡case ¡by ¡a ¡commiNee ¡ member; ¡and ¡ (c) ¡the ¡admission ¡as ¡a ¡member ¡is ¡approved ¡by ¡majority ¡vote ¡at ¡a ¡CommiNee ¡mee/ng. ¡ (13) ¡An ¡ac/ve ¡member ¡node, ¡for ¡the ¡purposes ¡of ¡CommiNee ¡membership, ¡is ¡a ¡node ¡which ¡is ¡ ac/vely ¡involved ¡in ¡the ¡mee/ngs ¡/ ¡teleconferences ¡of ¡the ¡ACRF ¡DNA ¡Resource, ¡and/or ¡was ¡ party ¡to ¡the ¡ACRF ¡DNA ¡Resource ¡purchase ¡of ¡oligonucleo/des, ¡and/or ¡is ¡party ¡to ¡other ¡ such ¡ac/vi/es ¡under ¡the ¡auspices ¡of ¡the ¡Associa/on. ¡

Where ¡are ¡the ¡“nodes”? ¡

Contact University/Institute Location Executive Mark Van de Hoeke SA Pathology Adelaide Yes Sean Grimmond IMB Brisbane Retired Lutz Krause QIMR Brisbane Yes Christine Wells UQ/AIBN Brisbane Yes Vikki Marshall QBI/UQ Brisbane Yes Carsten Kulheim ANU Canberra Yes Jac Charlseworth Meznzies/UTAS Hobart Yes Vivien Vasic Monash Melbourne No Andreas Scherer AGRF Melbourne Yes Richard Tothill Peter Mac Melbourne Yes Rik Thompson SVI Melbourne Yes Gordon Smyth WEHI Melbourne Yes Alicia Oshlack MCRI Melbourne Yes Les McNoe Uni of Otago New Zealand Yes Richard Lake UWA Perth No Nigel Swanson WAIMR? Perth Retired Chris Ormandy Garvan Sydney No Ian Paulsen Macquarie Uni Sydney Yes Daniel Cacthpoole Uni of Syd/Westmead Sydney Yes Ruby Lin Ramaciotti/UNSW Sydney Yes

Added ¡defini2on ¡from ¡2011 ¡AMATA ¡Planning ¡Day ¡

Nodes ¡would ¡: ¡

• ­‑ have ¡a ¡technology ¡specialty ¡around ¡genomics ¡ ¡
• ­‑ not ¡necessarily ¡be ¡aNached ¡to ¡a ¡service ¡facility ¡

Representa2ves ¡would: ¡

• ­‑ ¡be ¡willing ¡to ¡(co)host ¡conferences/mee/ngs/workshops ¡
• ­‑ ¡ac/vely ¡promote ¡AMATA ¡membership ¡
• ­‑ ¡be ¡prepared ¡to ¡report ¡to ¡the ¡execu/ve ¡commiNee ¡(annually) ¡
• ­‑ ¡receive ¡and ¡disseminate ¡news ¡and ¡no/fica/ons ¡from ¡the ¡associa/on ¡
• ­‑ ¡receive ¡the ¡minutes ¡of ¡monthly ¡commiNee ¡teleconferences ¡

Some ¡more ¡ideas ¡from ¡last ¡AMATA ¡planning ¡day.. ¡

• Create ¡a ¡node ¡representa/ve ¡subcommiNee ¡
• Charter ¡node ¡members ¡with ¡new ¡responsibili/es ¡

(projects, ¡newsleNer, ¡conference, ¡workshop) ¡

• Create ¡bimonthly ¡node ¡mee/ng ¡(webex ¡forum) ¡

How ¡are ¡we ¡going ¡to ¡make ¡it ¡aNrac/ve ¡for ¡new ¡ nodes? ¡