Strategic talks bring BioCommons Hub team together in Melbourne

While Australian BioCommons co-funds dozens of roles hosted by partner organisations and in the last 12 months has coordinated projects and activities involving over 200 people across Australia, its Hub is made up of 20 dedicated and dispersed (and busy!) team members. Hub staff work from their homes across 5 states, and have offices at Melbourne Bioinformatics, QCIF, University of Newcastle, University of Adelaide, and CSIRO.

We regularly have ‘retreats’ to strengthen the team bonds, work through strategic approaches and to develop a shared vision for Australian BioCommons. We are so happy that we can now meet for these intensive sessions in person.

Earlier in the year we spent two days at the Melbourne Zoo, meeting new team members, workshopping ideas and planning our future - all under the watchful eyes of honorary participants in the enclosures outside our glass walls!

Next week we are gathering for two days in Melbourne to discuss the rapid developments in our team and projects, and to catch our breath and reflect on what ‘growing up’ has been like for our team. You may notice a lull in our activity for a couple of days, but rest assured we’ll be back on deck with fresh ideas and motivation soon after!