Our People
Management and Operations
Dr Emma Gail
Dr Frankie Taylor
Dr Brett Holman
Claudia Curcio
Kaylah Thomas
Bioinformaticians
Dr Emma Gail
Laura Geissler
Liwen Li
Lasse Nielsen
Joy Shah
PhD Students
Alex Eisner
Mary Huang
Mehari Merid
Aaron Meyers
Jakob Schuster
Sam Tanner
Santosh Varughese
Remembering Simon Gladman
Simon Gladman, our Senior Research Fellow and Galaxy Lead, was a deeply valued and much-loved member of Melbourne Bioinformatics as well as the wider Galaxy community. His sudden passing on 26 November 2022 was a terrible shock to his family, friends, and colleagues, here in Australia and around the world. In the days after his death there were many tributes to him, from Australian BioCommons, Galaxy Australia, Galaxy Project, QCIF, and many of his colleagues. In addition, Simon's memory has been honoured by Australian BioCommons with the Simon Gladman Travel Grant.
Simon was incredibly passionate about Galaxy, and it is both fitting and entirely characteristic that with his last activities on behalf of Melbourne Bioinformatics he was sharing his enthusiasm and his expertise. He travelled to Freiburg in October to present on Pulsar and Total Perspective Vortex at the 2022 European Galaxy Days, and in November he worked on Galaxy workflows and pipelines as part of the 1st BioHackathon Europe Australian Outpost. Simon was also heavily involved in preparations for bringing the Galaxy Community Conference to Australia, and although he couldn’t be there he played an important part in making GCC2023 such a big success.
Our Academic Lead, A/Prof Danny Park, wrote at the time that 'to me, and I’m sure to many, Simon felt like a big brother. He has been a real community leader within our field and beyond, and his passing will leave a gaping hole in so many ways. With his contributions to Galaxy Australia, especially, Simon has left an impressive legacy that will live on.'