Welcome to AMBeR
In 2005, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australian invited applications for proposals for high-quality research in bioinformatics, genomics and/or proteomics; and capacity building in bioinformatics to "enhance the health and medical research effort in Australia". Bioinformatics in particular was singled out as being of utmost importance for capacity building "due to its lack of development in Australia compared with other research areas."
One of the eight successful applications proposed the creation of a new national medical bioinformatics resource - the Australian Medical Bioinformatics Resource (AMBeR). AMBeR's aim is to bring together Australia's unique resources for genetic epidemiology and genomics with high level expertise in bioinformatics and statistical science, conduct advanced methodological research, develop new research capacity and competitiveness in cutting-edge techniques, bring them to bear on important medical research problems, train young Australians in bioinformatics and advanced biostatistics, and transfer this expertise to the medical research community.
