Dr. Pasi K. Korhonen is a Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Science at the University of Melbourne, where he conducts genomic research on parasitic organisms. He initially completed a Master’s program in Computer Science and began his career in Finland in the 1990s, working for Nokia in various roles in software development, project management, and line management. He gained international experience in Düsseldorf, Germany, and Melbourne, Australia. From 2007 to 2011, while still working, he completed a Bachelor's in Biochemistry and a Master’s in Bioinformatics. In 2012, he relocated to Melbourne to work with Prof. Robin Gasser at the University of Melbourne, where he earned his PhD in Bioinformatics in Parasitology in 2016. He has held an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship and has been a Chief Investigator on an ARC grant. Currently, he applies advanced bioinformatics and machine learning to multi-omics and single-cell data to conduct detailed studies on these pathogens.
Dr. Tao Wang is a Senior Research Fellow of Molecular Parasitology at the Department of Biosciences, Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Sichuan Agricultural University and then received his PhD degree from Ghent University. His main research focuses on veterinary molecular parasitology.
Jiangning Song is an Associate Professor and Group Leader in the Cancer and Infection and Immunity Programs at the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia. He is the Head of the AI-driven
Bioinformatics and Biomedicine Laboratory at the Monash BDI and an Associate Investigator of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging. He is also a member of the Monash Data Futures Institute (MDFI), Alliance for Digital Health at Monash (ADAM), and Center to Impact Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). He joined Monash University's Centre to Impact AMR as a founding member in 2020 and chairs the bioinformatics and computational biomedicine group. He has an honorary position as an Associate Professor at the Bioinformatics Center at the Institute for Chemical Research and is an International Expert Committee member on Bioinformatics at the International Joint Usage/Research Center (iJURC), Kyoto University, Japan. He is also an Honorary Principal Fellow of the University of Melbourne.
Robin Gasser is an eminent veterinary scientist. He is a Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor at the University of Melbourne. His fundamental research has generated deep knowledge and understanding about the biology of parasites, their interactions with their hosts, and the diseases they cause by applying and integrating a range of advanced technologies to explore their genomes and function. His achievements include the identification of a range of novel targets for antiparasitic drug development. He has used this extensive fundamental research to underpin the development of innovative methods for the diagnosis, treatment, and control of socioeconomically important parasitic diseases in animals and humans for subsequent translation and commercialization.
