WEHI Bioinformatics Group

Statistical genetics, genotyping technology and population genetics

The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) is one of Australia’s foremost medical research establishment. The Bioinformatics Department is focusing on statistical genetics with the aim to localise genes influencing traits.

Terry Speed (Head of Department; also at the University of California at Berkeley)
Gordon Smith (Senior Research Scientist)

1G Royal Parade
Parkville Victoria 3050
Australia
Phone: (+61 3) 9345 2555
Fax: (+61 3) 9347 0852

Haploclusters is a software tool to detect excess haplotypes sharing in datasets consisting of case and control haplotypes. The bioinformatics researchers make also available other statistical genetics software.