ABACBS Annual Conference 2026 | 16–20 November | Melbourne

Organising Committee

The team bringing the conference together across the ABACBS community.

ABACBS Steering Committee

Sonika Tyagi

RMIT University

Chair

Jennifer Boer

RMIT University

Fundraising

Alice Johnstone

RMIT University

Committee

Fabio Zanini

UNSW Sydney

Finance

ABACBS & Community Representatives

Jessica Mar

University of Queensland

ABACBS Exec

Feargal Ryan

Flinders University

ABACBS Exec

Michelle Meier

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

COMBINE

Naima Vahab

RMIT University

COMBINE

Katherine Huang

University of Melbourne

Postdoc Rep

Nikeisha Caruana

University of Melbourne

D&I Rep

Chris Love

 

APBC Rep

Sub-Committees

Communications

Ama Jithmi Embuldeniya

RMIT University

Chair

Mehnaaz Gill

RMIT University

Member

Catering

Adam

 

Chair

Moomal Farhad

RMIT University

Member

Andrew Buultjens

University of Melbourne

Member

Workshops

Yashpal Ramakrishnaiah

Monash University

Chair

Emma Gail

University of Melbourne

Member

Stefano Mangiola

University of Adelaide

BioC Asia

Murali Aaditya

Monash University

COMBINE

Program Committee

Gerry Tonkin-Hill

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Co-chair

Geraldine Kong

The Peter Doherty Institute

Co-chair

Ryan Wick

University of Melbourne

Member

Ben Curran

Children's Cancer Institute (CCIA)

Member

General Committee Members

Xikun Zhang

RMIT University

Committee

Sunita Verma

Echo-Health.Ai

Committee