Dr Marie-Emilie Gauthier Ellemor
Faculty of Science,
School of Biology & Environmental Science
Biography
Dr Gauthier completed her PhD at the University of Queensland in 2010. She has worked in the field of marine genomics, metagenomics and clinical genomics, as well as in human and plant diagnostics pathology. In 2021, she joined the team of Roberto Barrero within eResearch at QUT. During her time at QUT, she has been involved in the implementation and validation of bioinformatics tools for the detection of viruses and viroids, enabling the post-entry quarantine facility to screen plants being imported into Australia using next generation sequencing. Her work has been funded by Horticulture Innovation Australia (HIA), the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and Australian BioCommons.+617+61 7
Personal details
Positions
- Research Fellow in Bioinformatics
Faculty of Science,
School of Biology & Environmental Science
Qualifications
- Ph.D. Biological Sciences (University of Queensland)
Teaching
Dr. Gauthier developed and delivered content for several hands-on, in-person HTS training workshops, both at the Annual Diagnostics and Surveillance Conference and within government departments in 2022. She also conducted demonstrations showcasing bioinformatics tools she developed, such as VirReport and ONTViSc.
In 2024–2025, Dr. Gauthier created and delivered the workshop An Introduction to Nextflow, and contributed to the delivery of three additional in-person eResearch HTS workshops for QUT students and staff. She also served as a facilitator for the online BioCommons workshop Nextflow for the Life Sciences in July 2025.
She co-supervised an Honours student as part of a collaboration with CAB in 2024.
Experience
Dr Gauthier was a guest speaker in the Early Entry Program (EEP) ‘Industry and Careers’ and career panel guest speaker and a poster judge at past COMBINE conference.
Publications
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A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/marieemilie.gauthier