James Comben

PhD Candidate

Greater Melbourne Area

About

I am currently undertaking a PhD at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre studying extra-medullary multiple myeloma. My background is in computational science and biomedical science with an honours degree in bioinformatics. My interests include bioinformatics, cancer biology, molecular biology, neuroscience and immunology. I am looking to pursue a career in scientific research where I can use my computational and bioinformatics background to understand biology.

Experience

  • Vice President at COMBINE Australia
    Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

    Vice President and Secretary of COMBINE. COMBINE is an organisation for Australian students in computational biology, bioinformatics, and related fields. We are the student subcommittee of The Australian Bioinformatics And Computational Biology Society (ABACBS) as well as the official International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) Regional Student Group (RSG) for Australia.

  • Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
    • PhD Candidate
      Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

    • Research Assistant
      Jan 2024 - Apr 2024 · 4 mos

    • Honours Research Student
      Feb 2023 - Jan 2024 · 1 yr

      Project - Neuroendocrine transformation in late stage prostate cancer

  • Polling Assistant at Australian Electoral Commission
    Oct 2023 - Oct 2023 · 1 mo

  • Polling Assistant at Australian Electoral Commission
    May 2022 - May 2022 · 1 mo

  • Bioinformatics Intern at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
    Nov 2021 - Feb 2022 · 4 mos

    Summer Research Scholarship - Bioinformatics Project in Prostate Cancer Research