Eduardo Eyras is a Director and EMBL Australia Group Leader who has spent more than two decades at the nexus of computational RNA biology, machine learning, and translational therapeutics. He founded and led pioneering efforts in splicing analysis, RNA structure, and protein–RNA interaction prediction, producing tools and datasets that have become widely used to study cancer-related RNA regulation. Eduardo builds and directs interdisciplinary teams that translate computational discoveries into molecule design and next-generation medicines, emphasizing inclusive, collaborative lab cultures. Trained originally in theoretical and mathematical physics, he brings a rare blend of deep theoretical rigor and practical bioinformatics engineering to biological problems. Based in Canberra, he combines academic leadership at ANU with entrepreneurial translation through the Shine-Dalgarno Centre for RNA Innovation. A less obvious thread in his career is a consistent trajectory from fundamental theory (string/M-theory) to concrete genomic tools, reflecting an aptitude for reframing abstract problems into impactful computational solutions.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Physics Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Physics Theoretical and Mathematical Physics at Universidad de Granada
PhD Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. P-brane researcher symmetry hunter M-theory apprentice, PhD Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. P-brane researcher symmetry hunter M-theory apprentice at University of Groningen
Reference-free reconstruction and error correction of transcriptomes from Nanopore long-read sequencing
Contributions:34 commits, 33 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 11 months
nanoporebioinformaticsnmfrnaseqpipeline
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Eduardo Eyras - Director at The Australian National University