People / Minh Bui


Associate Professor, Australian National University

Biography

Minh obtained his B.Sc. in Computer Science (2001) from Vietnam National University, M.Sc. in Applied Computer Science (2005) from the University of Freiburg (Germany) and Ph.D. in Bioinformatics (2009) from the University of Vienna (Austria). After a Postdoc at Max Perutz Labs, he joined the Australian National University (ANU) as a Research Fellow (2018), Lecturer (2019), Senior Lecturer (2021), and Associate Professor (2024).

Research Interests

Minh is the leader of the Computational Phylogenomics Lab. His lab’s research lies at the interface between Computing, Biology and Statistics, with the motto to enable evolutionary research in the genomic era. His lab develops bioinformatic methods and algorithms, statistical models of molecular evolution, and high-performance computing techniques for phylogenetic inference from ultra-large genomic data.

Minh leads an international team that jointly develops the widely used IQ-TREE software. IQ-TREE usages are ranging from reconstructing the tree of life to detecting new variations and key mutations of the coronavirus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic.

His lab has strong collaborations with Research School of Biology, especially with Prof. Robert Lanfear’s lab.

Awards and Honours

Journal Editorial Boards

Conference organisation

  • Nov 2018: Organiser of the Computational Biology Fest (CompBioFest), Australian National University.
  • 2017: PC member for the workshop on Mathematical and Statistical Aspects of Molecular Biology (MASAMB).
  • 2012-2016: PC member for the International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCoB).
  • 2015: PC member for the German Conference on Bioinformatics (GCB).

Reviewer

Reviewer for various scientific journals including: Algorithms for Molecular Biology, Applied Mathematics Letters, Bioinformatics, BMC Evolutionary Biology, BMC Bioinformatics, Journal of Mathematical Biology, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Molecular Biology and Evolution, PLoS ONE, Systematic Biology, IEEE Transaction on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics.

Media Coverage

Selected Publications

  1. IQ-TREE: A Fast and Effective Stochastic Algorithm for Estimating Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies highly cited
    L. Nguyen, H.A. Schmidt, A. von Haeseler, B.Q. Minh
    Molecular Biology and Evolution 32:268-274 (2015)

  2. ModelFinder: Fast model selection for accurate phylogenetic estimates highly cited
    S. Kalyaanamoorthy, B.Q. Minh*, T.K.F. Wong*, A. von Haeseler, L.S. Jermiin (*co-first)
    Nature Methods 14:587-589 (2017) Full text (PMC)

  3. Ultrafast Approximation for Phylogenetic Bootstrap highly cited
    B.Q. Minh, M.A.T. Nguyen, A. von Haeseler
    Molecular Biology and Evolution 30:1188-1195 (2013)

  4. UFBoot2: Improving the Ultrafast Bootstrap Approximation highly cited
    D.T. Hoang, O. Chernomor, A. von Haeseler, B.Q. Minh⊛, L.S. Vinh (⊛co-last)
    Molecular Biology and Evolution 35:518-522 (2018)

  5. W-IQ-TREE: A fast online phylogenetic tool for maximum likelihood analysis highly cited
    J. Trifinopoulos, L. Nguyen, A. von Haeseler, B.Q. Minh
    Nucleic Acids Research 44:W232-W235 (2016)

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Minh Bui

Address:
School of Computing, ANU
Hanna Neumann Building, Room 4.25
145 Science Rd map
and
Research School of Biology, ANU
Robertson Building, Room S303
46 Sullivans Creek Rd map
Canberra, Acton ACT 2601, Australia

m.bui (at) anu.edu.au
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Lab members

Ng Jun Kiat
Honours Student

Chen Yang
Research Assisstant

Minh Bui
Lab Leader

Van Nguyen Hoang
PhD student

Yanghe Dong
Master student

Nhan Ly-Trong
Associate Research Fellow

Thomas Wong
Research Fellow

Huaiyan Ren
PhD student

Hashara Kumarasinghe
PhD student

Piyumal Demotte
PhD student


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