Michael Hall

Dr. Michael Hall is a Research Fellow at the University of Queensland's UQ Centre for Clinical Research. His work focuses on bacterial genomics, computational biology, and bioinformatics tool development.

• Key research areas: Tuberculosis genomics, nanopore sequencing, drug resistance prediction, and metagenomics
• Developed bioinformatics tools including Pandora and contributed to Snakemake
• Collaborates with teams across clinical research, veterinary microbiology, and environmental monitoring

His recent publications (2018-2025) demonstrate expertise in:

• Deep learning applications for genomic data
• Reference graph-based bacterial analysis
• Antimicrobial resistance prediction systems
• Environmental nanopore sequencing applications
• Clinical metagenomics workflows
• One Health approaches to disease monitoring

Current affiliations include:

• UQ Centre for Clinical Research
• Collaborations with UQ Centre for Extracellular Vesicle Nanomedicine
• Contributions to the Centre of Research Excellence ALIVE WELL