TY - JOUR
T1 - Bioinformatics training
T2 - a review of challenges, actions and support requirements
AU - Schneider, Maria Victoria
AU - Watson, James
AU - Attwood, Teresa
AU - Rother, Kristian
AU - Budd, Aidan
AU - McDowall, Jennifer
AU - Via, Allegra
AU - Fernandes, Pedro
AU - Nyronen, Tommy
AU - Blicher, Thomas
AU - Jones, Phil
AU - Blatter, Marie-Claude
AU - De Las Rivas, Javier
AU - Judge, David Phillip
AU - van der Gool, Wouter
AU - Brooksbank, Cath
PY - 2010/11
Y1 - 2010/11
N2 - As bioinformatics becomes increasingly central to research in the molecular life sciences, the need to train non-bioinformaticians to make the most of bioinformatics resources is growing. Here, we review the key challenges and pitfalls to providing effective training for users of bioinformatics services, and discuss successful training strategies shared by a diverse set of bioinformatics trainers. We also identify steps that trainers in bioinformatics could take together to advance the state of the art in current training practices. The ideas presented in this article derive from the first Trainer Networking Session held under the auspices of the EU-funded SLING Integrating Activity, which took place in November 2009.
AB - As bioinformatics becomes increasingly central to research in the molecular life sciences, the need to train non-bioinformaticians to make the most of bioinformatics resources is growing. Here, we review the key challenges and pitfalls to providing effective training for users of bioinformatics services, and discuss successful training strategies shared by a diverse set of bioinformatics trainers. We also identify steps that trainers in bioinformatics could take together to advance the state of the art in current training practices. The ideas presented in this article derive from the first Trainer Networking Session held under the auspices of the EU-funded SLING Integrating Activity, which took place in November 2009.
KW - Computational Biology
KW - Research
KW - Teaching
U2 - 10.1093/bib/bbq021
DO - 10.1093/bib/bbq021
M3 - Review
C2 - 20562256
SN - 1467-5463
VL - II
SP - 544
EP - 551
JO - Briefings in Bioinformatics
JF - Briefings in Bioinformatics
IS - 6
ER -