Bioinformatics training: a review of challenges, actions and support requirements

Maria Victoria Schneider; James Watson; Teresa Attwood; Kristian Rother; Aidan Budd; Jennifer McDowall; Allegra Via; Pedro Fernandes; Tommy Nyronen; Thomas Blicher; Phil Jones; Marie-Claude Blatter; Javier De Las Rivas; David Phillip Judge; Wouter van der Gool; Cath Brooksbank

doi:10.1093/bib/bbq021

Bioinformatics training: a review of challenges, actions and support requirements

Maria Victoria Schneider, James Watson, Teresa Attwood, Kristian Rother, Aidan Budd, Jennifer McDowall, Allegra Via, Pedro Fernandes, Tommy Nyronen, Thomas Blicher, Phil Jones, Marie-Claude Blatter, Javier De Las Rivas, David Phillip Judge, Wouter van der Gool, Cath Brooksbank

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Journal	Briefings in Bioinformatics
Volume	II
Issue number	6
Pages (from-to)	544-51
Number of pages	8
ISSN	1467-5463
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbq021
Publication status	Published - Nov 2010

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Computational Biology
Research
Teaching

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Schneider, M. V., Watson, J., Attwood, T., Rother, K., Budd, A., McDowall, J., Via, A., Fernandes, P., Nyronen, T., Blicher, T., Jones, P., Blatter, M-C., De Las Rivas, J., Judge, D. P., van der Gool, W., & Brooksbank, C. (2010). Bioinformatics training: a review of challenges, actions and support requirements. Briefings in Bioinformatics, II(6), 544-51. https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbq021

Schneider, MV, Watson, J, Attwood, T, Rother, K, Budd, A, McDowall, J, Via, A, Fernandes, P, Nyronen, T, Blicher, T, Jones, P, Blatter, M-C, De Las Rivas, J, Judge, DP, van der Gool, W & Brooksbank, C 2010, 'Bioinformatics training: a review of challenges, actions and support requirements', Briefings in Bioinformatics, vol. II, no. 6, pp. 544-51. https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbq021

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