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- Title
Bioinformatics training: a review of challenges, actions and support requirements.
- Authors
Schneider, Maria Victoria; Watson, James; Attwood, Teresa; Rother, Kristian; Budd, Aidan; McDowall, Jennifer; Via, Allegra; Fernandes, Pedro; Nyronen, Tommy; Blicher, Thomas; Jones, Phil; Blatter, Marie-Claude; De Las Rivas, Javier; Judge, David Phillip; van der Gool, Wouter; Brooksbank, Cath
- 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.
- Subjects
BIOINFORMATICS; LIFE sciences; TRAINING; END users (Information technology); MOLECULAR biology
- Publication
Briefings in Bioinformatics, 2010, Vol 11, Issue 6, p544
- ISSN
1467-5463
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/bib/bbq021