Abstract

A Summary: Rapid technological advances have led to an explosion of biomedical data in recent years. The pace of change has inspired new collaborative approaches for sharing materials and resources to help train life scientists both in the use of cutting-edge bioinformatics tools and databases and in how to analyse and interpret large datasets. A prototype platform for sharing such training resources was recently created by the Bioinformatics Training Network (BTN). Building on this work, we have created a centralized portal for sharing training materials and courses, including a catalogue of trainers and course organizers, and an announcement service for training events. For course organizers, the portal provides opportunities to promote their training events; for trainers, the portal offers an environment for sharing materials, for gaining visibility for their work and promoting their skills; for trainees, it offers a convenient one-stop shop for finding suitable training resources and identifying relevant training events and activities locally and worldwide.

Published in

Bioinformatics
2015, Volume: 31, number: 1, pages: 140-142

SLU Authors

• Bongcam Rudloff, Erik

  • Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Sustainable Development Goals

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all


UKÄ Subject classification

Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Genetics and Breeding


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btu601

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/63703