1. GOBLET: the Global Organisation for Bioinformatics Learning, Education and Training
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Atwood T.K., Bongcam-Rudloff E., Brazas M.E., Corpas M., Gaudet P., Lewitter F., Mulder N., Palagi P.M., Schneider M.V., van Gelder C.W.G., Attwood T.K., Banag C., Blackford S., Blatter M.C., Brazas M.D., Brooksbank C., Budd A., Charleston M., Christoffels A., Conesa A., Crowe M., Davies A., de Crecy-Lagard V., De Las Rivas J., Doyle M., Edwards R., Facchiano A., Fernandes P., Gaeta B., Heger A., Herringa J., Hughes D., Jimenez R.C., Kille P., Korpelainen E., Kumuthini J., MacLean D., Martinez S.A.R., McGrath A., Michalopoulos I., Ouellette B.F., Pearson W.R., Qi W., Romano P., Rother K., Sansone S-A., Schonbach C., Tastan-Bishop O., Trelles O., Twells R., Via A., Vriend G., Warnow T., Watson M., Westervelt N., and Zanzoni A.
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Bioinformatics ,learning ,education ,training ,QH301-705.5 ,Computer science ,International scale ,Big data ,Globe ,Other Research Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 0] ,ddc:616.07 ,Training (civil) ,Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience ,Genetics ,medicine ,Biology (General) ,Molecular Biology ,Curriculum ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Ecology ,business.industry ,4. Education ,Outreach ,March of Progress ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Computational Theory and Mathematics ,Modeling and Simulation ,Perspective ,Stewardship ,business - Abstract
Contains fulltext : 155330.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access) In recent years, high-throughput technologies have brought big data to the life sciences. The march of progress has been rapid, leaving in its wake a demand for courses in data analysis, data stewardship, computing fundamentals, etc., a need that universities have not yet been able to satisfy--paradoxically, many are actually closing "niche" bioinformatics courses at a time of critical need. The impact of this is being felt across continents, as many students and early-stage researchers are being left without appropriate skills to manage, analyse, and interpret their data with confidence. This situation has galvanised a group of scientists to address the problems on an international scale. For the first time, bioinformatics educators and trainers across the globe have come together to address common needs, rising above institutional and international boundaries to cooperate in sharing bioinformatics training expertise, experience, and resources, aiming to put ad hoc training practices on a more professional footing for the benefit of all.
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