Best practices in bioinformatics training for life scientists

Briefings in Bioinformatics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 528-537

  Via, Allegra ^a   Blicher, Thomas ^b   Bongcam Rudloff, Erik ^c   Brazas, Michelle D ^d   Brooksbank, Cath ^e   Budd, Aidan ^f   De Las Rivas, Javier ^g   Dreyer, Jacqueline ^h   Fernandes, Pedro L ⁱ   Van Gelder, Celia ^j   Jacob, Joachim ^m   Jimenez, Rafael C ^e   Loveland, Jane ^k   Moran, Federico ^l   Mulder, Nicola ^m   Nyrönen, Tommi ⁿ   Rother, Kristian ^m   Schneider, Maria Victoria ^o   Attwood, Teresa K ^p  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

^e EUROPEAN BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

^g Centro de Investigacion del Cancer   (Spain)

^h EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

ⁱ INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^j RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^k WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^m H3ABioNet African bioinformatics network ^*

ⁿ IT Center for Science   (Finland)

^o EARLHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Bioinformatics courses; Train the trainers; Training; Training life scientists

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOINFORMATICS COURSES; BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICINE; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CURRICULUM; DATA BASE; DATA MINING; EDUCATION; TEACHING; TRAIN THE TRAINERS; TRAINING; TRAINING LIFE SCIENTISTS;

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOINFORMATICS COURSES; TRAIN THE TRAINERS; TRAINING; TRAINING LIFE SCIENTISTS;

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; DATA MINING; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TEACHING;

EID: 84896940346     PISSN: 14675463     EISSN: 14774054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbt043     Document Type: Article

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