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Bioinformatics Update

Bioinformatics Update. Nicky Wolstenholme Regional Training Officer. History. ‘variants of unknown significance’ CMGS Best Practice guidelines published 2007 NGRL Bioinformatics Courses Launched Alamut software Challenge of Next Generation sequencing Volume of data Analysis pipelines

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Bioinformatics Update

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  1. Bioinformatics Update Nicky Wolstenholme Regional Training Officer

  2. History • ‘variants of unknown significance’ • CMGS Best Practice guidelines published 2007 • NGRL Bioinformatics Courses Launched • Alamut software • Challenge of Next Generation sequencing • Volume of data • Analysis pipelines • Data stability and security • Microarrays

  3. Competences • Training programmes need learning outcomes based on competences • Group set up to develop competences • Molecular Geneticists • Cytogeneticists • NGRL • Draft competences have been circulated widely and some revisions made

  4. Bioinformatics and MSC • New group established • Comprises • Head of School of Genetics • NGRL & NOWGEN • Regional Trainer • University of Manchester • (bioinformatics distance learning) • DoH • Professional advisers from joint CMGS/ACC Bioinformatics group

  5. Bioinformatics Group • Objectives • Develop strategy for DoH • Bioinformatics in the future of the NHS • Recognition of ‘Clinical Bioinformatics’ • Re-skill existing staff in diagnostic laboratories • Bioinformatics training for MSC: STP and PTP • Outline a new career path for specialist diagnostic bioinformaticians

  6. Re-skill existing staff • Develop existing competences to provide learning outcomes • Create distance learning modules and assessment tools • Suggested line manager or HOD to sign off competences. • Assess feedback from laboratories to improve existing courses

  7. MSC - STP • Extend scope of existing 2 day courses • foundation module • operating systems • command-line operation • data governance • data sharing • 2nd module • Tools and resources • Browsers • Assessment tools + reflective learning • UoM experience sought

  8. MSC - PTP • More focus on foundation module

  9. Specialist Diagnostic Bioinformaticians • The Dutch experience • Specialist Clinical Bioinformaticians employed in the University Hospitals & PhDs offered. • UoM keen to develop new MSc • Existing MSc but additional clinical modules • Support of MSC needed

  10. The Future • A virtual institute of diagnostic bioinformatics?? • ??Leeds looking at Breast cancer as a model for using Clonal Sequencing and bioinformatics

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