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Expanding the Reach

Expanding the Reach. of Bioinformatics Training. Jennifer McDowall, Ph.D. Senior Scientist. What type of training is required?. Two types of training:. Training the bioinformaticians of the future. Universities and affiliated institutes. EMBL-EBI affiliated with .

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Expanding the Reach

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  1. Expanding the Reach of Bioinformatics Training Jennifer McDowall, Ph.D. Senior Scientist

  2. What type of training is required?

  3. Two types of training: Training the bioinformaticians of the future • Universities and affiliated institutes • EMBL-EBI affiliated with • Graduate training (MSc & PhD) • Post-doctorate training • Visitors’ program

  4. Two types of training: User training • Wide diversity of end users • Bioinformaticians • Biologists • Environmental scientists • Agricultural scientists • Clinicians • Medical informaticians • Chemoinformaticians…

  5. Two types of training: User training • Wide diversity of end users • Broad range of training – level and method • EMBL-EBI: • Hands-on training programs • Bioinformatics Roadshows • eLearning programs 5 02.04.2014

  6. User-training program Training comes to you Courses and workshops Hands-on Training Bioinformatics Roadshows E-learning Training anywhere, anytime, at any pace www.ebi.ac.uk/training

  7. Hands-on training • Interactive training through a combination of talks and practical exercises. • Different levels of training from general overviews to focusing on specific data types and programmatic access. • Learn from experts in the field. • Full programme at www.ebi.ac.uk/training/handson Wellcome Images

  8. Hands-on programme 2009/2010 Dip into the EBI’s data resources 19–22 Oct 2009 Genomes 29–31 Mar 2010 Nextgen Sequencing 2010 Date tbc Transcriptomes 18–23 Oct 2010 Walk through the EBI’s data resources 14–18 June 2010 Proteomes 9-13 Nov 2009 Structures Sep 2010 Programmatic accessto the EBI’s DBs 22–26 Feb 2010 Small molecule resources 25–29 Jan 2010 Integrating resources for systems biology 11–13 Apr 2010

  9. Bioinformatics Roadshows • Takes hands-on training to the user • Universities, Institutes, Industry • Presentations with hands-on practical sessions • Use host computer facilities • Host selects content relevant to their institute • Coordinated by EMBL-EBI in collaboration with: • Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics • European Patent Office • BRENDA project • Details at www.ebi.ac.uk/training/roadshow/ • or contact Jan Copeland (copeland@ebi.ac.uk)

  10. Support for Roadshows • EU Integrated Infrastructure Initiative FELICS • Supported hosted hands-on training • SLING (Mar 2009-Feb 2012) • Fully funded roadshows within Europe • Some funds for individuals who cannot host a roadshow to attend one elsewhere • Roadshow hosts encouraged and supported to develop own local training program • Annual networking sessions with trainers and hosts to develop a sustainable system for training

  11. 36 roadshows in three years >550 users trained

  12. eLearning • Allows users to work at their own pace • Experts in field create and monitor each course • Challenges • Keeping material up to date • Better to teach concepts than provide step by step guides • Motivating trainees to complete courses • Better to incorporate time-limited elements • eg Trainer online on specific days

  13. eLearning Modular courses Video tutorial learn by watching and listening • Courses contains 3–5 modules (~30 min each) • Each module contains… Print tutorial Learn by reading Quiz Learn by testing your understanding Reflective task Learn by practicing

  14. Building sustainability into training programs • Cannot train every user. • We can support other trainers by… • Providing training materials • Guidelines for running training courses • We can support users by… • Developing eLearning courses • Providing training materials online • User feedback • Provide helpdesk for databases

  15. EBI and the ELIXIR training strategy • EU funded • ELIXIR is an EU-funded project • ELIXIR’s training recommendations: • Development of data resources should be tightly linked to provision of training materials • Provision of training/outreach staff should be built into funding mechanism • Centralized coordination of bioinformatics user training through a training support unit • www.elixir-europe.org

  16. Aims of EBI and ELIXIR • Improve accessibility of bioinformatics training materials by: • Build a registry of freely available training materials • Develop bench-marking systems • Build communities of trainers, trainees and other stakeholders • Act as a main point of contact with other training infrastructures

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