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EMBER. A European Multimedia Bioinformatics Educational Resource. The Background. Bioinformatics is a ‘new’ multidisciplinary science involves both biology & computing Still too few established university courses available skill shortage in a high-demand area

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  1. EMBER A European Multimedia Bioinformatics Educational Resource

  2. The Background • Bioinformatics is a ‘new’ multidisciplinary science • involves both biology & computing • Still too few established university courses available • skill shortage in a high-demand area • EMBER was conceived as a collaborative project to • draw together existing EMBnet partners • draw on skills & expertise of EMBnet teachers • exploit EMBnet’s existing pool of teaching materials • provide a stand-alone multimedia bioinformatics course

  3. EMBnet • European Molecular Biology Network • network of European bioinformation providers • 30 National Nodes mandated by government • UK National Node is HGMP-RC at Hinxton • now many non-European Nodes (e.g., China, Canada, Cuba..) • 7 Specialist Nodes • EBI, Sanger, ICGEB, ETI, MIPS, Roche, U.Manchester • EMBnet was established in 1988 • activities include provision of databases and software via login accounts, user support & training • mainly supported by EC funds and Node subscriptions

  4. EMBER Consortium • University of Manchester (Coordinator) • Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics - Switzerland • University of Nijmegen - The Netherlands • South African National Bioinformatics Institute - South Africa • European Bioinformatics Institute - UK • Gulbenkian Institute of Science - Portugal • University of Bruxelles - Belgium • Institute for Marine Biosciences - Canada • Research Institute for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology - Turkey • Expert Centre for Taxonomic Identification -The Netherlands

  5. Manchester coordination • Existing on-line bioinformatics practical • in use world-wide • including in-house courses

  6. Manchester coordination • Existing text-book • in use world-wide • including in-house courses

  7. The Project • EMBER will • collate, evaluate & amalgamate existing materials • revise & update these where necessary • add new material in line with perceived needs • Use the updated and new material to • extend our existing introductory text-book • extend our existing Web practical (produced professionally) • develop a parallel (Web-independent) course on CD-ROM • EMBER will be suitable for delivery • as part of conventional face-to-face courses • or in stand-alone, self-paced settings (e.g., the workplace)

  8. The future • EMBER commenced on 1 May 2001. It will • run for 2 years • support 2 postdocs at Manchester + 1 at SIB • The team will liaise with • Manchester’s DL course developers • the Star Alliance • Stanford, Sydney, South Africa, Singapore & Sweden • May lead to the development ofa worldwide education group • e.g., forming an education committee for ISCB

  9. WP9: Management WP1: Review of skill shortages WP2: Formulation of new syllabus WP3: Material unification & assessment tools WP4: Review of IPR WP5: Manuscript & course revisions WP6: Website production WP7: CD-ROM production WP8: Trials, evaluation & feedback

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