Ten Simple Rules for Developing a Short Bioinformatics Training Course

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This is an open-access article under the Creative Commonset.-- et al.This paper considers what makes aud short course in bioinformatics successful.ud In today’s research environment, exposureud to bioinformatics training is somethingud that anyone embarking on lifeud sciences research is likely to need at someud point. Furthermore, as research technologiesud evolve, this need will continue toud grow. In fact, as a consequence of theud introduction of high-throughput technologies,ud there has already been an increaseud in demand for training relating to the useud of computational resources and toolsud designed for high-throughput data storage,ud retrieval, and analysis. Biologists andud computational scientists alike are seekingud postgraduate learning opportunities inud various bioinformatics topics that meetud the needs and time restrictions of theirud schedules. Short, intensive bioinformaticsud courses (typically from a couple of days toud a week in length, and covering a varietyud of topics) are available throughout theud world, and more continue to be developedud to meet the growing training needs.This work was partly supported by the Intramural Research Program of the NIH, NLM, NCBI, and byud funds awarded to the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute by the European Commission under SLING, grantud agreement number 226073 (Integrating Activity) within Research Infrastructures of the FP7 Capacities Specificud Programme EMBL-EBI.Peer reviewe

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