Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference 2015

WORKSHOPS


last edit: April 21, 2015

GLBIO Workshops Announced!

Please join us on May 18 for two timely and informative workshops! Bioinformatics Cores and Exploring and Refining Core Competencies for Bioinformatics

1.  GLBIO 2015 BIOINFORMATICS CORES WORKSHOP
Location: 214A

Summary:  The Bioinformatics Cores workshop will bring together leaders of some regional bioinformatics core facilities to present information on the formation and running of a bioinformatics ”Core Facility” including scientific and business aspects of a core.  The workshop will consist of 2 phases.  The first hour will be 3 short presentations by bioinformatics core leaders, who will speak about different aspects of Bioinformatics Core Facilities.  (1) How to establish a core. (2) Hurdles in building a business. (3) Meeting the needs of changing technology.

Program:  The speakers will address the following questions:

The second hour will be devoted to a Q & A session with the speakers and the audience.  Some starter questions and surveys are listed below:


Moderator:
Speakers:  

2. EXPLORING AND REFINING CORE COMPETENCIES FOR BIOINFORMATICS
Location: 214A

Summary:  Bioinformatics professionals work in a variety of settings, including core facilities, biological and medical research labs and software development organizations. The need for bioinformatics skills permeates academia, industry and thehealthcare sector. As the organization, analysis and interpretation of vast amounts of data become central to biomedical research, how do we define bioinformatics competency requirements for these diverse roles and how do we ensure that there is adequate training to meet their needs? The ISCB curriculum task force has drafted a set of core competencies (see http://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003496) for three distinct types of bioinformatics professional - the user, the scientist and the engineer. In this workshop we will explore these competencies, learn how they are being used to shape training programs in different contexts, and work together to provide input into a refined and updated set of core competencies.

Program:

Outcomes:  Participant input will be combined with input from other workshops to generate a consultation paper on bioinformatics competency, with the aim of gathering broad community input on competency requirements in bioinformatics.


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