EMBnet
Collaboration on Education and Training  In April ISCB announced collaboration with the European
Molecular Biology Network (EMBnet;
www.embnet.org) to
provide education and training in the use of bioinformatics tools to
members of our communities. Having just sponsored and organized a
successful workshop introducing the EMBnet eBioKit at the ISCB
Africa ASBCB Conference on Bioinformatics 2011 (www.iscb.org/iscbafrica2011/),
both EMBnet Executive Board member Erik Bongcam-Rudloff and ISCB
President Burkhard Rost enthusiastically embraced the idea of a
formal collaboration that provides a platform for EMBnet training
courses at ISCB meetings whenever possible, particularly meetings in
developing regions. EMBnet has close working relationships with high-level members of our Society through their 28 national and eight specialists nodes. These strong ties complement ISCB's regional meetings expansion. "EMBnet is a very strong member of ISCB's Affiliated Regional Network, and formalizing our collaboration to incorporate their training into ISCB conferences makes perfect sense," commented Prof. Dr. Rost. "Our members will undoubtedly benefit from their expertise." The next meeting that an EMBnet training workshop may be offered is the InCoB/ISCB-Asia 2011 joint conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nov 30-Dec 2. Following that, discussion is underway on incorporating an EMBnet training session into the next ISCB-Latin America conference, being held in Santiago, Chile, March 19-21, 2012. Prof. Dr. Bongcam-Rudloff summed up the collaboration nicely: "This is a natural fit. Working together we will accomplish more, and everybody wins."  |
