Bioinformatics Course
Bioinformatics T3: Train The Trainer
The Integration of Bioinformatics into an Undergraduate Biology Curriculum
Location: Online
Due to the safety restrictions caused by the COVID-19 epidemic, this course is being transitioned to an online format. Please note the slight change in dates from the previous announcements.
The MDI Biological Laboratory is pleased to present Bioinformatics T3: Train the Trainer, a project that supports training in bioinformatics skills for college and university undergraduate science instructors so that they can effectively integrate bioinformatics into their science curricula, and help their students prepare for the 21st-century workplace.
The Bioinformatics T3: Train the Trainer Project has three components:
- A short course for undergraduate instructors. The course focuses on BASH training to enable classes to work in the UNIX environment. We develop those skills by applying them to some standard bioinformatics workflows like assembling and annotating a genome from NGS data and an example of microbiome analysis using bacterial 16s sequences.
- A dedicated web portal with links to instructional resources, online step-by-step video tutorials, case studies, and a forum for building a Community of Bioinformatics Trainers.
- Support for delivering the curriculum that includes access to a dedicated
server with bioinformatics software.
Tuition
NIGMS IPERT grant 1R25GM125674 funds cover tuition for US Citizens and Permanent Residents.
However, a non-refundable $400.00 registration fee is due upon acceptance into the program.
The application form contains a request for funding support if the registration fee poses a hardship.
Partners
Course Director
W. Kelley Thomas, Ph.D.Director, Hubbard Center for Genome StudiesUniversity of New Hampshire
Course Faculty
Joel H. Graber, Ph.D.Senior Staff Scientist, Director of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics CoreMDI Biological Laboratory
Benjamin L. King, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of BioinformaticsUniversity of Maine
This course is supported by an IPERT research education grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (1R25GM125674).