TGAC Training Coordination for the BBSRC Strategically-Funded

Institutes

Tanya Dickie: tanya.dickie@tgac.ac.ukBioinformatics & Biomathematics Training Coordinator

The Genome Analysis Centre, Norwich12 & 13 February 2015

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Time Details Facilitator

13:00-14:00 Lunch All

14:00-15:00 Update on project status and progress vs. BBSRC recommendation

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Feedback on project status Outcomes from meeting

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15:00-15:30 Coffee break All

15:30-17:00 Update on “Bioinformatics & Biomathematics Hub” and prototype of training resource

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Feedback on hub and prototype TeSS/GOBLET/other existing resources Training resource? Functionality

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17:00 Free time – travel back to hotels

19:30-22:00 Dinner All

Agenda: Day 1

Time Details Facilitator

09:00-10:30 Mapping exercise Core/basic training needs Shared Institute training needs Institute-specific training needs Institute group-specific training needs Individual training needs

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10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-12:00 Top 3 priorities going forward – discussion and decision on what we will work on going forward, e.g. Developing training materials, best practice Rolling out train the trainer, best practice How do we interact with our collaborators?

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12:00-13:00 Lunch plus wrap-up

13:00 Meeting ends

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Agenda: Day 2

TGAC

Babraham IBERS IFR JIC Pirbright Roslin Rothamsted

Research Scientists

Computational Biologists

Bioinformaticians

Biomathematicians

Technicians

EBI

ELIXIR-UK/ELIXIR

Galaxy

GOBLET

Software Carpentry/SSI

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Introduction

“Coordinate the audit of existing training assets across BBSRC strategically-funded institutes and the planning for a coordinated effort addressing the training needs of the institutes.”

• All institutes visited• Institute feedback on training has been collected• All-institute meeting arranged for February 2015• Champion: Tanya Dickie

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Progress: Objective 1 of 5

“Provide advice in the development of online training materials to be shared with nominated individuals at the institutes.”

• To be discussed at all-institute meeting:– Best practice in writing training materials– Best practice re developing eLearning materials

• Taskforce: to be decided

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Progress: Objective 2 of 5

“Work towards the provision of these materials via an online portal.”

• Development of prototype online resource for coordination and distribution of materials is underway

• Feedback on online options to be discussed at all-institute meeting

• Taskforce to be established to look at harmonising our needs with existing efforts

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Progress: Objective 3 of 5

“Develop a strategy for ‘train the trainer’ activities in this area, to be delivered in conjunction with other activities such as institutes’ networking meetings, the institutes’ conference or ELIXIR activities.”

• To be discussed at all-institute meeting:– Longer-term goal to establish ‘Train the Trainers’ strategy to

equip and develop current trainees from institutes into future trainers, using TGAC expertise

• Taskforce: to be defined

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Progress: Objective 4 of 5

“Develop strategies for a possible longer-term, integrated training activity across the institutes.”

• Current training needs to be mapped out following discussion at all-institute meeting to develop a core set of courses, to be tailored according to institute-specific requirements

• Future collaborations to be identified following discussion at all-institute meeting, plus future discussions

• Common areas in training across all the institutes to be discussed at the meeting

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Progress: Objective 5 of 5

Shared Institutes Training Needs

Core Courses

Institute-specific Training Needs

Advanced Courses

Individual Training Needs

Tailored Courses

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Overall Training Needs Across the Institutes

• Bioinformatics pipelines• Basic statistical analysis• Basic intro to Bioinformatics• Training in Galaxy platform• Genome assembly and

annotation• RNASeq analysis• Basic intro to Biomathematics• Basic LINUX, generic skills• Intermediate Bioinformatics• Intro to Bioinformatics for

Metagenomics

• Metagenomics for clinicians• Genotyping by sequencing• Basic intro to scripting• Basic intro to programming• Phylogenetics• Genome browsers• Compressed storage of high

throughput sequencing data• Proteomics• Genetic analysis programmes• Best practice in software

development

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Feedback overview: Examples of Training Needs

• Collaborative blog• Best practice guidelines for writing materials• Best practice guidelines for writing courses• Access to basic training from other institutes in one place• All in one packages (tools and materials)• Train the trainer videos• Life cycle process of courses once on the platform• Forced versioning, broken link tracker, quality controls• Ontology• Guidelines best practice for training• Keeping in touch

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Feedback overview: What do we want to work on – top 3?

• Ability to put courses online and concentrate on research• Access to training available at other institutes• Discoverability of materials• Giving people tools to understand “what’s under the hood”• Providing a first response to researchers’ training needs• Open up collaborations and sharing of expertise amongst institutes• Useful resource for generic/specific/advanced training materials• Enhance further awareness of reproducibility of training materials• Reduce redundancy and promote use of open source software• Opportunities for trainers to pass on knowledge outside of institute• Giving people training to be better Bioinformaticians & Biomathematicians

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Feedback overview: How will the training resource help?

Any questions?

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