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2. Introduction to training with EMBL-EBI
Webinar
5 October 2016
Cath Brooksbank
Head of Training

3. Learning objectives for today
Explore the types of training that EMBL-EBI offers and how you can benefit from them
Discover how we tailor our training to different audiences
Find out what we’re looking for in our course applications
Learn how to access freely available courses whenever you need them.

4. What is EMBL-EBI?
Europe’s home for biological data services, research and training
A trusted data provider for the life sciences
Part of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, an intergovernmental research organisation
International: 570 members of staff from 57 nations
Home of the ELIXIR Technical hub.

5. Training is at the heart of our mission
Provide freely available data and bioinformatics services to all facets of the scientific community in ways that promote scientific progress
Contribute to the advancement of biology through basic investigator-driven research in bioinformatics
Provide advanced bioinformatics training to scientists at all levels, from PhD students to independent investigators
Help disseminate cutting-edge technologies to industry
Coordinate biological data provision throughout Europe

6. An EMBL-EBI-wide effort (and beyond!)
All service teams and research groups contribute to training
Last year >100 staff members were involved in developing and delivering training

7. What is your main reason for attending this webinar?
Poll 1 ?
What is your main reason for attending this webinar? ? ? ? ?

8. From molecules to medicine
Biology is changing:
Data explosion
New types of data
Emphasis on systems
Applied biology:
molecular medicine
agriculture
food
environmental sciences
Clinical sequencing
Atlas
what happens where

9. Delivery modes On-site Off-site Online Training the trainer
Delivering courses to develop practical skills and knowledge. Led by EMBL-EBI experts and hosted in our purpose-built training suite
Off-site
Sending our dedicated trainers to host organisations to provide hands-on training on EMBL-EBI data, tools and resources
Online
Providing free access to EMBL-EBI courses; allowing individuals to choose when, where and how they learn
Training the trainer
Enabling trainer communities to develop relevant and high-quality courses supported by EMBL-EBI experts and materials

10. Find all EMBL-EBI training in one place…
Clear, consistent info on every course, including learning outcomes and any course prerequisites
Training events and online courses all in one place and searchable by topic

11. Train at EMBL-EBI

12. Our training values Immersive Collegial Led by experts Cutting edge
Responsive to trainees’ needs
High proportion of practical content

13. Courses map to EMBL-EBI service areas
Genes, genomes & variation
Biological interpretation of next-generation sequencing
Computational molecular evolution
Introduction to next-generation sequencing
Cancer genomics
Metagenomics bioinformatics
Gene, protein & metabolite expression
Introduction to omics data integration
Advanced RNA-seq and ChIP-seq data analysis
Bioinformatics of plants and plant pathogens
Analysis of high-throughput sequencing data
Protein sequences, families & motifs
Chemical biology
Proteomics bioinformatics
Resources for computational drug discovery
Metabolomics bioinformatics
Systems
In silico systems biology
Networks and pathways
Data resources and bioinformatics tools for immunology (NEW)
Molecular structures
Cross-domain topics
Structural bioinformatics
Data visualisation for biology
Bioinformatics for principal investigators
Bioinformatics for core facility managers (NEW)
Summer school in bioinformatics
Foundation skills for HPC in computational biomolecular research (NEW)

14. Designing courses for our users
Leon, postdoc
Goal: to understand what makes a normally harmless bacterium pathogenic in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis.
Tasks: “I’m using a combination of transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics to understand these pathogenic changes better,”
Course: EMBL-EBI–Wellcome Trust Summer school in bioinformatics
Judith, plant geneticist
Goal: to identify new crop strains resistant to drought, salt and fungal diseases.
Tasks: “We’re doing linkage studies to find out which genes are involved in resistance to different types of stress. We’ve got genomic and expression QTLs that we need to map on to well-characterised plants
Course: Bioinformatics of plants and plant pathogens
Ola, clinician–scientist
Goal: to identify proteomics-based biomarkers in urine for the early detection of bladder cancer
Tasks: “I do mass spectrometry of samples from patients coming in
for biopsies. I’ve found a phosphoprotein that seems to be upregulated in some patients.”
Course: EMBL-EBI-Wellcome Trust Proteomics bioinformatics workshop

15. Selecting trainees who will benefit the most
Do you have the pre-requisite knowledge?
Do your expectations of what you will learn from the course match the stated learning objectives in the course description?
Do you have data to analyse now, or will you have close to the time of the course?
Will you pass on the knowledge that you have gained to others within your group or organisation?
See for guidance on applying

16. Train outside EMBL-EBI

17. Empowering a world of users…

18. Structure of off-site programme
A range of half-day and full-day modules can be combined to suit different audiences.
Tailored programme with use cases relevant to your trainees’ needs
See the module list or browse upcoming and past workshops at for inspiration
We ask that you fund our trainers’ travel and accommodation. You can charge a registration fee to cover these costs
Contact for more information

19. Train online

20. Training on demand: Train online
Free, flexible online courses created by experts at EMBL-EBI and our collaborators
>90 courses covering genomics through to chemical biology and literature
No previous experience of bioinformatics necessary
We want to help you to be highly competent users of our data resources; we are not trying to train you to become bioinformaticians
All content is CC-BY-SA licensed and every course has a DOI

21. Target audiences Bench-based life scientists
Bioinformaticians and developers
Course providers
[1]
[1]
[2]
What resource should I use to do….?
How do I use it?
What other resources are available?
Recap on how to use resource x
Programmatic access
What courses and resources can I direct my students to?
Do you have exercises?
Credits:
[1] Jenny Cham’s blog
[2] Cliparts.co

22. Types of courses / tutorials
Conceptual
Quick tours
Walkthroughs
Videos
Webinars

23. Catering for different learning preferences
Guided examples
Annotated screenshots
Exercises
Short videos
Quizzes

24. Workflow-based training

25. ? ? ? ? ?
Poll 2 ?
What’s your most urgent training need right now in bioinformatics?
Use the chat function to tell us what your greatest learning need is ? ? ? ?

26. How can course providers benefit from the EMBL-EBI training programme?

27. Reuse, recycle, multiply…
We encourage you to re-use and tweak our course materials
Materials for face-to-face courses are made available on the course website after the course
Train online courses can be incorporated into your own training programmes
Materials are available through the ELIXIR Training e- support system:
We provide ‘Train-the-trainer’ workshops: contact Sarah Morgan for more information

28. Keep up to date
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29. Upcoming webinars See the full list of upcoming webinars at

30. Thank you for listening!

31. Have you participated in EMBL-EBI training before?
Poll 3 ?
Have you participated in EMBL-EBI training before? ? ? ? ?