A quick guide for building a successful bioinformatics community

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dc.contributor.authorBudd, Aidanen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCorpas, Manuelen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBrazas, Michelle Den_ZA
dc.contributor.authorFuller, Jonathan Cen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGoecks, Jeremyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMulder, Nicola Jen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMichaut, Magalien_ZA
dc.contributor.authorOuellette, B F Francisen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorPawlik, Aleksandraen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBlomberg, Niklasen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-28T06:47:25Z
dc.date.available2015-12-28T06:47:25Z
dc.date.issued2015en_ZA
dc.description.abstract"Scientific community" refers to a group of people collaborating together on scientific-research-related activities who also share common goals, interests, and values. Such communities play a key role in many bioinformatics activities. Communities may be linked to a specific location or institute, or involve people working at many different institutions and locations. Education and training is typically an important component of these communities, providing a valuable context in which to develop skills and expertise, while also strengthening links and relationships within the community. Scientific communities facilitate: (i) the exchange and development of ideas and expertise; (ii) career development; (iii) coordinated funding activities; (iv) interactions and engagement with professionals from other fields; and (v) other activities beneficial to individual participants, communities, and the scientific field as a whole. It is thus beneficial at many different levels to understand the general features of successful, high-impact bioinformatics communities; how individual participants can contribute to the success of these communities; and the role of education and training within these communities. We present here a quick guide to building and maintaining a successful, high-impact bioinformatics community, along with an overview of the general benefits of participating in such communities. This article grew out of contributions made by organizers, presenters, panelists, and other participants of the ISMB/ECCB 2013 workshop "The 'How To Guide' for Establishing a Successful Bioinformatics Network" at the 21st Annual International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) and the 12th European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB).en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBudd, A., Corpas, M., Brazas, M. D., Fuller, J. C., Goecks, J., Mulder, N. J., ... Blomberg, N. (2015). A quick guide for building a successful bioinformatics community. <i>PLOS Computational Biology</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16026en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBudd, Aidan, Manuel Corpas, Michelle D Brazas, Jonathan C Fuller, Jeremy Goecks, Nicola J Mulder, Magali Michaut, B F Francis Ouellette, Aleksandra Pawlik, and Niklas Blomberg "A quick guide for building a successful bioinformatics community." <i>PLOS Computational Biology</i> (2015) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16026en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBudd, A., Corpas, M., Brazas, M. D., Fuller, J. C., Goecks, J., Mulder, N. J., ... & Blomberg, N. (2015). A quick guide for building a successful bioinformatics community. PLoS Comput Biol, 11(2), e1003972. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003972en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Budd, Aidan AU - Corpas, Manuel AU - Brazas, Michelle D AU - Fuller, Jonathan C AU - Goecks, Jeremy AU - Mulder, Nicola J AU - Michaut, Magali AU - Ouellette, B F Francis AU - Pawlik, Aleksandra AU - Blomberg, Niklas AB - "Scientific community" refers to a group of people collaborating together on scientific-research-related activities who also share common goals, interests, and values. Such communities play a key role in many bioinformatics activities. Communities may be linked to a specific location or institute, or involve people working at many different institutions and locations. Education and training is typically an important component of these communities, providing a valuable context in which to develop skills and expertise, while also strengthening links and relationships within the community. Scientific communities facilitate: (i) the exchange and development of ideas and expertise; (ii) career development; (iii) coordinated funding activities; (iv) interactions and engagement with professionals from other fields; and (v) other activities beneficial to individual participants, communities, and the scientific field as a whole. It is thus beneficial at many different levels to understand the general features of successful, high-impact bioinformatics communities; how individual participants can contribute to the success of these communities; and the role of education and training within these communities. We present here a quick guide to building and maintaining a successful, high-impact bioinformatics community, along with an overview of the general benefits of participating in such communities. This article grew out of contributions made by organizers, presenters, panelists, and other participants of the ISMB/ECCB 2013 workshop "The 'How To Guide' for Establishing a Successful Bioinformatics Network" at the 21st Annual International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) and the 12th European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB). DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DO - 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003972 DP - University of Cape Town J1 - PLOS Computational Biology LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - A quick guide for building a successful bioinformatics community TI - A quick guide for building a successful bioinformatics community UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16026 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/16026
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003972
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBudd A, Corpas M, Brazas MD, Fuller JC, Goecks J, Mulder NJ, et al. A quick guide for building a successful bioinformatics community. PLOS Computational Biology. 2015; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16026.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentInstitute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicineen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.en_ZA
dc.rights.holder© 2015 Budd et alen_ZA
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_ZA
dc.sourcePLOS Computational Biologyen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiolen_ZA
dc.subject.otherBioinformaticsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherSocial communicationen_ZA
dc.subject.otherWorkshopsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherGalaxiesen_ZA
dc.subject.otherComputational biologyen_ZA
dc.subject.otherGenome analysisen_ZA
dc.subject.otherSoftware developmenten_ZA
dc.subject.otherSocial mediaen_ZA
dc.titleA quick guide for building a successful bioinformatics communityen_ZA
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