The Curriculum Task Force (CTF) of ISCB's Education Committee seeks to define curricular
guidelines for those who educate or train bioinformatics professionals at all career stages. A …

Rapid advances in the life sciences and in related information technologies necessitate the
ongoing refinement of bioinformatics educational programs in order to maintain their …

The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) Education Committee
(EduComm) promotes worldwide education and training in computational biology and …

Bioinformatics is recognized as part of the essential knowledge base of numerous career
paths in biomedical research and healthcare. However, there is little agreement in the field …

Although bioinformatics is becoming increasingly central to research in the life sciences,
bioinformatics skills and knowledge are not well integrated into undergraduate biology …

The mountains of data thrusting from the new landscape of modern high-throughput biology
are irrevocably changing biomedical research and creating a near-insatiable demand for …

Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) convened a meeting titled Addressing Biological
Informatics Workforce Needs, bringing together key stakeholders representing federal …

Core competencies for bioinformatics have been defined by the Curriculum Task Force of
the Education Committee of the International Society for Computational Biology (Welch et …

Bioinformatics is an essential discipline for biologists. It also has a reputation of being
difficult for those without a strong quantitative and computer science background. At …

Bioinformatics competency has become a key element in much of contemporary biology.
The increasing potential that is to be realized with modern technologies, such as 'next …