Development of a cloud-based Bioinformatics Training Platform.

Revote J., Watson-Haigh NS., Quenette S., Bethwaite B., McGrath A., Shang CA.

The Bioinformatics Training Platform (BTP) has been developed to provide access to the computational infrastructure required to deliver sophisticated hands-on bioinformatics training courses. The BTP is a cloud-based solution that is in active use for delivering next-generation sequencing training to Australian researchers at geographically dispersed locations. The BTP was built to provide an easy, accessible, consistent and cost-effective approach to delivering workshops at host universities and organizations with a high demand for bioinformatics training but lacking the dedicated bioinformatics training suites required. To support broad uptake of the BTP, the platform has been made compatible with multiple cloud infrastructures. The BTP is an open-source and open-access resource. To date, 20 training workshops have been delivered to over 700 trainees at over 10 venues across Australia using the BTP.

DOI

10.1093/bib/bbw032

Type

Journal article

Journal

Brief bioinform

Publication Date

01/05/2017

Volume

18

Pages

537 - 544

Keywords

NGS, bioinformatics, cloud, next-generation sequencing, training, workshop, Australia, Computational Biology, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Universities

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