Bioinformatics core competencies for undergraduate life sciences education.

ABSTRACT: Although bioinformatics is becoming increasingly central to research in the life sciences, bioinformatics skills and knowledge are not well integrated into undergraduate biology education. This curricular gap prevents biology students from harnessing the full potential of their education, limiting their career opportunities and slowing research innovation. To advance the integration of bioinformatics into life sciences education, a framework of core bioinformatics competencies is needed. To that end, we here report the results of a survey of biology faculty in the United States about teaching bioinformatics to undergraduate life scientists. Responses were received from 1,260 faculty representing institutions in all fifty states with a combined capacity to educate hundreds of thousands of s

SUBMITTER: Wilson Sayres MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5988330 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature