These slides were presented at the ELIXIR UK node update meeting in Hinton, Cambridge on 14th of October 2014

1. European
Life
Sciences
Infrastructure
for
Biological
Information
www.elixir-­‐europe.org
ELIXIR-­‐UK
the UK Node of the

2. Se#ng
the
Training
Priori/es
for
the
UK
and
beyond
Lee
Larcombe
(30
mins)

3. Introduc/on
• ELIXIR
UK
training
ac/vi/es
have
focussed
on
the
12
Training
Sectors
we
defined.
• These
are
there
to
provide
thema/c
groupings
through
which
we
can
support
training
ac/vi/es,
and
that
can
help
guide
us
on
the
defini/on
of
five
strategic
priority
areas.
• ELIXIR
UK’s
training
deliverables
are
/ed
to
the
defini/on
of
these
five
strategically-­‐important
areas
of
training
need
–
proposed
here.
• The
defini/on
and
pursuit
of
five
strategic
areas
aKer
consulta/on
was
described
in
the
RC
funding
applica/on.

4. How
did
we
approach
this?
• Talking
to
research
communi/es
• Surveys
(both
ours
and
others)
• Engaging
with
Industry
• Listening
to
experts
(sector
leads
and
others)
• Observing
funding
trends/
ini/a/ves

5. Iden/fying
Strategic
Training
Needs
The
following
slide
shows
the
current
Training
Sectors
along
with
five
proposed
strategic
priority
training
areas
for
ELIXIR
UK:
– Clinical
Genomics
– Structural
Bioinforma/cs
– Advanced
Scien/fic
Skills
– Applied
Genomics
– Metabolomics
And
two
ongoing,
overarching
areas
of
ac/vity:
– Transla/onal
Engagement
– Community
Support
(TeSS)
*towards
PoW5
Objec/ve
5
*Towards
PoW5
Objec/ves
4
&
6
*The
training
objec/ves
from
the
ELIXIR
hub
PoW5
document
are
included
as
an
appendix
to
this
document
–
these
are
not
all
specific
goals
for
ELIXIR
UK
to
address
alone

6. Bioimaging
Crop
Genomics
*
Data
Cura/on
&
Standards
Environmental
Sciences
Genomics
Applica/ons
Genomics
Methods
ICT
&
SoKware
Industry
Engagement
Metabolomics
Proteomics
Structural
Bioinforma/cs
Tess
Clinical
Genomics
Structural
Bioinforma/cs
Advanced
Scien/fic
Skills
Applied
Genomics
Metabolomics
Transla/onal
Engagement
Community
Support
(TeSS)
Current
ELIXIR
UK
training
sector
ac;vi;es
Important
suppor/ng
ac/vi/es
to
develop
further
as
ELIXIR
UK
Five
areas
to
develop
as
ELIXIR
UK
strategic
training
priori/es
Sta/s/cs
*
*
New
sector/name
changes

7. Mapping
exis/ng
efforts
The
following
slide
shows
how
the
exis/ng
efforts
and
ac/vi/es
in
ELIXIR
UK
training
sectors
fit
into
the
proposed
strategic
priori/es
Everyone
has
a
role
in
these
strategic
priority
areas
moving
forward,
but
it
is
expected
that
work
will
s/ll
be
developed/supported
within
the
current
thema/c
sectors
alongside.

8. Bioimaging
Crop
Genomics
Data
Cura/on
&
Standards
Environmental
Sciences
Genomics
Applica/ons
Genomics
Methods
ICT
&
SoKware
Industry
Engagement
Metabolomics
Proteomics
Structural
Bioinforma/cs
Tess
Clinical
Genomics
Structural
Bioinforma/cs
Advanced
Scien/fic
Skills
Applied
Genomics
Metabolomics
Transla/onal
Engagement
Community
Support
(TeSS)
Current
ELIXIR
UK
training
sector
ac;vi;es
Important
suppor/ng
ac/vi/es
to
develop
further
as
ELIXIR
UK
Five
areas
to
develop
as
ELIXIR
UK
strategic
training
priori/es
Sta/s/cs

9. Proposed
Order
of
Priority
The
ELIXIR
UK
roadmap
requires
a
rank
order
of
priority
to
dictate
implementa/on
–
linked
to
milestone
points.
This
does
not
mean
that
#1
is
more
important
than
#2
–
it
is
the
case
that
we
can
ac/on,
to
the
point
of
repor/ng,
#1
quicker
than
#2.
Priority
is
therefore
suggested
as:
1. Structural
Bioinforma/cs
2. Advanced
Scien/fic
Skills
3. Applied
Genomics
4. Clinical
Genomics
5. Metabolomics
Implementa/on
should
mean
our
ability
to
report
outputs
by
the
milestone
points
–
not
when
we
start
ac/vi/es.
This
rank
order
reflects
both
our
likely
ability
to
have
reportable
output
AND
the
6meliness/urgency
of
need.

10. Proposed
Roadmap:
Year
1
Oct
14
1.
Structural
Bioinforma/cs

11. Proposed
Roadmap:
Year
2
1.
Structural
Bioinforma/cs
2.
Advanced
Scien/fic
Skills
3.
Applied
Genomics
4.
Clinical
Genomics

12. Proposed
Roadmap:
Year
3
4.
Clinical
Genomics
5.
Metabolomics

13. Proposed
Roadmap
Summary
Priority
area
Develop
Implement
1.
Structural
Bioinforma/cs
Q4
Q5
2.
Advanced
Scien/fic
Skills
Q6
Q7
3.
Applied
Genomics
Q7
Q8
4.
Clinical
Genomics
Q8
Q9
5.
Metabolomics
Q10
Q12

14. Evidence/Ra/onale
The
following
slide
presents
an
example
of
the
evidence
and
ra/onale
to
jus/fy
the
proposal
of
a
strategic
priority
areas
–
this
is
incomplete
and
s/ll
developing.
Also
iden/fied
are
people
that
might
lead
these
ac/vi/es
and
a
member
of
the
industry
panel
to
support
each
It
is
expected
that
each
area
will
build
a
working
party
around
the
Lead
and
Industry
coordinators

15. Example:
Advanced
Scien/fic
Skills
Community
ra/onale
• Industry
survey
• 86.8%
use
excel
for
data
analysis
• 32.4%
use
R/Matlab
• Only
26.5%
write
programmes
• 33%
have
no
Bioinforma/cs
support
• 64%
are
not
confident/aware
of
sta/s/cs
• 50%
want
more
experimental
design
• 61%
want
more
stats
• 57%
want
more
data
manipula/ons
skills
• 67%
want
more
data
visualisa/on
• Mick
Watson’s
survey
• Interest
in
more
R
training
• Training
in
Unix/Linux
Funding
ra/onale
• BBSRC
• Data
driven
biology
• NERC
(2012
skills
survey)
• Cri/cal
skills
gaps
• Data
management
• Numeracy
• BIS
-­‐
Science
Industry
Partnership
People
• Lead:
TBC
• Industry:
GSK–
Samiul
Hasan
Gabriella
Rus/ci
will
talk
more
about
the
Industry
Survey

16. Interconnected
Training
in
the
UK

17. Reaching
out
to
Europe
The
ELIXIR
Training
Coordinator
Commipee
will
be
key
to
this
–
Rita
Hendricusdo#r
will
talk
about
this
more

18. Building
Interna/onal
Reach
• SoKware
carpentry
• Data
carpentry
• SCF
• NIH
BD2K
ini/a/ves
Current
training
achievements
in
these
sectors
will
feed
into
Advanced
Scien/fic
Skills
–
becoming
a
model
for
interna/onal
outreach
in
other
priority
areas

19. Next
Steps
• Present
these
to
the
Industry
panel
for
support
• Build
on
the
Evidence/Ra/onale
• Define
the
working
groups
for
each
area
• Start
to
iden/fy
European
Node
partners
• Get
working
!

20.
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Thank
you