The document outlines the objectives and initiatives of ELIXIR UK, which aims to build a sustainable European infrastructure for biological information that supports life science research. It emphasizes the establishment of a coherent training community across ELIXIR member states to enhance bioinformatics training for research scientists and technologists. Key activities include identifying training gaps, developing new training materials, and integrating e-learning platforms to improve accessibility to training resources.

1. European
Life
Sciences
Infrastructure
for
Biological
Information
www.elixir-­‐europe.org
Coordinating
training
in
the
UK,
Europe
and
beyond
UK
Life
Science
Infrastructure
for
Biological
Information
www.elixir-­‐uk.org
Rita
Hendricusdottir
Training
Outreach
Manager
–
ELIXIR
UK
Chair:
Training
Coordinator
Group
rita.hendricusdottir@dpag.ox.ac.uk

2.
Europe: To
build
a
sustainable
European
infrastructure
for
biological
information,
supporting
life
science
research
and
its
translation
to
medicine,
agriculture,
bioindustries
and
society.
Objectives
of
ELIXIR
UK: To
facilitate
training
of
research
scientists
and
infrastructure
technologists
in
bioinformatics,
computing,
statistics
and
biology,
in
partnership
with
UK
centres,
industry
and
other
ELIXIR
Nodes.

3.
ELIXIR
UK
actions
Establish
an
ELIXIR-­‐wide
training
community
that
coherently
delivers
ELIXIR-­‐related
training

4.
Organisation
structure
ELIXIR:
TeCG
and
TrCG
Technical
Coordinator
Group (TeCG)
Training
Coordinator
Group (TrCG)
Industry

5.
Training
Coordination
Group
(TrCG)
Mission:
To
establish
an
interactive
ELIXIR
wide
training
community
across
all
member
states
that
coherently
delivers
ELIXIR-­‐related
training.
TrCG
members:
Chair:
Rita
Hendricusdottir
BE
Katrijn
Vannerum
CZ
Daniel
Svozil
DK
Peter
Longreen
EE
Hedi
Peterson
FI
Eija
Korpelainen
FR
Julie
Thompson
IL
Michal
Linial
IT
Allegra
Via
NL
Celia
van
Gelder
NO
Ståle
Nygård
PT
Pedro
Fernandes
SI
Brane
L.
Leskosek
&
Peter
Juvan
ES
Oswaldo
Trelles
SE
Sara
Light
CH
Patricia
Palagi
UK
Rita
Hendricusdottir
&
Lee
Larcombe
EMBL-­‐EBI
Sarah
Morgan
First teleconference meeting was 29th Sept 2014

6.
ELIXIR
Excelerate
(INFRADEV-­‐3)
The
overall
aim
of
ELIXIR-­‐Excelerate
is
to
ensure
that
Europe’s
life
scientists
have
access
to
world
leading
resources
for
bioinformatics.
This
will
be
done
by
accelerating
the
integration
of
Europe’s
core
bioinformatics
resources,
services
and
national
centers
into
a
single,
distributed,
infrastructure:
ELIXIR.
• Training
delivery
&
development
• Training
Portal
• E-­‐learning
Training
Coordination
Group–
First
action

7.
Programme
of
Work
5
–
Training
Nine
ELIXIR
Training
objectives
2014-­‐2018
1. Link
to
individuals
from
all
other
ELIXIR
programmes
to
ensure
pan-­‐ELIXIR
coherency
in
the
delivery
of
training
related
to
ELIXIR
infrastructures
2. Establish
a
common
approach
across
ELIXIR
to
benchmark
and
evaluate
diverse
training
activities
3. Establish
a
coherent
and
interacting
ELIXIR-­‐wide
training
community
4. Disseminate
relevant
information
via
a
training
portal
5. Identify
training
gaps
and
priorities
by
engaging
with
industry
and
other
stakeholders
6. Expand
high
quality
training
activities,
and
develop
and
deliver
new
training
activities,
in
order
to
fill
identified
gaps
and
meet
priorities
7. Synchronise
the
development
of
ELIXIR
data
infrastructures
with
associated
high
quality
training
materials
and
activities
8. Define
core
competencies
of
users
and
operators
of
ELIXIR
infrastructure
and
map
these
competencies
to
training
activities
9. Capture
and
deliver
ELIXIR
training
activities
in
Open
Education
Resources
(OER)
including
videos
and
interactive
training
materials
INFRADEV-­‐3
:
ELIXIR
Excelerate

8.
Training
delivery
&
development
(1,
2,
3,
5,
7,
8)
• Establish
an
ELIXIR-­‐wide
training
community
(UK,
NL,
Hub)
• Identify
training
gaps
and
developing
high
quality
training
activities
(UK,
EBI)
• Training
in
high
performance
computing
in
biology
(ES,
?)
• Train
the
trainers
at
universities
and
in
industry
(IT,
?)
• Technical
training
for
ELIXIR
developers
(EE,
?)
• Software
Carpentry
and
Data
Carpentry
roll
out
(UK,
?)
Training
Portal
(4)
• TeSS
development/deployment
to
production
(UK,
?)
E-­‐learning
(7,
9)
• Using
virtual
machines
and
clouds
in
bioinformatics
training
(FR,
?)
• Harnessing
artificial
intelligence
techniques
to
improve
bioinformatics
training
and
eLearning
(IL,
?)
• ELIXIR
eLearning
platform
use-­‐case
(SI,
?)
• E-­‐learning
materials
for
first-­‐round
ELIXIR
resources
(SI,
?)
INFRADEV-­‐3
:
ELIXIR
Excelerate

9.
INFRADEV-­‐3
:
ELIXIR
Excelerate
1. Excellence in Coordination, Operations and
Governance
2. Strengthening Node Capacity
3. Excellence in User Services
Training-­‐related
Ac/vi/es
ELIXIR
Hub
Training
Coordinator
E-­‐learning
from
ELIXIR
documenta/on

10.
Training
delivery
&
development
(1,
2,
3,
5,
7,
8)
• Establish
an
ELIXIR-­‐wide
training
community
(UK,
NL,
Hub)
• Identify
training
gaps
and
developing
high
quality
training
activities
(UK,
EBI)
• Training
in
high
performance
computing
in
biology
(ES,
?)
• Train
the
trainers
at
universities
and
in
industry
(IT,
?)
• Technical
training
for
ELIXIR
developers
(EE,
?)
• Software
Carpentry
and
Data
Carpentry
roll
out
(UK,
?)
Training
Portal
(4)
• TeSS
development/deployment
to
production
(UK,
?)
E-­‐learning
(7,
9)
• Using
virtual
machines
and
clouds
in
bioinformatics
training
(FR,
?)
• Harnessing
artificial
intelligence
techniques
to
improve
bioinformatics
training
and
eLearning
(IL,
?)
• ELIXIR
eLearning
platform
use-­‐case
(SI,
?)
• E-­‐learning
materials
for
first-­‐round
ELIXIR
resources
(SI,
?)
INFRADEV-­‐3
:
ELIXIR
Excelerate
3. Excellence in User Services
1. Excellence in Coordination,
Operations and Governance
2. Strengthening Node Capacity

11.
Training
within
ELIXIR
Existing
training
activities?
What
kinds
of
training?

12.
Countries
with
strong
training
structure
NL
CH
UK
CZ
DK
EE
FI
IT
IL
NO
SE
EBI
FR
PT
SI
ES
BE
Existing training activities?

13.
Training
offer
throughout
ELIXIR
(17
nodes)
What
kinds
of
training?

14.
Training
Coordinator
Group
–
Preliminary
Objectives
• Develop
a
strong
training
community
within
ELIXIR.
• Drive
training
partnerships
with
external
partners.
• Encourage
collaborations
among
nodes/countries
which
will
increase
the
quality
and
quantity
of
training.
• Increase
training
accessibility
throughout
Europe.
• Coordinate
training
for
ELIXIR
infrastructures
and
techniques.
• Support
the
training
community
via
train
the
trainer
events.
• Set
high
standards
for
the
delivery
of
training
and
establish
metrics
for
success.

15.
How
can
TrCG
facilitate
training
in
UK/Europe?
Form
a
strong
training
community
within
ELIXIR
Encourage
collaboration
within
UK
and
Europe
Funding
opportunitiesPromote
UK
training
in
Europe
Enhance
quality
of
training
Partnership
with
training
professionals
Enhance
impact
of
training

16.
How
is
TrCG
going
to
facilitate
training?
Form
strong
training
community
within
ELIXIR
and
drive
partnerships.
UK/International
Partnerships:
CGAT
Software
Carpentry
Data
Carpentry
Software
Sustainability
Institute
EOS
TGAC
GOBLET
Coordinate
the
development
of
training
Training/workshops:
Related
to
ELIXIR
infrastructure
Train
the
trainers:
Universities
and
Industry
E-­‐learning:
improve
E-­‐learning
training
Increase
the
accessibility
for
training
throughout
UK
and
Europe.
TeSS:
ELIXIR
training
portal

17.
Training
Coordinator
Group
–
future
agenda
11
Nov
2014:
First
TrCG
Face
to
Face
meeting
in
Amsterdam
Agenda:
• TrCG
objectives
• INFRADEV-­‐3
• Stimulate
collaboration
beyond
INFRADEV-­‐3
29
Apr
2015:
Meeting
with
ELIXIR-­‐CH
(Patricia
Palagi)

18.
Summary
Establish
an
ELIXIR-­‐wide
training
community
Training
Coordinator
Group
First
action:
INFRADEV-­‐3
TrCG
Objectives:
Training
Collaboration
Coordination
Development

19. European
Life
Sciences
Infrastructure
for
Biological
Information
www.elixir-­‐europe.org
Thank
you
UK
Life
Science
Infrastructure
for
Biological
Information
www.elixir-­‐uk.org