Who we are
Lifescitrainers.org is a way to connect anyone and everyone who does short-format training (workshops, boot camps, short-courses, etc.) in the life sciences. This site is a place to share resources, advice, and conversation – all in the service of improving our teaching and our careers.
Why short-format training?
In many areas of the life sciences new technologies and approaches (especially, but not only computational ones) are changing rapidly. It’s not possible for formal training (undergraduate/graduate) to keep pace, but short-format training can fill these gaps. Short-format training comes with its own set of challenges, and this community works together to address them.
How to join
Membership is open to all trainers who serve researchers and educators in the life sciences
Most of the community is active on Slack (online chat forum).
This site is new, but as we grow we will host member posts on training content and videos of online meetups and presentations. You can also join the trainer’s registry and/or post a biography.
- Join the Slack
- Read about the Bicycle Principles — a framework for improving short-format training
“Building Omics Skills through the CFDE Training Center”
By fostering a more knowledgeable and connected research community, the TC significantly accelerates scientific discovery and amplifies the CFDE’s contribution to biomedical research.
“How I learned to stop doubting and love the classroom”
“How many of wanted to be educators or life scientists or bioinformaticians? I surely did not.”
Life Science Training Around the Globe: Communities in Teaching and Training—The Role of APBioNET in Connecting the Bioinformatics Community in the Asia-Pacific Region
APBioNET has dedicated itself to fostering the growth of bioinformatics through a concerted focus on teaching, training, infrastructure enhancement, and research collaboration.
Life Science Training Around the Globe: Lessons learned in developing supportive open science training communities from Latin America
We obtain better results when we teach and work as a community, and this is particularly true when openness is a central value.
Measuring the Soft Underbelly of Science
What if all researchers participating in a workshop or conference registered their ORCID?
Q1/Q2 Community Calls 2024
The primary goal for every meeting is exchange – what experience can you share with others that might open them up to a new way of thinking about and doing training?