The “Life Science Training Around the Globe” talk series shares insights on life science professional development with an emphasis on local context. Email info@lifescitrainers.org to participate or complete a submission form to sign up to give a short talk. See full blog post for details.
Time and Date for Talks
LifeSciTrainers Community Calls May 2025
Call I – Western Hemisphere Call 16:00 UTC (check link below to verify time)
Call II – Eastern Hemisphere Call 01:00 UTC (check link below to verify time)
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YouTube: To be posted after the talk
May 2025 Talk
Allissa Dillman, BioData Sage/CFDE training center
Format: Life Science Training Around the Globe: Describes your training program in the context of local and regional setting, illustrating specific opportunities and challenges for your region
At the end of the talk, the participants will know
- Understand the Training Gaps in Omics Research.
- Explore a Data-Informed Approach to Building Training Infrastructure
- Discover Practical Strategies for Tiered, Learner-Centered Training
Abstract
The Common Fund Data Ecosystem (CFDE) enables broad use of Common Fund data to advance scientific discovery. Five Centers integrate data, resources, and knowledge from many Common Fund Programs to empower the research community to pursue novel investigations that were previously not possible. The CFDE Training Center (TC) serves as a central hub supporting current and potential CFDE users through a comprehensive, learner-centered approach. An in-depth landscape analysis was conducted to assess, identify, and address the training opportunities and needs of the CFDE community. Key findings were broken into training barriers, mentoring challenges, and access issues.
In response to these key findings and needs, the TC provides training in basic and advanced bioinformatics skills crucial for working with CFDE data. Meaningful engagement with CFDE data and tools is fostered with existing users and utilized to attract new users from the bioinformatics, data science, and research communities. The TC implemented a Learning Management System to provide a singular and seamlessly accessible location for all TC-produced trainings. This includes a foundational seminar series that defines omics-related research areas in the context of available CFDE data, Decoding the Data Ecosystem: A CFDE Training Center Podcast dedicated to unraveling the complexities and exploring the depths of omics research, and a FAIR and open-source Hackathon at the Bio-IT World conference that focused on integrating CFDE tools and data.
By fostering a more knowledgeable and connected research community, the TC significantly accelerates scientific discovery and amplifies the CFDE’s contribution to biomedical research.