Frontiers in Bioinformatics (Sep 2021)
From In-Person to the Online World: Insights Into Organizing Events in Bioinformatics
- Alessandra Lima da Silva,
- Ana Paula de Abreu,
- Ana Paula de Abreu,
- Diego Mariano,
- Felipe Caixeta,
- Fenícia Brito Santos,
- Fernanda Stussi D. Lage,
- Gabriel Quintanilha-Peixoto,
- Heron. O. Hilário,
- Joicymara. S. Xavier,
- Joicymara. S. Xavier,
- Lucio. R. Queiroz,
- Nayara Evelin de Toledo,
- Raphael Tavares,
- Rodrigo Bentes Kato,
- Roselane Gonçalves dos Santos,
- Stellamaris Soares,
- Stellamaris Soares,
- Wanessa. M. Goes,
- Wylerson. G. Nogueira,
- Thiago. M. Batista,
- José Miguel Ortega,
- Vasco Ariston Azevedo De Carvalho,
- Glória. Regina Franco,
- Raquel. C. de Melo-Minardi,
- Aristóteles Góes-Neto
Affiliations
- Alessandra Lima da Silva
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Ana Paula de Abreu
- Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Ana Paula de Abreu
- Department of Computer Science, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Diego Mariano
- Department of Computer Science, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Felipe Caixeta
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Fenícia Brito Santos
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Fernanda Stussi D. Lage
- Genomics for Climate Change Research Center, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, Brazil
- Gabriel Quintanilha-Peixoto
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Heron. O. Hilário
- Conservation Genetics Laboratory, Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Joicymara. S. Xavier
- Rene Rachou Institute (Fiocruz Minas), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Joicymara. S. Xavier
- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri (UFVJM), Unaí, Brazil
- Lucio. R. Queiroz
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Nayara Evelin de Toledo
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Raphael Tavares
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Rodrigo Bentes Kato
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Roselane Gonçalves dos Santos
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Stellamaris Soares
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Stellamaris Soares
- Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Wanessa. M. Goes
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Wylerson. G. Nogueira
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Thiago. M. Batista
- Environmental Science Training Center, Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia, Porto Seguro
- José Miguel Ortega
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Vasco Ariston Azevedo De Carvalho
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Glória. Regina Franco
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Raquel. C. de Melo-Minardi
- Department of Computer Science, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Aristóteles Góes-Neto
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fbinf.2021.711463
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 1
Abstract
Bioinformatics is a fast-evolving research field, requiring effective educational initiatives to bring computational knowledge to Life Sciences. Since 2017, an organizing committee composed of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil) promotes a week-long event named Summer Course in Bioinformatics (CVBioinfo). This event aims to diffuse bioinformatic principles, news, and methods mainly focused on audiences of undergraduate students. Furthermore, as the advent of the COVID-19 global pandemic has precluded in-person events, we offered the event in online mode, using free video transmission platforms. Herein, we present and discuss the insights obtained from promoting the Online Workshop in Bioinformatics (WOB) organized in November 2020, comparing it to our experience in previous in-person editions of the same event.
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