training priorities for elixir uk by lee larcombe

European Life Sciences Infrastructure for Biological Information www.elixir-‐europe.org

ELIXIR-‐UK the UK Node of the

Se#ng the Training Priori/es for the UK and beyond

Lee Larcombe (30 mins)

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.

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

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

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


Advanced Scien/fic Skills

Applied Genomics

Metabolomics Transla

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Important suppor/ng ac/vi/es to develop further as ELIXIR UK

Five areas to develop as ELIXIR UK strategic training

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* New sector/name changes

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.

Bioimaging

Crop Genomics

Data Cura/on & Standards

Environmental Sciences

Genomics Applica/ons

Genomics Methods

ICT & SoKware

Industry Engagement

Metabolomics

Proteomics


Tess

Clinical Genomics


Advanced Scien/fic Skills

Applied Genomics

Metabolomics Transla

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Commun

ity Sup

port (T

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Curr

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Important suppor/ng ac/vi/es to develop further as ELIXIR UK

Five areas to develop as ELIXIR UK strategic training

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Sta/s/cs

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.

Proposed Roadmap: Year 1

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1. Structural Bioinforma/cs

Proposed Roadmap: Year 2 1. Structural Bioinforma/cs

2. Advanced Scien/fic Skills

3. Applied Genomics 4. Clinical Genomics

Proposed Roadmap: Year 3 4. Clinical Genomics

5. Metabolomics

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

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

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

Interconnected Training in the UK

Reaching out to Europe

The ELIXIR Training Coordinator Commipee will be key to this – Rita Hendricusdo#r will talk about this more

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

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 !

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Thank you