The Bioinformatics for Principal Investigators course, which was designed to provide Principal Investigators working in the life sciences with an introduction to the challenges of working with biological data as a research leader, ran in June 2023. Here, we have made the course materials available for you to access any time.

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Using these materials

These course materials provide a mixture of pre-recorded lectures, presentations and practicals to support Principal Investigators in Life Sciences various working and knowledge exchange sessions to help guide them through the process of adapting bioinformatics competencies to support their research and teams. You may select your topic of interest from the Course content page to view the relevant materials or work your way through all the course materials. 

To find out more about the trainers who created these materials, follow the links from the Course content page or go directly to the Trainer biographies page.

In the Further learning section you may explore the details about the EMBL-EBI’s free access online tutorials and webinars on a variety of life sciences topics.

If you would like to provide feedback on this set of course materials, please use the form on the Your feedback page.

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Learning outcomes

After this course you should be able to:

• Define the potential and pitfalls of bioinformatics use in your research
• Identify your team needs in terms of bioinformatics use and support
• Develop appropriate plans for the management and sharing of data
• Support the development of bioinformatics skills within your team

Material collection editors

• Lee Larcombe, AMPHIMATIC
• Sarah Morgan, EMBL-EBI
• Patricia Carvajal Lopez, EMBL-EBI

DOI: 10.6019/TOL.BioinformaticsforPIs2022-t.2022.00001.1