BioNT project

BioNT - BIO Network for Training is an international consortium of academic entities and SMEs with the aim to provide a high-quality training program and community for digital skills relevant to the biotechnology industry and biomedical sector.

The project is running from 2023 until 2026.

The basic curriculum of the program aims at employees or job seekers with limited prior experience in handling, processing and visualizing biological data and/or the usage of computational biology tools.

The advanced curriculum is targeted at Data Stewards, System Administrators, and other professionals who hold leading roles in the management and deployment of computational resources at their workplaces. It is building upon the strong expertise in digital literacy training of its members as well as on its wide network of collaborations and other initiatives aimed at professionalizing Life Sciences data management, processing and analysis skills.

Standardization and state- of-the-art technological implementation will reinforce the training and outreach activities plan.

The program builds on short dedicated remote workshops as well as training recordings and will generate specific training material as Open Educational Resources which will be made available in a dedicated web platform.

The consortium structure and high connectivity to relevant networks will foster project sustainability and efficient knowledge delivery to the stakeholders throughout the entire duration of the project and beyond, all this under a well defined and transparent management system.

Coordinator contact:

European Molecular Biology Laboratory, EMBL
Meyerhofstr. 1, 69126 Heidelberg, Germany

Email: contact@biont-training.eu

List of participants:

The full list of partners and their direct contacts are available on the BioNT website.

• European Molecular Biology Laboratory
• ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences
• Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
• University of Barcelona
• Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
• University of Oslo
• biobyte solutions
• RIcapacity
• HPCNow!

• Past partners: Simula consulting

Funding:

This project is co-funded by the EU Digital Europe program, grant agreement number 101100604. Views and opinions expressed on this page are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Health and Digital Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

Project results:

BioNT has developed multiple training courses on digital skills (see list below). Course materials and detailed information about each course are available on the BioNT website.

• System administration for HPC
• Applied Machine Learning for Biological Data
• Awareness in Data Management and Analysis for Industry and Research
• Code & Collaborate: The FAIRytale of Software Development
• An introduction to High Performance Computing
• From Zero to Hero with Python
• A practical introduction to bioinformatics and RNA-seq using Galaxy
• Strategies for training and knowledge exchange with a consulting perspective