The Bioinformatics Virtual Coordination Network: An Open-Source and Interactive Learning Environment

Published in Frontiers in Education, 2021

Recommended citation: Tully, B. J. et al. The Bioinformatics Virtual Coordination Network: An Open-Source and Interactive Learning Environment. Frontiers in Education (2021). https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2021.711618 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2021.711618/full

Lockdowns and “stay-at-home” orders, starting in March 2020, shuttered bench and field dependent research across the world as a consequence of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic continues to have an impact on research progress and career development, especially for graduate students and early career researchers, as strict social distance limitations stifle ongoing research and impede in-person educational programs. The goal of the Bioinformatics Virtual Coordination Network (BVCN) was to reduce some of these impacts by helping research biologists learn new skills and initiate computational projects as alternative ways to carry out their research.

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Recommended citation: Tully, B. J. et al. The Bioinformatics Virtual Coordination Network: An Open-Source and Interactive Learning Environment. Frontiers in Education (2021). https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2021.711618