Abstract
Establishing a Successful Bioinformatics Core Facility Team
Highlights
Bioinformatics Core Facilities come in many different variants, depending on their history, mission, and institutional environment, they all share one challenge during the initial and consolidation phase: to recruit and retain the right people who thrive in such roles
As a measure of the maturity of the Bioinformatics Core Facility, will the contributions be valued by at least the early adopters in the institution, but the latter may start to request input from bioinformatics experts in data-intensive projects that are designed as true interdisciplinary team efforts from the outset
An early involvement of experienced bioinformaticians will usually have positive effects on the quality and relevance of the experimental design, and on the relevance of the produced data for the bioinformatics approaches that are needed to answer the scientific questions at hand
Summary
There are many issues to consider when establishing and building a Bioinformatics Core Facility. 6. The head of the Bioinformatics Core Facility needs to make sure that those who request help from bioinformatics experts are comfortable with the process and the people (a certain degree of informality and getting-to-know-eachother can be very helpful here), while balancing this goal of responsiveness and customer focus with the ability to manage expectations and urgent requests during times of high demand to provide an environment that allows sufficient time for quality work and capability development. The head of the Bioinformatics Core Facility needs to make sure that those who request help from bioinformatics experts are comfortable with the process and the people (a certain degree of informality and getting-to-know-eachother can be very helpful here), while balancing this goal of responsiveness and customer focus with the ability to manage expectations and urgent requests during times of high demand to provide an environment that allows sufficient time for quality work and capability development This sometimes includes the management of situations in which the bioinformaticians are going off track. Staying connected: keeping in touch with new trends in the research strategy of individual investigators, understanding what is most relevant, and regularly collecting feedback on the relevance of the Core Facility
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