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Bioinformatics in the Netherlands: the value of a nationwide community

This review provides a historical overview of the inception and development of bioinformatics research in the Netherlands. Rooted in theoretical biology by foundational figures such as Paulien Hogeweg (at Utrecht University since the 1970s), the developments leading to organizational structures supp...

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Autores principales: van Gelder, Celia W G, Hooft, Rob W W, van Rijswijk, Merlijn N, van den Berg, Linda, Kok, Ruben G, Reinders, Marcel, Mons, Barend, Heringa, Jaap
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6433734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28968694
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbx087
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author van Gelder, Celia W G
Hooft, Rob W W
van Rijswijk, Merlijn N
van den Berg, Linda
Kok, Ruben G
Reinders, Marcel
Mons, Barend
Heringa, Jaap
author_facet van Gelder, Celia W G
Hooft, Rob W W
van Rijswijk, Merlijn N
van den Berg, Linda
Kok, Ruben G
Reinders, Marcel
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description This review provides a historical overview of the inception and development of bioinformatics research in the Netherlands. Rooted in theoretical biology by foundational figures such as Paulien Hogeweg (at Utrecht University since the 1970s), the developments leading to organizational structures supporting a relatively large Dutch bioinformatics community will be reviewed. We will show that the most valuable resource that we have built over these years is the close-knit national expert community that is well engaged in basic and translational life science research programmes. The Dutch bioinformatics community is accustomed to facing the ever-changing landscape of data challenges and working towards solutions together. In addition, this community is the stable factor on the road towards sustainability, especially in times where existing funding models are challenged and change rapidly.
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spelling pubmed-64337342019-04-01 Bioinformatics in the Netherlands: the value of a nationwide community van Gelder, Celia W G Hooft, Rob W W van Rijswijk, Merlijn N van den Berg, Linda Kok, Ruben G Reinders, Marcel Mons, Barend Heringa, Jaap Brief Bioinform Paper This review provides a historical overview of the inception and development of bioinformatics research in the Netherlands. Rooted in theoretical biology by foundational figures such as Paulien Hogeweg (at Utrecht University since the 1970s), the developments leading to organizational structures supporting a relatively large Dutch bioinformatics community will be reviewed. We will show that the most valuable resource that we have built over these years is the close-knit national expert community that is well engaged in basic and translational life science research programmes. The Dutch bioinformatics community is accustomed to facing the ever-changing landscape of data challenges and working towards solutions together. In addition, this community is the stable factor on the road towards sustainability, especially in times where existing funding models are challenged and change rapidly. Oxford University Press 2017-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC6433734/ /pubmed/28968694 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbx087 Text en © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Heringa, Jaap
Bioinformatics in the Netherlands: the value of a nationwide community
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6433734/
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