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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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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 Mons, Barend Heringa, Jaap |
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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. |
spellingShingle | Paper 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 Bioinformatics in the Netherlands: the value of a nationwide community |
title | Bioinformatics in the Netherlands: the value of a nationwide community |
title_full | Bioinformatics in the Netherlands: the value of a nationwide community |
title_fullStr | Bioinformatics in the Netherlands: the value of a nationwide community |
title_full_unstemmed | Bioinformatics in the Netherlands: the value of a nationwide community |
title_short | Bioinformatics in the Netherlands: the value of a nationwide community |
title_sort | bioinformatics in the netherlands: the value of a nationwide community |
topic | Paper |
url | 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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