About Us

The BTN has both an Organising Committee and a Steering Committee. The latter is responsible for steering the overall directions and developments of the BTN, while the former handles high-level organisational issues and ensures that actions agreed by the Steering Committee are implemented. The Organising Committee is composed of the following members:

Dr. Allegra Via (Chair)

Prof. Teresa Attwood (Co-Chair)

Dr. Celia van Gelder (Secretary)

Dr. Vicky Schneider-Gricar (Member)

Current members of the Steering Committee are:

Teresa Attwood-Manchester University, UK

Marie-Claud Blatter-Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), CH

Thomas Blicher-CBS, DK

Michelle Brazas-Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, CA

Aiden Budd-EMBL-Heidelberg, D                                      

Javier De Las Rivas- University of Salamanca, ES                  

Jaqueline Dreyer-EMBL-Heidelberg, D

Pedro Fernandes-Gulbenkian Institute, PT

Joachim Jacob-VIB, BE

Rafael Jimenez- EMBL-EBI, UK

David Phillip Judge-University of Cambridge, UK

Jane Loveland-Sanger Institute, UK

Jennifer McDowall-EMBL-EBI, UK                          

Federico Moran-INB, ES

Nicky Mulder-CBIO, ZA                                           

Tommi Nyronen-CSC - Scientific Computing Ltd., FI

Kristian Rother-free-lance trainer, D    

Kristian Vlahovicek-Bioinformatics Group, Zagreb, HR

Vicky Schneider-Gricar-EMBL-EBI, UK

Marc van Driel-NBIC, NL

Celia van Gelder-NBIC, NL

Allegra Via-University La Sapienza, IT

James Watson- EMBL-EBI, UK

This is a community-driven project and anyone involved in Bioinformatics Training is welcome to take part (register / login). 

Acknowledgements

Three initial Networking Sessions were held under the auspices of the EU-funded SLING Integrating Activity. The BTN website was developed, and is currently maintained, by time generously provided by the External Services team led by Rodrigo Lopez at EMBL-EBI.