type not for profit workshop delivery founded 1999 headquarters toronto canada area served biomedical research key people francis ouellette scientific director products workshops and bioinformatics web resources number of employees 2 parent ontario institute for cancer research website http bioinformatics.ca canadian bioinformatics workshops cbw are a series of advanced training workshops in bioinformatics founded in 1999 in response to an identified need for a skilled bioinformatics workforce in canada . contents 1 1999 2007 2 2007 present 3 bioinformatics links directory 4 external links 5 references 1999 2007 edit the canadian bioinformatics workshops series began offering one and two week short courses in bioinformatics genomics and proteomics in 1999 in response to an identified need for a skilled bioinformatics workforce in canada . in partnership with the canadian genetics diseases network and human resources development canada and under the scientific direction of director francis ouellette the cbw series was established . for eight years the series offered short courses in bioinformatics genomics and proteomics in various cities across canada . the courses were taught by top faculty from canada and the us and offered small classes and hands on instruction . 2007 present edit in 2007 the canadian bioinformatics workshops moved to toronto where it is now hosted by the ontario institute for cancer research . a new format and series of workshops were designed in the fall of 2007 . it was recognized that with the introduction of new technologies and scientific approaches to research having the computational biology capacity and skill to deal with this new data has become an even greater asset . the new series of workshops focuses on training the experts and users of these advanced technologies on the latest approaches used in computational biology to deal with the new data . the canadian bioinformatics workshops began offering the 2 day advanced topic workshops in 2008 . all workshop material is licensed under a creative commons share alike 2.5 license and is available on the bioinformatics.ca website . the cbw is sponsored by the canadian institute of health research and the ontario institute for cancer research . bioinformatics links directory edit the canadian bioinformatics workshops also hosts bioinformatics links directory which contains links to molecular resources tools and databases . the links listed in this directory are from a myriad of sources selected on the basis of recommendations from bioinformatics experts in the field . 1 external links edit canadian bioinformatics workshops links directory cbw alumni on facebook as of this edit this article uses content from about which is licensed in a way that permits reuse under the creative commons attribution sharealike 3.0 unported license but not under the gfdl . all relevant terms must be followed . references edit brazas m. d. ; yamada j. t. ; ouellette b. f. f. 2010 . providing web servers and training in bioinformatics 2010 update on the bioinformatics links directory . nucleic acids research . 38 w3 . doi 10.1093 nar gkq553 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title canadian bioinformatics workshops & oldid 678458141 categories bioinformaticscompanies established in 1999technology companies of canadahidden categories articles with imported creative commons attribution sharealike 3.0 text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 august 2015 at 14 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view