A global initiative on addressing bioinformatics' grand challenges

Asif M Khan; Esra Büşra Işık; Tin Wee Tan

doi:10.1093/bib/bbae278

A global initiative on addressing bioinformatics' grand challenges

Brief Bioinform. 2024 May 23;25(4):bbae278. doi: 10.1093/bib/bbae278.

Authors

Asif M Khan^{1

2}, Esra Büşra Işık³, Tin Wee Tan⁴

Affiliations

¹ College of Computing and Information Technology, University of Doha for Science and Technology, Doha, Qatar.
² APBioNET.org, Singapore, Singapore.
³ Beykoz Institute of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Bezmialem Vakif University, Beykoz, 34820, Istanbul, Turkiye.
⁴ Department of Biochemistry, YLL School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 117596, Singapore.

Abstract

The Bioinformatics Grand Challenges Consortium (BGCC) is a collaborative effort to address the most pressing challenges in bioinformatics. Initially focusing on education and training, the consortium successfully defined seven key grand challenges and is actively developing actionable solutions for these challenges. Building on this foundation, the BGCC plans to broaden its focus to include additional grand challenges in emerging areas.

Keywords: and emerging areas; bioinformatics; collaboration; education; grand challenge; health science; innovation; life science; training.

MeSH terms

Computational Biology* / education
Computational Biology* / methods
Humans