MDIBL Maine INBRE Survey on Bioinformatics Training Needs
1.
What is your home institution?
Bates College
Bowdoin College
Colby College
College of the Atlantic
MDI Biological Laboratory
Southern Maine Community College
University of Maine at Farmington
University of Maine at Fort Kent
University of Maine - Honor College
University of Maine at Machias
University of Maine at Presque Isle
Other (please specify)
2.
Please provide your institutional role
Undergraduate
Graduate
PhD
Post-doc
Faculty
Staff
3.
What role, if any, do you play in computational efforts in your organization?
4.
What Operating Systems are you familiar with?
macOS
Linux/Unix
Microsoft Windows
5.
How familiar are you with installing new software onto your computer?
Extremely familiar
Very familiar
Somewhat familiar
Not so familiar
Not at all familiar
6.
What are your goals in regards to computational analysis?
General knowledge
An ability to better understand genomics/computational publications
The ability to carry out my own analysis with existing tools and scripts
The ability to write and use my own analysis scripts
To become a proficient computational researcher
Other (please specify)
7.
How experienced are you with any or all of the below?
Extremely experienced
Very experienced
Somewhat experienced
Not so experienced
Not at all experienced
Command line unix/linux
Extremely experienced
Very experienced
Somewhat experienced
Not so experienced
Not at all experienced
Python
Extremely experienced
Very experienced
Somewhat experienced
Not so experienced
Not at all experienced
R
Extremely experienced
Very experienced
Somewhat experienced
Not so experienced
Not at all experienced
Docker/Singularity Container Engines
Extremely experienced
Very experienced
Somewhat experienced
Not so experienced
Not at all experienced
Amazon Web Services
Extremely experienced
Very experienced
Somewhat experienced
Not so experienced
Not at all experienced
Google Cloud Services
Extremely experienced
Very experienced
Somewhat experienced
Not so experienced
Not at all experienced
High Performance Compute Clusters
Extremely experienced
Very experienced
Somewhat experienced
Not so experienced
Not at all experienced
8.
If a training session was offered on any of the below content, how likely would you be to attend?
Extremely likely
Very likely
Somewhat likely
Not so likely
Not at all likely
Command line unix/linux
Extremely likely
Very likely
Somewhat likely
Not so likely
Not at all likely
A Survey of Command Line Tools/Functionality
Extremely likely
Very likely
Somewhat likely
Not so likely
Not at all likely
Intro to Data Science with Python
Extremely likely
Very likely
Somewhat likely
Not so likely
Not at all likely
Basic R
Extremely likely
Very likely
Somewhat likely
Not so likely
Not at all likely
Advanced R
Extremely likely
Very likely
Somewhat likely
Not so likely
Not at all likely
Data Visualization with R
Extremely likely
Very likely
Somewhat likely
Not so likely
Not at all likely
Docker/Singularity Container Engines
Extremely likely
Very likely
Somewhat likely
Not so likely
Not at all likely
Amazon Web Services
Extremely likely
Very likely
Somewhat likely
Not so likely
Not at all likely
Google Cloud Services
Extremely likely
Very likely
Somewhat likely
Not so likely
Not at all likely
High Performance Compute Clusters
Extremely likely
Very likely
Somewhat likely
Not so likely
Not at all likely
9.
If not included above, is there anything that you'd like to learn how to do computationally?
10.
Which form of training do you prefer?
In person in a classroom
Video link (e.g. Zoom, Teams)
Self-training with a scheduled discussion/help
Self-training with access to email/chat help
No preference
