TY - JOUR T1 - The Next Generation of Training for Arabidopsis Researchers: Bioinformatics and Quantitative Biology JF - Plant Physiology Y1 - 2017 A1 - Joanna Friesner A1 - Sarah M. Assmann A1 - Ruth Bastow A1 - Julia Bailey-Serres A1 - Jim Beynon A1 - Volker Brendel A1 - C. Robin Buell A1 - Alexander Bucksch A1 - Wolfgang Busch A1 - Taku Demura A1 - Jose R. Dinneny A1 - Colleen J. Doherty A1 - Andrea L. Eveland A1 - Pascal Falter-Braun A1 - Malia A. Gehan A1 - Michael Gonzales A1 - Erich Grotewold A1 - Rodrigo Gutierrez A1 - Ute Kramer A1 - Gabriel Krouk A1 - Shisong Ma A1 - R.J. Cody Markelz A1 - Molly Megraw A1 - Blake C. Meyers A1 - James A.H. Murray A1 - Nicholas J. Provart A1 - Sue Rhee A1 - Roger Smith A1 - Edgar P. Spalding A1 - Crispin Taylor A1 - Tracy K. Teal A1 - Keiko U. Torii A1 - Chris Town A1 - Matthew Vaughn A1 - Richard Vierstra A1 - Doreen Ware A1 - Olivia Wilkins A1 - Cranos Williams A1 - Siobhan M. Brady AB -
It has been more than 50 years since Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) was first introduced as a model organism to understand basic processes in plant biology. A well-organized scientific community has used this small reference plant species to make numerous fundamental plant biology discoveries (Provart et al., 2016). Due to an extremely well-annotated genome and advances in high-throughput sequencing, our understanding of this organism and other plant species has become even more intricate and complex. Computational resources, including CyVerse,3 Araport,4 The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR),5 and BAR,6 have further facilitated novel findings with just the click of a mouse. As we move toward understanding biological systems, Arabidopsis researchers will need to use more quantitative and computational approaches to extract novel biological findings from these data. Here, we discuss guidelines, skill sets, and core competencies that should be considered when developing curricula or training undergraduate or graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty. A selected case study provides more specificity as to the concrete issues plant biologists face and how best to address such challenges.
VL - 175 UR - http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/175/4/1499 ER -