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 -