title: Training experimental biologists in bioinformatics.
abstract: Bioinformatics, for its very nature, is devoted to a set of targets that constantly evolve. Training is probably the best response to the constant need for the acquisition of bioinformatics skills. It is interesting to assess the effects of training in the different sets of researchers that make use of it. While training bench experimentalists in the life sciences, we have observed instances of changes in their attitudes in research that, if well exploited, can have beneficial impacts in the dialogue with professional bioinformaticians and influence the conduction of the research itself.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Rua da Quinta Grande, 6, 2780-156 Oeiras, Portugal.
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: Pooja
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Catarina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moita