Addressing the Digital Divide in Contemporary Biology: Lessons from Teaching UNIX. Issue 10 (October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mangul, Serghei; Martin, Lana S.; Hoffmann, Alexander; Pellegrini, Matteo; Eskin, Eleazar
• Is Part Of: Trends in biotechnology. Volume 35:Issue 10(2017)
• Page Start: 901
• Page End: 903
• Publication Date: 2017-10
• Subjects: education -- command line interface -- computational biology -- training; Biotechnology -- Periodicals; Biochemical engineering -- Periodicals; Genetic engineering -- Periodicals; Industrial microbiology -- Periodicals; 660.605
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2017.06.007
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0167-7799

Abstract

Abstract : Life and medical science researchers increasingly rely on applications that lack a graphical interface. Scientists who are not trained in computer science face an enormous challenge analyzing high-throughput data. We present a training model for use of command-line tools when the learner has little to no prior knowledge of UNIX.