Interactive tutorials to master Unix: the IFB’s e-learning group is rethinking training for biologists
In an era of explosive growth in data within the life sciences and healthcare sectors, knowing how to use Unix is now essential for researchers and students. However, learning these skills remains a challenge for many, due to their complexity and technical barriers (such as software installation…
Usegalaxy.fr, France’s open-source data analysis platform
Galaxy is a free, open-source platform that is a must-have for the life science research community. Thanks to its “click-button” web interface, Galaxy enables non-experts of the Unix command line to analyze their data. But Galaxy is much more than that: it enables the creation and…
Rtrainer, the application for self-training in the R language
RTrainer is an innovative educational tool designed to develop essential skills in bioinformatics analysis, for use in the R language in the scientific community. Developed in 2023 by Denis Puthier of the TAGC in Marseille (an associate team of the French Institute of Bioinformatics – IFB),…
FAIR-Checker: a tool to improve the quality of your web resources
FAIR-Checker, a service developed by the French Institute of Bioinformatics (IFB), is an online tool that facilitates evaluation based on FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles, reporting metrics, and improving metadata quality for life science web resources. With a…