BioNT

BIONT – BIO Network for Training – is an international consortium of academic entities and SMEs with the aim to provide a high-quality training program and community for digital skills relevant to the biotechnology industry and biomedical sector.

Project is running from 2023-2026.

The basic curriculum of the program aims at employees or job seekers with limited prior experience in handling, processing and visualizing biological data and/or the usage of computational biology tools.

The advanced curriculum is targeted at Data Stewards, System Administrators, and other professionals who hold leading roles in the management and deployment of computational resources at their workplaces. It is building upon the strong expertise in digital literacy training of its members as well as on its wide network of collaborations and other initiatives aimed at professionalizing Life Sciences data management, processing and analysis skills.

Standardization and state- of-the-art technological implementation will reinforce the training and outreach activities plan.

The program builds on short dedicated remote workshops as well as training recordings and will generate specific training material as Open Educational Resources which will be made available in a dedicated web platform.

The consortium structure and high connectivity to relevant networks will foster project sustainability and efficient knowledge delivery to the stakeholders throughout the entire duration of the project and beyond, all this under a well defined and transparent management system.

University of Freiburg is participating in BioNT through the BioInformatics group Freiburg and its Freiburg Galaxy Team.

We are responsible for delivering training in BioNT, like “A practical introduction to bioinformatics and RNA-seq using Galaxy” and “From Zero to Hero with Python”. Moreover, we provide consultancy on the Galaxy Training network and the Galaxy Team helps shape the report concerning language-specific communities, the selection of workshops’ participants, coordination with the Carpentries and project ambassador recruitment and communication.

Coordinator contact:

European Molecular Biology Laboratory, EMBL
Meyerhofstr. 1, 69126 Heidelberg, Germany
contact@biont-training.eu

List of participants:

Full list of partners and their direct contacts you can find on the BioNT website

European Molecular Biology Laboratory
ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
University of Barcelona
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
University of Oslo
biobyte solutions
RIcapacity
HPCNow!

Previous partners: Simula consulting

Project results:

BioNT has developed multiple training courses on digital skills (see list below). Materials for the courses and information about each course can be found on the BIONT Website

System administration for HPC
Applied Machine Learning for Biological Data
Awareness in Data Management and Analysis for Industry and Research
Code & Collaborate: The FAIRytale of Software Development
An introduction to High Performance Computing
From Zero to Hero with Python
A practical introduction to bioinformatics and RNA-seq using Galaxy
Strategies for training and knowledge exchange with a consulting perspective

Funding:

This project is co-funded by the EU Digital Europe program, grant agreement number 101100604.

Disclaimer: Views and opinions expressed on this page are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Health and Digital Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

Cofunded by the EU

Members

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Former Members

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Alan O'Cais

Contributions

The following list includes only slides and tutorials where the individual or organisation has been added to the contributor list. This may not include the sum total of their contributions to the training materials (e.g. GTN css or design, tutorial datasets, workflow development, etc.) unless described by a news post.

Tutorials

Events

News

BioNT Brings Galaxy Training to German, Spanish, and Italian Learners

1 April 2026

We are thrilled to announce that the BioNT project (Bio Network for Training) has contributed a significant set of human-curated translated Galaxy training materials to the GTN, now live and available to learners worldwide!

new tutorial translation community contributing

External Links

Website: https://biont-training.eu/

Funding information
Grant ID: 101100604

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