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The goal of this survey is to identify the key challenges and pain points currently faced by professionals, researchers, and students in the field of bioinformatics.

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What is your current role? 📊 ^*

Undergraduate/Graduate Student

PhD Student

Academic Researcher

Industry Professional

Clinical Researcher

Other

How long have you been working or studying in the field of bioinformatics?

How do you typically learn to use new bioinformatics tools/software? 📚 ^*

Official documentation

YouTube tutorials

Scientific papers

Blogs/Medium articles

Colleague/Peer guidance

Online courses (Coursera, edX, etc.)

Trial and error

Other

What format do you prefer for learning? 🎥📄 ^*

Written tutorials with code snippets

Video walkthroughs

Interactive Jupyter notebooks/R Markdown

Webinars/workshops

Case studies with real datasets

What frustrates you most about learning new tools? 🛠️ ^*

(Select top 2)

Poor/no documentation

Lack of step-by-step guides

Outdated tutorials

Tools too complex to implement

Inconsistent software updates

Difficulty troubleshooting errors

Version conflicts

Other

Did We Miss Anything? 📝

Are there other methods you use to learn new bioinformatics tools or software? Please share any additional challenges or issues we might have overlooked. (Optional)

In your opinion, what are the biggest gaps in current educational resources for bioinformatics? 🔍

For example, some tools may lack transparency, making it difficult to understand the underlying science. Alternatively, tutorials or vignettes might be too narrow in scope. What do you see as the biggest challenge or missing piece in bioinformatics education? (Optional)

How valuable would a bioinformatics-focused protocol-sharing platform be to you?

Many tutorials and vignettes are limited in scope. Imagine a website similar to protocols.io, STAR protocols or Medium, but entirely dedicated to bioinformatics, where peer-reviewed protocols for large-scale workflows are shared (for example how to go from raw metabolomics & proteomics data to multiomics integration). Such website would also contain blogs explaining why specific tools (e.g., Tool X) are well-suited for particular problems (e.g., Problem Y). How would you rate the usefulness of such a platform for your work or research and do you see any problems with such websites? (Optional)

How likely would you be to use a peer-reviewed social publishing platform, but specifically tailored for bioinformatics, to: ^*

Learn new tools

1 → Not likely

5 → Highly likely

Not likely Highly likely

How likely would you be to use a peer-reviewed social publishing platform, but specifically tailored for bioinformatics, to: ^*

Troubleshoot issues

1 → Not likely

5 → Highly likely

Not likely Highly likely

How likely would you be to use a peer-reviewed social publishing platform, but specifically tailored for bioinformatics, to: ^*

Share your own tutorials

1 → Not likely

5 → Highly likely

Not likely Highly likely

What would make you contribute content (e.g., tutorials, case studies)? 🤝

Skip if not applicable

Recognition (e.g., profile visibility)

Monetary incentives

Academic credit (e.g., DOI for posts)

Community engagement

Other

If you could solve one problem in your daily bioinformatics work, what would it be? 💡

(Optional)

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