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===== Our Mission =====
Our work is focused on three main pillars: //[[sharing|sharing]]//, //[[training|training]]// and //[[networking|networking]]//.\\
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==== Share your work ====
We are witnessing an //exponential// increase in the creation of new bioinformatics tools, workflows, R packages, and Docker images, amongst others. To ensure a sustainable evolution, we need to **organise**, enable **transparency**, **reproducibility**, and proper **dissemination** of new bioinformatics applications. This will also contribute to **open access** to data, through the development and sharing of applications that enable the visualization and user-friendly analysis of public and own datasets, capable of running in any work environment and to be used by scientists with limited computational expertise.\\
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==== Promote active training ====

We provide tutorials, including narrated “How to” videos, and best-practice guidelines for either using or sharing bioinformatics tools. These materials are being designed not only for **beginners/non-experienced** users, but also for **more advanced users** of the Bioinformatics global toolkit.

Moreover, we plan to organise **hands-on (introductory) courses**, **workshops**, and other activities to offer additional training opportunities for iMMers, especially those on the //wet-lab side// who want to have the basic training for running standard analyses on their data.\\
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==== Networking & Get to Know You ====

//Networking// is not just a formal word to justify social events... :-D Bioinformaticians need to get to know each other not only to have opportunities to share experiences and expertise that working in different labs does not usually trigger.

//We also believe that **knowledge is power**//. Collaborations between //wet-lab// and //dry-lab// researchers are easier when they speak [almost]  the same //language//. We will help to //break the ice//, and the rest is up to you!

===== Our Values =====

  * **Transparency**: all of our featured tools are open source, making their adaptation to other relevant tasks straight forward.

  * **Reproducibility**: we promote the sharing of metadata, analysis pipelines, and workflows to help mitigate the replication crisis of scientific studies.

  * **Responsibility**: we make sure that our featured tools comply with standard criteria for good performance, through manual testing and curation.

  * **Respect for authorship**: we help to share bioinformaticians’ work with the scientific community, while assisting in the dissemination and exposure of their intellectual ownership, making sure appropriate authorship credit is given //online// and in scientific publications.

  * **Teamwork**: we value direct contributions to our project, from people with diverse scientific and technical backgrounds.

===== Our Vision =====
Our vision is for //Bioinformatics Matters// to be a **reference meeting point for the iMM and national scientific communities** with interests in active development and sharing of bioinformatics tools and analysis workflows, as well as in training on their applications.

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