Docker (and Singularity) for reproducible and automated data analysis

Alexander Botzki is heading the Technology training unit at VIB, the Flemish Institute of Biotechnology, Belgium. The main mission of this unit is providing technology training in domains of VIB Technologies, Bioinformatics & AI, Software Development, and Research Data Management. Between 2014 and 2022, he was head of the VIB Bioinformatics Core. From September 2009 to July 2014, he was responsible for the roll-out of E-Notebook (electronic lab notebook) to VIB's researchers within 75 research groups.

Before joining VIB, Alexander worked on various computational biology projects for Algonomics (bought by Lonza, 2008-2009) and DevGen (now Syngenta, from 2006-2008). During Alexander's PostDoc at Sanofi Aventis in Strasbourg, he executed various virtual screening campaigns on the compound selection of the merged enterprise. He received his doctoral degree with the group of Prof. Dr. Armin Buschauer (University of Regensburg, Germany) on 'Structure-based design of hyaluronidase inhibitors'.

Bruna Piereck is a bioinformatics trainer coordinator working at VIB Technology Training and ELIXIR Belgium. She obtained a PhD in Molecular Genetics, with a focus on Bioinformatics from the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil, in September 2019. During her PhD, she had the chance to collaborate with the university of Luxembourg and McGill university in Quebec for a short time. Ever since she has been involved with teaching  and Since March 2022, she joined the Technology Training team at VIB.