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Nature 455, 461 (25 September 2008) | doi:10.1038/455461d; Published online 24 September 2008

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Big data: teaching must evolve to keep up with advances

Samuel Donovan1

  1. Department of Biological Sciences and BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium, 4249 Fifth Avenue, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
    Email: sdonovan@pitt.edu

The Editorial introducing your 'big data' special issue ('Community cleverness required' Nature 455, 1; 2008) highlights the entrenched "institutions and culture of science" as barriers to "taking full advantage of electronic data". Science education is part of that entrenchment, so more thought should be invested in the tight relationship between the advancement of science and our systems for educating future scientists.

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