Allegra Via graduated in Theoretical Physics at Sapienza University of Rome and obtained her PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology in 2002. Since 1998 she works in Computational Biology and regularly teaches Bioinformatics and Python Programming Language to bioinformaticians and biologists. She was Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Rome 'Tor Vergata' where she has been Adjunct Professor in 2005-2010. Since the academic year 2010-2011 she teaches at Sapienza University of Rome. She also gives invited lectures in other universities and in training courses, namely the first edition of the BPB course for GTPB in 2010. Currently she works as researcher in the Biocomputing Group of Sapienza University of Rome headed by Anna Tramontano. Her main research interests include protein structural bioinformatics and protein function prediction and analysis. Besides her research activity, she wrote two book chapters related to Internet for Cell and Molecular Biologists.
Allegra Via has created the first BPB course in GTPB in 2010. The 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 issues of this course were fully booked (20 seats) and the participant satisfaction was excellent (above 86%). Allegra is passionate about training in Bioinformatics and keen on improved methods in learning programming techniques. She has participated in a variety of projects/networks that dedicate efforts to training in Bioinformatics, such as BTN, GOBLET and ELIXIR.

Affiliation: Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma, IT

Kristian Rother is a professional trainer for Python and scientific communication. He likes to develop and test methods that make teaching effective and interesting. Kristian graduated in biochemistry in 2002 and obtained his PhD in biology at the Humboldt University Berlin in 2006. Until 2011, he worked on RNA 3D modeling at the Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan, Poland. He is a professional SCRUM Master and executive at a Toastmasters speaking club. You can find his profile in http://www.academis.eu/.

Affiliation: Academis Training, Berlin, DE