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'''S*''' (pronounced "S Star") is the diminutive for the '''S* Life Science Informatics Alliance''', a collaboration between seven universities and the Karolinska Institutet of Sweden, and its course, the S-Star Bioinformatics Online course. The goal is to provide course material for training in bioinformatics and genomics.<ref name="ojslib0">{{cite journal |url = https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/CAL/article/view/6104/0 |title=International online education: the S-Star trial bioinformatics course |journal=International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education |volume=8 |issue=1 |author1 = Yun Ping Lim|author2=Jan-Olov Höög|author3=Phyllis Gardner|author4=Shoba Ranganathan|author5-link=Siv G. E. Andersson|author5=Siv Andersson|author6=Subramanian Subbiah|author7=Tan Tin Wee|author8=Winston Hide|author9=Anthony S. Weiss |access-date=12 February 2017 |year=2002 }}</ref><ref name="ojslib6754">{{cite web |url = https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/CAL/article/viewFile/6104/6754 |title = International online education: the S-Star trial Bioinformatics course |publisher=Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education |access-date=12 February 2017 |year = 2003 |author1= Yun Ping Lim|author2=Jan-Olov Höög|author3=Phyllis Gardner|author4=Shoba Ranganathan|author5=Siv Andersson|author6=Subramanian Subbiah|author7=Tan Tin Wee|author8=Winston Hide|author9=Anthony S. Weiss}}</ref>

== Member institutions == The following institutions are members of the S* Life Science Informatics Alliance: * Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia<ref name="tandf">{{cite journal |title=Towards an Educational Grid for Promoting Bioinformatics Competency in the Asia Pacific |journal = Media Asia |volume = 32 |issue = 3 |pages = 128–134 |author=Tin Wee Tan |author2=Shoba Ranganathan |author3=Victor Joo Chuan Tong |author4=Justin Khar Heng Choo |author5=Richard Tan |author6=Guan Sin Ong |author7=Simon See |date=20 May 2016 |doi = 10.1080/01296612.2005.11726785 }}</ref> * University of Sydney (School of Molecular Bioscience), Australia (as of 2001)<ref name="ojslib0"/><ref name="ojslib6754"/> * Karolinska Institutet, Sweden (as of 2001)<ref name="ojslib0"/><ref name="ojslib6754"/> * University of Uppsala, Sweden (as of 2001)<ref name="ojslib0"/><ref name="ojslib6754"/> * National University of Singapore, Singapore (as of 2001)<ref name="ojslib0"/><ref name="ojslib6754"/> * University of the Western Cape, South Africa (as of 2001)<ref name="ojslib0"/><ref name="ojslib6754"/> * Stanford University, United States (as of 2001)<ref name="ojslib0"/><ref name="ojslib6754"/> * University of California, San Diego, United States, via the San Diego Supercomputer Center (as of 2002)<ref name="ojslib0"/><ref name="ojslib6754"/>

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===Further reading=== * {{cite journal |doi=10.1002/bmb.2003.494031010160|title=The S-star trial bioinformatics course: An on-line learning success|journal=Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education|volume=31|pages=20–23|year=2003|last1=Lim|first1=Yun Ping|last2=Höög|first2=Jan-Olov|last3=Gardner|first3=Phyllis|last4=Ranganathan|first4=Shoba|last5=Andersson|first5=Siv|last6=Subbiah|first6=Subramanian|last7=Tan|first7=Tin Wee|last8=Hide|first8=Winston|last9=Weiss|first9=Anthony S.|doi-access=free}} * https://www.learntechlib.org/p/100842

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