Applying user centred design in science - Expasy, the Swiss Bioinformatics Resource Portal
Channel: SIB - Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Date: 2021-05-19

What you will discover: the innovative and user centered design process that led to the new Expasy.org portal of Swiss bioinformatics resources

You are: a life-science software developer, a bioinformatician, a UX specialist in the field of life sciences

Speakers: Chiara Gabella (Scientific Coordinator and UX Designer) and Severine Duvaud (Software Developer and UX Designer), Resource and Usability Support department at SIB

Click to access specific sections of the talk: 
- 00:45 What is Expasy
- 01:13 Presenting the innovative redesign process for the new Expasy
- 02:36 What is User Experience
- 03:00 The redesign process
- 07:54 Presenting the new Expasy website
- 09:38 How to use Expasy / DEMO


Reference paper
Séverine Duvaud, Chiara Gabella, Frédérique Lisacek, Heinz Stockinger, Vassilios Ioannidis, Christine Durinx, Expasy, the Swiss Bioinformatics Resource Portal, as designed by its users, Nucleic Acids Research, 2021; https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkab225

Any question about this talk? Contact Chiara and Severine at user-experience[at]sib.swiss

More about the speakers:
Chiara Gabella and Severine Duvaud co-lead the Resource and Usability Support group at SIB, managing several scientific, technical, and administrative projects, with the aim of increasing visibility, impact, and user-friendliness of SIB Resources. They are responsible for the strategy and processes to improve the User Experience (UX) design of these Resources, as well as best practices, knowledge and expertise sharing within SIB. 
Chiara joined SIB in 2016, after a postdoc in Biophysics. She holds a MSc in Mathematical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Turin and a PhD in Physics from the EPFL in Lausanne. 
Severine joined SIB in 2003. She holds a MSc in Computer Sciences from the National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon and a MSc in Biochemistry from the University of Lyon. Severine is also a Certified Professional Scrum Master.
They both hold a UX Designer Diploma (cum laude) from the SAWI Design & Code school. 

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