The ELIXIR Belgium and ELIXIR Switzerland Nodes will work together to strengthen collaboration between ELIXIR and Brazilian research organisations through a programme of events and training activities in Brazil. The Staff Exchange will support the delivery of ELIXIR training courses in both the northeast and southeast regions. Activities will include presentations at the Natal Bioinformatics Forum, as well as engagements at Fiocruz and the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).
Training will align with ongoing work in the ELIXIR Training Platform, the ELIXIR FAIR Training Focus Group and the Research Data Management (RDM) Community. Topics will include research data management, reproducible analysis, the ELIXIR-GOBLET Train-the-Trainer programme and FAIR training materials. A dedicated RDM workshop will also explore approaches to international collaboration and sensitive data sharing, supported by a hands-on Git session focused on reproducible workflows.
The exchange will increase awareness of ELIXIR resources, support capacity building and strengthen long-term collaboration with Brazilian partners.
