This week's highlights
12 internal projects receive funding of 1.6M euros to support ELIXIRs scientific strategy
ELIXIR has invested a total of 1.6 million euros in 12 projects to address the scientific priorities of the Scientific Programme 2024-28. The projects form part of three larger initiatives, called Commissioned Services, which support activities that connect experts in ELIXIR Nodes and Communities to develop the long-term strategy of ELIXIR.
Recommended reads
DS-PACK: Tool assembly for the end-to-end support of controlled access human data sharing
An ELIXIR Luxembourg paper
The EU GDPR requirements have prompted a shift from centralised controlled access genome-phenome archives to federated models for sharing sensitive human data. The DS-PACK tool assembly is a reusable, open-source middleware solution that semi-automates controlled access processes end-to-end, from data submission to access. Data protection principles are engraved into all components of the DS-PACK assembly. DS-PACK centralises access control management and distributes access control enforcement with support for data access via cloud-based applications. DS-PACK is in production use at the ELIXIR Luxembourg data hosting platform, combined with an operational model including legal facilitation and data stewardship.
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Integrated analysis of public datasets for the discovery and validation of survival-associated genes in solid tumors
An ELIXIR Hungary paper
Identifying genes with prognostic significance that can act as biomarkers in solid tumors can help stratify patients and uncover novel therapy targets. This research aims to expand previous ranking analysis of survival-associated genes in various solid tumors to include colon cancer specimens with available transcriptomic and clinical data. A colon cancer analysis subsystem was integrated into our Kaplan-Meier plotter that can be used to mine the entire database. The portal has the potential to be employed for the identification and prioritization of promising biomarkers and therapeutic target candidates in multiple solid tumors including, among others, breast, lung, ovarian, gastric, pancreatic, and colon cancers.
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Updates from Platforms
ELIXIR Data Platform face-to-face meeting
1 -2 October 2024 | Padova, Italy
Registration deadline: 17 September 2024 (in person), 27 September 2024 (online)
The Data Platform is pleased to invite participants to join the annual ELIXIR Data Platform face-to-face event in Padova, Italy. The event will take place Tuesday 1-2 October 2024 over 1.5 days.
More information and registration
Updates from Communities
3D-BioInfo webinar: Nucleic acids structural bioinformatics
10 September 2024 | 17:00 - 18:00 CEST
Join the 3D BioInfo Community webinar to find out more about nucleic acids structural bioinformatics. The webinar will cover two topics:
- Improving validation of nucleic acid structures
- Structural insight into the mechanism of the SorC protein family
More information and registration
Updates from other initiatives
Locator - A powerful tool to enhance visibility and findability of samples and data in Europes Biobanks
Over the last 50 years, medical institutions across Europe have curated biobanks to conserve collected biological samples. By using Locator, these disparate collections can now be discovered and their samples accessed for new research.
Major Feature Release for the GHGA Data Portal
GHGA has taken a major step towards FAIRer sharing of human omics data in Germany with the launch of the GHGA Archive phase of the GHGA Data Portal. New features allow users to securely access data stored within GHGA Data Portal through a fully integrated data access management system.
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Upcoming ELIXIR events & webinars
ELIXIR Training Courses & Webinars
The ELIXIR TeSS portal has a variety of interesting events and courses organised by the ELIXIR Nodes. For more, visit TeSS portal
VIB course: Gentle hands-on introduction to Python programming - in person / online
3 September 2024 | Hybrid - Ghent, Belgium
VIB course: Introduction to Git & GitHub
5 - 6 September 2024 | Leuven, Belgium
SIB course: Introduction to bulk RNA-Seq: from quality control to pathway analysis
19 - 20 September 2024 | Zurich, Switzerland
VIB course: Research Data Management: your ally on the way to your publication
1, 8, 22 October 2024 | Ghent, Belgium
VIB course: Docker and Apptainer (Singularity) for reproducible and automated data analysis
14 - 15 October 2024 | Leuven, Belgium
SIB course: Ensuring More Accurate, Generalisable, and Interpretable Machine Learning Models for Bioinformatics
15 October 2024 | Online
SIB course: Version Control with Git
16 - 17 October 2024 | Bern, Switzerland
SIB course: Single-Cell transcriptomics with R
29 - 31 October 2024 | Bellinzona, Switzerland
SIB course: Introduction to Containers and Snakemake for Reproducible Research
21-22 October 2024 | Bern, Switzerland
EMBL-EBI course: Single-cell RNA-seq analysis with Python
17 - 21 February 2025 | Online
ELIXIR Events and Conferences
ECCB 2024
16 - 20 September 2024 | Turku, Finland
ELIXIR Single-Cell Omics Community meeting
16 - 17 September 2024 | Helsinki, Finland
ELIXIR Data Platform F2F 2024
1 - 2 October 2024 | Padova, Italy
ELIXIR STEERS WP2 & WP3 workshop
2 - 3 October 2024 | Padova, Italy
BioHackathon Europe 2024
4 - 8 November 2024 | Barcelona, Spain
ELIXIR Federated Human Data Community day
19 November 2024 | Lisbon, Portugal
ELIXIR Interoperability Platform F2F meeting (hybrid) 2024
25 - 26 November 2024 | Hybrid - Manchester, UK
Job vacancies
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