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From the establishment of a national bioinformatics society to the development of a national bioinformatics infrastructure
An ELIXIR Romania (Observer) opinion paper
The Romanian Society of Bioinformatics was founded in 2019 to accelerate the development of Romanian bioinformatics. RSBI led the development of the national bioinformatics infrastructure, the Romanian Bioinformatics Cluster with the mission to act as an ELIXIR National Node. This paper reports successful projects in training, public engagement, and policy projects, as well as initiatives related to data federation that can serve as valuable learning experiences for future implementations. The authors offer insights into the evolving role of the bioinformatics society and the synergies with the National ELIXIR Node.
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DiatOmicBase, a gene-centered platform to mine functional omics data across diatom genomes
An ELIXIR Belgium preprint
Diatoms are prominent microalgae found in all aquatic environments. Over the last 20 years, thanks to the availability of genomic and genetic resources, diatom species such as Phaeodactylum tricornutum have emerged as valuable experimental model systems for exploring topics ranging from evolution to cell biology, (eco)physiology and biotechnology. This paper presents DiatOmicBase, a genome portal gathering comprehensive omics resources from P. tricornutum and two other diatoms to facilitate the exploration of dispersed public datasets and the design of new experiments based on the prior-art.
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Updates from Nodes
The skins wide range of microbiota improves the immune system
ELIXIR Finland published a news article on the University of Helsinkis research on microorganisms in the skin and how they play an important role in improving the bodys immune system.
5th Annual Meeting of the de.NBI Industrial Forum
19 November 2024 | 13:00 - 16:30 CET | Online
This year's Annual Meeting of the de.NBI Industrial Forum will focus on the topic of AI ventures in the life sciences - challenges, needs and opportunities. It is an opportunity to meet and discuss current academic and industrial topics of interest.
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Training: Research Data Management for advanced users
27 - 28 November 2024 | Barcelona, Spain
The goal of this course is to give advanced notions, practical examples and exercises about Data Management activities for researchers and research support staff, with special attention to the management of sensitive data.
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Updates from Communities
Enhancing research output: FAIR documentation and tool management for toxicology studies
27 - 28 November 2024 | Basel, Switzerland
This is the second workshop organised by the ELIXIR Toxicology Community. It is targeted towards toxicologists interested in using FAIR data resources, not only making their data but also their training materials FAIR.
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Introductory webinar on 13 November 2024 at 15:30 - 17:00 CET
Save the date for the third workshop Making toxicology tools more accessible and interoperable on 26 - 27 March 2025.
Updates from other initiatives
BY-COVID comes to an end with final policy brief
The BY-COVID project started in 2021 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the past three years, the project partners have developed pathogen data resources, promoted reproducible analysis solutions and made more knowledge openly available to those who may need it in the future. The BY-COVID project has published policy recommendations for using research data infrastructure to support sustainable global pandemic preparedness.
Concept paper on EOSC federation architecture and federating capabilities Open survey for community feedback
Deadline for feedback: 15 November 2024
The EOSC Beyond project has published a concept paper outlining an innovative EOSC architecture as a Federation of Nodes. It details how to develop a network of Nodes that can collaboratively deliver services and resources to European researchers.
To enhance and fine-tune the paper, EOSC-BEYOND is also launching a survey to gather community feedback. The survey is available until 15 November 2024, and an updated version of the document will be presented by Q2 2025.
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Measuring the impact of Open Science: Insights from PathOS at EOSC Symposium 2024
One of the core topics of the EOSC Symposium 2024 was the importance of measuring and assessing the impact of Open Science initiatives. PathOS project partners, Natalia Manola from OpenAIRE and Despoina Sousoni from ELIXIR, presented the PathOS projects methodologies and results at EOSC Symposium 2024.
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The fourth PathOS newsletter
Read the PathOS newsletter to find updates on the PathOS projects ongoing activities, insights from recent studies, and engaging stories that highlight the successes and challenges of Open Science.
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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
ELIXIR Estonia: Prompting 101 - A beginners guide to communicating with LLMs
20 November 2024 | 8:00 - 11:00 CET | Tartu, Estonia
ELIXIR Spain: Research Data Management for advanced users
27 - 28 November 2024 | Barcelona, Spain
SIB course: Enrichment analysis
29 November 2024 | Online
de.NBI training course: DNA methylation: Design to discovery
5 & 6 December 2024 | Saarbrcken, Germany
de.NBI training course: Differential analysis of quantitative proteomics data using R
12 - 13 December 2024 | Online
SIB course: Cancer variant analysis
13 December 2024 | Online
EMBL-EBI course: Applications for gene-environment interactions in human health and disease
17 - 21 March 2025 | EMBL-EBI, UK
EMBL-EBI course: Microscopy data analysis: machine learning and the BioImage Archive
31 March - 4 April 2025 | Online
ELIXIR Events and Conferences
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
ELIXIR Tools Platform F2F meeting (hybrid) 2024
26 - 27 November 2024 | Hybrid - Manchester, UK
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