Hub updates
The first call for ELIXIR Staff Exchange Programme is now open. The purpose is to support exchange of staff between ELIXIR Nodes for short periods of time. This will strengthen links between ELIXIR Nodes, facilitate capacity building and support the interoperability and sustainability of ELIXIR services and data resources. See more details and instructions how to apply.
Updates from Nodes
The Nordic (DK, FI, NO, SE) ELIXIR Nodes hosted a workshop on sensitive data sharing at the NeIC (Nordic eInfrastructure Collaboration) conference. The workshop focused on the 'Tryggve" project for human data sharing, with keynotes on the Norwegian TSD and Danish Computerome systems. Slides from the meeting are available here.
Updates from Platforms
ELIXIR-EXCELERATE, GOBLET and the Galaxy Training Network organised a hackathon on Galaxy training material re-use in Cambridge, UK on 22-24 May.
Updates from Use Cases
Representatives from ELIXIR Nodes may be interested in a Interuniversity Course on 'Clinical and Research Genomic Data Sharing and Access' organised by the Leuven Institute for Human Genomics and Society, taking place 31 August and 1 September 2017 in Leuven (Belgium). Register here. Registration is now open for the 5th International Summer School/BYOD event around Rare Disease & Orphan Drug Registries to be held 18-22 September 2017 in Rome, Italy. Register here.
Last week, GA4GH leaders and key participants came together at the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus in Hinxton, UK to discuss a strategic plan for the organization over the next five years. The roadmap will be publicly announced and released at the GA4GH 5th Plenary in Orlando, Florida, USA. More information here.
Job board
SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics is looking for a Chief Operating Officer to strengthen the team of the Vital-IT Competence Centre in Lausanne.
Upcoming events
See the ELIXIR TeSS portal for all events organised by ELIXIR Nodes. ELIXIR events
6-7 June 2017 | Barcelona, Spain
ELIXIR Innovation and SME Forum: Genomics, bioInformatics and health - Private-Public partnerships around open data
19-23 June 2017| Ljubljana, Slovenia
2nd ELIXIR EXCELERATE Genome Assembly and Annotation course
3-5 July 2017 | Cambridge, UK
EXCELERATE Train-the-Trainer in Clinical bioinformatics and best practices workshop
18-22 September 2017 | Rome, Italy
5th International Summer School/BYOD event: Rare Disease & Orphan Drug Registries