Hub updates
ELIXIR HoNs will meet this week to review proposals for ELIXIR Core Data Resources and make a recommendation for the first set of ELIXIR Core Data Resources. The results of this review will be presented to the ELIXIR SAB.
If you haven't already signed up to the ELIXIR All Hands event, then please complete the registration. ELIXIR All Hands 2017 programme here.
The EC has opened a public consultation on the topic of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), which may be of interest to many within ELIXIR. We are not planning to coordinate an ELIXIR-wide submission to this, but those individuals interested in the topic can respond directly via this link.
The Pistoia Alliance is organising a hackathon to bring together machine/deep learning community with life-science industry. 25-26 March, London. The registration is open.
Your DNA, your say. GA4GH is running an innovative survey to gather attitudes towards data sharing. Anyone interested is invited to complete the survey.
Partners interested in the relationship between the microbiome, health and diet may wish to look at the current ERA-NET Co-fund call on Healthy Diet Healthy Life (HDHL). As the call supports research projects, ELIXIR Hub is not proposing a coordinated submission from ELIXIR. Partners may engage directly in the capacity of their own organisation.
Updates from Nodes
Are you an early-career and outstanding bioinformatician? SIB is recognizing excellence through the SIB International Young Bioinformatician award - now open for international candidates! Check the conditions and apply online before 15 March. The ELIXIR Belgium launch event is taking place this week on Thursday 9 February 2017 in Ghent.
Updates from Platforms
Guidelines recently published by Google for the discovery of science datasets draw on the metadata specifications for life-science datasets developed by BioSchemas.
Updates from Use Cases
ELIXIR Rare diseases Use case is carrying out an online survey on trainnig capacity and needs within the rare diseases research community.
Upcoming events
ELIXIR events
9 February 2017 | Ghent, Belgium
ELIXIR Belgium launch event
2-3 February | Aarhus, Denmark
bio.tools Hackathon: Genomics Tools and Databases in Agricultural Science
27-28 February 2017 | Helsinki, Finland
ELIXIR SME & Innovation Forum event
1-2 March 2017 | Tu00fcbingen, Germany
Strategic workshop "The future of proteomics in ELIXIR"
21-23 March 2017 | Rome, Italy
ELIXIR All Hands 2017
4-5 April 2017 | Freiburg, Germany
ELIXIR AAI Training Workshop