This update is sent weekly on Friday afternoon and goes to ELIXIR key stakeholders. It contains requests for actions regarding operations and developments within ELIXIR. Contact joana.wingender@elixir-europe.org for any questions.
An ELIXIR HoNs shared folder including meeting materials from HoN meetings, reference documents, slides & graphics archive can be found on google drive.
For action
New As discussed in the December Heads of Nodes meeting, we aim to fund via INFRADEV-3 a minimum of 0.5 FTE per Node (18 PMs). Heads of Nodes are asked to please fill in this spreadsheet, to allocate the 18PMs of your Node to the different WPs. The INFRADEV-3 Editorial Board will then review this initial allocation.
Please note that when it is possible to add more than one institution per Node when justified, it would be better no to do so, due to the limited budget available for this call.
Please provide input no later than Fri, 15 February. If you have any questions please contact Juan (juan.arenas@elixir-europe.org). Heads of Nodes are asked to add a summary of their Node's activities in 2018 by Fri, 22 February. The content will be used for the 2018 ELIXIR Annual Report. For any questions about the Annual Report, please contact Prem Velek (premysl.velek@elixir-europe.org).
For information
Final Reminder! Heads of Nodes are reminded to join a call on ELIXIR's response to the Declaration to access 1M genomes across Europe, in preparation for the meeting of signatories chaired by the EC on 15 February.
We invite you to participate in the TC, which will take place on Wed, 6 February from 17:00 18:00 GMT / 18:00 19:00 CET.
If you have any questions, including call-in details, please contact Serena Scollen (serena.scollen@elixir-europe.org). The minutes of yesterday's INFRADEV-3 Editorial Board TC are now available. Thank you to the participants, the next call will take place on Fri, 15 February. For more information or any questions, please contact Juan Arenas (juan.arenas@elixir-europe.org). ELIXIR's Long-term Sustainability Plan has been published and is now available on the ELIXIR Website. The Plan sets out the various on-going activities that support the long-term funding and sustainability of ELIXIR, its Nodes and their services. It builds on the recommendations made previously by ELIXIR's "Long-Term Sustainability Working Group. Thank you to all for your very useful inputs!
Key dates and meetings
HoN call: Selection of INFRADEV3 Pilots
- 4 February 2019
HoN call on ELIXIR's response to the Declaration to access 1M genomes across Europe
- 6 February 2019
Heads of Nodes Teleconference
- 28 February 2019
ELIXIR Board meeting
- 15-16 April 2019, Bergen, Norway
Heads of Nodes meeting
- 13-14 May 2019, Woking (Heathrow), UK