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. Links to further information are in blue. Contact nicola.kay@elixir-europe.org for any questions.
For Action
NEW
ELIXIR SAB REGISTRATION AND AGENDA
Registration is now open for the ELIXIR SAB meeting taking place in Hinxton, 1-2 February 2018.
HoNs are expected to be in attendance at the meeting. In addition, each Platform is expected to send a representative to present at the meeting. A full agenda is available here. Logistics information can be found via the registration page. Other documents for the meeting will follow in due course.
Participants are asked to register for the meeting by next Friday 19 January at the latest. WIDENING NODE PARTICIPATION IN IMPLEMENTATION STUDIES
As agreed by the Heads of Nodes in December 5, the Hub is now asking Nodes to prepare applications for resources to participate in Implementation Studies included in 2018 Work Plan. Instructions and the template for the applications are here. The application must be submitted by the Head of Node and the deadline is 31 January. For any questions, please contact Susanna.
For Action
ONGOING
As Alan Archibald will be stepping down as SAB member in 2018, we now seek nominations for a new member. Please send your nominations (names and CVs) to info@elixir-europe.org by the end of today. The SAB will then assess the nominations and make a recommendation to the ELIXIR Board.
The deadline for submission of applications to the Data Platform for the second round of Core Data Resource selection is 23:59 GMT next Wednesday, 17th January. One representative - Head of Node or Deputy Head of Node - from each node is needed for the Consensus Ranking meeting on 9 May 2018. This will be a full day meeting and will take place at Schiphol airport. The format will follow that established for the first round of Core Data Resource selection. Please mark your diaries to save the date.
For information
Minutes from the ELIXIR Heads of Nodes TC held in December are now available. Please send any comments on the minutes to nicola.kay@elixir-europe.org by Friday 26 January.
The agenda and discussion document for the additional HoN TC to discuss the INFRAEOSC-4 proposal and agree on ELIXIR participation, taking place this coming Monday 15 January has been shared with the Heads of Nodes.
Outcome of documents sent to HoNs for review before Christmas, for agreement through Written Procedure: ELIXIRHON/2017/34 - Process for extending the list of ELIXIR Deposition Databases - AGREED ELIXIRHON/2017/37 - Proposal for Staff Exchange call: Building a highly skilled and coherent community of trainers through exchanges between ELIXIR Nodes - APPROVED ELIXIRHON/2017/38 - Implementation Study project plans for review and agreement:
- Implementation Study: Annotation and curation of human genomic variations - APPROVED
- Implementation Study: FAIRification of Genomic Tracks - MODIFICATIONS NEEDED, therefore project not yet approved
The Hub will now follow up with the project leads to agree on next steps. Thank you very much for your review and feedback.
The EC is holding a webinar entitled Funding opportunities for health data research and European e-Infrastructures on 25 January at 10:00 CET.
Nodes interested in the following two topics are encouraged to join:
- INFRAEDI-02-2018 HPC PPP - Centres of Excellence on HPC
- SC1-DTH-07-2018 Exploiting the full potential of in-silico medicine research for personalised diagnostics and therapies in cloud-based environments
To join the webinar, register here before 23 January.
Key dates and meetings
ELIXIR SAB meeting
- 1-2 February 2018, Hinxton, UK (Platforms expected to present draft plans)
Heads of Nodes TC
- 2 March 2018, 13.00-16.00 UK time /14.00-17.00 CET
ELIXIR Board meeting
- 24-25 April 2018 | Tel Aviv
ELIXIR Core Data Resouece selection - Consensus Ranking meeting
- 9 May 2018 | Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Heads of Nodes meeting @ ELIXIR All Hands
- 6-7 June 2018, Berlin, Germany
Heads of Nodes meeting @ ECCB 2018
- to be held alongside ECCB conference taking place 912 September 2018 in Athens, Greece. Time/date TBC.
Board meeting
- 12-13 November 2018 | Ljubljana, Slovenia
Heads of Nodes TC
- 7 December 2018, 13.00-16.00 UK time /14.00-17.00 CET