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 The emerging Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Community has developed a draft strategic paper for future consideration by the Heads of Nodes and publication in the ELIXIR F1000Research channel.
This is now open for comment by recipients of this update. Please provide comments and input by Sun 31 March, after which date the document will be closed for comments. If you have any questions, please contact John Hancock (john.hancock@elixir-europe.org).
For action
Ongoing Final Reminder! 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). Heads of Nodes are asked to review Project Plans for Commissioned Services. These include the tasks in the ELIXIR Platforms and strategic Implementation Studies, as well as the hCNV Community Implementation Study.
Heads of Nodes can either send comments and feedback to Susanna Repo (susanna.repo@elixir-europe.org) by Tue, 26 February or present their feedback at the HoN TC, taking place on Thu, 28 February.
For information
Final Reminder! The Call for Pilot Projects to be incorporated into the INFRADEV-3 submission is now open and will close on Sun, 17 February.
For questions regarding the process, please contact WP5 team members (Anne-Francoise Adam-Blondon (anne-francoise.adam-blondon@inra.fr), Alfonso Valencia (alfonso.valencia@bsc.es), Salvador Capella (salvador.capella@bsc.es).
For any other matters please contact Juan Arenas (juan.arenas@elixir-europe.org). The agenda and related documents for the HoN TC on 28 February (10:00-13:00 GMT / 11:00-14:00 CET) are now available on Google Drive. Note that the Heads of Nodes will receive the remaining document next week. The call-in details for the TC can be found in the document.
Key dates and meetings
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
Heads of Nodes teleconference
- 11 September 2019