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
Ongoing Final Reminder! Heads of Nodes are asked to review the final batch of project plans for Commissioned Services via Written Procedure. These plans have been discussed with the relevant parties and are now ready for review. Heads of Nodes are asked to send comments and feedback to Susanna Repo (susanna.repo@elixir-europe.org) by Thu, 21 March. The draft strategic papers and publication in the ELIXIR F1000Research channel from the two emerging Communities for future consideration by the Heads of Nodes are still open for comments.
- Draft strategic paper from the Microbial Biotechnology Community
- Draft strategic paper from the Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Community
Both documents will be open for comments until Sun, 31 March, after which date the documents will be closed for comments. If you have any questions, please contact John Hancock (john.hancock@elixir-europe.org).
For information
The General Report from the ELIXIR SAB, based on the recommendations from its annual face-to-face meeting from 6-7 February, is now available on Google Drive. GA4GH and ELIXIR are developing a Strategic Partnership. The draft document is now available. If you wish to provide comments, please contact Serena Scollen (serena.scollen@elixir-europe.org) by Fri, 22 March.
Key dates and meetings
ELIXIR Board meeting
- 15-16 April 2019, Bergen, Norway
Heads of Nodes meeting
- 13-14 May 2019, Woking (Heathrow), UK
Heads of Nodes meeting
- 18 June 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
Heads of Nodes teleconference
- 11 September 2019