Action items
Review the draft agenda for the upcoming ELIXIR HoN teleconference (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B0k8U4QpIRPteEFocjVzU19zQ0E/0B0…) (to be held 4 June 2015) and let Niklas (mailto:niklas.blomberg@elixir-europe.org?subject=HoNs%20TC%204%20June) know if you have any additional items to raise by May 28.Ongoing activities
Agenda for Heads of Nodes teleconference, 4 June 2015
A draft agenda for the ELIXIR HoNs teleconference to be held on 4 June, 09:00-12:00 BST, 10:00-13:00 CEST can now be found here (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B0k8U4QpIRPteEFocjVzU19zQ0E/0B0…) .Any additions to the agenda should be sent to Niklas Blomberg (mailto:niklas.blomberg@elixir-europe.org?subject=HoNs%20TC%204%20June) by 28 May at the latest.Further documents and pre-reading material for the meeting is still undergoing preparation and will be made available in due course.
ELIXIR web template released to ELIXIR Nodes for review
Further to the approval of recommendations put forward by the ELIXIR Website task force (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B0k8U4QpIRPteEFocjVzU19zQ0E/0B0…) by HoNs in summer 2014, an ELIXIR website HTML template has put together by an external developer, commissioned by the ELIXIR Hub.The template has now been reviewed by the ELIXIR Hub and released to Nodes for review:https://github.com/elixirhub/elixir-website-templateA website policy document is currently undergoing preparation that will define among other things terms of usage and will be made available to HoNs for review in due course.
Update on the marine metagenomics pilot action
There is an urgent need to establish dedicated data management e-infrastructure and bioinformatics pipelines specialized for marine metagenomics research. The aim of the Pilot Action is to compare and harmonize the metagenomics pipelines, explore EMBL-EBI Embassy cloud technology and address some of the challenges in order to establish sustainable infrastructure for marine metagenomics research. The pilot is now half-way and on track with deliverables. In order to harmonise existing metagenomics pipelines (EBI Metagenomics Portal (EMP) and META-pipe), intermediate and output data formats have been agreed upon - the two pipelines have the same basic functionality and current work with intermediate data aims to ensure interoperability. Four unpublished metagenomic datasets have been annotated and analysed using META-pipe and the raw sequence reads have been uploaded to ENA for analysis using the EBI Metagenomics pipeline. The output from the two pipelines is now beingcompared. The suitability assessment of the EMBL-EBI Embassy cloud for the work has been completed and evaluations on the prototype VM cluster continue. The pilot is expected to be completed in the early fall.A webinar on this pilot will be held on Wed 17-06-2015 14:00 BST as part of the ongoing ELIXIR Webinar Series (http://www.elixir-europe.org/webinar) .In the meantime for any questions on the pilot contact: Nils Peder Willassen (mailto:nils-peder.willassen@uit.no) .
Next ELIXIR Webinar event, 20th May 2015 (14.00 UK time /15.00 CEST)
A reminder that the next event in the ELIXIR Webinar series (http://elixir-europe.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=751beffce2e491f9…) takes place next Wednesday 20th May 2015 (14.00 UK time / 15.00 CEST) with Juan Antonio Vizcaino (EMBL-EBI) providing an update on the ELIXIR Pilot Action launched in 2014 which looked at the integration of BILS-ProteomeXchange using EUDAT resources, serving as an example to how to connect national data storage services and international repositories through ELIXIR.The webinars are open to anyone interested in participating and usually last around an hour, with a presentation followed by questions and discussion.To join the webinar you will need to visit: http://www.elixir-europe.org/webinar/update-elixir-pilot-actions-launch… (http://elixir-europe.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=751beffce2e491f9… it is your first time using WebEx, we would suggest joining the meeting 10 minutes before the scheduled start time, in order to quickly install the relevant software and optimize the audio before the webinar starts.More information about the series, a full schedule of upcoming events and recordings from previous events are available on the ELIXIR Website (http://elixir-europe.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=751beffce2e491f9…) .
Registration now open for BioMedBridges SYMPOSIUM: Open bridges for life science data, 17-18 November 2015, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK
Register now (http://bit.ly/lifesciencedata_registration) to join the greater BMS RI research community in discussions about the latest advances in the technical infrastructure behind large-scale data sharing in the life sciences, and the interoperability of data resources supporting biological, medical, translational and clinical research.* Keynotes by Phil Bourne (National Institutes of Health) and Ruth March (Astra Zeneca)* Interactive workshops organised by BioMedBridges partners and F1000Research, Research Data Alliance, RDConnect, Global Alliance for Genomics and Health, and others
Job Vacancies at the ELIXIR Hub
The ELIXIR Hub is currently hiring three posts:* Project Manager (CORBEL)* Personal Assistant to the ELIXIR Director* Administrative AssistantFull details of all posts are available on the ELIXIR vacancies page (http://elixir-europe.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=751beffce2e491f…) .
Reminder of Key Meetings/Dates
HoN teleconference (4 June, 09:00-12:00 BST, 10:00-13:00 CEST) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B0k8U4QpIRPteEFocjVzU19zQ0E/0B0…)ELIXIR Innovation and SME Forum event, Basel, Switzerland (9 June) (http://www.elixir-europe.org/events/innovation-and-sme-forum-basel-swit…)ELIXIR Data and Software Carpentry Hackathon (http://data-lessons.github.io/2015-06-22-elixir-nl-sprint/) and Data Carpentry Workshop (http://apawlik.github.io/2015-06-24-dc-utrecht/) , Utrecht, The Netherlands (22-25 June)HoN and EXCELERATE WP leads meeting (2-3 Sept)ELIXIR Board meeting, Hinxton, Cambridge (22 - 23 Oct)Symposium: Open bridges for life science data, Hinxton, UK (17-18 Nov) (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-bridges-for-life-science-data-regis…)ELIXIR SAB/EXCELERATE kick off meeting (8-10 Dec)ELIXIR all-hands meeting (8-9 Mar 2016)Information on upcoming TrCG meetings can be found here (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rbab3GKN-Scx1nct4TlC5kaRHLLt1mn5Wks…)