Key Contributors Update 21 September 2018

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 information

The General Report from the ELIXIR SAB summer Teleconference, from 21 June 2018, is now available on Google Drive. The SAB additionally conducted Node Services Reviews of the Dutch, French and Swiss Nodes. Thank you!

Regarding the key 2019-2023 Programme activity between the Interoperability and Data Platforms on the Core Data Resources uptake of Bioschemas via the Biohackathon activities - Bioschemas travel bursaries, we have received positive feedback and participation from a good number of CDRs and ELIXIR Node resources. We would like to thank everybody for your help with this, and look forward to working with everyone at the EU-Biohackathon in Paris.

Update on the ELIXIR Recommended Interoperability Resource Selection: Application review period is now closed. We are currently preparing the application portfolio for the Evaluation meeting with the independent experts next month. Recommended resource candidates are subject to final approval at the HoNs meeting in December 2018.

Key dates and meetings

ELIXIR Board meeting

  • 12-13 November 2018, Ljubljana, Slovenia

ELIXIR 5th Anniversary event

  • 11 December 2018, Brussels, Belgium

Heads of Nodes meeting

  • 12 December 2018, Brussels, Belgium