Key Contributors Update, 29 March 2019

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! 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 project plans for Commissioned Services to begin 1 June 2019 have all been agreed upon by Heads of Nodes. The full batch of project plans can be found on Google Drive.

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