Action items
From last week's update:
- By Friday 6 March, send poster file for the ELIXIR all-hands meeting (30-31 March, Hinxton, UK) to joy.friesner@elixir-europe.org (mailto:joy.friesner@elixir-europe.org) if printing is required.
For information
Ongoing activities
The end report for ELIXIR pilot on 'Interoperable controlled-access big data transfer for ELIXIR - expanding EGA collaboration'
This pilot created a protocol for secure data transfer from the EMBL-EBI EGA archive to CRG. We have tested a number of data transfer protocols (FTP, UDT, Aspera and Globus), optimised the EBI hardware and network access to the archive in support of large scale re-encryption processes and created necessary monitoring tools for validating data integrity at the CRG storage. During this pilot project 1 PB of data was transferred using Aspera successfully. The protocol now allows us to further optimise each step with the aim of automating the entire process by the end of 2015.For more information on this pilot, please contact: Justin Paschall (paschall@ebi.ac.uk (mailto:paschall@ebi.ac.uk) )A webinar on this pilot will be held on 15th of July 2015, further details can be found here (http://www.elixir-europe.org/webinar/update-elixir-pilot-action-launche…) .
Update on ELIXIR Node template
A first version of the ELIXIR Node website template is currently undergoing technical review here at the Hub, and will be released to Nodes to implement it in-house just as soon as this is complete. Further information will be made available shortly.Upcoming events which may be of interest to ELIXIR Nodes
Intel's first GENOFUTURE '15 for UK based Life Science Welcome Dinner & Roundtable half day session, March, 16th and 17th in Oxford, UK
Intel will be holding a first GENOFUTURE '15 event for UK based Life Science in Oxford, UK, on 16th and 17^th March.If you are interested in taking part contact natalia.jimenez@bull.es (mailto:natalia.jimenez@bull.es) for more information
EGI Conference 2015
The programme for the EGI annual conference in Lisbon on 18-22 May 15 is now available online at: http://go.egi.eu/C15mMore details about the conference will be posted soon at the conference website: http://conf2015.egi.eu/
Representative required for EuroDish conference
The FP7 project EuroDISH (http://www.eurodish.eu/) , which aims to strengthen research and improve knowledge for public health nutrition strategies across Europe, has invited ELIXIR to send a representative to take part in a panel discussion at the project's Final Conference EXPO in Milan Italy on 15th May 2015.Please contact us (mailto:nicola.kay@elixir-europe.org) if you are interested in taking part.
Reminder of Key Meetings/Dates
ELIXIR collaboration workshop on marine informatics, Hinxton, UK (16-17 Mar 15 (http://%20https:/www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/elixir-collaboration-workshop-on-marine-informat…) )
ELIXIR Innovation and SME Forum event, Wageningen, Netherlands (18-19 Mar 15) (http://www.elixir-europe.org/events/innovation-and-sme-forum-data-drive…)ELIXIR Data Carpentry workshop, Espoo, Finland (18-19 March 2015) (http://apawlik.github.io/2015-03-18-csc-espoo/)
ELIXIR 'all-hands' meeting, Hinxton (30 - 31 Mar 15) (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV1Ad2KeT4ZcXJcK-pvTrXh-If-nybLuziy…)
ELIXIR Board meeting, Geneva, Switzerland (13-14 Apr 15)
ELIXIR Finland launch event (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/elixir-finland-launch-tickets-15925505616) (4 May 15)
HoN teleconference (4 Jun 15, 09:00-12:00 BST, 10:00-13:00 CEST)ELIXIR Innovation and SME Forum event, Basel, Switzerland (9 June 15) (http://www.elixir-europe.org/events/innovation-and-sme-forum-basel-swit…)HoN meeting, Hinxton, Cambridge (21 Oct 15)
ELIXIR Board meeting, Hinxton, Cambridge (22 - 23 Oct 15)
BioMedBridges Open Symposium, Hinxton, UK (17-18 Nov 15) (http://www.elixir-europe.org/events/biomedbridges-open-symposium-buildi…)
Information on upcoming TeCG meetings can be found here (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ga_8ICx1RgH2DsgvPsCTBLD4QXEGGHGyESk…) .Information on upcoming TrCG meetings can be found here (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rbab3GKN-Scx1nct4TlC5kaRHLLt1mn5Wks…) .