Action items
Complete the ELIXIR Node Capacity Building Survey found here (http://elixir-europe.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=751beffce2e491f9…) on google drive by COB Monday 11 May.Send information about the upcoming ELIXIR SME forum, Basel (http://www.elixir-europe.org/events/innovation-and-sme-forum-basel-swit…) to your industry contacts.
Ongoing activities
ESFRI Landmarks 2016
We were today informed that ELIXIR was selected by ESFRI for inclusion on the list of ESFRI Landmarks 2016, which will feature as a section of the updated ESFRI roadmap when this is next published. We have been asked to complete a questionnaire to provide further information on ELIXIR. The Hub will draft a response to the questionnaire, in line with information previously provided to ESFRI, which we will then share with you by 22 May. We would then ask that you review the response by Wednesday 27 May ahead of submission by the Hub on 29 May.
Stephanie Suhr
It was today announced that Stephanie Suhr will join the ELIXIR Hub as Senior Project Manager. Stephanie will continue as project manager for BioMedBridges until the successful conclusion of this project and take responsibility for leading ELIXIR-EXCELERATE - ELIXIR's INFRADEV-3 implementation project. Please join us in congratulating Stephanie and wish her good luck in her new appointment.
ELIXIR Node Capacity Building Survey
As part of the ongoing ELIXIR Capacity Building Pilot, HoNs are asked to complete a short ELIXIR Node Capacity Building Survey found here (http://elixir-europe.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=751beffce2e491f9…) on google drive for which the deadline has been extended until close of business Monday 11 May.If you have any questions you are asked to please contact survey initiators Jiri Vondrasek (mailto:jiri.vondrasek@uochb.cas.cz) , Brane Leskosek (mailto:brane.leskosek@mf.uni-lj.si) and Bengt Persson (mailto:bengt.persson@icm.uu.se)
ELIXIR SME forum, Basel, 9 June
We would like to encourage all Heads of Nodes to send information on the ELIXIR SME Forum Basel (http://www.elixir-europe.org/events/innovation-and-sme-forum-basel-swit…) to their relevant industry contacts.
Job Vacancies at the ELIXIR Hub
The ELIXIR Hub is currently hiring three posts:
- * Project Manager (CORBEL)
- * Personal Assistant to the ELIXIR Director
- * Administrative Assistant
Full details of all posts are available on the ELIXIR vacancies page (http://elixir-europe.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=751beffce2e491f…) .
EMBL-EBI Training webinar: UniChem, 13th May, 2015 (16:00 UK time)
Jon Chambers from ChEMBL at EMBL-EBI will be delivering a webinar on the UniChem tool at 1600 GMT (1700 CET) Wednesday 13th May. UniChem provides a database of links between chemical structures and can be used to aid the integration of chemical data into other web tools and resources. UniChem was developed with funding from the BioMedBridges project and the EU-OPENSCREEN research infrastructure.You can register for the webinar here: UniChem webinar (http://elixir-europe.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=751beffce2e491f9… information about the EMBL-EBI Training webinar series can be found here (http://elixir-europe.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=751beffce2e491f9…) .News from the ELIXIR NodesELIXIR Finland Launch eventOn Monday, ELIXIR Finland held an event to celebrate its launch at the Finnish Natural History Museum in Helsinki.The event comprised keynote presentations from members of the life science community and the Ministry of Education and Culture; and demonstrations of the impact of infrastructure services offered by the Node.A photo from the event is included below.
Reminder of Key Meetings/Dates
HoN teleconference (4 June, 09:00-12:00 BST, 10:00-13:00 CEST)
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) (http://www.elixir-europe.org/events/biomedbridges-open-symposium-buildi…)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…)