Updates from Platforms
The ELIXIR Data Platform is accepting proposals for Implementation Studies to start in 2018. The deadline for applications of 31 October.
The call entitled Integration of Data Resources from ELIXIR Nodes: Increasing the sustainability of the ELIXIR Data Resource landscape will now support 6-10 Implementation Studies. The duration of the work (12 months) and maximum resource per application (18 person months) remain unchanged, as do the Objectives, Scope and Eligibility Criteria.
More information can be found from the 6 September slides and webinar. Rachel Drysdale is happy to answer any questions. The Tools Platform is organising Biocontainers hackathon in Paris, France, on 9-11 October 2017. The Technical Coordinators Group (TeCG) and the Training Coordinators Group (TrCG) will have their annual face to face meeting together in Paris on 11-13 October 2017
Updates from Nodes
Read the latest news from ELIXIR-NL in the Dutch Techcentre for Life Sciences (DTL) newsletter for September 2017. For new from ELIXIR-Switzerland, see the latest SIB quarterly Newsletter.
ELIXIR-Switzerland are running the following courses:
Snakemake for scalable and reproducible data analysis, 5 November 2017, Zurich
Proteogenomics and Immunopeptidomics, 29 November - 1 December 2017, Lausanne
Statistics for Life Scientists, 11-14 December, Basel
Job board
ELIXIR Hub is looking for Junior Project Manager to support the management of EXCELERATE and CORBEL.
There are three ELIXIR Platform Coordinator positions open to coordinate the Tools, Compute or Interoperability Platforms.
ELIXIR Sweden is looking for Application expert - medical research supercomputer systems to work at the SciLifeLab in Uppsala.
There are two internship positions open at the ELIXIR Hub: the Bioschemas internship and the ELIXIR Beacons internship.
ELIXIR Germany is looking for a Computer Science / Bioinformatics / cloud computing scientist at the Bioinformatics Department, Medizinisches Proteom-Center. Link to the advert in English.
EMBL-EBI is looking for an ELIXIR Competency Centre Project Manager to work within a new EC funded project - European Open Science Cloud Hub.
Upcoming events
The ELIXIR TeSS portal has a wide variety of inspirational events and courses organised by the ELIXIR Nodes. ELIXIR events
9-11 October 2017 | Paris, FranceELIXIR biocontainers hackathon
9-10 October 2017 | Brussels, Belgium
ELIXIR Innovation and SME Forum: Data-driven innovation in food, nutrition and the microbiome
11-13 October 2017 | Paris, France
Joint ELIXIR Technical and Training Co-ordinators meeting
14-15 November 2017 | Paris, France
ELIXIR Innovation and SME Forum: Data Driven Innovation in Rare Diseases and Personalised Medicine
4-7 June 2018 | Berlin, Germany
ELIXIR All Hands meeting