Weekly Brief, 1 September 2020

ECCB starts today!

For 9 days, ECCB2020 brings together scientific communities from all over the globe to interact and keep pace with cutting edge research in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology fields.

You are still on time to register for the major conference on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics this year in Europe.

You can still register until 4 September 2020

Tip of the week

Did you know we have dedicated guidelines for online events?
Take a look at the checklist to streamline your online meetings processes.
Go to ELIXIR virtual event guidelines

Updates from Platforms

Closing today Community Curators Survey

In June, the Data Platform launched a survey about community data curation to engage community curators. The survey aims to identify:

curator communities
key databases to specific research communities
curator engagement opportunities
the training needs of community curators.

The findings of the survey will be published on the Data Platform page once the survey closes.
Deadline tonight.

Take the survey

Application for training funding

A Node to Node exchange

We are to grant 2000 per course. Do not miss the chance to connect with other Nodes, create new or more robust networks for participants and teachers, and get the training you need. For any questions or doubts, reach out to Jessica Lindvall (ELIXIR-SE) jessica.lindvall@nbis.se

CLARIFICATION
The funding is not only for travelling and accommodation but also for e.g. trainers' salaries to work on implementing course materials or adapting established materials/courses to online use.
We will grant funding for up to 10 applications
Deadline 25 September 2020

Apply now for the training grant Upcoming ELIXIR events & webinars

ELIXIR Training Courses & Webinars

The ELIXIR TeSS portal has a variety of interesting events and courses organised by the ELIXIR Nodes. A link off to the TeSS portal

ELIXIR Events and Conferences

EuroScience Open Forum

26 September 2020 | Trieste, Italy and Online

ELIXIR will present 'Open Data InfrastructureA Driver for Innovation Ecosystem' during the Science to business session (Track: Innovation Ecosystems).

ELIXIR's Virtual BioHackathon-Europe

913 November 2020 | Now Online

Registration deadline: 18 September 2020

Job vacancies

All vacancies are also published on the ELIXIR website (also including those from industry). If you need our help communicating your new open positions, you can submit a job advertisement and it will automatically appear on our newsletters. Go to our vacancy page to submit a job

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