Two fantastic events on the radar for September and November:
ELIXIR Virtual BioHackathon-Europe 2020
9-13 November 2020 | Online
Registration
We have less than 100 seats left for this virtual BioHackathon. Hurry up, register today and don't miss your spot.
Register now
Hacking projects
You can hand-pick the project that most inspires you from a long list of exciting topics.
Check them out
ECCB latest announcements
31 August8 September 2020 | Online
Scientific Programme
The scientific programme includes not only the keynotes and themes but the European and Latin American focused sessions.
Discover the programme
Registration
Registration remains open, but some tutorials with limited capacity are filling up fast.
Go to registration
ELIXIR Track at ECCB
You can find the 4 workshops and tutorials organised by ELIXIR on the ECCB website
Go to the pre-meetings page
Tip of the week
Do you need Impact references relevant to Research Infrastructures?
We have recently put together an annotated Impact reference list
Access the Impact reference list
Updates from Nodes
ELIXIR-ES | The DatAC platform publishes a research paper
'DatAC: A visual analytics platform to explore climate and air quality indicators associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain'
DatAC Data Against COVID-19 was launched earlier this year in July to integrate COVID-19 data with environmental and meteorological factors for each Spanish region. DatAC not only centralises and integrates data but implements different analysis and visual exploration functionalities to find relevant patterns.
Read the DatAC paper
Go to the DatAC platform
ELIXIR-FR | IFB publishes its first newsletter in English
This IFB newsletter, exclusively in English, will regularly provide information about the IFB's national and international activities from its platforms and bioinformatics research teams.
Subscribe now to the IFB newsletter
Read the first issue from June
Updates from Platforms
Application reopens for training funding
A Node to Node exchange
We are to grant 2000 per course for 13 more applications. 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
Apply now for the training grant
Updates from other initiatives
BBMRI publishes an article on how they support COVID19 actions
Recommended read
The Biobank RI has recently published an article on 'BBMRI-ERIC's contributions to research and knowledge exchange on COVID-19.'
Read the article on Europe PMC site
RDA Europe needs your feedback
Short 3-5 minutes survey closing on 4 September 2020
RDA Europe is running a short survey to collect feedback on the RDA national nodes activities. Your input will help the RDA node coordinators to support their communities and plan future national activities.
You can either log in to complete it or fill it in anonymously.
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
19th European Conference on Computational Biology
31 August8 September 2020 | Online
Registration for the virtual ECCB2020 is now open!
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 is now open!
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
Programmer / IT Specialist
Masaryk University
Postdoctoral researcher in cancer germline genetics at the Computational Biology group
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS)
Programmer / IT Specialist
RECETOX and Loschmidt Laboratories
Research Engineer - Development of data science web apps for epidemiology
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS) - part of ELIXIR-ES
Bioinformatics Technician at the INB coordination node
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS)