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ELIXIR Knowledge Exchange Scheme (EKES)
The EKES covers travel and accommodation expenses and salaries of ELIXIR members to work on a collaborative project with an industry partner.
For 2021, we will allow salary costs up to 1 PM to be included in the project proposal. This new possibility has been introduced to facilitate knowledge exchange amid travel restrictions.
Find out more about how to apply
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Funding knowledgebases: Towards a sustainable funding model for the UniProt use case
Millions of life scientists across the world rely on bioinformatics data resources for their research projects. Data resources can be very expensive, especially those with a high added value as the expert-curated knowledgebases. Despite the increasing need for such highly accurate and reliable sources of scientific information, most of them do not have secured funding over the near future and...
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2nd Galaxy-ELIXIR webinar series. Open Data Infrastructures to tackle COVID-19 pandemic
20 January 2021 | 56 pm CET, Online
In a series of six webinar sessions, experts from ELIXIR and the global Galaxy community from the US, Australia and Europe will demonstrate how open access and open science are fundamental for fast and efficient response to public health crises.
The first session starts this Wednesday, on COVID-19 analysis in Galaxy: Lessons learned and introduction to the series.
Register for the first session
Tip of the week
Did you know you can now invite other ELIXIR members to subscribe to the Weekly brief? We carefully monitor all new subscribers to maintain the internal newsletter's confidentiality, while allowing a simpler yet GDPR compliant process.
Share the link with ELIXIR colleagues
Updates from Nodes
ELIXIR-BE publishes the first newsletter of 2021
The first newsletter of 2021 was released last week. It includes the achievements off 2020 and a few upcoming webinars and meetings.
Read the issue
ELIXIR-NL updates
Friederike Ehrhart (Maastricht University) presented the ELIXIR service bundle generation creation process to the FNS Cloud project. FNS Cloud is an infrastructure project for Food and Nutrition.
In the upcoming weeks, there will be three webinars from FAIRsFAIR in which ELIXIR-NL has participated in the content (see webinar section)
Updates from Platforms
Help the Training Platform discover gaps
510 minutes survey
In 2019, the ELIXIR Training Platform surveyed the training needs of its scientific communities with a gap analysis survey. The report is now available.
This year, the Platform opens the survey once again to optimise the resources provided. Raise your voice to make a change in the training programme.
Deadline: 12 February 2021
Share your opinion Updates from Communities
The Galaxy Community needs your expert feedback
Galaxy Community Conference 2021
Galaxy is organising the Galaxy Community Conference 2021, and they need your input for the training topic nominations.
This is your chance to nominate the topics you want to learn about or present during the conference's training workshop.
Deadline: 29 January 2021
Nominate training topics Updates from other initiatives
Join Cath Brooksbank (ELIXIR-EBI) in a webinar about the ISCB competency framework
26 January 2021 | 3 pm CET, Online
The ISCB competency framework was developed by the ISCB Education Committee in consultation with a global community of bioinformatics professionals. Initially written as a tool for bioinformatics educators to devise and assess curricula, it provides a minimum information standard defining competencies (including skills, knowledge and behaviours).
During the webinar, Cath will describe the new version of the framework and show how trainers and educators can use it in planning / updating their curricula.
Register to attend the ISCB webinar 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
FAIRsFAIR Webinar | Clearing some of the highest FAIR hurdles: PIDs, Metadata, and Semantic Interoperability for Data Stewards and Service providers
21 January 2021 | 12:30 pm CET, Online
CINECA Webinar | Introduction to FAIR principles Open science through FAIR health data networks: dream or reality?
21 January 2021| 34 pm CET, Online
FAIRsFAIR Webinar | Proposing an assessment framework for FAIR-enabling data services
29 January 2021 | 3 pm CET, Online
FAIRsFAIR Webinar | Clearing some of the highest FAIR hurdles: PIDs, Metadata, and Semantic Interoperability for Researchers
4 February 2021 |1ndash;2:30 pm CET, Online
ELIXIR-CONVERGE Workshop | Outreach to funders and policy-makers
12 February 2020 | 10 am3 pm CET, Online
ELIXIR Events and Conferences
Innovation and SME Forum: Data-Driven Innovation in the Agritech Sector
1012 March 2021 | Online
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
Data Steward - Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration in the Hub Information
Forschungszentrum Jlich, Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration
Backend Developer (m/f/d)
kloeckner.i
Communications and Community Outreach Officer
VIB
Research Software Engineer
VIB
Associate/Full Professor in Systems or Computational Biology
Maastricht University