This week's highlights
BioHackathon Europe 2023: Call for project proposals!
Deadline: 10 April 2023
The BioHackathon Europe brings together bioinformaticians from around the world offering an intense week of hacking on diverse and exciting projects. Submit your project proposals by Oxford Abstract ahead of the deadline of 10 April 2023.
More information and submission
2023 ELIXIR All Hands registration opens tomorrow
5-8 June 2023 | Dublin, Ireland
Registration for 2023 ELIXIR All Hands will open tomorrow. Join us at All Hands 2023 in the Dublin Convention Centre in Dublin, 5-8 June 2023.
Registration link
Event website
Improving the FAIRification of human copy number variation information
A 24-month project involving 10 ELIXIR Nodes has led to improved standardisation of the storage and analysis of human copy number variation (hCNV) data. Standardising hCNV data will help understand why some diseases occur and accelerate the discovery of diagnostic tests and therapeutics.
Read the news
Recommended reads
Making Bioinformatics Training Events and Material More Discoverable Using TeSS, the ELIXIR Training Portal
An ELIXIR Training Portal protocal
Sharing training material has several benefits, such as providing a record of recognition as an author, offering inspiration to other trainers, enabling researchers to discover training resources for their personal learning path, and improving the training resource landscape using data-driven gap analysis from the bioinformatics community. In this article, the authors present a series of protocols for using the ELIXIR online training registry Training eSupport System (TeSS). TeSS provides a one-stop shop for trainers and trainees to discover online information and content, including training materials, events, and interactive tutorials.
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An evaluation of EDAM coverage in the Tools Ecosystem and prototype integration of Galaxy and WorkflowHub systems
An ELIXIR Tools Ecosystem paper
The Tools Ecosystem is a centralised repository for the open and transparent exchange of metadata about software tools and services in bioinformatics and life sciences. It serves as a foundation for the sustainability and interoperability of the diverse Tools Platform services and includes a number of related resources outside of the ELIXIR Tools Platform. The authors report the results of a project at the BioHackathon Europe 2022. Its goals were to cross-compare and analyse the metadata centralised in the Tools Ecosystem.
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Updates from Nodes
Webinar: Customising data management planning with DSW
28 February 2023 | 13:00-14:00 CET
This webinar will present the basic way of planning with Data Stewardship Wizard (DSW) and emphasise the possibilities of customisations that the tool offers.
Submit an abstract for [BC]2 Basel Computational Biology Conference
Call for abstracts deadline: 15 March 2023
11-13 September 2023 | Basel, Switzerland
The [BC]2 Basel Computational Biology Conference is Switzerlands leading event of data-driven life science. The conference brings together around 500 scientists from academia, industry and healthcare. This year's theme is Big data in biology promises and challenges with Elisabeth Bik and Fabian Theis as keynote speakers.
More information and abstract submission
Save the date: Health-RI conference
12 October 2023 | Utrecht, Netherlands
Health-RI is planning the 8th conference on 12 October 2023 in Utrecht, Netherlands. More information will follow soon on the Health-RI website.
Check the website
Updates from Platforms
CDR selection process for 2023 is now opened
The ELIXIR Hub has opened the CDR selection process for 2023. The expression of interest (EOI) period expires on 13 March 2023.
Nodes are requested to send a simple list of the names of intended biodata resources applicants. This list is to be sent by your respective Head of Node/Node leadership to core-resources [at] elixir-europe.org. Please contact your relevant Node leaders to ensure your resource is included.
For further dates and updates please check the CDR timeline web page
For any further queries please contact fabio.liberante [at] elixir-europe.org (Fabio Liberante)
RIR selection process for 2023 is now opened
The ELIXIR Hub has opened the RIR selection process for 2023. The expression of interest (EOI) period expires on 13 March 2023.
Prospective RIR applicants must send names of intended applicants to clare.garrard [at] elixir-europe.org (Clare Garrard) with the subject 'ELIXIR RIR expression of interest'.
For further dates and information please check the RIR timeline web page
For any direct queries please contact fabio.liberante [at] elixir-europe.org (Fabio Liberante)
Register for ELIXIR Tools Platform F2F meeting
27-29 March 2023 | Leiden, Netherlands
The ELIXIR Tools Platform F2F meeting will include presentations and discussions focusing on planning for the new ELIXIR Programme for 2024-28. It will also include a small content-a-thon to collectively tackle other topics which may include EDAM, CRYPT4GH, Software Best Practices and/or other proposed topics. This will be a hybrid meeting but F2F participation is encouraged.
Register now
Updates from Communities
Final call:ELIXIR Toxicology Community: Call for one new co-lead
Deadline: 6 March 2023
The ELIXIR Toxicology Community is looking for one new co-lead to join the current Community leadership team (Rob Stierum, Egon Willighagen and Marvin Martens). Candidates should submit a short statement of their background and what they believe they will bring to the role.
Thank you to Chris Evelo for his co-leadership and for helping to establish the Community.
For any questions or nominations, please contact clare.garrard [at] elixir-europe.org (Clare Garrard)
More information
Register for the ELIXIR Systems Biology Community F2F/hybrid & Implementation Study kick-off Meeting
12 - 14 April 2023 | Hybrid - Braga, Portugal
Registration deadline: 23 March (in person) | 11 April (online)
The Systems Biology Community will hold their combined F2F/hybrid and Implementation Study kickoff meeting in April. The meeting will include presentations, round tables, and a workshop on Microbiome modelling.
Find out more and register now
Updates from Focus Groups
RDA Focus Group summary report
The RDA Focus Group would like to share its group summary report document for reporting on the upcoming 20th RDA Plenary in Gothenbrug, Sweden which is taking place on 21-23 March 2023. The template for the report is linked here and all ELIXIR attendees are welcomed to contribute.
The report will be discussed in detail on the next focus group call on 17 April 2023, 13:00-14:00 CEST (Zoom and agenda).
For more information or to join the mailing list please contact gavin.farrell [at] elixir-europe.org (Gavin Farrell)
Updates from Other Initiatives
PerMedCoE summer school: from path modeling tools to cell-level simulators
Application deadline: 6 March 2023
25-30 June 2023 | Barcelona, Spain
The course is primarily aimed at PhD students and postdocs with an interest in the area of cell-level simulation, gaining first-hand experience in using diverse biomedical modelling tools, and how such tools could be used as part of workflows on HPC environments.
The organisers encourage applications from women and underrepresented groups and have made available a limited number of grants.
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. For more, visit TeSS portal
BioSB Series: Knowledge graphs in the life sciences
13-17 March 2023 | Wageningen, the Netherlands
SIB course: Reproducible research with R: from data management to communication of results
23-24 March 2023 | Lausanne, Switzerland
SIB course: Enrichment Analysis
31 March 2023 | Virtual
Galaxy: Smrgsbord 2023
22-26 May 2023 | Online
ELIXIR Events and Conferences
Training Platform 2023 F2F meeting
7-9 March 2023 | Hybrid - Rome, Italy
Tools Platform 2023 F2F meeting
27-29 March 2023 | Leiden, Netherlands
ELIXIR Systems Biology Community F2F/hybrid & Implementation Study kick-off Meeting
12 - 14 April 2023 | Hybrid - Braga, Portugal
ELIXIR Innovation and SME Forum: AI in Health Research
13 April 2023 | Utrecht, the Netherlands
ELIXIR All Hands 2023
5-8 June 2023 | Dublin, Ireland
BioHackathon Europe 2023
30 October - 3 November 2023 | Barcelona, Spain
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