Hub updates
The ELIXIR Board held its autumn meeting in Hinxton, UK last week. The main outcomes of the meeting were the approval of ELIXIR's Work Plan and budget for 2017, a batch of ELIXIR Implementation Studies for 2017, the approval of Hungary's application to join ELIXIR.
The ELIXIR Board has also adopted the ELIXIR ELSI Policy, which puts in place a structure to govern ethical and legal aspects of accessing and re-using sensitive life-science data.
The ELIXIR AAI was launched last week. You can now log in to the ELIXIR Intranet and other enabled services using your ORCID ID, LinkedIn or your university or institution account (if enabled by them). Link your accounts to your ELIXIR profile.
Platform updates
The ELIXIR AAI was launched last week. You can now log in to the ELIXIR Intranet and other enabled services using your ORCID ID, LinkedIn or your university or institution account (if enabled by them). Link your accounts to your ELIXIR profile. EmTraG launched, a new initiative to improve the coordination of metabolomics training across Europe in which several members of the ELIXIR Training Platform are involved. A reminder that the deadline is fast approaching for the submission of ELIXIR Core Data Resources as part of the process for the selection of ELIXIR Core Data Resources. All case study documents need to be submitted by 1 December to core-resources@elixir-europe.org.
The recording from the second webinar on the process for the selection of ELIXIR Core Data Resources to answer any questions from Nodes on what is expected from the submissions can be found via the ELIXIR website.
Updates from Nodes
Peter Løngreen (ELIXIR Denmark) will present a webinar on the Danish cloud - computerome this Wednesday 30 November 2016, 15.00 CET, as part of the ELIXIR Webinar Series. Join the webinar here.
The Computerome is the Danish National Supercomputer for Life Sciences, available also to the international community. The launch event of ELIXIR Belgium will take place on 9 February 2017. ELIXIR France (IFB) launched a new website: www.france-bioinformatique.fr ELIXIR Finland (CSC Finland) was presented at the BioMediTech Research Day 2016 last week at the University of Tampere.
Job board
The ELIXIR Hub is seeking an Events Officer (Maternity cover) and a ELIXIR-EXCELERATE Project Manager.
Leiden University Medical Centre (ELIXIR- Netherlands) currently has various positions available in the area of bioinformatics.
Upcoming events
ELIXIR Webinars
30 November 2016 15:00 CET
ELIXIR Webinar: Danish cloud - computerome
Recordings from previous webinars can be found via the ELIXIR website.
ELIXIR events
16-19 January 2017 | Strasbourg, France
European Galaxy Developer Workshop (EGDW 2017)
9 February 2017 | Ghent, Belgium
ELIXIR Belgium launch event
27-28 February 2017 | Helsinki, Finland
ELIXIR SME & Innovation Forum event
21-23 March 2017 | Rome, Italy
ELIXIR All Hands 2017
ELIXIR related Workshops and Courses organised by ELIXIR Nodes
5-8 December 2016 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands9th International SWAT4LS conference: Semantic Web applications and tools for life sciences
30 January - 3 February 2017 | Hinxton, UK
Data Visualisation for Biology: a practical workshop on design, techniques and tools