Hub updates
The 2018 All Hands Programme Committee welcomes additional proposals for workshops at the All Hands meeting. The current list of proposed workshops is available online. If you have a topic in mind that you would like to cover at the All Hands meeting, please add it to the list by Thursday this week on 1 February.
We are launching Node Communications Toolkit - a series of guidelines to support Communications in ELIXIR Nodes. Your feedback is most welcome, send it to premysl.velek@elixir-europe.org.
A Royal Society report entitled a Snapshot of UK Research Infrastructures, features a case study on ELIXIR and includes descriptions of ELIXIR UK and EMBL-EBI.
A ScienceEurope framework on Discipline-specific Research Data Management also includes ELIXIR and FAIRsharing as a case study.
An OECD report on 'Business models for sustainable research data repositories' included interviews and input from the ELIXIR Hub, EMBL-EBI and SIB.
An OECD report on the 'Coordination and Support of International Research Data Networks was developed with input from ELIXIR.
ELIXIR will have a booth at the London Festival of Genomics this week on Tuesday and Wednesday. Follow on twitter via #genomicsfest
Updates from Platforms
The procedure for Extending the list of ELIXIR Deposition Databases has been published by the ELIXIR Data Platform. Please refer to that document if you would like to apply for a resource from your Node to be included in our Deposition Databases list.
Updates from Nodes
ELIXIR Belgium is organising three (R) tidyverse workshops between end of February and beginning of March, in Antwerp, Leuven and Ghent. You can find more information on TeSS. More beginner, intermediate and advanced workshops will be organised on demand, contact paula.martinez@elixir-belgium.org.
ELIXIR Italy is organising a Software Carpentry Workshop on 22-23 February in Milan. The registration closes this Wednesday on 31 January.
ELIXIR Netherlands is involved in two new training related ELIXIR Implementation studies - read about their planned activities and objectives.
Europe PMC (part of EMBL-EBI) is launching Techblog, to present and discuss the technical challenges behind building a world-class knowledgebase, and share their first-hand experience.
Job board
The Faculty of Biology and Chemistry at Justus Liebig University Gieen (part of de.NBI ELIXIR Germany) invites applications for a W1 Professorship (with W2 tenure track) for Algorithmic Bioinformatics. Application is open until 28 February 2018.
ELIXIR Hub is looking for Administrative Officer to support the operation of ELIXIRs governance structures and provide support to ELIXIR's internal communications. The deadline to apply is 18 February 2018.
ELIXIR Sweden has several openinigs for bioinformaticians at SciLifeLab in Stockholm. Deadline to apply is 13 February 2018.
Oxford e-Research Centre (part of ELIXIR UK) is recruiting two Research Software & Knowledge Engineers to work in Susanna A Sansone's team on infrastructure projects to deliver FAIR data and digital assets.
Upcoming events
The ELIXIR TeSS portal has a variety of interesting events and courses organised by the ELIXIR Nodes.
ELIXIR events
ELIXIR Webinar: Requirements in data protection law and the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation implementation