Hub updates
Mikael Linden (CSC - ELIXIR Finland) has recently joined the ELIXIR Hub as a visiting scientist. He will support the work of the ELIXIR Compute platform.
bioCADDIE Identifiers Working Group has launched a Request for Comments on bioCADDIE DDI Identifier Recommendations.
Updates from Nodes
ELIXIR Portugal has recently launched a new ELIXIR Portugal website, using the ELIXIR Node website template. The template is available to all ELIXIR Nodes, including basic installation support from the ELIXIR Hub. Contact us at info@elixir-europe.org.
Platform updates
The Interoperability platform has published a technical update on its recent activities. They concern the review of BioSharing as the ELIXIR Standards Registry, the review of existing Identity Resolution and Mapping Services, and the Use Case Workstream.
There is still time for representatives from ELIXIR Nodes to assist the ELIXIR Interoperability platform by completing a short survey by the Gene Ontology (GO) project. The results will help GO to provide a better service to its users. An ELIXIR Data and Software Carpentry Instructor Training workshop will be held 13-14 January in Lausanne, Switzerland for trainers from all ELIXIR Nodes who wish to become Software and Data Carpentry instructors. Dates have been announced for a Resource Hackathon : DebianMed taking place in Lyngby, Denmark 4-7 February 2016 and a Thematic Hackathon: Metagenomics taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark 6-8 April 2016. Further details to follow.
Capacity Building updates
The first ELIXIR-EXCELERATE Node Development Workshop was held in the Prague House in Brussels, Belgium on 3-4 November 2015. The slides and full report will be available shortly.
Job board
The University of Tartu is seeking a developer to join the ELIXIR Estonia team more information can be found via the ELIXIR website. The deadline for applications is this Friday 13 November.
Upcoming events
12 November 2015 | Madrid, Spain
ELIXIR Spain Industry Programme: Bioinformatics as a driver of innovation
16-17 November 2015 | Luxembourg
European Data Forum 2015
17-18 November 2015 | Hinxton, UK
BioMedBridges Symposium: Open bridges for life science data
30 November-3 December 2015 | Geneva, Switzerland
Training course on Using the Semantic Web for faster (Bio-)Research
30 November-4 December 2015 | Utrecht, Netherlands
BioSB Course on Managing and Integrating Life Science Information: Approaches using Linked Data and Semantics
2-4 December | Amsterdam, Netherlands
EXCELERATE tool platform - Technical Hackathon 2: EDAM development heuristics
10 December 2015 | Cambridge, UK
ELIXIR-EXCELERATE Kick off Meeting