Based on the discussions at the Heads of Nodes TC last week, we hereby send the Project Plans for Commissioned Services for approval by Heads of Nodes via Written Procedure. Pending agreement, the plans will be presented to the ELIXIR Board for approval at its meeting in April and, if approved, will begin on 1 June 2021.
After a comprehensive internal and external evaluation process, ELIXIR announces four new Recommended Interoperability Resources (RIR). The BioImage Informatics Index (BIII), FAIRtracks, OmicsDI and PLAZA have joined the list alongside the existing ten.
Read the news release
This website-based toolkit, a collaborative effort from all ELIXIR Nodes, is designed to guide life scientists and data stewards in managing their research data.
The RDMkit will get its public beta release on 31 March 2021. We envision this to become a flagship resource for ELIXIR in research data management, covering all aspects relevant to life sciences.
The 2019-23 Programme mid-term review meeting will take place virtually in June 2021. Due to time constraints, a virtual meeting could exclude periodic reviews of ELIXIR Nodes. Heads of Nodes are asked to contact the Hub in the event that there is an immediate need for a periodic Node review by the ELIXIR SAB is to take place in 2021.
For requests or questions, please contact Joana Wingender
(joana.wingender@elixir-europe.org)
The Public Summary Report from the ELIXIR Industry Advisory Committee Teleconference from 20 January 2021 is available on the ELIXIR website.
Final Reminder!
The ELIXIR Hub has held meetings with the OneHealth European Joint Programme, which funds research projects relating to animal health, zoonoses, AMR and emerging threats.
EMBL-EBI has initiated a call for data sharing as open data is key to accelerate COVID-19 research and prepare for future outbreaks. Our director Niklas Blomberg, EMBLs DG Edith Heard, EMBl-EBI's directors Ewan Birney and Rolf Apwiler, Guy Cochrane, Christine Durinx and hundreds of other scientists have already signed it.
We encourage all ELIXIR members to sign the letter in support of open data.