Ready For BioData Management? – Introduction to Data Management Plans (Online) @ IPB

The third edition of the course was held on July 20th for the Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPB), to an audience of 24 participants (2 of which only attended the theoretical lectures), which were mostly post-doctoral researchers and PhD students. It is important to highlight the presence of 9 foreign participants, mainly from African universities, which supports the diversity and value of BioData.pt and its capacity-building activities.

Ready For BioData Management? - Introduction to Data Management Plans (Online)

Ready For BioData Management? – Introduction to Data Management Plans is an introductory one-day course aiming at disseminating Data Management best practices and teaching the basics of making and using Data Management Plans (DMPs) in the context of research activities. It is organized by BioData.pt and sponsored by the Portuguese node of the Research Data Alliance.

BioData.pt Newsletter

On the 24th of January, BioData.pt oficially launched the first issue of its newsletter! Comprising of two sections: one for the upcoming events and one for latest news, the BioData.pt newsletter will be sent up to two weeks in advance of the events it is sharing. Banner for the BioDataPT newsletter

Forum BioData.pt: Value Creation for Healthcare System’s Genomics Data

The Forum BioData.pt: Value Creation for Healthcare System’s Genomics Data, took place in the last 14th of January , at i3S – Porto, with experts from the private sector, research infrastructures, the national health system, and bioethics. It gathered Ana Portugal Melo, Ana Sofia Carvalho, Manuel Teixeira and Noémia Afonso, in a round table moderated by José Pereira Leal.

Plant Phenotyping-Genotyping Data Management Workshop

Hosted by BioData.pt's Plant Sciences Community on the afternoon of November 12th, 2019, the Plant Phenotyping-Genotyping Data Management Workshop started with a keynote address by invited speaker Dr. Anne-Françoise Adam-Blondon, in front of an almost full auditorium at the ITQB, which presented the extensive work of ELIXIR's Plant Sciences Community to enable plant phenotyping-genotyping data management.

Creating value from Data Management

For the first time in Portugal BioData.pt gathered for the event “Ready for Data Management - Creating value from Data Management” five of the top heads of Bioinformatics in Portugal: Arlindo Oliveira (IST), Cláudio Sunkel (replaced at the last minute by Jorge Vieira, both from IBMC), Élio Sucena (IGC), Pedro Cruz (IBET), Rogério Gaspar (FFUL), Mário Gaspar Silva (INESC ID /Elixir Portugal), José Pereira Leal (BioData/Ophiomics).
From left to right: Élio Sucena (IGC), Jorge Vieira (IBMC), Arlindo Oliveira (IST), Isabel Rocha (UNL), Pedro Cruz (IBET), Rogério Gaspar (FFUL), Ulrike Wittig (Heidelberg Univ.), Mário Gaspar Silva (INESC ID)
From left to right: Élio Sucena (IGC), Jorge Vieira (IBMC), Arlindo Oliveira (IST), Isabel Rocha (UNL), Pedro Cruz (IBET), Rogério Gaspar (FFUL), Ulrike Wittig (Heidelberg Univ.), Mário Gaspar Silva (INESC ID)