Happily working on skills and competencies, mostly related to data stewardship, at Health-RI/ELIXIR-NL, TDCC-LSH, RDNL, ELIXIR-Europe and EOSC!
https://www.health-ri.nl/, https://tdcc.nl/about-tddc/lsh/, https://eosc.eu/opportunity-area-exp/oa5-skills-
Looking forward to #EOSCSymposium2025! Find me to discuss our challenges&opportunities related to training/skills in the EOSC ecosystem. I will also speak in the November 5 session related to this topic. #skills#training#engagement#Health-RI@elixir-nl.bsky.social#OA5EGeosc.eu/opportunity-...
Data stewards (NL): join a hands-on workshop on Strategic Data Stewardship & Change Management by Antje Manske.
📅 28 May 2026, The Hague (DANS)
💶 €275 (incl. lunch) | Max 15
Register by 7 May: tdcc.nl/evenementen/...
💙 Love Data Week 2026 is coming!
📅 Feb 9–13 | 🌐 Online & free
Join researchers, data stewards & open science fans for a week of talks and workshops on all things research data.
👉 Register now: fwo.idloom.events/love-data-we...#LoveDataWeek#ResearchData#OpenScience
🇸🇰 Slovakia has become the newest member to join #ELIXIR, following the signature of the ELIXIR Consortium Agreement by the Ministry of Education, Research and Youth. 🙌 This brings the number of ELIXIR members to 23.
Read the news 👉 https://loom.ly/h4CyhJo
New blog! ✍️
The DReaMS community is committed to advancing research software management (RSM) through training, and emphasising the importance of sustainability, version control, and FAIR and Open Science. Read the account of the community meetup:
blog.esciencecenter.nl/strengthenin...
Introduction to Data Stewardship Microcredential (DH5001) has just launched at UCC (online/in-person).
Duration: 13 weeks
Closing date for applications: 25th Jan 2026
Starting: 9 Feb 2026
Cost: €1000
Practical, professional skills in research data management.
Register: www.ucc.ie/en/dh5001/
𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗫𝗜𝗥-𝗡𝗹 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱: 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮-𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲
Join us on 9 Dec 2025 at VU Amsterdam to explore open, collaborative, data-driven research in health & green life sciences.
Themes: #Tools#Training#Interoperability#Compute
💡 Share your ELIXIR work in a pitch!
Register now → lnkd.in/esSiqtA8
From the @narjournal.bsky.social#NARDatabaseIssue | EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in 2025 | #Bioinformatics#OpenData#OpenScience#Proteomics#Genomics#Bioimaging 🧬 🖥️🧪🔓
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We are pleased to share more insights from the ATRIUM Skillset Assessment & Gap Analysis Report, which surveyed 300+ humanities researchers!🏺
These statistics relate to FAIR principles & #OpenScience
🔸 Full report on Zenodo: zenodo.org/records/1691...
The #TIER2 Reproducibility Training is now live on the #OpenPlato platform. Developed with #OpenAIRE, the programme offers structured guidance for publishers, qualitative researchers and AI-driven research communities. Open, self-paced and free to access.
Learn more: www.openaire.eu/strengthenin...
Don't forget: next Monday, Nov 17: presentation of FAIRagro Use Case 11 “BrAPI Integration on PSI Hardware” as part of the ELIXIR Plant Community Call: Marc Heuermann and Manuel Feser (IPK Leibniz Institute) will present the results of their work at 3:00 p.m. (online) All information: t1p.de/kl2lj
Just 4 days until the start of I2K and its 33 totally free image analysis tutorials and events! Please share with your "home networks", especially early career researchers - the videos will be amazing and high-impact no matter how many people attend live, BUT (1/x)
Ook leuk: het RMO (@rmoudheden.bsky.social) is iedere donderdagavond open… en er is altijd iets te doen! Bijvoorbeeld op donderdag 4 december: dan ga ik voor de RMO-podcast ‘Verleden verteld’ met conservator Daniel Soliman in gesprek over ‘De vloek van het oude Egypte’!
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Interested in learning materials to prepare undergraduate students for working with pathogens and pathogen data? I’m hosting a small curriculum development sprint/workshop. Industry/clinical and educators needed.
Please share. Apply by November 28, 2025
dnalc.cshl.edu/pdn-2026-wor...
"We have reached a point where the importance of preserving data for the longterm is widely acknowledged. Now we have to start thinking about what not to keep."
Read the story of #datasteward Femmy Admiraal @unileiden.bsky.socialtdcc.nl/spotlight-on...
Spotlight on series ▶️ tdcc.nl/category/spo...
📣 Stay up to date with the latest in #TranslationalMedicine.
Subscribe to Translational Trends - the EATRIS newsletter with updates, stories, and opportunities from across the #TranslationalResearch community, and beyond!
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SIB is organizing the next edition of #eccb2026 (Geneva, 31.08.2026 - 04.09.2026), and we are now inviting the community to submit their tutorial and workshop proposals.
👉 A great opportunity to share tools, methods and expertise with 1,000+ international participants. Deadline: 5 January 2026.
📣 The call for tutorials & workshops at #ECCB2026 is now open! Share your tools, methods or expertise with the community.
🗓️ Deadline: 5 January 2026
👉 Submit: tinyurl.com/tw-eccb26
💡 ECCB will take place on 31 Aug–4 Sept in Geneva, gathering 1,000+ scientists from academia, industry, & healthcare.
🚀 The word is out! A new edition of the 4TU.ResearchData FAIR Data Fund is now open! Researchers from Delft University of Technology, University of Twente, Eindhoven University of Technology and Wageningen University & Research can apply for our fund. More info: community.data.4tu.nl/the-fair-dat...
From @plos.org#Computational#Biology | Ten rules for a structural bioinformatic analysis | i like Recommendation #10: Visualize everything! | #Bioinformatics#Education#Recommendations#NotSimpleRules 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓 CC/ @ppalagi.bsky.social
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Your gateway to European Open Science is here.
The #EOSCEUNode lets you log in and get started instantly. Access services like Virtual Machines & Interactive Notebooks with EC-provided credits.
Watch the video and explore tutorials to begin.
Learn more: go.egi.eu/frRvh#EOSC#EOSCSymposium2025
With the #EOSCSymposium2025 starting next week, EGI and partner e-infras have published a joint paper on EOSC's future.
It outlines requirements for a sustainable EOSC post-2027, covering funding, governance, and SLAs. A timely read for the Brussels discussions.
📥 Read it here: go.egi.eu/N5CdK
Welche Missionen haben eigentlich die #NFDI-Konsortien, welche Services bieten sie und wie sind sie international angebunden?
Die neuen Einseiter der NFDI-Konsortien bieten hierzu einen kompakten Überblick durch kurze, standardisierte Steckbriefe.
➡️ zenodo.org/records/1735...
Today at #NOSF2025 the #TDCC-LSH team will present a poster about our work and organizes - together with TDCC-NES and TDCC-SSH a workshop about #interoperability! tdcc.nl/about-tddc/l...@opensciencenl.bsky.social
Today at #NOSF2025 data professionals can prioritise the most pressing training needs from their daily practice in the #RDNL workshop on building a national training and community platform. Meet the team in the workshop or at our poster!!
More info at researchdata.nl
The authors of a Comment article discuss how scientists, research institutions, funders, libraries and publishers must all improve software practices. They outline recommendations for an approach to handle software better. #Academicsky 🧪
@ema.europa.eu has published a draft reflection paper on #PatientExperience data, open for consultation until 31 Jan 2026. It calls for integrating patients’ perspectives throughout the medicine lifecycle from development to regulation.
👉 https://loom.ly/YvxGqjs
Malvika Sharan: Open science is "not only about consuming knowledge" but also about *sharing your knowledge* and ultimately *building a community*.
#SciSoc2025@embl.org#openscience
Heading to #OSF in Groningen 24Oct? Join RDNL to help shape the Dutch Data Steward Curriculum & Community! 🧭 Share your insights on real-world skills & learning paths for data professionals. What makes sense and what's missing? Let’s co-create the future of data stewardship. Sign up: edu.nl/qcnkv
🎉 Happy #InternationalRSEDay! 🌍
Today, we celebrate the Research Software Engineers who make open, reproducible, and reliable research possible.
At rOpenSci, we’re proud to support and collaborate with RSEs who build, review, and maintain open research software, making science more transparent […]
📢 We're hiring! Join TU Delft Library as a Trainer in Research Data Management & Digital Skills. 2 temp positions (until 31 Dec 2026) in a diverse, international team.
📅 Apply by 22 Oct
🔗 Info: careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-Tr...
Did you know we offer free training materials for your own use? 🎓 All materials are collaboratively developed with the research community and are openly available. For instance, our lesson materials about good practices in research software development carpentries-incubator.github.io/good-practic...
From #OUP 's #DATABASE journal | Navigating #OpenSource waters: the pharmaceutical #industry's role in #bioontology development | #Bioinformatics#Genomics#Ontology#OpenScience 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓 🇩🇰
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We recently published a video titled Open Licensing for Research with Creative Commons. It explains how CC licenses work, why CC BY is the most open option, and how openly licensing your research with CC can strengthen the power of the scientific community.
Watch it here: youtu.be/_IBTfklg8q0?....
📣 ELIXIR has published a position paper on the importance of #OpenData infrastructure for 🌍 European competitiveness in life sciences.
Read the news 👉 https://loom.ly/22XW72k
#ResearchInfrastructure #Science4EU
“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.” Henry James
Kindness costs nothing and changes everything.
It can be practical, powerful and often is needed far more than we realise.
Be kind.
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#kindness#positivity