From 25 to 27 June 2025, BioData.pt was represented at the course “Publicação de dados de biodiversidade através do GBIF – 2025”, hosted by GBIF Portugal at the Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), Lisbon. Our Data Steward, Miguel Cisneiros, joined this training initiative, which focused on

On 17 June, during the National Data Stewards Network meeting organised by Re.Data, BioData.pt officially announced the creation of a national Core Group of Data Stewards for Life and Health, an initiative supported by the GLIM-BioData RDM Centre. The Core Group is designed to bring together data

From June 2nd to 5th, the BioData.pt team proudly participated in the ELIXIR All Hands Meeting 2025, which took place in Thessaloniki, Greece. The event brought together hundreds of researchers, technical experts, and representatives from across the ELIXIR nodes, providing an excellent platform for

From 2 to 5 June, the city of Thessaloniki, Greece, hosted the ELIXIR All Hands Meeting 2025 — one of the flagship annual events of the ELIXIR infrastructure for life science data in Europe. The BioData.pt / ELIXIR Portugal team was proud to take part in this vibrant meeting, which offered a

From May 19 to 22, Gil Poiares-Oliveira and Miguel Cisneiros represented BioData.pt in Tartu, Estonia, at the ELITMa Module 2: Node Data Management Strategy training, organised by the ELIXIR Training Platform. This module was designed to support the development of robust data management strategies

The MALDIBANK project officially launched with its Kick-Off Meeting held in Braga, Portugal, from May 13 to 15, marking the beginning of a collaborative European effort to enhance microbial identification. BioData.pt participated in the meeting as one of the project’s official partners. MALDIBANK

On May 12, BioData.pt was invited to participate in the Bioinformatics Workshop hosted by the School of Tourism and Maritime Technology of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria. Representing BioData.pt, Luciana Peixoto presented the GLIM-BioData project, which focuses on strengthening research data

Braga, Portugal — May 13-15, 2025 Under the coordination of MIRRI-ERIC, MALDIBANK is a new 4-year project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Framework Programme. Build on a deep understanding and by leveraging the power of microbes, whose impact ranges from Ecosystems dynamics to

From May 6 to 8, BioData.pt took part in Jornadas FCCN 2025 in Aveiro — a national event dedicated to digital services for science, education, and research. Throughout the event, the BioData.pt team shared ongoing work to enhance data infrastructure and support researchers in managing life and

On 28 April 2025, CIIMAR, the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, hosted a hands-on training session on eLabFTW, an open-source electronic lab notebook (ELN) platform designed to support FAIR research data practices. The event was organised within the scope of the GLIM

The third and final round of the Portuguese League of Bioinformatics (LPB) took place on the second day of the Bioinformatics Open Days 2025, at the University of Minho, Braga. BioData.pt sponsored the prizes awarded to the top three teams, with the team from Slovenia taking first place, followed by

Sérgio Matos, Vice-President of the BioData.pt Administration Council and Professor at the University of Aveiro, represented BioData.pt | ELIXIR Portugal at the recent ELIXIR Compute Platform Face-to-Face (F2F) meeting, held in Munich, Germany, from 27 to 28 March 2025. This in-person event brought