Our annual technical meeting took place in University of Minho School of Engineering this week. During the meeting, we discussed the opportunities, challenges, and needs of BioData.pt members. We had four active working groups that focused on different areas: Implementation of the metagenomics

Last week, Mariana de Freitas and Jorge Oliveira attended the EOSC-ENTRUST kick-off meeting in Amsterdam. The meeting was highly productive and focused on the project objectives which aim to create a European network of Trusted Research Environments (TREs). During the meeting, several EOSC projects

The Bioinformatics Open Days were held at UMinho last week. BioData.pt was one of the partners and had excellent representation. The program was enriched by the presence of Cátia Pesquita, Diana Lousa, and other BioData.pt members, who presented their work through oral and poster presentations

Last Wednesday, the BioData.pt Federated Human Data community met for the first time. Enthusiasm prevailed. More information about the community can be found here.

This week, Inês, Mariana and Luciana participated in the "Impact and more workshop" within the scope of the ELIXIR Staff Exchange project entitled “Developing impact assessment tools at the node level and kickstarting environmental efforts within ELIXIR and ELIXIR Nodes” (SPARKLE). It was an

Gil Poiares-Oliveira and Jorge Oliveira were in Funchal this week to participate in the largest annual meeting of the Research and Higher Education community, the FCCN conferences. FCCN is the Scientific Computing Unit of FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology, whose purpose is to contribute to

The next OLISSIPO Lecture titled "Bioinformatics Infrastructure in Bielefeld and in Germany" by Professor Jens Stoye from Bielefeld University, Germany was highly interesting for all BioData.pt members. The lecture is scheduled for April 22, 2024, at INESC-ID, Lisbon and will be broadcasted through

ELIXIR-PT is well represented by Mariana de Freitas, Gil Poiares-Oliveira and Sérgio Matos at the hybrid meeting for the ELIXIR Training Platform co-located with a meeting for the Coordinators Triangle in Prague, Czech Republic. These are days of discussing and knowledge sharing.

Yesterday, the first BioData.pt | ELIXIR-Portugal platforms and communities meeting of the year took place. To stay updated, check the meeting agenda and notes.

Inês Chaves and Mariana de Freitas attended the STEERS kick-off meeting in Brussels this week. We are excited about this beginning.

Ana Teresa Freitas, the ELIXIR-PT Head of Node, and Inês Chaves, the Deputy Head of Node, took part in the ELIXIR Heads of Nodes (HoN) Teleconference yesterday. The Heads of Nodes Committee plays a vital role in creating and approving the scientific and technical strategy for ELIXIR.

Last week, Sérgio Matos from UAveiro (ELIXIR-PT Technical coordinator) attended the ELIXIR Compute Platform 2024 Face-to-Face Meeting in Brno, Czech Republic. The main purpose of his attendance was to gain a better understanding of the platform's work plan for 2024-2026 and to identify potential