Our activities

The activities of the DTL network are organised in three programmes:

Data: facilities, tools, resources, and expertise to process, analyse, preserve, share, combine, and publish data in a FAIR manner (managed by Rob Hooft).

Technologies: high-end wet-lab facilities and the associated expertise, quality assurance processes, best practices, guidelines, and standards (managed by Merlijn van Rijswijk).

Learning: training and education of users and experts in the fields of Data and Technologies (managed by Celia van Gelder).

While the DTL office has a facilitating role, experts of the DTL community have formed groups under the DTL umbrella to run various activities.

Please contact Rob Hooft if you have a question about the DTL Data programme or read more background about the programme and what DTL data can do for you.

  • facilitates the (combined) use of advanced technologies in life science research, with easy access to expertise and facilities in omics and bioimaging;
  • manages a network of around 120 Dutch life science expert groups, which have registered their facilities or expertise as DTL-associated ‘Technology Hotel’;
  • collaborates with the DTL Data programme to harmonise data handling at the Technology Hotels;
  • collaborates with the DTL Learning programme to develop technology-related training and education;
  • is active in metabolomics and proteomics data-related activities within ELIXIR-NL.

Read more about the DTL Technology Hotels or contact Merlijn van Rijswijk.

  • aims to establish a comprehensive, (inter)nationally acclaimed and sustainable training and education course portfolio for life science research & technology, which will be open to academic and industrial researchers;
  • gathers professionals that jointly identify training needs and develop new courses;
  • aligns its efforts with European training initiatives, for example the ELIXIR Training platform
  • collaborates closely with the DTL Data and Technologies programmes.

Read more about the DTL Learning programme or contact Celia van Gelder.

DTL’s most important current activities are summarised in the matrix below. While the DTL office has a facilitating role, experts within the DTL community have formed groups under the DTL umbrella to run all these activities. (Read more about the organisation.)

Interconnect and improve infrastructure by
making findable and accessible aligning and improving quality building new infrastructure connecting to infrastructure outside NL
Data Technology Hotels network
FAIR Data projects
Research data management activities		 Technology Hotels network
FAIR Data projects
Research data management activities
Meetings & conferences
Interest Groups		 FAIR Data projects
Meetings & conferences
Interest Groups
ELIXIR Interoperability and Compute
Large-scale research infrastructure initiatives		 FAIR Data projects 
Research data management activities
ELIXIR Interoperability and Compute
Large-scale research infrastructure initiatives
Technologies Technology Hotels network Technology Hotels network
Meetings & conferences
Interest Groups
Large-scale research infrastructure initiatives		 Meetings & conferences
Interest Groups
Large-scale research infrastructure initiatives		 Large-scale research infrastructure initiatives
Learning Learning programme
Large-scale research infrastructure initiatives		 Learning programme
Meetings & conferences
Interest Groups
Large-scale research infrastructure initiatives		 Learning programme
Meetings & conferences
Interest Groups
Large-scale research infrastructure initiatives		 ELIXIR Training
Large-scale research infrastructure initiatives