Dutch Bioinformatic & Systems biology conference (BioSB 2023)

This year’s BioSB conference (BioSB 2023) is planned on 9-10 May 2023 and will be held at a new location: Hotel Zuiderduin in Egmont aan Zee, the Netherlands. We are again looking forward to an exciting conference with a lot of networking and interesting research talks. Keynote speakers We are happy to announce our keynote speakers: Abstract submission Abstract submission… Continue reading

FAIR Data Day | 29 November 2022 | showcasing RDNL’s Dutch Data Prize

This in-person event revolves around the central theme: Reusing data to advance science, showcasing inspirational examples and bringing together communities.  *DTL is a partner in RDNL and the FAIR Data event is a collaboration of RDNL and NPOS. Join your peers, researchers, data stewards and research software engineers to exchange and learn more about the advantages of reusing data in daily… Continue reading

FAIR Data Day

Dear all,  As you know the NPOS FAIR Data Table and RDNL jointly organize the FAIR Data Day on Nov 29, 2022, in Utrecht. One of the highlights of the programme is the Dutch Data Prize, awarded to an individual or a team that makes research data FAIR.  In order to have a chance to win this prize, you can… Continue reading

Save the Date! | 29 November 2022

Mark your calendar to ensure your place at the first FAIR Data Day! This in-person event revolves around the central theme: Reusing data to advance science, showcasing inspirational examples and bringing together communities.  Join your peers, researchers, data stewards and research software engineers to exchange and learn more about the advantages of reusing data in daily research practice.  The FAIR Data… Continue reading

ELIXIR-CONVERGE June 29 FAIR hackathon to create lesson plans

Please register & help us find experts by sharing the invite. We would love to have Dutch Life Sciences & Health data stewards (and alike) on board. Help us create lesson plans for life sciences research organisations to advance their data stewards’ and researchers’ FAIR skills. Audience: Everyone willing to work on joint lesson plans on how to implement FAIR… Continue reading

SURF Research Support Champions 2022: Sarah Coombs, Serkan Girgin, Michèle Huijberts

The SURF Research Support Champions 2022 are Sarah Coombs (Saxion University of Applied Sciences), Serkan Girgin (University of Twente) and Michèle Huijberts (Leiden University Medical Centre). The winners were announced during SURF Research Week, the annual event where research and IT meet. “In fact, all the research supporters nominated by their colleagues this year are winners,” stresses jury president Ron… Continue reading

NWO Open Science in Practice webinar

Did you miss last week’s NWO Open Science in Practice webinar? We had two wonderful talks presenting two projects in the area of open tools for data enrichment and visualization. The recording is available and is well worth watching: https://www.nwo.nl/en/open-science-practice-webinar-seriesThe third webinar in the series will be on Thursday, 2 June 2022, 15:00 – 16:00 CEST. This time, we will have:·         Anna-Lena… Continue reading

Upskilling (young) professionals in Data Analysis and Data Stewardship – the Helis Health and Life Sciences Academy

Are you a professional working in training and capacity building in institutes, research projects or companies? Are you a policymaker or funder? Then join this virtual event 15 March 2021, 13.00 -17.00 CET. In the context of the Helis Academy, and as part of its data analysis and stewardship (DAS) program, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Dutch Techcentre for Life… Continue reading

Highlights from ELIXIR-NL at the BioHackathon 2020

21 ELIXIR-NL participants actively contributed to the ELIXIR BioHackathon which took place online on 9-13 November 2020. In the Netherlands, partners within DTL’s network constitute ELIXIR-NL (the Dutch Node in ELIXIR), with DTL taking the coordinating role. Several highlights of Dutch participation in the different Biohackathon projects were: Improvements of the Data Stewardship Wizard (DSW)– the DSW now includes a… Continue reading

Recent developments around FAIR Data Stewardship presented at the FAIR Converge Symposium 2020

During the International FAIR Convergence Symposium organised by CODATA and GO FAIR CODATA and GoFAIR Nov 27 – Dec 4 DTL/ELIXIR-NL presented ongoing work advancing data stewardship training, skills and competences. Current developments in the Dutch National Program Open Science (NPOS) project F on ‘Professionalising data stewardship: Competences, training & education’ were summarized by Celia van Gelder. What’s more, Mijke… Continue reading