The ELIXIR Board 2018 Autumn meeting took place last week in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The main outcome include approval of the ELIXIR Scientific Programme 2019-2023 and ELIXIR Financial plan for 2019-2023. The new Scientific Programme will be available for the ELIXIR 5th Anniversary event in Brussels on 11 December 2018.
This update is sent weekly on Friday afternoon and goes to ELIXIR key stakeholders. It contains requests for actions regarding operations and developments within ELIXIR. Contact [email protected] for any questions.
An ELIXIR HoNs shared folder including meeting materials from HoN meetings, reference documents, slides & graphics archive can be found on google drive.
We are launching today a twitter campaign to mark the 5th anniversary of ELIXIR. From today until 11 December, we'll be posting tweets to highlight the achievements of ELIXIR in the past five years. Please help us spread the word by sharing and retweeting our posts. Follow the hashtags #ELIXIRImpact and #DataForLife.
The 2019 ELIXIR All Hands Programme Committee would like to request suggestions for workshops at the All Hands meeting in Lisbon on 17-20 June. To capture your ideas on the contents of these workshops, please submit your suggestions to the workshop google doc by Friday 30 November.
This update is sent weekly on Friday afternoon and goes to ELIXIR key stakeholders. It contains requests for actions regarding operations and developments within ELIXIR. Contact [email protected] for any questions.
An ELIXIR HoNs shared folder including meeting materials from HoN meetings, reference documents, slides & graphics archive can be found on google drive.
The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) is currently looking for an Data Security Technologist.
The Data Security Technologist will provide direct support to the leaders of the Data Security Work Stream in order to guide both GA4GH technical work streams and driver projects in assessing risks associated with their standards and implementations, and In conceptualizing and implementing appropriate countermeasures. As a critical step in final product approval, the Data Security Technologist will perform thorough reviews of work stream products, including penetration testing as appropriate, and provide input to the GA4GH Steering Committee regarding each product’s readiness for approval as a standard. As a hands-on technical specialist, the Data Security Technologist will help develop, and support implementations of, technology standards and best practices for protecting genomic data and services consistent with the GA4GH policy framework, including the development, customization, and adoption of standards for federated identity management, data security, privacy protection, service assurance, and breach communications and response.
Please contact [email protected] for more information.
The Faculty of Technology of Bielefeld University, Germany has published a vacancy for the position of a full professorship (W3) for 'Service Science in the Life Sciences'. The successful candidate will perform research and academic teaching in the area of Service Science and cooperate with the bioinformatics research groups of the Faculty of Technology. More information is available on the deNBI website.
This update is sent weekly on Friday afternoon and goes to ELIXIR key stakeholders. It contains requests for actions regarding operations and developments within ELIXIR. Contact [email protected] for any questions.
An ELIXIR HoNs shared folder including meeting materials from HoN meetings, reference documents, slides & graphics archive can be found on google drive.
A new Training Platform page has been published on the ELIXIR website. The page includes a more detailed overview of the Platform's activities and who is responsible for them. The revamped page now follows a similar format to the other Platform pages.
The recording and slides from the ELIXIR September webinar on ELIXIR Slovenia eLearning Platform are now online.