The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) has announced the final results of the Expression of Interest for the creation of “Centros para a Gestão de Dados de Investigação (GDI)”, Research Data Management Centres. A total of 14 proposals have been selected for the establishment of

The 2024 3DBioInfo_PT Annual Meeting took place at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa on December 20th, 2024 and was a resounding success! The event featured: Insightful Oral Presentations by leading experts Engaging Poster Sessions during the coffee break Thank you to everyone who

We are excited to announce the new governance structure of BioData.pt. Our organization is now led by the Administration Council, with the following members: President: Adelino Canário (CCMAR - Centre for Marine Sciences) Vice-President: Sérgio Matos (University of Aveiro) Vice-President: Ana Teresa

Miguel Cisneiros participated in the 3rd BioHackathon Germany, held in Kassel from December 9–13, 2024. This event brought together experts in bioinformatics and life sciences to collaborate on innovative projects. Miguel contributed to the " Building on top of OntoGPT" project, which aimed to

The final meeting of the Systems Biology for ELIXIR (SYBEL) Implementation Study successfully occurred on December 5-6 in Lisbon at INESC-ID! This impactful event brought together experts to: ✅ Review the progress achieved throughout the ELIXIR Systems Biology Community. ✅ Lay the foundation for

Gil Poiares-Oliveira attended the DATAREX Research Data Management (RDM) Face-to-Face Meeting in Luxembourg, December 5-6. 🔍 DATAREX is an ELIXIR project that aims to establish a European community of life sciences RDM experts. Through the DATAREX project, ELIXIR aims to: Facilitate knowledge

Miguel Cisneiros participated in the PHENET-EMPHASIS Data Management Training held in Paris from December 4–6, 2024. This program brought together researchers, data managers, and bioinformaticians to focus on advanced data management practices in phenotyping research. The training included hands-on

The 11th Fórum GDI was held in person on 21 and 22 November at the Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, continuing its legacy of fostering collaboration and innovation in research data management. This year’s event featured a rich and diverse programme, including technical workshops, flash talks, poster

The BioData.pt Talks series made a remarkable return with a special guest, Zoran Milosevic from Deontik, delivering an engaging presentation titled " Empowering Data-Driven Healthcare: A Formal Consent Framework Using FHIR". The session provided an exceptional platform for knowledge sharing

On November 26 - 28th, jointly organized by BioExcel and supported by National Competence Centres in France, Spain, Ireland and Portugal, namely the 3D-BioInfo-PT Community, this hybrid workshop offered participants the chance to engage both on-site and online. The workshop was focused on the use of

This week, we had the pleasure of hosting the Federated Human Data Community Day, a vibrant event filled with: Inspiring presentations, Insightful breakout sessions, and Networking opportunities. It was fantastic to see such an enthusiastic and collaborative community come together to exchange ideas

From November 12th to 15th, BioData.pt members Pedro Barros, Hugo Rodrigues, and Bruno Costa visited INRAE in Versailles as part of the staff exchange “ User-Friendly AI for Plant Knowledge Graphs”. This initiative brought together experts in plant data, knowledge graphs, and advanced AI