On 2nd July BioData.pt organized a hands-on session focused on demistifying the concept of Data Management Plan (DMP). The session took place at the recently renovated training room of Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC).

The organizers developed a participatory methodology based on the DMP Common Standard Model, where groups of 6 to 8 participants would create their own DMP (based on a fictitious research project, proposed by the organizing team), by filling in a “DMP Canvas”. The process, introduced by an overall presentation framing the value and the steps to create the DMP, was supported continuously by a team of facilitators from BioData.pt.

On July 2nd we got together for a hands-on experience in Data Management Plans (DMP). The event started with some presentations and then participants had the chance of putting their heads together to create a DMP for a project. During lunch we went around to ask participants their opinions about data management and the working session they had just participated.

We interviewed João Dias, a PhD student and Nádia Duarte, a lab manager, both from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, about their experience with the workshop and how useful it was.

On July 2nd we got together for a hands-on experience in Data Management Plans (DMP). The event started with some presentations and then participants had the chance of putting their heads together to create a DMP for a project. During lunch we went around to ask participants their opinions about data management and the working session they had just participated in.

We talked to Laura Ward, João Bauto and Hugo Cachitas from the Champalimaud Foundation, about the perspective from software platforms, long-term usability and the difference between human and animal data.

In the morning of the 2^nd July some BioData.pt team members will  lead the audience in a pratical exercise about Data Management Planning. 

July 2^nd at the session Creating value from Data Management will have Ulrike Wittig as the Key Note Speaker.

João Cardoso from BioData.pt presented at All Hands Elixir 2019 (Lisbon 17-20 June) the poster: An Ontology for the DMP Common Standard Mode

At the end of the 1st Edition of the Cool Tools for Science event, two prizes were awarded: one for Coolest Innovation (awarded by GTPB) and one for Coolest Presentation (awarded by VWR).

Gabriel Martins (IGC) won Coolest Innovation with his OPenT – Open Source Mesoscopic Optical Tomography Imaging, while Hedi Young and Nuno Loureiro (Champalimaud Foundation) took home the prize for Coolest Presentation.

We asked two of the winners three questions and here are their answers!

Today is the day that the Portuguese Node Elixir – the Portuguese Infrastructure of Biological Data, BioData.pt – is welcoming the Scientific Advisory board  (SAB) for a review meeting at Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência.

The board of directors and representatives of BioData.pt Communities and Platforms will gather with the SAB members to collect their evaluation and recommendations on the current operation and future strategy  of BioData.pt.