From 11 to 13 March 2025, BioData.pt hosted the ELIXIR Node Triangle Co-located Meeting in Lisbon, bringing together representatives from Node, Training, and Technical Coordination for three days of in-person collaboration. The first two days took place at INESC-ID, with focused sessions on the

On March 6, 2025, the BioData.pt Training Platform held a meeting to define the main training priorities and initiatives for the year ahead. The session gathered trainers and contributors from several BioData.pt associated institutions, who shared skills and discussed new training possibilities. The

On February 18, 2025, BioData.pt held the first official meeting of its Microbiome Community, bringing together researchers from institutions across Portugal engaged in microbiome-related research. The online session began with a round of introductions, followed by a presentation of the community’s

In January 2025, BioData.pt visited both UCIBIO-NOVA and UCIBIO-Porto as part of a national roadshow series aimed at promoting research data management communities and bioinformatics training across research institutions in Portugal. These sessions introduced researchers to the mission of BioData.pt

On the 27th and 28th of January 2025, partners involved in Work Package 4 (WP4) of the ELIXIR-STEERS project met in Brussels to monitor the Project's activities. The purpose of the WP4 was to strengthen ELIXIR Nodes and equip Node staff with essential skills and resources in organization, management

As part of the Fulbright Talks hosted by FLAD – Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento, Professor Ana Teresa Freitas, Head of Node of ELIXIR Portugal, gave a presentation titled " ELIXIR: Providing a Sustainable Infrastructure for Life Science Data at European Scale". The talk was delivered

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 sharing