The Ready for BioData Management: Intensive Course took place on July 3rd and 4th at CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research in Matosinhos, gathering a dynamic group of researchers, students, and data professionals for two full days of hands-on training in Research

On June 30th, the BioData.pt team visited the University of Coimbra, one of its Associate institutions, with a stop at the CNC – Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology. This visit was part of the BioData.pt Roadshows initiative, aimed at strengthening connections with the national scientific

From June 2nd to 5th, the BioData.pt team proudly participated in the ELIXIR All Hands Meeting 2025, which took place in Thessaloniki, Greece. The event brought together hundreds of researchers, technical experts, and representatives from across the ELIXIR nodes, providing an excellent platform for

From 2 to 5 June, the city of Thessaloniki, Greece, hosted the ELIXIR All Hands Meeting 2025 — one of the flagship annual events of the ELIXIR infrastructure for life science data in Europe. The BioData.pt / ELIXIR Portugal team was proud to take part in this vibrant meeting, which offered a

From May 19 to 22, Gil Poiares-Oliveira and Miguel Cisneiros represented BioData.pt in Tartu, Estonia, at the ELITMa Module 2: Node Data Management Strategy training, organised by the ELIXIR Training Platform. This module was designed to support the development of robust data management strategies

On May 12, BioData.pt was invited to participate in the Bioinformatics Workshop hosted by the School of Tourism and Maritime Technology of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria. Representing BioData.pt, Luciana Peixoto presented the GLIM-BioData project, which focuses on strengthening research data

Braga, Portugal — May 13-15, 2025 Under the coordination of MIRRI-ERIC, MALDIBANK is a new 4-year project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Framework Programme. Build on a deep understanding and by leveraging the power of microbes, whose impact ranges from Ecosystems dynamics to

From May 6 to 8, BioData.pt took part in Jornadas FCCN 2025 in Aveiro — a national event dedicated to digital services for science, education, and research. Throughout the event, the BioData.pt team shared ongoing work to enhance data infrastructure and support researchers in managing life and

On 28 April 2025, CIIMAR, the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, hosted a hands-on training session on eLabFTW, an open-source electronic lab notebook (ELN) platform designed to support FAIR research data practices. The event was organised within the scope of the GLIM

The third and final round of the Portuguese League of Bioinformatics (LPB) took place on the second day of the Bioinformatics Open Days 2025, at the University of Minho, Braga. BioData.pt sponsored the prizes awarded to the top three teams, with the team from Slovenia taking first place, followed by

Sérgio Matos, Vice-President of the BioData.pt Administration Council and Professor at the University of Aveiro, represented BioData.pt | ELIXIR Portugal at the recent ELIXIR Compute Platform Face-to-Face (F2F) meeting, held in Munich, Germany, from 27 to 28 March 2025. This in-person event brought

As part of the Bioinformatics Open Days 2025, held from March 26 to 28 at the University of Minho, Braga, BioData.pt hosted the roundtable "Research Data Management Centres for Living Data: Driving Open Science and Innovation" on the morning of March 26. The session, led by BioData.pt, brought