From July 3 to July 9, we held the S2M2 - Summer School in Metabolic Modeling online, and it was a great success. Participants delved into state-of-the-art metabolic modelling, covering the entire process from model reconstruction to phenotype predictions and analysis. Thank you to all the

Last month we launched ELIXIR's PeoplePulse project. This is an ELIXIR Commission Service focused on the area of people development. The main goal of this project is to share best practices and transfer know-how while equipping individuals with the necessary skills to excel in their roles within the

We are thrilled to announce that our latest EU INFRATECH research project, MALDIBANK, has just been approved for funding with a nearly €10M budget. BioData.pt is proud to be part of this groundbreaking consortium, joining forces with our esteemed partners from the MIRRI and ELIXIR research

July was marked by the participation of Inês Chaves, BioData.pt's Executive Director, in the "Research Infrastructures - Impact and Sustainability" session at Encontro Ciência 2024, in Porto. The Encontro Ciência is an annual collaborative event organized by the Foundation for Science and Technology

BioData.pt / ELIXIR-PT members were in Uppsala last week for the ELIXIR All Hands, organised by the Swedish Node, NBIS – National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden, Uppsala University, SciLifeLab. The Portuguese node was very active during throughout the conference. The interactions promoted

On June 4th, the Assembly of Members and National Coordinators Forum (NCF) of MIRRI-ERIC held a joint meeting with a session focused on "Service Provision in Research Infrastructures." Special guests Jorge Oliveira from BioData.pt and Davide Di Cioccio from EMBRC - European Marine Biological

BioData.pt participated in ExpoBioTec 2024, an event that was part of Braga Biotechnology Week. This event aims to consolidate the symbiosis between academia and the business and industrial world, emphasize CEB's research activities, and encourage interaction with students and society, through a

Ricardo Leite represented BioData.pt at a round table on Biomedical Research Infrastructures at NOVA Medical School yesterday. The discussion was moderated by Marta Abrantes (FCT) and João Lavinha (Francisco Pulido Valente Foundation). The event was part of the João Monjardino prize 2023 ceremony

Our annual technical meeting took place in University of Minho School of Engineering this week. During the meeting, we discussed the opportunities, challenges, and needs of BioData.pt members. We had four active working groups that focused on different areas: Implementation of the metagenomics

Last week, Mariana de Freitas and Jorge Oliveira attended the EOSC-ENTRUST kick-off meeting in Amsterdam. The meeting was highly productive and focused on the project objectives which aim to create a European network of Trusted Research Environments (TREs). During the meeting, several EOSC projects

The Bioinformatics Open Days were held at UMinho last week. BioData.pt was one of the partners and had excellent representation. The program was enriched by the presence of Cátia Pesquita, Diana Lousa, and other BioData.pt members, who presented their work through oral and poster presentations

Last Wednesday, the BioData.pt Federated Human Data community met for the first time. Enthusiasm prevailed. More information about the community can be found here.