Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa hosted the 5th GenomePT Symposium. BioData.pt | ELIXIR Portugal was represented by, Jorge Oliveira, who participated in the roundtable discussion titled "Building Genomic Medicine in Portugal: Strategies, Infrastructures, and Implementation."

BioData.pt | ELIXIR Portugal travelled to Cambridge for a two-day working visit to the ELIXIR Hub. Over the course of both days, our team had the opportunity to meet with Hub staff across a wide range of areas. Thanks to @elixir-europe.org for the invitation! #ELIXIR #BioDataPT

The ELIXIR 2025 Annual Report is now available, covering the key milestones from the second year of the 2024–28 Scientific Programme. You can read the document here: lnkd.in/e35JihHJ

Just back from the ELIXIR All Hands Meeting in Lyon 🇫🇷 — three days of talks, workshops & hallway conversations on health data, FEGA, data management, software sustainability, AI & more. The kind of meeting that sends you home ready to do better work. #ELIXIR26

📍 Where can you find us? Ready for BioData Management? Intensive will take place at INESC Lisboa, right in the heart of Lisbon. We'll be in Room 9, Floor 0! There's still time, secure your spot via the link below! 👇 events.biodata.pt/event/17/reg... #BioDatapt #ELIXIR

The programme for BioData.pt Management Intensive Course is here! Over two intensive days at INESC Lisboa, participants will work through the entire research data lifecycle. Registrations are still open, don't miss your spot! 👇 events.biodata.pt/event/17/reg... #BioData.pt #ELIXIR

We're excited to announce another Ready for BioData Management? Intensive. Training course on Research Data Management, organised by BioData.pt | ELIXIR Portugal. Registrations are open! Secure your spot here👇 events.biodata.pt/event/17/reg...

And another ELIXIR All Hands is a wrap! Three days in Lyon, and BioData.pt | ELIXIR Portugal was there in full force across some of the most active conversations in the ELIXIR ecosystem. See you next year! 👋 #BioDataPT #ELIXIRPortugal

🎉 Congrats to our BioData.pt colleagues Daniel Faria & Gil Poiares-Oliveira on their co-authorship in Patterns (Cell Press)! The article showcases the impact of RDMkit, ELIXIR’s flagship RDM resource. 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.pa... #BioData_pt #RDMkit #RDM #elixireurope #CellPress

📢Join our eLabFTW hands-on course! 🗓️Sept 22, 2025 | 14:00–17:00 📍 CCMAR, Univ. Algarve (Faro) 🔹Learn to use eLabFTW, the open-source ELN for managing & sharing experiments, and RDM best practices for life sciences! events.biodata.pt/event/13/ #BioData_pt #GLIM_BioData #CIMARLA

☀️ BioUpdate Summer is out! MALDIBANK, ELIXIR Compute, training, and more from BioData.pt 🧪🌍 📬 Catch up now: biodata.pt/newsletter #BioData_pt #ELIXIRPT #ELIXIREurope

Registration open for Ready for BioData Management? Intensive course in Coimbra! 📅 9-10 Oct 2025 📍 CNC, Univ. of Coimbra 🛠️ Galaxy • Dataverse • DSW 🎯 For biodata.pt Associate institutions only (max. 32) 🔗 events.biodata.pt/event/11/ #BioData_pt #GLIM_Biodata #RDM

📢 GeneT from #UCoimbra is hiring a Data Steward! Support data management in gene therapy research, innovation & clinical trials, aligned with FAIR principles. 📅 Apply by 18 July 2025 www.uc.pt/en/genet/gen...

BioData.pt was proudly represented at Encontro Ciência 2025 by Inês Chaves, Miguel Cisneiros & Gil Poiares Oliveira, presenting posters on GLIM-BioData, Ready for BioData Management & our work on secure, GDPR-compliant genomic data via the EGA! #BioData_pt #FCT

💻 Yesterday we kicked off the Training Data Stewards for Life Sciences course (GLIM-BioData) with a fully online, hands-on session! 💡 Topics: #RDM, vocabularies/ontologies, eLabFTW, Git, Snakemake. 👏 Thanks to all trainers & participants! Looking forward to the next session!

🎉 Day 2 of the Ready for BioData Management Intensive Course just wrapped up at CIIMAR! Hands-on sessions with #Galaxy, #Dataverse & the Data Stewardship Wizard helped bring #RDM and #FAIRdata to life. Thanks to all who joined us! #BioData_pt #GLIM_BioData #CIIMAR

📍 Day 1 of the Ready for BioData Management: Intensive Course wrapped up today at #CIIMAR! Hands-on sessions on #RDM, data documentation, sharing & reuse — all in the vibrant setting of Matosinhos. 💬 Thanks to all who joined! Powered by #GLIM_BioData #BioData_pt

📅 On July 1st, the FEGA Metadata WG and @BioData_pt hosted a workshop on adapting the FEGA model to microbiome datasets from GIMM, INESC-ID & UCIBIO. Great input from 🇵🇹 FHD community! Another step toward #FAIRdata & metadata harmonisation. #BioData_pt #FEGA

🚐 BioData.pt on the road! Yesterday we visited #UCoimbra's CNC to present the benefits of being a BioData.pt Associate and introduce the #GLIM_BioData project. A big thank you to the team — more to come! #BioData_pt #CNCResearch

🚀 BioData.pt joined the first in-person meeting of the Open Science Community Lisboa on June 24 at #Iscte! Our colleagues Miguel Cisneiros and Gil Poiares-Oliveira took part in the discussions on tackling key challenges across the 8 pillars of #OpenScience!

🚀 Training Data Stewards for Life Sciences 2025 is here! Hybrid training by BioData.pt & GLIM-BioData: 🔹 FAIR, vocabularies, workflows & tools 📅 Starts July 7 (online)! 👥 32 spots! Register 👉 events.biodata.pt/event/8/ #BioData_pt #GLIM_BioData #RDM

🧬 The Genome of Europe initiative has launched a public awareness survey on genomics & personalised medicine — now underway in Portugal 🇵🇹 and 4 other EU countries! As a project partner, BioData.pt is proud to contribute to this important effort. 👏 📸 Prof. Andres Metspalu, University of Tartu

🌍 GBIF Training in action! This week, Miguel Cisneiros from @BioData_pt is attending “Publicação de dados de biodiversidade através do GBIF - 2025” at Instituto Superior de Agronomia. Building FAIR data skills to support RDM across biodiversity, life & health sciences! 🚀 #BioData_pt #ISA

🎯 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐔𝐬𝐨 𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐚́𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐚 𝐆𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚̃𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐜̧𝐚̃𝐨 O projeto 𝐑𝐞𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 está a reunir e partilhar 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐨 reais que evidenciam 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐚́𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐚 𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚̃𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐬 em diferentes áreas científicas e contextos institucionais. 🔗 Consulte os casos já disponíveis: redata.pt/casos-de-uso...

📢 GLIM-BioData Roadshow is coming to Coimbra! 🗓️ June 30, 10h15 📍 CNC, Coimbra Join us to explore FAIR data practices & tools with BioData.pt (#elixireurope PT Node) & GLIM-BioData RDM Centre. Researchers, techs & students welcome! #biodata_pt #glim_biodata #CNCUC

🚀 Training Data Stewards for Life Sciences 2025 is here! Hybrid training by BioData.pt & GLIM-BioData: 🔹 FAIR, vocabularies, workflows & tools 📅 Starts July 7 (online)! 👥 32 spots! Register 👉 events.biodata.pt/event/8/ #BioData_pt #GLIM_BioData #RDM

Presented yesterday at the 🇵🇹 Re.Data Network meeting: 🎉The new Core Group of Data Stewards for Life & Health (GLIM-BioData)! Connecting stewards & professionals across Portugal to boost collaboration & FAIR data practices. Join us! 👉https://forms.office.com/e/4jvejLceRa

🎓 JBI2025 Students' Symposium — Call for Abstracts! 🗓️ Oct 22 | Madrid Organised by ISCB RSG-Spain & NEBiUM Portugal, this is a great chance for MSc, PhD & early-career researchers to present their work! 📝 Submit by July 14: jbi2025.cnb.csic.es/students-sym...

📢 Registration is open for the Ready for BioData Management: Intensive Course at CIIMAR (July 3–4)! Hands-on training on the full data lifecycle using Galaxy, DMPortal & DSW, powered by BioData.pt & GLIM-BioData. 🔗 events.biodata.pt/event/9/ #BioData_pt #GLIM_BioData #RDM

👥 BioData.pt proudly joined #ELIXIR25 in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 — a great chance to strengthen ties, share ideas, and connect with the ELIXIR community! Looking forward to Lyon 2026 🇫🇷 #BioData_pt #ELIXIREurope

📣 Don’t miss the XV Symposium on Bioinformatics! 🗓️ 22–24 Oct | Madrid 🎤 With Tim Hubbard, Roser Vento Tormo, Cedric Notredame & Francesca D. Ciccarelli 🎟️ Tickets: lnkd.in/dmRGBdtS 🇪🇸🇵🇹 A joint effort by INB/ELIXIR-ES, @biodata.pt /ELIXIR-PT & @instruct-eric.bsky.social (Spain)

📢Save the date for the XV Symposium on Bioinformatics #JBI2025! 🗓️22-24 October 2025 📍ETSII-UPM, Madrid Organised by #CNB_CSIC and @cniostopcancer.bsky.social with the support of INB/ELIXIR-ES, @biodata.pt and @instruct-eric.bsky.social (Spain) ✍️ℹ️More info👇 jbi2025.cnb.csic.es/registration

That’s a wrap on #ELIXIR25 in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷! Great days of collaboration, connection & inspiration. The @BioData_pt / ELIXIR-PT team was glad to strengthen ties and explore new opportunities. Next stop: Lyon 2026 🇫🇷 — proud to be part of this community! 📸 courtesy of Julia Koblitz (CC BY 4.0)

🌍 Today is #WorldEnvironmentDay! At @BioData_pt, we believe in protecting the environment! We support better data management in env. & health sciences and promote sustainable bioinformatics solutions. 🧪 Sustainable science, sustainable futures. #BioData_pt #FAIRdata #OpenScience #worldenvironmentday

🧬 Óscar Dias (#UMinho) presented DBTLHub today at #ELIXIR25 AHM 🇬🇷 — a one-stop shop to connect databases, datasets & tools across the Design-Build-Test-Learn cycle in biotech. An initiative by BioData.pt / ELIXIR-PT, under the Cellular & Molecular Research Priority. #BioData_pt #ELIXIREurope

🎊 2025 ELIXIR All Hands Meeting #ELIXIR25 has come to an end! 👏 Thank you all for joining us in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 and we look forward to seeing you again next year in Lyon, France 🇫🇷 for #ELIXIR26! @ifb-elixir-fr.bsky.social

🌟 A little recap from yesterday's #ELIXIR25: Participants have a morning of fruitful discussion in workshops covering topics from #AI and #KnowledgeGraphs, #ResearchDataManagement resources 💾 to #Galaxy and #biodiversity and #FederatedEGA 🧬 and more! (🧵2/3)

🧩 Yesterday, at #ELIXIR25 in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷, Ana Teresa Freitas (HoN ELIXIR-PT) presented on: 🔹 PeoplePulse CoS 🔹 FG Professionalising Careers in RIs 🔹 ELEAD CoS as part of the "Building Bridges" symposium on Node & People Development — key to ELIXIR’s 2024–2028 Programme.

🌍 At #ELIXIR25 AHM in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷, Ana Teresa Freitas joined the plenary “Global collaborations”, sharing insights on the ELIXIR International Staff Exchange Programme and Portugal’s role in building global Life Science research networks. #BioData_pt #ELIXIREurope

🧬 Today at the 2025 ELIXIR All Hands in Thessaloniki, Jorge Oliveira (BioData.pt) led a live demo on submitting data to the Portuguese FEGA node. This was part of a FEGA workshop on enabling secure, FAIR access to human omics data across 9 national nodes. #ELIXIR25

Join #EBIF2025 to discuss #FederatedData’s challenges and its global impact 🌍 with experts from industry, academia and international organisations. Register for free 👉 loom.ly/6DEG-M4 @elixiruknode.org @ga4gh.org

We’re in Thessaloniki preparing for the 2025 ELIXIR All Hands meeting! We look forward to seeing you all soon.🎉 👉 Don’t forget to check the programme and decide which workshop or mini-symposium you want to attend: elixir-events.eventscase.com/EN/ahm2025/A... #ELIXIR25

🧬 This week, Jorge Oliveira represented BioData.pt at the Genome of Europe Consortium meeting in Milan 🇮🇹! 🌍 This project aims to build a genomic reference for Europe — advancing precision medicine, public health & equity. #BioData_pt #GenomeOfEurope

📍 This week, Gil Poiares Oliveira & Miguel Cisneiros are in Tartu 🇪🇪 for ELITMa Module 2, representing BioData.pt! 💡 Focus: strengthening Node data management strategies across @ELIXIREurope. A productive week of learning, sharing & collaboration! #ELITMa #BioData_pt #ElixirEurope

🌍📚 2nd Phase Applications Now Open! 🗓️ Deadline: 6 JUN 2025 ULisboa's PhD in Planetary Health is accepting applications — and BioData.pt is excited to be part of it! Explore the links between human & planetary health. #PhDPlanetaryHealth #ULisboa #BioData_pt #Sustainability

🧬 On May 12, BioData.pt joined the Bioinformatics Workshop hosted by the IP Leiria. 🌊 Luciana Peixoto presented the GLIM-BioData project and its mission to strengthen RDM in life & health sciences through FAIR data. 💻🔬 Thanks to the organisers! #BioData.pt #GLIM_BioData.pt #FAIRdata #IPLeiria

🔬✨ Happy National Day of the Scientist! 🇵🇹 At BioData.pt, we support Portuguese researchers with tools, infrastructure & training to manage and share data — openly, responsibly, FAIRly. To all scientists: thank you! 🚀💪 #BioData.pt #NationalScientistDay #FAIRdata

🇵🇹 Ana Teresa Freitas represented BioData.pt at the ELIXIR Heads of Nodes Retreat 2025 in Prague. An important moment to align strategies, strengthen collaboration, and shape the future of life science data in Europe. #ELIXIREurope #BioData.pt

🚀 The #MALDIBANK project has officially launched! #BioData.pt joined the MALDIBANK KoM in Braga (May 13–15) alongside partners from across Europe. Together, we’re building a European MALDI-TOF reference database to support microbial identification and research!

🇪🇺 Today we celebrate #EuropeDay! BioData.pt proudly represents 🇵🇹 in @ELIXIREurope — a network that connects Europe's best in bioinformatics & life science data. Science without borders, for a better future. 💙 #europeday #BioData.pt #elixireurope #rdm