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12/11/2013
The interactive HandsOn Biobanks conference will take place on 21 – 22 November 2013 in the World Forum, The Hague and will zoom in on questions such as:
12/11/2013
Shortly after its Inaugural Conference (find a short Highlights Report here), EATRIS received the status of an ERIC (European Research Infrastructure Consortium). This European legal status is intended to facilitate and support the work of international research infrastructures in Europe.
12/11/2013
EU-OPENSCREEN is holding its 3rd stakeholder meeting on 20 November in Oslo, Norway. More information and how to register here.
17/10/2013
Learn more about the Euro-BioImaging infrastructure model (one of the biomedical sciences research infrastructures involved in BioMedBridges) and about the next steps Euro-BioImaging is taking towards the implementation phase at this upcoming Stakeholder meeting. More information and how to register here.
02/10/2013
The BBMRI-ERIC Inauguration Conference took place on 16 September 2013 in Graz, Austria. BBMRI, together with ELIXIR, coordinates the Standards Description and Harmonization work package (WP3) of BioMedBridges. The conference program highlighted how biobank data can be utilised within personalised medicine and provided a thorough overview of the BBMRI nodes in the research infrastructure's 14 member states. The importance of BBMRI's coordination efforts were stressed.
08/08/2013
The scope of BioMedBridges and the Phenobridge Work Package (WP7) were discussed at a recent webinar titled "Databridges enhance access to research data in INFRAFRONTIER". The webinar (held in German) was part of a series on "Open Access to Research Data" hosted by the Helmholtz Association's Open Access Coordination Office. Information on the webinar and the presentation given are available here.
08/08/2013
BioMedBridges participated in the ISMB/ECCB 2013 conference (18-23 July) in Berlin to introduce the project to the wider user community and to present the trial version of the tools registry. Many visitors signed up for the registry mailing lists.
08/08/2013
BioMedBridges participated in the EATRIS launch event in Amsterdam, 4 June 2013. A full post conference report which will provide highlights from each presentation of event will soon be published on the EATRIS website.
08/08/2013
In February-March 2013, BioMedBridges partners at STFC and EBI carried out a survey on shape/volume fitting in structural biology. There were over 40 responses and a summary of the results of the survey has now been released. The results will inform the development of a new service for the analysis and comparison of structural volume data.
15/05/2013
BioMedBridges partner Helen Parkinson speaking at a webinar: "Current uses of and future directions for the Genome-Wide Association Studies Catalog", 18 July 2013. Registration now open for course: EMBL Advanced Course: Computational Aspects of High-Throughput Screening planning and analysis, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany, Monday 14 October - Wednesday 16 October 2013. 

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