5th MIUF meeting
October 15, 2018 in Paris
The CORBEL Medical Infrastructure Users Forum (MIUF) meets for the fifth time on October 15, 2018 in Paris (France) to continue the discussion of efficient development and use of bio-medical RIs. The meeting is open to scientific communities interested in medical research and is intended to discuss
- the structuring of medical research communities at the pan-European level
- the emerging needs of medical research projects in the context of the big data and personalised/stratified medicine approach and
- the challenges raised in terms of development and deployment of data services
The final program is available here.
Joint Institut Pasteur and INFRAFRONTIER meeting: Modeling microbial ecosystems of mammals
October 15-16, 2018 in Paris
Institut Pasteur in Paris and INFRAFRONTIER will offer a joint meeting featuring the challenges and the current tools used in modeling the microbial ecosystems of mammals. The microbiota plays an important role in the development, immunity and physiology of its mammalian host. The aim of the meeting is to bring together the specialists of the field to discuss novel insights into the microbiota-host mutualism and parasitism, and focus on the new models and approaches to explore this relationship. In the near future, these advances will lead to the development of preventive and therapeutic strategies based on microbiota manipulation, and allow the microbiota to become a key diagnostic component in precision medicine. For detailed informations and registration, please visit the meeting website.
ELIXIR Innovation and SME Forum: Data Driven Innovation in Industrial Biotechnology
October 15-16, 2018 in Frankfurt/Main
This free ELIXIR Innovation and SME Forum on Data Driven Innovation in Industrial Biotechnology in Frankfurt is open to both large and small companies and aims to inform about ELIXIR resources and create a space to network for industry and academia.
Topics:
- Big Data Challenges and Opportunities
- Data driven Biotechnology in Germany and Europe
- Services offered by de.NBI and ELIXIR
- Flash Talks from companies showcasing their products
More information can be found here.
3rd CORBEL Annual General Meeting
October 16-17, 2018 in Paris
Webinar: West-Life: Lessons learnt from developing a virtual research environment
October 23, 2018 15:30 CEST
The West-Life project (https://about.west-life.eu) is a Horizon 2020 project funded by the European Commission to provide data processing and data management services for structural biology, in particular to support integrative methods. It has developed important enhancements to existing web services for structure solution and analysis, new pipelines to link these services into more complex higher-level workflows, and new data management facilities. Through this work it has made the benefits of European e-Infrastructures more accessible to life-science researchers in general and structural biologists in particular. The presentation will discuss some lessons learned along the way. Participation in the webinar is free, please register here.
Machine Learning for Image Analysis
October 29-31, 2018 in Heidelberg
CORBEL, EMBL, German BioImaging and NEUBIAS are organizing a joint blended learning course on Machine Learning for Image Analysis. The course will be a great mix of intensive learning, extensive hands-on and community networking, consisting of
- Up-front online sessions: Participants will review the fundamentals of machine learning in three up-front webinars complemented by online tutorials. The webinars will take place on 2nd, 9th and 16th October 2018, 12:00 - 14:00 but a recorded alternative can be provided.
- On-site workshop: Next, they will apply their knowledge at an on-site workshop (EMBL Heidelberg, October 29-31), in small interactive groups (the workshop has 20 available seats and ~8 trainer/lecturer), to both reference datasets and their own data.
- Follow-up online sessions (optional): After the on-site workshop, two optional advanced training webinar, complemented by a online tutorials, will be given on 9th and 16th November 2018. These will focus simulation of data, transfer learning and boosting.
After the course participants should be able to explain the fundamentals of machine learning methods suitable for image analysis, consult others in strategies to obtain ground truth, give advice in training and using a neural-network and perform simple quality control on the results of one selected ML approach. More information about the course (program & trainers) and venue, are available at the course website.
Training Course: Data Management in Clinical Research
November 15, 2018 in Paris
CORBEL Work Package 3 is organising a training course on Data Management in Clinical Research, taking place on 15 November 2018 in Paris. The course is designed for clinical research professionals who are not data management expert and aims to raise awareness on the new challenges raised by the digital revolution in clinical research. Presentations and discussions will cover a broad spectrum of issues related to data management, sharing, reuse, and analysis. Registration (free, but mandatory) is possible here. The program can be found here.
Workshop: Best practices in Public-private collaborations
December 12-13, 2018 in Ljubljana
The CORBEL Innovation Helpdesk team in conjunction with the EATRIS Slovenia National Node and the University of Ljubljana is organizing a best practice workshop on the theme of public-private collaboration on 12-13 December 2018 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. This 2-day event will focus on all relevant aspects of setting up such collaborations, from initial contacts through planning and negotiation to completion of legal agreements and project implementation. In addition to plenary lectures covering various aspects there will be a use case for participants to work on in teams.
The workshop is aimed primarily at academic researchers from the biological and medical research infrastructures and their affiliated institutes who are or expect to be involved in the organization and implementation of such collaborative research programmes.
Participation is free of charge. For more information, please contact innovation(at)corbel-project.eu. Please register for the workshop here. The draft agenda can be found here.