ELIXIR Estonia
The purpose of ELIXIR is to construct and operate a sustainable infrastructure for biological information in Europe to support life science research and its translation to medicine and the environment, the bio-industries and society. These resources include databases, software tools, training materials, cloud storage and supercomputers.
The goal of ELIXIR is to coordinate these resources so that they form a single high quality infrastructure. This coordinated infrastructure makes it easier for researchers to find and share data, analyse their experiments, exchange knowledge, and agree on best practices.
Estonia joined ELIXIR as a full member in December 2013. The Estonian node focuses on developing and maintaining software tools and databases, linking of bioinformatics and biobanking, and last but not least, training researchers across borders.
Estonian ELIXIR Node is led by University of Tartu. Other partners are Tallinn University of Technology, National Institute for Physics and Biophysics, Tallinn University, and Estonian University of Life Sciences.
Free Spring courses 2025
- 18.02.2025; 25.02.2025 - Introduction to statistics with R (F2F, Tartu) - Registration open
- 07.03.2025 - Getting organised with Notion (F2F, Tartu) - Registration open
- 20.03.2025 - Data visualisation (theory) (online) - Registration open
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Webinar: Maximizing the Potential of Microbial Research Data - Strategies for Effective Management and Utilization
This workshop is for anyone working with microbial data, interested in active learning, and gaining skills in research data management.
Date: 18th February, 2025 - 09:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. CET
3D-BioInfo webinar: Prediction of ligands, pockets and tunnels for enzymes.
Date: Tue 18 Feb 2025 - 16:00 to Tue 18 Feb 2025 - 17:00 GMT
Course in Bern, Switzerland: Long-read Sequence Analysis
This course is addressed to anyone working with or interested in working with long-read data.
Application deadline: 19 February 2025
Date: 27 - 28 February 2025
Webinar: Transforming Microbial Research Data Management with Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELNs)
This 4 day school will guide across the various steps in Machine Learning, from the foundational concepts, through the deep learning and generative AI techniques, closely complemented by insights into the existing reporting (DOME Recommendations) and regulatory frameworks (EU AI Act).
Date: 20h February, 2025 - 09:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. CET
Course in Italy: Population genomics: Background and tools
Participants will learn fundamental concepts and advanced approaches to reconstruct the demographic history of populations and infer natural selection, using both classic and machine learning-based techniques. Participants will also learn the essential and advanced programming skills required to run the analyses related to the concept presented, with a special focus on machine learning.
Application deadline: 24.02.2025
Time: 23-29 June 2025
Basel Computational Biology Conference: Bioinformatics meets AI: shaping the future of data-driven biology
The [BC]2 Scientific Committee is now inviting abstract submissions on biological and bioinformatics research and applications, and the development of methods and software.
Submission deadline: 27.02.2025
Webinar: Measuring the Societal Impact of Open Science
This session will delve into the crucial role of Open Science in benefiting society at large. We’ll explore insights from a case study on the use of French Open Science infrastructure, examining how research data and knowledge transcend academic boundaries to influence wider societal contexts.The webinar will conclude with a discussion on future directions and policy implications, offering recommendations for enhancing societal impacts through open science.
Date: Feb 27, 2025
3 year programme for Post Docs: Data4Healthcare
The aim of the Programme is to offer cutting-edge research, research training and career development for talented researchers of any nationality in fields associated with big data, data analytics, machine vision and artificial intelligence.
Application deadline: End of February
Course at EMBL-EBI: Data science for life scientists
This course will introduce life scientists to practical data science topics used in life sciences, such as data visualisation, image analysis, application of AI, and use of publicly available databases. The course will provide hands-on training in tools and resources appropriate to your research, including introducing the use of Python for handling and visualising data, statistical analysis, and the application of machine learning.
Applications close: 02 March 2025
Date: 16 - 20 June 2025
Course in Switzerland: Single-Cell Transcriptomics with R
This course is intended for life scientists and bioinformaticians familiar with “Next Generation Sequencing” who want to acquire the necessary skills to analyse scRNA-seq gene expression data.
Application deadline: 04 March 2025
Date: 18 - 20 March 2025
More info and registration (and free material)
Webinar: Awareness in Data Management and Analysis for Industry and Research
Here we offer a two-day workshop with the primary aim of introducing participants to good enough practices for managing their data. On the first day, participants will learn about the basics of data management, good research practices, Common European Data Spaces, data management and governance in industry and data management plans. On the second day, participants will learn how to organise their data, how to make it FAIR, about electronic lab notebooks and how to make their computational results reproducible.
Date: 06-07.03.2025
Course at EMBL-EBI: Data visualisation for biology
This course will give insights into, and practical experience in, data visualisation for exploring complex and multi-dimensional biological data.
Applications close: 09 March 2025
Date: 24 - 26 June 2025
Webinar: Key Impact Pathways of Open Science
Part of the webinar will focus on key findings from the case study, which examines the role of the Portuguese open access publication infrastructure (RCAAP) in fostering collaboration between academia and industry. We will conclude with a discussion on future directions and policy implications for enhancing open science’s impact, followed by a live Q&A session with our speakers.
Date: Mar 11, 2025
Course at EMBL-EBI: Systems biology: from large datasets to biological insight
This course is aimed at advanced PhD students, post-doctoral researchers, and non-academic scientists who are currently working with large-scale omics datasets with the aim of discerning biological function and processes. Ideal applicants should already have some experience (ideally one to two years) working with systems biology or related large-scale (multi-)omics data analyses.
Application deadline: 16 March 2025
Time: 7-11 July 2025
Webinar: Exploring the Academic Impact of Open Science
We will delve into key findings from a scoping review on academic impact and explore practical insights from case studies on Open Access in AI and climate – specifically focusing on gender dynamics and industry impact.
Date: Mar 17, 2025
Online: AI in genomics: enhancing germline workflows to tackle the biggest research challenges
This webcast will explore how to unlock the potential of germline research with cutting-edge advancements in AI-powered workflows, highlighting the New Generation SOPHiA DDM Platform.
Date: Tuesday 18 March 2025
Online: Statistics and Machine Learning for Life Sciences
This course was designed to guide participants in the exploration of the concepts of statistical modelling, and at the same time relate and contrast them with machine learning approaches when it comes to both classification and regression. A particular focus will be given on the evaluation of the relevance of the produced models, and their interpretation in order to provide new biological knowledge.
Application deadline: 20 March 2025
Time: 03 - 04 April 2025
Course in Sweden: Advanced Data Visualization
This course is designed to help researchers in visualizing their data through various techniques using R and Quarto. Participants will learn how to create publication-ready visualisations with R. Additionally, the course also includes introductions to Quarto and dynamic plotting using tools like plotly, OJS, etc. The last day of the course includes interactive plotting that can be hosted on a web server, enabling researchers to share and explore visualizations of their data.
Application deadline: 31 March 2025
Time: 13 May- 15 May 2025
Czechia: 6th Hands-on Computational Enzyme Design Course
Do you need to engineer your protein of interest? Do you wish to employ user-friendly one-stop-shop software tools for the design of mutations and libraries, but do not want to spend time on tedious installations or use the Unix command-line? This interactive course will provide essential theory on different areas of enzyme engineering and hands-on experience with several software tools suitable for mining new enzymes, and engineering the activity, specificity, enantioselectivity, stability, and solubility of enzymes. To remain at the cutting edge of scientific advancements, we will also explore the applications of machine learning techniques and quantum computing in enzyme design.
Application deadline early bird: 31.3.2025
Application deadline: 30.4.2025
Date: 2 - 5 JUNE, 2025
E-Learning: Metadata in Bioinformatics
Have you heard the word metadata but have no idea what it refers to, what type of content is found in metadata, how it is being used and why to use it? This asynchronous e-learning course (1h) can be completed online, at the desired pace and in the absence of an instructor.
E-learning: Elements of Supercomputing
This free online course is open for everyone interested in supercomputers and high performance computing. Level: Basic, no prerequisites or study rights to higher education institution needed.