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
- 22.01.2025 - Getting organised with Notion (F2F, Tartu) - Waiting list available
- 29.01.2025 - Introduction to Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) with R(F2F, Tartu) - Waiting list available
- 06.02.2025 - Crash Course in Data Management (Online) - Registration open
- 11.02.2025 - Python for beginners (F2F, Tartu) - Registration open
- 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
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ELIXIR Estonia’s December Highlights
December was a month of collaboration and significant achievements for ELIXIR Estonia.
Virtual course by EMBL-EBI: Microscopy data analysis: machine learning and the BioImage Archive
This virtual course will show how public bioimaging data resources, centred around the BioImage Archive, enable and enhance machine learning based image analysis. The content will explore a variety of data types including electron and light microscopy and miscellaneous or multi-modal imaging data at the cell and tissue scale. Participants will cover contemporary biological image analysis with an emphasis on machine learning methods, as well as how to access and use images from databases.
Applications close: 19 January 2025
Date: 31 March - 04 April 2025
Course in Italy: scRNA-seq Workshop. An introduction to single cell RNA-seq data analysis
The workshop is suitable for life scientists who are new to single cell gene expression technology data analysis. It is open to PhD and Post-Doc research scientists, as well as team leaders and PIs. This course offers a comprehensive introduction to single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data analysis using open-source tools, with a focus on the rCASC package.
Deadline for applications: 20th January 2025
Course date: 10-12 February 2025
Webinar: 3D-BioInfo Webinar- Infrastructure and Functional Annotations
The 3D-BioInfo Community is concerned with improving the ontologies and validation tools for enabling better integration of the data and methods for analysing and predicting protein structures and their complexes. Part of this work is presented in an ongoing series of webinars
Date: Mon 20 Jan 2025 - 16:00 to Mon 20 Jan 2025 - 17:00 GMT
Webinar: Safeguarding Sensitive Information and Elevating Data Security
This workshop is ideal for anyone working with human data who wants to actively learn and develop skills in RDM and sensitive data handling.
Date: 23rd & 24th January, 2025
Webinar: Extrae and Paraver: Profiling Weather and Climate Applications
The course consists of a theoretical part and hands-on labs for participants to practice how to analyze an Extrae trace with Paraver. We will use a climate application as a demonstration, focusing on typical problems arising to numerical models and computational fluid dynamic applications.
Date: 27 Jan 2025
Webinar: Vistle Part I: An Introduction to Immersive Visualizations of Large-Scale Scientific Data
This one-hour webinar introduces the visualization tool Vistle, which is used to create augmented reality/virtual reality visualizations of large-scale scientific datasets. It presents Vistle’s remote rendering functionality and how Vistle is being ported to GPUs as part of the CEEC project to enable visualization for exascale datasets.
Date: January 29, 2025
International SIB Bioinformatics Awards
Since 2008, the SIB Bioinformatics Awards acknowledge the best work by early career bioinformaticians and ground-breaking resources every other year. The awards are open to researchers from all over the world. There is something for everyone, with three categories to choose from: PhD Paper Award, Early Career Award and Innovative Resource Award.
Deadline to apply: 31 January 2025.
EMBL- EBI virtual course: Cancer genomics and transcriptomics
This course will focus on the analysis of data from genomic studies of cancer. It will also highlight the application of transcriptomic analysis and single-cell technologies in cancer. Talks and interactive sessions will give an insight into the bioinformatic concepts required to analyse such data, whilst practical sessions will enable the participants to apply statistical methods to the analysis of cancer genomics data under the guidance of the trainers.
Application deadline: 09.02.2025
Date: 12 - 16 May 2025
EMBL- EBI: Introduction to metabolomics analysis
This course is aimed at researchers who are new to the field of metabolomics and wish to learn about the process of conducting a metabolomics study. The course will benefit those who are planning to integrate metabolomics into their work, either moving into the field or as an investigator from other -omics. We will primarily focus on a basic introduction to metabolomics with worked examples using a predesigned LC-MS analysis workflow.
Application deadline: 02 February 2025
Date: 20 - 23 May 2025
Italy: BioExcel Summer School on Biomolecular Simulations 2025
The annual flagship event provides a comprehensive combination of lectures and tutorial sessions on biomolecular modeling and simulations using modern applications and tools. The BioExcel School is intended primarily for PhD and post-doctoral researchers using or planning to use biomolecular modeling and simulation in their everyday research.
Registration closes: 14th February 2025
Dates: 8 – 13 June 2025
Webinar: Enrichment Analysis
For biologists who are eager to perform functional annotation of a set of differentially expressed genes.
Application deadline: 14 February 2025
Date: 14 March 2025
Webinar: Training Clinic - Feedback & Assessment in Training Courses
Uncover impactful strategies and tested methods to enhance the quality and effectiveness of your feedback processes. Whether you’re an instructor or a participant, mastering feedback and assessment techniques can significantly elevate your training experience.
Date: 14 February - 10:00-11:00 CET
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
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 France: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Life Sciences- from foundations to applications
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).
Application deadline: 24.02.2025
Date: May 19th 2025 - May 23rd 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
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.