On October 4th, 2024, the Digit 2024 event in Tartu brought together leaders in technology and academia to celebrate the best of the software domain. Among the standout speakers was ELIXIR Estonia’s own Uku Raudvere, who delivered an insightful presentation on “The Impact of Scientific Programmers in Academia”.
The BeYond-COVID (BY-COVID) project aimed to provide extensive open data on SARS-CoV-2 and other infectious diseases, emphasizing the mobilization of raw viral sequences to monitor the spread of variants. To ensure global collaboration, it enabled federated data analysis, managed metadata, and facilitated long-term cataloguing. Success stories can be read here, on page 16 is project lead by University of Tartu: Infectious Diseases Toolkit.
This course is addressed to life scientists, bioinformaticians and researchers who are familiar with writing Python code and core Python elements and would like to explore if further in their daily data wrangling and exploration tasks.
Registration deadline: 28 October 2024
This intermediate level course is addressed to biologists, bioinformaticians, and other computational scientists which use python in their research and would like to enhance their data exploration and presentation capabilities with interactive plots.
Registration deadline: 22 October 2024
Date: 12 November 2024
We will delve into “Time Management in Training Courses”. Discover effective strategies and proven techniques to enhance your punctuality and productivity. Whether you’re an instructor or a participant, mastering time management can significantly improve your training experience.
This course is aimed to provide basic survival skills in Linux and the terminal environment. We will teach you how to access files and folders, move around and hopefully shake off the fear of getting stuck somewhere along the way.
No prior knowledge is expected.
Requirements: Bring your own laptop and please follow the setup tutorial: https://elixirestonia.github.io/2021-09-28-shell-novice/setup.html
This poster offers an overview of the work done by the ELIXIR Estonian node, both current and previous. It outlines the focus of our work and provides insights into the training conducted by the node, the various tools and services developed, and collaborations with other countries.
Poster is also available for viewing in Zenodo repository: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13847963
This course introduces the basics of Markdown, a lightweight markup language used to format plain text in documents. Markdown plays a crucial role in scientific research by enabling the efficient writing of reports, code documentation, and creating well-organised research notebooks. Students will learn essential Markdown syntax throughout the course, including formatting text, adding links, images, tables, math equations, and code blocks. By integrating Markdown with Jupyter Notebook, participants can build dynamic laboratory notebooks that streamline the documentation, analysis, and sharing of research findings.
The UniTartuCS Day, held annually in September, offers students a unique opportunity to connect with researchers and lecturers, explore thesis topics, and establish ties with research groups. ELIXIR Estonia participated in the event with a poster presentation, and our Head of Node, Hedi Peterson, proposed four possible thesis topics applicable to both Bachelor’s and Master’s students. For more information, we encourage you to reach out to us.
Git is used across the world to help developers keep track of changes while working on different parts of the same project. Teams are not the only ones to benefit from version control: lone researchers can benefit immensely. Keeping a record of what was changed, when, and why is extremely useful for all researchers if they ever need to come back to the project later on (e.g., a year later, when memory has faded).