Federated Analysis Solutions Workshop

31 May 2022
Online
The objective of this workshop is to present and share existing solutions to sensitive data analysis using federated systems or secure research environments.
  • 3 May 2022

Node Services Call Opened

Our call for ELIXIR Belgium Node Services is now open for applications submissions until 24 June 2022.

Bulk RNASeq: from counts to differential expression

The course consists of two separate sessions on the 4th and 11th of February, feautring a youtube session on counting and differential expression analysis in R and an online Q&A session to solve the exercises and answer all the questions that arise when trying the analysis on your own data.

Objectives

The course will show:

  • 13 April 2022

RDMkit, a Research Data Management Toolkit

This seminar lay out the aims and future direction of the ELIXIR RDMkit. 

Belgian Metabolomics Day

29 September 2017
Instituut voor Landbouw-, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek (ILVO) Caritasstraat 39, Melle

In September 2017, Flanders and Walloon Metabolomics groups organized the first Belgian Metabolomics Day. The purpose of this meeting was to get to know each others research interests and to increase interaction between the different research groups. As such, the presentations focused on providing overviews of the research activities and the facilities.

ELIXIR Belgium Launch event

9 February 2017
VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, Zwijnaarde

The morning session of the event covered a data management workshop specifically for researchers. Experts in data handling introduced the concept of FAIR data, illustrated data management on the basis of use cases and held a vibrant debate on data sharing.

ELIXIR Belgium Training meeting

28 September 2016
The Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO), Louizalaan 231, Brussels

This meeting brought together several members of universities and research centres to kick-off the activities of the “Training” platform of the Belgian ELIXIR node. The objectives of this meeting were to:

  • build a bioinformatics training network
  • get an overview of offered trainings and workshops
  • identify the major requirements of the different institutes
  • produce a basic framework for the initial development of joined trainings

ELIXIR Belgium Interest Group meeting

18 June 2018
VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, Zwijnaarde

Apart from our academic partners, Belgian research institutes active in life-sciences are also important stakeholders in ELIXIR Belgium. Members of these organisations generate and use data, thereby facing similar data challenges. With the ELIXIR Belgium Interest Group, we aim to bring together members of research institutes in order to exchange views, share best practices and promote collaborations.

ELIXIR Tools Platform F2F meeting

28-30 January 2019
VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, Zwijnaarde

ELIXIR Belgium is hosting the ELIXIR Tools Platform F2F meeting in Ghent. The meeting covers the general Tools Platform member’s discussion for the new ELIXIR Scientific Program, the collaboration with the MyExperiment team around workflows and EOSC-life, and the strategic implementation study around containers. More information on the ELIXIR Tools Platform.

ELIXIR Innovation and SME forum: Data-Driven Innovation in Food, Nutrition and Microbiome

9-10 October 2017
KVS - Brussels City Theatre, Lakensestraat 146, Brussels

Microbiome, Food and Nutrition datasets have expanded rapidly in recent years, following advances in DNA sequencing and the rise of shotgun metagenomics and metabolomics. To help companies access and take advantage of this wealth of data, ELIXIR and ELIXIR Belgium organised a two-day ELIXIR Innovation and SME Forum on 9-10 October in Brussels, Belgium.