The official launch of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) took place last 23 November 2018 in Vienna. The realisation of the EOSC is an integral part of the broader Digital Single Market strategy that was announced in 2015. LifeWatch ERIC as a relevant collaborator and service provider via the EOSC-hub marketplace, was present in the dedicated session of the event for introducing the EOSC portal.
We are glad to inform you that the Biodiversity Data Journal, an international peer-review Journal, focusing on
open data, ontologies, data standards and protocols, and which publishes many of the LifeWatchGreece articles, has been accepted for indexing in Scopus, after successfully completing a rigorous evaluation process.
Currently, the journal is to be indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and listed in the respective Journal Citation Reports with a Journal Impact Factor and related metrics.
We congratulate the editorial team for this achievement marking an important milestone for the entire scientific community.
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LifeWatch Italy calls for proposals to develop study cases in/at:
1) the Phyto VRE and Alien Species VRE – LifeWatch Italy invites the interested researchers to submit projects proposals involving the re-use and/or the customization of resources produced by LW-ITA or by other initiatives (including infrastructures and projects), their integration with resources available to the project proponents, and the implementation of new e-services required to address the specific project questions – please download the full call
2) the distributed Laboratory of “Molecular Biodiversity” – LifeWatch Italy invites the interested researchers to submit projects proposals involving the production of molecular data through “Next Generation sequencing” technologies (e.g. sequencing of amplicons, genomes, metagenomes, transcriptomes and meta-transcriptomes) and their bioinformatic analysis – please download the full call.
Proposals shall be drafted using our application form and submitted via email (lifewatchitalia[at]unisalento.it) by 21 December 2018.
Seville, 27-29/11/2018 | Hosted by LifeWatch ERIC
The 3rd ERIC Forum and ERIC Committee meetings will be held at Escuela de Organización Industrial – EOI premises in Seville (Spain).
http://www.eoi.es/portal/en/seville-campus
About Seville: http://visitasevilla.es/en
A shuttle transfer service from/to Seville Centre is planned for the starting and ending of daily sessions.
According to your Hotel location you can choose which bus stop will be more convenient for you. As all of you are hosted in the city centre, 3 pick-up locations have been selected at maximum 15 minutes walk the city centre.
Please note that the pick up time changes according to the start time of the meetings. It will be as follows:
Tuesday, 27 November
08:50 Pick up at Hotel Meliá Sevilla
09:05 Pick up at Teatro Maestranza
09:20 Pick up at Hotel NH Plaza de Armas
09:50 Arrival at E.O.I premises
At the end of the meeting the bus will take all attendees to the city center for the guided tour to the Gardens of the Royal Palace (which will be followed by the Social Dinner)
Wednesday, 28 November and Thursday, 29 November
07:50 Pick up at Hotel Meliá Sevilla
08:05 Pick up at Teatro Maestranza
08:20 Pick up at Hotel NH Plaza de Armas
08:50 Arrival at E.O.I premises
At the end of the meeting the buses will leave from the EOI and drop of the attendees at the same stops as in the morning.
The Bulgarian National Distributed Centre is represented by the Agricultural University-Plovdiv.
To know more about how Bulgaria contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
The Spanish National Distributed Centre is supported by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, the Regional Government of Andalusia and the Guadalquivir River Basin Authority (Ministry for Ecological Transition-MITECO). Moreover, Spain is the hosting Member State of LifeWatch ERIC, the location of its Statutory Seat & ICT e-Infrastructure Technical Office (LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities).
To know more about how Spain contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
The Slovenian National Distributed Centre is led by the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU). It focuses on the development of technological solutions in the field of biodiversity and socio-ecosystem research.
To know more about how Slovenia contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
The Portuguese National Distributed Centre is managed by PORBIOTA, the Portuguese e-Infrastructure for Information and Research on Biodiversity. Led by BIOPOLIS/CIBIO-InBIO – Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, PORBIOTA connects the principal Portuguese research institutions working in biodiversity.
To know more about how Portugal contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
The Dutch National Distributed Centre is hosted by the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam. Moreover, The Netherlands hosts one of the LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities, the Virtual Laboratory and Innovation Centre.
To know more about how The Netherlands contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
The Italian National Distributed Centre is led and managed by the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and is coordinated by a Joint Research Unit, currently comprising 35 members. Moreover, Italy hosts one of the LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities, the Service Centre.
To know more about how Italy contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
The Greek National Distributed Centre is funded by the Greek General Secretariat of Research and Technology and is coordinated by the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, in conjunction with 47 associated partner institutions.
To know more about how Greece contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
The Belgian National Distributed Centre makes varied and complementary in-kind contributions to LifeWatch ERIC. These are implemented in the form of long-lasting projects by various research centres and universities distributed throughout the country and supported by each respective political authority.
To know more about how Belgium contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.