Dear LS4FUTURE Community,

We are pleased to invite you to our next LS4FUTURE Online Informative Session, scheduled for November 11th. This session will be dedicated to ELIXIR Portugal, a crucial national infrastructure that supports data management, analysis, and integration, advancing research in life sciences across disciplines.

ELIXIR Portugal: Connecting National Researchers to the European Life Sciences Infrastructure.

Date: November 11th, 2024

Time: 14:00

Format: Online (Zoom link here)

National research infrastructures like ELIXIR are invaluable for the scientific community, providing access to resources, tools, and collaborative networks that facilitate innovative research and data-driven discovery. ELIXIR, in particular, plays an essential role in supporting life sciences data management and sharing across Europe, ensuring that researchers can leverage the best resources for their studies in genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, and beyond.

ELIXIR Portugal is part of the broader ELIXIR European infrastructure, and its mission is to coordinate the bioinformatics resources and services in Portugal, supporting data-intensive life science research. This session will be an excellent opportunity to understand how ELIXIR Portugal can enhance your research capabilities, as well as learn about the support and resources it offers to researchers in areas such as training, data management, and technical development.

We are thrilled to welcome three distinguished speakers who will provide insights into the mission, resources, and strategic initiatives of ELIXIR Portugal:

– Ana Teresa Freitas – Head of Node for ELIXIR Portugal and Full Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon.

– Luciana Peixoto – ELIXIR Portugal Communities Training Coordinator and BioData.pt Communities and Events Manager.

– Sérgio Matos – ELIXIR Portugal Technical Coordinator, Associate Professor at the University of Aveiro, and researcher at the Institute of Electronics and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA).

This session will offer an in-depth overview of ELIXIR Portugal’s infrastructure and practical insights into how to make the most of its resources.