Biodata-Interest-Group February 2026

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BioData MOU Status & Signing - Publication update

by Judith Engel

Dear Speaker of the Biodata IG consortia, dear Biodata Colleagues, We made it and just published the MoU on Zenodo! Ebert, B., Ewert, F., Förstner, K. U., Glöckner, F. O., McHardy, A. C., von Rummel, P., von Suchodoletz, D., Weidtkamp-Peters, S., Ebeling, M.-A., Engel, J., Hoffmann, C., Keller, C., Lange, M., Magel, M., Moore, J., Mühlhaus, T., Scholz, U., Specka, X., & thor Straten, M. (2026). Memorandum of Understanding between the NFDI consortia DataPLANT, NFDI4Microbiota, NFDI4Biodiversity, FAIRagro, NFDI4Objects, and NFDI4BIOIMAGE. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18694155 If you are wondering why no signature was required just yet: We decided to publish the document now, so that the consortia writing their reports at the moment can already reference the MoU in their texts. However, we shortly discussed not to take any action to communicate the new MoU until our Biodate Interest Group Meeting in Berlin (15./16. April, register here: https://eveeno.com/160211483 ), where it can officially be signed (and photographed and taken for newsblogs, social media etc). If the speakers do not attend the meeting, maybe the signing can be delegated to an attending colleague of the consortium. Thank you all for the effort to set up this new MoU, Kind regards, Judith for the Biodata IG __________________________________ Dr. Judith Engel NFDI4Biodiversity Cross Community Coordination MARUM- University of Bremen PANGAEA Data Publisher Telefone: +49 421 218 65581 Email: Judith.Engel(a)uni-bremen.de www.gfbio.org <http://www.gfbio.org/> www.nfdi4biodiversity.org <http://www.nfdi4biodiversity.org/> > Am 03.02.2026 um 11:24 schrieb Josh Moore <joshua.moore(a)gerbi-gmb.de>: > > Dear speakers of the BioData IG— > > We are aiming for publication of the BioData MOU v2 with 6 consortia — DataPLANT, NFDI4Microbiota, NFDI4Biodiversity, FAIRagro, NFDI4Objects, and NFDI4BIOIMAGE — by February 20th in order to have the link ready for the interim reports. You can find the current document both attached as a PDF and in the Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C9GXKeBAboYigeDS8aERncXvdd-sYDsrtw-Rm-s… > > I’ve been asked to track the approval of the document. Could you please let me know ASAP if you are ready to sign and if not, what the timeline for your consortium is to give approval. > > Many, many thanks. > ~Josh Moore > NFDI4BIOIMAGE > >

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Terminumfrage fürs nächste Treffen/ Autoreninfos für MoU 2.0 Veröffentlichung

by Judith Engel

Liebe Biodata IG Kolleg:innen, wie im letzten Meeting am 26.1. besprochen hier die Terminumfrage für unser nächstes Treffen Ende Februar/Anfang März: https://terminplaner6.dfn.de/de/p/340a02fdf24c5c0795fea8ee3b428679-1585050 Füllt die Umfrage bitte bis zum 4. Februar aus. Dann noch die bitte in Vorbereitung der Veröffentlichung des MoUs 2.0 die Autorenliste zu vervollständigen, inklusive ORCIDs. Eine entsprechende Tabelle ist im Protokoll angelegt: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17XUmj6pzVsj7xy3OC7f2X8OZ1rX8yKh-DV1mqjm… Zeitziel für die Veröffentlichung ist der 20. Februar. Viele grüße und ein schönes Wochenende später! Judith

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