June 2026 - Training4lifescience

Invitation to seminar: "Digital Archive Footprints: between digital infrastructure and colonial history" - WiNoDa Knowledge Lab

by Bellini, Ginevra

Dear colleague, We would like to invite you to the last three sessions of the online seminar series Ethics in Action: Working with Sensitive Data from Scientific Collections<https://winoda.de/en/educational-offers/seminar-series-ethics-in-action/>, organised by the WiNoDa Knowledge Lab<https://winoda.de/en/english/>. The upcoming seminar dives into the intersection of digital infrastructure and colonial history for natural history objects, bringing together expert voices from museums, research institutions, and communities of origin. Digital Archive Footprints: Reflections on Digitisation Training and Research at Museum für Naturkunde Berlin June 29th, 4:00–5:30 pm CEST A collaboration between the Milele Museum (Rwanda), The Space Botswana, and SAVVY Kwata (Cameroon), the project Digital Archive Footprints<https://themuseumslab.org/en/digital-archive> traces colonial-era biological collections in German institutions and works with origin communities to reinterpret and return that knowledge. Hear firsthand reflections on what a hands-on digitisation training phase at Museum für Naturkunde Berlin revealed — its possibilities, its limitations, and what it means to work with collections still inaccessible to the communities they belong to. Digital Archive Footprints is one of the projects selected by the TheMuseumsLab CollabFund<https://themuseumslab.org/en/activities/collabfund>, which is funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation. 👉 Register here<https://winoda.de/en/event/seminar-series-digital-archive-footprints/> or visit our website winoda.de/english All sessions are held online in English and free to attend, but registration is required. We look forward to seeing you there! Warm regards, Ginevra Bellini Digital Archive Footprints is funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation [cid:f1f2c877-b31f-4238-b3d7-0b80d864a196] Digital Archive Footprints is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media [cid:ab659ba5-b159-42ec-95f9-9e95c5a8b15a] ~~~ Dr. Ginevra Bellini (she/her_sie/ihr) Community Manager WiNoDa Knowledge Lab Email: ginevra.bellini(a)mfn.berlin<mailto:ginevra.bellini@mfn.berlin> WiNoDa Knowledge Lab web page<https://winoda.de/en/english/> | WiNoDa LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/winoda> Museum für Naturkunde Berlin Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung Invalidenstraße 43 10115 Berlin | Germany [cid:c622caf1-e3c0-4869-ab00-199dfcf55c9c]

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[July 6th] Transforming Prokaryotic Taxonomy with TAXA-KG

by Magel, Maja

Dear experts and beginners in taxonomy and knowledge graphs, we are really excited to see what the collaboration between two of our NFDI4Microbiota Use Cases has brought to fruition. Join us to enable microbial description at large scale! During this hands-on workshop, our speakers will introduce the background of identifying, culturing and describing novel information of prokaryotic taxa, with a focus on making taxonomic descriptions accessible for further large-scale downstream analysis. This beginner-friendly workshop will guide you through the basic concepts of taxonomic descriptions and transforming data for knowledge graph applications. During the subsequent demonstration, you will be able to apply the knowledge with some hands-on examples. After this workshop, we will have learned and transformed the way we describe novel microbial taxa. Meeting details Date Monday, July 6th 2026 Time 14:00 - 16:00 CEST (Berlin time) 20:00 - 22:00 HKT (Hong Kong time) 08:00 - 10:00 EDT (New York time) Location online. Please register to receive the link.<https://events.hifis.net/event/4221/> The tools used during the workshop The tool providing our dataset: https://protologger.bi.denbi.de<https://protologger.bi.denbi.de/> The tool collecting our transformed bacterial information: WikiBase instance (link will be shared during the workshop) The speakers 1. Assist.-Prof. Dr. Thomas C.A. Hitch The Chinese University of Hong Kong Bioinformatician, Protologger developer, Taxonomist 2. Vanessa Scharf, M.Sc. ZB MED Information Centre for Life Sciences, Cologne Bioinformatician, Data Scientist, Knowledge Graph developer 3. Prof. Dr. Thomas Clavel University Hospital of RWTH Aachen Microbiologist, Functional microbiome research Warm regards, Maja (Magel) The NFDI4Microbiota Outreach Team Carmen Paulmann, Lina Junctorius, Maja Magel Website<https://nfdi4microbiota.de/> | Helpdesk <https://nfdi4microbiota.de/de/support/helpdesk/> | LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/company/nfdi4microbiota>| GitHub<https://ddei5-0-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2…> | Mastodon<https://nfdi.social/@NFDI4Microbiota> | BlueSky<https://bsky.app/profile/nfdi4microbiota.bsky.social> You want to stop receiving Ambassador e-mails? Please write to contact(a)nfdi4microbiota.de<mailto:contact@nfdi4microbiota.de> to cancel your Ambassador status and unsubscribe from the mailing list.

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NFDI4Microbiota Coffee Talk Series 2026: Dates and Talks have been updated

by Magel, Maja

Dear microbiology enthusiasts, please note that we have updated our Coffee Talk schedule. The biggest changes in short, more information below: * The date in June changed to July 6th. After the 1 hour introduction, the talk will morph into a hands-on demonstration. Please register for a separate Zoom link: Transforming Prokaryotic Taxonomy with TAXA-KG (July 6, 2026) · HIFIS and Helmholtz Events (Indico)<https://events.hifis.net/event/4221/> * The date changed to October 19th. The set-up: For 2026, we are presenting a Tandem Coffee Talk approach that aims to connect current state-of-the-art microbiome research presented by a guest speaker, followed by an overview of related NFDI services offering current Research Data Management solutions to the presented scientific field. Our goal is to combine scientific insight with hands-on RDM solutions, so participants leave with both a broader perspective and something they can apply directly to their own work. ________________________________ 📢 Coffee Talk 2026 Series Details 📅 Date: bi-monthly Mondays in 2026 February, 23rd- Viral Ecology and Omics presented by Prof. Dr. Bas E. Dutilh (Excellence Cluster "Balance of the Microverse", University of Jena) and NFDI4Microbiota's VirJenDB service presented by Dr. Noriko Cassman (University of Jena) April, 28th - 8th NFDI4Microbiota Community Workshop “Looking back, looking forward: Practical tools to support your research” by Prof. Dr. Konrad U. Förstner (ZB MED Information Centre for Life Sciences, Cologne) July, 6th - Transforming Prokaryotic Taxonomy with Knowledge Graphs presented by Vanessa Scharf M.Sc. (ZB MED Cologne), Assist-Prof. Dr. Thomas C.A. Hitch and Prof. Dr. Thomas Clavel (University Hospital of RWTH Aachen). Please register for the seperate Zoom link<https://events.hifis.net/event/4221/> from 14:00-16:00. September, 7th - Benchmarking of shotgun sequencing depth reveals the potential and limitations of shallow metagenomics and strain-level analysis presented by Dr. Nicole Treichel (University Hospital of RWTH Aachen) and tbd October, 19th - Contrasting Exposure Regimes Shape the Human Gut Microbiome and Resistome: Evidence from Travel and Social Distancing presented by Prof. Dr. John Penders (Maastricht University) and NFDI4Microbiota's Qiita service presented Prof. Dr. Stefan Janssen & Anna Rehm (JLU Gießen) December, 14th - Palaeogenomics and the future of lost genomes presented by Prof. Dr. Christina Warinner (Harvard University, Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig) and on Community driven stewardship of ancient microbial genetic data 🕒 Time: 14:00 – 15:00 CET/ CEST (Berlin time) 💻 Join here via Zoom<https://rwth.zoom-x.de/j/69637480434?pwd=aq6VlWq8JB8w3W4OJ3P3pI7aQcRahP.1> Meeting ID: 696 3748 0434 Passcode: 760425 ________________________________ Which topics will we cover? While the speaker lineup is still being finalized, the Coffee Talks will cover topics at the intersection of: * Microbial communities – bacteria, viruses, archaea, and beyond * Application domains – human health, environmental and Earth system research, food production and agriculture, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology * Techniques & research modalities – omics technologies, imaging approaches, and knowledge graphs ________________________________ Target audience We try to cater to a heterogeneous pool of participants, including wet-lab microbiologists, bioinformaticians (from beginner to advanced), data stewards & infrastructure specialists, and researchers working with diverse omics data and host-associated microbiomes. * Each session may focus on a specific topic, but will always start with a big-picture overview to ensure everyone can follow and benefit. ________________________________ For more information and event updates, subscribe to our newsletter<https://lists.nfdi.de/postorius/lists/nfdi4microbiota-announce.lists.nfdi.d…>. After finalizing the speaker details, you will find the updated schedule here<https://nfdi4microbiota.de/community/coffee_talk_series/>. In the meantime, feel welcome to share this Save-the-Date invitation with your colleagues. ________________________________ ☕ Grab your coffee and join us online! We look forward to learning state-of-the art research and exchanging ideas how FAIR, secure, and reusable data practices can empower the microbiome research community. The NFDI4Microbiota Outreach Team Carmen (Paulmann), Lina (Junctorius) und Maja (Magel) Website<https://nfdi4microbiota.de/> | Helpdesk <https://nfdi4microbiota.de/de/support/helpdesk/> | LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/company/nfdi4microbiota>| GitHub<https://ddei5-0-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2…> | Mastodon<https://nfdi.social/@NFDI4Microbiota> | BlueSky<https://bsky.app/profile/nfdi4microbiota.bsky.social> You want to stop receiving NFDI4Microbiota's e-mails? Please write to contact(a)nfdi4microbiota.de<mailto:contact@nfdi4microbiota.de> to unsubscribe from the mailing list.

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