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Workshop on Data from eDNA Analyses | Nov 4–5 in Bremen

by Eisner, Marthe Irene

Dear colleagues, we would like to share an upcoming workshop that may be of interest to researchers and data professionals working with molecular biodiversity and eDNA data. The “mareXtreme & Beyond: Workshop on Data from eDNA Analyses” will take place November 4–5, 2026, at the University of Bremen. The workshop combines research presentations on eDNA data collection and analysis with a session on data management and publication, covering topics such as the publication of sequences, OTU/ASV and qPCR tables and contextual data according to the FAIR principles. Colleagues from GFBio, the ASV Registry and PANGAEA will contribute to the programme. There are still places available. Early career researchers working with eDNA data are especially encouraged to participate and can apply for a short oral presentation. Registration: <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScksQjGZ3mnJCcz1YdtWpcGy60_2lLcLIO…> Online registration form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScksQjGZ3mnJCcz1YdtWpcGy60_2lLcLIO…> Please find the tentative agenda attached. Best regards Marthe Eisner NFDI4Biodiversity Communications Office Marthe I. Eisner Communications | NFDI4Biodiversity | Text+ Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen ✉️ eisner(a)sub.uni-goettingen.de 🌐 Web: SUB Göttingen<http://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/> | NFDI4Biodiversity<http://www.nfdi4biodiversity.org/> | Text+<https://text-plus.org/><https://www.base4nfdi.de/> 🔗 LinkedIn: <http://www.linkedin.com/company/nfdi4biodiversity> NFDI4Biodiversity<http://www.linkedin.com/company/nfdi4biodiv> | <https://www.linkedin.com/company/text-plus/home/> Text+<https://www.linkedin.com/company/text-plus>

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Workshop: An Introduction to the New Bacdive API | 17 November 2026

by Isabel Schober

Dear users and colleagues, /We warmly invite you to //this year's BacDive Workshop//! / *When:* *17 November 2026, 3pm* (Central European Time) *Where:* *online *(a Zoom link will be sent to registered participants via email shortly before the workshop) *Registration: *https://terminplaner.dfn.de/public/bookings/79086549-6f9d-4a3e-b9cb-e69e551ea564 We are now in the final stages of developing a brand-new API for Bac/Dive/, which will enable users to perform automated, advanced queries across all Bac/Dive/ data fields, including newly integrated genome annotation data. In this workshop, we will introduce the new API, demonstrate its capabilities, and showcase two additional recent additions to Bac/Dive/: the GenomeBrowser and a global Genomic Feature Search. Join us to explore how these tools can enhance your research workflows, and take part in an interactive session with opportunities for discussions and to questions. We look forward to hearing your thoughts, ideas, and feedback! Your Bac/Dive/ team -- Dr. Isabel Schober Team BacDive Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH Inhoffenstr. 7 B 38124 Braunschweig Germany Tel. +49531-2616-423 Fax +49531-2616-418 www.dsmz.de Management: Prof. Dr. Yvonne Mast (Interim Director), Bettina Fischer Local court: Braunschweig HRB 2570 Chairman of the management board: MR Dr. David Schnieders DSMZ - A member of the Leibniz Association www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de

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Legal Training: "Data Protection on a Silver Platter" on 13-15 October 2026

by Sophie Bosse

Hello togehter, I wanted to draw your attention to an upcoming workshop that might be interesting for anyone working with personal data in research: Legal Workshop Series: "Data Protection on a Silver Platter" * 13-15 October 2026, 10:00-12:00 each day * Online * Language: English * Free of charge The three-part workshop is part of the legal workshop series by FAIRagro, NFDI4Earth and NFDI4Biodiversity and provides a practical introduction to data protection and the GDPR in the context of agricultural, environmental and earth system science. Topics include identifying when the GDPR applies, legal bases for processing personal data, privacy notices, anonymisation and pseudonymisation, and informed consent. The sessions are particularly relevant for research involving, for example, interviews, geolocation, drone footage, recordings, or other situations where personal data may be collected. Please note that the three sessions build on one another and take place on consecutive days, so participants are expected to attend all three. You can find more information and register here: FAIRagro - Legal Workshop Series: Data Protection on a Silver Platter<https://fairagro.net/en/event/legal-workshop-series-data-protection-on-a-si…> Best regards, Sophie ---------------------------------------------------------- Sophie Boße Training coordinator FAIRagro ZB MED Information Centre for Life Sciences Gleuelerstr. 60 50931 Cologne www.zbmed.de<http://www.zbmed.de/> INFORMATION. KNOWLEDGE. LIFE. [Preis_Footer_350x100]

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Invitation to WiNoDa Data Expedition: a five-week journey of supported self-study

by Bellini, Ginevra

Dear colleague, I'm reaching out on behalf of the WiNoDa Knowledge Lab<https://winoda.de/en/english/>, a data competence center focused on scientific collections, offering free educational resources such as webinars and self-paced courses. If this sounds interesting, we would like to invite you to our latest initiative: the WiNoDa Data Expedition, a five-week journey of supported self-study. We’ll start our exploration together on October 1st, with an online kick-off session where we’ll introduce the courses, answer questions and get to know one another. From then onwards we will support your study journey in our forum and during open consultation hours. Ask questions, clarify doubts, brainstorm possible applications of what you’ve just learned, and get to learn fellow data enthusiasts! We currently offer courses on these topics: * Regulatory Frameworks for Data Acquisition in Fieldwork * Reusability and its relevance * Reusing object-related research data * Core concepts of data quality in research data management * Data Governance. Strategies for quality improvement in collection data * Basic concepts, terminology and workflow of Automatic Text Recognition (ATR) * Pre-processing and software selection for ATR * Transcription and semantic enrichment for ATR * Model Training and Publishing for ATR We’ll all meet up once more on November 5th for a joint wrap-up session where we’ll gather feedback and discuss what you’d like to see in the future from WiNoDa. To know more about the Data Expedition, please visit our website: winoda.de/en/event/winoda-data-expedition/<http://winoda.de/en/event/winoda-data-expedition/>. There is no registration deadline, you can join also after the kick-off event. We look forward to exploring the world of research data with you! Kind regards, Ginevra Bellini ~~~ 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:093d52b8-dec2-4fce-854f-289f89b53d6f]

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Master AI Tools for Your Research: HeFDI Code School 2026 Expert Track with hessian.AI

by Juliane Röder

Dear coding enthusiasts, Together with hessian.AI HeFDI offers an Expert track with three half day workshops related to coding and AI. Participants of these workshops will learn the fundamentals of deep learning, get practical insights into prompt engineering using meeting transcripts and get a glimpse on AI agents. These workshops are designed for researchers who already have basic coding experience (e.g., in Python or R) and want to apply AI tools in their research workflow. But as part of the HeFDI Code School, the "Expert" tracks are tailored specifically for researchers building up their programming skills alongside their domain research, not for professional software developers or computer scientists. The track consists of three online workshops (free of charge): - 1ˢᵗ Workshop: AI Essentials: Fundamentals, Applications, and Responsible Use (2ⁿᵈ October 2026, 10-13h (CET)) - 2ⁿᵈ Workshop: MeetingMate: From Conversations to Action with Prompt Engineering (9ᵗʰ October 2026, 10-12h / 13-15h (CET)) - 3ʳᵈ Workshop: All You Need to Know About AI Agents (16ᵗʰ October 2026, 10-12h / 13-15h (CET)) Please note that the registration for the first workshop is limited to 100 participants, while the second and third workshops are limited to 80 participants. Register now via this REDCap form: https://redcap.kks.uni-marburg.de/surveys/?s=M8CC7REP3D333HC7 Full details can also be found at https://codeschool.hefdi.de/ We look forward to your participation! -- Dr. Juliane Röder Projektmitarbeiterin | Project assistant NFDI4BioDiversity Task Area 1 Measure 4 – Education and Training www.nfdi4biodiversity.org Philipps-Universität Marburg Servicezentrum digital gestützte Forschung www.uni-marburg.de/eresearch HeFDI — Hessische Forschungsdateninfrastrukturen www.hefdi.de Biegenstraße 36 35032 Marburg Tel.: +49 6421-28-25022 juliane.roeder(a)uni-marburg.de Röder, J. (2026, February 13). NFDI, NFDI4Biodiversity & eResearch support your research data management. open_UMR. https://doi.org/10.17192/openumr/534 Röder, J., Signer, J., Scherreiks, P., Figueiredo, L., Kusch, E., Linares Gómez, J., Müller, W., Nozik, A., Schellenberger Costa, D., Scherer, C., Schindler, U., & Tschink, D. (2025). Template for the NFDI4Biodiversity & iDiv Seasonal School on Data Management in Ecology and Environmental Science 2024 (1.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15585748 Röder, J. (2025). A (very brief) introduction to research data management. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15641467 Röder, J., Frohne, K., & Tschink, D. (2024). Research Data Scary Tales—Biodiversity Edition. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.14237417 Fischer, M., Röder, J., Signer, J., Tschink, D., Weibulat, T., & Brand, O. (2023, 2024). NFDI4Biodiversity Self-Study Unit - Research Data Management for Biodiversity Data. LiaScript course. https://github.com/NFDI4Biodiversity/nfdi4biodiversity-sle Ilias course. https://ilias.uni-marburg.de/goto.php/crs/3219917 Text. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10377867 Import files Ilias & Moodle. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17582795

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New free training offers: + research data repositories + data protection and the GDPR

by Sophie Bosse

Hello everyone! There are some interesting new training opportunities available for anyone who is interested! * Would you like to publish your agricultural research data? This interactive workshop is a great place to start: it explains the FAIR data ecosystem approach, demonstrates powerful search tools, and offers hands-on insights into German research data repositories such as BONARES, PANGAEA, and e!DAL-PGP. During the breakout sessions, you will learn about the repositories and their publication processes. * Register now<https://fairagro.net/en/event/kickstart-your-data-publication-a-hands-on-gu…> for our training session with de.NBI on 30 September from 10:00 to 13:00. * Are you handling personal data in agricultural science, environmental science or earth system science? Join us to learn everything you need to know about the GDPR: what is it, what does it want, do I have to comply with it and if so, how do I deal with it? * Register now<https://fairagro.net/en/event/legal-workshop-series-data-protection-on-a-si…> for our new episode of the Survival Guide for Law and Ethics in Research, taking place from 13th to 15th October, 10:00-12:00. We look forward to seeing you at our training sessions! Sophie and the FAIRagro Training team ---------------------------------------------------------- Sophie Boße Training coordinator FAIRagro ZB MED Information Centre for Life Sciences Gleuelerstr. 60 50931 Cologne www.zbmed.de<http://www.zbmed.de/> INFORMATION. KNOWLEDGE. LIFE.

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WiNoDa x DiSSCo Hackathon 14-15 October – register now!

by Schwartz, Anna Lisa

Dear list members, Ready to build the next generation of machine annotation services for natural science collections? Join the DiSSCo x WiNoDa Hackathon on 14–15 October and work together with experts from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center to develop innovative solutions for Specimen Data. Pitch your ideas, form teams, and collaboratively hack focused on automated annotation. We welcome software engineers and data scientists and everyone working with object-based specimen data who would like to join the hack teams. Registration is open until August 31. For more information, click here: https://winoda.de/en/event/hackathon/ __________________________________________________________________ Anna Lisa Schwartz https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0391-3879 WiNoDa Knowledge Lab<https://winoda.de/> (Koordination, FDM und Training) hier geht’s zum newsletter<https://lists.gbv.de/listinfo/winoda-newsletter> GFBio - Gesellschaft für Biologische Daten e.V. Unicom 2, Haus 2-4 Mary-Somerville-Str. 2-4 28359 Bremen Tel: 0421 37703484

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NFDI4Biodiversity & iDiv Seasonal School 2026 - Registration open!

by Juliane Röder

Dear all, NFDI4Biodiversity and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) present the fourth Seasonal School on Data Management in Biodiversity and Environmental Science *from 5 to 9 October 2026.* Registration is open (until 30 August 23:59 CEST): www.nfdi4biodiversity.org/de/events/seasonal-school-2026/ *Participants will learn*... * How to create a data management plan * How to use Jupyter in combination with R (and Python) as working environment and Quarto to create reproducible content * How to integrate and clean data from different sources * How to set up reproducible workflows for data processing and analysis * How to publish data according to the FAIR principles * ... and about legal aspects of handling and sharing data The course is held online, in English, and participation is free of charge. Please note that spaces for our Seasonal School are limited. Priority will be given to members of the iDiv Graduate School and to doctoral researchers from NFDI4Biodiversity partners, but participants from all institutions are welcome to apply. You can find further information on prerequisites and course details here: https://nfdi4biodiversity.org/de/events/seasonal-school-2026/ Please forward this announcement in your networks! Best regards, Juliane -- Dr. Juliane Röder Projektmitarbeiterin | Project assistant NFDI4BioDiversity Task Area 1 Measure 4 – Education and Training www.nfdi4biodiversity.org Philipps-Universität Marburg Servicezentrum digital gestützte Forschung www.uni-marburg.de/eresearch HeFDI — Hessische Forschungsdateninfrastrukturen www.hefdi.de Biegenstraße 36 35032 Marburg Tel.: +49 6421-28-25022 juliane.roeder(a)uni-marburg.de Röder, J. (2026, February 13). NFDI, NFDI4Biodiversity & eResearch support your research data management. open_UMR. https://doi.org/10.17192/openumr/534 Röder, J., Signer, J., Scherreiks, P., Figueiredo, L., Kusch, E., Linares Gómez, J., Müller, W., Nozik, A., Schellenberger Costa, D., Scherer, C., Schindler, U., & Tschink, D. (2025). Template for the NFDI4Biodiversity & iDiv Seasonal School on Data Management in Ecology and Environmental Science 2024 (1.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15585748 Röder, J. (2025). A (very brief) introduction to research data management. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15641467 Röder, J., Frohne, K., & Tschink, D. (2024). Research Data Scary Tales—Biodiversity Edition. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.14237417 Fischer, M., Röder, J., Signer, J., Tschink, D., Weibulat, T., & Brand, O. (2023, 2024). NFDI4Biodiversity Self-Study Unit - Research Data Management for Biodiversity Data. LiaScript course. https://github.com/NFDI4Biodiversity/nfdi4biodiversity-sle Ilias course. https://ilias.uni-marburg.de/goto.php/crs/3219917 Text. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10377867 Import files Ilias & Moodle. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17582795

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Understanding Uncertainty in Data-Driven Research

by Juliane Röder

* *From*: Veronica Haas <veronica.haas(a)uni-mannheim.de> * *To*: "forschungsdaten(a)listserv.dfn.de" <forschungsdaten(a)listserv.dfn.de> * *Subject*: [forschungsdaten] Free Online Course: Understanding Uncertainty in Data-Driven Research (Starts Sept 1st) * *Date*: Tue, 7 Jul 2026 11:25:59 +0000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear all, We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming online course, *"Understanding Uncertainty in Data-Driven Research: How Uncertainty Shapes Machine Learning"*, starting on September 1st, 2026. How certain are the outputs of a machine learning model, and where does that uncertainty come from? This course helps participants trace uncertainty across the full data-driven research workflow - from data generation, measurement, and labeling to modeling, evaluation, decision-making, and the use of Large Language Models. Led by *Cornelia Gruber* (Department of Statistics, LMU Munich), this course will be spread across 4 sessions over 4 week. It is *open to all researchers*, free of charge, and will be conducted in English via Zoom. Each week consists of a lecture, followd by an enxtensive Q&A session. Participants will explore key concepts like aleatoric and epistemic uncertainty, question "ground truth" assumptions by looking at human disagreement in datasets, and learn to interpret probabilistic predictions for real-world decision-making. By the end of the course, you will be better equipped to analyze what a model output really means, what it might be hiding, and how to make uncertainty visible in your own research. The application deadline is *August 4th, 2026 (CEST)*. Because participation is limited and demand usually exceeds capacity, the application form includes a few questions about your background. Please note that priority will be given to researchers working in business, economics, and related social sciences. For more details and to submit your application, please visit our course page: https://www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy/uncertainty-26/ <https://www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy/uncertainty-26/>. Please feel free to forward this invitation to interested colleagues and research networks. Best regards, Veronica Haas ................................................................... *Veronica Haas* (she/her | de, en, it) Communications and Dissemination Officer University Library University of Mannheim D – 68131 Mannheim phone +49-621-181-2719 Website: www.berd-nfdi.de <http://www.berd-nfdi.de/>

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Invitation to de.NBI & ELIXIR Germany and GHGA webinar "Reproducible and Scalable Workflows with Nextflow", online 16.07.26 at 13:00 CEST

by González Ribao, Vanessa

*** Bitte beachten Sie, dass diese Veranstaltung ausschließlich in englischer Sprache stattfindet *** Dear Training Community, de.NBI & ELIXIR Germany<https://www.denbi.de/> and GHGA<http://www.ghga.de/> (The German Human Genome Phenome Archive) are inviting you to the next episode of our joint Webinar Series: Building Reproducible and Scalable Workflows with Nextflow. Efficient data analysis requires more than just a collection of scripts. In this webinar, you will discover how Nextflow empowers researchers to create portable and highly parallelized pipelines. We will also cover the integration of software containers and the deployment of workflows across various cloud and cluster environments without changing a single line of code. This webinar is aimed at students, early career researchers, clinicians, bioinformaticians and everyone interested in streamlining complex data analysis using Nextflow. The webinar will be held by GHGA Workflows expert and Newtflow ambassador Kübra Narci from the German Cancer Research Centre in Heidelberg. The event is in English, it takes approx. 60 minutes and will be held on 16th July 2026 at 13:00 CEST (available afterwards on demand<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXMwmQxyLByXU38-1aG7m-b1A6UADZcxw>). Attendance is free, but we ask for registration<https://dkfz-de.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/UFgtBVWwS0KFHvdoG_FOYA>. [cid:image001.png@01DD0F91.F60B8E90] For more information or registration, visit our event website<https://www.ghga.de/events/detail/the-denbi-elixir-de-and-ghga-knowledge-se…>. The Organisation Team of the de.NBI & ELIXIR-DE and GHGA Knowledge Series GHGA - German Human Genome-Phenome Archive - www.ghga.de<http://www.ghga.de> de.NBI & ELIXIR Germany - www.denbi.de<http://www.denbi.de> Kind regards, Dr. Vanessa González Ribao German Human Genome-Phenome Archive Training Coordinator for Data Protection www.ghga.de<http://www.ghga.de> German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Foundation under Public Law Im Neuenheimer Feld 280 69120 Heidelberg Germany vanessa.gonzalezribao(a)dkfz-heidelberg.de<mailto:vanessa.gonzalezribao@dkfz-heidelberg.de> www.dkfz.de<http://www.dkfz.de/> [cid:image002.png@01DD0F91.F60B8E90] Management Board: Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h. c. Michael Baumann, Shalini Saxena (interim) VAT-ID No.: DE143293537

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