1:28 p.m.
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to the WiNoDa Online Winter School 2025, a five‑day,
interactive programme designed to build practical data skills for researchers, curators
and students working with natural science, archaeology and biodiversity collections.
About the Winter School
* Dates: 24–28 November 2025 (online)
* Organisers: German Federation for Biological Data (GFBio), Museum für Naturkunde
Berlin (MfN), German Archaeological Institute (DAI) and the Vernetzungs‑ und
Kompetenzstelle Open Access Brandenburg (VuK), in cooperation with NFDI4Biodiversity.
* Goal: To provide a comprehensive introduction to research‑data management for
object‑related datasets, covering the full data journey from data collection and standards
to enrichment and publication
* Format: Expert lectures and hands‑on sessions across biodiversity, palaeontology,
archaeology and related fields.
What you will learn
Participants will work with real collection data and learn to:
* Apply the FAIR data principles and meet data‑quality standards.
* Navigate and harmonise diverse collection databases, including understanding data
types, standards and persistent identifiers.
* Enrich and visualise datasets and manage them efficiently using SQL.
* Understand how open data and the data economy drive innovation : reuse of existing
datasets saves time and money, avoids duplication of experiments and allows researchers to
draw new insights without repeating costly data collection.
Practical details
* Registration: Please register via our event page:
https://events.gfbio.org/event/66/.
* Deadline: Registration is open until 15 October 2025
* Capacity: Participation is limited to 30 people, there is no fee
* Language: English
We encourage interested researchers, curators and students to apply early and join us for
this unique opportunity to expand their data‑management skills and explore the value of
data reuse. If you know colleagues who might benefit, please share this invitation widely
across your networks.
For questions or further information, feel free to contact the WiNoDa Knowledge Lab team
(winoda@gfbio.org<mailto:winoda@gfbio.org>).
We look forward to welcoming you online in November!
Best regards,
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Dr. Maureen F. Atemkeng
WiNoDa<https://winoda.de/en/english/> (Knowledge Management and Helpdesk Support)
GFBio - German Federation for Biological Data e.V.
Unicom 2, Haus 2-4
Mary-Somerville-Str. 2-4
28359 Bremen
Germany
E-Mail: mfatemkeng(a)gfbio.org
Phone: 0421 37703686
Mobile: +49 17662834979
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