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Introduction to RDM at Uni Kassel
On 14 May 2024, FAIRagro and the Research Data Service of the University of Kassel gave a two-hour introduction to research data management of agricultural data. A total of 25 researchers from Faculty 11 of the University of Kassel – from deans to PhD students – followed our quick ride through the many topics of…
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Save the date: Symposium on “Linked Data in the Age of Generative AI” on 12 and 13 December
FAIRagro, KIDA and NFDI4Health are organising a symposium on “Linked Data in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence – New Perspectives or Outdated Vision?” at the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment in Berlin on 12-13 December 2024 and cordially invite all participants! Please make a note of the date today. Further information can be found…
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Knock Knock: who’s there? – The Reform Of The Genetic Engineering Laws?
Genetic engineering. For some it’s the sleep paralysis demon, for others the holy grail. Granted, it’s not as dramatic. However, the gene scissor is not the only one separating. The topic is discussed heatedly across politicians, scientists and consumer advocates, and not just nationally. Only recently the pot has been stirred again by the decision…
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FAIRagro at the Data Dialogue Workshop
On 22 April 2024, Florian and Jannes represented FAIRagro at the Data Dialogue Workshop in Braunschweig: The event for young scientists was organised by RDM4Braunschweig. The two of them each had a poster about our DSSC and the helpdesk as well as on the topic of data quality and were pleased with the many lively…
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Workshop “Legal Status Quo”
These were the topics on 10.4. and 11.4. in Frankfurt: Your institution runs a repository and you would like to know what legal issues, problems or obstacles may arise in data management and re-use?Are you the author of a scientific paper or a dataset and wondering whether and how you should or can license it?…
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Copyright as the final boss
Friend or foe for scientists? Our first Legal Workshop earlier this week was a full success! Since there have been lively discussions around the presented topics regarding the German copyright, I want to use this legal column again to dive into the deep sea of the German copyright law and the data licenses. German copyright:…
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Exciting Job Offer: Postdoc at ZALF
The Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) e. V. in Müncheberg is a member of the Leibniz Association. The Research Platform Data Analysis & Simulation is offering a 3.5-year postdoc position as part of FAIRagro. This position will support the development of RDM solutions for agroecosystem research from field to landscape and larger scales.…
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Announcement: FAIRagro Use Case Call 2024
We are happy to announce that we are currently preparing the 1st FAIRagro Use Case Call to expand our current 6 Use Cases. The preliminary schedule is as follows: We strongly encourage all interested parties to attend the FAIRagro Community Summit, taking place on 17 and 18 June in Berlin, to gain insights into the…
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FAIRagro submissions for the EOSC Symposium 2024 – vote now!
The EOSC Symposium 2024 (European Open Science Cloud) will take place in Berlin from 21-23 October. The event programme includes six one-hour sessions (“Unconference Sessions”). FAIRagro has submitted two session abstracts: Both submissions have made it into the top 16 and are open for voting until 26 April – the six sessions with the most…
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1st FAIRagro Community Summit
One of FAIRagro’s most important concerns is direct communication and interaction with our community, which is spread across many disciplines, institutions and organizations. In this way, we understand the respective requirements for optimal research data management, address these and communicate our services, events and the opportunities to participate in FAIRagro. In order to bring the…
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FAIRagro at the DAFA conference in Potsdam
The DAFA Conference “Agricultural Research in Climate Change” took place in Potsdam from March 11 to 14, 2024. Over 550 participants exchanged ideas and information on the current state of science on key topics in the field of agriculture in climate change. In 90 poster presentations and over 100 lectures, it was shown which effects…
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FAIRagro is looking for a Research Software Engineer
As part of the FAIRagro project, the Thünen Institute offers an interesting position as Research Software Engineer. The Thünen Institute leads the Measure 4.4 Scientific Workflow Infrastructure (SciWIn) in the FAIRagro project which is part of the Task Area Infrastructure Services. The integration of data and processes plays an important role in the reproducibility and…