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BBB 2026 in Aachen – we’re in on it!
The “Boosting Biodata Bootcamp 2026” has begun! We are very pleased to be hosting this conference in collaboration with the NFDI consortia NFDI4Biodiversity, NFDI4BIOIMAGE, the FAIRagro Consortium, and DataPLANT. The BBB is aimed at the entire biodata community; joint RDM solutions will be presented—we look forward to exciting presentations, poster sessions, workshops, hands-on exercises, training…
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agriRDM – Please take part in their new survey across Europe!
agriRDM is a European research project—a collaboration between Teagasc and University College Dublin (UCD) in Ireland, Wageningen University & Research (WUR) in the Netherlands, and our co-applicant ZALF (Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research) in Germany. The project aims to promote the use of FDM in agricultural and food sciences by examining the human factors…
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Don’t forget to register: Legal Workshop Series – Data protection on a silver platter
Now also available in English and only a few vacancies left: The workshop from our series “Don’t panic! A Survival Guide for Law and Ethics in Research” on the topic of data protection—October 13–15, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. each day. What’s it all about? Wherever there are people, the Datenschutzgrundverordnung (DSGVO) –…
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Save the date: FAIRagro Plenary 2027: Feb 10 – 12
We are already looking forward to our annual FAIRagro project meeting in 2027—and especially to seeing everyone in person again. We will present our project progress through reports, posters, and live demos, and we are preparing breakout sessions on the most important topics for our consortium. We also plan to invite representatives from other consortia…
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This has been the 1st NFDI4Life Sciences Conference
We’ve been waiting a long time—and it was worth it: the ndi4LS-IB2026 at the IPK Leibniz Institute: Three fantastic days featuring seven keynote speeches, twenty-three presentations, and eighteen posters—that sums up the 1st NFDI4LifeSciences Conference and the 20th International Symposium on Integrative Bioinformatics. Organized by DataPLANT, our FAIRagro consortium, and NFDI4Biodiversity, with support from NFDI4Microbiota,…
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BBB Biodata Conference – registration deadline extended!
The BBB Biodata Conference will take place at RWTH Aachen University from September 15 to 17. FAIRagro is organizing this event in collaboration with DataPlant, NFDI4Biodiversity, NFDI4Bioimage, and NFDI4Microbiota. The BBB is aimed at the entire biodata community; joint RDM solutions will be presented—you can look forward to exciting talks, poster sessions, workshops, hands-on exercises,…
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Now availble: Training Material and Recordings of our Legal Workshop Ep. III
The third episode of the workshop series “Don’t Panic! A Survival Guide for Law and Ethics in Research” focused on “The License to Research: Who Owns Research Data, and What Can I Do With It?” Three days packed with valuable information on copyright, licenses, and the public domain. When is research data protected by copyright,…
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Register now – two new exciting trainings in September and October
Summer break? Not at FAIRagro. We’re currently preparing two new exciting training sessions for you: On September 30, “Kickstart Your Data Publication: A Hands-On Guide to Life Science Repositories” will cover everything you need to know about repositories in the agricultural sciences and how to make the most of them. And during the week starting…
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The FAIRagro DMP Service – a success story!
We are very pleased that the FAIRagro Data Management Plan (DMP) Service for agrosystem research—established with the support of the DMP4NFDI core service—has also been acknowledged by the NFDI network. The service is based on the open-source tool “Research Data Management Organizer” (RDMO), which is hosted by DMP4NFDI, and offers, among other things, a subject-specific…
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100 years of International Grassland Congress – June 13-18 2027 in Leipzig
Since 1927, the International Grassland Congress (IGC) has promoted the exchange of information on all aspects of natural and cultivated grasslands and forage crops for the benefit of humanity, including sustainable development, food production, and the conservation of biodiversity. Every three to five years, leading scientists, students, industry representatives, consultants, and producers from around the…
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This has been the FAIRagro Talk on Aug 3
Simulation models, meta-analyses, and machine learning require standardized data; however, in agricultural research, much valuable information from the published literature is available only in unstructured, non-machine-readable formats. Can this data be converted into analyzable datasets? And if so, how can we successfully extract structured and consistent metadata from scientific publications? In Use Case 2, a…
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Biodata Interest Group Workshop: Report now available!
In mid-April, representatives of six NFDI consortia—FAIRagro, DataPLANT, NFDI4Bioimage, NFDI4Biodiversity, NFDI4Objects, and NFDI4Microbiota—met in Berlin at the Julius Kühn Institute to advance the plans and prospects for the newly launched Biodata Interest Group. The focus was on synergies between the numerous services within the consortia, joint training concepts, developing a dedicated roadmap, and defining and…