The Biodata Developers Network of the Wellcome Sanger Institute, and ELIXIR / EMBL-EBI, together with RITrainPlus, are organising a knowledge-exchange workshop on ‘Artificial Intelligence Competencies: training challenges and needs of research infrastructures and core facilities’. We wish to identify the
A highly interactive workshop on “Upskilling users in training and research
RItrainPlus and BioExcel have recently hosted a knowledge-exchange workshop on “Upskilling and training users in science and research”. The event took place at the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain) on the 24th and 25th of September 2024, with a total of 26 participants
An online staff visit between EMBL-EBI and The Alan Turing Institute – implementing Agile Scrum methodology
The EMBL-EBI Training Team tells us about their experience. The EMBL-EBI Training Team and Web Development Team work together on the EMBL-EBI training website and the EMBL-EBI Competency Hub. The work follows the Agile Scrum methodology. In this online staff
Exchange of experience for training operations during a three day working meeting
The Bioinformatics Education Summit, co-organised in 2023 by the RItrainPlus Knowledge and Staff Exchange programme, provides a platform for discussion, development and dissemination of advances, guidance and best practice for training and education in bioinformatics as part of a global
Staff exchange at the University of Milan: How do we assess the socio-economic impact of large-scale RIs?
The two-day staff exchange visit organised at the University of Milan brought together experts on assessing socio-economic impact of large-scale RIs. The visit consisted of a group meeting and several one-to-one exchange sessions. In this blog article, both visitor and
Staff exchange at ADP: How could we improve open data?
The staff exchange gave CREDI valuable insight into how their Slovenian colleagues support open science initiatives. Here’s what else CREDI’s Amela Kurta and Nermin Oruč learned from the experience. Sharing expertise and learning from the experiences of others in open
Virtual staff visit between three RIs: How to improve training operations?
Over the course of four days late in December 2021, 11 colleagues from the training teams of EATRIS-ERIC, INSTRUCT-ERIC and ELIXIR-EBI held a virtual staff visit to discuss selected topics related to training operations. Vera Matser from EMBL-EBI shares
Staff visit at CESSDA: How to run a grants programme and EC projects in symbiosis?
CESSDA-ERIC hosted a staff visit focusing on RI project and grant management. Martina Drascic Capar from CESSDA describes the visit from the host’s point of view. Over the course of one week in October 2021, a colleague from the Faculty
Staff exchange at EMBL-EBI: Improving skills in science communication
PhD student Victoria Hill spent three highly useful months at EMBL-EBI within the EU projects team. The experience taught her valuable skills in career development and science communication. I have recently completed a three month Professional Internship for PhD Students
Staff exchanges increase collaboration between RIs
Staff exchanges between RIs have been increasing collaboration and knowledge transfer between RIs. The RItrainPlus’s innovative Staff and Knowledge Exchange Programme facilitates staff exchanges between different RIs. One of those successful visits took place over the course of four days