Events & Training

This section includes a list of upcoming conferences, webinars, workshops, and training opportunities for Swedish researchers working in the area of data-driven life science. If you know of an appropriate event that is not listed here, please suggest it using the form below. All times are given in Central European Time (CET/CEST). Questions about individual events should be directed to the organisers of that event.

Workshop

Data-driven life science and the RDA: Leveraging global data communities in regional initiatives and cross-border infrastructures

March

Date and time: Mar 24, 2023 09:00 - 13:00

Organiser(s): ELIXIR and SciLifeLab

Venue: Lindholmen Conference Center

Event type: Workshop

Date and time: Mar 24, 2023 09:00 - 13:00

Organiser(s): ELIXIR and SciLifeLab

Venue: Lindholmen Conference Center

Description:
This workshop will showcase how to leverage the Research Data Alliance (RDA) to support life science research today and what role the RDA and international data infrastructures can play in the transition to an increasingly data-driven research practice. It is organised by ELIXIR, NBIS and the Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) and includes speakers on life science data & interoperability, stakeholder engagement, and liaison strategies with the RDA.

The workshop aims to promote and refine strategies for liaising with global communities and in particular the RDA to develop and adopt solutions for data-driven life science research. The intended audience is research communities, regional research infrastructures and cross-border infrastructure collaborations. However, registration is open to everyone who is involved in furthering shared principles and standards for life science research data. To accommodate a dynamic and diverse group of participants, the workshop is hosted as a hybrid event, accepting participants on-site in Gothenburg, Sweden or online via Zoom.

For more information, see the event webpage at the link below.

Event webpage

Registration

Workshop

Regional Mass Spectrometry Imaging Spring Workshop

March

Date and time: Mar 27, 2023 - Mar 29, 2023

Organiser(s): Spatial Mass Spectrometry, SciLifeLab

Venue: Uppsala Konsert & Kongress

Support session

NBIS Weekly Bioinformatics Drop-in

March

Date and time: Mar 28, 2023 14:00 - 15:00

Organiser(s): NBIS

Venue: Zoom

Support session

NBIS Weekly Bioinformatics Drop-in

April

Date and time: Apr 4, 2023 14:00 - 15:00

Organiser(s): NBIS

Venue: Zoom

Support session

NBIS Weekly Bioinformatics Drop-in

April

Date and time: Apr 11, 2023 14:00 - 15:00

Organiser(s): NBIS

Venue: Zoom

Conference

SciLifeLab Day Gothenburg

April

Date and time: Apr 17, 2023 09:00 - 17:00

Organiser(s): SciLifeLab Gothenburg

Venue: Conference Centre Wallenberg

Workshop

Workshop on Data Visualization in R

April

Date and time: Apr 17, 2023 - Apr 19, 2023

Registration deadline: Mar 31, 2023

Organiser(s): NBIS

Venue: Retina D227, Biologihuset, Lund

Symposium

KI SciLifeLab Symposium

April

Date and time: Apr 18, 2023 09:00 - 17:00

Registration deadline: Apr 6, 2023

Organiser(s): Karolinska Institutet

Venue: Nobel Forum, Solna

Course

Introduction to Data Management Practices

April

Date and time: Apr 18, 2023 - Apr 20, 2023

Registration deadline: Mar 10, 2023

Organiser(s): NBIS

Venue: Navet, SciLifeLab, Uppsala

Support session

NBIS Weekly Bioinformatics Drop-in

April

Date and time: Apr 18, 2023 14:00 - 15:00

Organiser(s): NBIS

Venue: Zoom

Course

Tools for Reproducible Research

April

Date and time: Apr 24, 2023 - Apr 28, 2023

Registration deadline: Mar 31, 2023

Organiser(s): NBIS

Venue: Online event via Zoom

Event type: Course

Date and time: Apr 24, 2023 - Apr 28, 2023

Registration deadline: Mar 31, 2023

Organiser(s): NBIS

Venue: Online event via Zoom

Description:
One of the key principles of proper scientific procedure is the act of repeating an experiment or analysis and being able to reach similar conclusions. Published research based on computational analysis (e.g. bioinformatics or computational biology) have often suffered from incomplete method descriptions (e.g. list of used software versions); unavailable raw data; and incomplete, undocumented and/or unavailable code. This essentially prevents any possibility of reproducing the results of such studies. The term “reproducible research” has been used to describe the idea that a scientific publication should be distributed along with all the raw data and metadata used in the study, all the code and/or computational notebooks needed to produce results from the raw data, and the computational environment or a complete description thereof.

For more information, see the event webpage at the link below.

Event webpage

Registration

Course

Introduction to Biostatistics and Machine Learning

April

Date and time: Apr 24, 2023 - Apr 28, 2023

Registration deadline: Apr 24, 2023

Organiser(s): NBIS

Venue: Navet, SciLifeLab, Uppsala

Event type: Course

Date and time: Apr 24, 2023 - Apr 28, 2023

Registration deadline: Apr 24, 2023

Organiser(s): NBIS

Venue: Navet, SciLifeLab, Uppsala

Description:
National course open for PhD students, postdocs, researchers and other employees in need of biostatistical skills within all Swedish universities. The course is geared towards life scientists wanting to be able to understand and use basic statistical and machine learning methods. It would also suit those already applying biostatistical methods but have never got a chance to reflect on and truly grasp the basic statistical concepts, such as the commonly misinterpreted p-value.

Due to limited space the course can accommodate maximum of 25 participants. If we receive more applications, participants will be selected based on several criteria. Selection criteria include correct entry requirements, motivation to attend the course as well as gender and geographical balance.NBIS prioritises academic participants (students, staff, affiliated researchers) in Sweden. We can accept participants from industry and/or outside Sweden if we have seats available and the requirements criteria are met.

Fee: 1500 SEK paid by invoice to NBIS. This includes lunches, coffee and snacks. Please note that NBIS cannot invoice individuals.

For more information, see the event webpage at the link below.

Event webpage

Registration

Symposium

Three Decades of Genomics: From PCR to Precision Medicine

April

Date and time: Apr 24, 2023 - Apr 25, 2023

Registration deadline: Apr 12, 2023

Organiser(s): NGI (Uppsala), SNP&SEQ Technology platform

Venue: BMC, The Svedberg Lecture Hall (B8)

Support session

NBIS Weekly Bioinformatics Drop-in

April

Date and time: Apr 25, 2023 14:00 - 15:00

Organiser(s): NBIS

Venue: Zoom

Webinar

RDM Training and Tools working group

April

Date and time: Apr 27, 2023 10:00 - 12:00

Organiser(s): SciLifeLab Data Centre

Venue: Online event via Zoom

Workshop

EMBL-SciLifeLab Data Science workshop

May

Date and time: May 15, 2023 - May 16, 2023

Organiser(s): SciLifeLab and EMBL

Venue: Eva von Bahr, Uppsala University

Contentathon

RDMkit Contentathon

May

Date and time: May 22, 2023 - May 24, 2023

Registration deadline: May 7, 2023

Organiser(s): RDMkit

Venue: Ghent, Belgium

Course

1st cryoNET course on advanced single particle cryo-EM analysis

June

Date and time: Jun 5, 2023 - Jun 9, 2023

Registration deadline: Apr 13, 2023

Organiser(s): CryoNet

Venue: Aarhus University, Denmark

Hackathon

Hackathon on Cloud-Based and AI-Powered BioImage Analysis

June

Date and time: Jun 5, 2023 - Jun 9, 2023

Registration deadline: Apr 15, 2023

Organiser(s): AI4Life consortium

Venue: Stockholm

Event type: Hackathon

Date and time: Jun 5, 2023 - Jun 9, 2023

Registration deadline: Apr 15, 2023

Organiser(s): AI4Life consortium

Venue: Stockholm

Description:
We are proud to announce the upcoming hackathon (a.k.a. codefest) event, “Cloud-Based and AI-Powered BioImage Analysis” on June 5th-9th, 2023, at SciLifeLab, Solna. As leading partners in the AI4Life consortium, which is funded through the Horizon Europe Research Infrastructure Grant, SciLifeLab and KTH are organizing this event to bring together the computational and life science communities, shaping the future of Data-Driven Life Sciences!

In the AI4Life consortium, we focus on building web and cloud infrastructure aimed at addressing the challenges of building and deploying AI tools for bioimage analysis and making them more scalable and easily accessible from the BioImage Model Zoo.

For the hackathon, we are inviting international experts and hackers on AI-based image analysis and web & cloud infrastructure to lead discussions and form interest groups to hack on related topics. It will feature discussions on our current status and plans in building web and cloud infrastructure for running models in the BioImage Model Zoo, as well as the opportunity to form interest groups to hack on related topics in breakout sessions during the week.

For more information, see the event webpage at the link below.

Event webpage

Registration

Workshop

RaukR, Advanced R for Bioinformatics workshop

June

Date and time: Jun 11, 2023 - Jun 22, 2023

Registration deadline: Apr 14, 2023

Organiser(s): NBIS

Venue: Visby

Conference

EBSA Congress 2023

July

Date and time: Jul 31, 2023 - Aug 4, 2023

Organiser(s): EBSA

Venue: Aula Magna, Stockholm University

Conference

SciLifeLab Science Summit 2023

September

Date and time: Sep 20, 2023 09:00 - 17:00

Organiser(s): SciLifeLab

Venue: Aula Magna, Stockholm University

Conference

DDLS Annual Conference 2023

November

Date and time: Nov 15, 2023 - Nov 16, 2023

Registration deadline: Nov 15, 2023

Organiser(s): DDLS

Venue: TBC