NFDI4Microbiota, represented by Alice McHardy and Konrad Förstner, participated on Thursday 4 February in the workshop for all biomedical NFDI consortia organised by ZB MED and fdm.nrw. The aim of the workshop was to foster collaboration regarding the implementation of infrastructures. A short presentation about NFDI4Microbiota was given during this workshop.
NFDI4Microbiota received feedback from the expert committee for its proposal and presentation
The NFDI4Microbiota consortium, which includes 10 co-applicants and more than 50 participants, participated in the second call for proposals for NFDI consortia at the end of September 2020. At the beginning of December 2020, the consortium presented and defended its proposal in front of an expert committee. Last week, the expert committee released their review which, to our delight, was outstanding and encouraging. The consortium sees this as a confirmation that it is on the right track, and is now looking forward to the next step of the selection process: the final decision on funding consortia to be taken in June 2021 by the Joint Science Conference (GWK).
Questionnaire to collect community feedback (3rd round)
NFDI4Microbiota strives to provide the German microbiology community with an infrastructure and services that closely reflect current and future researchers’ needs. We can only achieve this together with you. This is why, we kindly invite you to provide feedback to NFDI4Microbiota by filling in this 5 minute questionnaire by September 18, 2020. In advance, we thank you for your support!
Recording of the 4th Community Workshop
The fourth NFDI4Microbiota Community Workshop took place online on August 24th, 2020. Members of the German microbiology community were informed about the NFDI4Microbiota consortium, discussed the work programme of NFDI4Microbiota, and asked their questions to the consortium members. The recording of this workshop is now available:
Questionnaire to collect community feedback (2nd round)
NFDI4Microbiota strives to provide the German microbiology community with an infrastructure and services that closely reflect current and future researchers’ needs. We can only achieve this together with you. This is why, we kindly invite you to provide feedback to NFDI4Microbiota by filling in this 5 minute questionnaire by September 11, 2020. In advance, we thank you for your support!
Report of the third Community Workshop
The third NFDI4Microbiota Community Workshop took place online on June 22nd, 2020. Members of the German microbiology community were informed about the NFDI4Microbiota consortium, discussed the outcome of the NFDI4Microbiota questionnaire and asked their questions to the consortium members. A report of this workshop is now available:
Fourth Community Workshop
The fourth NFDI4Microbiota Community Workshop will take place on August 24, 2020 from 14:00 to 16:00 online. Please join this workshop if you want to dive into the work programme of NFDI4Microbiota and learn about the Task Areas and Measures the consortium is currently developing (workshop registration form).
Questionnaire to collect community feedback
NFDI4Microbiota strives to provide an infrastructure and services to the German microbiology community that closely reflect current and future researchers’ needs. We can only achieve this together with you. This is why, we kindly invite you to provide feedback to NFDI4Microbiota by filling in this 5 minute questionnaire by June 15, 2020. In advance, we thank you for your support!
Third Community Workshop
The third NFDI4Microbiota Community Workshop will take place on June 22, 2020 from 13:00 to 16:00 online (the videoconference details will be made available soon). Please join this workshop if you want to learn more about NFDI4Microbiota and discuss the outcome of the questionnaire we sent around to collect community feedback (workshop registration form).
Genomics researchers join forces in the German COVID-19 OMICS Initiative – DeCOI
How does the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) change its genetic material? What other infections do patients suffer from? Are there genetic predispositions to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)? A number of genomics researchers are working hard to bring together their expertise and sequencing infrastructure to help manage the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to accelerate research, these activities are now officially combined in the German COVID-19 OMICS Initiative (DeCOI). Scientists from more than 22 institutes are already involved in DeCOI. The NFDI4Microbiota consortium and its members are actively contributing to this initiative.