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FAIR – this term is familiar in everyday life, whether on the football pitch or in the chocolate section at the supermarket. Since 2016, people have also been talking about FAIR data in research. But when are data considered FAIR? Is there such a thing as UNFAIR data? And most importantly, how can I check my own data for FAIRness?
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Biomedical researchers work with a wide range of data - from clinical or epidemiological study data organised in tabular form to image data and genomic sequences. This diversity is also reflected within the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI). Five consortia serve as contact points for biomedical research.
NFDI4Health opens its Friday Lecture on 29 November 2024 on the topic of "Data and metadata: moving ahead". Our guest speaker Christian Lovis will provide insights on the organization of medical data through data models. The lecture will take place online and is open4all.
The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Symposium took place from 21 to 23 October 2024 in Berlin. EOSC is an initiative by the European Union aimed at advancing open and digital science across Europe. NFDI4Health hosted an Unconference on the topic of data literacy.
The 9th Health-RI Conference took place on 10 October 2024 in Utrecht. The focus was on the harmonisation of health data and the improvement of collaboration within the European Health Data Space. The event was crucial for the future development of an integrated health data infrastructure.
In the webinar series Meet-the-Data@ Gesundheitsforschung by NFDI4Health & BIH QUEST, leading research institutes present their valuable datasets from various fields of health sciences.
The consortium meeting of NFDI4Health took place on 7th and 8th October 2024 in Potsdam. We reflected on the past year and set the course for future projects and our role in Europe. The days were characterised by intensive collaboration and open exchange!
