We are proud to share a recent publication by our team member, Marilin Moor, who contributed to a study on advanced wound care. Published in Materials Today Bio, the article titled “Living probiotics-loaded wound matrices prepared by microchip electrospinning” introduces a novel method for treating skin infections.
The first half of 2025 has shown how ELIXIR Estonia combines international collaboration, national community-building, and innovative training to support researchers. With initiatives in citizen science, data management network, and skill development, the team is contributing to the foundation for a strong, sustainable research data ecosystem in Estonia.
What happens when you forget to back up your research data? Or when a tiny mistake in Excel changes your results completely? This autumn, ELIXIR Estonia is taking a playful, but serious look at what can go wrong in data management.
In May, the University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science and ELIXIR Estonia had the pleasure of hosting a productive ELIXIR Week, featuring both the ELITMa and a co-located Interoperability Platform workshop. From May 19th to 22nd, data management experts and colleagues from 11 ELIXIR Nodes across Europe gathered at the Institute of Computer Science to focus on key research data management and interoperability areas.
On May 14th, the University of Tartu’s Data Management and Open Science competence network held its second training session, organised by the University of Tartu Library. ELIXIR Estonia was proud to contribute to this initiative that supports the advancement of data management and open science across the university.
The BeYond-COVID (BY-COVID) project aimed to provide extensive open data on SARS-CoV-2 and other infectious diseases, emphasizing the mobilization of raw viral sequences to monitor the spread of variants. To ensure global collaboration, it enabled federated data analysis, managed metadata, and facilitated long-term cataloguing. Success stories can be read here, on page 16 is project lead by University of Tartu: Infectious Diseases Toolkit.
The UniTartuCS Day, held annually in September, offers students a unique opportunity to connect with researchers and lecturers, explore thesis topics, and establish ties with research groups. ELIXIR Estonia participated in the event with a poster presentation, and our Head of Node, Hedi Peterson, proposed four possible thesis topics applicable to both Bachelor’s and Master’s students. For more information, we encourage you to reach out to us.
Advanced computing power is hidden away in clouds/cluster/supercomputers that you do not have click and point access. As a general rule these high performance computer resources use Linux operating systems and are accessible only by a shell terminal.
This course is aimed to provide basic survival skills in Linux and terminal environment. We will teach you how to access files and folders, move around and hopefully shake off the fear of getting stuck somewhere along the way.
Boost your Bioinformatics Backchat
Facilitating communication between individuals from different academic backgrounds in the bioinformatics space
Date: 17 December 2018
Time: 9:30-14:45
Venue: University of Tartu, Estonia, Paabel (Ülikooli 17) 115/116
Trainer: Kim Gurwitz, University of Cambridge
ELIXIR ESFRI 5y Celebration Week
Audience: Biologists and Computer Scientists (and others) working in the field of Bioinformatics - maximum 14 participants. Registration is available here.
This workshop aims to:
- enable workshop participants to develop an understanding of what the other bioinformatics subgroups actually do
- act as a springboard to improve communication between Bioinformatics subgroups (i.e. Biologists and Computer Scientists)
- facilitate the development of a culture of knowledge-sharing between Bioinformatics subgroups
Programme*
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Time (EET) |
Session |
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9:30 - 10:00 |
Welcome |
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10:00 – 10:10 |
Introduction |
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10:10 – 10:30 |
What do Biologists and Computer Scientists do? No seriously, what do they really do? |
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10:30 – 10:45 |
How did you get into Bioinformatics, anyway? |
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10:45 – 11:15 |
tea/coffee break |
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11:15 – 11:45 |
What is a cluster? What is DNA? |
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11:45 – 12:00 |
Bioinformatics users vs. scientists vs. engineers |
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12:00 – 12:15 |
Opening up dialogue |
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12:15 – 13:15 |
Lunch |
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13:15 – 13:30 |
Continuing dialogue |
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13:30 – 14:00 |
Action plan write up and commitments |
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14:00 – 14:15 |
Action plan feedback |
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14:15 – 14:30 |
Workshop reflections |
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14:45 |
End |
*subject to slight changes
Most researchers know that data management is an important part of their work and is essential for getting the most out of your data. But what exactly is data management and what can you do to ensure that you’re managing your data well?
In this mini workshop you will learn what to consider when managing life science data and gain hints and tips for submitting your data to a public resource.
Dr. Melissa Burke and Dr. Sarah Morgan from EMBL-EBI training team (see more about them) will share best practicies, trips and tricks about managing your scientific data.
Registration and participation is free of charge. Up to 20 participants can take part. Please register here.
The workshop will take place at Ülikooli 17 (Paabel) on 13th of December at 9:30–12:30.