status: Recognised & Endorsed

Chair (s): Jeff Christiansen, Nicola Mulder, Susan Gregurick, Wolmar Nyberg Åkerström, Elisha Wood-Charlson

Group Email: [group_email]

Secretariat Liaison:


The life sciences are becoming increasingly data intensive, owing much to the huge improvements seen in large-scale gene sequencing and other molecular “omics” techniques. There is a need for large-scale sustainable and interoperable data management and storage methods that allow secure and easy access to and reuse of these highly complex data. Simultaneously, as omics-focussed life science research projects increasingly depend on more than one type of measurement, there is a widely felt need for the ability to integrate different data types. Phenotyping, bioimaging and biosample management can all be considered part of life science data, and omics-focussed life science data systems will need to interoperate with these. Different and diverse sectors of the life sciences, such as health, food production, bioindustry and the environment experience similar issues. Interoperability between different research domains is thus a necessary condition to allow for the emergence of cross-disciplinary data. It is no surprise that the life sciences gave birth to the FAIR principles.

The Life Science Data Infrastructures Interest Group is formed to serve as a bridge between life science data infrastructures in different regions of the world and relevant RDA Interest Groups, including both specific subtopics of the life sciences such as agricultural data, marine data, structural biology, toxicogenomics, as well as generic topics that can/should be applied in the life sciences such as big data analysis, federated identity management, and data publishing.

The IG aspires to have meaningful representation from diverse geographical regions including North and South America, the EU, UK and Eastern Europe; Africa, Asia and Oceania; and will actively seek participation from under-represented groups and the global South. The IG also aims for fair gender representation and inclusivity in all its activities.

 

Check out our RDA Data Streams Podcast episode to learn more!

 

Please note. This group has transitioned from the previous RDA-ELIXIR Bridging Force IG.

 

 

Posts

16
May
2023

Invitation with note: RDA Life Sci Infr IG catchup @ Wed 31 May 2023 6am - 6:50am (AEST) (rda-lifescidatainf@rda-groups.org)

by Jeff Christiansen

You have been invited to the following event with this note: "Hi All, An agenda for the next RDA Life Sci Data Infrastructures Interest Group on May30/31: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hSbfVKmJS_X-93TmBG2-Phl4bCVKI5SjE3rf... Please note, the co-chairs are aware that this time is not ideal for anyone in Europe, Africa or Asia/Oceania to attend - one of the agenda items will be to discuss the possibility of holding future meetings at alternating
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27
April
2023

Re: [rda-lifescidatainf] RE: [rda-lifescidatainf] Invitation with note: May RDA Life Sci Infr IG catchup @ Wed...

by Paulette Lieby

Hello Francis, Sorry for the confusion... I was simply making a suggestion. The calendar invite was already sent by the co-chairs. Cheers, Paulette. On 27/04/2023 16:49, Francis P. Crawley via Life Science Data
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27
April
2023

RE: [rda-lifescidatainf] Invitation with note: May RDA Life Sci Infr IG catchup @ Wed...

by Francis P. Crawley

Dear Paulette, Thank you for this. Would you be able to send a calendar invitation for this meeting. Thank you in advance. Kind regards, Francis Francis P. Crawley Chair, CODATA International Data Policy Committee (IDPC) EOSC-Future / RDA Ambassador for Ethics & Law Co-chair EOSC-Future / RDA Artificial Intelligence & Data Visitation Working Group (AIDV-WG) Coordinator, Ukraine Clinical Research Support Initiative (UCRSI) Executive Director, Good Clinical Practice Alliance – Europe (GCPA)
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27
April
2023

Invitation with note: May RDA Life Sci Infr IG catchup @ Wed 3 May 2023 6am - 6:50am (AEST) (rda-lifescidatainf@rda-groups.org)

by Jeff Christiansen

You have been invited to the following event with this note: "Hi All, A reminder of the May installment of the RDA Life Sci Infrastructure Interest Group meeting. Hoping to see you there. Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mx2XPA-pz_xSoQZmeAYpn_tQ0HxphUpfk0r8... Cheers Jeff" May RDA Life Sci Infr IG catchup Wednesday 3 May 2023 ⋅ 6am – 6:50am Australian Eastern Standard Time - Brisbane Location
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05
April
2023

RDA the Life Science Data Infrastructures Interest Group and thank you for your participation at RDA

by Jeff Christiansen

Dear Colleagues Thank you for your interest in the Life Science Data Infrastructures Interest Group . The slides and notes from our recent session in Goteborg can be found here . In the session we explored (through survey results and short talks) how 15 existing life science infrastructures based across Europe, USA, Africa and Australia support the FAIR principles with respect to various types of digital assets - e.g. data, tools, workflows. We also heard about the
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04
April
2023

Notes and actions from today's RDA Life Sci Data Infrastructure meeting

by Jeff Christiansen

Hi All, Thanks to those who could attend today and the excellent discussion. For those who couldn't make it, notes and actions are here . We'll continue to meet at this time of day as unfortunately there appears to no better timeslots
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03
April
2023

Invitation with note: RDA Life Sci Infr IG monthly catchup @ Wed 5 Apr 2023 6am - 6:50am (AEST) (rda-lifescidatainf@rda-groups.org)

by Jeff Christiansen

You have been invited to the following event with this note: "Hello RDA Life Science Data Infrastructure Interest Group members! The group Chairs would like to invite you to our monthly catchups. At tomorrow's meeting we would like to invite you to participate in the discussion which we didn't get to in the plenary session as we ran out of time - i.e. aspects of FAIR for life science data infrastructure solutions. Hope to see you there. Agenda:
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03
March
2023

Session at the upcoming RDA plenary

by Jeff Christiansen

Hello RDA Global Life Science Data Infrastructures Interest Group members! It's just over 2 weeks until the 20th RDA Plenary. A heads up - we are co-hosting a session entitled "Infrastructure supporting the FAIR data principles in life science research practice " with the FAIRsharing WG at the Plenary. You can join us either in Gothenburg or on-line . We'd love to see you there. We'll meet on Tuesday, 21 March 2023 (15:00 - 16:30 UTC - click here to see in your time zone
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05
December
2022

RDA 20th Plenary - Notification of Acceptance

by Secretariat Group Account

Dear Chairs of the Life Science Data Infrastructures IG and the FAIRsharing Registry: Connecting data policies, standards and databases RDA WG, Your RDA 20th Plenary (P20) session application titled ‘Infrastructure supporting the FAIR data principles in life science research practice’ has been approved. Please consider this your official notification of acceptance. * Draft programme to be published on Friday, 16th December 2022 * Any requests for changes must be made by Friday, 13th January 2023
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09
November
2022

Invitation to participate in 'A Decade of Data: 10 Years of the RDA' events and activities

by Connie Clare

Good day, The RDA Secretariat would like to invite the Life Science Data Infrastructures IG to participate in ‘A Decade of Data’: Celebrating 10 Years of the Research Data Alliance’. 10 months to celebrate 10 years of the RDA
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