On 30 August 2019, the 1st EUCAN ELSI Hackathon Workshop took place in London at Wellcome, bringing together the EUCAN Projects that successfully responded to call H2020-SC1-BHC-2018-2020 (Topic SC1-BHC-05-2018). The aim of the meeting was to identify synergies on ethical, legal and societal (ELSI), following the spirit of the joint meeting of the EU-Canada flagship projects on … [Read more...] about EU-CAN Flagship Projects: Exchange on ethical, legal, societal issues
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Empowering Distributed Analysis Across Federated Cohort Data Repositories Adhering to FAIR Principles
A new article highlighting the approach on the data nodes infrastructure used in the EUCAN-Connect project has recently been published. Novel data collection tools, methods and new techniques in biotechnology can facilitate improved health strategies that are customised to each individual. One key challenge to achieve this is to take advantage of the massive volumes of … [Read more...] about Empowering Distributed Analysis Across Federated Cohort Data Repositories Adhering to FAIR Principles
EUCAN-Connect Catalogue Metadata Model is proposed
The description of studies from different online catalogues was reviewed and compared. The catalogues assessed comprised BBMRI-ERIC, BBMRI-LPC, Birthcohorts.net, InterConnect, LifeCycle, LifeLines, Maelstrom Research and RD-Connect. The assessment was done separately by the RI-MUHC and UMGC teams, and the results from both teams were compared and discussed. The … [Read more...] about EUCAN-Connect Catalogue Metadata Model is proposed
Opal 2.14 Released
We are pleased to announce that Opal 2.14 has been released and is now now available! Opal is OBiBa’s core database application for biobanks. Thanks to the funding of the EUCAN Connect program, this release greatly improves the speed of the import and export of datasets, as well as their assignment to R. Thanks to reduced memory needs, much larger datasets can be handled … [Read more...] about Opal 2.14 Released
European Research & Innovation Days – Data4Health session, 24 September 2019, Brussels
The ongoing digital revolution offers an unprecedented opportunity for Europe to become a world leader in using data-driven innovation to tackle healthcare challenges such as the rise of chronic diseases, ageing, healthcare systems affordability and sustainability, and the uneven distribution of health resources across countries and regions. Smart ways to capture, share and … [Read more...] about European Research & Innovation Days – Data4Health session, 24 September 2019, Brussels
