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
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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
EUCAN Data and Society Advisory Group meeting, 30 August 2019
The EUCAN Data and Society (governance) Advisory Group (DSAG) will have its first meeting on August 30th, 2019, in London. The DSAG group will support the Ethics and Sustainability work package WP7 to ensure alignment of EUCAN-Connect work with stakeholder, user, and societal expectations. The DSAG will draw membership representatives from ELSI experts, the BBMRI-ERIC … [Read more...] about EUCAN Data and Society Advisory Group meeting, 30 August 2019
Optimising Multistudy Integrative Research Conference, 18 – 20 September 2019 Wellcome Genome Campus, UK
The Optimising Multistudy Integrative Research conference will be held 18-20 September 2019, at the Wellcome Genome Campus in Hinxton, near Cambridge, UK. This new conference aims at optimising current and future multi-study integrative and comparative research involving longitudinal studies. It will bring together researchers from longitudinal … [Read more...] about Optimising Multistudy Integrative Research Conference, 18 – 20 September 2019 Wellcome Genome Campus, UK
The second EUCAN-Connect AGM: 9-10th September, Newcastle
The dates for the next EUCAN-Connect Annual General Meetins are finalised. The event organized by the DataSHIELD team will take place at the Frederick Douglass Centre, Newcastle University, on 9th-10th September followed by the annual DataSHIELD workshop. Further details will be posted here, registration is open: https://forms.ncl.ac.uk/view.php?id=4802295 … [Read more...] about The second EUCAN-Connect AGM: 9-10th September, Newcastle
