BioFAIR Roadshow University of Edinburgh

BioFAIR is a UKRI funded federated digital research infrastructure (£34million over 5 years), due to launch this summer. BioFAIR will develop and operate a federated digital research infrastructure connecting existing life sciences infrastructures which will be assembled largely through the integration of existing services, resources and knowledge.

BioFAIR is part of the recently announced BBSRC’s blueprint for bioscience infrastructure.

BioFAIR's focus will be on four core capabilities: data commons, method commons, knowledge centre, and community centre. The objective of the project is to deliver a step change in ‘Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Re-usable’ (FAIR) research data management (RDM), providing end-to-end FAIR RDM & analysis capabilities along with the necessary support and training for UK researchers working in the life sciences.

The project will be community led and driven by the priorities of the UK life science researchers. As part of this BioFAIR have arranged this roadshow to reach out to every corner of the UK to engage with life science research communities during our pre-launch planning and design phase.

The Roadshow workshop agenda will be as follows:

• 13:00 - 13:10 Arrive register coffee/introductions
• 13:10 - 13:40 Introduction to BioFAIR and the workshop from Gerry Reilly
• 13:40 - 14:00 Workshop breakout session 1
• 14:00 - 14:10 Round up from session 1
• 14:10 - 14:20 Break
• 14:20 - 14:40 Workshop breakout session 2
• 14:40 - 14:50 Round up from session 2
• 14:50 - 15:30 Presentation from Markella Moraitou and Jamie McQueen.
• 15:30 - 15:45 Q&A and wrap up

Our hosts will be Urmi Trivedi and Javier Santoyo.

Speakers:

• Gerry Reilly, Interim Director for BioFAIR.
• Markella Moraitou, PhD student at Edinburgh, studying oral microbiome evolution using museum specimens.
• Jamie McQueen, Data Manager, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.

We will be located in Room 1.19 Murchison House.

Registration is free - refreshments will be provided.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Room 1.19 Murchison House, 10 Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh, United Kingdom