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BY-COVID comes to an end with final policy brief
The BY-COVID project has published policy recommendations for using research data infrastructure to support sustainable global pandemic preparedness.
From open data to knowledge: enhancing European resilience to health crises
The BY-COVID project is hosting a high-level event entitled “From open data to knowledge: enhancing European resilience to health crises” to highlight and discuss the value of open data and showcasing the impact of the project on science and society.
Stories of Success from the BY-COVID project
The BY-COVID project was launched in autumn 2021, as part of the European Commission’s HERA incubator plan ‘Anticipating together the threat of COVID-19 variants’.
Maturity Model for Pathogen Data Platforms
Maturity models are a useful tool to support data platform managers in assessing current gaps in their maturity and development lifecycle.
BY-COVID Spring 2024 Baseline Use Case Workshop: Integration of individual-level socioeconomic data for infectious diseases research and prevention in Europe
We are pleased to invite you and/or your representatives to the BY-COVID project Workshop on Integration of individual-level socioeconomic data for infectious diseases research and prevention in Europe.
BY-COVID funds projects to build national capacity for pandemic preparedness
Following an open call, BY-COVID has funded two projects to build national capacity for pandemic preparedness and enhance the diversity of data types which can be connected. Each project receives 60K Euros and is required to complete by September 2024.
Infectious Diseases Toolkit (IDTk) Contentathon 2024
The final Infectious Disease Toolkit contentahon will take place in Tallinn at the end of May (27-30). If there is something you wish you knew in spring 2020 when the SARS-CoV-2 hit us, now is the last chance to write it up in a nice city with a great crowd of people doing the same around you.
A Guide to FAIR Bioimage Data 2024
In this interactive online workshop we will introduce the FAIR principles in the context of bioimaging data. Designed for researchers across all scales of bioimaging, from molecules to humans, this workshop will provide simple yet effective steps for a smooth start to your FAIR journey.
Containers as Secure Processing Environments (SPE) to deploy federated research architectures reusing health data
Containers, constructed using software like Docker, can be used to package code executing statistical analyses together with the required dependencies and can provide a fixed Secured Processing Environment (SPE).
BY-COVID Fest - Training in data sharing and reuse under GDPR IDTk contentathon
The training stream on Data sharing and reuse under GDPR will feature lectures from experts, real-case and demo sessions, and workshops where participants can reflect on and collect experiences, issues and solutions.
Open science for pandemic preparedness - accelerating research, innovation and policy-making
The BY-COVID project gathered together key opinion leaders in Brussels at the end of 2023 to discuss different perspectives on using open science to advance pandemic preparedness.
BY-COVID highlighted as CORDIS success story
The BY-COVID project has been featured in the "CORDIS Results Pack on Research Infrastructures in Europe," a publication by the European Commission.
Open science for pandemic preparedness
The BY-COVID project is hosting a high-level event entitled ‘Open science for pandemic preparedness’ to highlight and discuss the value of open data and tools in addressing the COVID pandemic and future pandemics.
Research Data Management Training - Preparing to manage your data across disciplines
Research data management (RDM) ensures that your data is complete, documented, and accessible to you and to future researchers.
BY-COVID Second General Assembly
All BY-COVID consortium members are invited to the second Annual General Assembly in Barcelona.
BY-COVID signs collaboration agreement with the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
BY-COVID’s global reach is set to be expanded through a collaboration with the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS).
Building links in cross-disciplinary social science research in Belgium and the Netherlands
In April 2023, representatives from 13 Dutch and Belgian organisations, both internal and external to the BY-COVID project, gathered in The Hague to discuss how social sciences and humanities (SSH) data can contribute to research on vaccine effectiveness and pandemic preparedness.
Toolkit showcases data solutions for pandemic preparedness
The Infectious Diseases Toolkit (IDTk) is a community-driven resource developed as part of the BY-COVID project.
The FAIRsharing BY-COVID Collection of data sources
The COVID-19 Data Portal makes it possible for researchers to access and integrate a broad range of COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 data.
BY-COVID 4th Consortium Meeting
On 21 & 22 June, the 53-partner consortium will meet online to discuss progress and plan ahead
Support for the implementation of SARS-CoV-2 data hubs at national and regional levels
The BY-COVID project has an open call for proposals to support the implementation of additional SARS-CoV-2 data hubs.
GTN Smörgåsbord training event
This free training will be offered online and asynchronously (at-your-own-pace) across all time zones. The course will be a combination of lectures and hands-on training sessions with Galaxy.
BY-COVID Policy Brief: Open data to support European pandemic preparedness
The BY-COVID project has published a policy brief summarising learnings and policy recommendations to support pandemic preparedness.
Infectious Diseases Toolkit (IDTk) Contentathon
The goal of the event is to gather content that will help enhance infectious diseases outbreak preparedness.
Citizen engagement material on FAIR data released
The BY-COVID project has released citizen engagement material, in English and French. The material explains the role of good data infrastructures and open science in effective pandemic responses, and more broadly in the study of infectious diseases.
Unlocking the Power of Metadata
Event recording available. Join us for a short, hands-on workshop where you will discover the importance and benefits of metadata.
Hackathon for making data discoverable through the COVID-19 Data Portal
In this Hackathon participants will learn how to provide a metadata file for making content of a data resource discoverable through the COVID-19 Data Portal.
BY-COVID industry event- Data driven innovation in infectious diseases
Better data management for better pandemic preparedness, disease surveillance and outbreak control
National-level experiences of pathogen-related data sharing in pandemic times and beyond
All are welcome to an open meeting to exchange national experiences on data sharing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Release of indexing system to link COVID-19 data across research disciplines
The BY-COVID project has implemented a scalable indexing system to link data and metadata on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, along with and other infectious diseases and pathogens, across multiple areas of research.
VEO report on mutations and variation in publicly shared SARS-CoV-2 raw sequencing data
VEO submits the 14th report on mutations and variation in publicly shared SARS-CoV-2 raw sequencing data.
BY-COVID industry sector mapping report
The report summarises resources available through BY-COVID, provides an overview of potential commercial partners and highlights a successful public-private partnership.
BY-COVID Annual General Assembly and consortium meeting – Year 1
All BY-COVID consortium members are invited to the first Annual General Assembly in Brussels and online.
VEO report on mutations and variation in publicly shared SARS-CoV-2 raw sequencing data
VEO submits the 13th report on mutations and variation in publicly shared SARS-CoV-2 raw sequencing data.
ISIDORe calls for proposals
ISIDORe has open calls to support research by providing free access to their services and facilities to study infectious diseases in Europe.
VEO report on mutations and variation in publicly shared SARS-CoV-2 raw sequencing data.
The VEO has published its 12th report on the SARS-Cov-2 sequence data submitted to the European COVID-19 Data Portal.
National-level experiences of pathogen-related data sharing in pandemic times and beyond
All are welcome to an open meeting to exchange national experiences on data sharing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Repurposing COVID-19 pipelines for the monkeypox virus
One aim of the BY-COVID project is to build a framework enabling data from newly emerging infectious disease threats to be made rapidly and widely accessible.
VEO report on mutations and variation in publicly shared SARS-CoV-2 raw sequencing data.
In its eleventh report to the European Commission, VEO Consortium members summarize mobilisation and analysis of SARS-CoV-2 sequence data submitted to the European COVID-19 Data Platform in the context of the VEO project, which aims to develop tools and data analytics for pandemic and outbreak preparedness.
BY-COVID and ISIDORe projects work to prepare Europe for outbreaks of infectious diseases
BY-COVID is part of a new three-year, European Commission funded project called Integrated Services for Infectious Diseases Outbreak Research (ISIDORe), which brings together 155 project partners from 32 countries. ISIDORe was officially launched on 24 February 2022 with a kick-off meeting attended by BY-COVID representatives.
VEO submits the tenth report on mutations and variation in publicly shared SARS-CoV-2 raw sequencing data.
In its tenth report to the European Commission, VEO Consortium members summarize mobilisation and analysis of SARS-CoV-2 sequence data submitted to the European COVID-19 Data Platform in the context of the VEO project, which aims to develop tools and data analytics for pandemic and outbreak preparedness.
Galaxy Europe provide a simple and free method for analysing SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant data
Computer scientists and developers from BY-COVID involved in Galaxy Europe have published new data and analysis methods on the new SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern, Omicron.
BY-COVID featured in the press at GenomeWeb
The BY-COVID project has been featured in an article on GenomeWeb, an online news organisation that promotes the scientific and economic ecosystem spurred by the advent of high-throughput genome sequencing.
VEO submits the ninth report on mutations and variation in publicly shared SARS-CoV-2 data
The Versatile Emerging infectious disease Observatory (VEO) has published its ninth report on SARS-Cov-2 sequence data submitted to the European COVID-19 Data Portal.
BY-COVID - a new EU project for pandemic preparedness
The BeYond-COVID (BY-COVID) project launches today. It aims to make SARS-CoV-2 and other infectious disease data easier to find and share.
VEO submits the eighth report on mutations and variation in publicly shared SARS-CoV-2 data
The Versatile Emerging infectious disease Observatory (VEO) has published its eighth report on mutations and variation in publicly shared SARS-CoV-2 raw sequencing data.