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Posting about all things related to Data-driven research and the Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure programme funded by EPSRC.
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Join Dr. Sathya Sai Seetharaman on Thursday for an exciting webinar about the ongoing work with the materials database built for the solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance community in the UK.
Register for this webinar: www.psdi.ac.uk/event/webina...
Register for this webinar: www.psdi.ac.uk/event/webina...
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Join Dr. Sathya Sai Seetharaman on Thursday for an exciting webinar about the ongoing work with the materials database built for the solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance community in the UK.
Register for this webinar: www.psdi.ac.uk/event/webina...
Register for this webinar: www.psdi.ac.uk/event/webina...
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The purpose of this webinar is to go through the guidance on ORCID IDs. Both how to store and collect these from staff members, but also how to send them in to HESA.
Register: www.eventsforce.net/jiscevents/f...
Register: www.eventsforce.net/jiscevents/f...
November 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The purpose of this webinar is to go through the guidance on ORCID IDs. Both how to store and collect these from staff members, but also how to send them in to HESA.
Register: www.eventsforce.net/jiscevents/f...
Register: www.eventsforce.net/jiscevents/f...
On 16th October 2025, we hosted a webinar titled “We can only have good science if we have good data – the case for data auditing”, presented by Dr. Matthew Partridge.
💻 Slides: zenodo.org/records/1757...
📹 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_f1...
💻 Slides: zenodo.org/records/1757...
📹 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_f1...
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
On 16th October 2025, we hosted a webinar titled “We can only have good science if we have good data – the case for data auditing”, presented by Dr. Matthew Partridge.
💻 Slides: zenodo.org/records/1757...
📹 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_f1...
💻 Slides: zenodo.org/records/1757...
📹 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_f1...
There's still time to register! Book your spot: www.psdi.ac.uk/event/webina...
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
There's still time to register! Book your spot: www.psdi.ac.uk/event/webina...
The CaMMLs is a five-day intensive training course designed for PhD students working in the field of materials and molecular simulations who have coding experience but are not yet highly experienced with machine learning.
📅 Dates: 13–17 April 2026
👉 Apply here: spring2026.camml.ac.uk
📅 Dates: 13–17 April 2026
👉 Apply here: spring2026.camml.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The CaMMLs is a five-day intensive training course designed for PhD students working in the field of materials and molecular simulations who have coding experience but are not yet highly experienced with machine learning.
📅 Dates: 13–17 April 2026
👉 Apply here: spring2026.camml.ac.uk
📅 Dates: 13–17 April 2026
👉 Apply here: spring2026.camml.ac.uk
Command Line: Bash and Git Skills4Scientists by Louise Saul, Joanna Grundy & Philip Leadbitter provides an introduction to using Command line functionality basics such as Shell, Echo and other commands.
Access the course here: resources.psdi.ac.uk/guidance/1dd... (Login may be required)
Access the course here: resources.psdi.ac.uk/guidance/1dd... (Login may be required)
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Command Line: Bash and Git Skills4Scientists by Louise Saul, Joanna Grundy & Philip Leadbitter provides an introduction to using Command line functionality basics such as Shell, Echo and other commands.
Access the course here: resources.psdi.ac.uk/guidance/1dd... (Login may be required)
Access the course here: resources.psdi.ac.uk/guidance/1dd... (Login may be required)
Early Bird tickets for #IDCC26 are SOLD OUT! 🤯
Regular, One-Day, Student & LMIC tickets are available until 1 Feb 2026 (or until they sell out). Join Digital Curation Centre in Zagreb this February!
🎟️ Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/20th-inter...
Regular, One-Day, Student & LMIC tickets are available until 1 Feb 2026 (or until they sell out). Join Digital Curation Centre in Zagreb this February!
🎟️ Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/20th-inter...
November 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Early Bird tickets for #IDCC26 are SOLD OUT! 🤯
Regular, One-Day, Student & LMIC tickets are available until 1 Feb 2026 (or until they sell out). Join Digital Curation Centre in Zagreb this February!
🎟️ Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/20th-inter...
Regular, One-Day, Student & LMIC tickets are available until 1 Feb 2026 (or until they sell out). Join Digital Curation Centre in Zagreb this February!
🎟️ Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/20th-inter...
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
This webinar explores the creation of a materials database for the UK solid-state NMR community, showing how it supports evolving data-sharing practices through the principles of FAIR.
This webinar explores the creation of a materials database for the UK solid-state NMR community, showing how it supports evolving data-sharing practices through the principles of FAIR.
November 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
This webinar explores the creation of a materials database for the UK solid-state NMR community, showing how it supports evolving data-sharing practices through the principles of FAIR.
This webinar explores the creation of a materials database for the UK solid-state NMR community, showing how it supports evolving data-sharing practices through the principles of FAIR.
And it's a wrap! #Ontologies4Chem Workshop took place in Limburg, Germany.
Thank you NFDI4Chem, Beilstein-Institut and NFDI for Catalysis-Related Sciences - NFDI4Cat for making this event a success.
Picture credit: Oliver Koepler
Thank you NFDI4Chem, Beilstein-Institut and NFDI for Catalysis-Related Sciences - NFDI4Cat for making this event a success.
Picture credit: Oliver Koepler
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
And it's a wrap! #Ontologies4Chem Workshop took place in Limburg, Germany.
Thank you NFDI4Chem, Beilstein-Institut and NFDI for Catalysis-Related Sciences - NFDI4Cat for making this event a success.
Picture credit: Oliver Koepler
Thank you NFDI4Chem, Beilstein-Institut and NFDI for Catalysis-Related Sciences - NFDI4Cat for making this event a success.
Picture credit: Oliver Koepler
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Please see casdar.ac.uk/funding/ for more information. For us to ensure that the review process for the funding call runs smoothly and to tailor future funding calls, we are asking for interested parties to submit a registration of interest: t.ly/TBPtF
Funding – CaSDaR
casdar.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Please see casdar.ac.uk/funding/ for more information. For us to ensure that the review process for the funding call runs smoothly and to tailor future funding calls, we are asking for interested parties to submit a registration of interest: t.ly/TBPtF
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It is so surreal to see how CaSDaR has grown!
From launching earlier this year, to hosting our first Townhall (which all of you made such a success! 💜 ), having Cassie join our team and now having our funding call, it has been nothing but an absolutely joyous and fruitful journey
From launching earlier this year, to hosting our first Townhall (which all of you made such a success! 💜 ), having Cassie join our team and now having our funding call, it has been nothing but an absolutely joyous and fruitful journey
November 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It is so surreal to see how CaSDaR has grown!
From launching earlier this year, to hosting our first Townhall (which all of you made such a success! 💜 ), having Cassie join our team and now having our funding call, it has been nothing but an absolutely joyous and fruitful journey
From launching earlier this year, to hosting our first Townhall (which all of you made such a success! 💜 ), having Cassie join our team and now having our funding call, it has been nothing but an absolutely joyous and fruitful journey
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🙌We're excited to join the 1st @rsc.org Protein and Peptide Science Group Conference this Dec at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social!
Diana Kondinskaia, CCDC Research and Applications Scientist, will present her poster: “Can cavity prediction algorithms help in docking experiments?"
ccdc-info.com/47lZDYp
Diana Kondinskaia, CCDC Research and Applications Scientist, will present her poster: “Can cavity prediction algorithms help in docking experiments?"
ccdc-info.com/47lZDYp
November 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🙌We're excited to join the 1st @rsc.org Protein and Peptide Science Group Conference this Dec at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social!
Diana Kondinskaia, CCDC Research and Applications Scientist, will present her poster: “Can cavity prediction algorithms help in docking experiments?"
ccdc-info.com/47lZDYp
Diana Kondinskaia, CCDC Research and Applications Scientist, will present her poster: “Can cavity prediction algorithms help in docking experiments?"
ccdc-info.com/47lZDYp
Here’s the PSDI Showcase in one snapshot! 🎨
Looking back: this live illustration captures the talks, discussions and ideas shared throughout the day - from data-driven materials science to the future of research infrastructure.
Looking back: this live illustration captures the talks, discussions and ideas shared throughout the day - from data-driven materials science to the future of research infrastructure.
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Here’s the PSDI Showcase in one snapshot! 🎨
Looking back: this live illustration captures the talks, discussions and ideas shared throughout the day - from data-driven materials science to the future of research infrastructure.
Looking back: this live illustration captures the talks, discussions and ideas shared throughout the day - from data-driven materials science to the future of research infrastructure.
The Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure team is attending the Ontologies4Chem!
Dr. Samantha Pearman-Kanza, PhD opened the conference alongside Philip Strömert - summarising the history of the "The Semantic Web and Chemistry"
Dr. Aileen Day talked about PSDI's underpinning semantic metadata
Dr. Samantha Pearman-Kanza, PhD opened the conference alongside Philip Strömert - summarising the history of the "The Semantic Web and Chemistry"
Dr. Aileen Day talked about PSDI's underpinning semantic metadata
November 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure team is attending the Ontologies4Chem!
Dr. Samantha Pearman-Kanza, PhD opened the conference alongside Philip Strömert - summarising the history of the "The Semantic Web and Chemistry"
Dr. Aileen Day talked about PSDI's underpinning semantic metadata
Dr. Samantha Pearman-Kanza, PhD opened the conference alongside Philip Strömert - summarising the history of the "The Semantic Web and Chemistry"
Dr. Aileen Day talked about PSDI's underpinning semantic metadata
The PSDI team warmly invites you to join the upcoming Beilstein talk: The Value of Data-Sharing for Reaction Discovery and Development
👉 Register here to secure your place: www.beilstein-institut.de/en/talks/org...
Speakers:
Professor Simon Coles
Dr Sally Bloodworth
👉 Register here to secure your place: www.beilstein-institut.de/en/talks/org...
Speakers:
Professor Simon Coles
Dr Sally Bloodworth
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The PSDI team warmly invites you to join the upcoming Beilstein talk: The Value of Data-Sharing for Reaction Discovery and Development
👉 Register here to secure your place: www.beilstein-institut.de/en/talks/org...
Speakers:
Professor Simon Coles
Dr Sally Bloodworth
👉 Register here to secure your place: www.beilstein-institut.de/en/talks/org...
Speakers:
Professor Simon Coles
Dr Sally Bloodworth
This Webinar explores the sociotechnical challenges of implementing ELNs to achieve FAIR data in research labs. Through PSDI, she has evaluated diverse ELN solutions, uncovering key barriers and strategies for success.
Watch the full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4cT...
Watch the full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4cT...
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This Webinar explores the sociotechnical challenges of implementing ELNs to achieve FAIR data in research labs. Through PSDI, she has evaluated diverse ELN solutions, uncovering key barriers and strategies for success.
Watch the full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4cT...
Watch the full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4cT...
Presentation by Dr Samantha Pearman-Kanza on: Introduction to PSDI & Associated Interoperability Projects, for MADICES (Machine Actionable Data Interoperability for Chemical Sciences).
November 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Presentation by Dr Samantha Pearman-Kanza on: Introduction to PSDI & Associated Interoperability Projects, for MADICES (Machine Actionable Data Interoperability for Chemical Sciences).
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
This talk presents the ongoing work with the materials database built for the solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance community in the UK. It explores the evolving data sharing needs of the NMR researchers and how the database caters to these needs.
This talk presents the ongoing work with the materials database built for the solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance community in the UK. It explores the evolving data sharing needs of the NMR researchers and how the database caters to these needs.
November 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
This talk presents the ongoing work with the materials database built for the solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance community in the UK. It explores the evolving data sharing needs of the NMR researchers and how the database caters to these needs.
This talk presents the ongoing work with the materials database built for the solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance community in the UK. It explores the evolving data sharing needs of the NMR researchers and how the database caters to these needs.
Dr. Philip Leadbitter is attending the iPRES2025 - The 21st international conference on digital preservation!
The themes for iPRES 2025 are: Haerenga (Journey), Tūtaki (Encounter), and Tūhono (Connect).
The themes for iPRES 2025 are: Haerenga (Journey), Tūtaki (Encounter), and Tūhono (Connect).
November 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Dr. Philip Leadbitter is attending the iPRES2025 - The 21st international conference on digital preservation!
The themes for iPRES 2025 are: Haerenga (Journey), Tūtaki (Encounter), and Tūhono (Connect).
The themes for iPRES 2025 are: Haerenga (Journey), Tūtaki (Encounter), and Tūhono (Connect).
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The Royal Society of Chemistry Research Fund supports members with limited access to research funds to start new projects.
The fund is now open for applications until 1 December 2025 1400 UK time (GMT).
Apply for up to £5000: www.rsc.org/funding-and-...
The fund is now open for applications until 1 December 2025 1400 UK time (GMT).
Apply for up to £5000: www.rsc.org/funding-and-...
October 31, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The Royal Society of Chemistry Research Fund supports members with limited access to research funds to start new projects.
The fund is now open for applications until 1 December 2025 1400 UK time (GMT).
Apply for up to £5000: www.rsc.org/funding-and-...
The fund is now open for applications until 1 December 2025 1400 UK time (GMT).
Apply for up to £5000: www.rsc.org/funding-and-...
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Current state of data stewardship tools in life science
Publication by: Anna Aksenova, Anoop Johny, Tim Adams, Philip Gribbon, Marc Jacobs, Martin Hofmann-Apitius: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Publication by: Anna Aksenova, Anoop Johny, Tim Adams, Philip Gribbon, Marc Jacobs, Martin Hofmann-Apitius: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
October 31, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Current state of data stewardship tools in life science
Publication by: Anna Aksenova, Anoop Johny, Tim Adams, Philip Gribbon, Marc Jacobs, Martin Hofmann-Apitius: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Publication by: Anna Aksenova, Anoop Johny, Tim Adams, Philip Gribbon, Marc Jacobs, Martin Hofmann-Apitius: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
A Whole New Lab: Transforming Research with ELNs (Electronic Lab Notebooks), for CAMS Data Analytics and SciY Presents FutureLab: Chemistry in the Digital Age.
All slides can be viewed here: zenodo.org/records/1747...
All slides can be viewed here: zenodo.org/records/1747...
October 31, 2025 at 9:56 AM
A Whole New Lab: Transforming Research with ELNs (Electronic Lab Notebooks), for CAMS Data Analytics and SciY Presents FutureLab: Chemistry in the Digital Age.
All slides can be viewed here: zenodo.org/records/1747...
All slides can be viewed here: zenodo.org/records/1747...
Dr. Samantha Pearman-Kanza, is at Lab Innovations!
5 CPD-accredited stages in the conference focus on:
🌱 Sustainability | ⚙️ AI & Automation | ✅ Quality & Compliance | 🧬Biotechnology | 🧠 Skills & Development
Learn more and claim your free conference pass here: invt.io/1lxbyg3tdhu
5 CPD-accredited stages in the conference focus on:
🌱 Sustainability | ⚙️ AI & Automation | ✅ Quality & Compliance | 🧬Biotechnology | 🧠 Skills & Development
Learn more and claim your free conference pass here: invt.io/1lxbyg3tdhu
October 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Dr. Samantha Pearman-Kanza, is at Lab Innovations!
5 CPD-accredited stages in the conference focus on:
🌱 Sustainability | ⚙️ AI & Automation | ✅ Quality & Compliance | 🧬Biotechnology | 🧠 Skills & Development
Learn more and claim your free conference pass here: invt.io/1lxbyg3tdhu
5 CPD-accredited stages in the conference focus on:
🌱 Sustainability | ⚙️ AI & Automation | ✅ Quality & Compliance | 🧬Biotechnology | 🧠 Skills & Development
Learn more and claim your free conference pass here: invt.io/1lxbyg3tdhu
Shaping the future of polymer data through collaboration and open science: www.psdi.ac.uk/polymer-work...
October 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Shaping the future of polymer data through collaboration and open science: www.psdi.ac.uk/polymer-work...
This international training course—run in collaboration between PSDI and AIchemy, with support from STFC-SCD, CCP5, and CCP9—is designed for PhD students in the Materials and Molecular Simulations field who have coding experience but limited exposure to machine learning.
Details below:
Details below:
October 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This international training course—run in collaboration between PSDI and AIchemy, with support from STFC-SCD, CCP5, and CCP9—is designed for PhD students in the Materials and Molecular Simulations field who have coding experience but limited exposure to machine learning.
Details below:
Details below: