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FaceBase

@facebase.bsky.social

Missed the FaceBase Bootcamp? No worries!
Catch up with recordings and slides covering data discovery, submissions, and DMS plans:
🎥 www.facebase.org/community/tr...

#FaceBase #DataSharing #CraniofacialResearch #NIH #DentalResearch #DataReuse #FAIRdata #DataScience

Screenshot of the FaceBase Virtual Bootcamp - Fall 2025: Rob Schuler is presenting a slide about how FaceBase data is ready for Reuse, Reproducibility and (Re)analysis.

November 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM

EATRIS

@eatris.bsky.social

A new OSCARS article shows why researchers recommend its Open Calls — from a streamlined process to high-impact funding that turns ideas into tangible #OpenScience tools.

EATRIS helps coordinate these cascading grants, driving #FAIRData & collaboration across Europe.

👉 https://loom.ly/vA2V7sQ

November 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM

NFDI4Chem

@nfdi4chem.de

Stammtisch is coming up.
⠀
"Characterisation Data of the ModularPhotoreactor" by Daniel Kowalczyk

We are especially proud this time because Kowalczyk won the FAIR4Chem Award 2025.

28.11.2025 14 CET⠀

https://t1p.de/nx11o
⠀##chemistry #rdm #fdm #fairdata #openscience #Science #Research #Data

November 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM

CODATA

@codata-isc.bsky.social

New in CODATA Data Science Journal: Parisa Sarzaeim, Grace Bulltail Title: Evaluation of FAIR Principles in Indigenous Water-Climate-Environment (WCE) Data Repositories
doi.org/10.5334/dsj-...
#codata #FAIRdata #OpenScience #datascience #opendata #datasciencej

November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM

Beilstein-Institut

@beilstein-institut.bsky.social

BChemXtract - a ChemDraw parser and structure extractor - is our first open source software project and is available on @github.com :

🔗 https://github.com/Beilstein-Institut/BChemXtract

#openscience #opensource #FAIRdata #FAIRchemistry #cheminformatics #BeilsteinCheminfoLabs #BChemXtract

November 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM

EMBRC (European Marine Biological Resource Centre)

@embrc-eu.bsky.social

#DidYouKnow | 🔵 By embracing #FAIRData principles:

👉 we can ensure our marine research is not only groundbreaking but also reproducible.
👉 we can advance innovative solutions to societal issues more quickly and effectively 🔄🔬

Explore our policies: www.embrc.eu/our-policies/

🌊🧪 #Data #MetaData

November 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM

Climate-Adapt4EOSC

@climate-adapt4eosc.bsky.social

Climate-Adapt4EOSC at the EOSC Symposium 2025!

Project Coordinator of Climate-Adapt4EOSC, Thanasis Sfetsos, presented project during Lightning Talks & Demos session at #EOSCSymposium2025

#EOSC2025 #ClimateAdaptation #FAIRData #ClimateResilience

climate-adapt4eosc.eu/climate-adap...

Climate-Adapt4EOSC featured at the EOSC Symposium 2025 !

On 4 November 2025, Thanasis Sfetsos, Project Coordinator of Climate-Adapt4EOSC, presented the project during the Lightning Talks & Demos session of the EOSC Symposium 2025. Organised by the EOSC Asso...

climate-adapt4eosc.eu

November 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM

Beilstein-Institut

@beilsteininstitut.hessen.social.ap.brid.gy

BChemXtract - a ChemDraw parser and structure extractor - is our first open source software project and is available on @github:

🔗 https://github.com/Beilstein-Institut/BChemXtract

#openscience #opensource #fairdata #fairchemistry #Cheminformatics #github #beilsteincheminfolabs #bchemxtract

November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Dryad

@datadryad.bsky.social

Your data is valuable. We help you protect it and maximize opportunities for discover, citation, and reuse.

Learn more on our blog ➡️ blog.datadryad.org/2025/10/07/w...

#openscience #opendata #openaccess #FAIRdata #datasharing #dataavailability #datarepository #scholcomm #scholcomms

November 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)

@ukceh.bsky.social

#CaSTCo (Catchment Systems Thinking Cooperative) brought together communities, scientists, the water sector and regulators to build trust, share data and transform how we monitor and care for rivers.

The project has made genuine progress towards rigorous, reliable #FAIRData 💧

data.castco.org

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Screengrabs and documents plus text:
CastCo Data Governance Principles
1. Open by default
2. FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable)
3. Trustworthy
4. Secure
5. User-centred
6. Ethical
7. Resilient

November 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM

Dryad

@datadryad.bsky.social

Why do more than 287,000 researchers choose Dryad for their data? Dryad is built for everyone. We publish research data from every region, every research discipline, in all forms, formats and sizes

Learn more on our blog ➡️ bit.ly/why-dryad

#opendata #openaccess #FAIRdata #datasharing

November 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM

SoilWise Project

@soilwiseproject.bsky.social

🌱 Meet us at European Mission Soil Week 2025!

Join SoilWise on Day 1 of the Mission Soil Project Trail 🌍

🔎 Data users: explore FAIR soil data for better decisions.
📊 Data providers: make your data discoverable!

#EMSW2025 #MissionSoil #SoilWiseProject #SoilData #FAIRdata #SoilHealth #HorizonEurope

November 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM

Plazi

@plazi-species.bsky.social

#NewSpecies!
Leptochilus phanerophlebius
A newly discovered fern from #china!

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/6477F44E-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/phy...
#Phytotaxa #LeptochilusPhanerophlebius

#FAIRdata
#biology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #plants #wildlife #fern

October 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM

Plazi

@plazi-species.bsky.social

#NewSpecies!
New sillaginid from #iran just swam in:

Sillago persica

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/34BBE2EF-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #SillagoPersica

#FAIRdata
#OA #biology #ecology #nature #conservation #animals #fish #TeamFish #fishfriday #ichthyology #sillaginids

October 31, 2025 at 10:47 AM

Plazi

@plazi-species.bsky.social

#NewSpecies!
New freshwater crab from #india just pinched us:

Patithelphusa yercaudensis

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/ABF1BF47-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #PatithelphusaYercaudensis

#FAIRdata
#OA #nature #conservation #animals #invertebrates #crustacea #crab #freshwater

Patithelphusa yercaudensis, paratype female, dorsal view.

October 30, 2025 at 9:28 AM

Plazi

@plazi-species.bsky.social

#NewSpecies!
New katydid from #turkey just snuck in:

Poecilimon allegro

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/039B8758-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #PoecilimonAllegro

#FAIRdata
#OA #science #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #invertebrates #entomology #insects #orthoptera #katydids

October 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM

Plazi

@plazi-species.bsky.social

#NewSpecies!
New long-tongued fly from #southafrica just landed:

Prosoeca parva

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/D1A60800-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #ProsoecaParva

#FAIRdata
#biology #taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #entomology #insects #diptera #fly

Frontal view of Prosoeca parva. Scale bar: 1 mm.

October 31, 2025 at 7:21 AM

EPFL Library

@epfllibrary.bsky.social

The EPFL Research Data Support Network is officially launched! Bringing together experts to boost collaboration and best practices in RDM and ORD.

💡 Learn how it started and what’s next for a FAIR, sustainable data ecosystem: actu.epfl.ch/news/the-epf...

#RDM #OpenScience #FAIRdata

October 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM

NFDI4Chem

@nfdi4chem.de

Ontologies4Chem Workshop

Registration for on-site participation is closed.
However, we are offering the opportunity to participate online.
Details refer to the agenda.
https://t1p.de/83bom
##chemistry #Chemie #rdm #researchdata #Forschungsdaten #fairdata #workshop #openscience #ontology