ERASysBio 3rd Data Management Summer School

ERASysBio is a transnational funding initiative that brings together 16 ministries and funding agencies from 13 countries in the European Research Area (ERA) to coordinate their national research programmes and agree on a common European agenda. One of the actions of ERASysBio’s agreed agenda is to encourage the adoption of data standards, data management and sharing best practices across the ERA.

After the success of the first two editions in 2008 and 2009, we are pleased to announce the launch of the 3rd summer school Data Management for Systems Biology III.

In this 3rd edition, we aim to bring together experimentalists and modellers, giving modellers experience in experimental data interpretation and experimentalists experience in constructing and testing models from data.
We would like to invite 2-3 postdoctoral researchers from each ERASysBio partner country to attend the summer school. Registration is now open.
Please complete the registration on-line at www.erasysbio.net summer school 2010 box on the top right). At the time of registration we will ask for proof that participants are currently working on a project in systems biology and they will also have to provide the name and contact details of their supervisor in order to ensure that they have been granted permission to attend.

Please cascade this information to postdoctoral researchers currently employed in your systems biology grant that you think may benefit from attending this summer school. The closing date for registration of interest is 14th May 17:00 CET. All registrations of interest will be carefully considered and the outcomes will be communicated by the end of May. Further details concerning the summer school are listed below:

Aims
to achieve effective communication between all participants; to raise awareness of the urgent need to adopt data standards, data management and sharing best practices in the ERA; to provide knowledge on the current tools, methods, practices, models, challenges and solutions in the management of data in systems biology; to equip participants with tools for decision-making.

Programme
The programme and more details can be found at www.erasysbio.net/SummerSchool_2010

Target audience
- postdoctoral researchers from academic institutions in ERASysBio partner countries;
- experimentalists and modellers currently working in a systems biology project.

Please note that PhD students and Senior Researchers, i.e. lecturers, equivalent and higher grades, are not eligible to this summer school.

Please note that registration will operate on a ‘first come, first serve’ basis and that there is a very limited quota per participant country. Participants are therefore urged to register as soon as possible.
At the time of registration all participants will have to provide proof that they are currently working on a project in systems biology. See registration for details.

Location
The summer school will take place at the University of La Laguna Summer Campus, situated in Adeje, on the south-west coast of the island of Tenerife, only 10km away from Reina Sofia International Airport. The University of La Laguna is the oldest university in the Canary Islands, with its origin dating back to 1701 when Augustine monks established a centre for higher learning in the city of La Laguna. In 1992 the summer campus was founded in Adeje to promote culture, research, politics and philosophy among other disciplines, on the island. Please see this link for last year's activities in Adeje: www.adeje.es/esp/portada_universidad_de_verano.asp

Cost
Attending the summer school is free of charge. Accommodation, all specified meals and tea and coffee breaks are included. Transport from and to Reina Sofia International Airport on the dates of arrival and departure, and transport between the summer campus and nearby accommodation will be provided. Participants will be required to cover all the costs of standard return air travel from their home institutions to Reina Sofia International Airport.

Visas for travel
On request, ERASysBio will provide a letter confirming their attendance at the summer school to those participants requiring a visa to travel to Tenerife. The costs associated to requesting visas are not covered by this summer school.

Selection Process
All expressions of interests received via the ERASysBio website will be reviewed once registration has closed and participants will be contacted directly. Participants invited to attend will be sent further information by e-mail.

Organisers and sponsors
The summer school is organised by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN), the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), ERASysBio and the Borough Council of Adeje. BBSRC, BMBF, MICINN, ERASysBio and the Borough Council of Adeje are contributing to fund this event.