GHGA engages with Communities on Workflow Management and Data Ethics

GHGA was well represented at two major events for the bioinformatics and data management community in October: the EOSC Symposium 2024 in Berlin and the Nextflow Summit 2024 in Barcelona. Both events provided valuable opportunities for GHGA members to share project insights, engage with global experts, and deepen collaborations on topics central to a scalable, FAIR-compliant research infrastructure.

GHGA and NFDI meet EOSC in Berlin

At the EOSC Symposium in Berlin, GHGA team members joined policy makers, funders, and research institutions in discussions on the future of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). Vanessa González Ribao and Simon Parker presented the ASSURED project, a training program that promotes safe and ethical practices for handling sensitive research data. Valuable discussions on developing skills and training for FAIR data management ensued from the event. GHGA was also present for the launch of the EOSC EU Node, marking a significant milestone in establishing the EOSC Federation. 

Alongside the main symposium, the EOSCxNFDI event fostered the collaboration between the European (EOSC) and national NFDI community. GHGA representatives Jan Eufinger, Jan Korbel and Oliver Kohlbacher participated in this event, further advancing GHGA’s role in creating FAIR-aligned research infrastructure within Germany.

Supporting standardisation of workflows at the Nextflow Summit 2024

Shortly afterwards, GHGA members Kübra Narcı, Zehra Hazal Sezer, Sameesh Kher, Monica Daneliuc and Sven Nahnsen travelled to Barcelona for the Nextflow Summit 2024. Bringing together experts from across the globe to exchange insights and collaborate on the latest advancements in workflow management using Nextflow, the event provided a platform to contribute to the hackathon, present key projects, and engage with the community. 

At the hackathon, Nextflow-ambassador Kübra Narcı led efforts on the nf-core/variantbenchmarking pipeline, advancing workflows for structural variant benchmarking. During the main summit, Kübra presented how to use Nextflow for FAIR-compliant somatic variant calling workflows, while Zehra Hazal Sezer and Sameesh Kher showcased posters on harmonising Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) workflows and developing the nf-core/spatialxe pipeline for spatial data analysis, respectively. The team enjoyed the atmosphere and exchange at the meeting, and looks forward to continuing its fruitful collaboration with the nf-core community to build robust, reproducible pipelines and standardise workflows for genomic research.

 

GHGA’s active participation in both the EOSC Symposium and the Nextflow Summit highlights its commitment to advancing scalable, ethical, and interoperable data solutions that enhance genomic research across Europe and beyond.