Electronic Lab Notebooks are most valuable when embedded in the Research Data Management (RDM) lifecycle. This talk shows how the open-source ELN eLabFTW becomes a front door to FAIR-aligned RDM: capturing structured, provenance-rich records at creation and handing them off to institutional services.
I’ll highlight core features (templates with required fields, permissions, audit trails,...
FAIR scientific data provides benefits for data consumers and producers. Consumers gain access to valuable assets which they could not produce themselves, and they are enabled to integrate foreign data with minimal effort into their workflows. Producers increase the visibility and impact of their research, with data becoming recognized as a scientific contribution on par with written...
In this talk, we introduce the web interface of the ZMT DataPortal, a cutting-edge collaboration between IndiScale GmbH and the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT). We highlight the portal’s powerful features designed to streamline data discovery and access, and how it offers a unified, searchable database that connects datasets published by ZMT researchers, no matter where they...
Initiated in 2023, the DFG Research Unit Biogeochemical Processes and Air–Sea
Exchange in the Sea-Surface Microlayer (BASS) explores air–sea exchange processes
through multidisciplinary field campaigns, mesocosm and laboratory experiments, and
modeling. During the expected eight-year project duration (two phases of four years
each), BASS encompasses nine subprojects per phase, involving 25...
Like research data, research software plays a crucial role in the reproducibility of scientific results, and is therefore gaining growing recognition as a research output in itself.
The development of research software (ranging from data-specific scripts to standalone software products) can be a major project that requires good planning and management. For example, the necessary...
Research data management (RDM) in line with the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) principles is increasingly recognized as an essential component of good scientific practice. In experimental disciplines, implementing FAIR RDM is particularly challenging: every step of the research process needs to be accurately documented, data must be securely stored and backed up, and...
Many scientific projects rely on a multitude of different software systems for data storage and data exchange. Keeping data findable and accessible can be challenging, especially if data has to be shared between different sites, working groups and institutes. The open source software LinkAhead provides a powerful framework for managing complex data integrated from heterogeneous data...
Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELNs) play a pivotal role in digitizing laboratory workflows, presenting an opportunity to structure research documentation into reusable metadata. They often facilitate connections between documentation and corresponding research data. However, many ELNs face limitations — such as restricted server space — that complicate the integration of associated files directly...
bytEM is an open, modular platform for research data management that combines decentralized data ownership with centralized standards. Research units maintain full control over their data spaces and decide how and what to publish – all within a shared framework of metadata, licensing, and workflow policies. A key focus is on controlled data exchange: bytEM enables secure and flexible...
