Hi everybody,

If you haven't done yet, you are still on time to join the new AgBioData working groups! They will focus on and address data-related issues and priorities raised by the AgBioData community, such as

data federation training
data reuse
database financial sustainability
diversity, equity, and inclusion in ag research
FAIR scientific literature and biocuration
public genetic resources management

Each working group has a set of achievable goals and deliverables and has a 6-12 month duration (except for the Sustainability, FAIR Scientific Literature, and DEI Recruiting working groups, which will have a 2-year mandate with the possibility for their members to rotate off after a year).

We anticipate that the commitment will generally be between 2-6 hours per month, including meeting attendance and offline work (e.g., literature, writing, etc.).

This is your opportunity to shape the future of our research community by contributing to developing best practices of data archiving and management that can benefit you and all the other stakeholders. Participating in the AgBioData working groups will also offer you opportunities for

professional networking
leadership skill development
authorship in impactful manuscripts

Please join one or more of our working groups here, or share with anybody that can be interested!

Best regards,

Annarita