Hi everybody,

Please *see below two important opportunities*:

- The AgBioData steering committee (SC) is calling *for nominations for new SC members*!

Do you want to take a leadership role within the AgBioData consortium? Do you know someone who can contribute significantly to the AgBioData steering committee? Nominate* yourself or somebody you think might fit the position by next Friday, February 28, at * https://forms.gle/1dTTbEhN8FDs6Ep5A

*! *The SC is a vibrant, collaborative, and inclusive environment that offers opportunities to expand leadership skills, network with agricultural research community stakeholders, and help achieve a FAIR agricultural data ecosystem.

*We are looking for candidates to serve as members of the AgBioData SC who are willing to commit a proportion of their time to AgBioData activities (approximately 2 hours/week) for 3 years. * - You have until Friday, February 21, to register for the new AgBioData working group on

*Natural Language Processing for biocuration (NLP4Biocuration WG)! The NLP4Biocuration WG will explore the application of existing NLP tools to biocuration and identify their limitations with AgBioData-curated content. Join it by completing this form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0exyHDowMCnL1_VkCBsff6T0sSPTl3pg1gnuSqZyO7yTWvg/viewform?usp=sharing by February 21! The commitment will generally be between 2-6 hours monthly, including meeting attendance and offline work (e.g., literature, writing, etc.). Please share the registration link with anybody who you think is interested.*

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Have a lovely week!

Annarita