Tooting all about the Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure funded by EPSRC.
Finally, seek out communities of practice and peer networks. Continuous, incremental learning that is supported by the right tools and culture, empowers researchers to work more confidently, deliver higher-quality outputs, and maximise the long-term impact of their science.
The PSDI Skills4Scientists guidance materials are designed to enhance researchers' capabilities. Check them out 👉 https://resources.psdi.ac.uk/resource-theme/2ac608e9-ad90-4216-881d-30004331ebf7
Equally important is adopting robust RDM practices: clear data management plans, FAIR data principles, and consistent metadata standards ensure research outputs remain findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable.
Researchers should also invest in transferable skills such as project management, communication, and collaborative working.
Short courses, institutional workshops, and cross-disciplinary projects provide low-barrier ways to upskill.
Researchers today operate in an increasingly data-intensive and computational landscape. Enhancing capability across computing, research data management (RDM), and transferable skills is foundational to effective science.
One must start by building strong digital literacy. Practical training in scripting (e.g., Python or R), version control, and reproducible workflows improves efficiency and research integrity.
A quick guide to what the Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure (PSDI) provides for Research Technical Professionals and related roles.
📊 Guidance for Research Technical Professionals: https://lnkd.in/gt43ajjy
📊 Physical sciences data: https://lnkd.in/gvwgXXGV
📊 Services and tools: https://lnkd.in/gnMd34za
📊 Training for research-technical-professionals: https://lnkd.in/gtuT7UZz
Web front end to access the Collaborative Computational Project for NMR Crystallography (CCP-NC) MAGRES database.
The database can be used to search for MAGRES files by DOI, Magnetic shielding, Electric Field Gradient Vzz, Chemical name, Form, Unit cell formula, Molecular formula, MRD reference number, External database reference and/or License.
👉 Use the resource: https://resources.psdi.ac.uk/service/17bd0bec-94e3-41f2-bae4-bcb8ccc0f7a3
To secure one of the limited places available please send a short application outlining:
👉 your background and expertise as relevant to the project
👉 your current and future research interests, and
👉 your motivation for joining the workshop
Please send your email to corinne.anyika@chem.ox.ac.uk by the 4th March 2026.
For any questions about the workshop, you may contact Dr. Ulrich Hintermair at uh213@bath.ac.uk.
🔗 More information here: https://ukcatalysishub.co.uk/event/uk-catalysis-hub-psdi-collaboration-workshop
The UK Catalysis Hub are seeking input into a new data infrastructure for the UK catalysis community. This resource will enable data sharing and collaboration within and across different catalysis disciplines, in particular for advanced data-driven (digital) approaches to catalysis.
If you have relevant expertise or specific suggestions for shaping and delivering this new service hosted by PSDI you are invited to attend our workshop:
📍 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
📆 13th March 2026
📣 News Digest #RDM in #NaturalScience Week 07, 2026!
Today with @DAPHNE4NFDI, @NFDI4Chem, @nfdi4earth, @PSDI, @punch4nfdi, #ResearchDataAlliance (#RDA) and @NFDI4Cat. Enjoy reading!
https://thefairelephant.com/news_digest_archive/news-digest-rdm-in-natural-science-week-07-2026/
#FAIRElephantNews #FAIRdata #RDM #ResearchDataManagement #DataSteward
📣 News Digest #RDM in #NaturalScience Week 08, 2026!
Today with #eLabFTW (@deltablot) @FAIRmat @NFDI4Cat @NFDI4Chem @nfdi4earth and @PSDI. Enjoy reading!
https://thefairelephant.com/news_digest_archive/news-digest-rdm-in-natural-science-week-08-2026/
#FAIRElephantNews #FAIRdata #RDM #ELN #ResearchDataManagement
👉 Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/leLjHEErRRCibdEjiMXwhg
Join us for a thought provoking online meeting to share knowledge around the practicalities, benefits, and success stories of ERN adoption!
📅 Date: 26th February 2026
⏳ Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
🌏 Location: Virtual Event, Online
📍 Registration Link: https://www.psdi.ac.uk/event/webinar-data-revival-2/
🚨 Last few days left to register! 🚨
As #IDCC26 comes to a close, we'd like to take a moment to reflect on the wonderful event it was!
Here's what Cerys Willoughby had to say:
"There is always such a great atmosphere at IDCC with such an engaged and passionate audience. It was great to present and talk with the digital curation community through our workshop and poster sessions. Huge thanks to the Digital Curation Centre for working so hard and putting on such a great event!"
Modern research workflows rely on many software tools and file formats, but interoperability remains a persistent challenge. Export formats from one tool often don’t align with another’s import requirements, and existing conversion options can be slow, opaque, and error-prone.
PSDI’s Data Conversion Service (DCS) addresses this gap by providing researchers with a single, trusted environment to convert data formats.
If you haven’t had a chance to register yet, there’s still time to secure your spot. We’ll be diving into how Samuel Munday and the team use AI and computer vision to rescue "dark data" from static PDFs and lab notebooks, turning them into high-value, AI-ready research assets.
Webinar: Breaking Data Silos - From static documents to living data
📅 Date: 26 February 2026
⏰ Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm (GMT)
📍 Location: Online (Zoom)
🔗 Register here: https://www.psdi.ac.uk/event/webinar-data-revival-2/
This #LoveDataWeek, why not check out our amazing resources? ➡️ https://resources.psdi.ac.uk/
Some resources require login (currently available to UK academics) but most resources are available to all! If you encounter any issues please email us at support@psdi.ac.uk.
Across the data lifecycle, information fragments and drifts. Without stewardship, it becomes effectively invisible.
Repositories, metadata schemas, version control, and documentation are the infrastructure for discovery and trust.
Data that cannot be located cannot be validated, reused, or cited. Invisible data is wasted data.
This Love Data Week, ask yourself: Could someone new find and understand your data tomorrow? 🤔
If not, well.... you’ve found your answer.
"Where's the data?" 👀
This year’s #LoveDataWeek theme asks a simple question with complex implications: Where is the data? 🤔
The honest answer? Everywhere! Annnd well, nowhere useful unless we manage it properly.
Data lives in lab notebooks, shared drives, cloud buckets, legacy databases, PDFs, spreadsheets called Final_File_This_One_Promise.xlsx, and occasionally in someone’s head. 💭
Happy Love Data Week 2026! SharkCat couldn't be more excited!
🌹 Roses are red,
🦈 Sharkcat is blue,
📊 If you don't make your data FAIR,
🙄 He will judge you!
💻 Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/leLjHEErRRCibdEjiMXwhg
Join us for a thought provoking online meeting to share knowledge around the practicalities, benefits, and success stories of ERN adoption.
📕 More details: https://www.psdi.ac.uk/event/electronic-research-notebooks/
This report provides a comprehensive overview of semantic annotation, its significance in scientific data management, and best practices for implementation: https://zenodo.org/records/18260197
