At the #OpenAIRE Technical Meeting in Athens, collaboration with #LAReferencia moved into concrete technical collaboration.

Focusing on #metadata exchange, multilingual discovery, repository usage statistics, and interoperability guidelines, these discussions strengthen long-term cooperation and improve the global integration of #OpenInfrastructures.

🔗 Full article:
https://www.openaire.eu/community/blogs/what-s-brewing-in-the-openaire-infrastructure-la-referencia-at-the-openaire-technical-meeting

#OpenScience #FAIRData #ResearchInfrastructure #GlobalCollaboration

📣 News Digest #RDM in #NaturalScience Week 05, 2026!

Today with @NFDI4Chem @PSDI @FAIRmat and @NFDI4Cat. Enjoy reading!

https://thefairelephant.com/news_digest_archive/news-digest-rdm-in-natural-science-week-05-2026/

#FAIRElephantNews #FAIRdata #AI #ResearchDataManagement

Thank you to @egonw@social.edu.nl for the great talk! Here are the slides zenodo.org/records/1843... .... the recording will follow soon for those who missed it. @nfdi4chem.de #fairdata #openscience

Bridging chemistry and biology...

#NewSpecies!
New leaf-litter frog from #china just snuck in:

Leptobrachella xinshaoensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9DEE4DCE-4A6C-5AF9-8A6A-09A7432BAEA6
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.175462
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #LeptobrachellaXinshaoensis

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #amphibia #frogfriday #frogs

#NewSpecies!
Cota cinerea
A newly discovered asteraceae from #türkiye!

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039A87D7-4572-0E79-80E5-05BB21824C83
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.2.6
#Phytotaxa #CotaCinerea

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #wildflowers #flowers #wildplants #plants #wildlife #asteraceae

#NewSpecies!
New freshwater leech from #mexico just came in:

Helobdella gulloae

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9FD084D8-8D7A-5078-9F17-2A2E967956C1
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1261.162279
#ZooKeys #HelobdellaGulloae

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #worms #annelida #leeches #freshwater

#NewSpecies!
New colubrid snake from #china just sidled in:

Hebius malnatei

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E5E6EC4E-3993-58F2-B536-575D24297482
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.176342
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #HebiusMalnatei

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #reptilia #snakes #viper #pitviper

#NewSpecies!
New spider from #china just crept in:

Otacilia baimashan

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E969A7BB-2220-5189-B270-5C67017AA26D
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e176953
#BiodiversityDataJournal #OtaciliaBaimashan

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #arachnology #arachnids #spider

#NewSpecies!
New thrip from #china just flew in:

Androthrips huanglianensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/684187D4-FFD0-FFE5-8EFB-55A7CD0CFB1E
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5716.1.8
#Zootaxa #AndrothripsHuanglianensis

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #thysanoptera #thrips

#NewSpecies!
New salamander from #china just snuck in:

Tylototriton wufengensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B78D812B-E7E9-525F-86C0-363CEB0FF7C2
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.173283
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #TylototritonWufengensis

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #amphibia #salamander

#NewSpecies!
New horned toad from #china just snuck in:

Boulenophrys nebulosa

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C75D8643-CF33-545D-AD7A-A33600D4D34C
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.166556
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #BoulenophrysNebulosa

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #amphibia #frogfriday #frogs #toads

#NewSpecies!
A newly discovered fungus from #china for #FungiFriday:

Conobolbitina fuscoviolacea

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B16351CE-2C73-5336-81CA-BC318EA4AC28
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.127.181095
#MycoKeys #ConobolbitinaFuscoviolacea

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #fungi #mushrooms #mycology

#NewSpecies!
New woodlice from #portugal just came in:

Trichorhina cascaisensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2E5BF94E-196E-3F74-FF67-98BCAB62686F
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.3.2
#Zootaxa #TrichorhinaCascaisensis

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #arthropods #crustacea #isopods #woodlice

#NewSpecies!
New loranthaceae-feeding leaf beetle from #japan just came in:

Cryptocephalus tsutsumiuchii

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DA87AF-735A-A05F-EAAC-FDACFC8C9F33
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.4.7
#Zootaxa #CryptocephalusTsutsumiuchii

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #coleoptera #beetles #bugs

#NewSpecies!
Agapetes lichengii
A newly discovered ericaceae from #china!

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AE584D2B-9169-531F-B153-D295D2F5AF09
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.269.177341
#PhytoKeys #AgapetesLichengii

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #wildflowers #flowers #wildplants #plants #wildlife #ericaceae

#NewSpecies!
New pygmy mole-cricket from #florida #USA just chirped:

Ellipes ceratiola

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038787CE-E06E-FFCC-FF04-842FFBCBFC14
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5717.4.1
#Zootaxa #EllipesCeratiola

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #orthoptera #cricket #molecrickets

#NewSpecies!
New deep-sea squat lobster from the #arabian #sea just pinched us:

Babamunida lakshadweepa

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038087C6-944F-FF8B-FE6C-FCDCE054FF9C
Publication: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2590014
#JournalOfNaturalHistory #BabamunidaLakshadweepa

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #arthropods #crustacea #lobster #squatlobster #squat #deepsea

OSTrails at #EOSCWinterSchool2026 !

Track 1 on Federating Capabilities & Interoperability.

Sessions and roundtables focused on how interoperability is implemented in practice: connecting DMPs to RDM systems via DMP-IF, aligning ARGOS, DAMAP & DSW through shared RDA-based standards, extending SKG-IF for aggregation at scale, and operationalising FAIRness assessment.

Happy faces, strong collaboration, concrete solutions & socks still available!

#OSTrails #EOSC #FAIRData #OpenScience

Upcoming HMC FAIR Friday

Electronic Lab Notebooks are widely used, but interoperability remains a challenge. This FAIR Friday introduces ELNdataBridge, developed within the HMC project ELN-DIY-Meta, enabling metadata exchange between different #ELN platforms.

📅 13 Feb 2026 | Online
🔗 Register here: https://helmholtz-metadaten.de/events/hmc-fair-friday-with-hmc-project-eln-diy-meta

#HMC_FAIRfriday #HMCproject #Interoperability #Metadata #FAIRData

@KIT_Karlsruhe @hereon
@helmholtz @NFDI4DS

Faire Forschungsdaten: Wie Forschungsdaten leichter auffindbar, nutzbar und interoperabel werden, zeigen Forschende des DZD + Universitätsmedizin Greifswald – mit klaren Prozessen und praxisnahen Empfehlungen.
#FAIRData #OpenScience #DZD #FAIRification
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2026/01/28/wie-forschungsdaten-fair-werden