- María José López Pourailly
Best Practice: Sharing medical research data through SURFnet optimises population research
In Netherlands, the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam (Erasmus MC) and the Delft University of Technology are working on analysis techniques of medical imaging and other data. Large-scale imaging data sets containing brain scans of participants in long-term studies help to diagnose – and even predict – the onset of illness (a method known as ‘population imaging’). The accuracy of a prediction depends on the quantity of data available: the more data, the better the prediction. In this respect, collaboration over the advanced e-Infrastructure provided by SURF is crucial.
Seeking to promote the cooperation between the higher education institutions in the region, the TICAL community calls the interested to submit, until April 15th, proposals for interinstitutional projects that address the themes of the Conference 2015 (described in the thematic axes) and that could be benefited and empowered by the collaboration between different academic institutions in Latin America. An author of each selected proposal will receive the airfare as an incentive to participate in TICAL 2015 and present its project at the conference.
LA Referencia is pleased to announce the incorporation of Costa Rica as the new country in the position of observer member, increasing the number of members that are part of the regional initiative of institutional repositories. The decision for the entry of the Central American country was recently approved by the Directive Council of LA Referencia, after receiving the request of the country itself.
