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eLabFTW@FDM-NDS: Our Workshop Concept (On-Site Workshops)
The Pillar 3 project eLabFTW@FDM-NDS aims to make the electronic lab notebook eLabFTW available in the Academic Cloud for all researchers at universities and colleges across Lower Saxony. To facilitate the adoption of electronic lab notebooks (ELNs), the project...
Video recording of the event “Conflicts Over Authorship and Data Use—Common Scenarios and How to Prevent Them” is now available
At the invitation of the Lower Saxony State Initiative for Research Data Management, Dr. Katrin Frisch and Dr. Katrin Nele Reeg from the Ombuds Committee for Scientific Integrity in Germany (OWID) presented the findings of their study, *Conflicts of Authorship and...
eLabFTW@FDM-NDS: Kick-off of the FDM Board Marks the Start of a Shared Future in Electronic Lab Notebooks
The Pillar-3 project eLabFTW@FDM-NDS aims to host the electronic lab notebook eLabFTW within the Academic Cloud, making it accessible to all researchers at universities across Lower Saxony. This step is intended to further strengthen regional research infrastructure...
Train-the-Trainer Workshops on FDM 2026 (English) – Key Take-aways
In February and March 2026, two English-language train-the-trainer workshops on research data management were held as a collaborative initiative by trainers from northern Germany (Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, and...
“Einstein Your Data” – Strengthening students’ data literacy
The University of Vechta and Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg have jointly launched the project “Einstein Your Data – Data Literacy for Students.” It is part of pillar 3 of FDM-NDS and is aimed at students of all disciplines. The University of Vechta and Carl...
Scientific Data Steward wanted!
The Technical Information Library (TIB), Lab Research Data Services, in Hanover is seeking to fill the following two-year fixed-term position in the project "Nds-WiDax - Interactive data exchange between research data repositories using knowledge graphs in Lower...
Report “Dynamic ELN Workshop” (Data Days Niedersachsen 2025)
The workshop “Dynamic ELN Workshop – Hands-on, playful and insightful!” consisted of four stations, between which participants were free to switch. The aim of the workshop was, on the one hand, to demonstrate different electronic lab notebooks (ELNs) in a hands-on...
These were the Data Days Niedersachsen 2025
In November 2025, Data Days Lower Saxony, the annual networking event of the state initiative FDM-NDS, took place once again. This year's format combined two days of in-person events in Braunschweig with an additional virtual theme day, offering participants a...
Workshop “FDM Niedersachsen im Dialog: Erfolge und Zukunftspläne” at FDM@Campus on September 29, 2025
Authors Anna-Karina Renziehausen, Barbara Löhde, Doreen Rocholl, Yvana Glasenapp Introduction For the colleagues at FDM-NDS, the FDM@Campus conference in Göttingen is a great opportunity to network with researchers and FDM employees from Lower Saxony and beyond. This...