For the first time, we presented the BEXIS 2 data management platform with a stand at a conference. Thanks to the British Ecological Society which organised the Ecology Across Borders: Joint Annual Meeting 2017 (#EAB2017) we had a very productive and successful time in Ghent. [gallery ids="1699,1698,1697"]

Following the new partnership between the German open source platform BEXIS 2 and the academic publisher Pensoft, scientists are now able to publish data papers in three of the most innovative Pensoft journals: Biodiversity Data Journal (BDJ), One Ecosystemand Metabarcoding and Metagenomics (MBMG), using EML data packs from BEXIS 2 :  https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/pp-npb112917.php  

We are pleased to announce the release of BEXIS 2.11.0. What’s new: A new data import feature is added that extracts the data structure from Excel files allowing users to ingest data into BEXIS 2 much easier. BEXIS 2 now includes a notification framework In addition to the data publication workflow from BEXIS to GFBio.org,…

In the latest newsletter of  GWDG, there is an article by Thorsten Hindermann about his work on the BExIS Batch Upload (from page 15). The pdf is available here: https://www.gwdg.de/documents/20182/27257/GN_8-9-2017_www.pdf

The Data Management Team of the Biodiversity Exploratories Project  is looking for a Software Developer . Please find the job ad here: http://www.uni-jena.de/Universit%C3%A4t/Stellenmarkt/Wissenschaftliche+Mitarbeiter/243_2017+_+Softwareentwickler_in+_+Heinz_Nixdorf_Professur+f%C3%BCr+Verteilte+Informationssysteme.html

The Institute of Computer Science at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU) is looking for a software developer (m/f) within the frame of the AquaDiva project, a DFG funded project. The position shall be filled as soon as possible. For more details please see this link.