Welcome

Cat Gonzalez
Maja Magel

2025-10-07

Thank you for joining!

About us

Organizers / Educators / Helpers

  • Cat Gonzalez
  • Maja Magel

Code of Conduct

From the The Carpentries Code of conduct:

  • Use welcoming and inclusive language
  • Be respectful of different viewpoints and experiences
  • Gracefully accept constructive criticism
  • Focus on what is best for the community
  • Show courtesy and respect towards other community members

Photos

  • Pictures will be taken during the event.
  • Pictures are going to be shared on social media.

bernie sanders meme asking for permissions

Note

We will never took pictures of individuals only!

Technicalities

Checklist

  • You are registered to the workshop
  • You have a charged and functional laptop
  • You have WiFi access via eduroam or guest WiFi
  • You have an ORCiD (and the password to the account)

Collaborative pad

Collaborative note-taking without registration for us to share information and for you to do some of the exercises!

https://pad.carpentries.org/2025-10-07-biometadata-05_learners

Tip

Feeling lazy? Use the shortened URL: https://tinyurl.com/biometa-05

Workshop materials

Slides (including the exercises) used during the workshop are available at:

https://clavellab.pages.rwth-aachen.de/workshop-biometadata-04 https://tinyurl.com/wbm-04

Tips

  • Feel free to use the search bar to look up terms used in the slides

  • Browse the acronyms and abbreviations table

QR code to the workshop materials

Slides are mobile-friendly!

Asking for help!

  • Raise your hand and ask away
  • Use the red/pink stickers to signal that you’re stuck

We are assisted today by helpers that are kindly volunteering to support you!

The program

https://events.hifis.net/event/2672/timetable/

Introductions

Introductions

Stand up if:

  • you had enough coffee or tea
  • you are an early-stage researcher (< 4 years or before PhD)
  • you are more of a cat person
  • your main activity is in the lab
  • you have uploaded data to a public repository
  • you are more of a dog person
  • you know what FAIR means

Expectations

Expectations

Task:

  • Think (max. 2 min) about your expectations: “During this workshop, I would like to …”
  • Write your expectations in the pad
  • Your time starts now!

Let’s start!

full day program meme

Workshop Biometadata-05