Research Data Management - an Introduction for Newcomers

Wednesday 22 Apr 2026, 09:30 → 17:00 Europe/Berlin

Seminar Room Top Floor (CSBD)

Birgit Knepper-Nicolai (MPI-CBG), Stephan Janosch (MPI-CBG, Scientific Computing Facility)

Professionally managing your research data your research data is important is many aspects: for reproducibility and continuity of research, for sharing and publishing research results, or for defending research results in case of misconduct allegations. The research progress and the reputation of science benefit from research data management and high-quality data. Complete and self-explanatory data sets, which can be found, re-used and cited even without your help, increase the impact of research and the researcher’s reputation.

Content: The workshop introduces the basics of research data management as data cycle, RDM plans, the FAIR principles, and give practical insight into how to document, store, archive and share your research, and why this is important. It will also give hands-on experience on the tools which are used at MPI-CBG for documentation, and insight into the IT infrastructure which is provided to ensure that your data are safe and accessible. 

Methods: Case studies, group work, plenary discussions and background information. Hands-on work & practical introduction to the ELN labfolder. 

What you need for the workshop: Your laptop. If you need a loan laptop, please contact our IT department (CBG room 127). A labfolder account accessible from your lap top. A brief intro to labfolder from Stephan Janosch (janosch@mpi-cbg.de), ideally during the SciCom Clinics on Tuesdays, 14:00 - 15:00 in the CBG atrium.

09:30 → 14:00 Research Data Management

14:00 → 15:00 Practical introduction to Labfolder - our ELN at CBG

15:00 → 15:30 CBG's Infrastructure for Data Storage and Archiving

15:30 → 16:00 Wrap-up and Feedback