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FAIRmat @fairmat.bsky.social · 14h

🚀FAIRmat has reached a major milestone in data standardization! In collaboration with NIAC, our experts have extended the NeXus data format into a cross-domain standard for materials science.
New definitions are fully integrated into #NOMAD!

👉Read the full success story: shorturl.at/Vsr7p

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FAIRmat @fairmat.bsky.social · 1d

Showcase your work, exchange ideas, and connect with #NOMAD users & developers!🌟
Join the Users-Meet-Developers exhibit at the next #FAIRmat Users Meeting to present your #RDM workflows, plugins, datasets, custom schemas, data analysis tools & more!📝
➡️Registration: events.fairmat-nfdi.eu/event/46/

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FAIRmat @fairmat.bsky.social · 9d

📢 Registration is open for the Seventh FAIRmat Users Meeting!
Are you passionate about #RDM and its role in advancing #Physics, #Chemistry, and #MaterialsScience? Then this is the event for you!

✅ Free participation
🗓 Register by November 9, 2025
🔗 events.fairmat-nfdi.eu/event/46/

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FAIRmat @fairmat.bsky.social · 13d

Next week, #FAIRmat joins #TEACH2025 conference organized by @helmholtzhmc.bsky.social! Teaching staff, researchers, and training coordinators will share methods and best practices.
ahm531.bsky.social will present: "Building FAIR data literacy: using toys to teach the FAIR data principles".

Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration @helmholtzhmc.bsky.social · Aug 14

Ideas, inspiration & community – the TEACH V program is live!

Join us in Berlin, Sept 29–Oct 1, 2025, for talks, workshops, barcamp sessions, and keynotes with people passionate about teaching in research.

Register by Sept 5: events.hifis.net/event/2331

#TEACH2025 #HMC

@helmholtz.de

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FAIRmat @fairmat.bsky.social · 16d

A great feature in @science.org on the recent LLM Hackathon in Berlin highlights how coding, collaboration, and FAIR data go hand in hand for accelerating materials discovery.

Read more in the article by Zack Savitsky ⬇️
www.science.org/content/arti...

Researchers customize AI tools at global ‘hackathon’

More than 1200 scientists and developers explore how large language models can be applied to materials science and chemistry

www.science.org

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FAIRmat @fairmat.bsky.social · 19d

What a week for FAIRmat at #ICSCRM2025!
Heiko Weber & Michael Krieger welcomed dozens of visitors, spreading the word about #NOMAD among scientific and industrial communities. Many were amazed that NOMAD tools are completely open and free to use.

#FAIRdata #SiC #NFDI

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FAIRmat @fairmat.bsky.social · 20d

Our experts Esma Birsen Boydas and Bernadette Mohr are at the German Conference of Women in Physics at @uni-kiel.de. They will showcase how the open-source #NOMAD software helps address today’s #FAIR data management challenges.

Talk by Bernadette: shorturl.at/jWayJ
Poster by Esma: shorturl.at/mjhvr

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FAIRmat @fairmat.bsky.social · 23d

Last week, teams from across Germany came together at our Berlin site for a 2-day #LLMHackathon in Materials Science and Chemistry. We congratulate the participants for turning bold ideas into unique and promising products within just days!

➡️ See the teams' submissions: shorturl.at/evqZM

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FAIRmat @fairmat.bsky.social · 23d

Wrapping up the joint booth at the #DPG Fall Meeting in Göttingen. With our #PSinNFDI partners – #DAPHNE4NFDI, #PUNCH4NFDI and #NFDI4Cat – we covered a broad range of topics in physical sciences. This effort showed @nfdi.de as a united community and sparked great interest in #FAIR data management.

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FAIRmat @fairmat.bsky.social · Sep 8

Next week, we will be taking part in the International Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials (ICSCRM) 2025. This annual event is dedicated to the advances in #SiC research and technology.

🔹 Booth 210
📆 September 15-18
📍 BEXCO, Busan
🔹 Full program: icscrm2025.org/html/program...

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FAIRmat @fairmat.bsky.social · Sep 4

📢 FAIRmat Newsletter Vol. 7 is out!
300 characters aren’t enough to share all the news from our team. So grab a coffee and dive into latest project updates, interviews, and articles from the FAIRmat community.

📰 Read here: www.fairmat-nfdi.eu/uploads/docu...

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FAIRmat @fairmat.bsky.social · Sep 3

Greetings from Karlsruhe! 👋 Tomorrow is the last day of #MC2025 – and your final chance to meet experts from #MatWerk, @nfdi4bioimage.bsky.social & #FAIRmat at our joint booth to hear about the latest developments in #RDM.

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FAIRmat @fairmat.bsky.social · Sep 3

Last week, Martin Kuban and Siamak Nakhaie welcomed participants at the #FAIRmat information booth during the Psi-k Conference.

It was rewarding to see the global community’s interest in #NOMAD – a free, open-source platform that makes RDM easier worldwide.

#RDM #NFDI #Psik2025 #EPFL

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FAIRmat @fairmat.bsky.social · Sep 2

Heading to the 2nd #DPG Fall Meeting in Göttingen? Visit us at booth A35 (Sep 9–11) to talk about FAIR data in science!💡

We’ll be there with @nfdi.de consortia #DAPHNE4NFDI, #PUNCH4NFDI and #NFDI4Cat at the Exhibition of Scientific Instruments and Literature.
See you there👋

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FAIRmat @fairmat.bsky.social · Aug 29

We say goodbye to a wonderful #CoRDI2025 at @rwth.bsky.social! 🎉
Three inspiring days with the #NFDI community full of ideas, discussions, and networking – a great showcase of our dedication to #RDM & #FAIRdata principals.
Big thanks to @nfdi.de🙌

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FAIRmat @fairmat.bsky.social · Aug 28

Already this Sunday, #FAIRmat is heading to Karlsruhe for Microscopy Conference 2025!
📅 Aug 31: Pre-conference workshop on Research Data Management in Microscopy: shorturl.at/QaNF0
📍 Sep 1–4: Visit us at booth 57, co-organized with #MatWerk and @nfdi4bioimage.bsky.social

#NOMAD #MC2025 #RDM #NFDI

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FAIRmat @fairmat.bsky.social · Aug 7

Meet us at Quantum (Bio-)Inorganic Chemistry Conference at @humboldtuni.bsky.social.

📆 Aug 26-29, 2025
📍 Visit the FAIRmat booth
🎤 And don’t miss Esma Birsen Boydas’ talk: FAIR Quantum Chemistry using NOMAD

#FAIRmat #QBIC2025 #QuantumChemistry #NOMAD #NFDI

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FAIRmat @fairmat.bsky.social · Aug 5

Don't miss the chance to join the #LLM Hackathon in Materials and Chemistry we're hosting in Berlin! Brainstorm, team up, hack, and enjoy some pizza 🍕
Spots are limited!

📍 CSMB | Sept 11-12, 2025
🔗 Registration: events.fairmat-nfdi.eu/event/44/

#FAIRmat #Chemistry #MaterialsScience

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FAIRmat @fairmat.bsky.social · Aug 4

We are excited to join #CoRDI2025, organized by @nfdi.de! Meet #FAIRmat at @rwth.bsky.social from Aug 26 to 28.
You can find us at the Market of Opportunities or attend talks by our experts.

➡️More info about our contributions: www.fairmat-nfdi.eu/fairmat/even...

#NOMAD #FAIRdata #RDM #NFDI

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The FAIR Elephant @thefairelephant.bsky.social · Aug 4

📣 News Digest RDM #NaturalScience Week 31, 2025!

Today with @fairmat.bsky.social #PUNCH4NFDI and @psdi-uk.bsky.social. Enjoy reading!

thefairelephant.com/2025/08/03/n...

#FAIRElephantNews #FAIRdata #RDM #ResearchDataManagement #AI

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FAIRmat @fairmat.bsky.social · Jul 31

Missed the latest #FAIRmat Users Meeting at Ruhr-Universität Bochum this July?

You can now catch up – recordings of the talks are available on our YouTube channel: shorturl.at/UrNgt 🎥

Don’t forget to subscribe to stay updated on our latest content!

#NOMAD #RDM #NFDI #FAIRdata

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FAIRmat @fairmat.bsky.social · Jul 28

FAIRmat is heading to Lausanne this August for 7th General Conference of the Psi-k community!
Meet us at our booth at #EPFL, join Martin Kuban’s talk (Aug 26, 11:45), and check out symposia co-organized by our PIs.

Full details: www.psik2025.net/program

#NOMAD #RDM #NFDI #MaterialsScience

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The FAIR Elephant @thefairelephant.bsky.social · Jul 21

📣 News Digest RDM #NaturalScience Week 29, 2025!

Today with updates from #DAPHNE4NFDI @fairmat.bsky.social @nfdi4earth.bsky.social @psdi-uk.bsky.social and #PUNCH4NFDI. Enjoy reading!

thefairelephant.com/2025/07/20/n...

#FAIRElephantNews #FAIRdata #RDM #PhysSky #Metadata #ResearchDataManagement

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FAIRmat @fairmat.bsky.social · Jul 17

📢 New video alert!

The #FAIRmat seminar "Materials Design Using Chemical Heuristics, Workflows, and Machine Learning" by Janine George is now available online!
▶️ Watch it on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/Sfco48s1fpU

#MaterialsDesign #MachineLearning #ResearchData

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The FAIR Elephant @thefairelephant.bsky.social · Jul 14

📣 News Digest RDM #NaturalScience Week 28, 2025!

Today with updates by @fairmat.bsky.social and @researchspace.com. Topics are #AI-driven research and improved (meta)data documentation. Enjoy reading!

thefairelephant.com/2025/07/13/n...

#FAIRElephantNews #FAIRdata #RDM #ResearchDataManagement

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