MilestoneMS6WorkPackage2,Milestone6:EngagementplanOutlineplanandscheduleforengagementapprovedandpublishedonthewebsite.WorkPackage2,Task2.3DisseminationandoutreachEngagingallsectorsfromthepublictoresearchspecialistsandcommunicatingthepowerofavirtualresearchenvironmenttoprovideaseamlessresourceforthemanagement,analysis,interpretation,archivingandprotectionofdataacquiredfromstructuralbiologymethods(Objective2.3).

EngagementPlanInagreementwithWP2oftheTechnicalAnnex,plansofactionsfortheengagementwithdifferentcommunitieshavebeenoutlined,asdetailedinthesectionsbelow.Thisallowedtodefinethe“Engagementplan”reportedinAppendix1.ThisplanispublishedintheWest-Lifewebsite,andwillbecontinuouslyupdated.EngagementwiththestructuralbiologycommunityWest-LifeVREprovidesaplatformofferingvarietyofservicesandinformationontheservices.Havinganoverviewofexperimentsperformedthroughanoperationalpipelineaccessingdifferentfacilitiesinsequencewouldbeextremelybeneficialforthealreadywell-informedcommunity.ThiscanbefurtherpublicisedbyWest-Lifepresenceatstructuralbiologyconferences,workshopsandmeetings.Flyers(Appendix3),presentationsandpostersatexternalmeetingshavealreadybeenmadeandwillbecontinued.TheprojectwebsitehasnewsitemsthatisupdatedwiththelateststructuralbiologyhappeningsandislinkedtotheStructuralBiologyResearchInfrastructure(Instruct).Theprojectwebsitealsohasanoverviewofthelatesteventsinthecommunitythuspromotingcollaborationandfurtherengagement.Embracingthesocialnetworks,West-Lifehasanactivetwitteraccountwhichisinconstantinteractionwiththedifferentpartnersinthecommunity.West-LifewillalsohaveaLinkedInpage,thushelpingthecommunityinfacilitatingmovementoftalentsandjobsinthenetwork.Actionpoints

• ContinuedpresenceofWest-Lifeatconferencesanddistributionofflyers,brochuresetc.

o Participantsoftheproject,attendingconferences/workshops,arestronglyencouragedtouseWest-Lifelogos,namecheckprojectpartnersanddistributebusinesscards.

• LinkedInpagewithallthedetails• AdditionofWest-LifeintheInstructnetworks,thusprovidingaforumwherepeople

fromdifferentcommunitiescaninteract• Continuedupdateofprojectwebsitewithnewsandevents

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• LeveragemailinglistswithineachpartnertosendcommunicationsandachievementsoftheVRE.Tableofmailinglistsandthemembersineachforumbelow.

Partner Mailinglistlink Numberof

registeredmembers

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Instruct n/a(Contentmanagementsystem,usecontact)

4443 claudia@strubi.ox.ac.uk

STFC http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ccp4bb.html

6226 CCP4BB-request@JISCMAIL.AC.UK

NKI-AVL PDB_REDOregisteredusers(onlyrestrictedmailinguntilamailinglistisadded)

>1000 r.joosten@nki.nl

EMBL newsletter >3000 MU CSIC 3DEMlist

(http://3dem.ucsd.edu/mailinglist.shtm)Scipionlist(https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scipion-users)

coss@cnb.csic.es

CIRMMP ItalianChemicalSociety;Bio-NMRusersmailinglist

>2000 fmorelli@cerm.unifi.it

UU HADDOCKwebportalregisteredusers(onlyrestrictedmailingfornowuntilweimplementamechanismforuserstooptoutofthemailinglist)

>7700 a.m.j.j.bonvin@uu.nl

WeNMR Newsitemscanbepostedonthewenmr.euwebsite

>2600 a.m.j.j.bonvin@uu.nl

Luna INFN enmr.euVOusersmailinglist:enmr-

vo@lists.infn.it>500 verlato@pd.infn.it

EngagementwithnewusercommunitiesWest-Life,throughitsparticipants,aredeeplyinvolvedinmultiplecollaborationswithotherBio-MedicalSciencesResearchInfrastructures(BMSRIs)throughdifferentprojectslikeCORBEL,BioExcel,RDAetc.Thishelpsinestablishingcontactswithnewusercommunities.

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Project Collaboratingpartners NatureofcollaborationResearchDataAlliance STFC,EUDAT OrganisationalmembersBioExcel UU ConsortiumpartnerAARC2 STFC,Instruct PartnersCORBEL EMBL,Instruct,CIRMMP,

CSICPartners

West-LifewillcontinuetointeractwithdifferentusercommunitiesthroughTwitterandothersocialnetworks.West-Lifewillcontinuetoberepresentedbyitspartnersinthemeetings,conferencesandworkshopswhichinvolvenewusercommunities,fromverydifferentscientificbackgrounds.EventswhereWest-Lifewasrepresented

Event Date EngagementComputationalBiotechnologyattheNanoscale,Faridabad,India

February15-202016 Workshop

14thInternationalSchoolofBiologicalMagneticResonance,Erice,Italy

7-17May2016 Talk

CECAMworkshop2016“StructuralandFunctionalAnnotationofBioinorganicSystems:PerspectivesandChallengesfromTheoryandExperiments",Pisa,Italy

23-25May2016 Talk

FEBS–IUBMBWorkshoponBiointeractomics,Seville,Spain

17-20May Talk

GordonResearchConferencesFrontiersofScience,lesDiablerets,Switzerland

26June-1July2016 Talk

EMBOGlobalExchangeLectureCourse,Suwon,Korea

19-26June2016 Talk

Euromar2016,Aarthus,Denmark

3-7July2016 Talk

27thInternationalConferenceonMagneticResonanceinBiologicalSystems,Kyoto,Japan

21-26August2016 Talk

MilestoneMS658thRockyMountainConferenceonMagneticResonance(RMCMR),Colorado,USA

17-21July2016 Talk

XLVNationalCongressonMagneticResonance,Modena,Italy

5-7September2016 Talk

EMBOMeeting,Mannheim,Germany

September10-132016 Stand

DigitalInfrastructuresforEU,Krakow,Poland

September28–302016

Talk

pNMRandGIDRMsymposium"EuropemeetsItalywithparamagneticNMR",Venice,Italy

28September2016 Talk

JointInternationalConferenceoftheHeCrAandtheHSCCB,Athens,Greece

October7-92016 Talk

X-RayMethodsinStructuralBiology,ColdSpringHarbour,NY,USA

October10-152016 Workshop

iNEXTAllHandsMeeting,Madrid,Spain

October19-202016 Dedicationsession

Actionpoints

• Continuedpresenceatbroaderscopedmeetings,conferencesandotherevents• TechnicaldisseminationwithinfrastructureslikeEUDAT,EGIEngageetc.• Publishinginscientificjournalsofvariedreach• BuildbridgeswithotherVREprojectsandshareknowledge• RepresentationofWest-LifeinResearchGate

EngagementwithindustrialusersThefocusofengagementwiththeindustryshallbeontwolevels–asusersofVREservicesandasadvisersintailoringthedevelopments.Overdifferentyears,manyWest-LifepartnershaveforgedgoodrelationshipswithindustryandtheywillbeutilisedovertheperiodoftheprojectforthebenefitofWest-Life.Industrialconnections(throughcourses,workshopsetc.)

Contact TypeFirstI2PC-FEI“handson”courseonimageprocessingappliedtothestructuralcharacterizationofbiological

Course(October17-20,2016)

MilestoneMS6macromolecules,Madrid,Spain(Partner:CSIC)ProposedEMCourseatDiamond,Oxford,UnitedKingdom

Course

West-Lifewillproduceanindustrytailoredwebsite.TheindustryspecificpagesofthewebsitewillhavedirectinformationofthetoolsandservicesofferedthroughWest-LifeVRE,informationontheleadingscientistsinvolvedintheprojectandclearinformationonhowtoaccesstheVRE.Thisisimportantbecausethereisdocumentedevidenceofcommunicationgapbetweenindustrialusersandserviceprovidersfromacademicbackgrounds.West-Lifewillalsotailorthecurrentflyerspecificallytotheindustrialcommunity.Theforesightmeetingplannedtoengagenewusercommunitieswillincludeusersfromindustrialsector.Actionpoints

• Continuedpresenceatconferencesinvolvingindustry• Tailoredwebsiteforindustrialcommunity• Industrytargetedflyer• Foresightmeetingwithdifferentpartnersandrepresentativesfromindustry

Engagementwithpolicymakersandnon-scientificcommunitiesEngagingwithpublicbodiesandpolicymakersareofbothcriticalandstrategicimportance.Aswellasprovidingbriefingnotesforpolicymakers,West-LifewillalsopublishinEuropeanpublicdisseminationforumslikeCORDIS.ProductionofbrochureswhichexplaintheimpactofVREinstructuralbiologyandstructuralbiologyingeneralinthedailylivesofpublicwouldbekey.SocialmediaoutletslikeTwitter,LinkedInetc.willbeutilisedinexplainingtheroleoftheVREinenablingsciencetacklingimportantscientificproblems.Actionpoints

• PublicationinCORDIS• PublicationoftheVREinMERIL• Brochureforpublic

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1. EngagementPlan

Item Medium Target

West-Lifenetworksinstructuralbiology.euwebpages

StructuralBiologyCommunityandNewcommunities

LinkedInGroup,perhapslinkedtoWeNMR

Web Newcommunitiesandpublic

Technicaldisseminationwithinfrastructures

ConferenceslikeDI4R Newcommunities

Publishinginjournals Web/Print Newcommunitiesandpublic

Webpagesspecificallyaddressingindustryusers

Web Industry

FlyertargetedtoIndustryusers

Flyer Industry

PublicationinCORDIS Web Policymakersandnewcommunities

PublicationofVREinMERIL Web Industryandnewcommunities

FutureeventswhereWest-Lifewillberepresented

Event Location Date Target

PSDI2016 Malmö,Sweden

November2016

Industry

DLS-CCP4DataCollectionandStructureSolutionWorkshop

Oxford,UnitedKingdom

December 13-20 2016

StructuralBiologyCommunity

CCP4StudyWeekend2017

Nottingham,UnitedKingdom

January92017

IndustryandStructuralBiologyCommunity

CCP4CrystallographySchoolandWorkshopatSPring-8

Japan January 2017

IndustryandStructuralBiologyCommunity

NECENI2PCCryo-EMschool

Leiden,Netherlands

Jan – Mar 2017

StructuralBiologyCommunity

MilestoneMS610th«NMRatoolforBiology»meeting

Paris,France January30–February12017

StructuralBiologyCommunity

42ndLorneConferenceonProteinStructureandFunction

MantraLorne,Australia

February5-9,2017

StructuralBiologyCommunity

NGP-netWinterSchoolonExperimentalMethodsforProteinDisorder&Aggregation

Marseille,France

Februay13-172017

StructuralBiologyCommunity

InternationalSymposiumonGrids&Clouds2017

Taipei,Taiwan/ChineseTaipei

March5-102017

NewCommunities

MagneticMomentsin.CentralEurope(MMCE)

Budapest,Hungary

March8-122017

NewCommunities

ExperimentalNuclearMagneticResonanceConference

California,USA March26-31,2017

IndustryandNewCommunities

FEBSCombinedPracticalandLectureCourseChemistryofMetalsinBiologicalSystems

Belgium May52017 NewCommunities

InstructBiennialStructuralBiologyMeeting2017

Brno,CzechRepublic

May21-242017

StructuralBiologyCommunity

iNEXTAllHandsMeet Brno,CzechRepublic

May212017

StructuralBiologyCommunity

GRCComputationalAspectsofBiomolecularNMR

SundayRiverME,USA

June11-16,2017

Industryandnewcommunities

CCP4/APSSchoolinMacromolecularCrystallography

Argonne,USA June 2017 IndsutryandStructuralBiologyCommunity

BiophysicalSocietyThematicMeeting

Berlin,Germany

August 25-29 2017

StructuralBiologyCommunity

MilestoneMS6PDBeAPI-searchandentryAPIWorkshop

StructuralBiologyCommunity

DrugDiscovery2017 2017 IndustryandNewcommunities

iNEXTtrainingcourseBridgingsolutionmethods:fromNMRtoX-rayscatteringandbiophysics

Patras,Greece 2017 StructuralBiologyCommunityandNewCommunities

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Science and Technology Facilities Council, United Kindgom

Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis (NKI AVL), Netherlands

European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany

Masarykova univerzita, Czech Republic

Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Spain

Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche di Metallo Proteine, Italy

Instruct Academic Services, United Kingdom

Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands

LUNA, France

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italy

This project receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant

agreement No 675858.

Participants

West-Life is a H2020 Virtual Research Environment project (EINFRA No 675858) with 10 partners from 7 EU countries.

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automated pipelines to process structural biology data

automated & integrated data management

cryo-EM

X-Ray

solid-state NMR

solution NMR

training on advanced computational solutions

in structural biology

cloud & grid resources

EPR SAXS

MS

FRET

Life Sciences in the Cloud

West-Life pilots an e-infrastructure for providing data services and tools for structural biology

West-Life is a Virtual Research Environment (VRE) through which users from the life science research community can access services and tools that will advance their research in the area of structural biology. The services made available will support experimental techniques such as X-ray, cryo-EM, NMR, SAXS and some biophysical techniques and provide the means to access more generic data services developed by EUDAT and the EGI. West-Life therefore makes integrated approaches to science more accessible and provides the IT infrastructure in support. West-Life builds on the strong foundations set up by WeNMR to serve the strong and growing community of European structural biologists under the umbrella of Instruct.

West-Life is developing a pilot infrastructure for storing and processing data that are obtained using combined techniques to achieve outcomes of higher impact.

West-Life allows structural biologists to fully leverage the available European computational infrastructures and services

West-Life aims to integrate existing data management services and develop new ones. Users will benefit from having an overview of experiments performed through an operational pipeline accessing different facilities in sequence, with appropriate data stores and data processing services. The history of a project will be captured through metadata that is automatically saved through each of the pipeline steps to track your processing and record the provenance of your results.

West-Life will improve structural biology research outcomes by integrating data from complementary techniques into an enriched dataset that may provide new insights and set new paradigms in important areas of life science research.

Integrate computational tools

Integrate data management facilities

Enable provision of new data services