Dear colleagues, March 13 - 17 BioSB organizes (in Wageningen, NL) the course "*Knowledge Graphs in the Life Sciences*". Although many people indicated their interest in this course, not many people have signed up so far. Make sure to register *quickly* if you want to gain more experience and knowledge with/about Linked Data technologies. Experienced teachers (like Jasper Koehorst, Önder Babur and Anna Fensel) are ready to share their expertise with you! ***************************************************** More information about the course can be found **here <https://www.dtls.nl/courses/fair-linked-data-in-the-life-sciences/>**. **Registration (pref. before 3 Febr) can be done here <https://www.aanmelder.nl/139335/subscribe>. ********************************************************* You can expect the following learning outcomes: * Explain Linked Data technologies (Internet, Semantic Web, ontologies, graph databases), standards and recommendations (as URI, XML, RDF, OWL, SPARQL), and their use in forming a Web of Data; * Use Linked Data technologies for retrieving information in the Semantic Web (i.e. use of SPARQL); * Use of existing vocabularies for annotating data and endpoints for finding data for a particular domain; * Understand the FAIR principles and how to apply it to a research project; * Able to convert research metadata into FAIR Linked Datasets. The course is aimed at PhD students with a background in biology, computer science or a related field, and life sciences. Participants from the private sector are also welcome. Preparation material will be distributed dug the course. We wish you a warm welcome in Wageningen! Kind regards, Petra Aarnoutse community manager BioSB