Open Science for the OMICS Community

About these Presentations

The presentation were developed for a three-part Open Science for the OMICS Community Workshop Series, which Talarify created and DIPLOMICS hosted and supported. 

The workshop series and supporting workbooks specifically focus on Open Science in the South African context. The three parts include:

• Workshop 1: An Introduction To Open Science

• Workshop 2: Open Science in the Omics Research Laboratory

• Workshop 3: Open Science for Computational Omics Research

DIPLOMICS is a research infrastructure programme funded by the South African Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI). One of DIPLOMICS’ primary objectives is to support training for students and researchers in Omics, defined as the Sciences of Genomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics, and Bioinformatics.

Talarify is a South African consulting and training organisation specialising in capacity and community development in Open Science, Digital and Computational Research, and Interdisciplinarity.

How to Use the Presentations

The slides are supplemented by a comprehensive workbook, ESSENTIAL OPEN SCIENCE FOR SOUTH AFRICA, developed by the same authors. 

The contents of the  workbook were designed to be used:

1. as self-study material (in this case, we strongly recommend further reading using the reference materials);

2. as a workbook complementing the interactive workshops run by facilitators with experience in open science.

The workbook can be found at:

Van der Walt, A., Pawlik, A., & GROBBELAAR, M. (2025, January 27). Open Science Essentials for South Africa. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14745124

Keeping the Information Current

The information in these documents reflects and references, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, up to date recommendations and resources at publication.

We aim to release updates to ensure the workbook and accompanying presentation stays current and usable.

Should you have any suggestions for updating or extending the content, please contact info@talarify.co.za. Contributors will be acknowledged appropriately in future releases. All versions will be hosted on Zenodo.

Re-using, Remixing, Reproducing

This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International 

Expected Learning Outcomes

After working through this workbook, learners will be able to:

• understand the concept of open science and its importance;

• recognise various key open science concepts (terminology/vocabulary);

• set up an account with ORCID and be able to use it; 

• understand the basics of open licenses;

• understand the foundations of open-access publishing;

• describe the processes of data sharing;

• find useful open science resources, including tools, platforms, repositories,  publications, communities, mentorship opportunities, and more;

• know about open science policies and recommendations relevant to the South African research community and

• have foundational knowledge, enabling them to attend a follow-up workshop to learn about applying open science principles in practice.

Funding

The South African Department of Science, Technology, and Innovation funded the development of this workbook through DIPLOMICS, a research infrastructure under the South African Research Infrastructure Roadmap initiative.