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New and enhanced resources to support sustainable Research Data Management (RDM) services across Europe have been released following a two-year ELIXIR-funded project, DATAREX (Data Management for Research in ELIXIR), strengthening ELIXIR’s RDM Community. Good management of research data enables results

Following the passing of Phil Bourne on 8 March 2026, ELIXIR remembers with gratitude a long-standing supporter, collaborator and advocate for open science. Phil joined the ELIXIR Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) in November 2019 and served as Vice-Chair from February

A new ELIXIR Community has been established to advance research linking genomes and phenomes in domestic animals. The Domestic Animals Genome and Phenome Community connects researchers and data scientists working across species and countries to accelerate genome-to-phenome research. It aims

In 2025, ELIXIR supported 11 Staff Exchanges, enabling experts from ELIXIR Nodes to spend time working with peers across the network. The Staff Exchange programme is designed to strengthen links between ELIXIR Nodes, builds capacity within Nodes and supports the

ELIXIR has strong representation in both life science projects selected in the second OSCAR’s open call: MultiCellML-TDR and FLEX4HEALTH. OSCARS is an EU-funded project that brings together leading research infrastructures to strengthen open science in Europe. In this second call

ELIXIR has announced the life science data resources chosen in the latest selection round for its Core Data Resources and Deposition Databases. Core Data Resources are Europe’s major life science data services, recognised for their key contribution to biological and

Slovakia has become the newest member to join ELIXIR, following the signature of the ELIXIR Consortium Agreement by the Ministry of Education, Research and Youth. This brings the number of ELIXIR members to 23. The ELIXIR Node in Slovakia will

A case study on the pilot of ELIXIR’s leadership and diversity mentoring programme, ELEAD, shows it is contributing to culture change by supporting women’s progression into leadership roles across ELIXIR. ELEAD supports women’s leadership growth across ELIXIR through structured mentorship

Eight ELIXIR-funded projects, worth a total of €705,000 and aimed at strengthening open science and supporting FAIR practices in the life sciences, have been selected to begin in 2026. Applications for funding were invited in two of ELIXIR’s priority scientific

ELIXIR has published a report on the contribution of open source software and workflows (OSSW) to innovation in the life sciences. Carried out in conjunction with Prof. Hannes Rothe at the University of Duisburg-Essen, the report explores current industry practices

A new RNA Focus Group has been formed that brings together experts from across ELIXIR to improve standards and benchmarking for RNA data. The group aims to promote interoperability, quality control and collaborative standard development, and will support ELIXIR Platforms

Croatia has joined ELIXIR as an Observer, following approval by the ELIXIR Board on 4 November 2025. As an Observer, the Croatian bioinformatics community can strengthen its collaboration with other ELIXIR Nodes and continue the path towards full membership, expected

Today, a global community of hackers gathers in Berlin for the start of ELIXIR’s eighth annual BioHackathon Europe. Since the first event, inspired by the Database Center for Life Science (DBCLS) BioHackathon in Japan, over 2200 participants have gathered together

ELIXIR, Euro-BioImaging, Instruct-ERIC and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have joined forces to establish a candidate European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) node, as part of the newly formed EOSC Federation. The four organisations have signed a memorandum of understanding

ELIXIR has launched an AI Ecosystem Focus Group bringing together Node experts to address growing challenges within the scientific artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) field, particularly the need for infrastructure harmonisation. The group follows on from the successful

Over the past five years, the Biocuration, FAIR Training and RDA Activities Focus Groups have played an important role in raising the visibility and significance of their areas within ELIXIR. As these groups draw to a close, we mark their

The EU-funded ELIXIR-STEERS project has released its first policy brief, Strategies for Enhancing the Credit and Recognition of Research Artefacts, outlining recommendations to enhance the credit and recognition of non-traditional research artefacts within European research assessment systems. These artefacts, such

Call closed Industry Advisory Committee Applications to join the ELIXIR IAC are now closed. See below for background on the role and appointment process. The ELIXIR Board is inviting candidates from life science companies to join the ELIXIR Industry Advisory

From 20 to 24 July 2025, the ELIXIR team was in Liverpool, UK for ISMB/ECCB 2025 with over 2,000 bioinformaticians from around the world attending. As a sponsor of the conference, ELIXIR had a dedicated booth and hosted a track

On 17 June 2025, ELIXIR held the fifth ELIXIR Bioinformatics Industry Forum (EBIF) in London, UK. This year’s EBIF brought together 60 bioinformaticians from academia and industry to discuss challenges in federated life science data analysis. The first session focused