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A set of seven stories has been created to demonstrate how biodata and software can be made more interoperable. The stories have been produced by ELIXIR’s Interoperability Platform, a pan-European group of experts working to improve interoperability across the life

ELIXIR has invested a total of 1.6 million euros in 12 projects to address the scientific priorities of the Scientific Programme 2024-28. The projects form part of three larger initiatives, called Commissioned Services, which support activities that connect experts in

ELIXIR Sweden were perfect hosts for the tenth annual gathering of the ELIXIR community, held in the splendid surroundings of the historic Uppsala University Main Building. All Hands 2024 brought together 371 in-person attendees and 160 remote participants to share

ELIXIR has released its tenth Annual Report, summarising the achievements of the 22 Nodes in the final year of the 2019-2023 Scientific Programme...

The ELIXIR team who travelled to Australia. Second left to right: Björn Grüning, Frederik Coppens, Paul De Geest, Katharina Heil, Helge Hecht, Laila Los, Helena Rasche, Saskia Hiltemann, Anthony Bretaudeau , Marie Josse, Krzysztof Poterlowicz, Katarzyna Kamieniecka and Alireza Heidari

Dublin, with its seminal early contributions to bioinformatics, served as an ideal host for the ninth ELIXIR All Hands meeting. The event brought 382 in-person guests and 114 remote attendees to the Dublin Convention Centre between 5-8 June. An important

A 24-month project involving ten ELIXIR Nodes has led to improved standardisation of the storage and analysis of human copy number variation (hCNV) data. hCNVs are repeated sections of the genome which vary between individuals and have been found to

As a distributed infrastructure, ELIXIR’s training provision is spread throughout ELIXIR’s 22 Nodes. The training aims to enhance data and software skills in the life sciences, for example building expertise in data management, tools, workflows and standards. There are many

Two new Communities have been formed in ELIXIR, representing the fields of systems biology and single-cell omics. Systems biology aims to understand how biological functions emerge from interactions between the multiple components of living systems, whereas single-cell omics is a

As a publicly funded organisation, it is important that ELIXIR provides evidence of its public value. There are a number of challenges involved in what may seem a straightforward task, including the distributed nature of ELIXIR and a range of

ELIXIR’s eighth All Hands meeting was a welcome return to an in-person gathering after two years of virtual events. The meeting was hosted by ELIXIR Netherlands in the riverside Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam and ran for four days between 7

As part of ELIXIR’s Strategic Implementation Study on container services, a workshop was held to discuss the current challenges and possible solutions to improving the movement of life science data and how it is accessed and managed. Containers help solve

A new Community has been formed in ELIXIR to represent the field of toxicology, which is the study of the negative consequences of the interaction of chemicals and living things and the safety of those chemicals. ELIXIR Communities bring together

ELIXIR has provided €5.1 million in funding to 29 new projects that launched 1 January 2022. These projects, called ‘Commissioned Services’ are varied in scope and theme, but all aim to provide funding and a method to advance ELIXIR services

The Data Stewardship Wizard (DSW) resource has recently celebrated its third anniversary since the first v1.0 release. Initially conceived through a mind-map of data management topics, a questionnaire system and a collaboration between ELIXIR Netherlands and ELIXIR Czech Republic, the

A new EU funded project coordinated by ELIXIR has been launched today. BY-COVID is a €12million Horizon Europe project striving to tackle the data challenges that can hinder effective pandemic response. This interdisciplinary project involves 53 project partners from across

ELIXIR is tackling a novel discipline by establishing a new ELIXIR Food and Nutrition Community. This Community will bring together experts from across Europe who will drive the development of new guidelines and standards for researchers and developers who are

Seven new Community-led Implementation Studies were launched on 1 June 2021 covering a diverse range of topics across a variety of life science disciplines. Collectively these projects were awarded €1.5 million, funded through ELIXIR’s Core budget, and will run until

Today, the ELIXIR-CONVERGE project releases one of its main outputs — the RDMkit. Developed and managed by those who work daily with life science data, this research data management kit provides a comprehensive guide with best practices applicable to projects

ELIXIR Nodes contribute to the development of a knowledgebase of SARS-CoV-2 virus host-pathogen interactions. Announced last week in Scientific data, the COVID-19 Disease Map is an international effort to organise the molecular processes underlying the virus-host interactions in COVID-19. Based