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A two-year project to integrate European human genomic data from different sources has been awarded funding by ELIXIR. The project, called FEGA-Connect, aims to develop solutions to link multi-omic sensitive data deposition databases, biobanks and derived knowledge resources. It is

ELIXIR and the US National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) have built on their partnership with a staff exchange to facilitate knowledge sharing. The five-month exchange, funded by ELIXIR, brought together five ELIXIR Nodes (Greece, Portugal, Spain

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 has launched a new Cancer Data Community to enhance cancer data accessibility, quality and interoperability. The Community brings together experts across ELIXIR with external partners to coordinate activities and build on ELIXIR’s existing cancer portfolio. Cancer research is highly

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...

An ELIXIR-funded collaboration with the Bio Network for Training (BioNT) has resulted in a report on digital skills training demand and guidelines covering training delivery. These outputs will help target future bioinformatics training to areas of greatest need and boost

Following release of the ELIXIR Scientific Programme 2024-28, co-leads for two of the three scientific priority areas have been announced. The third priority, human data and translational research, is to be led by the ELIXIR Hub. The three scientific priority

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

On 18-21 September, bioinformatics delegates gathered in Sitges, Spain for the 21st European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB2022), organised by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) and the Spanish National Bioinformatics Institute (INB/ELIXIR-ES). The conferences provided

ELIXIR is pleased to announce two new Platform co-leads who will be taking up their roles from October 2022. Harald Wagener (Germany) joins as Compute Platform co-lead and Eva Alloza (Spain) as Training Platform co-lead. They replace Steven Newhouse (EMBL-EBI

The European Genome-phenome Archive (EGA) is pleased to announce the first signings of the Collaboration Agreement between national Nodes and Central EGA. This important step in the formation of a Federated EGA to better address transnational human data sharing challenges

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

Human genomic data hold a wealth of information about biology and disease. Such data can also contain private information about individuals, and tight access controls can present barriers when asking scientific questions. The GA4GH Discovery Work Stream, in collaboration with

The European Commission (EC) has released an expert report on Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) data during the COVID-19 response. The report, Maximising investments in health research: FAIR data for a coordinated COVID-19 response, summarises the results of three

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

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