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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

Creating technological solutions to agriculture’s biggest problems is a complex practice. Plants grown for agriculture exhibit huge diversity both within and between species; something which can also be influenced by environment and geography. In addition, trying to combat multiple different

Do you have a bioinformatics project just waiting to be kick-started? Do you need specific expertise to fine-tune or diversify your newest tool or pipeline? Now is the time to submit your project ideas for BioHackathon Europe 2021. The BioHackathon

After a comprehensive internal and external evaluation process, ELIXIR announces four new Recommended Interoperability Resources (RIR). The BioImage Informatics Index (BIII), FAIRtracks, OmicsDI and PLAZA have joined the list alongside the existing ten. Recommended Interoperability Resources are ELIXIR services considered

In December 2020, Rhea, Reactome and Cellosaurus became ELIXIR Core Data Resources, receiving ELIXIR’s highest quality, sustainability and reliability label for databases. Becoming a Core Data Resource ELIXIR utilised an independent panel of reviewers to scrutinise and evaluate all candidate

The European Commission amended the ELIXIR-CONVERGE grant on 26 November 2020 to provide additional funding for ELIXIR to implement the Federated EGA ( European Genome phenome Archive). The extra €1.3 million for this task will have a special focus on

2020, an unprecedented and surprisingly successful year for BioHackathon Europe Over 300 people attended the 2020 BioHackathon Europe, an intensive week of hacking with experts from all backgrounds; bioinformaticians, software developers and trainers gathered online to improve bioinformatics tools and

ELIXIR Belgium and ELIXIR Germany (de.NBI) help researchers share FAIR COVID-19 data ELIXIR Belgium, in collaboration with ELIXIR Germany and the European COVID-19 Data Platform, have developed a tool to simplify the submission of viral sequencing data to the European

The ELIXIR Community on Human Copy Number Variations (hCNV) has presented its work programme. In a paper published in the ELIXIR F1000R gateway, the Community defines seven strategic objectives to support human CNV detection and interpretation: Optimal CNV detection pipelines

Nordic societies, like their European counterparts, started the year unprepared for a global pandemic. But before 2020, Scandinavian countries have been working alongside other ELIXIR colleagues to strengthen data services and tools. Over the last months, many ELIXIR Nodes have

The ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has highlighted the need to understand all aspects of coronavirus biology, including their prevalence and diversity in animal hosts and the environment. Given the pressing need for greater knowledge around this topic, researchers within the Microbiome

ELIXIR is launching a new podcast station — Data for Life. Inaugurated with the ‘Innovation Series’ and hosted by Hannes Rothe and Katharina Lauer, it will focus on the rapid growth of the bioinformatics industry, the factors steering the field

ELIXIR has co-released a series of software demos that showcase real-world computational interoperability across the international genomics community, together with DNAstack, Terra and SevenBridges. Large scale genomic sequencing initiatives around the globe are beginning to generate tens of millions of

ELIXIR activities to support COVID-19 research featured recently in several media outlets. The ELIXIR Director, Niklas Blomberg, has been quoted in the European Union's Horizon Magazine, the UK-based Laboratory News, the EU-focussed Science|Business, and the global HealthcareITNews. The EU's Horizon

An ELIXIR Spain platform allows researchers to browse SARS-CoV-2 variability at the genome, amino acid, structural and motif level. When responding to a health crisis, data play a critical role in identifying drug targets, vaccines or disease-related symptoms, and understanding

Experts from ELIXIR-coordinated project FAIRplus worked with the RESOLUTE consortium to FAIRify their early data outcomes and to establish sustainable FAIR data processes. Data FAIRification makes research data FAIR: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable. FAIR data are then easily accessible

ELIXIR has published its Annual Report for 2019, showcasing the major achievements in the last year and highlighting the effort of over 700 experts from 22 ELIXIR Nodes. The report presents ELIXIR services from across ELIXIR Nodes and reports on

ELIXIR publishes its 2020 Annual Report, detailing the scientific developments achieved in unprecedented times. This year’s report showcases the impact of ELIXIR’s activities in various areas, including COVID-19, thanks to a community of experts and trusted relationships with key stakeholders

At the Impact and Innovation Mini-Symposium of the ELIXIR All Hands Meeting 2020 Earlier this month, Johanna Törnroos won the award for the best presentation at the Impact and Innovation Mini-Symposium during the All Hands Meeting 2020. The All Hands

The ELIXIR Data Platform has launched a survey about community data curation. The goal of the survey is to find ways to engage community curators better, and to make community curation more effective and sustainable. The survey will help identify