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ELIXIR, the European life science data infrastructure, and Instruct-ERIC, the European research infrastructure for structural biology, have announced a strategic collaboration with the signing of a joint statement. Along with their shared objectives to support life science research, the organisations

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

BioHackathon Europe is ELIXIR’s annual flagship event that brings together bioinformaticians from around the world to work collaboratively on various hacking projects. This year, it was in Barcelona, Spain with 180 in-person participants and over 140 online, hacking through 30

Seven projects with links to ELIXIR feature in the 58 projects funded by the first OSCARS open call. OSCARS is an EU-funded project which aims to bring together leading research infrastructures to strengthen open science in Europe. It runs two

On 16-20 September 2024, ELIXIR was in Turku, Finland for the 22nd European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB 2024), organised by the University of Turku and the IT Center for Science (CSC), both part of ELIXIR Finland. The theme of

Institutions from Austria and Romania have become beneficiaries in the ELIXIR-STEERS project, taking the number of countries represented in the project to 25. The new countries join eight months into the project, which lasts three years. ELIXIR-STEERS is a €4

The ELIXIR Training in Management (ELITMa) programme is expanding as part of the Horizon Europe-funded ELIXIR-STEERS project and the PeoplePulse internal ELIXIR project. ELITMa aims to develop people within ELIXIR by offering modular training courses in operations and management, including

ELIXIR has funded three projects addressing the Node and people development ambitions of its Scientific Programme for 2024 to 2028. These complement eight projects, launched in January, focussing on the Programme’s scientific and technical goals. The projects were launched on

ELIXIR has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the medical research agency in the United States of America making and funding discoveries that improve health and save lives. The agreement, extending until 2028, formalises

ELIXIR has published its position paper on Framework Programme 10 (FP10), the next seven-year EU programme for research. The position paper summarises ELIXIR’s recommendations to ensure that research infrastructures enable science in Europe to thrive. The four key recommendations are

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...

ELIXIR has published version 7 of its Handbook of Operations. The Handbook acts as a single reference point for ELIXIR’s operational structure, including standard procedures and processes. Version 1 was released in 2016, and this latest version is the first

A new ELIXIR Focus Group has been created in the area of domestic animal genomics and phenomics research. The group will promote and align tools, databases, standards and best practices, and consider the case for the formation of an ELIXIR

ELIXIR has announced over 350,000 Euros to support two key life science “Infrastructure Services” from April 2024 until the end of 2026. Infrastructure Service funding is reserved for stable ELIXIR services with activities such as operations, maintenance and governance which

ELIXIR welcomes three new Focus Groups: Learning Paths, Professionalising Careers in Research Infrastructures and Pathogens Data. ELIXIR Focus Groups are time-limited groups bringing people together around a particular topic, typically to address emerging areas of interest. Focus Groups are open

Two new Communities have been formed in ELIXIR: Research Data Management (RDM) and Microbiome. ELIXIR Communities bring together experts across ELIXIR Nodes and external partners to coordinate activities within specific areas. The addition of two Communities brings the number to

Today, 1 March 2024, the ELIXIR Hub welcomes Tim Hubbard in his new role as ELIXIR Director. Andy Smith remains Interim Director until 31 May, with responsibilities gradually transitioning to Tim. Tim joins ELIXIR from King's College London where he