Welcome to ELIXIR

Welcome to ELIXIR

Europe's distributed research infrastructure for life science data

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Latest news

Early signs of impact: ELEAD’s contribution to improving gender balance in ELIXIR leadership
Early signs of impact: ELEAD’s contribution to improving gender balance in ELIXIR leadership

A case study on the pilot of ELIXIR’s leadership and diversity mentoring programme, ELEAD, shows ...Read more

8 projects selected to advance open science
Eight projects to advance open science

Eight ELIXIR-funded projects, worth a total of €705,000 and aimed at strengthening open science a ...Read more

Highlights

Watch the GA4GH Fireside chat with Tim and Serena

22 September 2025

Upcoming event

STEERS Policy event: Better software, better research

14 January 2026

In-person event 

ELIXIR Nodes

A Node is the collection of research institutes that work for ELIXIR in a country. Node institutes run national services and support local users

ELIXIR Nodes map of Europe
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ELIXIR Platforms

Networks of technical experts from across ELIXIR's Nodes coordinating technical activities

ELIXIR Communities

Experts developing ELIXIR's vision and coordinating activities in key life science areas

ELIXIR Focus Groups

Time-limited groups addressing topics of emerging interest

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Our impact

public health
Rapid action to boost public health data infrastructure ELIXIR coordinated the BY-COVID project, bringing together European partners to quickly consolidate COVID-19 pandemic solutions
biohackathon FAIR
BioHackathon: enabling FAIR digital objects on the web A 2023 team developed practical solutions to make data on the web more accessible to people and machines
science data with industry
Advancing federated life science data with industry EBIF 2025 connected experts to focus on federated life science data analysis and set priorities across public and industry efforts