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ELIXIR Hub welcomes three new members of staff
We are delighted to announce the appointment of three new members of staff at the ELIXIR Hub. Peter Maccallum joins as the new Chief Technical Officer, and Katharina Heil as the new Communities Coordinator. Melissa Konopko joins us in a...Read more
Posted: Thu 1 April 2021
ELIXIR-CONVERGE releases the RDMkit to make research data management simple
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...Read more
Posted: Tue 30 March 2021
Latest Innovation and SME forum sows the seeds of agritech collaboration
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...Read more
Posted: Mon 22 March 2021
BioHackathon Europe 2021 project call open — an invite to industry
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...Read more
Posted: Mon 1 March 2021
Four new ELIXIR Recommended Interoperability Resources
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...Read more
Posted: Mon 15 February 2021
Rhea, Reactome and Cellosaurus acquire ELIXIR’s highest quality label for databases
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...Read more
Posted: Thu 24 December 2020
ELIXIR-CONVERGE receives further funding to accelerate the Federated EGA amid COVID-19 data sharing needs
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...Read more
Posted: Tue 1 December 2020
First virtual BioHackathon Europe a success
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...Read more
Posted: Mon 1 March 2021
New tool simplifies the submission of SARS-CoV-2 data to open databases
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...Read more
Posted: Mon 16 November 2020
The ELIXIR human Copy Number Variations Community publishes its programme
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...Read more
Posted: Thu 5 November 2020
COVID-19 preparedness in the north of Europe: A personal viewpoint
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...Read more
Posted: Thu 5 November 2020
Identification of coronaviruses genomes in public datasets
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...Read more
Posted: Mon 2 November 2020
Data for Life Podcast — the captivating side of bioinformatics
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...Read more
Posted: Wed 21 October 2020
Realising the Genomics Ecosystem: ELIXIR Plays Key Role in GA4GH 2020 Connection Demos
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...Read more
Posted: Wed 30 September 2020
ELIXIR’s support to COVID-19 research recognised in the media
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...Read more
Posted: Fri 25 September 2020
A beacon in the ocean of SARS-CoV-2 data
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...Read more
Posted: Mon 7 September 2020
Data FAIRification with FAIRplus
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...Read more
Posted: Fri 31 July 2020
ELIXIR publishes 2019 Annual Report
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...Read more
Posted: Fri 3 July 2020
Johanna Törnroos wins the best presentation award
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...Read more
Posted: Thu 25 June 2020
Take the data curation survey
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:...Read more
Posted: Thu 25 June 2020
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