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ELIXIR Director announces departure at end of the current Scientific Programme
We would hereby like to inform you that Niklas Blomberg, Director of ELIXIR since its formation in 2013, announced this week that he will be stepping down from his role at the end of 2023, coinciding with the completion of the 2019-23 Scientific Programme. Niklas leaves to take up a new opportunity, having steered ELIXIR through two successive Scientific Programmes and multiple major EU-funded projects.
The ELIXIR Board has initiated the search for a new ELIXIR Director and appointed a search committee with recruitment opening shortly. More information will be provided in due course.
Summary of 19th ELIXIR Board meeting, April 2023
The 19th ELIXIR Board meeting took place from 18-19 April 2023.
We are happy to announce that at the meeting, we welcomed Austria as an Observer to ELIXIR!
The Board also approved the ELIXIR Annual Report 2022, as well as the Commissioned Services Contracts for projects scheduled to begin in June 2023. Discussions were additionally held on the draft 2024-28 Programme and Financial Plan, which are due to be approved at the autumn Board meeting in October 2023.
For questions about the meeting or its outcomes, please contact Joana Wingender (joana.wingender [at] elixir-europe.org).
Key Dates and Meetings
10-11 May 2023 | (Prague, Czech Republic)
14 September 2023 | 11:00-14:00 (CEST)
7 December 2023 | 11:00-14:00 (CET)