This week's highlights
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ELIXIR and Instruct-ERIC announce strategic collaboration
ELIXIR and Instruct-ERIC, the European research infrastructure for structural biology, have announced a strategic collaboration. ELIXIR and Instruct agree to work together to improve the FAIRness of structural biology research, promote the application of AI methods in structural biology and explore areas of shared interest.
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December ELIXIR 2024-28 Programme teleconference (TC)
12 December 202 | 14:00 -16:00
All are welcome to the monthly call on the ELIXIR 2024-28 Programme.
Meeting agenda (including Zoom link)
Dates of upcoming Programme TCs
New staff at the Hub
Yuliia Sydorenko joined the Project Management Office at ELIXIR Hub to support both EC non-coordinated grants and the Commissioned Services project portfolio.
Recommended reads
Deep intronic ETFDH variants represent a recurrent pathogenic event in multiple Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
An ELIXIR Italy paper
Multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MADD) is a rare inborn error of metabolism affecting fatty acid and amino acid oxidation with an incidence of 1 in 200,000 live births. In this report, the reserachers achieved a definitive molecular diagnosis in a newborn by combining whole-genome sequencing with RNA sequencing. The identified variant is the third mutation reported in this region, highlighting ETFDH intron 1 vulnerability. This study highlights the importance of incorporating RNA analysis into genome-wide testing to reveal the functional consequences of intronic mutations.
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Neuropathological spectrum of anti-IgLON5 disease and stages of brainstem tau pathology: updated neuropathological research criteria of the disease-related tauopathy
An EJP RD paper
Anti-IgLON5 disease is a unique condition that bridges autoimmunity and neurodegeneration. In this study, the authors propose a simple staging system: stage 1 mild neurodegeneration without overt or only minimal tau pathology, stage 2 moderate neurodegeneration and mild/ moderate tauopathy and stage 3 prominent neurodegeneration and tau pathology. This staging intends to reflect a potential progression of tau pathology, supporting the current notion that tau accumulation is a secondary phenomenon related to the presence of anti-IgLON5 antibodies in the CNS.
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Updates from Nodes
ELIXIR-UK at the EOSC Symposium 2024: advancing FAIR data and interoperability
In October 2024, Carole Goble and Nick Juty from ELIXIR-UK (University of Manchester) represented its community at the EOSC Symposium, a flagship event driving the EOSC initiative. Their participation highlighted the UKs ongoing commitment to fostering cross-European collaboration in research data management and interoperability.
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Updates from Platforms
Call to apply for the Train-the-Trainer Mentorship Programme is now open
The Programme is an objective set out in the ELIXIR-GOBLET Train-the-Trainer Commissioned Service as part of ELIXIRs Scientific Programme 202428. The Commissioned Service aims to sustain and further develop the Train-the-Trainer instructor's community through the Mentorship Programme. The call will stay open until six Nodes have been selected, and no later than September 2025.
More information and application form
Updates from Communities
Register for the 3D BioInfo Community meeting
19-21 March 2025 | Barcelona, Spain
Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2024
Registration deadline: 1 March 2025
The 3D-BioInfo Community meeting will take place in March 2025 as part of a joint event with 3DSIG COSI from ISCB. The meeting aims to bring together structural bioinformatics researchers from two communities for networking and to exchange ideas on the workflows and resources needed to exploit the transformative new developments in the data and methods.
More information and registration
Updates from other initiatives
Festival of Genomics and Biodata 2025
29 - 30 January 2025 | London, UK
In the Festival of Genomics and BIodata 2025, ELIXIR Director, Tim Hubbard will give a talk on advancing genomics and health through data. Head of Human Genomics and Translational Data, Serena Scollen will share how ELIXIR supported infrastructure can enable secure access to genomic data. European Genomic Data Infrastructure Deployment Lead, Juan Arenas, will join the panel discussion on how to safely and efficiently share data across borders.
More information and registration
Upcoming ELIXIR events & webinars
ELIXIR Training Courses & Webinars
The ELIXIR TeSS portal has a variety of interesting events and courses organised by the ELIXIR Nodes. For more, visit TeSS portal
de.NBI training course: Computational design and directed evolution of therapeutic peptides
16-20 December 2024 | Leipzig, Germany
de.NBI training course: Mastering research data management for human data: safeguarding sensitive information and elevating data security
23-24 January 2025 | online
SIB course: Introduction to statistics with R
27-29 January 2025 | Lausanne, Switzerland
SIB course: First steps with R in life sciences
3-4 February 2025 | Basel. Switzerland
de.NBI training course: Training clinic
14 February 2025 | Online
de.NBI training course: Maximising the potential of microbial research data - strategies for effective management & utilization
18 February 2025 | Online
de.NBI training course: Transforming microbial research data management with Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELNs)
20 February 2025 | Online
EMBL-EBI course: Microscopy data analysis: machine learning and the BioImage Archive
31 March - 4 April 2025 | Online
EMBL-EBI course: Cancer genomics and transcriptomics
12 - 16 May 2025 | Online
EMBL-EBI course: Introduction to metabolomics analysis
20 - 23 May 2025 | EMBL-EBI, UK
ELIXIR Events and Conferences
ELIXIR 3D BioInfo Community F2F/hybrid meeting
19-21 March 2025 | Hybrid - Barcelona, Spain
ELIXIR Microbiome Community F2F/hybrid meeting
09-10 April 2025 | Hybrid - Barcelona, Spain
ELIXIR Biodiversity Community F2F/hybrid meeting
10-11 April 2025 | Hybrid - Barcelona, Spain
ELIXIR All Hands 2025
2-5 June 2025 | Thessaloniki, Greece
Job vacancies
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