This week's highlights

Launch of ELIXIR-STEERS - enhancing research software management in life science

ELIXIR announced the start of the EU-funded ELIXIR-STEERS project, a three-year initiative with a budget of 4M. The project is a collaboration between all ELIXIR Nodes, encompassing 36 institutes across 23 countries, plus EMBL-EBI. It aims to enhance large-scale, cross-border federated analysis in the life sciences throughout the European Research Area.

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Capacity Building and Knowledge Exchange programme - launch of the 2024 call for applications

We would hereby like to inform Nodes about the launch of the 2024 call for applications of the Capacity Building and Knowledge Exchange programme. It builds on results and legacy of several instruments applied under the ELIXIR Staff Exchange programme in the 2019-23 Programme.

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ELIXIR 2024 Communities Handbook published

The 2024 version of the ELIXIR Communities Handbook has been published, applicable under the current ELIXIR Programme 2024 - 2028. It outlines the role and purpose of ELIXIR Communities including their responsibilities, benefits, and membership.

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ELIXIR Industry Advisory Committee meeting

The annual ELIXIR Industry Advisory Committee (IAC) face-to-face meeting took place this week in Hinxton. We would like to thank our IAC members for joining us on campus.

The Summary Report with the feedback provided by IAC members will be published on the ELIXIR website once finalised.

For questions about the meeting or the IAC please contact Jo Wingender (joana.wingender@elixir-europe.org).

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Facilitating conversations on TREs with industry

Autumn 2023 was busy for the ELIXIR industry programme: the annual ELIXIR Bioinformatics and Industry Forum (EBIF) was held in London in November and ELIXIR presented at two industry conferences, BioTechX and Bio-IT World. The main focus of the events was Trusted Research Environments (TREs), which approved researchers with a single location to access valuable datasets.

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