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youtu.beRDMbites | REDCap: how to download PDFs of your surveysYouTube video by ELIXIR-UK

4 Dec 2025

4 🎁 From the archive – one of our most-watched resources remains Saskia Lawson-Tovey’s (The University of Manchester) RDMbite: “REDCap: How to download PDFs of your surveys.” youtu.be/-jhdBO-l9_o?...

4 Dec 2025

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elixiruknode.orgMaria Traka brings UK leadership to ELIXIR Food & Nutrition CommunityIn March 2025, Dr Maria Traka was appointed as the new co-Lead of the ELIXIR Food & Nutrition Community, joining Dr Jildau Bouwmann (ELIXIR Netherlands) ...

🎁 5 Community leadership UK Node member Maria Traka (@quadraminstitute.bsky.social) was elected co-lead of the ELIXIR Europe Food and Nutrition Community, strengthening UK leadership at European level 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2025/ma... #adventcalendar #leadership

elixiruknode.orgELIXIR-UK co-hosts FAIR toxicology training workshopAn ELIXIR-UK co-hosted workshop on FAIR training materials brought together toxicology trainer to improve the reuse and discoverability of educational resources

🎁 6 European visibility UK expertise on show at the ELIXIR Toxicology Community meeting in Birmingham, with contributions from Sara Morsy, Alexia Cardona and Iseult Lynch 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2025/to... #toxicology #FAIRdata

elixiruknode.orgInteroperability, data stewardship and skills at the ELITma courseIn May 2025, ELIXIR-UK members Xènia Pérez Sitjà (Earlham Institute) and Nick Juty (University of Manchester) took part in the ELITMa course on data managem ...

🎁 7 RDM & data stewardship Strong UK representation in the ELIXIR RDM Community, with Munazah Andrabi, Xènia Pérez Sitjà and Nick Juty supporting data stewardship, training, curation and interoperability 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2025/su... #RDM #datastewardship #interoperability #FAIRdata #training

elixiruknode.orgCarole Goble presents WorkflowHub at Workflow Community talksCarole Goble joined Johan Gustafsson for a Workflow Community Talk to showcase WorkflowHub, supporting FAIR sharing and reuse of over 1,200 registered compu ...

🎁 8 Workflows across Europe Our Head of Node, Carole Goble, represented ELIXIR-UK at Workflow Community Talks, BEeS 2025, CoRDI 2025 and more throughout the year 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2025/wo... #workflows #researchinfrastructure

elixiruknode.orgELIXIR-UK at the ELIXIR–EMBL-EBI–Pistoia Alliance strategy eventELIXIR-UK joined a joint ELIXIR, EMBL-EBI, and Pistoia Alliance strategy meeting to support sustainable, cross-sector collaboration in life sciences.

🎁 9 Strategic influence ELIXIR-UK contributed to major international discussions at an OECD workshop, the ELIXIR–Pistoia–EMBL strategy meeting, FONDA Fall Retreat and Falling Walls 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2025/pi...

elixiruknode.orgELIXIR-UK at ISMB/ECCB 2025: Impact, talks and UK trailELIXIR-UK showcased 25+ services and talks at ISMB/ECCB 2025 in Liverpool, co-hosting the UK track and leading a successful cross-node booth trail.

🎁 10 Flagship events We sponsored ISMB/ECCB 2025 in Liverpool and ran a UK track co-chaired by Carole Goble and Janet Thornton. 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2025/is... #ISMBECCB #community

elixiruknode.orgClosing the bioinformatics skills gap in Europe | ELIXIR-UKKrzysztof Poterlowicz explains how national programmes and international collaboration are helping close Europe’s bioinformatics skills gap

🎁 11 Training & outreach Our Training Coordinator, Krzysztof Poterlowicz, spoke about the benefits of joining ELIXIR and the UK Node activity in a global health magazine interview 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2025/bi... #training #skills

elixiruknode.orgELIXIR-UK contributions to BioHackathon Europe 2025 | ELIXIR-UKELIXIR-UK teams contributed to key projects at BioHackathon Europe 2025, advancing FAIR data, interoperability, benchmarking and sustainable workflow practices.

🎁 12 Community engagement UK Node members took part in the annual BioHackathon as both co-leads and participants, contributing to collaborative problem-solving across Europe. 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2025/bi...

elixiruknode.orgBehind the scenes at the first HDR UK & ELIXIR-UK Joint HackathonThe first HDR UK & ELIXIR-UK Joint Hackathon brought together technical professionals at the intersection of health data and life sciences for three days.

🎁 13 Our first National Joint Hackathon with HDR UK brought communities together to explore innovation at the intersection of health and life sciences data. 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2025/in...

elixiruknode.orgFrom Zero to DMP: implementing a localised instance of DSWHow an RSE deployed and configured a local DSW instance at Cardiff University

🎁 14 How can local deployment boost DMP adoption? Mo Aboshokor shared Cardiff University's experience with the Data Stewardship Wizard 🔗 elixiruknode.org/blog/2025/fa...

elixiruknode.orgCustomising Data Stewardship Wizard for an Institute | ELIXIR-UKHow a data steward tailored DSW to specific datatypes and workflows at Rothamsted Research

🎁 15 Customising the Data Stewardship Wizard at institutional level: reflections from Rothamsted Research with Richard Ostler 🔗 elixiruknode.org/blog/2025/cu... #datastewardship

elixiruknode.orgA day in the life of a UCL Research Data Steward | ELIXIR-UKNick Owen shares his journey into data stewardship at UCL, highlighting how the role supports researchers through better data practices.

🎁 16 A day in the life of a UCL research data steward – a personal FAIRytale by Nick Owen. 🔗 elixiruknode.org/blog/2025/a-... #RDM #FAIR

elixiruknode.orgStrengthening career pathways for Data Stewards through CaSDaRELIXIR-UK members join the launch of UKRI-funded CaSDaR Network, promoting professional recognition, career pathways, and training for Data Stewards in the UK

🎁 17 ELIXIR-UK joined CaSDaR at its launch in Birmingham, with UK Node members contributing at board level. #ELIXIR #partnerships elixiruknode.org/news/2025/st...

elixiruknode.orgHealth Data Research Gateway joins ELIXIR-UK Services | ELIXIR-UKThe Health Data Research Gateway joins ELIXIR-UK Services, linking UK health data to European research through FAIR, secure and federated access.

🎁 18 The HDR UK Gateway is now an ELIXIR-UK endorsed service, enabling FAIR and federated access to health data. 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2025/he...

knetminer.comKnetMiner | AI-Accelerated Gene Discovery for Plant ScienceAccelerate Trait Discovery. Search deep knowledge graphs, visualize gene networks, and get AI-grounded literature reviews with citations for unparalleled research speed.

🎁 19 KnetMiner enables AI-assisted reasoning over complex biological knowledge graphs, accelerating discovery. Follow them for more or sign up for free and try Graph Chat yourself today 🔗 knetminer.com #AI #biology

elixiruknode.orgELIXIR-UK members selected for the BioFAIR Fellowship | ELIXIR-UK5 active contributors join the new national Fellowship advancing FAIR practices, strengthening UK capability in reproducible and interoperable research.

🎁 20 Five ELIXIR-UK members were selected as BioFAIR Fellows this year 🎉 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2025/el...

elixiruknode.orgUniversity of Warwick joins ELIXIR-UK as its 29th memberWarwick joins ELIXIR-UK, bringing bioinformatics, training and digital health expertise to strengthen national research support

🎁 21 The University of Warwick joined the ELIXIR-UK community in 2025. 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2025/un...

elixiruknode.orgELIXIR-UK awarded BBSRC funding to deepen member engagementELIXIR-UK has been awarded a five-year grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UK ...

🎁 22 Did you know that ELIXIR-UK was awarded BBSRC funding to continue supporting the UK life sciences data community? 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2025/el...

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🎁 23 Our national Clubs and Communities continue to grow. Not yet part of our network, join us. 🔗 subscribepage.io/2fTn1q

elixiruknode.orgMembers | ELIXIR-UK

🎁 24 New ELIXIR-UK travel bursaries are now available – open to all staff at member organisations. You may be a member and not yet aware of it. Check it out 🔗 elixiruknode.org/members/ #opportunities