ELIXIR Europe

Collaboration and training help research communities make better use of life science data. Hear from ELIXIR members and partners 👉 youtu.be/m4Uo00cHgYo?...

✨ This year’s #OAWeek, with the theme “the cost of value,” invites us to consider 🤔 who benefits from open knowledge and who supports the work behind it. ELIXIR wants to highlight our report exploring how companies use #opensource software and workflows to drive innovation: https://loom.ly/THB_IX4

💾 For #OAWeek and its theme “The cost of value”, ELIXIR wants to highlight 💡 evidence of the benefits that open science delivers. A PathOS case study involving ELIXIR demonstrated the value and impact of #UniProt: https://loom.ly/Rcpa8cU #OpenScience #ResearchInfrastructure

Life-science data came out of the lab and into society – from the Swiss President to the arts, schools and the public. See the widespread and long-lasting impact of the #GenevaLovesData initiative: www.sib.swiss/sites/defaul...

ELIXIR services bring together 🤝 resources, guidance and expertise for life science research. See the impact of ELIXIR services and the people behind them in the second video of our series 👉 youtu.be/wYaWbpHOE-Y?...

💾 Good #datamanagement and, #FAIR datasets are essential in sharing #lifesciences research outputs. The ELIXIR internal project developing virtual assistant 🤖 to support #metadata collection for plant #datasets. 🔗 Watch project update: https://loom.ly/c-8NhGM

🎉 The ELIXIR-GOBLET Train-the-Trainer handbook is now openly available! Practical guidance for anyone who trains others. Huge thanks to Allegra Via, @elixir-europe.org Training Platform, GOBLET & all contributors 💙 elixir-europe-training.github.io/ELIXIR-TrP-G... #TrainTheTrainer #OpenScience

#ELIXIR connects people, data and expertise across Europe. Meet the members and the GA4GH partner behind the network in the first video of our new series 👉 youtu.be/0ODpOy7xqMQ?... #ResearchInfrastructure

💾 Good #datamanagement and, #FAIR datasets are essential in sharing #lifesciences research outputs. The ELIXIR internal project developing virtual assistant 🤖 to support #metadata collection for plant #datasets. 🔗 Watch project update: https://loom.ly/c-8NhGM

Open data resources are essential for modern biology and for accelerating AI innovation. Discover how €57M from @ec.europa.eu will support GENCODE, UniProt, & @europepmc.org www.embl.org/news/embl-an...

Today’s highlight BFSP project focuses on #FAIR metadata standards for non-human pathogen #genomic 🧬 and phenotypic data. It is developing #metadata templates for non-human #pathogen data. 🔗 Watch project update: https://loom.ly/dadeS5A

📣 A new whitepaper sets out a vision for the Federated European Genome-phenome Archive (Federated EGA or #FEGA) and its role in the rapidly developing European and global ecosystem 🌍 for human #genomic and #healthdata. Read the news 👉 https://loom.ly/9dKqp8I #1MGenomes

ELIXIR’s internal project, Odyssey, aims to provide tools to bring together different types of data 💾, enabling integrated exploration across datasets. 💪 Supports a more complete view of biodiversity patterns 🔗 Watch project update: https://loom.ly/LpiYL8w

🔬The second #ELIXIR_STEERS policy brief, Better software, better research, sets out 5️⃣ recommendations to strengthen Europe’s research software ecosystem. Read the news release and discover the recommendations: https://loom.ly/hCUxzds #FP10

ELIXIR’s internal project, Odyssey, aims to provide tools to bring together different types of data 💾, enabling integrated exploration across datasets. 💪 Supports a more complete view of biodiversity patterns 🔗 Watch project update: https://loom.ly/LpiYL8w

📣 The ELIXIR Board invites candidates from #lifescience companies to join the ELIXIR Industry Advisory Committee to provide advice and feedback 🙌 on ELIXIR #industry engagement activities: https://loom.ly/_Xxm6bI Deadline 👉 30 September 2026

ELIXIR’s internal project, KYBELE, is developing an 🤖 #AI_assisted pipeline to extract #biodiversity knowledge from scientific literature and help researchers access and reuse information! 🔗 Watch project update: https://loom.ly/U2iLI2w

ELIXIR’s internal project, HARVEST, focuses on #FAIRification of 🌱 plant datasets and contributions to the #RDMkit. 🙌 Helps researchers work more effectively across datasets and domains. 🔗 Watch project update: https://loom.ly/sgVJ6C8

🌾 The HARVEST project, funded by ELIXIR, has made it easier to package, validate and reuse #plantresearch datasets. #FAIRification Read the news: elixir-europe.org/news/harvest denbi.bsky.social @ifb-elixir-fr.bsky.social elixiruknode.org ebi.embl.org

From 31 Aug to 4 Sept 2026, ELIXIR was in Geneva🇨🇭, for #ECCB2026, organised by @sib.swiss (#ELIXIR_Switzerland). 🙌 ELIXIR contributed a track programme, a poster track, ELIXIR Node-led workshops and tutorials, and a booth. Read the news 👉 https://elixir-europe.org/news/elixir-eccb-2026

ELIXIR’s internal project, FAIRyMAGs, is developing #FAIR Galaxy workflows 💡, benchmarking approaches and training materials for metagenome-assembled genomes. 🙌 Support reproducible analysis for researchers to apply consistent workflows. 🔗 Watch project update: https://loom.ly/NnhPL3M

The ELIXIR-funded FAIRyMAGs project has released a set of 🙌 openly available workflows, training materials and example #datasets to support researchers working with metagenome-assembled genomes 👉 loom.ly/yh_aNFE @ifb-elixir-fr.bsky.social @ebi.embl.org @denbi.bsky.social @elixir-it.bsky.social

✨ Learn more about E-PAN 🧬, an ELIXIR-funded project developing approaches to support consistent data handling 💾 and 💫 making #plant genomic data more accessible and reusable 🔬. 🔗 Watch project update: https://loom.ly/yH-q9Jg

🌱 The E-PAN project, funded by ELIXIR, has developed guidance, computational pipelines, visualisation tools and interoperable data formats to help researchers assess, explore and share 🧬 plant pangenome data. 🔗 More about the E-PAN project and its outputs: https://loom.ly/Aeb64gw

📣 The ELIXIR Board invites candidates from #lifescience companies to join the ELIXIR Industry Advisory Committee to provide advice and feedback 🙌 on ELIXIR #industry engagement activities: https://loom.ly/_Xxm6bI Deadline 👉 30 September 2026

From #OUP s @bioinfoadv.bsky.social journal | Usage and impact of global biodata resources | #Bioinformatics #Database #OpenScience #OpenData #GlobalBiodataCoalition | 🧬🖥️🧪🔓 CC/ @ebi.embl.org @elixir-europe.org ⬇️ academic.oup.com/bioinformati...

📣 ELIXIR has recognised #IMGT, the international immunogenetics information system, as an #ELIXIRCoreDataResource following the adoption of an open licence for its scientific data and metadata. Read the news👉 https://loom.ly/BVb-d28 @ifb-elixir-fr.bsky.social

🙌 Thank you to all who joined ELIXIR sessions and visited our booth at #ECCB2026 this week! It was great to see the 🗣️ lively discussions and exchanges of ideas around 🎯 #biodiversity, #AI, health and #FAIRdata at the ELIXIR sessions. @sib.swiss

🙌 This week, #ELIXIR is at #ECCB2026 in Geneva, Switzerland! Join workshops and an ELIXIR Communities track programme focusing on Community activities, the benefits of Community and ELIXIR membership and the use of ELIXIR resources: https://loom.ly/emMscGg

The ELIXIR Biodiversity, Food Security and Pathogens (BFSP) priority area 🎯 focuses on making data easier to find, connect and reuse. 🙌 At the 2026 BFSP workshop, 9 funded projects shared their progress. 🔗 BFSP workshop report:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19690487

🇨🇭 Next week, ELIXIR will be at #ECCB2026 in Geneva, Switzerland! Join the #ELIXIR track programme and workshops to find out about the highlights of ELIXIR Communities and #FAIR activities More information 👉 https://loom.ly/emMscGg

📣 A new ELIXIR Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (#EDI) Focus Group has been launched to strengthen #inclusive, equitable and sustainable participation across the ELIXIR network. Supporting 💪equal opportunities across ELIXIR. Read the news 🔗 https://loom.ly/O3G2Suc

👀 Have you got your seat to join #BioHackEU26 in Barcelona on 9-13 November? To get you prepared for the event, let's take a look 🙌 at the BioHackathon Europe 2025 report: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20446860 BioHackathon Europe – puts open science and transparent collaboration into practice!

Explore genes & transcripts with the @Ensembl Feature Explorer! Using human BRCA2 as an example, learn how to explore transcripts, exon structure & sequences, external references and orthologues across species. zurl.co/Q5YoZ #Ensembl #Genomics #Bioinformatics

🇨🇭 From 31 August to 4 September, ELIXIR will be at #ECCB2026 in Geneva, Switzerland! Join the #ELIXIR track programme and workshops to find out about the highlights of ELIXIR Communities and #FAIR activities More information 👉 https://loom.ly/emMscGg

💡 Apply to join and lead the pan-European distributed #ResearchInfrastructure that brings together experts and resources to enable researchers worldwide to 🔬 access and analyse #lifescience data. Deadline today: https://loom.ly/UpAh6aI

🤔 Want to resolve ambiguities in #biomacromolecular modelling? ELIXIR #3D_BioInfo webinar ‘It is not crystal clear’ presents the In-Pocket-Analysis tool for structural model building and completion 👉 https://loom.ly/SrXgc_c

🤔Want to find out how proteins interact with small molecule ligands? ELIXIR #3DBioInfo webinar 🔬 ‘Have protein-ligand cofolding methods moved beyond memorisation?’ explains how the Runs N’ Poses #dataset evaluates atom-cofolding methods 👉 https://loom.ly/fydqxIA

🤔 Would you like to find out more about dark energy, and how it relates to #proteinfolding? Check the ELIXIR #3DBioInfo webinar ‘Probing the Dark Energy in the Functional Protein Universe’ on the analysis of protein sets and how these display dark energy: https://loom.ly/uexp2bo

👀 ELIXIR is looking for a #Director with experience operating at a multinational level, including engagement with international institutions 🌍, and a strong awareness of the sensitivities of operating across countries and disciplines. Apply by 10 August 🗓️ https://loom.ly/UpAh6aI

✨ ELIXIR will be at #ECCB2026, holding two workshops and an ELIXIR track programme showcasing highlights and impact of ELIXIR Community activities! More information 👉 https://loom.ly/emMscGg

📣 Last chance to express your interest in attending BioHackathon Europe 2026 in person: https://loom.ly/xzsA9po Register your interest by midnight in CEST today ⚠️!

📈 During 2025, ELIXIR supported over 140 research publications and preprints. This support 🙌 included ELIXIR-funded internal projects, funding received by ELIXIR Nodes at the national level and funding through ELIXIR-coordinated EU projects. Read the news: https://loom.ly/vAMQF8I #OpenScience

📣 The position of #ELIXIR Director is open for applications! Apply now if you are a #lifesciences specialist with experience in #bioinformatics and will bring awareness of the needs of bioscience data users in both academia and industry. Apply by 10 August 🗓️ https://loom.ly/UpAh6aI

📣 Join #bioinformaticians from across the world to work on 31 projects at #BioHackEU26! Expression of interest 👀 will close on 20 July: https://loom.ly/xzsA9po ✨ Don’t miss your chance to contribute your expertise and brainstorm with other life scientists.

📣 A new ELIXIR Credit, Recognition and Usage Focus Group has been formed to coordinate work on how contributions to research and research infrastructures are recognised across ELIXIR. Read the news: https://loom.ly/y4NQCWQ

⏰ Closing this Sunday - Don’t miss your chance to join ELIXIR Hub as a Science Officer to support the activities of #ELIXIRDataPlatform and #ELIXIRComputePlatform ! 👉 https://loom.ly/NObFiVQ

The third EGA newsletter is out 📬! 🚀 The #FederatedEGA Norway experience (@elixirnorway.bsky.social) 🧬 @cbioportal is now connected to EGA 💡 The Beacon Template UI is now available 🔎 How does EGA support rare disease research And much more! Check the latest issue here: mailchi.mp/d663fe8c62dc...