Manchester hosts two ELIXIR annual meetings on Interoperability and Tools
In November 2024, Manchester played host to two key groups of the wider ELIXIR Europe – the Interoperability and Tools Platforms – bringing together experts to strengthen connections, align efforts, and plan […]
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 our community at the EOSC Symposium, a flagship event driving the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) […]
ELIXIR-UK All Hands 2024: A Celebration of Collaboration and Innovation
The ELIXIR-UK All Hands Meeting 2024, held at Cardiff’s iconic Principality Stadium on November 19–20, brought together 70 attendees from across almost all members of ELIXIR-UK, and representatives from the […]
Health-RI exchange offers insights into shaping a national BioCommons
In October 2024, ELIXIR-UK and its conceived initiative – BioFAIR – engaged in a knowledge exchange with the Netherlands’ Health-RI (ELIXIR-NL) to refine governance and operational strategies for national research data […]
Supporting UK-led projects at BioHackathon Europe 2024
ELIXIR-UK supported 22 participants from 11 organisations at BioHackathon Europe 2024, held in November near Barcelona, where 300 participants from the life sciences research community gathered to tackle critical challenges […]
Adapting ELIXIR training content at the University of Manchester
By Saskia Lawson-Tovey Disseminating and embedding ELIXIR knowledge and training is the primary goal of the ELIXIR DaSH fellowship. The University of Manchester (UoM) has established the UoM Office for […]
EFPIA playbook recognises FAIR Cookbook as essential for data sharing
In July 2024, EFPIA, the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Association, officially released a comprehensive playbook to guide Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) and Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) projects implementing […]
Championing diversity and collaboration at the 2024 Galaxy Community Conference
In June 2024, members of the ELIXIR-UK community, including key contributors like Wendi Bacon and Nicola Soranzo, participated in the 2024 Galaxy Community Conference (GCC2024), the flagship annual event about […]
UK Node’s collaborative presence at 2024 ELIXIR All Hands
Members of ELIXIR-UK attended in force the 2024 ELIXIR Europe All Hands meeting in Uppsala, Sweden, during the week of June 13th, 2024, to discuss collaborative solutions to life sciences […]
WorkflowHub and nf-core collaboration enhances workflow accessibility
WorkflowHub announces a significant advancement in the accessibility and visibility of computational workflows by integrating nf-core community workflows into its registry. This development marks a major step forward in making […]
