Stories

Over 70 participants from 31 organisations met in Exeter for the ELIXIR-UK All Hands 2025 to discuss AI, FAIR data and the future of UK research infrastructure.

ELIXIR, Euro-BioImaging, Instruct-ERIC and EMBL launch the EOSC Life Sciences Connect Node to strengthen FAIR and interoperable data in life sciences.

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

ELIXIR-UK members join the launch of UKRI-funded CaSDaR Network, promoting professional recognition, career pathways, and training for Data Stewards in the UK

ELIXIR-UK has released a suite of practical, machine-actionable DMP templates and citable examples from UK projects, supporting researchers, data stewards, and managers in building efficient, funder-compliant Data Management Plans.

At the OECD workshop on Access to Research Software: Opportunities and Challenges (8 September 2025), ELIXIR-UK leaders helped shape global policy discussions. Carole Goble chaired the panel on infrastructure sustainability, while Susanna Sansone joined the standards panel, highlighting FAIR4RS and the importance of interoperable, trustworthy software for open science.

ELIXIR-UK Training Coordinator Krzysztof Poterlowicz explains how national programmes, FAIR practices, and international collaboration are helping close Europe’s bioinformatics skills gap.

Carole Goble represented ELIXIR-UK at CoRDI 2025 and Base4NFDI, highlighting sustainable, FAIR-aligned research data infrastructure and RDM expertise.

ELIXIR-UK was highly visible at ISMB/ECCB 2025, with over 25 talks and posters, a UK booth trail, and co-leadership of the "Bioinformatics in the UK" track.

ELIXIR-UK contributes to a joint strategy meeting with Pistoia Alliance, ELIXIR and EMBL-EBI to shape sustainable, cross-sector collaboration in the life sciences.

Carole Goble joined Johan Gustafsson for a Workflow Community Talk to showcase WorkflowHub, supporting FAIR sharing and reuse of over 1,200 registered computational workflows worldwide.

ELIXIR-UK members co-hosted a hands-on workshop in Birmingham focused on FAIR training materials for toxicology education, uniting European experts to improve access, interoperability and reuse of training content across borders.

On June 30 2025, Professor Carole Goble, Head of Node of ELIXIR-UK, was invited to deliver a keynote at the LifeWatch Biodiversity and Ecosystem eScience (BEeS) Conference 2025, hosted by […]