Stories

1 July 2025

A day in the life of a UCL Research Data Steward

Nick Owen shares his journey into data stewardship at UCL, highlighting how the role supports researchers through better data practices.

27 June 2025

Customising Data Stewardship Wizard for an Institute

How a data steward tailored DSW to specific datatypes and workflows at Rothamsted Research

27 June 2025

From Zero to DMP: implementing a localised instance of Data Stewardship Wizard

How an RSE deployed and configured a local DSW instance at Cardiff University

The ELIXIR-UK Node at the 2025 ELIXIR All Hands, Greece, Thessaloniki
17 June 2025

Working together across ELIXIR: UK Node at the 2025 All Hands

The ELIXIR All Hands Meeting 2025, held in Thessaloniki, Greece, 2-6 June, brought together members from across Europe to exchange ideas, coordinate infrastructure development, and shape the shared future of […]

17 June 2025

ELIXIR-UK awarded BBSRC funding to deepen member engagement and support UK life sciences data community

ELIXIR-UK has been awarded a five-year grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The new investment will enable the UK […]

Nick Juty and Xenia Perez Sitja representing ELIXIR-UK at the ELITma event in Tartu, Estonia 2025
17 June 2025

Interoperability, data stewardship and skills at the ELITma course

In May 2025, ELIXIR-UK members Xènia Pérez Sitjà (Earlham Institute) and Nick Juty (University of Manchester) took part in the ELITMa course on data management strategy for ELIXIR Nodes, organised […]

8 May 2025

Advancing FAIR Data in toxicology: ELIXIR-UK collaborates in international workshops

ELIXIR-UK demonstrates its commitment to advancing FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data practices in toxicology by participating in and organising several workshops as part of the ELIXIR Toxicology Community. The […]

Dr Maria Traka in the lab leading an ELIXIR-UK Community
15 April 2025

Maria Traka brings UK leadership to ELIXIR Food & Nutrition Community

In March 2025, Dr Maria Traka was appointed as the new co-Lead of the ELIXIR Food & Nutrition Community, joining Dr Jildau Bouwmann (ELIXIR Netherlands) and Dr Frédérique Lisacek (ELIXIR […]

11 March 2025

PHI-base update: deeper insights into pathogen and host genes

ELIXIR UK is pleased to announce the release of PHI-base 5 in January 2025, a significant update to the Pathogen-Host Interaction database. As an ELIXIR-UK-endorsed service, PHI-base has served the […]

10 March 2025

Bioinformatics Projects Learning Pathway for Students

By Wendi Bacon With a huge thanks to ELIXIR-UK’s DaSH Fellowship funding, we are delighted to present our new Learning Pathway, “Bioinformatics Projects: Using deconvolution to get new insights from old […]

8 March 2025

Celebrating International Women’s Day

As we mark International Women’s Day on March 8th, we are proud to highlight the crucial role women play in leadership within our ELIXIR-UK Node. With Prof Carole Goble as […]

19 February 2025

Innovation in action: Behind the scenes at the first HDR UK & ELIXIR-UK Joint Hackathon

The first HDR UK & ELIXIR-UK Joint Hackathon brought together technical professionals at the intersection of health data and life sciences for three days of collaboration, creativity, and problem-solving – […]

18 January 2025

Data and research governance – it’s a complex issue

A FAIRytale by Liz Merrifield – a personal story about good data governance and data controllership from someone who understands the researcher’s perspectives and frustrations. My name is Liz Merrifield, and […]

23 December 2024

Joining up the research data management dots with FAIRsharing

How FAIRsharing and DSW are linking up within the ELIXIR data management ecosystem

18 December 2024

ELIXIR-UK welcomes appointment of Tony Burdett as Director of BioFAIR

ELIXIR-UK is proud to see the BioFAIR initiative, originally conceived within its community, take an important step forward with the appointment of Tony Burdett as its new Director. Tony Burdett […]