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a photo of all participants at the 2024 all hands ELIXIR UK
28 November 2024

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 […]

Munazah Andrabi and Gerry Relly exchanging knowledge on BioFAIR/ELIXIR-UK with Health-RI
21 November 2024

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 […]

21 November 2024

EDIJ and Decolonisation in Data Management

Data management shapes not just how research is conducted, but who benefits from it – and who might be harmed. This article guides researchers through embedding EDIJ and decolonisation principles at every stage of the data cycle, from planning and collection to sharing and reuse. Drawing on the CARE principles and real-world examples from NTD research, ecology, and disability studies, it offers a practical starting point for more ethical, inclusive data management.

A photo of the ELIXIR-UK Team at the BioHackathon Europe 2024
12 November 2024

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 […]

12 November 2024

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 […]

The cover of the IMI/IHI Data sharing playbook published in 2024
3 September 2024

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 […]

A group picture of the 2024 Galaxy Community Conference
3 September 2024

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 […]

10 July 2024

Green light for £34M investment in BioFAIR – conceived by ELIXIR-UK

With UKRI’s £34m investment approved, BioFAIR is poised to revolutionise UK life science research by transforming how we facilitate research data management. Supported by UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Infrastructure […]

A picture of the UK Node team at the ELIXIR All Hands 2024
2 July 2024

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 […]

27 June 2024

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 […]

A photo of Cather House Sq Campus, Queen Mary University London
25 June 2024

Queen Mary University of London joins ELIXIR-UK

Queen Mary University of London has officially joined ELIXIR-UK. The application submitted by Queen Mary outlined a robust plan to contribute to ELIXIR-UK’s mission to support life science research, focusing […]

16 April 2024

Top 6 data attributes for policymakers

Since 2016, when the FAIR Principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) were first published to address data reusability, the concept has gone a long way towards becoming a well-established foundation […]

3 April 2024

Advancing research practices: OSTrails project towards open science

The Oxford e-Research Centre’s Data Readiness Group, an essential member of the ELIXIR-UK Node, is driving significant progress in open science and FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) data as […]

5 March 2024

From fragmentation to integration: EOSC-ENTRUST launches to unite European TREs

On 1 March 2024, the EU-funded EOSC-ENTRUST project launched to enhance European interoperability for sensitive data access and analysis. Led by ELIXIR and the EUDAT Collaborative Data Infrastructure (CDI), this […]

Swansea University
13 February 2024

ELIXIR UK announces its newest member: Swansea University

ELIXIR-UK welcomes Swansea University as its newest member, strengthening collaborative efforts in biological data management. The UK Node proudly welcomes Swansea University into its network, further expanding its reach and […]