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Carole Goble at the 2026 BioFAIR Showcase presenting Methods Commons project
7 July 2026

BioFAIR’s new £4M Methods Commons builds on foundations ELIXIR-UK helped lay

BioFAIR has committed £4 million to a national Methods Commons for FAIR workflows, led by Carole Goble and partly built on ELIXIR-UK foundations.

4 June 2026

FAIR-in-action Bridge: building the practical tools RDM professionals need

FAIR-in-action Bridge is co-creating two FAIR playbooks and rolling them out across six UK research organisations to turn FAIR guidance into everyday practice.

28 April 2026

Scaling biocuration with AI while keeping expert judgement at the centre

A new Bioinformatics Advances paper explores how human-in-the-loop AI can support literature curation for biological knowledgebases while keeping expert curators at the centre of the process. ELIXIR-UK member Valerie Wood, of the University of Cambridge, is among the authors.

A photo of the life sciences building at University of Southampton
21 April 2026

University of Southampton joins ELIXIR-UK to advance bioinformatics, data stewardship and open science

The University of Southampton has joined ELIXIR-UK, bringing expertise in computational glyco-bioinformatics, clinical data and data stewardship to ELIXIR-UK.

A photo of the University of York's Faculty of Biology by Alex Holland
8 April 2026

University of York joins ELIXIR-UK

The University of York has become the latest institution to join ELIXIR-UK, formalising a relationship built on Data Stewardship Training Fellows, ELIXIR-badged workshops, and a university-wide commitment to training in research data skills and open research.

ELIXIR RDM Community in Ghent 2025
24 March 2026

New resources for sustainable RDM services

ELIXIR-UK members have collaborated on a landmark set of new RDM resources – the outcome of ELIXIR's first internally funded project for its European RDM Community.

24 February 2026

Turning up the signal for the UK Human and Health Data Communities

HDR UK joins ELIXIR-UK to amplify voices and exchange knowledge across the UK human data research infrastructure and health data landscapes.

11 February 2026

Measuring progress on gender balance in ELIXIR leadership

A new case study from ELIXIR’s leadership and diversity mentoring programme, ELEAD, shows early evidence that the initiative is supporting women’s progression into leadership roles and contributing to culture change […]

11 February 2026

ELIXIR-UK members awarded DisCouRSE Flexible Funding for inclusive dRTP leadership pilot

Members are awarded DisCouRSE Flexible Fund support for PeerLadder, a new peer-mentoring pilot advancing inclusive leadership for digital Research Technical Professionals across UK research-performing organisations.

9 February 2026

Contributing to national discussions on training for digital research professionals

ELIXIR-UK contributed to a national meeting on strengthening and coordinating training provision for digital Research Technical Professionals (dRTPs), highlighting its role in life science training and data stewardship through national and European infrastructure.