BioFAIR has committed £4M to build the Methods Commons – a national hub for FAIR computational workflows. Built on foundations ELIXIR-UK members have championed for years. Led by Carole Goble, ELIXIR-UK Joint Head of Node elixiruknode.org/news/2026/bi...

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

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

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New paper: ELIXIR-UK member Valerie Wood co-authors on human-in-the-loop AI for biocuration How AI can support curators without replacing expert review 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2026/sc... #AI #Bioinformatics @elixir-europe.org

Scaling biocuration with AI while keeping expert judgement at the centre

ELIXIR-UK member Valerie Wood co-authors a new Bioinformatics Advances paper on human-in-the-loop AI for literature curation, exploring responsible ways to support biological knowledgebases.

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The University of Southampton has joined ELIXIR-UK 🎉 From open-access glycan databases to data stewardship, Southampton brings a wealth of expertise to the network. Read more: elixiruknode.org/news/2026/un... @elisafadda.bsky.social @glycoshape.org #openscience #bioinformatics #datastewardship

University of Southampton joins ELIXIR-UK as it newest member

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

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You've spent years building technical expertise. You're good at what you do. But maybe you've noticed: the leadership table doesn't always look like you. And no one's handed you a map. PeerLadder is peer-mentoring for dRTPs from underrepresented backgrounds elixiruknode.org/opportunity/...

PeerLadder 2026 applications are now open for peer-mentoring

PeerLadder is a peer-mentoring programme for digital Research Technical Professionals (dRTPs). Applications close 27 April 2026.

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Calling UK dRTPs underrepresented in leadership: PeerLadder applications are open. Join tomorrow’s Q&A webinar, Discover PeerLadder, on 16 April at 11:00 am to hear about the programme, who it’s for, and how to apply. elixiruknode.org/event/discov...

PeerLadder Webinar & Q&A – 16 April 2026 | ELIXIR-UK

Free virtual webinar on 16 April. Learn about PeerLadder, a peer-mentoring programme for underrepresented dRTPs. Applications close 27 April 2026.

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The University of York has joined ELIXIR-UK 🎉 With three Data Stewardship Training Fellows already in the network and strong regional training links, York is a very welcome addition to our research infrastructure. Read more: elixiruknode.org/news/2026/un...

University of York joins ELIXIR-UK life sciences research infrastructure

University of York has joined ELIXIR-UK, building on existing ties through Data Stewardship Fellows, ELIXIR-badged training, and a strong open research culture.

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Applications close 09 April for an Events and Communications Assistant to join the @elixiruknode.org team based at Earlham Institute, helping support our community engagement activities, coordinate events, and develop clear and engaging communications. #scicomm

Events and Communication Assistant (ELIXIR-UK)

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Empowering biological knowledgebases: advances in human-in-the-loop AI-driven literature curation url: academic.oup.com/bioinformati... @elixiruknode.org @biocurator.bsky.social

Empowering biological knowledgebases: advances in human-in-the-loop AI-driven literature curation

Abstract. Biological knowledgebases facilitate discovery across the life sciences by structuring experimental findings into human-readable and computable f

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HDR UK is joining forces with ELIXIR-UK to help turn up the signal for the UK Human Data Community, becoming the UK Human Data and Tech Club With Wendi Bacon joining the leadership team! 🔗 Learn more and join the community: elixiruknode.org/news/2026/uk...

💙 Nice way to mark #11F International Day of Women and Girls in Science New DisCouRSE funding for PeerLadder led by ELIXIR-UK members – a peer-mentoring pilot focused on inclusive leadership for digital RTPs. 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2026/di... #WomenInScience

ELIXIR-UK awarded DisCouRSE funding for PeerLadder pilot

ELIXIR-UK members secure DisCouRSE Flexible Fund support for PeerLadder, peer-mentoring for inclusive leadership for digital research professionals (dRTPs)

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Highlighting a key report on a day like today for the #11F 💙 ELIXIR-UK leads the impact evaluation for the ELIXIR's female leadership programme’s second edition. 📘 elixiruknode.org/news/2026/me... #WomenInScience #Leadership

ELIXIR-UK leads impact evaluation on gender balance in leadership

ELIXIR-UK leads the impact evaluation for ELEAD, examining early progress on gender balance in ELIXIR leadership across the European infrastructure.

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ELIXIR-UK contributed to a national discussion on training for digital Research Technical Professionals, sharing experience from life science data stewardship and European-scale training infrastructure. 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2026/na... #bioinformatics #dRTPs #Training #ELIXIR

ELIXIR-UK contributes to national discussions on training for digital research professionals

ELIXIR-UK took part in a national meeting on coordinated training for digital Research Technical Professionals, sharing expertise from its training initiatives

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Who is qualified to access sensitive data? HDR UK’s Safe People Registry is welcoming trial projects from UK-based organisations 🔗 Learn more and express interest: elixiruknode.org/articles/202... #TREs #SDEs #SafeHavens #healthdata #humandata

Checking the paperwork: the Safe People Registry soft launch

Highlight the soft launch of the Safe People Registry, developed by HDR UK to support consistent ‘safe people’ assessment for access to sensitive data.

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UKRI has published how it will invest its £38.6bn four-year allocation from government Funding will be delivered across three R&D priority ‘buckets’ under a new single UKRI mission Life sciences has been placed as a significant Industrial Strategy growth sector 🔗 www.ukri.org/news/ukri-se...

The University of Warwick is now a formal member of ELIXIR-UK 🎉 Already welcomed at our 2025 All Hands, with Richard Stark's presentation; Prof. Sascha Ott on the Steering Committee and prior community involvement via Laura Cooper as an ELIXIR-UK Fellow. 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2025/un...

University of Warwick joins ELIXIR-UK as its 29th member

Warwick joins ELIXIR-UK, bringing bioinformatics, training and digital health expertise to strengthen national research support

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What does the ELIXIR-UK community think about AI in research? We’ve published the write-up from our All Hands AI panel + World Café: skills, bias, data access, productivity and some real concerns about critical thinking and scraping This will shape our AI strategy elixiruknode.org/articles/202...

Community insights on AI from the ELIXIR-UK All Hands 2025

Summary of AI discussions at ELIXIR-UK All Hands 2025 on community perspectives about skills, bias, data access and infrastructure to inform future strategy.

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🎄 The ELIXIR-UK Advent Calendar is back! Every day in December, we’re sharing a highlight: • FAIRytales from our community • Stories for International Women’s Day • A major PHI-base update (hello PHI-base 5!) • And a fan favourite: Saskia Lawson-Tovey’s REDCap RDMbite follow along! 🎁

BioHackathon Europe brought together a diverse community earlier this month to co-develop standards, tools and workflows for data-driven life science research ELIXIR-UK contributed to projects spanning benchmarking, FAIR data, interoperability, workflows and more 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2025/bi...

ELIXIR-UK contributions to BioHackathon Europe 2025 | ELIXIR-UK

ELIXIR-UK teams contributed to key projects at BioHackathon Europe 2025, advancing FAIR data, interoperability, benchmarking and sustainable workflow practices.

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Carole Goble, ELIXIR-UK Head of Node, was invited to two meetings in the German research infrastructure landscape this autumn: the FONDA Fall Retreat and NFDI’s executive table on connected & resilient AI enablers. elixiruknode.org/news/2025/ca... @esciencelab.org.uk

Carole Goble contributes to workflow and AI infrastructure discussions in Germany

ELIXIR-UK’s Head of Node joined two key meetings in Germany, sharing insights on data workflows, resilient infrastructures and AI-enabling systems.

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70+ people. 31 organisations. 28 Posters. 2 days. Countless conversations. The ELIXIR-UK All Hands 2025 brought together #researchers, #dRTPs and infrastructure leads from across the UK to explore the future of #open, #FAIR and #AI-ready data. 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2025/el...

ELIXIR-UK All Hands 2025: AI, data and community at the University of Exeter

ELIXIR-UK’s 2025 All Hands meeting in Exeter brought together 70+ participants to discuss AI, FAIR data and the future of UK research infrastructure.

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The CaSDaR Network launch brought together the UK research community to strengthen career pathways for Data Stewards. A milestone for recognition, training, and collaboration across UK research elixiruknode.org/news/2025/st... #DataStewards #CaSDaRNetwork #UKResearchCommunity

Ever worried about learning outcomes? Time to stop – and maybe even love them 😄 SOLO + Bloom to make LOs clear and doable even for technical workshops 27 Oct – 14:00 GMT To get the link, join the Training Club (open for all) elixiruknode.org/event/dr-str...

Dr Strangelove or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the Learning Outcome

Join Matthew Gemmell (University of Liverpool) to explore how SOLO and Bloom’s taxonomies make learning outcomes meaningful in higher education

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Nicola Soranzo presented 'Making Galaxy workflows sustainable and FAIR' on Day 2 of European Galaxy Days. Read more: https://www.earlham.ac.uk/research-project/elixir-uk #EGD2025 #galaxy_workflows #sustainable #galaxyproject #workflows #eosc #fair #open_science

🎃 Halloween special: the horrors of data stewardship (or not doing it!). 📅 7 Oct, 11:00–12:00 (BST) Chaotic datasets, ghostly collaborators, unclear policies – lessons from those who’ve faced it all. UKCEH, Ghost Collective & University of Liverpool. Register: elixiruknode.org/event/eleven...

Check out our #BOSC2025 report on @f1000publishing.bsky.social (It includes lots of pictures!) 🍐 f1000research.com/articles/14-...

F1000Research Article: BOSC 2025, the 26th Bioinformatics Open Source Conference.

Read the latest article version by Nomi L. Harris, Karsten Hokamp, Jessica Maia, Hervé Ménager, Monia C Munoz-Torres, Tazro Ohta, Deepak Unni, Jason Williams, at F1000Research.

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This month, ELIXIR-UK joined the OECD workshop “Access to Research Software: Opportunities and Challenges” with international stakeholders from academia, industry, research infrastructures, funding agencies, and government. 👉 Read more: elixiruknode.org/news/2025/oe...

At #ISMBECCB2025, we teamed up with HDR UK, AIBIO-UK, and BioFAIR for a UK Trail. We showcased 24 of the services we endorse “It was great to see real curiosity about the KnetMiner. It helped bring a lot of our efforts into the light" — @Arne De Klerk, KnetMiner & Rothamsted Research

🎤 One of the highlights of #ISMBECCB2025 ? Co-hosting the Bioinformatics in the UK track, chaired by Carole Goble and Janet Thornton, and sponsored by HDR UK, AstraZeneca UK, BioFAIR, UCB, AIBIO-UK, Astex Pharmaceuticals, and ELIXIR-UK. elixiruknode.org/news/2025/is...

ELIXIR-UK members — last call to apply for the 2025 Flexible Bursary (up to £5K) to support: • Community events & conferences • Training & skills development • Collaborative visits • Local/regional engagement 🖇️ elixiruknode.org/opportunity/...

ELIXIR-UK was everywhere at #ISMBECCB2025 🇬🇧 alognside @elixir-europe.org 🧬 25+ talks/posters 🤝 UK booth trail with @biofair.bsky.social HDR UK and @aibio-uk.bsky.social 🎤 Co-hosted UK track 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2025/is... #ISMBECCB2025 #FAIRdata #OpenScience #LifeScience

ELIXIR-UK at ISMB/ECCB 2025: Impact, talks and UK trail

ELIXIR-UK showcased 25+ services and talks at ISMB/ECCB 2025 in Liverpool, co-hosting the UK track and leading a successful cross-node booth trail.

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