🚀 BioFAIR's first spoke is appointed! A Manchester and Earlham Institute-led consortium will establish the Methods Commons — national-scale workflow, registry & notebook services for UK bioscience. Details 👉 biofair.uk/updates/2026...

BioFAIR announces £4 million investment to create a Methods Commons led by the University of Manchester - BioFAIR

Revolutionising UK life sciences: A partnership led by the University of Manchester, with the Earlham Institute and Seqera, will transform workflow reproducibility and reuse in the UK Life Sciences. T...

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Registration is open for our FAIRDOM Collaboration Fest Online on Mon 2 March, 1300 UTC. Join our discussion on knowledge graphs, linked data, visualisation and LLMs in FAIRDOM-SEEK. Help shape the development of these features in our research data management services. fair-dom.org/news/2026-02...

We enjoyed collaborating at the 4th BioHackathon Germany last month; improving RO-Crate support in federated systems, and making FAIRer access to training registries and learning paths across domains (with mTeSS-X and Bioschemas). esciencelab.org.uk/elixir/hacka... @denbi.bsky.social #BHG2025

At the 4th BioHackathon Germany this month, RO-Crate support was improved in federated storage systems, thereby enhancing FAIR metadata practices in life sciences. For details, please see our blog post www.researchobject.org/ro-crate/blo...

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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The eScience Lab supported three projects at @elixir-europe.org BioHackathon this month near Berlin, addressing crucial challenges in bioinformatics. #BioHackEU25 Read more: esciencelab.org.uk/elixir/hacka...

Thank you to @elixiruknode.org for organising the All Hands 2025. Very useful discussions about open, FAIR and AI-ready data across the UK life sciences.

ELIXIR-UK@elixiruknode.org · 9mo ago

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...

The ELIXIR BioHackathon Europe week has begun, with four members of the eScience Lab participating.

ELIXIR Europe@elixir-europe.org · 9mo ago

Today, a global community of hackers gathers in Berlin 🇩🇪 for the start of #BioHackEU25. Since 2019, over 2200 participants have gathered together for an intense week of collaboration to advance 275 projects. Read the news: https://loom.ly/6sE_kdI

We are seeking a talented and motivated Research Fellow to lead work within the TREvolution project — an exciting DARE UK initiative focused on advancing Trusted Research Environments (TREs) for multi-site, AI-enabled health data analytics. Closing date 26th Oct. esciencelab.org.uk/announcement...

In this week's episode [EN], you'll meet @philreeddata.bsky.social from @esciencelab.org.uk & SSI fellow. And we'll be talking about his plans to boost digital skills in research - and how he managed a music studio once. Out now on your podcast apps, YouTube podcast or codeforthought.buzzsprout.com

Code for Thought

Welcome to Code for Thought, the podcast about software for research and the people who make it.  Languages: English, German, French

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The European Galaxy Days took place in Germany. Users, developers, teachers, and administrators of Galaxy in Europe gathered to discuss new developments in research, the @galaxyproject.bsky.social platform and community. The @esciencelab.org.uk was involved: www.researchobject.org/ro-crate/blo...

The eScience Lab is delighted to be here at #RSECon25, co-leading several activities such as: - introduction to accessibility testing for RSEs - introduction to the Digital Researcher Competencies Framework - training and community satellite day esciencelab.org.uk/announcement...

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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Invitations open for de.NBI 4th BioHackathon Germany in Walsrode and online, 1-5 December 2025. One of the projects is co-led by our Nick Juty and Petra Steiner (University of Darmstadt) "On the path to machine-actionable training materials".

de.NBI & ELIXIR Germany@denbi.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🚀 Registration is open for BioHackathon Germany 2025! Join us 1–5 Dec in Walsrode for hands-on projects, networking, and innovation in #bioinformatics. 🧬🤝 🏨 Anders Hotel Walsrode | 🍽️ Social events | ✈️ Easy travel 🔗 Seats limited—register now! www.denbi.de/de-nbi-event... #Hackathon

We are looking forward to presenting about FAIRDOM-SEEK at @bosc.bsky.social ISMB/ECCB next week in Liverpool, UK. Learn about how our platform for FAIR data and research asset management can help you at our talk at Monday 21 July, 16:40, room 03A, or find us at the @elixiruknode.org stall (#15).

We are looking forward to presenting at @iscb.bsky.social @bosc.bsky.social next week in Liverpool. We are part of #BOSC2025, BOKR, Education & UK bioinformatics tracks. See details of our talk and poster times, or take a flyer at the @elixiruknode.org stand (15): esciencelab.org.uk/announcement...

The U.S. Association of College & Research Libraries have published the latest in their cookbook series, The Open Science Cookbook. It includes a chapter co-authored by @philreeddata.bsky.social (eScience Lab), titled "Spicy Data Skills Open Science Program With Library Carpentry" (pages 41-47).

Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)@ala-acrl.bsky.social · last yr.

Our latest book - "The Open Science Cookbook," edited by Emily Bongiovanni, Melanie Gainey, Chasz Griego, and Lencia McKee - is a collection of lesson plans and activities for supporting openly accessible, reproducible research. bit.ly/3ZnmRKA #openscience

Well done to Aleks and Phil, speaking at the Open Research Conference in Manchester today, about developing the DIRECT Framework for digital research skills and competencies. #OpenResearch

The University of Manchester Library@uomlibrary.bsky.social · last yr.

Open Research Conference 2025 is 9–10 June 2025 at Alliance MBS. Join us for talks, keynotes and collaboration on open research in the UK. Event is open to attendees from all institutions. Speakers include Stephen Curry and Giovanna Lima. www.manchester.ac.uk/openresearch #ORC25 #OpenResearch

Research Object Crate specification RO-Crate version 1.2 has been released. This release marks the culmination of a large collaborative effort by the RO-Crate community. Key highlights: esciencelab.org.uk/ro-crate/ann...

Register now for the @zbmed.bsky.social Bioschemas hackathon in Cologne, Germany, 25-27 June. Join us to help improve the Bioschemas experience, whether your skills are in code, accessible web design, infographics, or you want to improve markup of your materials. esciencelab.org.uk/hackathon/bi...

Several eScience Lab members are attending #CollabW25 in sunny Stirling this week. Who can you spot in this photo?

Software Sustainability Institute@softwaresaved.bsky.social · last yr.

🛣️ Look how many happy faces at #CollabW25, both in person and online! Can you spot yourselves or someone you know?

The University of Manchester will collaborate on a new £6.2 million programme, TREvolution, to advance the development of key technical requirements and capabilities for UK Trusted Research Environments. The eScience Lab is leading TREvolution's approach to FAIR. www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/n...

Thank you for having us at this week's @psdi-uk.bsky.social and @digitalcuration.bsky.social PSDI forum, for data librarians and research support professionals working within the physical sciences across the UK and EU. Phil presented two lightning talks, on @elixiruknode.org and the mTeSS-X project.

Last week, the eScience Lab attended the first HDR UK & @elixiruknode.org Joint Hackathon, in Nottingham. The event brought together technical professionals from both health data and life sciences for three days of problem-solving and collaboration. For details: esciencelab.org.uk/elixir/hacka...

Climate-Adapt4EOSC has launched. It is a 4 year EU-funded project to drive open science and data innovation for greater climate resilience. It brings together 18 partners from 9 countries to develop fully interoperable digital services and advanced FAIR resources. esciencelab.org.uk/announcement...

We are delighted to share the news that eScience Lab member Alex Hambley successfully defended his PhD dissertation, titled ‘OPTIMAL-EM: A Systematic Approach to Optimising Web Accessibility Evaluation’. Congratulations, Dr Hambley! esciencelab.org.uk/announcement...

I've written about my experiences at EMBL in Heidelberg, Germany in November 2024. "UK activity blooms at European ‘CarpentryConnect’ community event" @carpentries.carpentries.org @softwaresaved.bsky.social www.software.ac.uk/blog/uk-acti...

We are delighted to share the news that eScience Lab co-lead @soilandreyes.bsky.social successfully defended his PhD dissertation at the University of Amsterdam last week. Congratulations, Dr Stian Soiland-Reyes! esciencelab.org.uk/announcement...

Leading projects at ELIXIR BioHackathon Europe 2024, the eScience Lab joined the over 300 participants from the life sciences research community to address crucial challenges in bioinformatics. Thanks to @elixiruknode.org for crucial support. esciencelab.org.uk/elixir/hacka...

Congratulations to Postgraduate Researcher Aravindhan Rajasekar, nominated and selected for inclusion in this year’s UK Government Transformation 100, an award recognising individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the transformation of public services. esciencelab.org.uk/announcement...