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

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.

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

Peer Ladder is a peer-mentoring initiative that empowers underrepresented digital Research Technical Professionals (dRTPs) to climb the leadership ladder together – building confidence, community and ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ELIXIR-UK has been awarded a five-year grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UK ...

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

5 active contributors join the new national Fellowship advancing FAIR practices, strengthening UK capability in reproducible and interoperable research.

Accelerate Trait Discovery. Search deep knowledge graphs, visualize gene networks, and get AI-grounded literature reviews with citations for unparalleled research speed.

The Health Data Research Gateway joins ELIXIR-UK Services, linking UK health data to European research through FAIR, secure and federated access.

ELIXIR-UK members join the launch of UKRI-funded CaSDaR Network, promoting professional recognition, career pathways, and training for Data Stewards in the UK

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

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

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

The first HDR UK & ELIXIR-UK Joint Hackathon brought together technical professionals at the intersection of health data and life sciences for three days.

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

Krzysztof Poterlowicz explains how national programmes and international collaboration are helping close Europe’s bioinformatics skills gap

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.

ELIXIR-UK joined a joint ELIXIR, EMBL-EBI, and Pistoia Alliance strategy meeting to support sustainable, cross-sector collaboration in life sciences.

Carole Goble joined Johan Gustafsson for a Workflow Community Talk to showcase WorkflowHub, supporting FAIR sharing and reuse of over 1,200 registered compu ...

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 managem ...

An ELIXIR-UK co-hosted workshop on FAIR training materials brought together toxicology trainer to improve the reuse and discoverability of educational resources

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) ...

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

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

YouTube video by ELIXIR-UK

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- ...

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 ...

A FAIRytale by Liz Merrifield – a personal story about good data governance and data controllership from someone who understands the researcher’s persp ...

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

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