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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.
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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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December 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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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

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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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December 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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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! 🎁
December 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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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

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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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December 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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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.

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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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November 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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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.

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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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November 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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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

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#DataStewards #CaSDaRNetwork #UKResearchCommunity
October 14, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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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)

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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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October 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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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
Making Galaxy workflows sustainable and FAIR
October 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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🎃 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...
October 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Check out our #BOSC2025 report on @f1000publishing.bsky.social (It includes lots of pictures!) 🍐

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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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September 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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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.

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September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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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
August 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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🎤 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.

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August 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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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

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August 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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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
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#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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August 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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ELIXIR-UK joined @elixir-europe.org, Pistoia Alliance and @ebi.embl.org for a strategy event on cross-sector collaboration.

Carole Goble (our Head of Node) chaired the final panel on sustainability & led a session on interoperability

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ELIXIR-UK at the ELIXIR–EMBL-EBI–Pistoia Alliance strategy event
ELIXIR-UK joined a joint ELIXIR, EMBL-EBI, and Pistoia Alliance strategy meeting to support sustainable, cross-sector collaboration in life sciences.
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August 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Here she is! Maria Doyle, @bioconductor.bsky.social, the proud winner of our UK Trail Bingo game at the #ISMBECCB2025

We hope you had as much fun as we did welcoming delegates to our booths for a chat about our work with a touch of gamification.
July 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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We're sad to say goodbye to the #ismbeccb2025 crowd, but we'll be leaving today with a bag full of ideas and inspiration

Oh, and you can't miss the ISMB highlights video featuring our Head of Node and co-chair of the event, Carole Goble!

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Welcome to ISMB - From the Co-chairs
YouTube video by WebsEdge Science
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July 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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We’re at the ISMB/ECCB in Liverpool. If you’re here, come to our booth and take the FAIR oath with us

“I solemnly swear to make my data #FAIR. To document clearly, standardise wisely and leave no metadata behind”
July 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Going to BioHackathon Europe?

You might be eligible for up to £5K from ELIXIR-UK’s new bursary scheme – open now.

💸 Covers registration and travel
🗓️ Apply by 15 Aug, 5PM BST
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#BioHackathon #ELIXIRUK #OpenScience #FAIRdata #Funding
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July 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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What’s it like being a research data steward at a busy university?

Nick Owne (UCL) walks us through a typical day: the tools, the teams, the questions, and what makes the job worth doing. 👇
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#ELIXIRUK #FAIRdata #OpenScience #DataStewardship
July 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Mo Aboshokor (Cardiff) shares how they deployed and customised it – and even tested it with LLMs to pre-fill DMPs
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#FARIytales #FAIRdata #ELIXIRUK #DMP #LLM
From Zero to DMP: implementing a localised instance of DSW
How an RSE deployed and configured a local DSW instance at Cardiff University
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July 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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What does it take to make a DMP tool useful for your institute?
Richard Ostler (Rothamsted Research) shares how he customised the Data Stewardship Wizard to reflect real policies, workflows and researcher needs.

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#FAIRdata #OpenScience #DMP #DataStewardship
July 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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📢 ELIXIR-UK’s new Flexible Bursary scheme is open!

🧪 Up to £5K for:
• Travel to ELIXIR events
• Running local training or meetups
• Technical visits & collaboration

🗓️ Deadline: 15 Aug, 5PM BST
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#ELIXIRUK #OpenScience #FAIRdata #LifeScience #Funding
2025 ELIXIR-UK flexible bursary | ELIXIR-UK
The Flexible Bursaries Scheme provides financial support to ELIXIR-UK members for community events and activities. These bursaries aim to facilitate partici ...
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July 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM