ELIXIR.LU news

Launch of EOSC-ENTRUST – Driving European interoperability for sensitive data access and analysis Published on: March 26, 2024
On 18-19 March, the kick-off of the EOSC-ENTRUST initiative was held in Amsterdam, connecting different partner organisations to drive forward European interoperability for sensitive data access and analysis. The EU-funded ESOC-ENTRUST project is led by ELIXIR and the EUDAT Collaborative Data Infrastructure (CDI), bringing together partners from 15 European countries, during its...
Launch of ELIXIR-STEERS Published on: February 02, 2024
ELIXIR Luxembourg is pleased to announce its participation in ELIXIR-STEERS, a three-year EU funded project launched on 1st February 2024 with a total budget of €4M. The project is a collaboration between all ELIXIR Nodes, encompassing 36 institutes across 23 countries, plus EMBL-EBI. It aims to enhance large-scale, cross-border federated analysis in...
ELIXIR recognises FAIR Cookbook for enabling data interoperability Published on: December 15, 2023
On 14 December 2023, ELIXIR has announced the life science data and interoperability resources joining its prestigious list of Core Data Resources, ELIXIR Deposition Databases, and Recommended Interoperability Resources. Among them is the FAIR Cookbook, a resource co-lead by ELIXIR-UK, developed in collaboration with Nodes from Luxembourg, Swiss and Spain, and with...
A new EU project to unlock the potential of human genomics Published on: November 17, 2022
A new EU project to unlock the potential of human genomics Today, the European Genomic Data Infrastructure (GDI) project kicks-off in Brussels, Belgium. The new €40 million GDI project, coordinated by ELIXIR, is jointly funded by the European Commission under the Digital Europe Programme and through co-funding from participating Member States. In...
BY-COVID: A new EU project for pandemic preparedness Published on: October 26, 2021
BeYond-COVID (BY-COVID), a new €12 million Horizon Europe funded project, was recently launched. It will tackle the data challenges that can hinder effectivepandemic response. The core aim of the project is to ensure that data on SARS-CoV-2 andother infectious diseases can be found and used by everyone. ELIXIR Luxembourg and the Bioinformatics...
ELIXIR-LU and LCSB contribute to the development of a European Health Data Space Published on: March 11, 2021
HealthyCloud Advances in health and biomedical sciences require that health research is performed timely, efficiently and oriented to high-quality results. To meet this need and to maximise the impact of health research, adopting best practices in health data management is essential. One of the priorities of the European Commission 2019-2025 is the...
ELIXIR-LU first EKES webinar with PetaGene Published on: December 07, 2020
In November, ELIXIR-LU and PetaGene shared the first EKES (ELIXIR Knowledge Exchange Scheme) pilot outcome — a webinar on genomic data privacy. This workshop was the basis for future collaboration between Petagene and ELIXIR Luxembourg, with a scope to expand to other ELIXIR Nodes. The webinar focused on the impact of regulations such as...