ELIXIR.LU news


ELIXIR Luxembourg offers a new ready-to-use Data Submission System
When receiving data from collaborators, research institutions often face challenges associated with the data transfer process, from incomplete metadata to lack of provenance and standardisation. The new Data Submission System (DSS) developed by ELIXIR Luxembourg addresses these issues. This open-source collaborative platform is designed to streamline the submission of data to any...
Danielle Welter appointed as co-lead of ELIXIR Interoperability Platform
ELIXIR’s five platforms – Compute, Data, Tools, Interoperability and Training – bring together experts from different Nodes across Europe to develop ELIXIR’s technical vision and coordinate activities in defined areas. Among them, the Interoperability Platform drives best practice in the ways people and machines discover, access, integrate and analyse biological data. It...
DS Handbook Contentathon
In December 2025, ELIXIR Luxembourg participated in the contentathon for Data Stewardship Handbook, a resource developed by the ELIXIR RDM community to capture the collective knowledge and experience of fellow data stewards across Europe. The content produced during this event will be available in the handbook throughout 2026. The handbook will cover...
R training courses
Starting in winter 2025, ELIXIR Luxembourg will offer an updates series of R training courses, from beginner to advanced levels. The courses will be held on-site in Luxembourg and will cover a range of topics including data manipulation, visualization, statistical analysis, and reproducible research practices using R using the tidyverse ecosystem. First...
Launch of EOSC-ENTRUST – Driving European interoperability for sensitive data access and analysis
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
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
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...