ELIXIR.LU news

Successful launch for ELIXIR Luxembourg Published on: September 13, 2017
On 7 September, the LCSB hosted the launch event of ELIXIR-LU, the Luxembourgish node of ELIXIR. Around a hundred participants joined the symposium, which started with opening speeches from Marc Hansen, the Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Research, and Lydia Mutsch, the Minister of Health. Both ministers stated the utmost importance...
Guiding principles on FAIR data management in life sciences Published on: September 11, 2017
The ELIXIR hub has published a set of guiding principles on FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) Data Management. Open sharing of research data is a core principle for publicly-funded research and ELIXIR encourages all funders to adopt Open Data mandates. Data Management is crucial part of good scientific practice and research...
ELIXIR-LU official launch Published on: August 08, 2017
The official launch of ELIXIR-LU will take place on September 7 at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine of the University of Luxembourg. Members from the ELIXIR hub and ELIXIR-LU will present the European infrastructure, the Luxembourg node and its objectives, as well as ongoing projects. Guest speakers from ministries, research institutions,...
Luxembourg latest country to join ELIXIR Published on: July 27, 2016
Luxembourg today became the latest country to join ELIXIR, following the ratification of the ELIXIR Consortium Agreement by its Ministry of Higher Education and Research. ELIXIR’s membership now stands at 18, with a further two countries – Ireland and Greece - as Observers. Josiane Entringer from the Ministry of Higher Education and...