Dr Regina Becker, in charge of strategy development for ELIXIR-LU, recently wrote an article regarding GDPR and its impact on biomedical research. Entitled “Biomedical research: achieving transparency under the General Data Protection Regulation”, it was published in the September 2018 issue of …
ELIXIR.LU news
September 21, 2018
Article about GDPR and biomedical research
July 09, 2018
First national stakeholders meeting for ELIXIR-LU
On June 13, the ELIXIR-LU team invited several Luxembourgish stakeholders to a first meeting to introduce ELIXIR, the European infrastructure for life science information, and the national Node ELIXIR-LU, present recent activities and developments of ELIXIR-LU and discuss data challenges in the …
May 15, 2018
First Scientific Advisory Board meeting for ELIXIR-LU
On May 3, ELIXIR-LU held the first meeting of its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), composed of five members heading various European research infrastructures and other ELIXIR Nodes (see list below).
In this one-day event the ELIXIR-LU team had the opportunity to discuss its accomplishments so far, …
March 09, 2018
More than 120 participants for a webinar about the GDPR
In February, Regina Becker, in charge of strategy development at ELIXIR Luxembourg, gave an introduction into the upcoming General Data Protection Legislation (GDPR) that will come into force on 25 May 2018.
The webinar addressed relevant parts of the legislation for research and data sharing, …
September 14, 2017
Successful launch for ELIXIR Luxembourg
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. …
September 12, 2017
Guiding principles on FAIR data management in life sciences
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 …
August 09, 2017
ELIXIR-LU official launch
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. …
