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ELIXIR – European life science infrastructure for biological information

Launched in November 2007, the ELIXIR project is funded by the European Commission under the FP7 capacities programme as a 'preparatory phase project'.

Mission

To construct and operate a sustainable infrastructure for biological information in Europe to support life science research and its translation to medicine and the environment, the bio-industries and society.

Participants

There are 32 participant organisations from 14 different countries (plus EMBL). A full list can be found on the ELIXIR website.

Objectives

We are leading the ELIXIR funding strategy (work package 5). It aims:

• To understand and document the challenges to be met to establish a pan-European infrastructure in bioinformatics in the light of current funding models at European and national levels
• To understand and document how these challenges might be addressed through a coordinated approach by ministries and funding agencies to funding a European Life-science Infrastructure for Biological Information (ELIXIR)
• To segment these opportunities depending on the funding agencies that might participate
• To suggest indicative requirements in terms of facilities, budget and support for these different segments or methods for so estimating
• To make recommendations for the long term funding strategy and funding structures for ELIXIR based on these opportunities and segmentation and provide indicative timelines

We are also leading on the project for the UK on behalf of MRC, NERC and The Welcome Trust.

Programme

ELIXIR is structured in 13 work packages:

• WP1: Project management (WP Lead: Andrew Lyall)
  Steering Committee (Chair: Janet Thornton)
• WP2: ELIXIR strategy for data resources committee (Chair: Graham Cameron)
• WP3: Coordination and participation (WP Lead: Dominic Clark)
• WP4: Organisational & legal (WP Lead: Silke Schumacher)
• WP5: Elixir funding strategy (Chair: Alf Game, BBSRC)
• WP6: Physical infrastructure (Chair: Tim Hubbard, SANGER)
• WP7: Data integration & interoperability (Chair: Amos Bairoch, SIB)
• WP8: Scientific literature interdisciplinary interactions committee (Chair: Alfonso Valencia, CNIO)
• WP9: Interdisciplinary interactions between biological information and medical/health and nutrition information committee (Chair: Johan van der Lei, ERASMUS)
• WP10: Interdisciplinary interactions with chemical, plant, environmental & agriculture databases committee (Chair: Mark Forster, Syngenta Ltd)
• WP11: ELIXIR bioinformatics training strategy committee (Chair: Anna Tramontano, CRS4)
• WP12: Infrastructure for tools integration committee (Chair: Søren Brunak, DTU)
• WP13.1: Strategic review of cell phenotype image data resource (Chair: Wolfgang Huber)
• WP13.2: Pilot of the use of European supercomputing facilities (Chair: Sarah Hunter)
• WP13.3: Assessment of European resources for systems biology (Chair: Nicolas le Novere)
• WP13.4: ELIXIR EB-eye feasibility study (Chair: Rodrigo Lopez)
• WP13.5: European genotype archive (Chair: Paul Flicek)

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