Objective
The life sciences are undergoing a transformation. Modern experimental tools study the molecules, reactions, and organisation of life in unprecedented detail. The precipitous drop in costs for high-throughput biology has enabled European research laboratories to produce an ever-increasing amount of data. Life scientists are rapidly generating the most complex and heterogeneous datasets that science can currently imagine, with unprecedented volumes of biological data to manage.
Data will only generate long-term value if it is Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Re-usable (FAIR). This requires a scalable infrastructure that connects local, national and European efforts and provides standards, tools and training for data stewardship.
Formally established as a legal entity in January 2014, ELIXIR - the European life science Infrastructure for Biological Information - is a distributed organisation comprising national bioinformatics research infrastructures and the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). This coordinated infrastructure includes data standards, exchange, interoperability, storage, security and training.
Recognising the importance of a data foundation for European life sciences, the ESFRI and European Council named ELIXIR as one of Europe’s priority Research Infrastructures. In response ELIXIR have developed ELIXIR-EXCELERATE. The project will fast-track ELIXIR’s early implementation phase by i) coordinate and enhance existing resources into a world-leading data service for academia and industry, ii) grow bioinformatics capacity and competence across Europe, and iii) complete the management processes needed for a large distributed infrastructure.
ELIXIR-EXCELERATE will deliver a step-change in the life sciences. It will enable cost-effective and sustainable management and re-use of data for millions of users across the globe and improve the competitiveness of European life science industries through accessible data and robust standards and tools.
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69117 Heidelberg
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OX1 2JD Oxford
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NR4 7UZ Norwich
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M13 9PL Manchester
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51005 Tartu
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3521 AL Utrecht
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2333 ZA Leiden
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1081 HV Amsterdam
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9713 GZ Groningen
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6200 MD Maastricht
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3511 EP Utrecht
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9712CP Groningen
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6708 PB Wageningen
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08003 Barcelona
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08028 Barcelona
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29016 Malaga
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08034 Barcelona
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28006 Madrid
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08002 Barcelona
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08003 Barcelona
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1067-001 LISBOA
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1000 029 Lisboa
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2781-901 Oeiras
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8005-139 FARO
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02101 Espoo
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00271 Helsinki
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5020 Bergen
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7491 Trondheim
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9019 Tromso
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0313 Oslo
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1206 Geneve
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75794 Paris
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75007 Paris
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75016 Paris
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75724 Paris
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00185 Roma
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1000 Ljubljana
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1000 LJUBLJANA
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16610 Praha 6
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601 77 Brno
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160 00 Praha 6
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9052 ZWIJNAARDE - GENT
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2800 Kongens Lyngby
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8000 Aarhus C
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1165 Kobenhavn
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16672 Vari-Athens
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151 25 Maroussi
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70013 Irakleio
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CB2 1TN Cambridge
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751 05 Uppsala
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10691 Stockholm
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EH14 4AS Edinburgh
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41092 Sevilla
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