Organizational Profile
ELIXIR is an intergovernmental organization that brings together life science resources from across Europe. These resources include databases, software tools, training materials, cloud storage and supercomputers.
The goal of ELIXIR is to coordinate these resources so that they form a single infrastructure. This infrastructure makes it easier for scientists to find and share data, exchange expertise, and agree on best practices. Ultimately, it will help them gain new insights into how living organism's work. ELIXIR includes 22 members and one observer, bringing together over 220 research organizations. It was founded in December 2013 and began implementing its first scientific program in 2014.
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Israel Member Institutes |
Contact Persons |
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Training Platform - for trainers, trainees, and ELIXIR nodes.
Platforms - Data Platform, Tools Platform, Compute Platform, and Interoperability Platform.
Annual Events - ELIXIR All Hands, BioHackathon Europe, and Bioinformatics Industry Forum.
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Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Bar-Ilan University
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Weizmann Institute of Science
* Some opportunities are open to the entire Israeli research community, including Industry
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Academic Node Head:
Dr. Dan Ben-Avraham, WIS
Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology:
Dr. Iris Eisenberg - Director of Life Sciences Research
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Events and Opportunities
For any questions, please contact Dr. Dorit Hazut-Avrahami.