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Coordinated Open Data Will Drive Next-Level Health Research

An Interview With European Data Cohesion Experts ELIXIR

 
• By Lucie Ellis-Taitt

Experts from a European data sharing initiative talk to In Vivo about the importance of coordinated computational biology efforts for the future of life sciences innovation and the effective use of artificial intelligence.

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Katharina Lauer at an ELIXIR innovation and SME event • Source: ELIXIR Europe

ELIXIR, founded in December 2013, is a joint effort between several European countries for the development of coordinated, integrated and sustainable public bioinformatics services. “There are many public databases, software tools and training courses that already have extensive usage by academia and the life sciences industry. However, there is lot of fragmentation, so those resources don’t always work closely together,” Andrew Smith, ELIXIR’s head of external relations, told In Vivo. The group aims to better coordinate the evolution of bioinformatic services across those member countries.

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