Watch the recording
Thank you to everyone who joined. The full session is now available to watch, along with our welcome to the five new member institutes and their Management Board members.
- Date
- Thursday 22 October 2026
- Time
- 14:00–15:00 IST
- Format
- Online via Microsoft Teams
- Cost
- Free, no registration
About the session
A one-hour introduction, from the ground up, to ELIXIR, Europe's life science data infrastructure, and to ELIXIR Ireland, the Irish Node. It covers what ELIXIR is, how the Node works across its member institutes, and the practical ways you and your group can get involved and benefit.
Who it is for
Everyone at an ELIXIR Ireland member institute is welcome, whatever your career stage or role:
- PhD students and postdoctoral researchers
- Lecturers, principal investigators and researchers
- Digital research technical professionals, including research software engineers and bioinformaticians
- Life science data managers and data stewards
- Anyone with a general interest in life science data and research infrastructure
You do not need any prior knowledge of ELIXIR.
Agenda
| Time (IST) | Session |
|---|---|
| 14:00–14:10 | Welcome Chair: Aedín Culhane, ELIXIR Ireland Head of Node. |
| 14:10–14:50 | Onboarding presentation and discussion |
| 14:50–15:00 | Wrap-up |
The presentation and discussion covered:
- What ELIXIR is, and how its Nodes work together
- ELIXIR Ireland: the Irish Node, its 10 member institutes, and the onboarding support available to institutes and their staff
- ELIXIR communities and working groups, and research infrastructure collaboration opportunities
- BioHackathon Europe, the annual hackathon event
- Industry and SME days, and the Knowledge Exchange Scheme
- Training and networking across the network
Our member institutes
The session was for all 10 ELIXIR Ireland member institutes, with a particular welcome and onboarding support for the five that joined most recently:
- Dublin City University (DCU)
- Munster Technological University (MTU)
- South East Technological University (SETU)
- Trinity College Dublin (TCD)
- Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin)
alongside our established members:
- RCSI
- University College Cork (UCC)
- University College Dublin (UCD)
- University of Galway
- University of Limerick (UL)
See how to get involved through your institute.
Missed it?
Watch the recording, and please pass it on to colleagues, students and research groups who may be interested. Our national VIBE and ELIXIR Ireland call runs monthly; email elixir@ul.ie to be added to it.
More from ELIXIR Europe
- Watch first: An introduction to ELIXIR, a new four and a half minute video from ELIXIR Europe (our news story).
- Coming up: ELIXIR as an ESFRI: understanding the European Research Infrastructure landscape, Wednesday 18 November 2026, 15:00–16:00 CET (14:00–15:00 Irish time), with Andrew Smith and Flóra Foltányi of the ELIXIR Hub.