63urn:lsid:arphahub.com:pub:0E0032F4-55AE-5263-8B3C-F4DD637C30C2Biodiversity Information Science and StandardsBISS2535-0897Pensoft Publishers10.3897/biss.3.384303843010972Conference AbstractPT - PosterELIXIR: Data for Life – Coordinating life science data and services across Europe LanfearJerryjerry.lanfear@elixir-europe.orghttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8007-55681ELIXIR Hub, South Building, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United KingdomELIXIR Hub, South Building, Wellcome Genome Campus, HinxtonCambridgeUnited Kingdom
Corresponding author: Jerry Lanfear (jerry.lanfear@elixir-europe.org).
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ELIXIR unites Europe’s leading life science organisations in managing and safeguarding the increasing volume of data being generated by publicly funded research. It coordinates, integrates and sustains bioinformatics resources across its 22 member states, plus EMBL-EBI (European Molecular Biology Laboratory - European Bioinformatics Institute), and enables end users to access services and data that are vital for their research. ELIXIR's remit spans the full breadth of life science data, including data related to human health, food production (agriculture, farming, aquaculture) and the environment (e.g. pollution remediation, ecology), all of clear socio-economic benefit. As a result, ELIXIR contributes to the delivery of several sustainable development goals. This poster will introduce ELIXIR and describe the contribution it can make to coordinating data and services relevant to biodiversity. The poster will set the context for how molecularly-derived biodiversity occurrence data can significantly enhance resources such as the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), e.g. by filling in acute gaps in our knowledge of species across realms.
informaticsELIXIRinfrastructuredataservicesEuropean Life-science Infrastructure for Biological Information211601501100000780European Commissionhttp://doi.org/10.13039/5011000007802019Biodiversity_NextBiodiversity_Next 2019Leiden, The NetherlandsA joint conference by The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), a new pan-European Research Infrastructure initiative (DiSSCo), the national resource for digitized information about vouchered natural history collections (iDigBio), Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF), Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) and LifeWatch ERIC, the e-Science and Technology European Infrastructure for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research.Presenting author