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Title: IMGT joins ELIXIR’s Core Data Resources with openly licensed scientific data
ELIXIR has incorporated IMGT, the International Immunogenetics Information System, as a fundamental Core Data Resource (CDR) of ELIXIR, following the adoption of an open licence for its scientific data and metadata. This resource forms part of ELIXIR France (IFB/ELIXIR-FR) and is created and…
Midterm Evaluation of the Cloud4SAMS Project
The Cloud4SAMS project, dedicated to developing a secure digital environment for the analysis of microbiome and health data, has reached a key milestone with its midterm evaluation. This report, submitted in late June 2026, follows the project consortium’s annual meeting, which took place in May…
madbot X ABRomics Hackathon: development of a new plugin
On 16 and 17 July, the development teams behind these two IFB-led projects met at the Pasteur Institute for a hackathon dedicated to finalising the ABRomics plugin for madbot. Two days of work were devoted to developing a plugin linking the two tools, with the shared aim of enabling users of the…
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Interactive tutorials to master Unix: the IFB’s e-learning group is rethinking training for biologists
In an era of explosive growth in data within the life sciences and healthcare sectors, knowing how to use Unix is now essential for researchers and students. However, learning these skills remains a challenge for many, due to their complexity and technical barriers (such as software installation…
