We’ve officially funded 9 BioFAIR Pathfinder Projects!
With £826k invested across the UK, they are a testing ground for our future national infrastructure. They are dismantling specific FAIR bottlenecks, from solving complex data workflows to driving community training. 🧬
biofair.uk/updates/2026...
🚀 Episode 1 of the BioFAIR Community Podcast is LIVE!
Host Sam Haynes kicks off the series as three Fellows discuss their backgrounds and the specific FAIR challenges they are tackling to improve UK life sciences data infrastructure.
Listen here: biofair.uk/biofair-comm... 🎧
Keen to embrace #FAIR data in your research but not sure how?
In May @biofair.bsky.social are bringing together researchers, infrastructure leaders, service providers and the wider community to highlight their progress, share ideas, and shape the future of the programme.
#ResearchDataManagement
Join @biofair.bsky.social in May for their Showcase event and discover the latest updates and practical steps to adopting #FAIRdata in your research 👇
#ResearchDataManagement #FAIR #RDM
⏳ Less than half of our registration spots remain!
BioFAIR Showcase (Cambridge, May 14-15)
Want to spend less time wrangling data and more time on actual science? Join us to learn how BioFAIR is supporting researcher like you. 🧬
Submit your EOI before we reach capacity: biofair.uk/biofair-annu...
FAIR data matters — but where do you start?
Join the inaugural BioFAIR Showcase to:
- Explore emerging services that support research teams
- See demos that simplify data management
- Connect with collaborators & infrastructure providers
📣 Register your interest: biofair.uk/biofair-annu...
❓Do you work with research data?
❓Are you interested to learn more about a leading digital research infrastructure in the UK life sciences community?
🗣️ Join us next week for an introduction to @biofair.bsky.social
Register now www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-re...
We're recruiting a Lead Architect to join the BioFAIR Hub at Earlham Institute.
This role blends systems and solutions architecture, guiding the design of a national, federated digital research infrastructure. #FAIRdata #datainfrastructure
📅 Apply by: 30 Jan 2026
@biofair.bsky.social
📣 Applications have just opened for a Lead Architect to join the @biofair.bsky.social Hub at Earlham Institute.
Blending systems architecture and solutions architecture, this role will guide the design of a national, federated research ecosystem. #FAIRdata #DataSystems
Join us for an EMBL-EBI @aibio-uk.bsky.social community workshop exploring how AI and LLMs can advance FAIR and AI-ready data in the life sciences.
Registration is free but essential. Please register by 6 January 2026.
Learn more and sign up here: www.ebi.ac.uk/about/events...
Concluding a fantastic @elixiruknode.org all-hands. Two days of exciting talks and activities including by the @biofair.bsky.social Fellows (below). Privileged to Chair the Science and Industry Advisory Board this year.
💬 “We'll be working with @galaxyproject.bsky.social users in the UK to draw out individual, localised workflows that could be pooled together to create a set of best practice analysis pipelines.”
@biofair.bsky.social launches new fellowship to address challenges in data workflows.
#FAIRdata
📣 A new fellowship launched by @biofair.bsky.social will build a skilled community of technical professionals to embed #FAIRdata practices across the UK #lifesciences.
@nsoranzo.bsky.social @elixiruknode.org
Really excited to be a part of this team!
BioFAIR held an informational webinar on 9 October to introduce the Pathfinder Projects and answer common questions from prospective applicants.
You can watch the recording below to learn more about the programme, eligibility, and how to apply: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpcu...
@biofair.bsky.social will fund 8 – 12 projects across the scientific domains. Successful projects will receive up to £100,000 funding for 12 months.
Don’t miss this chance to help shape the future of UK life sciences research infrastructure: biofair.uk/pathfinder-p...
🚀 The BioFAIR Fellowship launched today!
Leaders in data & workflows, working together to advance FAIR practices for the life sciences.
👉 full details: biofair.uk/updates/2025...
#FAIR #OpenScience
ELIXIR-UK was everywhere at #ISMBECCB2025 🇬🇧 alognside @elixir-europe.org
🧬 25+ talks/posters
🤝 UK booth trail with @biofair.bsky.social HDR UK and @aibio-uk.bsky.social
🎤 Co-hosted UK track
🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2025/is...
#ISMBECCB2025 #FAIRdata #OpenScience #LifeScience
📣 The BioFAIR Fellowship call is now CLOSED
A huge thank you to everyone who applied to the BioFAIR Fellowship Programme — and to those who joined the webinars, helped spread the word, or supported applicants along the way.
We’re excited to review your submissions and we'll be in touch!
⏰ 1 week to go!
The call for the BioFAIR Fellowship Programme closes on 25 July — don’t miss your chance to be part of a national network leading the way in FAIR data and research support across UK life sciences.
Full details:
biofair.uk/biofair-fell...
📣 Heading to #ISMB2025 next week? Come and say hello! 👋
🔬 BioFAIR will be at Stall 16 in the exhibition space – stop by to chat about open science, data stewardship, and how we're building a FAIRer research culture.
📌 Don’t miss our poster in the Bioinformatics in the UK track too!
⏳ Halfway there!
There are just 3 weeks left to apply for the BioFAIR Fellowship Programme — a unique opportunity to lead on FAIR data and workflow stewardship, and community building in UK life sciences.
📍 Apply now via biofair.uk/biofair-fell...
📅 One week to go!
🔍 Join us for a tailored Q&A webinar, on Wednesday 2 July, 11:00–12:00 BST, designed to help you apply with confidence! This second and final webinar will be a tailored Q&A session, focused on answering your questions in depth.
👉 Register now: biofair.uk/opportunities/
Last month the Earlham Institute joined colleagues from @elixiruknode.org and
@biofair.bsky.social at the ELIXIR Europe All Hands Meeting 2025.
More than 25 participants from the UK attended the meeting to discuss FAIR practices, training and community building.
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📢 The BioFAIR People Commons call opens 16 June!
🎥 Our first webinar ran yesterday with strong engagement and thoughtful questions — the recording is now on our website.
🗓️ Final webinar: 2 July, 11:00 BST — register via the opportunities page: biofair.uk/biofair-fell...
#BioFAIR #FAIRdata
🚨 The BioFAIR People Commons call is now OPEN! 🚨
This is your opportunity to drive change and champion FAIR data and workflows across UK life sciences.
📅 Applications are open for 6 weeks — until 25 July
📍 Full details and application pack: biofair.uk/biofair-fell...
📢 BioFAIR is proud to be sponsoring the Bioinformatics in the UK Track, part of ISMB/ECCB 2025, taking place at ACC Liverpool from 20 - 24 July 2025! The Hub team will be at the BioFAIR booth, ready to connect with the UK life sciences community.
Come and say hello — we’d love to see you there! 👋
🚨 The BioFAIR People Commons call is now OPEN! 🚨
This is your opportunity to drive change and champion FAIR data and workflows across UK life sciences.
📅 Applications are open for 6 weeks — until 25 July
📍 Full details and application pack: biofair.uk/biofair-fell...
📢 The BioFAIR People Commons call opens 16 June!
🎥 Our first webinar ran yesterday with strong engagement and thoughtful questions — the recording is now on our website.
🗓️ Final webinar: 2 July, 11:00 BST — register via the opportunities page: biofair.uk/biofair-fell...
#BioFAIR #FAIRdata
📍 Last week the BioFAIR Hub team joined ELIXIR All Hands 2025 in Thessaloniki! A great chance to connect & share our work on FAIR and people-centred data practices in the UK. We also shared news of the BioFAIR Fellowship Programme — launching June 16!
👉 Learn more: biofair.uk/opportunities/