title: The ELIXIR channel in F1000Research.
abstract: ELIXIR, the European life science infrastructure for biological information, is a unique initiative to consolidate Europe's national centres, services, and core bioinformatics resources into a single, coordinated infrastructure. ELIXIR brings together Europe's major life-science data archives and connects these with national bioinformatics infrastructures  - the ELIXIR Nodes. This editorial introduces the ELIXIR channel in F1000Research; the aim of the channel is to collect and present ELIXIR's scientific and operational output, engage with the broad life science community and encourage discussion on proposed infrastructure solutions. Submissions will be assessed by the ELIXIR channel Advisory Board to ensure they are relevant to ELIXIR community, and subjected to F1000Research open peer review process.
authors.affiliation: ELIXIR Hub, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK.
authors.forename: Niklas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Blomberg
authors.affiliation: INESC-ID, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal.
authors.forename: Arlindo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Barend
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mons
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Bengt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Persson
authors.affiliation: Computational Biology Unit, Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: Inge
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jonassen
keywords: ELIXIR; ELIXIR Channel; bioinformatics