Galaxy is an open, web-based platform for data-intensive computational research that spans beyond the life sciences. It allows researchers without programming experience to run analysis workflows on their data, share their results, and enable others to repeat the same analyses. Galaxy makes science reproducible, facilitates sharing of data and results, and removes the hassle of installing software tools from users.

The Oceans represents the largest biosphere (~97%) on earth. The micro-organisms present within the oceans are responsible for fundamental processes of life, such as nutrient cycling, and produce 50% of the world’s oxygen. However, these organisms are poorly represented in databases. Marine metagenomics is the study of the genomes of these micro-organisms, as sampled directly from the ocean environment. It is a new and rapidly expanding area of research, and there is a danger that data is produced faster than users are able to analyse, interpret and share it. There is an urgent need to create a data management infrastructure dedicated to marine metagenomics research. This Community aims to develop a sustainable metagenomics infrastructure to enhance research and industrial innovation within the marine domain.

The Rare Disease Community extends and generalises the system of access authorisation and high volume secure data transfer developed within the EGA project (see the Federated Human Data Community for details). The goal of the Community is to create a federated infrastructure that will enable researchers to discover, access and analyse different rare disease repositories across Europe. It is doing this in partnership with other European infrastructure projects, namely RD-CONNECT, BBMRI-ERIC and E-Rare.

The ELIXIR Federated Human Data (FHD) Community aims to create a federated ecosystem of interoperable services that enables population scale genomic and biomolecular data to be accessible across international borders, accelerating research, and improving the health of individuals resident across Europe. Together, the components of the FHD Community provide a framework for the secure submission, archival, dissemination, and analysis of sensitive human data across Europe and beyond.

The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) is a policy-framing and technical standards-setting organization, seeking to enable responsible genomic data sharing within a human rights framework.