A pan-European biomolecular-data storage and access system based in Britain is to hire up to 100 bioinformaticians, biocurators and software developers from 2012. The European Life Science Infrastructure for Biological Information (ELIXIR) will standardize and boost the quality and quantity of genomics and systems-biology data. Funds will come from the UK Large Facilities Capital Fund, but ELIXIR's business plan must be approved by the UK Treasury, says Cath Brooksbank, head of outreach and training at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) in Hinxton, UK, which coordinates ELIXIR. The EBI is seeking funding from the European Commission for recruitment and operation.