So far, DTL has focused on three major components of the life science research infrastructure (the DTL programmes):

1. Data: facilities, tools, resources and expertise to process, analyse, preserve, share, combine and publish data in a FAIR manner.
2. Technologies: high-end wet-lab facilities and the associated expertise, quality assurance processes, best practices, guidelines and standards.
3. Learning: training and education of users and experts in the fields of Data and Technologies.

Within these themes, DTL aims to interconnect and improve existing research infrastructure of its partners. DTL’s most important current activities are summarised in the following matrix:

	Interconnect and improve infrastructure by
	making findable and accessible	aligning and improving quality	building new infrastructure	connecting to infrastructure outside NL
Data	Technology Hotels network FAIR Data projects Research data management activities	Technology Hotels network FAIR Data projects Research data management activities Meetings and groups	FAIR Data projects Meetings and groups ELIXIR Interoperability and Compute Large-scale research infrastructure initiatives	FAIR Data projects  Research data management activities ELIXIR Interoperability and Compute Large-scale research infrastructure initiatives
Technologies	Technology Hotels network	Technology Hotels network Meetings and groups Large-scale research infrastructure initiatives	Meetings and groups Large-scale research infrastructure initiatives	Large-scale research infrastructure initiatives
Learning	Training & education programme Large-scale research infrastructure initiatives	Training & education programme Meetings and groups Large-scale research infrastructure initiatives	Training & education programme Meetings and groups Large-scale research infrastructure initiatives	ELIXIR Training Large-scale research infrastructure initiatives

 

While the DTL office has a facilitating role, experts of the DTL community have formed groups under the DTL umbrella to run all these activities.

• Individual life science professionals such as researchers, technical experts, data experts, project leaders, and trainers collaborate in projects and programmes (e.g., FAIR data projects, Research data management activities, Training & education programme, ELIXIR-NL). DTL offers these professionals a platform to exchange experiences and overcome the challenges together, for instance in Interest Groups and Working Groups or at Focus Meetings, Programmers Meetings, and Conferences.
• Expert groups collaborate within the Technology Hotels network.
• Partner institutes collaborate within strategic alliances, such as Health-RI and other large-scale research infrastructure initiatives.