Breakthrough in genome sequencing technologies resulted in the unprecedented growth of data volumes in genomics and proteomics. New paradigm of precision medicine signifies wide practical usage of these types of data. ELIXIR, a pan-European bioinformatics consortium meets the challenges arising from production, storage and analysis of massive data collections in genomics and proteomics and proposes several pilot programs, which aim to develop standards and algorithms for the data analysis. The interdisciplinary initiatives of the consortium, such as "BILS-ProteomeXchange integration using EUDAT resources" and "Interoperability of protein resources for drug discovery: Improving Links Between the Human Protein Atlas (HPA) and EMBL-EBI Protein Resources" are of great interest and their successful implementation requires collaboration of researchers and IT engineers. The article also describes general principles of the consortium organization and potential ways of participation in its collaboration projects and programs.