Our mission is to train scientists. This blog is a platform for us to share updates on our annual programme, tips and tricks for scientists, new e-learning opportunities, and sometimes just something to make you smile.
Author: Anna Swan, Scientific Training Officer, e-learning at EMBL-EBI. In February 2021, we launched the new EMBL-EBI Training website. Read more about that in our previous blog post. Since then we’ve had over 600,000 visitors from around the world using the site to discover our live…
We sat down with Isidro Cortes Ciriano to discuss his involvement with the upcoming EMBL-EBI Cancer genomics course, and find out what training means to him. Cancer genomics | 20 – 24 June 2022 | Hinxton, UK Hi Isidro! Tell us a bit about yourself for those that don’t…
Meet the newest member of the EMBL-EBI training team, Sophie Spencer. She joined the team in October 2021 with a focus on the on-site and virtual training programme. We sat down with Sophie to get to know her and find out about some of the other career paths she could have taken. Welcome to the…
A year ago today, we kicked off our first virtual course; Starting single cell RNA-seq analysis. This course was originally planned to take place onsite at EMBL-EBI Hinxton however, due to the pandemic we swiftly had to move this to virtual. Little did we know that virtual courses…
This year EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) is teaming up with Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) on 22nd April to deliver an exciting new SME forum: Bioinformatics for Biobusiness (B4BB). This virtual event will promote the power of bioinformatics in driving success across the…
If you’re looking for bite-sized learning opportunities delivered by EMBL-EBI experts, then our regular series of webinars might be just what you are looking for! EMBL-EBI’s Training team has been running a series of webinars since 2013, featuring speakers from across EMBL and beyond. Over the…
The EMBL-EBI Training website is the first port of call for many life scientists, bioinformaticians and computational specialists looking to further their knowledge of the field. We’re proud to offer world-leading bioinformatics training to users across the globe, with over 600,000 visitors to…
You may have heard the name CABANA floating around the EMBL training programme, but you may not know exactly what it is. Here we present a handy guide to the project, its origins and where it stands now almost three years on from its launch. CABANA is a capacity strengthening project for…
Partnering with industry has been a core part of EMBL-EBI’s mission right from the very beginning and a significant number of our users come from this sector. As we celebrate an incredible 25 years of industry collaboration next year, let’s hear from Andrew Leach, the new Head of…
Ada Lovelace is often regarded as the first to recognise the full potential of computers and as one of the first computer programmers. In honour of Ada Lovelace Day 2021, we are resharing our blog piece from last year where we shone the spotlight on some of the remarkable women that we…