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Written by Eleni Katsantoni, PhD, Investigator C in Basic Research Center, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Greece I would like to thank EMBL for offering me the opportunity to attend the ‘Chromatin and Epigenetics’ Conference in May 2025 under the role of the event…
Key findings and emerging themes from the EMBL Conference 'Gene regulations: one molecule at a time' by event reporter Priyanka Yadav.
Charalambos (Harry) Roussos is a third-year PhD student in the Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. As part of the School of Biological Sciences Doctoral Training Programme, he undertook a twelve-week placement at EMBL's European Bioinformatics…
Eduardo Hernández recently attended the EMBL-EBI training course “Single-cell RNA analysis with Python” and received one of our fee waivers to help him attend the course. Here he talks about how receiving support to attend the course has impacted his work. What and where are you…
Aziz Mithani, Scientific Training Lead for the EMBL-EBI Training Team, explains more about the Computational Biology Training in Hematology (CBTH) programme: a collaboration between EMBL-EBI and the European Hematology Association (EHA). As data science and AI become increasingly central to…
International Microorganism Day (IMD) is an initiative coordinated by the Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS), originally launched by the Portuguese Society for Microbiology (SPM) in 2017. Since then, every year on September 17 we commemorate the groundbreaking…
Welcome to Guinea Pig Appreciation Day, a celebration dedicated to our small, furry friends who have charmed their way into our hearts and homes. But did you know that they also have a fascinating history and made significant contributions to science? Let’s delve into why we appreciate guinea…
In May 2024, members of the EMBL-EBI Training Team attended the Global Bioinformatics Education Summit in New York to discuss challenges and opportunities in bioinformatics education.
A few months ago, our Scientific Visitor Programme Manager, Claudia Martin, went to Belgrade to represent EMBL at the local Info Day related to the prospect membership and the opportunities available to the Serbian science sector. Read on to learn about her experience!
Every year on June 21, millions of people around the world come together to celebrate International Yoga Day. Established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2014, this day highlights the profound physical and mental benefits of practicing yoga. Originating from ancient India, yoga has…