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Members of EMBL-EBI Training have recently published the FAIR Training Handbook; a guide to making training materials Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. The handbook follows on from the success of the team’s paper written in 2020 ‘Ten simple rules for making training…
Eva Klimentová from the Masaryk University in Czech Republic attended our recent 'AI and biology' symposium as an event reporter. Read on to discover the five main takeaways from the meeting and to find out more about Eva's experience in Heidelberg.
In a world often overshadowed by stress, turmoil, and uncertainty, the pursuit of happiness remains a universal aspiration. On 20 March, the world comes together to celebrate the International Day of Happiness, a day dedicated to recognising the importance of happiness and well-being in our lives.…
Learn how to apply metabarcoding analysis to eDNA for assessing biodiversity with the NERC Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF), UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UK-CEH), and EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Insitute. Sequencing DNA barcodes from mixed sources of DNA is being increasingly…
Written by event reporter Ahmed Adel Ezat The past decade has witnessed several trials to apply artificial intelligence (AI) techniques such as deep learning (DL), to solve grand challenges in the field of structural biology and biophysics of biomolecules. One of these challenges is the protein…
Written by event reporter Daniela Castillo Perez The 2023 edition of the EMBL–Wellcome Connecting Science Conference ‘Proteomics in cell biology and disease mechanisms’ was highly organised to cover a broad range of topics. The event was composed by a very dynamic program including…
Written by event reporter Elisa Heinzelmann The ability to grow human tissues from stem cells in 3D culture has the potential to revolutionize drug discovery processes and regenerative medicine. Building on a long tradition of cell and developmental biology knowledge, organoids resembling a variety…
Vera Janssen, a PhD student at the Amsterdam Medical Centre in the Netherlands visited the conference as a graduate intern in 2019 and returned this year as a conference reporter.
Aditya, a final year PhD student from India, attended 'The human microbiome' symposium as an event reporter. Find out about his experience and the main scientific takeaways from the meeting.
Written by event reporter Parisa Naeli (@PariN39103649) The Protein Synthesis and Translational Control Conference took place from 6 – 10 September in Heidelberg, Germany and was a unique gathering of researchers in the field of mRNA translation, a mechanism central to shaping cellular…