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EMBL-EBI Training – Course and Conference Office

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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.


The EMBL Course and Conference Office was established in 1983 to support EMBL scientists in the organisation of conferences, medium-sized workshops, practical courses, EMBL internal and one-off events. 

Meet the team: Sophie

Sophie Spencer has recently been promoted to Senior Events Manager in EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute’s Training team. We last interviewed her in late 2021, so let’s catch up with Sophie and see what she’s been up to since then.


‪EMBL-EBI Training‬ ‪@training.ebi.embl.org‬ · 8m To access Ada, log in to or register for your free EMBL-EBI Training account, type your question, and let Ada find the on-demand training content you need within seconds: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/use... EMBL-EBI Training We train scientists at all levels to get the most out of publicly available biological data. www.ebi.ac.uk 1 ‪EMBL-EBI Training‬ ‪@training.ebi.embl.org‬ · 8m Read the full story in our dedicated blog post: www.embl.org/about/info/c... #AdaLovelaceDay #ALD25 #bioinformatics #computationabiology #LLM #AI 🧬🖥️ Introducing Ada: the new AI assistant from EMBL-EBI Training – Course and Conference Office www.embl.org 1 ‪EMBL-EBI Training‬ ‪@training.ebi.embl.org‬ · 8m A huge thank you to the project team behind this update: Adam Broadbent, Cath Brooksbank, Prakash Gaur, Ajay Mishra, Aziz Mithani, Marina Pujol, and team alumna, Anna Swan. EMBL-EBI Training ‪@training.ebi.embl.org‬ Home Explore Notifications Chat Feeds Lists Saved Profile Settings New Post Search Following Discover Science Genomics/Bioinformatics GeneSky Papers with Code RNA Bioinformatics Women in STEM Microscopy & Bioimaging MassSpecSky The Omics Feed🧬+🧪🧫🔬🖥️💉🦠🥼 MS-omics Data Science Science Jobs More feeds Trending NLCS Game 1 Brewers vs Dodgers Falcons vs. Bills Josh Allen Mike Johnson Titans Feedback • Privacy • Terms • Help Introducing Ada: the new AI training assistant. Explore on-demand bioinformatics training with Ada, your training AI assistant. Introducing Ada: the new AI training assistant. Explore on-demand bioinformatics training with Ada, your training AI assistant.

Introducing Ada: the new AI assistant from EMBL-EBI Training

Today marks Ada Lovelace Day, a day to celebrate the work of the acclaimed mathematician and writer. We can't think of a better way to honour her in 2025 than by naming our LLM-driven, AI assistant after the person who first recognised that computers had applications beyond pure calculation. 


Harry Roussos. Photo credit: Ajay Mishra/EMBL-EBI.

From intern to on-demand course author

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…


Ajay Mishra, EMBL-EBI

Meet the team: Ajay

Ajay Mishra joined EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute as a scientific training officer in the training team in July 2019. Get to know Ajay in our blog post.


Flaminia Zane

Meet the team: Flaminia

Flaminia Zane joined EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute as a Scientific Training Officer for digital learning in the training team in February. Get to know Flaminia in our blog post.


Daria Sokolova, EMBL-EBI Scientific Project Officer

Meet the team: Daria

Daria Sokolova joined EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute as a Scientific Project Officer in the training team in January 2025. Get to know Daria in our quick-fire interview.


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Intern Insights: Xena’s journey with EMBL-EBI’s Training team

Xena Dyball joined the EMBL-EBI Training team for a 3 month internship in September 2024. Here, she discusses more about her internship and what she learned during her time with us. Hi! My name is Xena, and I am a PhD student based at the Quadram Institute Bioscience in Norwich, UK. My research…



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The FAIR Training Handbook

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…


15 July: world youth skills day

Today marks the UN-declared day for world youth skills; something we are passionate about at EMBL. We aim to equip the next generation with the biological, bioinformatics, and data skills needed to enter a career in STEM. At EMBL-EBI we have a wide array of free-to-access tutorials, recordings, and…

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