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.
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.
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.
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 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 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 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.
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…
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.
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…
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…