Scientific Services Plans

In response to the Programme’s scientific themes and new technology developments, EMBL will strengthen and expand its experimental and data services, both individually and through the integration of new complementary services.

EMBL’s scientific services encompass over 40 bioinformatics and data resources and 20 experimental services in structural biology, imaging, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, in vivo gene editing, and chemical biology. Using a combination of scientific and technical expertise, these services provide researchers with the highest quality results and enable fundamental research essential to helping solve global societal challenges. 

As part of the new Programme, EMBL will develop new technologies and increase access to the latest infrastructure and data resources for life science researchers. In turn, this will enable life science researchers to tackle complex questions to understand the mechanisms of life in the context of different environments.

“All of EMBL’s scientific services are dynamic, meaning our user communities’ needs drive the way and speed in which they evolve. Throughout the next Programme, EMBL will strengthen and expand its services, both individually and by integrating new complementary services.”

Rainer Pepperkok

Director of Scientific Core Facilities and Services

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Mobile laboratory service

EMBL aims to launch a new mobile laboratory service which will offer cutting-edge technology, such as advanced imaging, complex molecular profiling, and advanced data management, integration, and analysis. These mobile services will offer technologies for sampling and measurement, and will support time-series observational and other projects by scientific partners. Technologies will be set up in dedicated sampling vehicles and standardised containers to serve and support teams sampling ocean, coastal, and terrestrial regions and allow field experimentation. This service will help to establish shared, standardised local experimental platforms, coupled with global data storage, handling, analysis, and modelling workflows. As well as research and services, the mobile labs will also train and engage with scientists, students, and the public.

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Rainer Pepperkok

Director of Scientific Core Facilities and Services

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Yannick Schwab

Team Leader and Head of Electron Microscopy Core Facility

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Structural biology and Imaging

EMBL’s structural biology services offer a range of approaches and infrastructure to support the external research community. For example, current and planned fourth-generation synchrotron beams will offer substantial increases in beam brilliance, intensity, and coherence. Additionally, EMBL will offer time-resolved beamline measurements of dynamic processes inside macromolecules as well as X-ray holographic nanotomography for mapping atomic-level detail in large biological samples. 

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Thomas R. Schneider

Interim Head of EMBL Hamburg

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José Márquez

Head of Crystallisation Facility

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EMBL Imaging Centre

The EMBL Imaging Centre is a hub of the most advanced microscopy technologies available to the international scientific user community. These technologies include electron and light microscopy technologies covering all scales, from the highest resolution cryo-EM to the latest intravital light microscopy technologies. The EMBL Imaging Centre will introduce the latest pre-commercial imaging technologies to groundbreaking life science applications.

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Jan Ellenberg

Head of CBB/ Head of EIC

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Data resources

Known worldwide for its commitment to expanding data access, EMBL-EBI will continue to store and make openly available world-wide biological data.  With partners from around the world, EMBL will increase data sharing, reuse, and coordination of bioinformatics resources and tools across molecular biology, particularly for bioimaging, genomic medicine, and multi-omics data resources. EMBL will also help develop biology-specific data portals, enabling scientists to drill down to the scale and level of complexity needed for their research. 

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Johanna McEntyre

Interim Director, EMBL-EBI

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Microbial ecosystems core facilities

EMBL’s core facilities ensure users gain access to infrastructure, expertise, and quality assurance. EMBL’s core facilities will continue to grow their multi-omics services, combining new techniques with world-class imaging technologies. Additionally, robotics will push forward microbial ecosystem research via new services, such as a culturomics core facility.

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Nassos Typas

Head of Molecular Systems Biology

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