Principles of service provision
Compatible
EMBL-EBI is a world leader in the development of global bioinformatics standards, which are key to data sharing.
Comprehensive
Thanks to our many data-sharing agreements, EMBL-EBI resources are comprehensive and up to date. We work with publishers to ensure that biological data must be placed in a public repository and cross-referenced in the relevant publication.
High quality
Our data resources are enhanced through annotation: highly qualified biologists add value to data resources by incorporating features of genes or proteins from other sources, and automated annotation is subjected to rigorous quality control.
Open
Our data and tools are freely available, without restriction. The only exception is potentially identifiable human genetic information, for which access depends on research consent agreements
Portable
All of our data and many of our software systems can be downloaded and installed locally.
Learn more about open science at EMBL
EMBL’s databases and software are freely available to the scientific community wherever possible, and we encourage open access publication.
Highlight projects
COVID-19 Data Portal
The European COVID-19 Data Platform facilitates data sharing and analysis in order to accelerate coronavirus research.
AlphaFold DB
Enjoy open access to over 990,000 protein structure predictions for the human proteome and other key proteins.
Human Cell Atlas
Aiming to map every cell type in the human body, the Human Cell Atlas will transform our understanding of biology and disease.