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The European Molecular Biology Laboratory employs some of the greatest minds in European science. Our talent pool boasts biologists, engineers, IT professionals and countless other scientific specialisations. In addition, EMBL research has many practical and industrial applications

We harness EMBL’s entrepreneurial spirit through technology transfer programmes and technology spin-offs.

Technology transfer

EMBLEM

EMBL Enterprise Management Technology Transfer GmbH (EMBLEM) is an affiliate and the commercial arm of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). Established in 1999, EMBLEM identifies, protects and commercialises the intellectual property developed at EMBL, by EMBL alumni and by non-EMBL third parties. EMBLEM works closely with industrial partners in the biotech, IT and engineering markets to accelerate the transfer of innovative technology from basic research to industry.

EMBLEM manages a portfolio of close to 300 individual patents, patent applications, copyrights, trademarks and utility models. The technology portfolio, which spans the life sciences, includes enabling technologies, scientific instruments, molecular tools and techniques, as well as software programmes and databases.

EMBL Programmes

Corporate Partnership Programme

The Programme is designed to form and cultivate long-term, fruitful relationships between EMBL and top-class corporate partners.

EMBL-EBI Industry Programme

A forum for interaction and knowledge exchange for those employed at the forefront of industrial bioinformatics.

Open Targets

A freely-available, large-scale, multi-year, public-private partnership that uses human genetics and genomics data for systematic drug target identification and prioritisation.

Agri-Tech Partnership

The Agri-Tech Partnership establishes collaboration with domain experts in advanced agricultural technologies from both public and private sectors.

Venture capital

EMBL Ventures

Based in Heidelberg, Germany, EMBL Ventures invest throughout Europe to build companies that create significant commercial opportunities based on new therapeutic-treatment modalities and pharmaceuticals, next-generation enabling-technology platforms or innovations in the diagnostics and medical device area.

As an independent and focused team, EMBL Ventures moves quickly with short decision timelines.

Latest

Industry news from EMBL’s six sites

21 May 2026

Welcome: Mar Gonzalez-Porta

EMBL-EBI’s new Team Leader shares her experience managing open data resources and rapidly growing biological data.

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18 May 2026

Economic impact report examines the value of open biodata infrastructure

EMBL-EBI enables global productivity gains worth £11.8bn per year and powers AI-driven science and innovation at scale.

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05 Mar 2026

We are EMBL: Simone Vegh on coordinating funding for large infrastructure programmes

As a Major Initiatives Programme Manager, Simone Vegh works closely with EMBL-EBI’s funders to transform the institute’s technical infrastructure.

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Latest Jobs

Team Leader – AI Engineering & Automation

Science, research and training in EMBL Heidelberg

Do you want to be part of EMBL’s newly created AI Hub, using AI to solve complex interdisciplinary challenges? We’re seeking a visionary scientist to establish and lead a new AI Engineering & Automation Team at the AI Hub Heidelberg as part of EMBL AI, a major institutional initiative to embed AI ac...

Closes on 12th June. Posted 29th May 2026

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Computational Biologist / Bioinformatician - Chemical Biology Services

Technology in EMBL-EBI Hinxton

We are looking for a highly motivated Computational Biologist / Bioinformatician to join the Chemical Biology Resources team at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), located on the Wellcome Genome Campus near Cambridge, as part of the Wellcome Trust funded LIGMAP project, a multi-discipl...

Closes on 18th June. Posted 28th May 2026

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Accounts Assistant

Administrative and support in EMBL-EBI Hinxton

Your role We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Accounts Assistant to join a busy and collaborative Finance team supporting a world-leading scientific research environment.Based in Hinxton, the Finance team provides local financial support and processing services for EMBL-EBI, while wor...

Closes on 10th June. Posted 27th May 2026

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About EMBL

With support from more than 30 countries, laboratories at six sites across Europe and thousands of scientists and engineers working together, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is a powerhouse of biological expertise. EMBL is an intergovernmental organisation, headquartered in Heidelberg, and was founded in 1974 with the mission of promoting molecular biology research in Europe, training young scientists, and developing new technologies.

EMBL currently employs more than 1800 people in Barcelona, Grenoble, Hamburg, Heidelberg, EMBL-EBI Hinxton (near Cambridge), and Rome.

Publishing hundreds of research articles and hosting dozens of conferences every year, EMBL is driving visionary fundamental research and training Europe’s future scientific talent.

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