Welcome: Alexey Sokolov
EMBL-EBI’s new Genomics Technology Infrastructure Team Leader discusses how the Ensembl platform is keeping pace with the genomic data deluge.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2026
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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.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2026
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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.
2026
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Sandra Orchard: what I’ve learned
EMBL-EBI Team Leader Sandra Orchard reflects on a life in protein science, UniProt data curation, and championing open data standards.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2025
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From bench to code: collaboration unlocks insights into Alzheimer’s disease
How a chance encounter resulted in a fruitful cross-Atlantic research collaboration
CONNECTIONS2025
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New MGnify Proteins web resources launched
EMBL-EBI’s microbiome data resource MGnify produces a valuable trove of protein sequence data through its ongoing analysis of microbiome derived data. Two new MGnify Proteins web resources make this dataset easily accessible and searchable, both for large queries across the entire database…
2024
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Case study: Discovering new enzymes to upcycle food waste
EMBL-EBI data resource helps scientists upcycle animal by-products.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2024
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Researchers aim to use quantum computing to assemble and analyse pangenomes
Experts in quantum computing and genomics to develop new methods and algorithms to process biological data.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2024
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Starting is easy, sustaining is hard
Where to start when thinking about the sustainability of informatics projects
2023
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BioImage Archive democratises access to microscopy data
Users no longer need to download large datasets with the new galleries feature
2023
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FAIRification framework: making your data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable
New framework to improve the FAIRness of clinical and molecular datasets
2023
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Supporting the development of hologenomic approaches for more sustainable animal feeds
HoloFood, the first consistent collection of multiomic data about chicken and salmon gut microbiomes, set to enable the development of better animal feeds.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2023
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What happens when chromosomes shatter
Understanding chromothripsis offers insights into how cancer develops.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2023
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EMBL alumni: Alex Almeida on the unchartered gut microbiome and becoming a principal investigator
As a postdoc Alex Almeida used bioinformatics to push the boundaries of what we know about the gut microbiome. Here, Almeida explains how his time at EMBL-EBI generated new research avenues, and how the skills and connections from his postdoc prepared him for leading his own research group at the…
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2023
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MGnify just got bigger – new data, new AI opportunities
EMBL-EBI's metagenomics data resource increases in size and supports groundbreaking AI tools for protein structure prediction.
2023
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Molecules to Ecosystems: Jo McEntyre on data services
Jo McEntyre talks about data services, open data and a new era for research assessment.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2023
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Developmental cell atlas uncovers new cell states
Unveiling a useful tool for understanding human lung development.
2022
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Interpreting bioimages with deep learning
Virginie Uhlmann shares her tips for using deep learning for bioimage analysis in the life sciences.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2022
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Illuminating protein complexes in cells
EMBL group leaders Julia Mahamid, Anna Kreshuk & Jonas Ries awarded Chan Zuckerberg Initiative grant to advance what we see inside cells.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2021
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Just the gist: Big data and pandemics in seven key points
EMBL’s most recent Science and Society seminar explored how best to harness big data to address multi-faceted issues of a pandemic.
CONNECTIONS2021
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Achieving personalised therapeutics
A decadal roadmap points the way to cell-based medicine for Europe
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2020
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EMBL-EBI launches COVID-19 Data Portal
The new collaborative space will help scientists, public health and healthcare professionals around the world to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2020
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Programming: language
How computer processing of human language is harnessed by EMBL scientists
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2019
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A new home for biological images
The BioImage Archive - EMBL-EBI's first dedicated imaging data resource
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2019
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Facilitating transcontinental human data exchange
Federated data sharing will now be possible on an unprecedented scale
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2019
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Kendrew and Philipson Awards Winners 2018
EMBL recognises the outstanding work of alumni with the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson Awards
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2018
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New mechanism for cancer gene activation
EMBL study finds that rearranging how DNA packs the nucleus can activate cancer genes
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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BLUEPRINT project delivers
BLUEPRINT: EMBL-EBI and the push to decipher the blood epigenome
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Big data, cool servers
Upgraded server room is ready to take the heat at EMBL Grenoble
LAB MATTERS2016
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From packets to planets
Insights from the evangelical Vint Cerf, a “founding father of the Internet”, during a visit to EMBL.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
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