Global effort to sequence all life on Earth ramps up
The Earth BioGenome Project is accelerating its efforts tenfold to sequence all life on Earth by 2035.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2025
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A new boost for CryoZoo, Barcelona’s animal cell biobank
The Barcelona CryoZoo has received a grant from the international organisation Revive & Restore to advance research on stem cell reprogramming in wild animal species.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2025
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Evaluating the link between chemicals and declining insect populations
Employing a library of more than 1,000 chemicals, EMBL researchers and collaborators investigated how agrochemicals affect insect populations.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2024
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EMBL-EBI’s open data resources for biodiversity and climate research
EMBL-EBI data resources help advance biodiversity and climate change research by enabling scientists to study species interactions, evolutionary processes, ecosystem health, and more.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2024
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The Biodiversity Cell Atlas: charting cellular diversity on Earth
A $3.8 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation will help researchers lay groundwork for the Biodiversity Cell Atlas.
2024
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The Global Biodiversity Portal: enabling biodiversity research worldwide
The new initiative brings together genomic data from various biodiversity projects to aid conservation and biodiversity efforts.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2023
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Building a bioinformatics community at the nf-core hackathon
Darwin Tree of Life project improves bioinformatics tools for biodiversity data analysis
CONNECTIONS2023
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Genomic science to support conservation efforts: an interview with Lara Urban
Using long-read sequencing and machine learning approaches, EMBL alumna Lara Urban is making a difference in the field of One Health.
2023
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Open data for biodiversity: an EMBL-EBI 2022 round-up
As major biodiversity projects ramp up, EMBL-EBI enables genomic data sharing for all species.
2023
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BIOcean5D targets marine biodiversity
EMBL hosts inaugural meeting for major interdisciplinary project designed to boost understanding of ocean life
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2023
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Darwin Tree of Life: first 500 genome assemblies released as project creates a buzz
We look back through some of the 2022 highlights from the Darwin Tree of Life project.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2023
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Understanding marine biodiversity across space, time, and human impacts
Europe-wide project studies coastal and marine biodiversity from viruses to whales
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2022
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Open science for climate justice
Our experts discuss the importance of open science for food security and preserving global biodiversity.
2022
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Biodiversity Genomics Europe: addressing biodiversity loss through genomics
European experts gather to launch a project that aims to characterise and conserve life on Earth using DNA data.
2022
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Priorities for ocean microbiome research
Microbial communities play essential roles in ocean ecology and planetary health. A recent publication highlights priorities for understanding and protecting ocean microbiomes.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2022
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Darwin Tree of Life at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition
A closer look at how genome sequencing is helping us protect biodiversity and our latest public engagement activities
2022
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A machine learning approach for allocating gene function
Researchers in the Ensembl team are making the most of machine learning methods to speed up genome annotation pipelines
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2022
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Safeguarding African biodiversity through genomics
The African BioGenome Project aims to safeguard biodiversity and build bioinformatics capacity across Africa
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2022
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New genetic data policy must promote biodiversity conservation
Scientists urge the adoption of a sensible international policy for digital sequence information.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2022
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Genomic data for biodiversity – a global challenge
An exploration of where in the world genomics methods are applied and where the data are used.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2022
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The Earth Biogenome Project: on track and ready to ramp up
On track to reach an ambitious goal of 3,000 genomes sequenced by the end of 2022, what’s next for the Earth Biogenome Project?
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2022
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A new era for European molecular biology
EMBL announces details about its next programme, ‘Molecules to Ecosystems’. It will guide studying life across scales and in context with changing environments.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2022
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Darwin Tree of Life in 2021: tireless fieldwork and the first beautiful genomes
A look back at some of the 2021 highlights from the Darwin Tree of Life partner institutes.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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Connecting the dots between bacterial genes around the world
Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg analysed a new global gene database to study how genes emerge and spread across various habitats on our planet. In the future, the group will expand the database and use it for studying microbial gene evolution and dispersal at a finer-grained scale.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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Addressing the biodiversity crisis with 12,000 reptiles – or one database
An alumnus reflects on the reptile database he started in 1996 while at EMBL. The database helps understand biodiversity issues.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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EMBL alum takes DNA sequencing to the field
EMBL alum Lara Urban has developed mobile DNA approaches to monitor impacts upon biodiversity in remote areas of New Zealand and elsewhere.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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Genomic sequencing to strengthen biodiversity
The Darwin Tree of Life project is an unprecedented initiative sequencing 70,000 species
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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Living laboratories
Under the innovative Planetary Biology research theme, EMBL scientists aim to understand life in the context of its environment.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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EMBL and Tara Ocean Foundation sail forward with formalised cooperation
The EMBL-Tara Ocean Foundation collaboration will expand opportunities to jointly explore molecular connections between ocean and humankind.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2021
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Understanding Earth’s oceans together
EMBL and EMBRC have signed a memorandum of understanding for increased scientific collaboration.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2021
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Darwin Tree of Life: looking back on 2020
Despite restrictions, 2020 has been a busy year for the Darwin Tree of Life Project. We take a look at some of this year’s achievements and highlights.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2020
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Science and society: global youth activism
At EMBL’s Science and Society conference, Ugandan campaigner Vanessa Nakate spoke about the need to take action on climate change.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2020
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Microbiomes help predict the future of the Atlantic
Microbiomes, plastics, and connectivity – AtlantECO aims to understand the fabric of the Atlantic Ocean.
CONNECTIONS2020
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Dinosaurs, dodos, and the future of life on Earth
EMBL’s 21st Science and Society Conference will address scientific and societal responses to mass extinctions. Ahead of his keynote speech, renowned palaeontologist Mike Benton explains how looking into the deep past can give us vital insights into the future of life on Earth.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2020
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Life with the endangered kākāpō
Using genomics to help endangered species
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2019
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The Arctic Ocean: reservoir of marine viruses
Results from the Tara Oceans expedition reveal the Arctic Ocean as a cradle of viral biodiversity
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2019
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Understanding soil through its microbiome
First global survey of soil genomics reveals a war between fungi and bacteria
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2018
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Science at sea
A talent for organisation has taken EMBL’s Steffi Kandels-Lewis across the globe
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2017
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Diving into Autumn
Participants learn about EMBL’s ocean biodiversity research at the Fall Gala
CONNECTIONS2016
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Marine mysteries
From the role of diatoms to how life evolved - scientists' pressing questions about life in the sea.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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Capturing marine biodiversity
Data from first ever worldwide Ocean Sampling Day will be shared via EMBL-EBI resources this autumn.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
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Whale bones and farm soil: Sequencing biodiversity
Instead of sequencing the genome of one organism, why not sequence a drop of sea water, a gram of farm soil or even a sunken whale skeleton? Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and their US collaborators have done just that, and the result is a new…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2005
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