Science & Technology Right from the early days of DNA sequencing, EMBL’s scientists have been instrumental in helping the world understand, decode, archive, and manipulate genomes at scale and across many branches of the evolutionary tree, a task they continue to excel at today.
2024
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People & Perspectives Ewan Birney reflects on his time at EMBL and the development of the organisation through a commitment to open data and nurturing scientific talent.
2024
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EMBL-EBI's Senior Management Team announces new appointment and title changes.
2024
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL stands as a leader, exemplifying how to harmoniously integrate AI in research and through its delivery of data services.
2023
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives On the 20th anniversary of the Human Genome Project, we look back at its history, wonder and potential.
2023
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Scientists have the technology to edit the human genome. But when should they, and who contributes to these decisions?
2023
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Using Oxford Nanopore long-read sequencing, EMBL scientists sequenced a primary childhood brain tumour known as a medulloblastoma, uncovering a novel complex mutation pattern.
2023
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Science & Technology A new method for the robust analysis of copy number variation and used UK Biobank data to identify links between genome and disease.
2022
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Science & Technology DeepMind visits EMBL Heidelberg to discuss current and future implications of Artificial Intelligence for life science research.
2022
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Science & Technology An international team of scientists involving Ewan Birney's group has investigated the function of a complex mesh of muscle fibres that line the inner surface of the heart.
2020
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Science & Technology Today we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first draft of the entire human genome.
2020
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Lab Matters Enhancing the world's bioinformatics infrastructure
2019
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Science & Technology New mechanism revealed
2017
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Global Alliance for Genomics and Health chose Birney to lead efforts to bring genomics to the clinic
2016
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Science & Technology Largest-ever study of breast cancer genomes reveals new genes and mutations
2016
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Lab Matters Award acknowledges leadership in gender equality on the Wellcome Genome Campus
2016
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Connections Find out what’s in store at the 2016 Core Technologies for the Life Sciences meeting.
2015
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ConnectionsLab Matters Identifying evidence-based relationships between drug targets and diseases.
2015
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Connections Connecting entrepreneurs and world leaders in genomics to address opportunities and challenges.
2015
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Ewan Birney on the risks, rewards and realities of studying humans as a model species.
2015
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Science & Technology Evaluation of MinION™ sequencer finds performance and reliability consistently good.
2015
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
2015
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Lab Matters Staff gather to celebrate Janet Thorton's 14 years as Director of EMBL-EBI.
2015
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Science & Technology Researchers at EMBL-EBI speed up complex GWAS analyses with new method and algorithm.
2015
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Lab Matters CERN openlab enters a new phase, expanding to include EMBL-EBI and other public research organisations.
2015
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EMBL’s corporate partners zoom in on big data and bioimaging.
2015
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Lab Matters Rolf Apweiler and Ewan Birney appointed Joint Directors of EMBL-EBI, as Janet Thornton steps down.
2015
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Lab Matters Jeffrey Barrett appointed Director of CTTV, the GSK, EMBL-EBI and Sanger Institute partnership.
2015
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Lab Matters A blog extract by Ewan Birney reflects on the challenges of moving a massive data-centre.
2015
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Lab Matters Pathfinding – poetic and practical – was a common theme in blogs from the EMBL network.
2014
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Lab Matters Artist Stephen Wright gifts artwork inspired by DNA storage research to EMBL-EBI.
2014
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Lab Matters "Thank you, EMBL, for changing my life" – reunion celebrates great science and great scientists
2014
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Lab Matters New genomics API allows researchers to share anonymised genetic data seamlessly across platforms.
2014
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Lab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards - meet the latest honourees
2014
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ConnectionsLab Matters A new EMBL-EBI biomedical initiative works to determine the best target proteins for new drugs.
2014
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Connections Teaming up in Ireland to address big challenges in biology
2014
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