Machine learning to identify and prioritise drug targets
Science, Technology and innovation Open Targets is using artificial intelligence and machine learning to identify and prioritise drug targets.
2023
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EMBL-EBI databases considered critical to life sciences
Announcements, Science Open data resources that enable global research and development recognised by the Global Biodata Coalition.
2022
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Open science for climate justice
Perspectives, Science Our experts discuss the importance of open science for food security and preserving global biodiversity.
2022
perspectivesscience
Setting priorities for preprints and open science
Lab Matters Newly appointed member of the ASAPbio Board of Directors, EMBL Group Leader Gautam Dey speaks about preprints, data management, and open science.
2022
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AlphaFold: where will the next AI breakthrough come from?
Perspectives, Science Ewan Birney, Deputy Director General of EMBL and Director of EMBL-EBI, reveals the key factors that enabled AlphaFold to change the world of biology.
2022
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CNest: a new method for copy number variation analysis
Research highlights, Science 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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Welcome: Maria Papanikolaou
Lab Matters EMBL’s new archive and records manager, Maria Papanikolaou, explains the dual role she and an additional colleague will have in the Office of Science Information Management.
2022
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Fergal Martin – Eukaryotic Annotation Team Leader
Lab Matters Fergal Martin discusses the importance of open access data and his work in different biodiversity initiatives
2022
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Organisations should embrace open science faster – interview with Prof. Dame Janet Thornton
Lab Matters, Perspectives Janet Thornton, the inaugural winner of the FEBS Journal Open Science Award, explains the importance and impact of open science.
2022
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Europe PMC: Harnessing the power of text mining to accelerate life sciences research
Science, Technology and innovation How text mining collaborations benefit our research, data resources, and the wider scientific community.
2022
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Peter Harrison – Genome Analysis Team Leader
Lab Matters Peter Harrison discusses the importance of data accessibility and his passion for biodiversity and agricultural genomics.
2022
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“If you want science to move forward, you have to share it”
Lab Matters EMBO Director Fiona Watt discusses preprints, data sharing, and evaluation in light of EMBL’s new Open Science policy
2022
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The MANE collaboration: working together to support genome science
Research highlights, Science Researchers from the MANE collaboration bring you the most comprehensive human genome annotation dataset to date.
2022
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Genomic sequencing aids the global Tuberculosis fight
Perspectives, Science Zamin Iqbal and his team are working with researchers all over the globe to help put a stop to Tuberculosis
2022
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Darwin Tree of Life at EMBL-EBI: reaching the first major milestone
Announcements, Science Our researchers highlight their contributions to the Darwin Tree of Life project and how new genome annotations helps to further biodiversity research
2022
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Safeguarding African biodiversity through genomics
Perspectives, Science The African BioGenome Project aims to safeguard biodiversity and build bioinformatics capacity across Africa
2022
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Pfizer joins the Open Targets consortium
Announcements, Science Open Targets, a consortium focused on drug target identification, prioritisation, and validation, announced today that Pfizer has joined as a partner.
2022
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The Earth Biogenome Project: on track and ready to ramp up
Announcements, Science 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?
2022
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Welcome: Melissa Harrison
Lab Matters Melissa Harrison joins EMBL-EBI as the new Team Leader of Literature Services. We found out more about her plans for open access publishing and Europe PMC.
2022
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Open science at EMBL: a transparent way of working
Lab Matters EMBL announces the release of its new Open Science Policy, contributing to positive culture change across the life sciences.
2021
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Welcome: Tudor Groza
Lab Matters Tudor Groza joins EMBL-EBI as our new Phenomics Team Lead. We found out from Tudor exactly what this new role will entail
2021
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Open data on the rise: the value of EMBL-EBI data resources
Lab Matters Independent study reveals that EMBL-EBI open data resources are critical for the life sciences.
2021
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BY-COVID – a new EU project for pandemic preparedness
Science The BY-COVID project aims to make infectious disease data, including COVID-19, openly available to everyone.
2021
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The human genome, data sharing, and drug discovery: a career profile with Ian Dunham
Lab Matters Ian Dunham walks us through his career so far including working on the human genome project, seeing his work on the cover of Nature and his current role as Director of Open Targets.
2021
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Organoids and machine learning: image analysis software developed during lockdown
Science MOrgAna is an open source, user-friendly, modular software that is able to analyse organoids with machine learning.
2021
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3D-Beacons Network: protein structure data, all in one place
Science 3D-Beacons Network acts as a one-stop shop for protein structures by combining and standardising data from several providers.
2021
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DeepMind and EMBL release the most complete database of predicted 3D structures of human proteins
Science Partners use AlphaFold, the AI system recognised last year as a solution to the protein structure prediction problem, to release more than 350,000 protein structure predictions including the entire human proteome to the scientific community.
2021
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Accessible 3D protein models to accelerate scientific discovery
Science DeepMind and EMBL-EBI to make millions of protein structure predictions freely available to the scientific community.
2021
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Great expectations – the potential impacts of AlphaFold DB
Science A discussion of the applications that AlphaFold DB may enable and the possible impact of the resource on science and society.
2021
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The PROTACtable genome – a new route to drug discovery
Science Researchers establish a framework for identifying new drugs capable of exploiting a cell’s own machinery.
2021
science
The value of open data for Latin American science
Science Scientists from the CABANA project explore how open data is benefiting global research efforts.
2021
science
Show your support for open COVID-19 data
Lab Matters Open letter galvanises life science community in support of open COVID-19 data
2021
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Repurposing bioinformatics tools to tackle the pandemic
Science Bioinformaticians at EMBL-EBI and beyond are adapting computational tools to investigate coronavirus genomes and proteins.
2020
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Bringing AI out of the black box
Lab Matters Why should researchers make artificial intelligence more transparent and how can they do it?
2020
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EOSC: shaping Europe’s digital future
Lab Matters EMBL’s Rupert Lück is engaged in developing the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC): the infrastructure that will support the future of data sharing and analysis in Europe.
2020
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Open data sharing accelerates COVID-19 research
Science Open access data benefits millions of scientists around the world and is essential for a rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020
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Achieving personalised therapeutics
Lab Matters A decadal roadmap points the way to cell-based medicine for Europe
2020
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Welcome: Bastian Drees
Lab Matters Bastian Drees is a biophysicist turned librarian, who joined EMBL in January as the new Head of Library. Here, he discusses the changing role of libraries and how they can help scientists organise and share their results.
2020
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Marking 40 years of the Szilárd Library
Lab Matters The Szilárd Library celebrates its 40th anniversary on 20 November 2019.
2019
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Facilitating transcontinental human data exchange
Science Federated data sharing will now be possible on an unprecedented scale
2019
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The future of scientific publishing
Lab Matters Ioanna Ydraiou and Bernd Pulverer spoke about their view of challenges and opportunities of OA.
2018
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Open access: transforming science
Lab Matters EMBL’s new open access policy aims to make EMBL research widely and freely accessible.
2015
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Become a member of Euro-BioImaging
Lab Matters Euro-BioImaging, the pan-European open access research infrastructure for biological and medical imaging technologies, invites leading European imaging facilities to submit proposals to participate. Applications to become a Euro-BioImaging node will be reviewed by a board of independent…
2013
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Better imaging from bench to bedside
Science From microscopy to computer tomography (CT) scans, imaging plays an important role in biological and biomedical research, but obtaining high-quality images often requires advanced technology and expertise, and can be costly. Euro-BioImaging, a project which launches its preparatory phase today,…
2010
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Open access to large-scale drug discovery data
Lab Matters The Wellcome Trust has awarded £4.7 million (€5.8 million) to EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) to support the transfer of a large collection of information on the properties and activities of drugs and a large set of drug-like small molecules from the publicly listed…
2008
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EMBL-EBI and collaborators win bid to run UK PubMed Central
Lab Matters Scientists will be able to access a vast collection of biomedical research at the touch of a button thanks to a major new initiative that aims to promote the free transfer of ideas in a bid to speed up scientific discovery. Based on a model currently used in the United States, UK PubMed Central…
2006
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A brighter future for Europe’s favourite molecular biology software package
Lab Matters EMBOSS, the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite, has received a vital funding boost from the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) that will guarantee its continued maintenance under an open source license for the next three years. This ends two years of…
2006
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