Latest release of the Expression Atlas
Updates from data resources The latest Expression Atlas release is now live and contains a wider range of RNA-seq and proteomics datasets.
2023
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EMBL-EBI’s new building set to support data growth and innovative partnerships
Announcements, Lab Matters Construction begins on EMBL-EBI's new building named after Janet Thornton.
2023
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Bringing research on disordered proteins to order
Science, Technology and innovation A third of all known proteins are either completely or partially unstructured. EMBL scientists contributed to a new set of guidelines – Minimum Information About a Disorder Experiment (MIADE) – that will help researchers share data on unstructured proteins in a more useful way and will enable…
2023
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FAIRification framework: making your data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable
Perspectives 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
Science, Technology and innovation HoloFood, the first consistent collection of multiomic data about chicken and salmon gut microbiomes, set to enable the development of better animal feeds.
2023
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We are EMBL: Carolin Sauer on supporting cancer research
Lab Matters, Research highlights Postdoctoral researcher Carolin Sauer is leveraging long-read sequencing to develop new detection methods for various cancers.
2023
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What happens when chromosomes shatter
Research highlights Understanding chromothripsis offers insights into how cancer develops.
2023
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Shedding light on rare diseases: open data and model organisms
Perspectives, Science Why open data from model organisms is essential for rare disease research.
2023
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Europe PMC contributes to the Open Global Data Citation Corpus
Announcements The Open Global Data Citation Corpus will become a central place for research data citations, and include accession numbers supplied by Europe PMC.
2023
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Molecules to Ecosystems: Jo McEntyre on data services
Lab Matters, Perspectives Jo McEntyre talks about data services, open data and a new era for research assessment.
2023
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New EU-funded Project: Fragment-Screen
Lab Matters EMBL is one of the partners of this project that aims to accelerate drug discovery and development, bringing in expertise from EMBL Grenoble and EMBL-EBI.
2023
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Case study: AlphaFold uses open data and AI to discover the 3D protein universe
Perspectives, Science Open data played a pivotal role in the development of the AlphaFold AI. The same open principles now apply to AlphaFold predictions.
2023
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EMBL partners with UNESCO to drive progress on shared goals
Lab Matters New agreement with UN organisation will enable cooperation in the fields of open science, capacity building, and talent development
2023
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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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Developmental cell atlas uncovers new cell states
Research highlights, Science Unveiling a useful tool for understanding human lung development.
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
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ArrayExpress interface now retired
Updates from data resources Data continues to be available in BioStudies.
2022
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AlphaFold developers and EMBL alumnus among Breakthrough Prize recipients
Lab Matters Cell biologist Anthony Hyman and DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis and John Jumper were announced among 25 Breakthrough Prize recipients
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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AlphaFold predicts structure of almost every catalogued protein known to science
Science, Technology and innovation AlphaFold database offers a look at 3D protein universe.
2022
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Ensembl 107 has been released
Updates from data resources The Ensembl 107 release contains updates to regulatory annotations and updated vertebrate and metazoan species.
2022
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UKRI allocates funding for EMBL-EBI data resources
Announcements Funding set to support data resources for key areas of antimicrobial resistance, sustainable agriculture and biodiversity loss
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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Interpreting bioimages with deep learning
Perspectives, Science Virginie Uhlmann shares her tips for using deep learning for bioimage analysis in the life sciences.
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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Guy Cochrane appointed Executive Director of Global Biodata Coalition
Announcements The GBC is a coalition of life sciences and biomedical research funders that aims to optimise the funding and management of biodata resources worldwide. The organisation has two priority aims: to better coordinate and share approaches for efficient management and growth of the biodata…
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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Deep learning models help predict protein function
Perspectives, Science Deep learning models can improve protein annotations and has helped expand the Pfam database.
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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Genomic data for biodiversity – a global challenge
Perspectives, Science An exploration of where in the world genomics methods are applied and where the data are used.
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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Darwin Tree of Life in 2021: tireless fieldwork and the first beautiful genomes
Science A look back at some of the 2021 highlights from the Darwin Tree of Life partner institutes.
2021
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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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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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CRyPTIC: cataloguing drug resistance mutations in M. tuberculosis
Science Profiling M. tuberculosis strains from 27 countries to reveal causes of drug resistance.
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
lab-matters
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
Linking genetics and age-related diseases
Science Researchers have used human medical and genetic data from UK Biobank to investigate the genetics of age-related diseases
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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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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EMBL-EBI launches COVID-19 Data Portal
Science The new collaborative space will help scientists, public health and healthcare professionals around the world to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
2020
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EMBL-EBI leads International collaboration to share COVID-19 research data
Science EMBL-EBI set to launch European COVID-19 Data Platform to help store, share, and analyse research data linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020
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A new home for biological images
Science The BioImage Archive - EMBL-EBI's first dedicated imaging data resource
2019
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Sanofi joins Open Targets
Lab Matters Pharmaceutical company Sanofi strengthens drug targets discovery collaboration Open Targets
2018
lab-matters
The future of scientific publishing
Lab Matters Ioanna Ydraiou and Bernd Pulverer spoke about their view of challenges and opportunities of OA.
2018
lab-matters
BioModels performance boost, new model formats
Science New BioModels infrastructure supports significantly more model formats and offers improved search
2017
science
Welcome, Andrew Leach
Science Q&A with EMBL-EBI's Head of Chemical Biology data services
2017
science
HipSci: The human stem cell bank
Science Introducing one of the largest collections of high-quality human induced pluripotent stem cells
2017
science
Omnipath for signalling pathways
Science New method combines signalling pathway data resources to improve systems biology research
2016
science
BLUEPRINT project delivers
Science BLUEPRINT: EMBL-EBI and the push to decipher the blood epigenome
2016
science
What is the value of open data?
Lab Matters Independent analysis of EMBL-EBI underscores the value and impact of open data in the life sciences
2016
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Biogen joins CTTV
Lab Matters Pioneering target validation collaboration expands to accelerate drug discovery research.
2016
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