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Staff, alumni and guests gathering behind Hinxton Hall. PHOTO: ROBERT SLOWLEY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The event \u2013 one of many celebrating EMBL’s 40th anniversary<\/a> and EMBO’s 50 years<\/a> of scientific excellence \u2013 was kicked off by presentations from EMBL Director General Iain Mattaj, EMBL-EBI Employee No. 1 Graham Cameron and first Head of Research Michael Ashburner, EMBL-EBI Head of Administration Mark Green and EMBL-EBI Director Janet Thornton. Guest speakers included Anne Ferguson-Smith of the University of Cambridge, Ian Bird of CERN, Nicky Mulder of the University of Capetown and Jim Crilly of Unilever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Janet
EMBL-EBI Director Janet Thornton. PHOTO: ROBERT SLOWLEY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Nicolas
Alumnus Nicolas LeNov\u00e8re, group leader Sarah Teichmann and CERN’s Iain Bird. PHOTO: ROBERT SLOWLEY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Our staff were joined by over fifty alumni, including dynamic speakers Chris Sander and Nicolas LeNov\u00e8re, to discuss everything from \u201cblue skies\u201d research to intellectual property. We were treated to a rollicking performance by science comedian Robin Ince, who was invited by the EMBL-EBI Staff Association. Ince also chaired a panel on challenges in collaborative discovery: women in science, science communities in the developing world, industry and academia and shared research infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Martin
Science comedian Martin Ince. PHOTO: ROBERT SLOWLEY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Captivated
Captivated audience. PHOTO: ROBERT SLOWLEY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

EMBL-EBI began with the creation of the world’s first nucleotide sequence database at EMBL Heidelberg in 1980. In 1992, EMBL Council decided to locate EMBL-EBI on the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus alongside the major sequencing efforts of the Sanger Centre, and in September 1994 the new institute opened its doors. Since then, EMBL-EBI has played a major part in the bioinformatics revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"All
All at EMBL-EBI, 2014. PHOTO: ROBERT SLOWLEY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You can find anniversary photos and video on the EMBL-EBI website: http:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/about\/events\/20th-anniversary<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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On 12 June 2014, EMBL-EBI celebrated its 20th anniversary with a day of inspiring talks and fun activities on the Genome Campus. 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