Research

From genomes to organisms, EMBL is exploring the secrets of life

EMBL's approach to biological research is unique. With six European sites specialising in diverse areas of biology, the strength of the laboratory is in its interdisciplinary collaborations. From genes to whole organisms, from chemistry to computational biology, EMBL's diverse research programme is pushing the limits of biological knowledge, with our researchers developing innovative techniques and technologies as part of the process.

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EMBL Research Programme

Renewed every five years, the Programme guides EMBL to push boundaries in research, services, training and technology.

Interdisciplinary Research

EMBL’s interdisciplinary structure is ideally suited to tackle the challenge of studying and understanding biological systems in their full complexity.

Research units

Bioinformatics research

Researchers at EMBL-EBI make sense of vast, complex biological datasets produced using new and emerging technologies in molecular biology.

Cell biology and biophysics

Scientists in this unit use multidisciplinary approaches to investigate the molecular and biophysical mechanisms that enable cells to function.

Developmental biology

Scientists in the Developmental biology unit seek to understand the fundamental principles that govern multicellular development.

Directors' research

This unit covers thematically distinct research groups, headed by EMBL and EMBO leadership.

Genome biology

The Genome biology unit uses and develops cutting-edge methods to study how the information in our genome is regulated, processed, and utilised, and how its alteration leads to disease.

Structural and computational biology

Scientists in this unit use integrated structural and computational techniques to study biology at scales from molecular structures to organismal communities.

Structural biology

At its sites in Hamburg and Grenoble, EMBL provides its researchers and hundreds of external users each year with access to world-leading sources of X-ray and neutron radiation, enabling them to study the structures of biological molecules.

Tissue biology and disease modelling

Scientists at EMBL Barcelona use advanced technologies to observe, manipulate, and model how changes in genes percolate through cells, tissues, and organs, in health and disease.

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Topics

Cells

Understanding how cells work and how they are organised

Chemistry

Chemical tools to answer biological questions

Bioinformatics

Computing to analyse data from a range of biological experiments

Development

How a single cell becomes a multicellular organism

Disease models

Cell and statistical approaches to better understand diseases

Genomes

Studying the genetic blueprint that coordinates all cellular processes

Imaging

Cutting-edge technology, zooming into life at the tiniest scales

Tissues

How biological tissues develop, work, regenerate, and heal

Faculty

EMBL has a long-standing tradition of scientific excellence that builds on highly interactive research Units and takes pride in the level of collaborative work engaged in by its Groups and Teams, involving both EMBL-internal and external collaborators.

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