EMBL Sites

One laboratory. Six locations. Global reach.

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory is a single organisation spread across six European locations. Each of our sites hosts its own research units, services and facilities.

Sites

Barcelona

At EMBL Barcelona we study how tissues and organs develop and function in health and disease

Grenoble

EMBL's site in France is specialised in Structural Biology research, instrumentation development and services

Hamburg

EMBL Hamburg carries out research in structural and infection biology and provides related services

Heidelberg

EMBL’s headquarters and host to five research units and scientific core facilities

Hinxton

EMBL-EBI provides open data resources that enable discovery, and performs research in Computational Biology

Rome

EMBL’s site in Italy is a centre for research in Epigenetics and Neurobiology

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With support from more than 30 countries, laboratories at six sites across Europe and thousands of scientists and engineers working together, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is a powerhouse of biological expertise. EMBL is an intergovernmental organisation, headquartered in Heidelberg, and was founded in 1974 with the mission of promoting molecular biology research in Europe, training young scientists, and developing new technologies.

EMBL currently employs more than 1800 people in Barcelona, ​​Grenoble, Hamburg, Heidelberg, EMBL-EBI Hinxton (near Cambridge), and Rome.

Publishing hundreds of research articles and hosting dozens of conferences every year, EMBL is driving visionary fundamental research and training Europe’s future scientific talent.

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