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EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) provides open biological data resources and tools, and performs basic research in computational biology. https://www.ebi.ac.uk/
Welcome, Alex Picchianti, our new Head of Infrastructure Services!
Find out how his experience working with UK national IT systems will help shape the infrastructure that powers EMBL-EBI’s data and services.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/p...
Find out how his experience working with UK national IT systems will help shape the infrastructure that powers EMBL-EBI’s data and services.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/p...
February 12, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Welcome, Alex Picchianti, our new Head of Infrastructure Services!
Find out how his experience working with UK national IT systems will help shape the infrastructure that powers EMBL-EBI’s data and services.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/p...
Find out how his experience working with UK national IT systems will help shape the infrastructure that powers EMBL-EBI’s data and services.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/p...
🐟📊 Tiny fish, big lessons: medaka fish help scientists explore how genes and environment interact. Results helped explain complex traits in other species, including humans.
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#Genomics #Bioinformatics #GeneEnvironment
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#Genomics #Bioinformatics #GeneEnvironment
February 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
🐟📊 Tiny fish, big lessons: medaka fish help scientists explore how genes and environment interact. Results helped explain complex traits in other species, including humans.
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#Genomics #Bioinformatics #GeneEnvironment
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#Genomics #Bioinformatics #GeneEnvironment
We’re hiring: Research Group Leader in computational biology.
Are you generating more research ideas than you can explore? Lead cutting-edge AI & biology research at EMBL-EBI.
Apply by 11 April 2026: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
#ScienceCareers @ewaldlab.org @embl.org
Are you generating more research ideas than you can explore? Lead cutting-edge AI & biology research at EMBL-EBI.
Apply by 11 April 2026: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
#ScienceCareers @ewaldlab.org @embl.org
February 10, 2026 at 11:31 AM
We’re hiring: Research Group Leader in computational biology.
Are you generating more research ideas than you can explore? Lead cutting-edge AI & biology research at EMBL-EBI.
Apply by 11 April 2026: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
#ScienceCareers @ewaldlab.org @embl.org
Are you generating more research ideas than you can explore? Lead cutting-edge AI & biology research at EMBL-EBI.
Apply by 11 April 2026: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
#ScienceCareers @ewaldlab.org @embl.org
During the COVID-19 pandemic, genomic studies generated huge amounts of data that were difficult to analyse.
Our researchers developed new methods to accurately reconstruct the phylogenetic tree of more than 2 million SARS-CoV-2 genomes 🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@nicolademaio.bsky.social
Our researchers developed new methods to accurately reconstruct the phylogenetic tree of more than 2 million SARS-CoV-2 genomes 🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@nicolademaio.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 11:34 AM
During the COVID-19 pandemic, genomic studies generated huge amounts of data that were difficult to analyse.
Our researchers developed new methods to accurately reconstruct the phylogenetic tree of more than 2 million SARS-CoV-2 genomes 🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@nicolademaio.bsky.social
Our researchers developed new methods to accurately reconstruct the phylogenetic tree of more than 2 million SARS-CoV-2 genomes 🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@nicolademaio.bsky.social
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Have you ever paused and wondered about the many different ways in which computing infrastructure and activities impact the environment?
@loiclnlg.bsky.social and our own Flaminia Zane have created a free guide dedicated to sustainable computing in science: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...
🧬🖥️📊🌱
@loiclnlg.bsky.social and our own Flaminia Zane have created a free guide dedicated to sustainable computing in science: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...
🧬🖥️📊🌱
February 3, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Have you ever paused and wondered about the many different ways in which computing infrastructure and activities impact the environment?
@loiclnlg.bsky.social and our own Flaminia Zane have created a free guide dedicated to sustainable computing in science: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...
🧬🖥️📊🌱
@loiclnlg.bsky.social and our own Flaminia Zane have created a free guide dedicated to sustainable computing in science: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...
🧬🖥️📊🌱
Meet Leonie Johanna Lorenz 🇩🇪, a Predoctoral Fellow at EMBL-EBI who is bringing mathematical modelling to microbes.
Find out more about how Leonie’s passion for modelling patterns extends from bacterial evolution to sewing 🧵
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/p...
Find out more about how Leonie’s passion for modelling patterns extends from bacterial evolution to sewing 🧵
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/p...
February 2, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Meet Leonie Johanna Lorenz 🇩🇪, a Predoctoral Fellow at EMBL-EBI who is bringing mathematical modelling to microbes.
Find out more about how Leonie’s passion for modelling patterns extends from bacterial evolution to sewing 🧵
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/p...
Find out more about how Leonie’s passion for modelling patterns extends from bacterial evolution to sewing 🧵
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/p...
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🚀 InterPro 108.0 is live!
✨ Updated to Pfam 38.1 and NCBIFam 18.0
✨ 1,911 InterPro entries
Explore the latest annotations and discover new protein insights.
Explore it now: www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/
✨ Updated to Pfam 38.1 and NCBIFam 18.0
✨ 1,911 InterPro entries
Explore the latest annotations and discover new protein insights.
Explore it now: www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/
January 30, 2026 at 7:10 AM
🚀 InterPro 108.0 is live!
✨ Updated to Pfam 38.1 and NCBIFam 18.0
✨ 1,911 InterPro entries
Explore the latest annotations and discover new protein insights.
Explore it now: www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/
✨ Updated to Pfam 38.1 and NCBIFam 18.0
✨ 1,911 InterPro entries
Explore the latest annotations and discover new protein insights.
Explore it now: www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/
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IntAct release 252 is out! 1,787,152 binary interactions from 23,889 manually curated publications www.ebi.ac.uk/intact/about... (in sync with UniProt release 2025_04)
January 28, 2026 at 10:51 AM
IntAct release 252 is out! 1,787,152 binary interactions from 23,889 manually curated publications www.ebi.ac.uk/intact/about... (in sync with UniProt release 2025_04)
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DECIPHER version 11.37 has been released. See the new features at www.deciphergenomics.org #variantinterpretation
January 28, 2026 at 12:46 PM
DECIPHER version 11.37 has been released. See the new features at www.deciphergenomics.org #variantinterpretation
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The Perturbation Catalogue is live! 🧬🔎🖥️
It aims to bring genetic perturbation data into one curated, harmonised, and discoverable platform.
Take a look! www.ebi.ac.uk/perturbation...
It aims to bring genetic perturbation data into one curated, harmonised, and discoverable platform.
Take a look! www.ebi.ac.uk/perturbation...
January 27, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The Perturbation Catalogue is live! 🧬🔎🖥️
It aims to bring genetic perturbation data into one curated, harmonised, and discoverable platform.
Take a look! www.ebi.ac.uk/perturbation...
It aims to bring genetic perturbation data into one curated, harmonised, and discoverable platform.
Take a look! www.ebi.ac.uk/perturbation...
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Discover how to use the redesigned Perturbation Catalogue in our how-to video: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve...
Let us introduce you to genetic perturbations, the challenges associated with data accessibility and standardisation, and how the Perturbation Catalogue aims to address these issues.
🧬🖥️📊
Let us introduce you to genetic perturbations, the challenges associated with data accessibility and standardisation, and how the Perturbation Catalogue aims to address these issues.
🧬🖥️📊
January 28, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Discover how to use the redesigned Perturbation Catalogue in our how-to video: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve...
Let us introduce you to genetic perturbations, the challenges associated with data accessibility and standardisation, and how the Perturbation Catalogue aims to address these issues.
🧬🖥️📊
Let us introduce you to genetic perturbations, the challenges associated with data accessibility and standardisation, and how the Perturbation Catalogue aims to address these issues.
🧬🖥️📊
🔬New Perturbation Catalogue update!
With a redesigned interface, richer datasets and powerful analysis workflows, it’s now easier than ever to explore genetic perturbation data. www.ebi.ac.uk/perturbation...
#Bioinformatics #FunctionalGenomics
@training.ebi.embl.org @opentargets.org
With a redesigned interface, richer datasets and powerful analysis workflows, it’s now easier than ever to explore genetic perturbation data. www.ebi.ac.uk/perturbation...
#Bioinformatics #FunctionalGenomics
@training.ebi.embl.org @opentargets.org
January 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM
🔬New Perturbation Catalogue update!
With a redesigned interface, richer datasets and powerful analysis workflows, it’s now easier than ever to explore genetic perturbation data. www.ebi.ac.uk/perturbation...
#Bioinformatics #FunctionalGenomics
@training.ebi.embl.org @opentargets.org
With a redesigned interface, richer datasets and powerful analysis workflows, it’s now easier than ever to explore genetic perturbation data. www.ebi.ac.uk/perturbation...
#Bioinformatics #FunctionalGenomics
@training.ebi.embl.org @opentargets.org
🚀New @IHIEurope project launched: LIGAND-AI.
Led by @thesgconline & @Pfizer_UK, the project will generate open protein-ligand interaction datasets to power AI models for drug discovery.
EMBL-EBI will archive data & integrate results into @ChEMBL.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...
#OpenData
Led by @thesgconline & @Pfizer_UK, the project will generate open protein-ligand interaction datasets to power AI models for drug discovery.
EMBL-EBI will archive data & integrate results into @ChEMBL.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...
#OpenData
Powering drug discovery through AI-ready protein–ligand data
LIGAND-AI set to generate open, standardised, high-quality datasets of protein–ligand interactions at an unprecedented scale.
www.ebi.ac.uk
January 26, 2026 at 4:29 PM
🚀New @IHIEurope project launched: LIGAND-AI.
Led by @thesgconline & @Pfizer_UK, the project will generate open protein-ligand interaction datasets to power AI models for drug discovery.
EMBL-EBI will archive data & integrate results into @ChEMBL.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...
#OpenData
Led by @thesgconline & @Pfizer_UK, the project will generate open protein-ligand interaction datasets to power AI models for drug discovery.
EMBL-EBI will archive data & integrate results into @ChEMBL.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...
#OpenData
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Recruitment for the EMBL International PhD Programme is officially open! 🔊
At EMBL, we train young scientists to become skilled and creative future leaders in academia, industry and other sectors. Start your career in the life sciences with us!
🔎 Read more here:
tinyurl.com/4jdt2ra5
At EMBL, we train young scientists to become skilled and creative future leaders in academia, industry and other sectors. Start your career in the life sciences with us!
🔎 Read more here:
tinyurl.com/4jdt2ra5
January 26, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Recruitment for the EMBL International PhD Programme is officially open! 🔊
At EMBL, we train young scientists to become skilled and creative future leaders in academia, industry and other sectors. Start your career in the life sciences with us!
🔎 Read more here:
tinyurl.com/4jdt2ra5
At EMBL, we train young scientists to become skilled and creative future leaders in academia, industry and other sectors. Start your career in the life sciences with us!
🔎 Read more here:
tinyurl.com/4jdt2ra5
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EMBL is deeply saddened by the passing of our Interim Director General Peer Bork, a pioneering scientist who left an indelible imprint on life science research in Europe and beyond.
We extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
www.embl.org/news/people-...
We extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
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January 22, 2026 at 7:40 AM
EMBL is deeply saddened by the passing of our Interim Director General Peer Bork, a pioneering scientist who left an indelible imprint on life science research in Europe and beyond.
We extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
www.embl.org/news/people-...
We extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
www.embl.org/news/people-...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) contributes to millions of deaths worldwide. Understanding how resistance spreads depends on access to AMR data.
The Lancet Microbe highlights EMBL-EBI’s AMR Portal and how it aligns with the WHO's plan to address AMR worldwide.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The Lancet Microbe highlights EMBL-EBI’s AMR Portal and how it aligns with the WHO's plan to address AMR worldwide.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
January 14, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) contributes to millions of deaths worldwide. Understanding how resistance spreads depends on access to AMR data.
The Lancet Microbe highlights EMBL-EBI’s AMR Portal and how it aligns with the WHO's plan to address AMR worldwide.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The Lancet Microbe highlights EMBL-EBI’s AMR Portal and how it aligns with the WHO's plan to address AMR worldwide.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
From showing that leukemia is 11 different diseases to developing an AI that can predict the risks of 1000 diseases, our alumnus @moritzgerstung.bsky.social is pushing the boundaries of AI and bioinformatics.
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January 13, 2026 at 10:02 AM
From showing that leukemia is 11 different diseases to developing an AI that can predict the risks of 1000 diseases, our alumnus @moritzgerstung.bsky.social is pushing the boundaries of AI and bioinformatics.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/p...
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/p...
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Introducing the official Open Targets Platform Model Context Protocol 🧬🖥️
In partnership with @anthropic.com, we’ve created an MCP server making Open Targets Platform data accessible to AI-powered tools and agents
Try it out and watch out for future releases: mcp.platform.opentargets.org/mcp
In partnership with @anthropic.com, we’ve created an MCP server making Open Targets Platform data accessible to AI-powered tools and agents
Try it out and watch out for future releases: mcp.platform.opentargets.org/mcp
January 12, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Introducing the official Open Targets Platform Model Context Protocol 🧬🖥️
In partnership with @anthropic.com, we’ve created an MCP server making Open Targets Platform data accessible to AI-powered tools and agents
Try it out and watch out for future releases: mcp.platform.opentargets.org/mcp
In partnership with @anthropic.com, we’ve created an MCP server making Open Targets Platform data accessible to AI-powered tools and agents
Try it out and watch out for future releases: mcp.platform.opentargets.org/mcp
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🛎️🛎️ Looking for a postdoctoral fellowship? Interested in tackling real-world challenges?
Then check out EMBL's EIPOD-LinC fellowships. Gain transferable skills and work on self-designed projects to make a lasting impact on global issues.
📆 Closing date: 2 February
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Then check out EMBL's EIPOD-LinC fellowships. Gain transferable skills and work on self-designed projects to make a lasting impact on global issues.
📆 Closing date: 2 February
www.embl.org/about/info/p...
January 7, 2026 at 8:36 AM
🛎️🛎️ Looking for a postdoctoral fellowship? Interested in tackling real-world challenges?
Then check out EMBL's EIPOD-LinC fellowships. Gain transferable skills and work on self-designed projects to make a lasting impact on global issues.
📆 Closing date: 2 February
www.embl.org/about/info/p...
Then check out EMBL's EIPOD-LinC fellowships. Gain transferable skills and work on self-designed projects to make a lasting impact on global issues.
📆 Closing date: 2 February
www.embl.org/about/info/p...
Great science thrives on sharing knowledge across borders, and the EMBL Sabbatical Fellowship Programme helps make that possible.
We're excited to host Natalie Twine from CSIRO. Learn about her time at EMBL-EBI and the Sabbatical Fellowship Programme👇
We're excited to host Natalie Twine from CSIRO. Learn about her time at EMBL-EBI and the Sabbatical Fellowship Programme👇
EMBL’s Sabbatical Fellowship Programme is slowly growing, attracting participants from around the world with its collaborative insights and access to world-class technologies.
www.embl.org/news/connect...
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A lab away from home | EMBL
The EMBL Sabbatical Fellowship Programme keeps growing, offering participants collaborative insights and access to world-class technology.
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January 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Great science thrives on sharing knowledge across borders, and the EMBL Sabbatical Fellowship Programme helps make that possible.
We're excited to host Natalie Twine from CSIRO. Learn about her time at EMBL-EBI and the Sabbatical Fellowship Programme👇
We're excited to host Natalie Twine from CSIRO. Learn about her time at EMBL-EBI and the Sabbatical Fellowship Programme👇
Closing out 2025 after a year driven by biological data and global collaboration.
We’re taking a short break. Back in January with more open data, research and training.
See you in 2026 💫
#Bioinformatics #OpenScience
We’re taking a short break. Back in January with more open data, research and training.
See you in 2026 💫
#Bioinformatics #OpenScience
December 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Closing out 2025 after a year driven by biological data and global collaboration.
We’re taking a short break. Back in January with more open data, research and training.
See you in 2026 💫
#Bioinformatics #OpenScience
We’re taking a short break. Back in January with more open data, research and training.
See you in 2026 💫
#Bioinformatics #OpenScience
Understanding how the human reproductive system forms is essential to addressing fertility challenges, congenital conditions, and more.
A new single-cell atlas sheds light on the processes that shape our reproductive organs.
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@sangerinstitute.bsky.social
A new single-cell atlas sheds light on the processes that shape our reproductive organs.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/r...
@sangerinstitute.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Understanding how the human reproductive system forms is essential to addressing fertility challenges, congenital conditions, and more.
A new single-cell atlas sheds light on the processes that shape our reproductive organs.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/r...
@sangerinstitute.bsky.social
A new single-cell atlas sheds light on the processes that shape our reproductive organs.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/r...
@sangerinstitute.bsky.social
The new ShapeEmbed deep learning method helps quantify shapes in bioimages 🔬
It learns to encode 2D object outlines into descriptors that are invariant to several geometric transformations.
Great for robust cell shape analysis, classification & exploring phenotypes.
neurips.cc/virtual/2025...
It learns to encode 2D object outlines into descriptors that are invariant to several geometric transformations.
Great for robust cell shape analysis, classification & exploring phenotypes.
neurips.cc/virtual/2025...
December 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The new ShapeEmbed deep learning method helps quantify shapes in bioimages 🔬
It learns to encode 2D object outlines into descriptors that are invariant to several geometric transformations.
Great for robust cell shape analysis, classification & exploring phenotypes.
neurips.cc/virtual/2025...
It learns to encode 2D object outlines into descriptors that are invariant to several geometric transformations.
Great for robust cell shape analysis, classification & exploring phenotypes.
neurips.cc/virtual/2025...
Our collaborative artwork is finished 🎉
Created to mark the opening of the new Thornton Building, this piece celebrates the diversity and richness of the biological data held in EMBL-EBI’s 40+ open data resources.
A huge thanks to everyone who picked up a pen to bring this design to life!
Created to mark the opening of the new Thornton Building, this piece celebrates the diversity and richness of the biological data held in EMBL-EBI’s 40+ open data resources.
A huge thanks to everyone who picked up a pen to bring this design to life!
December 11, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Our collaborative artwork is finished 🎉
Created to mark the opening of the new Thornton Building, this piece celebrates the diversity and richness of the biological data held in EMBL-EBI’s 40+ open data resources.
A huge thanks to everyone who picked up a pen to bring this design to life!
Created to mark the opening of the new Thornton Building, this piece celebrates the diversity and richness of the biological data held in EMBL-EBI’s 40+ open data resources.
A huge thanks to everyone who picked up a pen to bring this design to life!
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🎉 Congrats to Isidro Cortés-Ciriano and Wojciech Galej on receiving ERC Consolidator Grants!
🧬 Cortés-Ciriano (EMBL-EBI) will receive €2M to study genomic rearrangements in cancer.
🧵 Galej (EMBL Grenoble) will receive €2M to explore RNA splicing.
Learn more: www.embl.org/news/awards-...
🧬 Cortés-Ciriano (EMBL-EBI) will receive €2M to study genomic rearrangements in cancer.
🧵 Galej (EMBL Grenoble) will receive €2M to explore RNA splicing.
Learn more: www.embl.org/news/awards-...
December 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
🎉 Congrats to Isidro Cortés-Ciriano and Wojciech Galej on receiving ERC Consolidator Grants!
🧬 Cortés-Ciriano (EMBL-EBI) will receive €2M to study genomic rearrangements in cancer.
🧵 Galej (EMBL Grenoble) will receive €2M to explore RNA splicing.
Learn more: www.embl.org/news/awards-...
🧬 Cortés-Ciriano (EMBL-EBI) will receive €2M to study genomic rearrangements in cancer.
🧵 Galej (EMBL Grenoble) will receive €2M to explore RNA splicing.
Learn more: www.embl.org/news/awards-...