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Services

To offer vital services to scientists in the member states and beyond

EMBL’s scientific services encompass over 40 bioinformatics and data resources and over 20 experimental services in structural biology, imaging, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, in vivo gene editing, chemical biology, and mobile labs.

Each year, EMBL researchers find new ways to improve both the technological offerings to users as well as the way service is provided, such as enabling open access to an impressive array of bioinformatic tools. The year 2023 was no exception in its experimental services and facilities as well as its molecular data services.


“Through IMAGINE’S collaborative approach, we aim to build the imaging tools that take research to the next level and…develop technologies that quickly move from a research idea to actual use in open access infrastructures.”

– Jan Ellenberg, IMAGINE coordinator, Head of EMBL Cell Biology & Biophysics unit and EMBL Imaging Centre

Experimental services and facilities

EMBL coordinated a European Union grant (IMAGINE), which promises to lead to next-generation imaging technology to probe structure and function of biological specimens in their natural context. Additionally, EMBL brought cutting-edge technology directly to the field, helping researchers carry out advanced sample preparation, metadata acquisition, and analysis – immediately after sample collection, thanks to its new Advanced Mobile Laboratory and the TREC expedition.

Spotlight: seeing into the seas

A new EMBL-developed method can help identify and investigate plankton species in field samples faster, more accurately and with greater resolution.

This portal represents a significant advancement for the scientific community, providing a comprehensive platform for accessing and sharing vital genomic data…We can enhance our understanding of global biodiversity, linking data from various ecosystems to support more effective and informed conservation strategies worldwide.

— Camila Mazzoni, Group Leader, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research Berlin and Founding Chair of the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA)

Molecular data services

EMBL-EBI launched the Global Biodiversity Portal – an open access data portal that will consolidate genomic information from different biodiversity projects within the Earth BioGenome Project. Additionally, the HoloFood project launched the world’s first freely accessible data portal with comprehensive biomolecular data. Researchers can now explore microbial diversity in the chicken and salmon gut and study how changes in diet affect animal health. The data will be useful in developing better animal feed.

EMBL Scientific Services in Numbers

World-Class Experimental Services

EMBL experimental services support academic and industry users in Europe and beyond. 

3,900
Experimental services users
561
Scientific publications enabled

Openly Accessible Data Resources

EMBL-EBI maintains the world’s most comprehensive range of freely available and up-to-date molecular data resources.  Developed in collaboration with scientists worldwide, these open databases, tools, and software can be accessed by anyone around the world.

101.5 million
Requests to EMBL-EBI data resource websites on an average day
36.4 million
Unique IP addresses
>144,000
Scientific publications enabled by EMBL-EBI data resources
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