Our mission is to empower our users by providing a state-of-the-art, affordable and easy-to-use IT environment.
EMBL Heidelberg IT Services provide IT infrastructure, services and support to EMBL’s scientific community, administration, and scientific and technical support teams in Heidelberg, Rome and Barcelona, as well as to EMBL’s sister organisation, EMBO. Our mission is to enable our users to reach their objectives by providing a state-of-the-art, affordable and easy-to-use IT environment.
The year 2024 marks not only the 50th anniversary of EMBL’s founding but also the 10th anniversary of the traineeship collaboration between EMBL IT Services and University College Cork (UCC), Ireland.
IT Services teams across EMBL have been focussing on reducing their energy consumption with impressive results, supporting our budgets and sustainability.
At EMBL Heidelberg, IT Services has sought to attract women in its recruitment. Currently, women make up about a sixth of the Heidelberg IT services team.
EMBL’s Rupert Lück is engaged in developing the European Open Science Cloud: the infrastructure that will support the future of data sharing and analysis in Europe.