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The European Molecular Biology Laboratory employs some of the greatest minds in European science. Our talent pool boasts biologists, engineers, IT professionals and countless other scientific specialisations. In addition, EMBL research has many practical and industrial applications

We harness EMBL’s entrepreneurial spirit through technology transfer programmes and technology spin-offs.

Technology transfer

EMBLEM

EMBL Enterprise Management Technology Transfer GmbH (EMBLEM) is an affiliate and the commercial arm of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). Established in 1999, EMBLEM identifies, protects and commercialises the intellectual property developed at EMBL, by EMBL alumni and by non-EMBL third parties. EMBLEM works closely with industrial partners in the biotech, IT and engineering markets to accelerate the transfer of innovative technology from basic research to industry.

EMBLEM manages a portfolio of close to 300 individual patents, patent applications, copyrights, trademarks and utility models. The technology portfolio, which spans the life sciences, includes enabling technologies, scientific instruments, molecular tools and techniques, as well as software programmes and databases.

EMBL Programmes

Corporate Partnership Programme

The Programme is designed to form and cultivate long-term, fruitful relationships between EMBL and top-class corporate partners.

EMBL-EBI Industry Programme

A forum for interaction and knowledge exchange for those employed at the forefront of industrial bioinformatics.

Open Targets

A freely-available, large-scale, multi-year, public-private partnership that uses human genetics and genomics data for systematic drug target identification and prioritisation.

Agri-Tech Partnership

The Agri-Tech Partnership establishes collaboration with domain experts in advanced agricultural technologies from both public and private sectors.

Venture capital

EMBL Ventures

Based in Heidelberg, Germany, EMBL Ventures invest throughout Europe to build companies that create significant commercial opportunities based on new therapeutic-treatment modalities and pharmaceuticals, next-generation enabling-technology platforms or innovations in the diagnostics and medical device area.

As an independent and focused team, EMBL Ventures moves quickly with short decision timelines.

Latest

Industry news from EMBL’s six sites

05 Aug 2026

EMBL participates in two new European Commission-funded widening research initiatives

New ‘teaming’ projects in genomic medicine and wastewater monitoring will serve important research needs in Portugal and Latvia.

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02 Jul 2026

Working together to facilitate BioSAXS experiments

Members of the McCarthy Team at EMBL Grenoble talk about BSxCuBE-Web, a web-based interface to automate BioSAXS experiments, and how the ARISE programme contributed to this project.

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12 Jun 2026

Inside the genome: insights from the ‘Brain (epi)genome’ conference

A recent EMBO workshop brought together researchers who are expanding our understanding of how layers of genetic and epigenetic regulation underlie critical brain functions.

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Latest Jobs

Storage Administrator

Technology in EMBL-EBI Hinxton

About the roleYou will be working closely with members of IT and Technical Services (ITS), and more widely with technical users across EMBL-EBI, you are responsible for the design, deployment, and operation of the substantial storage resources required to support the large data flows fundamental to...

Closes on 9th September. Posted 19th August 2026

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User Research Officer

Administrative and support in EMBL-EBI Hinxton

Your role Reporting to EMBL-EBI's Deputy Director, funded by Wellcome and working closely with senior colleagues responsible for data services, training, infrastructure development, in this role, you will work alongside colleagues in EMBL-EBI’s Global Engagement programme to:Develop a stakeholder ma...

Closes on 30th September. Posted 19th August 2026

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PA to Section Head

Administrative and support in EMBL-EBI Hinxton

Your role The Knowledge Management Section at EMBL-EBI is looking for an experienced and highly organised Personal Assistant to play a central role in supporting our Section Head, four Team Leaders and their teams.This is a varied and highly trusted role where no two days are quite the same. You wil...

Closes on 2nd September. Posted 19th August 2026

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About EMBL

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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