Belgian PhD student decodes DNA and wins a Bitcoin
Nick Goldman of EMBL-EBI issued a challenge in 2015. In 2018, a winner emerged just in time.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2018
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Curious genomes
What are the strangest genomes in EMBL-EBI's Ensembl?
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2017
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Welcome, Andrew Leach
Q&A with EMBL-EBI's Head of Chemical Biology data services
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
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Welcome: Evangelia Petsalaki
A new group at EMBL-EBI aims to decipher cell signalling networks
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
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UK Biobank partners with the EGA
Genetic data from a major cohort now distributed via EMBL-EBI
CONNECTIONS2017
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Human Cell Atlas data platform kicks off
EMBL-EBI, the Broad and UCSC Genomics Institute to build Data Coordination Platform with CZI support
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2017
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Reflections by Sir John Kendrew
In this interview from the EMBL Archive, Sir John Kendrew reflects on his time leading 'the Lab'.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
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Genetics of ‘room-mate’ influences health
Healing and anxiety are influenced by the genetics of one’s social partners
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2017
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Buffering mechanism protects embryonic development
New mechanism revealed
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2017
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Happy anniversary, PDBe!
Ewan Birney's nine "Structures of Christmas" celebrate 20 years of PDBe
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Omnipath for signalling pathways
New method combines signalling pathway data resources to improve systems biology research
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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BLUEPRINT project delivers
BLUEPRINT: EMBL-EBI and the push to decipher the blood epigenome
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Collaboration is beautiful
Where design meets bioinformatics, new scientific perspectives abound.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Ewan Birney to lead Global Alliance
Global Alliance for Genomics and Health chose Birney to lead efforts to bring genomics to the clinic
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2016
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Drivers of evolution hidden in plain sight
A rapid, versatile mechanism that modifies proteins is revealed to be crucial for the evolutionary process
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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EMBL-EBI hosts the Cambridge New Therapeutics Forum
CamNTF hosts meetings around Cambridge, open to all scientists interested in new therapeutics
CONNECTIONS2016
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‘Essential genes’ help focus research
IMPC study identifies 410 genes essential to life in the mouse, providing a window on human disease
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Powering proteomics progress
EMBL alumnus Angus Lamond is driving forward new ways to explore the proteome
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2016
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BioStudies: The Data Bento Box
A new repository helps identify emerging trends in data-driven science.
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Just try!
German students visit EMBL-EBI on a tour to explore a new culture and different career paths
LAB MATTERS2016
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Mapping early development
“Like getting hold of a microscope for the first time”
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Making business in Britain
Abel Ureta-Vidal and Louise Modis join colleagues and peers at gathering of UK-based alumni
CONNECTIONS2016
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Microbiomes: Our humble overlords
What's a microbiome? How on Earth do they work?
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Towards personalised breast cancer treatment
Largest-ever study of breast cancer genomes reveals new genes and mutations
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Foetus, or placenta?
Subtle genetic differences destine cells to placenta or animal, very early in embryo development
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Supporting the bioimaging revolution
Commentary in Nature Methods introduces the EMPIAR resource and gives glimpse of future developments
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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![A new tool for single-cell genomics helps us better understand differences between T cell populations. [Illustration: Spencer Phillips, EMBL-EBI]](https://www.embl.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/TCell_news_EMBL-e1457443531496-300x205.jpg)
Immunology meets single-cell sequencing
TraCeR: new method for studying T cells opens up opportunities to explore immune responses
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Leading the way for gender equality
Award acknowledges leadership in gender equality on the Wellcome Genome Campus
LAB MATTERS2016
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DREAM shadows: chasing down disease networks
“It’s a bit like drawing a picture of an intricate object just by looking at its shadow on the wall."
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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What is the value of open data?
Independent analysis of EMBL-EBI underscores the value and impact of open data in the life sciences
LAB MATTERS2016
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Biogen joins CTTV
Pioneering target validation collaboration expands to accelerate drug discovery research.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2016
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Linking DNA modification and gene expression
New method is first to enable parallel profiling of the transcriptome and epigenome of a single cell.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Periodic table of protein complexes
Making it easier to visualise, understand and predict how proteins combine to drive biological processes.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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Target Validation platform launches
Identifying evidence-based relationships between drug targets and diseases.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2015
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BioBeat15: Translating genomics into biobusiness
Connecting entrepreneurs and world leaders in genomics to address opportunities and challenges.
CONNECTIONS2015
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Unpacking embryonic pluripotency
Embryology, genomics and bioinformatics combine to identify factors regulating mammalian pluripotency.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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Allergy: the price of immunity?
Findings help demonstrate the evolutionary basis for allergy.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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Enzyme research made easier
Enzyme Portal makes it easier to explore all enzyme-related data in EMBL-EBI’s public resources.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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Mini DNA sequencer tests true
Evaluation of MinION™ sequencer finds performance and reliability consistently good.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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A snapshot of stem cell expression
Study of mouse embryonic stem cells reveals new genes involved in the stem-cell regulatory network.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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![Tara expeditions docks in London, September 2015, on its way to the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris. [PHOTO: Robert Slowley]](https://www.embl.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1509-tara-london-ib-300x206.jpg)
EMBL onboard Tara, London 2015
Tara Oceans research vessel welcomes aboard scientists, policymakers and funders.
CONNECTIONS2015
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Clearing a path for cancer research
New computational method to study biological signalling networks in healthy and cancer cells.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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Welcome: Moritz Gerstung
New group explores why patients with same cancer exhibit unique constellations of genetic mutations.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
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Life is but a DREAM
Crowd sourcing initiative to predict effects of toxic compounds: results of 2013 DREAM Challenge.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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Janet Thornton steps down
Staff gather to celebrate Janet Thorton's 14 years as Director of EMBL-EBI.
LAB MATTERS2015
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Sarah Teichmann receives EMBO Gold Award
Sarah Teichmann recognised for her contributions to science with the EMBO Gold Award 2015.
LAB MATTERS2015
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Large-scale genetic analysis made easier
Researchers at EMBL-EBI speed up complex GWAS analyses with new method and algorithm.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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Open access: transforming science
EMBL’s new open access policy aims to make EMBL research widely and freely accessible.
LAB MATTERS2015
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EMBL-EBI joins CERN openlab
CERN openlab enters a new phase, expanding to include EMBL-EBI and other public research organisations.
LAB MATTERS2015
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A powerful HMMER for data mining
HMMER – a fast, sensitive search tool – helps find sequence relationships deep in evolutionary time.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
Are protein domains indivisible?
New research shows that some proteins domains can function even with big parts missing.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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PDBe launches new website
In their quest to make structural biology more accessible, PDBe launches a new website.
LAB MATTERS2015
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Towards an expression atlas for an entire brain
New single-cell genomics techniques bring ‘omics to evolution and development research.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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CORBEL: bridging research infrastructures
Major EU funding for CORBEL, facilitating access to data and biological imaging facilities.
LAB MATTERS2015
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GWAS Catalog moves to EMBL-EBI
GWAS Catalog, originally developed by the NHGRI in the US, moves to EMBL-EBI.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
New Joint Directors of EMBL-EBI
Rolf Apweiler and Ewan Birney appointed Joint Directors of EMBL-EBI, as Janet Thornton steps down.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
Bioinformatics services: Winter 2015
A quick round-up of the latest EMBL-EBI service releases.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
Supporting women in science
Wellcome Genome Campus gives first Best Practice Award for Supporting Women in Science.
LAB MATTERS2015
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500,000 binary interactions… and growing
Building and visualising protein-interaction networks is easier and more accurate thanks to IntAct.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
Jeffrey Barrett to lead CTTV
Jeffrey Barrett appointed Director of CTTV, the GSK, EMBL-EBI and Sanger Institute partnership.
LAB MATTERS2015
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Why is a dolphin not a cat?
How repurposing non-coding elements in the genome gave rise to the great ‘mammalian radiation’.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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Beyond COMPARE
New project aims to speed up detection and response to disease outbreaks using genome technology.
LAB MATTERS2015
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Hidden cell types revealed
New statistical method for RNA-seq analysis creates order out of seeming chaos.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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‘Hairclip’ protein mechanism explained
Research led by Teichmann group identifies fundamental mechanism for controlling protein function.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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What makes a mosquito deadly?
Genome-based insights into evolution of malaria-carrying Anopheles mosquitoes.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
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Record parasitic worm dataset
Largest collection of helminth genomic data ever assembled, in new open-access WormBase ParaSite.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
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Argentina: EMBL in action
Workshops, seminars and honorary lectures – strong start for EMBL’s newest associate member state.
LAB MATTERS2014
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Big (Protein) Data to Knowledge
'Big Data to Knowledge' project by UCLA, Scripps and EMBL-EBI to transform protein data to knowledge.
LAB MATTERS2014
lab-matters
Building an EMPIAR
EMPIAR lets researchers take a closer look at the images used to build 3D molecular structures.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
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Computational modelling resource
New, open repository helps researchers share computational models of disease.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
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Kidney cancer in Central Europe
Kidney cancer linked to exposure to aristolochic acid, an ingredient in some herbal remedies.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
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European Variation Archive launches
European Variation Archive makes it easier to explore detailed information about genetic variation.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
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Job dispatched
How does EMBL-EBI run millions of jobs for its users while moving its two large data centres?
LAB MATTERS2014
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EU Codefest
Pooling programming and problem-solving expertise in bioinformatics at EMBL-EBI.
2014
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Major advance in stem cell technology
Researchers produce pristine stem cells, which can be precisely changed into clinically relevant cell types.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
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Gibbon genome joins Ensembl
Gibbon genome gives insights into evolution of this singing, swinging, tree-dwelling ape.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
sciencescience-technology
RNAcentral Station
RNAcentral is the first unified resource for all types of non-coding RNA data.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
sciencescience-technology
Art inspired by data science
Artist Stephen Wright gifts artwork inspired by DNA storage research to EMBL-EBI.
LAB MATTERS2014
lab-matters
Bioinformatics services: Summer 2014
A quick round-up of the latest EMBL-EBI service releases
LAB MATTERS2014
lab-matters
New EMBL-EBI data centre contract
Gyron Ltd awarded contract to supply EMBL-EBI's data centres over the next five years
LAB MATTERS2014
lab-matters
New, improved human genome
Ensembl has incorporated a vast amount of knowledge into a fully annotated reference human genome
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
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New genomics API
New genomics API allows researchers to share anonymised genetic data seamlessly across platforms.
LAB MATTERS2014
lab-matters
Shedding light on chimeral twins
Marmoset genome provides insights into chimerism: data available in Ensembl genome explorer
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
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Celebrating 20 years of bioinformatics
EMBL-EBI’s anniversary celebration: blue skies thinking, Robin Ince and a biology-themed cake
LAB MATTERS2014
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On target
A new EMBL-EBI biomedical initiative works to determine the best target proteins for new drugs.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2014
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Capturing marine biodiversity
Data from first ever worldwide Ocean Sampling Day will be shared via EMBL-EBI resources this autumn.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
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Sheep genome provides rich resource for agricultural research
Reference sheep genome, published by International Sheep Genomics Consortium, available in Ensembl
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
sciencescience-technology
How immune cells use steroids
Genome Campus researchers discover that some immune cells turn themselves off by producing a steroid.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
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Tsetse fly genome sequenced
Tsetse fly genome sequenced; scientists hope to find new ways to control sleeping sickness.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
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