New leadership, AlphaMissense data integration, and a request for help

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Highlights 

30 years of excellence in bioinformatics 

Explore the latest milestones in our history of enabling discovery through bioinformatics and open data in EMBL-EBI’s 2023 Highlights report.

Our anniversary celebration

Take a look at some of the snaps from our 30th anniversary staff and fellows celebration featuring cake, bioinformatics memorabilia, 90s outfits and games.  

Data resources

Cryo-electron tomography browser

See proteins in high resolution with our new cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) tomogram browser available in the Electron Microscopy Public Image Archive (EMPIAR).

Data Hubs for pathogen surveillance  

Find out how we’re expanding SARS-CoV-2 Data Hubs to support pathogen surveillance and pandemic preparedness.

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Explore all EMBL-EBI data resources

AI and quantum computing 

AlphaMissense scores

Learn how some of our resources, including Ensembl and UniProt, have integrated the AI-generated AlphaMissense scores for genetic variant pathogenicity. 

Quantum computing for pangenomes

Could quantum computing help us analyse pangenomes in the future? A new project is trying to develop new methods and algorithms to process biological data. 

Research highlights 

Predicting cancer risk  

Discover how researchers used data from Danish health registries to predict individual risks of developing 20 different types of cancer. 

Exhausted immune cells 

Find out how early cell changes in healthy carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations link 'exhausted' immune cells to a heightened risk of breast cancer.

Training courses

Managing a bioinformatics core facility

29 – 31 October 2024

Managers of bioinformatics core facilities can use this knowledge exchange workshop to learn from leading bioinformatics service teams.

Find out more and apply.

Genome bioinformatics: from short- to long-read sequencing

18 – 22 November 2024

Gain insights and training into how biological knowledge can be derived from genomics experiments and learn different approaches in data analysis.

Find out more and apply.

Meet our people  

New Head of Research

A warm welcome to our new Head of Research, Julio Saez-Rodriguez, who will set the vision, strategy, and scientific direction of EMBL-EBI’s cutting-edge research.

Changes to senior management

We’re pleased to announce changes to EMBL-EBI’s Senior Management Team, which will strengthen the institute’s research and service delivery.

Careers at EMBL-EBI

EMBL-EBI is international, innovative and interdisciplinary, and a champion of open data in the life sciences. Found out how we’re helping scientists realise the potential of big data in biology.

Current jobs

Research Group Leader

Want to lead your own research group in computational biology and bioinformatics, or know anyone who might? We’re hiring two new Research Group Leaders and we especially encourage women to apply, as they are under-represented in our faculty. Apply before 14 July 2024. 

Head of IT Operations

We're hiring a Head of IT Operations to lead our IT and Technical Services department, driving the delivery of cutting-edge IT services for our scientific teams. Apply before 7 July 2024.

EMBL CPP Visitor Fellowships

EMBL invites junior scientists, PhD and postdocs, to apply for short-term fellowships to conduct experimental projects with EMBL host research groups. Find out more and apply before 30 June 2024. 

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