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Protein-inspired painting. Credit: Charlotte Agnew.

Discover the wonderful world of proteins: first virtual PDB Art exhibition
22 December 2020

Eulalia clavigera

Darwin Tree of Life: looking back on 2020
18 December 2020

Portrait of John Marioni in EBI South Building

John Marioni honoured by prestigious Blavatnik Awards
8 December 2020

InterPro: protein sequence analysis & classification

New releases: InterPro 83.0 and InterProScan 5.48-83.0
7 December 2020

IMEx coronavirus interactome

First curated coronavirus interactome released
4 December 2020

Haemoglobin structure hovering above dots symbolising neural network

Solving the protein structure puzzle
4 December 2020

Ensembl

Ensembl 102 has been released!
1 December 2020

John Marioni, Head of Research at EMBL-EBI

EMBL-EBI appoints John Marioni as new Head of Research
30 November 2020

COVID-19 data storage obtained via different data resources

Repurposing bioinformatics tools to tackle the pandemic
29 November 2020

Microscopy image of radiolarians – unicellular organisms found in the upper 
layers of the ocean. They are major exporters of organic carbon to the deep 
ocean.

Microbiomes help predict the future of the Atlantic
19 November 2020

DNA strand with giant tweezers to symbolise CRISPR and genome editing 
techniques

Genome Targeting Catalogue: unlocking CRISPR research
18 November 2020

Read file downloads unavailable Thursday 12th November 2020
9 November 2020

Futuristic looking deep learning diagram superimposed on computer code

Bringing AI out of the black box
22 October 2020

Open access data sharing accelerates COVID-19 research

Open data sharing accelerates COVID-19 research
19 October 2020

InterPro: protein sequence analysis & classification

New releases: InterPro 82.0 and InterProScan 5.47-82.0
19 October 2020

Human and coronavirus protein interaction

Repurposing drugs for a pan-coronavirus treatment
14 October 2020

Illustration of person working at a desk and accessing data from different 
sources

Realising the genomics ecosystem: GA4GH 2020 Connection Demos
29 September 2020

Illustration of human heart inside the body.

Detailed map of human heart could guide personalised treatments
24 September 2020

This image shows sections of the brain organoids that have been derived from 
pluripotent stem cells. The increasing use of organoids like this one be key 
to advancing personalised medicine.

Achieving personalised therapeutics
8 September 2020

Human silhouette showing internal organs including oesophagus and stomach. 
Circle with DNA bases A,T, C and G superimposed.

Genome sequencing accelerates cancer detection
7 September 2020

Microscopy image of cerebral organoid cross section

An organoid cell atlas to enhance biomedical research
1 September 2020

Ensembl logo

Ensembl 101 has been released!
20 August 2020

A human heart sits at the centre of the illustration. The left ventricle is 
see-through, showing patterns of trabeculae. Around the heart are some notes 
from Leonardo da Vinci.

New clues to a 500-year old mystery about the human heart
19 August 2020

InterPro: protein sequence analysis & classification

New releases: InterPro 81.0 and InterProScan 5.46-81.0
19 August 2020

Artist's impression of COVID-19 data sharing

SARS-CoV-2 open access data sharing through INSDC databases
14 August 2020

The tuatara, an iguana-like reptile with a crest of spikes, sits on a forestfloor.

The curious genome of the tuatara, an ancient reptile in peril
5 August 2020

A woman with glasses holds a book. The book cover says "Gene naming rules". 
Thought bubbles float around her head and display gene symbols like BRCA1.

Bagpipe and Pokemon, or how not to name a human gene
3 August 2020

Europe PMC logo with red viral particles floating around it. Credit: Spencer 
Phillips/EMBL, iStock

Europe PMC: unlocking the potential of COVID-19 preprints
30 July 2020

Mosaic of microscopy images of tumour, forming two broken DNA molecules

Artificial intelligence finds patterns of mutations and survival in tumour images
22 July 2020

Artist's impression of the human gut ecosystem and its diversity

Unparalleled inventory of the human gut ecosystem
20 July 2020

Graphic illustrating globe, statistics and coronavirus

Funding to predict the risk of infectious disease outbreaks
17 July 2020

PDBe, ChEMBL and CCDC logos on light blue background.

Data integration to speed up drug discovery
16 July 2020

Retirement of old ENA Browser on 5th August 2020
16 July 2020

Portrait of Alexander Aulehla (left) and Paul Flicek (right)

Two EMBL scientists become EMBO Members
8 July 2020

Collage showing lab equipment including a test tube, pills and pipettes.

Using drug screens and CRISPR to make better cancer drugs
6 July 2020

Ewan Birney. Credit: Carrie Tang

Ewan Birney appointed EMBL Deputy Director General
1 July 2020

SARS-CoV-2 viruses visible on a cell with filopodia

Existing drugs can prevent SARS-CoV-2 from hijacking cells
29 June 2020

Ensembl logo on blue background

Ensembl Rapid Release
29 June 2020

Five icons illustrating two buildings, a tree, a book, a genetic code and a 
finish line

Five things you probably didn’t know about the Human Genome Project
26 June 2020

Changes to ftp.dcc-private.ebi.ac.uk file download services 1st of September 2020
25 June 2020

Artist's impression of DNA lesions. Credit: Petra Korlevic

Unpicking the complexity of DNA mutations
23 June 2020

EMBL's Equality and Diversity Officers, Zac O'Sullivan (left) and Luisa 
Vieites Rodrigues (right). Credit: Jeff Dowling and Kinga Lubowiecka

Equality and diversity at EMBL
12 June 2020

New tool for sequence similarity searches in Coronaviruses
5 June 2020

Illustration showing the the links between chemical probes and human tissue

EUbOPEN consortium will provide tools to unlock disease biology
5 June 2020

Artist's impression of the research. Credit: Holly Joynes, Rayne 
Zaayman-Gallant/EMBL; Adobe Stock

Distinguishing coronavirus genome mutations from inadvertent errors
26 May 2020

Artist's interpretation of cell clusters in humans and mice.

An automated method for cell type discovery
18 May 2020

Expression Atlas, Single Cell Expression Atlas releases

May 2020 releases: Single Cell Expression Atlas and Expression Atlas
18 May 2020

Ensembl logo on bluebackground

Ensembl launches COVID-19 resource
18 May 2020

InterPro: protein sequence analysis & classification

New releases: InterPro 79.0 and InterProScan 5.44-79.0
5 May 2020

C elegans microscopy image with DNA superimposed

DNA damage and faulty repair jointly cause mutations
1 May 2020

Ensembl logo

Ensembl 100 has been released!
30 April 2020

A collage of images showing wet lab, dry lab research and healthcare

Why share data during a pandemic?
22 April 2020

COVID-19 Data Portal facilitates data sharing about novel coronavirus

EMBL-EBI launches COVID-19 Data Portal
20 April 2020

Release 143 of ENA's assembled/annotated sequences is now available
16 April 2020

Submissions to ENA through all tools and interfaces are in operation and open for all data types
6 April 2020

ENA data submission service disruption
31 March 2020

Artist's interpretation of COVID-19 data sharing networks around the world

EMBL-EBI leads international collaboration to share COVID-19 research data
26 March 2020

New insights into the regulators that control cell shape
23 March 2020

EMBL-EBI South Building

Coronavirus: latest EMBL-EBI updates
18 March 2020

Equality and diversity in science Best Practice Award winners 2020

Supporting Equality and Diversity in Science – 2020 Winners
5 March 2020

ENA data submission service (“Webin”) disruptions 11th-27th March
5 March 2020

Clusters of positively selected sites in SERPIN B3

Adaptive evolution of mammalian immunity and metabolism
2 March 2020

Paul Flicek appointed ISCB fellow

Paul Flicek becomes ISCB fellow
27 February 2020

Ian Dunham receives funding for machine learning project

Funding to use machine learning in neurodevelopmental disability interventions
26 February 2020

SARS-CoV-2 protein structure

Coronavirus data resources at EMBL-EBI
24 February 2020

HGNC and VGNC logo

VGNC now naming pig genes
13 February 2020

Artists interpretation of pinpointing the onset of cancer progression

Cancer mutations occur decades before diagnosis
4 February 2020

Artists impression of chromothripsis

Chromothripsis in human cancer
4 February 2020

Artists impression of a gene fusion network.

Characterising RNA alterations in cancer
4 February 2020

Mouse and human knockout gene data used to identify rare disease genes

Pinpointing rare disease mutations
30 January 2020

EMBL Insight Lecture Dame Janet Thornton

The 2019 EMBL Insight Lecture: Ageing and disease
17 January 2020

eQTL Catalogue

eQTL Catalogue – a new resource for gene expression and splicing QTLs
16 January 2020

Ensembl logo

Ensembl 99 has been released!
16 January 2020

Release 142 of ENA's assembled/annotated sequences is now available
8 January 2020