Critical data resources
Scientists and clinicians use EMBL-EBI open data resources to advance understanding of health and disease.
How does EMBL-EBI support healthcare and disease research?
EMBL-EBI makes precision medicine possible by providing reference data and analysis tools that support healthcare research and patient diagnosis. Precision medicine enables faster, personalised diagnoses, connecting patients to the right treatments and helping health systems deliver care more efficiently.
As genomics and multiomics become a routine part of healthcare, reference datasets such as the human genome – accessible in EMBL-EBI’s Ensembl – are critical. These data are a benchmark for comparing patient data, enabling clinics worldwide to interpret genetic differences, deliver diagnoses and select interventions.
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“The AMR Portal from EMBL-EBI provides an unprecedented, openly curated collection of antimicrobial resistance phenotype data. It makes it easier for researchers to understand the relationship between genotype and antimicrobial resistance, and will support the global scientific effort to combat AMR.”
What does EMBL-EBI offer to health researchers?
Cutting-edge healthcare research
We develop computational and AI methods to understand the molecular basis of illness, such as cancer and rare diseases.
Specialist training
We develop a wide range of training resources to help researchers and healthcare specialists leverage biodata in their work.
Exploring human ecosystems
EMBL’s Human ecosystems theme is shining a light on how the environment impacts human health.
Examples of EMBL-EBI’s impact in healthcare and disease research
A selection of EMBL-EBI projects that are are enabling healthcare research and innovation.
AI model forecasts disease risk decades in advance
AI model can estimate the long-term risk of over 1,000 diseases and forecast human health changes over a decade in advance.
New gateway to global antimicrobial resistance data
Online portal connects bacterial genomes with experimental resistance data to support antimicrobial resistance research.
Revealing the drivers of aggressive bone cancer
Researchers discover novel mechanism driving osteosarcoma and provide insights to help predict patient outcomes.
Case study: Genomic outbreak surveillance for NHS Scotland
Genomic analysis tool helps NHS Scotland tackle antimicrobial resistance and improve outbreak response.
Case study: Enabling genomic medicine
EMBL-EBI data resources are being used to deliver thousands of genetic diagnostics to patients every month.
Leveraging proteomics for precision medicine
Proteomics is shaping the future of personalised medicine, but some obstacles stand in the way.
Who are EMBL-EBI’s experts in health and disease?
Below, some of our thought leaders explain how bioinformatics and data science at EMBL-EBI lay the foundations for a better understanding of health and disease, and supporting the future of precision medicine.
Biodiversity experts at EMBL-EBI
Isidro Cortes-Ciriano on DNA sequencing for cancer research
How long-read DNA sequencing and big data are driving cancer genomics forward.
Understanding rare disease with digital twins
Ellie McDonagh and Rahuman Sheriff use a concept from aerospace engineering to understand rare diseases.
Mallory Freeberg on human genomics
Ensembl’s Variant Effect Predictor and DECIPHER are two major EMBL-EBI resources used by clinicians.
What training does EMBL-EBI provide for health and clinical researchers?
EMBL-EBI offers in person, remote and on-demand training opportunities for life scientists, clinicians and healthcare professionals at all levels interested in learning more about genomics, multiomics and leveraging biomedical data.
Gene–environment interactions in shaping human health and disease
For scientists and clinicians who want to understand how interactions between genes and the environment impact human health.
Training collection
Biomedical data: Ethical, legal and social implications
Aimed at researchers, bioinformaticians and programmers wanting to share and access biomedical data.
Online course
Training competency hub
Regardless of your background in the life sciences, use EMBL-EBI’s competency hub to identify new skills and training to develop your career.
Competency hub
Get in touch
Get in touch
If you have any questions, want to speak with one of our experts or have an idea for a health research collaboration, please get in touch on comms@ebi.ac.uk.
