{"id":15,"date":"2021-11-23T15:47:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T15:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/about\/teams\/gene-expression\/home\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T10:59:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T10:59:31","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/about\/teams\/gene-expression\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vf-grid vf-grid__col-3 | vf-u-margin__bottom--800\">\n      <div class=\"vf-grid__col--span-2\">\n      <h1 class=\"vf-lede\">The Functional Genomics Team develops and maintains resources, tools, and workflows to support the submission, analysis, and visualisation of functional genomics data.<\/h1>    <\/div>\n      <div >\n\n<!-- <style>\n  .vf-content-hub-html {\n    --vf-stack-margin--custom: unset !important;\n  }\n<\/style> -->\n\n    <link rel=\"import\" href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/api\/v1\/pattern.html?source=contenthub&#038;filter-content-type=person&#038;pattern=vf-profile-inline&#038;limit=1&#038;hide%5Bteam,mobile,phones%5D=1&#038;sort-field-value%5Bchanged%5D=DESC&#038;filter-ref-entity%5Bfield_person_positions%5D%5Btitle%5D&#038;filter-field-value%5Bfield_person_positions.entity.field_position_membership%5D=leader&#038;filter-ref-entity%5Bfield_person_positions%5D%5Bfield_position_primary%5D=1&#038;filter-field-value%5Bfield_person_positions.entity.field_position_team.entity.field_foreignid%5D=451\" data-target=\"self\" data-embl-js-content-hub-loader data-cache=\"6d2f2c69\">\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"embl-grid\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-1\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The team is responsible for the <strong>Expression Atlas<\/strong>, which provides curated insights into gene expression across diverse biological conditions and scales, from bulk to single-cell data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our team supports FAIR data principles and promotes data reuse through the curation of functional genomics data submissions to the <strong>ArrayExpress<\/strong> collection in BioStudies, using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/fg\/annotare\/login\/\"><strong>Annotare<\/strong> submission tool<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With expertise spanning biology, bioinformatics, and software engineering, we focus on robust data curation, standardised reanalysis pipelines, and accessible visualisations. Committed to advancing open science, we also contribute to the development of community standards and collaborate with EMBL-EBI\u2019s training programme to deliver courses, workshops, and tools that help scientists unlock the full potential of functional genomics data.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"embl-grid embl-grid--has-centered-content | vf-u-margin__top--800\">\n    <div class=\"vf-section-header\">\n  <h2 class=\"vf-section-header__heading\">\n    <a class=\"vf-section-header__heading vf-section-header__heading--is-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/services\"\n      id=\"section-link\"> Data resources <svg aria-hidden=\"true\"\n        class=\"vf-section-header__icon | vf-icon vf-icon-arrow--inline-end\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\"\n        xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n        <path\n          d=\"M0 12c0 6.627 5.373 12 12 12s12-5.373 12-12S18.627 0 12 0C5.376.008.008 5.376 0 12zm13.707-5.209l4.5 4.5a1 1 0 010 1.414l-4.5 4.5a1 1 0 01-1.414-1.414l2.366-2.367a.25.25 0 00-.177-.424H6a1 1 0 010-2h8.482a.25.25 0 00.177-.427l-2.366-2.368a1 1 0 011.414-1.414z\"\n          fill=\"\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\"><\/path>\n      <\/svg><\/a><\/h2><\/div>\n    <div>\n    <div class=\"vf-content-hub-html\" data-cache=\"70d664b1\">\n  <!-- Generated by: http:\/\/content.embl.org\/api\/v1\/pattern.html?filter-content-type=data_resource&amp;filter-field-contains%5Btitle%5D=Expression%20Atlas&amp;filter-field-contains%5Bfield_resource_primary_team.entity.field_foreignid%5D=&amp;limit=30&amp;pattern=vf-summary-image&amp;sort-field-value%5Btitle%5D=ASC -->\n            <article class=\"vf-summary vf-summary--has-image vf-summary-image\">\n                                \n                          <a class=\"vf-summary__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/gxa\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vf-summary__image vf-summary__image--thumbnail\"\n                 src=\"https:\/\/content.embl.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/medium\/public\/03-2026\/ExpressionAtlas_logo-2-1.png?itok=pSqj3x8L\"\n                 alt=\"Expression Atlas\">\n          <\/a>\n        \n                          <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n                          <a class=\"vf-summary__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/gxa\">Expression Atlas<\/a>\n                      <\/h3>\n        \n                                          <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">\n            The Expression Atlas is an added-value database based on re-analysis of (single cell\/bulk RNA-seq and microarray) gene and protein expression data from EMBL-EBI\u2019s ArrayExpress and PRIDE archives respectively, as well as from external sources.\u00a0It shows you which genes\/proteins are expressed under dif\u2026\n          <\/p>\n              <\/article>\n      <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"embl-grid embl-grid--has-centered-content | vf-u-margin__top--800\">\n  <div><\/div>  <div>\n    <div class=\"vf-content-hub-html\" data-cache=\"2d3cebf1\">\n  <!-- Generated by: http:\/\/content.embl.org\/api\/v1\/pattern.html?filter-content-type=data_resource&amp;filter-field-contains%5Btitle%5D=ArrayExpress&amp;filter-field-contains%5Bfield_resource_primary_team.entity.field_foreignid%5D=&amp;limit=30&amp;pattern=vf-summary-image&amp;sort-field-value%5Btitle%5D=ASC -->\n            <article class=\"vf-summary vf-summary--has-image vf-summary-image\">\n                                \n                          <a class=\"vf-summary__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/arrayexpress\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vf-summary__image vf-summary__image--thumbnail\"\n                 src=\"https:\/\/content.embl.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/medium\/public\/03-2025\/ae-logo-100-2-1.png?itok=ONk1LZM9\"\n                 alt=\"ArrayExpress Archive of Functional Genomics Data\">\n          <\/a>\n        \n                          <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n                          <a class=\"vf-summary__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/arrayexpress\">ArrayExpress Archive of Functional Genomics Data<\/a>\n                      <\/h3>\n        \n                                          <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">\n            The ArrayExpress Archive is a database of functional genomics experiments, including gene expression, where you can query and download data collected to MIAME and MINSEQE standards. 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