EMBL-EBI provides freely available data from life science experiments, performs basic research in computational biology and offers an extensive user training programme, supporting researchers in academia and industry.
News from EMBL-EBI
Allergy: the price of immunity?
A study by Nick Furnham et al. provides tools that will make it easier for scientists to predict proteins in food and the environment that are likely to cause allergy.
Enzyme research made easier
The freely available Enzyme Portal helps researchers study enzymatic activity by making it easier to explore all enzyme-related information in EMBL-EBI’s public data resources.
Mini DNA sequencer tests true
The performance of the MinION™ miniature DNA sequencing device has been evaluated by an open, international consortium, and the resulting recommendations and protocols published before peer-review on the F1000Research platform.
Our mission
- To provide freely available data and bioinformatics services to all facets of the scientific community
- To contribute to the advancement of biology through basic investigator-driven research
- To provide advanced bioinformatics training to scientists at all levels
- To help disseminate cutting-edge technologies to industry
- To coordinate biological data provision throughout Europe.











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