European Bioinformatics Institute
Abbreviation | EMBL-EBI |
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Formation | 1992[1] |
Location |
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Coordinates | 52.079889, 0.186356 |
Director | Ewan Birney |
Director | Rolf Apweiler |
Parent organization | European Molecular Biology Laboratory |
Staff | 570[2] |
Website | www |
The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) is an Intergovernmental Organization (IGO) which, as part of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) family, focuses on research and services in bioinformatics. It is located on the Wellcome Genome Campus in Hinxton near Cambridge, and employs over 600 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff.[3] Institute leaders such as Rolf Apweiler, Alex Bateman, Ewan Birney, and Guy Cochrane, an adviser on the National Genomics Data Center Scientific Advisory Board, serve as part of the international research network of the BIG Data Center at the Beijing Institute of Genomics.[4]
Other bioinformatics organisations[]
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), United States National Library of Medicine
- National Institute of Genetics (DNA Data Bank of Japan)
- Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB: Expasy)
- Australia Bioinformatics Resource
- BIG Data Center (National Genomics Data Center), Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
See also[]
- Alternative splicing and transcript diversity database
- European Molecular Biology Organization
- European Nucleotide Archive
References[]
- ^ "Background | European Bioinformatics Institute". Ebi.ac.uk. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Jobs at EMBL-EBI". Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ "Scientific report" (PDF). www.embl.de. 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ BIG Data Center, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. (2018). Annual Report, p. 6. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
Categories:
- Bioinformatics organizations
- Information technology organizations based in Europe
- International research institutes
- Molecular biology institutes
- Research institutes established in 1992
- Research institutes in Cambridgeshire
- Science and technology in Europe
- South Cambridgeshire District
- Systems science institutes
- 1992 establishments in England
- Partner institutions of the University of Cambridge
- Medical organization stubs