European Bioinformatics Institute

European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)
AbbreviationEMBL-EBI
Formation1992[1]
Location
Coordinates52.079889, 0.186356
Director
Ewan Birney[2]
Associate Director
Rolf Apweiler[2]
Parent organization
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Staff
685[3]
Websitewww.ebi.ac.uk

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.[4]

Further, the EMBL-EBI hosts training programs that teach scientists the fundamentals of the work with biological data and promote the plethora of bioinformatic tools available for their research, both EMBL-EBI-based and not so.

  1. ^ "Background | European Bioinformatics Institute". Ebi.ac.uk. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Leadership". www.ebi.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  3. ^ "EMBL-EBI Highlights 2023" (PDF) (Press release). EMBL-EBI. 8 April 2024. p. 4.
  4. ^ "Scientific report" (PDF). www.embl.de. 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2019.