A rising star in science communication and a fantastic colleague!

Go Vicky! 🚀👾

At this point it’s a time honoured tradition 🥰

I think they just see top team and slap a stupidly high price on it. Last year Yuki was really expensive despite getting very few fantasy F1 points.

Also, have you seen the prices on the Astons? 😳

I feel for Buxton at this stage. He’s probably like “you want me to say it AGAIN?” 🤦‍♂️

We are EMBL: Jana Broecker on building bridges between industry and academia How EMBL-EBI is building public-private partnerships and knowledge exchange opportunities between industry and academia.

Meet Jana Broecker 🇩🇪 who helps build bridges between EMBL-EBI and industry.

As a Senior Scientific Officer in our Industry Partnerships team, Jana develops opportunities for knowledge sharing and technology transfer, focusing on bioinformatics and data sciences.

www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/p...

ChEMBL 36 is out! 📊 Database Scale 🆕 New Data Sources Src_ID 72 – Chemical Probe data from Scientific Literature NLP and manual extraction from probe-r...

ChEMBL 36 is out!

chembl.blogspot.com/2025/09/chem...

Working with @zaminiqbal.bsky.social is a highlight of my time at EMBL-EBI.

He's an excellent storyteller and can make even the most technical topics accessible!

Listen to him explaining bacterial evolution using griffins 🦁🦅 (from minute 12).

#scicomms #AMR

Very cool AI tool can predict individual risks for over 1000 diseases, based on healthcare data. An interesting proof of concept for what AI in healthcare could look like.

The work was done at @ebi.embl.org and @dkfz.bsky.social. Check out this great write-up by @vickyhatch.bsky.social!

#AI

Bioinformaticians and life scientists, EMBL-EBI needs your input! 🖥️🧬

#bioinformatics #openscience

Deputy Head of EMBL-EBI Communications Your role We’re looking for a senior life sciences communications specialist with communications management experience. You will work closely with the Head of One-EMBL Communications based at EMBL-EBI...

And last but not least...
🛂Visa exemption - we recruit worldwide!

Interested or know someone who is? Apply or spread the word!

Deputy Head of Comms: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/d...

Comms Officer:
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/d...

#CommunicationsSpecialist #Commsjobs

💰Not only is the work meaningful – the pay & benefits are pretty great too!

🏝️Generous holiday allowance: 30 days/year + bank holidays

🏥Comprehensive private health insurance

🌼Beautiful campus with free bus, subsidised gym, nursery & cantine

🧘Flexible & hybrid working and good work-life balance

🤩 Inspiring environment, working with amazing people from all over the world in a collaborative & friendly atmosphere

💚 Best team every - high-flying, supportive and fun

🧠 You will work on cutting-edge (sometimes Nobel-prize winning!) science and tech stories

🚨Awesome comms jobs alert!

The @ebi.embl.org Comms team is looking for two new colleagues:

🟢 Deputy Head of EMBL-EBI Communications
🟢 Communications Officer

Applications close on 20 July.

One of them is my role which I'm finishing in a few months after 9 incredible years.

Why apply?

Dear life scientists and bioinformaticians - we need your help! ☺️

#bioinformatics 🖥️🧬

Thank you! I started reading it yesterday and really enjoying it so far! I love the case studies and the checklists!

(1/3) On #InternationalWomenDay, we celebrate the extraordinary and inspiring women at EMBL.

Across sites and functions, women contribute to powering EMBL’s research, services, and training.

🙋‍♀️Meet some of the #EMBLWomenInScience:
www.embl.org/news/tag/wom...

Data, cake and international collaboration. What's not to love? 😀

Great write-up by my colleague @vickyhatch.bsky.social on the Federated EGA - a new model for secure access of sensitive genomic data.

This type of data infrastructure is key for precision medicine.

Understanding rare diseases with digital twins New EMBL-EBI project explores the use of a concept developed in aerospace engineering to support rare disease research, diagnosis, and treatment.

Can a concept from aerospace engineering ✈️ help rare disease research?

Scientists are working to build ‘digital twins’ of patient tissues to understand the mechanisms of disease & explore treatments.

The project is looking for partners & specialists.

www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...

#MLSky

EMBL-EBI is part of the Solve-RD consortium, a project for rare disease data collection and harmonisation

Scientists identified a novel mechanism driving osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer in children, to help predict patient outcomes.

Visual metaphor showing the transport of vitamin B1 in the body. Structural biologists revealed how mutations in a key protein cause vitamin B1 deficiencies in the brain, leading to rare neurological diseases.

(1/2) On Rare Disease Day, we’re highlighting EMBL's molecular biology research & services in this area.

Check out our collection of stories:
www.embl.org/news/tag/rar...

Always impressed with the vision and drive of @embl.org's PhD students!

Really enjoyed speaking to Francesco about his work and what he thinks are the barriers and opportunities for protein design.

Bet you didn't know that #metabolomics can be used to verify the provenance of Cabernet Sauvignon!

Just one of the many things I learned interviewing biocurator and team leader Claire O'Donovan 😊

@ebi.embl.org

New research from @ebi.embl.org and collaborators sheds light on one of the molecular organisms behind an aggressive bone cancer.

Great write-up by my colleague @vickyhatch.bsky.social and beautiful visual from @karenarnott.bsky.social.

Research infrastructures are the unsung heroes of discovery and innovation. We wouldn't get very far without them 💚

#MolBiol 🖥️🧬

Woohoo, EMBL-EBI is now on BlueSky 🦋

Whoa! This is so cool! 🤩

We are EMBL: Briony Jackson on community-focused public engagement | EMBL Public Engagement Officer Briony Jackson is building lasting relationships with local communities to make science accessible and engaging.

Interested in public engagement? Check out this interview with my awesome colleague Briony Jackson.

She explains why impact does not equal scale, and how to build mutually-beneficial relationships with community groups who are underexposed to science.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/p...

Plastic-eating bacteria boost growing business of bioremediation - Nature Biotechnology Bacteria, fungi and plants can be grown and engineered to remove plastics, chemicals and pollutants from contaminated soil and water.

Cool article in Nature Biotech about plastic eating enzymes and how bacteria could help us remove pollutants from the environment.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#microbiomesky

What I’ve learned: Alvis Brazma EMBL-EBI alumnus Alvis Brazma reflects on how mathematics and mountaineering have shaped his life and why keeping things simple in bioinformatics is key.

Loved chatting to mathematician/bioinformatician Alvis Brazma about his careers and adventures 🚵 🧗

Interviewing people with interesting stories is by far one of the best parts of my job.

Big thank you to Alvis for his patience, wisdom & travel recommendations! 🖥️ 🧬

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Thanks Rob - already on the list! I think the Twitter meme game is still on pole position. But as we know from Leclerc, pole doesn't necessarily mean a race win 🥲