Articles about 'European Bioinformatics Institute

Researchers have mapped the complete trajectory of placental development, helping shed new light on why pregnancy disorders happen.

Members of collegiate Cambridge recognised for outstanding contributions to society in science, education, engineering and art

Cambridge celebrated the first ever LGBTSTEM Day on 5 July – recognising all those who work in science, technology, engineering and medicine and who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other minority gender identities and sexual orientations.

They are 40cm tall, made of white plastic, and don’t look like your average students, but robot avatars have taken their place in the classroom at Cambridge University – to help two mothers with new-born babies continue their Masters degrees in Genomic Medicine.

In the first genome-scale experiment of its kind, researchers have gained new insights into how a mouse embryo first begins to transform from a ball of unfocussed cells into a small, structured entity. Published in Nature, the single-cell genomics study was led by the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the University of Cambridge.

Researchers have devised a periodic table of protein complexes, making it easier to visualise, understand and predict how proteins combine to drive biological processes.

New study describes a fundamental mechanism regulating a protein’s shape and function, with potential applications in biotechnology and drug development.

The database, PomBase, important new tool for scientists researching fission yeast.