European Bioinformatics Institute

European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)

Abbreviation	EMBL-EBI
Formation	1992[1]
Location	Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK
Coordinates	52.079889, 0.186356
Director	Ewan Birney[2]
Associate Director	Rolf Apweiler[2]
Parent organization	European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Staff	685[3]
Website	www.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]

Additionally, 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 and non-EMBL-EBI-based.