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Ewan Birney, EMBL-EBI Director

Scientific disagreements aren’t new to COVID
5 January 2021

Illustration of person working at a desk and accessing data from different
sources

Realising the genomics ecosystem: GA4GH 2020 Connection Demos
29 September 2020

A human heart sits at the centre of the illustration. The left ventricle is
see-through, showing patterns of trabeculae. Around the heart are some notes
from Leonardo da Vinci.

New clues to a 500-year old mystery about the human heart
19 August 2020

Ewan Birney. Credit: Carrie Tang

Ewan Birney appointed EMBL Deputy Director General
1 July 2020

Enrichment of GWA analysis P values using GARFIELD

Classifying disease-relevant genomic features
28 January 2019

A review of national genomic data initiatives
3 January 2019

Ewan Birney, EMBL-EBI Director. Credit: Carrie Tang

Ewan Birney awarded CBE in New Year’s Honours List
28 December 2018

Two medaka fish facing each other

Ewan Birney awarded ERC Synergy grant to study variation in vertebrates
23 October 2018

HTLV-1 leukaemic cells. Credit: Blood Journal. doi:
https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2009-09-245233

Cancer-causing virus HTLV-1 changes DNA loops to ‘affect tens of thousands of genes’
27 June 2018

Ewan Birney becomes UKRI-BBSRC Council member
26 March 2018

Biological samples from a biobank. Stock image courtesy of the CRG.

UK Biobank partners with the EGA
19 July 2017

Drosophila embryo over sea of noncoding RNA

Buffering mechanism protects embryonic development
12 January 2017

A 3D printout of beta-galactosidase.

Happy anniversary, PDBe!
20 December 2016

The human epigenome

Blood, Big Data and Epigenetics
17 November 2016

Ewan Birney to lead Global Alliance for Genomics and Health
14 October 2016

Largest-ever study of breast cancer genomes, 2 May 2016

Breast cancer study: towards personalised treatment
29 April 2016

Oxford Nanopore’s MinION™ USB-attached miniature sensing device. [Photo:
Oxford Nanopore Technologies]

Mini DNA sequencer tests true
12 October 2015

Bioinformatics timeline cake, by Mr Cake!

Janet Thornton steps down
30 June 2015

Ewan Birney and Sarah Teichmann elected Fellows of the Academy of Medical
Sciences

Teichmann and Birney elected AMS Fellows
11 May 2015

Dr Rolf Apweiler (left) and Dr Ewan Birney (right) have been appointed Joint
Directors of EMBL-EBI as Professor Dame Janet Thornton (centre) steps down
after 14 years as Director.

Ewan Birney and Rolf Apweiler appointed Joint Directors of EMBL-EBI
11 March 2015

Ewan Birney, FRS

Ewan Birney, Associate Director of the European Bioinformatics Institute, elected to the Royal Society
1 May 2014

Centre for Therapeutic Target Validation

Where do you start when developing a new medicine?
25 March 2014