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EMBL

With support from more than 30 countries, laboratories at six sites across Europe and thousands of scientists and engineers working together, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is a powerhouse of biological expertise. EMBL is an intergovernmental organisation, headquartered in Heidelberg, and was founded in 1974 with the mission of promoting molecular biology research in Europe, training young scientists, and developing new technologies.

EMBL currently employs more than 1,800 people in Barcelona, ​​Grenoble, Hamburg, Heidelberg, EMBL-EBI Hinxton (near Cambridge), and Rome.

Publishing hundreds of research articles and hosting dozens of conferences every year, EMBL is driving visionary fundamental research and training Europe’s future scientific talent.

EMBL Council comprises national representatives of our member states and is EMBL’s governing body. 

EMBL pursues five missions in research, services, training, technology transfer and policy development. Our five-year plans are set out in our Scientific Programme.

You can learn more on our History pages.


Our commitment to Open Science

Wherever possible our databases and software are freely available to the scientific community, and our Office for Scientific Information Management (OSIM) provides a hub of expertise on the management of scientific outputs and related services.

EMBL strongly encourages open access publication and is committed to support fair and responsible research assessment practices.


Science Education and Public Engagement

Our science education and public engagement activities seek to ensure wider awareness and application of EMBL’s knowledge by general scientific audiences, teachers, young learners, and the public.

Sustainable and inclusive

We are committed to transitioning to a sustainable organisation, and to creating a more inclusive research and work culture, including the provision of independent and impartial support for staff.

Learn more about working at EMBL


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Image 1 (top left): EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Image 2 (top right): EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Image 3 (bottom left): EMBL Barcelona, Spain
Image 4 (bottom right): EMBL-EBI, Cambridge, United Kingdom

03 Sep, 2026
Full Time Fixed Term
Plant Genomics and Variation Team Leader
£75,024 per annum
EMBL Hybrid (Hinxton, UK)
Are you ready to shape the future of crop genomics, invertebrate genomics and genetic variation resources at one of the world's leading bioinformatics institutes? We are seeking an internationally minded, community-focused Team Leader with expertise in genomics, particularly crop plants and their associated insect pests and vectors, to provide scientific leadership for Ensembl in the area of plants, invertebrates, and genomic variation, as well as the European Variation Archive (EVA). Overview Ensembl is one of the world's leading platforms for the exploration and analysis of genomic data, supporting millions of users across academia, healthcare and industry. The resource is undergoing a major transformation to support the unprecedented expansion in the number of reference genomes and the breadth and complexity of biological data across the tree of life. Our recently released website has been designed to operate at this scale, enabling intuitive exploration, visualisation...
02 Sep, 2026
Full Time Part Time
EMBL CPP Visitor fellowships for PhDs and Postdocs
EMBL Hinxton, UK
EMBL is among the world’s highest ranked scientific research organisations aimed to explore the secrets of life. EMBL integrates 28 member states and employs close to 1800 people across its six research sites in Barcelona, Cambridge (Hinxton), Grenoble, Hamburg, Heidelberg, and Rome. Its headquarters is located in Heidelberg (Germany) and integrate both research groups and core facilities. Training of the next generation of scientists is one of EMBL’s key missions. The EMBL Corporate Partnership Programme invites applications for short-term fellowships to enable junior level scientific visitors (active PhD/postdoc fellows) to carry out experimental projects with an EMBL host research group, thereby allowing them to build new networks, experience the international and interactive environment at EMBL, in addition to experiencing progress of their own research goals. These EMBL CPP visitor fellowships  are administered by the Scientific Visitor Programme...
02 Sep, 2026
Full Time Part Time
EMBL CPP Visitor fellowships for PhDs and Postdocs
EMBL Barcelona, Spain
EMBL is among the world’s highest ranked scientific research organisations aimed to explore the secrets of life. EMBL integrates 28 member states and employs close to 1800 people across its six research sites in Barcelona, Cambridge (Hinxton), Grenoble, Hamburg, Heidelberg, and Rome. Its headquarters is located in Heidelberg (Germany) and integrate both research groups and core facilities. Training of the next generation of scientists is one of EMBL’s key missions. The EMBL Corporate Partnership Programme invites applications for short-term fellowships to enable junior level scientific visitors (active PhD/postdoc fellows) to carry out experimental projects with an EMBL host research group, thereby allowing them to build new networks, experience the international and interactive environment at EMBL, in addition to experiencing progress of their own research goals. These EMBL CPP visitor fellowships  are administered by the Scientific Visitor Programme...
02 Sep, 2026
Full Time Part Time
EMBL CPP Visitor fellowships for PhDs and Postdocs
EMBL Rome, Italy
EMBL is among the world’s highest ranked scientific research organisations aimed to explore the secrets of life. EMBL integrates 28 member states and employs close to 1800 people across its six research sites in Barcelona, Cambridge (Hinxton), Grenoble, Hamburg, Heidelberg, and Rome. Its headquarters is located in Heidelberg (Germany) and integrate both research groups and core facilities. Training of the next generation of scientists is one of EMBL’s key missions. The EMBL Corporate Partnership Programme invites applications for short-term fellowships to enable junior level scientific visitors (active PhD/postdoc fellows) to carry out experimental projects with an EMBL host research group, thereby allowing them to build new networks, experience the international and interactive environment at EMBL, in addition to experiencing progress of their own research goals. These EMBL CPP visitor fellowships  are administered by the Scientific Visitor Programme...
02 Sep, 2026
Full Time Part Time
EMBL CPP Visitor fellowships for PhDs and Postdocs
EMBL Hamburg, Germany
EMBL is among the world’s highest ranked scientific research organisations aimed to explore the secrets of life. EMBL integrates 28 member states and employs close to 1800 people across its six research sites in Barcelona, Cambridge (Hinxton), Grenoble, Hamburg, Heidelberg, and Rome. Its headquarters is located in Heidelberg (Germany) and integrate both research groups and core facilities. Training of the next generation of scientists is one of EMBL’s key missions. The EMBL Corporate Partnership Programme invites applications for short-term fellowships to enable junior level scientific visitors (active PhD/postdoc fellows) to carry out experimental projects with an EMBL host research group, thereby allowing them to build new networks, experience the international and interactive environment at EMBL, in addition to experiencing progress of their own research goals. These EMBL CPP visitor fellowships  are administered by the Scientific Visitor Programme...
02 Sep, 2026
Full Time Part Time
EMBL CPP Visitor fellowships for PhDs and Postdocs
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
EMBL is among the world’s highest ranked scientific research organisations aimed to explore the secrets of life. EMBL integrates 28 member states and employs close to 1800 people across its six research sites in Barcelona, Cambridge (Hinxton), Grenoble, Hamburg, Heidelberg, and Rome. Its headquarters is located in Heidelberg (Germany) and integrate both research groups and core facilities. Training of the next generation of scientists is one of EMBL’s key missions. The EMBL Corporate Partnership Programme invites applications for short-term fellowships to enable junior level scientific visitors (active PhD/postdoc fellows) to carry out experimental projects with an EMBL host research group, thereby allowing them to build new networks, experience the international and interactive environment at EMBL, in addition to experiencing progress of their own research goals. These EMBL CPP visitor fellowships  are administered by the Scientific Visitor Programme...
01 Sep, 2026
Full Time Part Time
EMBL TechDev Internship Programme
EMBL Hamburg, Germany
EMBL is among the world’s highest ranked scientific research organisations aimed to explore the secrets of life. EMBL integrates 29 member states and has six research sites in Heidelberg, Barcelona, Grenoble, Hamburg, Cambridge (Hinxton) and Rome. EMBL, in addition to being a centre of excellence in research, has during its 50 year history contributed important technological and engineering advances to support life science research. EMBL has been at the forefront of numerous engineering and microscopy breakthroughs, significantly advancing imaging technologies and enabling new biological discoveries. Some of the key innovations developed at EMBL include confocal and light-sheet microscopy to enable high resolution biological imaging; cryo-electron tomography improvements for visualizing intracellular macromolecular structures at near-atomic resolution, and synchrotron beamline instrumentation that allow determination of protein structures at atomic resolution. ...
01 Sep, 2026
Full Time Part Time
EMBL TechDev Internship Programme
EMBL Barcelona, Spain
EMBL is among the world’s highest ranked scientific research organisations aimed to explore the secrets of life. EMBL integrates 29 member states and has six research sites in Heidelberg, Barcelona, Grenoble, Hamburg, Cambridge (Hinxton) and Rome. EMBL, in addition to being a centre of excellence in research, has during its 50 year history contributed important technological and engineering advances to support life science research. EMBL has been at the forefront of numerous engineering and microscopy breakthroughs, significantly advancing imaging technologies and enabling new biological discoveries. Some of the key innovations developed at EMBL include confocal and light-sheet microscopy to enable high resolution biological imaging; cryo-electron tomography improvements for visualizing intracellular macromolecular structures at near-atomic resolution, and synchrotron beamline instrumentation that allow determination of protein structures at atomic resolution. ...
01 Sep, 2026
Full Time Part Time
EMBL TechDev Internship Programme
EMBL Grenoble, France
EMBL is among the world’s highest ranked scientific research organisations aimed to explore the secrets of life. EMBL integrates 29 member states and has six research sites in Heidelberg, Barcelona, Grenoble, Hamburg, Cambridge (Hinxton) and Rome. EMBL, in addition to being a centre of excellence in research, has during its 50 year history contributed important technological and engineering advances to support life science research. EMBL has been at the forefront of numerous engineering and microscopy breakthroughs, significantly advancing imaging technologies and enabling new biological discoveries. Some of the key innovations developed at EMBL include confocal and light-sheet microscopy to enable high resolution biological imaging; cryo-electron tomography improvements for visualizing intracellular macromolecular structures at near-atomic resolution, and synchrotron beamline instrumentation that allow determination of protein structures at atomic resolution. ...
01 Sep, 2026
Full Time Part Time
EMBL TechDev Internship Programme
EMBL Rome, Italy
EMBL is among the world’s highest ranked scientific research organisations aimed to explore the secrets of life. EMBL integrates 29 member states and has six research sites in Heidelberg, Barcelona, Grenoble, Hamburg, Cambridge (Hinxton) and Rome. EMBL, in addition to being a centre of excellence in research, has during its 50 year history contributed important technological and engineering advances to support life science research. EMBL has been at the forefront of numerous engineering and microscopy breakthroughs, significantly advancing imaging technologies and enabling new biological discoveries. Some of the key innovations developed at EMBL include confocal and light-sheet microscopy to enable high resolution biological imaging; cryo-electron tomography improvements for visualizing intracellular macromolecular structures at near-atomic resolution, and synchrotron beamline instrumentation that allow determination of protein structures at atomic resolution. ...
01 Sep, 2026
Full Time Part Time
EMBL TechDev Internship Programme
EMBL Hinxton, UK
EMBL is among the world’s highest ranked scientific research organisations aimed to explore the secrets of life. EMBL integrates 29 member states and has six research sites in Heidelberg, Barcelona, Grenoble, Hamburg, Cambridge (Hinxton) and Rome. EMBL, in addition to being a centre of excellence in research, has during its 50 year history contributed important technological and engineering advances to support life science research. EMBL has been at the forefront of numerous engineering and microscopy breakthroughs, significantly advancing imaging technologies and enabling new biological discoveries. Some of the key innovations developed at EMBL include confocal and light-sheet microscopy to enable high resolution biological imaging; cryo-electron tomography improvements for visualizing intracellular macromolecular structures at near-atomic resolution, and synchrotron beamline instrumentation that allow determination of protein structures at atomic resolution. ...
01 Sep, 2026
Full Time Part Time
EMBL TechDev Internship Programme
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
EMBL is among the world’s highest ranked scientific research organisations aimed to explore the secrets of life. EMBL integrates 29 member states and has six research sites in Heidelberg, Barcelona, Grenoble, Hamburg, Cambridge (Hinxton) and Rome. EMBL, in addition to being a centre of excellence in research, has during its 50 year history contributed important technological and engineering advances to support life science research. EMBL has been at the forefront of numerous engineering and microscopy breakthroughs, significantly advancing imaging technologies and enabling new biological discoveries. Some of the key innovations developed at EMBL include confocal and light-sheet microscopy to enable high resolution biological imaging; cryo-electron tomography improvements for visualizing intracellular macromolecular structures at near-atomic resolution, and synchrotron beamline instrumentation that allow determination of protein structures at atomic resolution. ...