The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) provides freely available data and services, promotes basic research, trains users at all levels and helps disseminate cutting edge technology to industry. EMBL-EBI is part of EMBL, Europe's flagship laboratory for the life sciences, and is located on the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus in Cambridgeshire, UK. EMBL-EBI is a member of ELIXIR, the research infrastructure for life science data in Europe. www.elixir-europe.org