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As part of a new , comprehensive , five-year partnership , EMBL-EBI will tap Google Cloud ' s innovative technologies and global infrastructure to accelerate the pace of service delivery to its global user community , which includes research labs , pharmaceutical companies , academic institutions and more .

EMBL-EBI hosts a range of open data resources for the life sciences community , spanning genomics , proteins , chemical data and more . These data resources are freely and openly available for anyone to use , similar to a digital public library . This approach supports open science and speeds up scientific discovery on a global scale .

EMBL-EBI will use Google Cloud ' s cloud infrastructure and services to accelerate the processing of data from the community , providing more value for researchers and stakeholders and delivering new insights through EMBL-EBI ' s data resources .

The partnership between Google Cloud and EMBL-EBI aims to :

• Improve access to biomedical research through the use of cloud technology as an exemplar to the global community .

• Use analytics and Machine Learning to glean better insights from data to help speed up the pace of scientific discovery and to distribute these insights globally .

• Support EMBL-EBI ' s multi-cloud and hybrid cloud strategy by providing a flexible platform to develop new cloud tools and technologies .

• Train EMBL-EBI staff in building , deploying and using cloud-native applications to accelerate cloud adoption within the life sciences community .

The use of cloud infrastructure will support EMBL-EBI ' s goals and will not change researchers ' access to EMBL-EBI data . The global research community will continue to have open access to the institute ' s data resources and tools . The data hosted by EMBL-EBI will continue to be stored in the institute ' s data centres and will remain accessible via existing methods indefinitely . Over time , copies of selected data may be stored and processed in Google Cloud , in compliance with EMBL ' s internal data classification and data protection policies and leveraging Google Cloud ' s advanced data protection capabilities . All data stored on Google Cloud by EMBL-EBI remains under EMBL-EBI control and delivery .

Steven Newhouse , Head of Technical Services , EMBL-EBI , said : " We ' re excited about the possibilities that Google Cloud ' s secure , flexible and connected infrastructure can provide to EMBL-EBI to enable our services to be accessed globally ."

Mark Palmer , Head of Public Sector , EMEA , Google Cloud , said : " As we continue our work with customers in the research space , the impact of cloud computing becomes increasingly clear . As part of this new partnership , we have the opportunity to accelerate research by providing EMBL-EBI with high performance computing solutions that will provide researchers with the tools and compute to drive more effective and efficient research ." p

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