Dr. Ewan Birney, the Director of EMBL-EBI and the senior scientist in charge of research at that institute, visited NIBB on August 21st 2019 to deliver a seminar as well as to meet with NIBB researchers. Dr. Birney gave a special seminar titled “Outbred Genetics in Medaka Fish and Humans - Bringing Models and Medicine Together” to NIBB researchers, and had discussions with the NIBB Director General, Dr. Kiyokazu Agata, to promote an international collaboration between NIBB and EMBL-EBI.
