{"podcast":{"title":"The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Alumni Chats Series","slug":"the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543","podcast_index_feed_id":7525543,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series/20251006_121001_3df7a21f69a1c804760bd4da703b731c.png","author":"EMBL Alumni Relations","episode_count":34,"summary":"A series of in-depth conversations with members of European Molecular Biology Lab's Alumni Community. Alumni recall the impact of EMBL on their careers and their memories of time spent there as well as the inside stories behind some of the major research breakthroughs. Alumni Chat contributors are members of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) community. The opinions expressed are their own and are not necessarily representative of the views of EMBL or any other party. The mere appearance of video content on the EMBL Alumni RSS account does not constitute an endorsement by EMBL. Audio Production and Editing: EMBL Alumni Relations Content and Interviews: Angus Lamond and Thomas Vaccari Music: Eco Technology by Aleksey Chistilin from Pixabay Thanks to: EMBL Audiovisual and EMBL Design Sponsored by: EMBLEM © European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T10:17:20.446054+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543"},"episode":{"title":"30. Janet Thornton - A Life in Computational Biology","slug":"30-janet-thornton-a-life-in-computational-biology","published_at":"2026-07-02T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/30-janet-thornton-a-life-in-computational-biology","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series/2845884","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/350256/2845884/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series/2026_05_21_10_12_41_3fded592-abc4-43bb-9493-58ae99799dcb.mp3","summary":"Former EMBL-EBI Director 1994-2023, Dame Janet Thornton reflects on her distinguished career in bioinformatics, the wonder of protein research and the vital role of accessible data services for life science research. She also speaks about AI's impact on protein structure prediction and the potential for AlphaFold to revolutionise the field. This interview was conducted by former EMBL Group Leader, Angus Lamond. Alumni Chat contributors are members of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) community. The opinions expressed are their own and are not necessarily representative of the views of EMBL or any other party. The mere appearance of content on EMBL Alumni media channels does not constitute an endorsement by EMBL. Production and Editing: EMBL Alumni Relations Content and Interviews: Angus Lamond and Thomas Vaccari Music: Eco Technology by Aleksey Chistilin from Pixabay Thanks to: EMBL Audiovisual and EMBL Design Sponsored by: EMBLEM © European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)","meta_description":"Former EMBL-EBI Director 1994-2023, Dame Janet Thornton reflects on her distinguished career in bioinformatics, the wonder of protein research and the vit…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2071,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/episodes/30-janet-thornton-a-life-in-computational-biology/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/30-janet-thornton-a-life-in-computational-biology.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}