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      <title><![CDATA[But what does it do? - Most complete database to date of human phosphatases and their substrates]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[It is now easier to pinpoint exactly what molecules a phosphatase – a type of protein that’s essential for cells to react to their environment – acts upon in human cells, thanks to the free online database DEPOD, created by EMBL scientists. Published today in Science Signaling, the overview of interactions could even help explain unforeseen side-effects of drugs.]]></description>
      <pubDate>14 May 2013 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pushing the boundaries of transcription - A new level of variation in messenger RNAs exposed]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Like musicians in an orchestra who have the same musical score but start and finish playing at different intervals, cells with the same genes start and finish transcribing them at different points in the genome. For the first time, researchers at EMBL have described the striking diversity of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) that such start and end variation produces, even from the simple genome of yeast cells. Their findings are published today in Nature.]]></description>
      <pubDate>24 Apr 2013 16:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Become a member of Euro-BioImaging - Europe’s future research infrastructure for imaging launches its 1st open call for nodes]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Euro-BioImaging, the pan-European open access research infrastructure for biological and medical imaging technologies, invites leading European imaging facilities to submit proposals to participate.]]></description>
      <pubDate>27 Mar 2013 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Havoc in biology’s most-used human cell line - Genome of HeLa cells sequenced for the first time]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[HeLa cells are the world’s most commonly used human cell lines for research. In a study published today in G3: Genes, Genomes and Genetics online, scientists at EMBL announce the successful sequencing of the genome of a HeLa cell line. It provides a high-resolution genomic reference that reveals the striking differences between the HeLa genome and that of normal human cells. The study could improve the way HeLa cells are used to model human biology. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>11 Mar 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denmark joins the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine - Nordic-EMBL research alliance to continue, and grow with inauguration of Danish node]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2013/130305_Heidelberg-Aarhus/?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=news</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine renews its partnership agreement for an extended period of 10 years, and expands the Nordic EMBL network with the official opening of the Danish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience (DANDRITE) at Aarhus University, which will become its Danish node.]]></description>
      <pubDate>05 Mar 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Zeroing in on heart disease - Innovative strategy pinpoints genes underlying cardiovascular disease risk]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Studies screening the genome of hundreds of thousands of individuals have linked more than 100 regions in the genome to the risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Researchers from EMBL and the University of Heidelberg are taking these results one step further by pinpointing the exact genes that could have a role in the onset of the disease. Their findings are published today in the Public Library of Science (PLoS) Genetics.]]></description>
      <pubDate>28 Feb 2013 21:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DNA’s twisted communication - The organisation of the genome is a key element for the control of gene expression]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gene expression needs to be finely controlled during embryo development. Fgf8 is one of these regulation factors that control how the limbs, the head and the brain grow. Researchers at EMBL have elucidated how Fgf8 in mammal embryos is, itself, controlled by a series of interdependent regulatory elements. Their findings, published today in Developmental Cell, shed new light on the importance of the genome’s architecture for gene regulation. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>28 Feb 2013 16:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[One disease, two mechanisms - Prostate cancer in younger patients is triggered by a different mechanism than in older men]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[While prostate cancer is the most common cancer in elderly Western men it also, but more rarely, strikes patients aged between 35 and 50. Scientists at EMBL, in collaboration with several other research teams in Germany, have discovered that early-onset prostate cancers are triggered by a different mechanism from that which causes the disease at a later age. Their findings are published today in Cancer Cell, and might have important medical implications.]]></description>
      <pubDate>11 Feb 2013 16:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Learning from the linker - New study sheds light on cellular reprogramming]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) represent a milestone in stem cell research, however many of the biochemical processes that underlie reprogramming are still not understood. Scientists from the EMBL Hamburg and from the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine in Münster, Germany now shed new light on this process. In a study published today in Nature Cell Biology, the scientists describe important details about the structure of the transcription factor Oct4, known to play a crucial role in the reprogramming of terminally differentiated cells. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>04 Feb 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The mutation police - How a protein keeps thousands of mutations in check]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Scientists at the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in the UK have discovered how our genome keeps the effects of mutations in check. The discovery, published in the journal Cell, will help in the study of diseases such as cancer and neurodegeneration.]]></description>
      <pubDate>31 Jan 2013 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[EMBL-EBI researchers make DNA storage a reality - Every film and TV programme ever created - in a teacup]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Researchers at the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) have created a way to store data in the form of DNA – a material that lasts for tens of thousands of years. The new method, published in the journal Nature, makes it possible to store at least 100 million hours of high-definition video in about a cup of DNA.]]></description>
      <pubDate>23 Jan 2013 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The cell that isn’t - New technique captures division of membrane-less cells]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This may look like yet another video of a dividing cell, but there’s a catch. You are looking at chromosomes (red) being pulled apart by the spindle (green), but it’s not a cell, because there’s no cell membrane. The new technique developed by Ivo Telley from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, allows scientists to study cell division without cell membrane.]]></description>
      <pubDate>17 Jan 2013 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Protein production: going viral - Architecture of essential human transcription factor revealed]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A research team of scientists from EMBL Grenoble and the IGBMC in Strasbourg, France, have, for the first time, described in molecular detail the architecture of the central scaffold of TFIID: the human protein complex essential for transcription from DNA to mRNA. The study, published today in Nature, opens new perspectives in the study of transcription and of the structure and mechanism of other large multi-protein assemblies involved in gene regulation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>06 Jan 2013 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sync to grow - Oscillation of gene activity may underlie how embryos grow in proportion]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Researchers at EMBL are one step closer to understanding how embryos develop and grow while always keeping the same proportions between their various parts. Their findings, published today in Nature, reveal that scaling of the future vertebrae in a mouse embryo is controlled by how the expression of some specific genes oscillates, in a coordinated way, between neighbouring cells. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>19 Dec 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[My microbes - Our gut bacteria’s collection of genomes is unique, and remains stable over time]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[We all have E.coli bacteria in our gut but each of us carries a version that is genetically slightly different. The same can be said of most gut microbes: our own gut metagenome, that is the collection of all the genes of all our gut microbes, appears to be really specific to each of us, and to remain stable over time. These findings, published in Nature, could have widespread consequences in medicine.]]></description>
      <pubDate>05 Dec 2012 17:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Spot the difference - First combined map of genetic variation at different scales]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[EMBL scientists and colleagues in the 1000 Genomes Project present the first map of human genetic variation that combines everything from tiny changes in the genetic code to major alterations in our chromosomes, based on the genomes of 1092 healthy people from Europe, the Americas and East Asia. Their results, published in Nature, open new approaches for research on the genetic causes of disease.]]></description>
      <pubDate>31 Oct 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Loop the loop, DNA style - One- or two-way transcription depends on gene loops]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Scientists at EMBL and Oxford University discovered that, by forming or undoing gene loops, cells manipulate the path of the transcription machinery – which reads out instructions from DNA – controlling whether it moves along the genetic material in one direction or two. The work is published online today in Science.]]></description>
      <pubDate>27 Sep 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cellular eavesdropping made easy - New method for identifying and measuring secreted proteins over time]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg devised a new approach for studying the proteins cells release to communicate with each other, react to changes, or even to help them move. Published online today in Nature Biotechnology, the work also opens new avenues for drug and biomarker screening. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>23 Sep 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fast forward for biomedical research - Massive DNA encyclopedia scraps the junk]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[An international team of researchers reveal that much of what has been called ‘junk DNA’ in the human genome is actually a massive control panel with millions of switches regulating the activity of our genes. Without these switches, genes would not work – and mutations in these regions might lead to human disease. Discovered by hundreds of scientists working on the ENCODE Project, the new information is so comprehensive and complex that it has given rise to a new publishing model.]]></description>
      <pubDate>05 Sep 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[How the cell swallows - 3D movie at ‘ultraresolution’ shows how cell’s machinery bends membrane inwards]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg have combined the power of two kinds of microscope to produce a 3-dimensional movie of how cells ‘swallow’ nutrients and other molecules by engulfing them. The study, published today in Cell, is the first to follow changes in the shape of the cell’s membrane and track proteins thought to influence those changes.]]></description>
      <pubDate>03 Aug 2012 07:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Catching the cap-snatcher - Structural analysis opens the way to new anti-influenza drugs]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Researchers at EMBL Grenoble have determined the detailed 3-dimensional structure of part of the flu virus’ RNA polymerase, an enzyme that is crucial for influenza virus replication. The research was done on the 2009 pandemic influenza strain but it will help scientists to design innovative drugs against all the different influenza strains.]]></description>
      <pubDate>02 Aug 2012 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Of flies and men - What 10 000 fruit flies have to tell us about differences between the sexes]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Researchers led by EMBL-EBI and the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics (MPI) have discovered a way in which cells can adjust the activity of many different genes at once. Their findings, published in Science, overturn commonly held views and reveal an important mechanism behind gender differences.]]></description>
      <pubDate>19 Jul 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Italy pledges to be part of ELIXIR research infrastructure - ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Italy has pledged to participate in ELIXIR, a major undertaking to safeguard the results of life science research in Europe.]]></description>
      <pubDate>12 Jul 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stop and go - ‘Traffic policeman’ protein directs crucial step in cell division]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A protein called Lem4 directs a crucial step of cell division by preventing the progress of one molecule while waving another through, scientists at EMBL Heidelberg have found. The study is published online today in Cell.]]></description>
      <pubDate>05 Jul 2012 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Flu fighters - EMBL spin-off, Savira pharmaceuticals, collaborates with Roche in search for new drug-candidates]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Savira pharmaceuticals GmbH, a spin-off of EMBL based in Vienna, Austria, has signed a collaboration and license agreement with Roche, to promote the joint development of new and innovative drug-candidates to fight both seasonal and pandemic influenza.]]></description>
      <pubDate>21 Jun 2012 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Video Release: Filming life in the fast lane - New microscope takes a different angle – or four]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[New microscope enabled scientists at EMBL Heidelberg to film a fruit fly embryo, in 3D, from when it was about two-and-a-half hours old until it walked away from the microscope as a larva.]]></description>
      <pubDate>03 Jun 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Shape-shifting shell - Structure of a retrovirus at a potentially vulnerable stage]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg have for the first time uncovered the structure of the shell that surrounds the genetic material of retroviruses such as HIV. The study, published online today in Nature, provides information on a part of the virus that may be a potential future drug target.]]></description>
      <pubDate>03 Jun 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Export extravaganza - Census reveals unexpected variety of genes involved in cellular transport]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In the first comprehensive census of human cells’ export workers, scientists at EMBL Heidelberg, found an unexpected variety of genes involved in transporting molecules to the cell membrane and beyond. The work is published online today in Nature Cell Biology.]]></description>
      <pubDate>03 Jun 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The cell’s ‘New World’ - First complete atlas of RNA-binding proteins could point to function of genes linked to diseases]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg catalogued all proteins that bind to RNA, finding 300 previously unknown to do so. The study, published online today in Cell, could help to explain the role of genes that have been linked to diseases like diabetes and glaucoma.]]></description>
      <pubDate>31 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Locating ground zero - How the brain’s emergency workers find the disaster area]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2012/120524_Heidelberg/?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=news</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg have discovered exactly how cells called microglia detect the site of brain injury – a finding that paves the way for new medical approaches to conditions where microglia’s ability to locate hazardous material is compromised, like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.]]></description>
      <pubDate>24 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Picture Release: More than meets the eye - ‘Transformer’ protein makes different sized transport pods]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Images of the cell’s transport pods, produced at EMBL Heidelberg, revealed a molecular version of the robots from Transformers, published online today in Science.]]></description>
      <pubDate>24 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A matter of priorities - Bacteria evolved way to safeguard crucial genetic material]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Bacteria evolved ‘risk management’ strategy to protect key genes from mutation, scientists at EMBL-EBI have found. The work is published today in Nature.]]></description>
      <pubDate>22 Apr 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Picture Release - Spring tails]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As spring arrives, flowers seem to bloom everywhere – even under the electron microscopes at EMBL. The image, which has been false-coloured for artistic effect, shows a slice through the tails of mouse sperm, where each ‘flower’ is the tail that a sperm cell wags to swim.]]></description>
      <pubDate>20 Mar 2012 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Need for speed - Molecular ticket determines RNA’s destination and speed inside egg cell]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In fruit fly egg cells, oskar RNA carries a stamped ticket detailing its destination and guaranteeing it will travel fast enough, scientists at EMBL Heidelberg have found. The study, published in NSMB, provides clues to how a single molecule could receive tickets for different destinations, depending on what type of cell it is in.]]></description>
      <pubDate>18 Mar 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Flying high in Europe - Big science teams up with big business to kick‐start European cloud computing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2012/120301_Heidelberg/?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=news</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A consortium of leading IT providers and CERN, EMBL and ESA announce a partnership to launch a European cloud computing platform. ‘Helix Nebula ‐ the Science Cloud’, will support the massive IT requirements of European scientists, and become available to governmental organisations and industry after an initial pilot phase.]]></description>
      <pubDate>01 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Making the most of what you have - Bacterium fine-tunes proteins for enhanced functionality]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The bacterium that causes atypical pneumonia is helping scientists uncover how cells make the most of limited resources. By measuring all the proteins this bacterium produces, scientists at EMBL Heidelberg and collaborators have found that the secret is fine-tuning.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[New distributed research infrastructure for structural biology - Instruct formally launched]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Instruct, a new distributed research infrastructure for the science of structural biology, is formally launched today at a signing ceremony in Brussels attended by Stephen Cusack, Head of EMBL Grenoble, and the European Commission Director-General for Research and Innovation, among others.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Trapped in a ring - Ring-like protein complex helps ensure accurate protein production]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A ring-like structure found in a protein complex called ‘Elongator’ provides new clues to its tasks inside the cell and to its role in neurodegenerative diseases. It is the first three-dimensional structure of part of this complex, and was published online today in NSMB.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stretching helices help keep muscles together - Muscle protein stretches in novel way]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Scientists at EMBL Hamburg have discovered that the elastic part of myomesin, a protein that links muscle filaments, can stretch to two and a half times its original length, unfolding in a way that was hitherto unknown. The work is published today in PLoS Biology.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Collective action - Occupied genetic switches hold clues to cells’ history]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Genetic switches called enhancers and the molecules that activate them can be used to draw a cell’s family tree, EMBL scientists have found.]]></description>
      <pubDate>02 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rigged to explode? - Inherited mutation links exploding chromosomes to cancer]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[An inherited mutation is likely the link between exploding chromosomes and the paediatric brain tumour which is the second most common cause of childhood mortality in developed countries, scientists at EMBL, DKFZ and the University Hospital, all in Heidelberg, Germany, have discovered.]]></description>
      <pubDate>19 Jan 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Evolution by 'copy-paste' - Study provides new insights into an ancient mechanism of mammalian evolution]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Researchers at EMBL-EBI and colleagues have found a simple and widespread way in which DNA is remodelled in six mammalian species, including humans. The study, published in the journal Cell, sheds light on an ancient mechanism of evolution that is still at work in our genome.]]></description>
      <pubDate>12 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tracking genes’ remote controls - New method for observing enhancer activity during development]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, can now see - and predict - exactly when remote controls, genetic sequences known as enhancers in cells' nuclei, are activated in a real embryo.]]></description>
      <pubDate>08 Jan 2012 03:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[UK invests £75 million in European research infrastructure to support knowledge-based economy - Support for ELIXIR research infrastructure]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the BBSRC warmly welcome today’s announcement from the UK Government of a £75 million commitment from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ Large Facilities Capital Fund for the ELIXIR research infrastructure.]]></description>
      <pubDate>05 Dec 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Scientists at EMBL Grenoble have discovered how a protein sounds the alarm when it detects viruses invading a cell. The study, published today in Cell, is a key development in our understanding of the innate immune response, shedding light on how cells rapidly respond to a wide range of viruses including influenza, rabies and hepatitis.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today marks an important step for ELIXIR, Europe’s emerging research infrastructure for life-science information, as EMBL and Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to catalyse the implementation and construction of ELIXIR, with more countries planning to join in the near future.]]></description>
      <pubDate>14 Sep 2011 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fishing games gone wrong - Trial-and-error behind important cause of female infertility]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[When an egg cell is being formed, the cellular machinery which separates chromosomes is extremely imprecise at fishing them out of the cell’s interior, scientists at EMBL Heidelberg have discovered. The findings, published in Cell, could explain why errors in the number of chromosomes in the egg cell are the leading cause of miscarriages and severe congenital diseases like Down's syndrome, as well as causing female infertility. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>18 Aug 2011 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Live from the scene: biochemistry in action - New microscope follows single molecules by the millisecond]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Researchers can now watch molecules move in living cells, literally millisecond by millisecond, thanks to a new microscope developed by scientists at EMBL Heidelberg. Published online today in Nature Biotechnology, the new technique provides insights into processes that were so far invisible.]]></description>
      <pubDate>07 Aug 2011 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gardening in the brain - Specialist cells prune connections between neurons]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Cells called microglia prune the connections between neurons, shaping how the brain is wired, scientists at EMBL Monterotondo discovered.]]></description>
      <pubDate>21 Jul 2011 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A hot species for cool structures - Complex proteins in 3D thanks to simple heat-loving fungus]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A fungus that lives at extremely high temperatures could help understand structures within our own cells. Scientists at EMBL and Heidelberg University were the first to sequence and analyse the genome of a heat-loving fungus, and used that information to determine the long sought 3-dimensional structure of the inner ring of the nuclear pore.]]></description>
      <pubDate>21 Jul 2011 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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