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      <title><![CDATA[New training and conference centre for the life sciences at EMBL in Heidelberg - The German Minister for Education and Research, Annette Schavan, officially opens the EMBL Advanced Training Centre today]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2010/100309_Heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The German Minister for Education and Research officially opens the EMBL Advanced Training Centre – Funding comes from the German Ministry for Education and Research, the Klaus Tschira Foundation, the federal state of Baden-Württemberg and EMBL’s member states.]]></description>
      <pubDate>09 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bacterial balance that keeps us healthy - EMBL scientists present genetic catalogue of our gut flora]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2010/100304_Heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[At 3.3 million, microbial genes in our gut outnumber previous estimates for the whole of the human body, EMBL scientists and their collaborators found when establishing a reference gene set for the human gut microbiome. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>04 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[MicroRNA: a glimpse into the past - Small molecules give EMBL scientists bigger picture of animal evolution]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2010/100131_Heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The last ancestor we shared with worms, which roamed the seas around 600 million years ago, may already have had a sophisticated brain. Fossils cannot give us this information, but scientists at EMBL Heidelberg obtained it by studying small molecules called microRNAs. Their findings are published today in Nature. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>31 Jan 2010 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[How to shoot the messenger - EMBL scientists shed light on cellular communication systems involved in neurodegeneration, cancer and cardiovascular disease]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2010/100126_Hamburg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[By determining the structure of DAPK bound to calmodulin, scientists from EMBL Hamburg have found a way to hack into a vital cellular communications system, raising the possibility of developing new drugs to tackle disorders like neurodegeneration, cancer and cardiovascular disease.]]></description>
      <pubDate>26 Jan 2010 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Membrane-coat proteins: bacteria have them too - EMBL discovery could yield evolutionary insights and new model organism]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2010/100119_Heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[EMBL scientists have discovered that a group of bacteria possess proteins thought to exist only in eukaryotes. Published today in PLoS Biology, the study could help unravel part of our own evolutionary history.]]></description>
      <pubDate>19 Jan 2010 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Open access drug discovery database launches with half a million compounds - Database will be hosted by EMBL-EBI]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2010/100118_Hinxton/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ChEMBLdb, a vast online database of information on the properties and activities of drugs and drug-like small molecules and their targets, launches today with information on over half a million compounds. The data lie at the heart of translating information from the human genome into successful new drugs in the clinic.]]></description>
      <pubDate>18 Jan 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Battle of the Sexes - EMBL scientists uncover the gene responsible for keeping females female]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2009/091211_Heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[EMBL scientists uncover the gene responsible for keeping females female]]></description>
      <pubDate>10 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[From fruit fly wings to heart failure. Why Not(ch)? - EMBL scientists identify key signalling pathway for heart development and healing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2009/091210_Monterotondo/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Scientists at EMBL Monterotondo are the first to prove that the Notch signalling pathway targets heart muscle cells, thus revealing its crucial role in heart development and repair.]]></description>
      <pubDate>10 Dec 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[First-ever blueprint of a minimal cell is more complex than expected - EMBL and CRG scientists reveal what a self-sufficient cell can’t do without]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2009/091127_Heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In three papers published back-to-back today in Science, scientists in a partnership between the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, and the Centre de Regulacio Genòmica (CRG) in Barcelona, Spain provide the first comprehensive picture of a minimal cell, based on an extensive quantitative study of the biology of the bacterium that causes atypical pneumonia, Mycoplasma pneumoniae. The study uncovers fascinating novelties relevant to bacterial biology and shows that even the simplest of cells is more complex than expected.]]></description>
      <pubDate>26 Nov 2009 18:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RNA on the move - EMBL scientists are the first to visualize the mechanism responsible for oskar mRNA transport]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2009/091125_Heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In the fruitfly Drosophila, oskar mRNA, which is involved in defining the animal’s body axes, is produced in the nuclei of nurse cells neighbouring the oocyte, and must be transported to the oocyte and along its entire length before being translated into protein. In a study published today in Cell, scientists at EMBL in Heidelberg, Germany, have visualized the molecular mechanism that underlies this localisation process.]]></description>
      <pubDate>26 Nov 2009 09:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drought resistance explained - Structural study at EMBL reveals how plants respond to water shortages]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2009/091108_Grenoble/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Grenoble, France, and the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) in Valencia, Spain discovered that the key to plants' responses to drought lies in the structure of a protein called PYR1 and how it interacts with the plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA). Their study, published online today in Nature, could open up new approaches to increasing crops’ resistance to water shortage. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>08 Nov 2009 17:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Deciphering the regulatory code - EMBL scientists take new approach to predict gene expression]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2009/091104_Heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Thanks to scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, it is now possible to accurately predict when and where different CRMs will be active. The study, published today in Nature, is a first step towards forecasting the expression of all genes in a given organism and demonstrates that the genetic regulation that is crucial for correct embryonic development is more flexible than previously thought.]]></description>
      <pubDate>04 Nov 2009 17:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[From foe to friend: mosquitoes that transmit malaria may help fight the disease - EMBL scientists identify gene behind malaria-resistant mosquitoes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2009/091001_Heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In a study published today in Science, researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, and the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) in Strasbourg, France, discovered that variations in a single gene affect mosquitoes’ ability to resist infection by the malaria parasite.]]></description>
      <pubDate>01 Oct 2009 17:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Putting the squeeze on sperm DNA - EMBL scientists discover a new way to read the histone code by studying  streamlined sperm]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2009/090930_Heidelberg-Grenoble/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and Grenoble, the Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS) and the Institut Albert Bonniot, both also in Grenoble, have been studying the secrets of speedy sperm. Their work, published today in Nature, shows how a protein only found in developing sperm cells, Brdt, directs tight re-packaging of sperm DNA.]]></description>
      <pubDate>30 Sep 2009 16:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[To regenerate muscle, cellular garbage men must become builders - Crucial role of macrophages in muscle regeneration uncovered by EMBL scientists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2009/090921_Monterotondo/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In a study published online this week in the journal Proceedings of the National 
Academy of Sciences (PNAS), EMBL scientists provide conclusive proof that, 
when a muscle is injured, white blood cells called macrophages 
play a crucial role in its regeneration and uncovered the genetic switch that controls this process.]]></description>
      <pubDate>21 Sep 2009 18:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[How stem cells make skin - EMBL scientists come a step closer to understanding skin, breast and other cancers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2009/090913_Monterotondo/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
in Monterotondo, in collaboration with colleagues at the Centro
de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnologicas
(CIEMAT) in Madrid, have discovered two proteins that control
when and how stem cells switch to being skin cells.]]></description>
      <pubDate>13 Sep 2009 16:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[UK leads European research programme with £10M investment in bioscience data handling capacity - ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2009/090825_Hinxton/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The UK has made its first substantial commitment to a major emerging pan-European science project with a £10M investment (25 August) by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).]]></description>
      <pubDate>25 Aug 2009 07:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Raising the alarm when DNA goes bad - EMBL scientists identify a rapid response team that monitors and quickly responds to DNA damage]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2009/090813_Heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Scientists have known for a long time that when DNA is
damaged, a key enzyme sets off a cellular ‘alarm bell’ to alert the
cell to start the repair process. In a study
published today in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology,
researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory
(EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, have identified a whole family
of proteins capable of a direct response to the alarm signal.

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      <pubDate>13 Aug 2009 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Scientists open doors to diagnosis of emphysema - EMBL development may provide powerful new test for inflammatory lung diseases]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2009/090802_Heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Work by scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and its Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU) with the University of Heidelberg, Germany, has shed new light on the underlying disease process of emphysema using a technique which could in future be adapted for use in diagnosis.]]></description>
      <pubDate>02 Aug 2009 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Scientists identify cholesterol-regulating genes - EMBL discovery may help fight major cause of heart disease]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2009/090707_Heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the University of Heidelberg, Germany, have come a step closer to understanding how cholesterol levels are regulated.]]></description>
      <pubDate>07 Jul 2009 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New interdisciplinary structural biology centre for virus research and technology platforms - EMBL, CNRS and the University Joseph Fourier in Grenoble establish Unit for Virus and Host Cell Interactions (Unité Mixte Internationale)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2009/090626_Grenoble/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On June 26 2009 the joint international Unit for Virus and Host Cell Inter actions (Unité Mi x te Internationale) was formally established in Grenoble.]]></description>
      <pubDate>26 Jun 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uncovering how cells cover gaps - Scientists develop a clearer picture of dorsal closure and shed light on wound healing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2009/090626_Heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, came a step closer to understanding how cells close gaps not only during embryonic development but also during wound healing.]]></description>
      <pubDate>25 Jun 2009 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New electron microscopy images reveal the assembly of HIV - EMBL researchers provide the as yet closest look at the structure of immature HIV]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2009/090623_Heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the University Clinic Heidelberg, Germany, have produced a three-dimensional reconstruction of HIV]]></description>
      <pubDate>23 Jun 2009 21:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[European centre of excellence for mouse biology celebrates its 10th anniversary - ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2009/090622_Monterotondo/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Today the EMBL
Mouse Biology Unit in Monterotondo, close to Rome in Italy, celebrates its 10th anniversary.]]></description>
      <pubDate>22 Jun 2009 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New EMBL service makes web browsing efficient for biologists - ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2009/090609_Heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) now offers a new free service to help researchers, teachers and students keep up-to-date with scientific literature on the web, especially when researching unfamiliar molecules.]]></description>
      <pubDate>09 Jun 2009 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sugarcoating fruit fly development - Scientists discover that sugar tags on nuclear proteins have an important  developmental function]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2009/090528_Heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[25 years after the first discovery of proteins, researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg have now gained insight into the role of one of these tags, a small sugar residue, that is found on many different proteins across species.]]></description>
      <pubDate>28 May 2009 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Getting a grip on complexes: EMBL scientists develop first fully automated pipeline for multiprotein complex production - ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2009/090504_Grenoble/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Most cellular processes are carried out by molecular machines that consist of many interacting proteins. These protein complexes lie at the heart of life science research, but they are notoriously hard to study. Their abundance is often too low to extract them directly from cells and generating them with recombinant methods has been a daunting task. A new technology to produce multiprotein complexes, developed by researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Grenoble, France, and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Villigen, Switzerland, now makes the biologist's life easier.]]></description>
      <pubDate>04 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Recycler protein helps prevent disease - Researchers identify protein recycling mechanism that helps protect from genetic disorders]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2009/090501_Heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Recycling is important not only on a global scale, but also at the cellular level, since key molecules tend to be available in limited numbers. This means a cell needs to have efficient recycling mechanisms. Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and Heidelberg University, Germany, have now uncovered the first step in the recycling of a crucial molecular tag which ensures the instructions encoded in our genes are correctly carried out. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New study reveals the protein that makes phosphate chains in yeast - Phosphate chains store energy and have many more different functions in a cell]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2009/090423_Heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[It can be found in all life forms, and serves a multitude of purposes, from energy storage to stress response to bone calcification. This molecular jack-of-all trades is polyphosphate, a long chain of phosphate molecules. Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory [EMBL] in Heidelberg, Germany, are now the first to uncover how this chain is assembled in eukaryotes [organisms whose cells have a nucleus]. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Picture Release - Images of Medaka juveniles taken with a Digital Scanned Laser Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscope.]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The two images of Medaka juveniles, a full body shot and a head close-up, were taken at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), with a newly developed microscope called Digital Scanned Laser Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscope.]]></description>
      <pubDate>24 Feb 2009 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New findings reveal how influenza virus hijacks human cells - Scientists provide atomic resolution details of a promising drug target in influenza virus]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2009/090204_grenoble/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the joint Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interaction (UVHCI) of EMBL, the University Joseph Fourier (UJF) and the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Grenoble, France, have now precisely defined an important drug target in influenza.]]></description>
      <pubDate>04 Feb 2009 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Re-write the textbooks: transcription is bidirectional - A genome wide study of transcription in yeast redefines the concept of promoters]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2009/090125_heidelberg-hinxton/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Researchers in the groups of Lars Steinmetz at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, and Wolfgang Huber at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in Hinxton, UK, have now unravelled how yeast generates its transcripts and have come a step closer to understanding their function. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>25 Jan 2009 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Leica Microsystems to Become Founder Partner of EMBL Advanced Training Centre - Strengthening the Research and Education Network]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2008/081212_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Microscope designer Leica Microsystems and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory [EMBL] signed a corporate partnership agreement today whereby Leica Microsystems becomes a founder partner of the EMBL Advanced Training Centre scheduled to be completed in September 2009.]]></description>
      <pubDate>12 Dec 2008 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Picture Release - ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2008/081203_heidelberg-pic/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Cell division is one of the most fundamental processes of life. It explains how one cell can give rise to an organism of several million cells, it determines the shape of different life forms and it underpins our body's capacity to heal when injured. Often we only notice how important cell division really is when it goes wrong and results in cancer or other diseases.]]></description>
      <pubDate>03 Dec 2008 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[EMBL and PerkinElmer announce corporate partnership to support EMBL Advanced Training Centre - Collaboration to support advancement of molecular biology excellence, training, research and events in Europe]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2008/081124_heidelberg_waltham/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences, a global leader in life science research, drug discovery and cellular science, today announced that they have entered into a corporate partnership in support of EMBL's Advanced Training Centre in Heidelberg, Germany. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>24 Nov 2008 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uncovering secrets of life in the ocean - Researchers unravel how the very first eyes in evolution might have worked and how they guide the swimming of marine plankton towards light]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2008/081120_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Developmental Biology now explain the remarkable ability of marine zooplankton to swim towards light.]]></description>
      <pubDate>20 Nov 2008 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2008/081022_heidelberg-pic/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[What at the first sight could be pictures of planets or other cosmic structures are actually microscope images of balls (cysts) of human kidney cells.]]></description>
      <pubDate>21 Oct 2008 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Researchers establish international human microbiome consortium - Coordinated global effort to investigate role of microbes in human health and disease]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2008/081016_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Today at a meeting organised by the European Molecular Biology Laboratory [EMBL] in Heidelberg, Germany, scientists from around the globe announced the formation of the International Human Microbiome Consortium [IHMC], an effort that will enable researchers to characterise the relationship of the human microbiome in the maintenance of health and disease.]]></description>
      <pubDate>16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2008/081009_heidelberg/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[Open access to large-scale drug discovery data - Data on drugs and small molecules is placed in the public domain, helping the discovery and development of new medicines]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2008/080723_hinxton/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Wellcome Trust has awarded £4.7 million [€5.8 million] to EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute [EMBL-EBI] to support the transfer of a large collection of information on the properties and activities of drugs and a large set of drug-like small molecules from publicly listed company Galapagos NV to the public domain.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pregnant mice block out unwelcome admirers to protect their pups - Chemical changes in the brain make pregnant mice ignore the smell of males]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2008/080720_monterotondo/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mouse mothers-to-be have a remarkable way to protect their unborn pups. Because the smell of a strange male's urine can cause miscarriage and reactivate the ovulatory cycle, pregnant mice prevent the action of such olfactory stimuli by blocking their smell. Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Monterotondo, Italy, have now revealed the nature of this ability. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Teaching old drugs new tricks - Scientists predict new uses for existing drugs from their side effects]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2008/080711_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) discovered a new way to make use of drugs' unwanted side effects. They developed a computational method that compares how similar the side effects of different drugs are and predicts how likely the drugs act on the same target molecule.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Zooming in on genetic shuffling - Scientists generate the most precise map of genetic recombination ever]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In the current issue of Nature, researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory([EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, and the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in Hinxton, UK, present the most precise map of genetic recombination yet. The study sheds light on fundamental questions about genetic shuffling and has implications for the tracking of disease genes and their inheritance.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[New research sheds light on the molecular basis of crib death - Scientists develop a mouse model of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2008/080704_monterotondo/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Researchers of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Monterotondo, Italy, have developed a mouse model of the so-called crib or cot death, which remains the leading cause of death during the first year of life in developed countries.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Scientists fix bugs in our understanding of evolution - A new computational tool allows the most accurate insights into evolution ever]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2008/080620_hinxton/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[What makes a human different from a chimp? Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) have come one important step closer to answering such evolutionary questions correctly.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[X chromosome exposed - An enzyme that binds differently to male and female sex chromosomes helps males to make up for their X chromosome shortage]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2008/080530_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, and the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in Hinxton, UK, have revealed new insights into how sex chromosomes are regulated.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Securing the future of Europe's biological data resources - New EC-funded effort to create a sustainable infrastructure for biological data launched]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2008/080528_hinxton/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In a contract signed today, the European Commission has awarded €4.5 million to a pan-European consortium to decide upon the best way to unite Europe's biological data resources into a sustainable, integrative bioinformatics network for the life sciences.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Platypus genome sequence published - Platypus genetic blueprint reveals the early history of mammals]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2008/080507_hinxton/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[UK-based researchers at the Medical Research Council Functional Genomics Unit in Oxford and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute in Cambridge have revealed the genetic makeup of the one of the world's strangest mammals. They have analysed the DNA blueprint of the platypus, one of only a few surviving monotremes which, of all mammals, are the most distantly-related to humans. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Getting wise to the influenza virus' tricks - A high-resolution image of an influenza virus protein opens the way to design new antiviral drugs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2008/080504_grenoble/</link>
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      <pubDate>04 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[An unexpected way to cause leukaemia - New mouse model grants insight into the genetic and molecular mechanisms underpinning acute myeloid leukaemia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2008/080408_monterotondo/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Italy, the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, UK, and the Universities of Harvard, USA, and Lund, Sweden, have now used genetic engineering to introduce a mutation found in human leukaemia patients into mice. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New revelations in epigenetic control shed light on breast cancer - Scientists discover that long-term regulation of the human genome is much more dynamic than assumed]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2008/080306_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg now gained new insight into one crucial epigenetic mechanism and reveal that it acts much faster than assumed.]]></description>
      <pubDate>06 Mar 2008 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Europe's most common genetic disease is a liver disorder - Researchers discover the origin of hereditary hemochromatosis, a common iron overload disorder, is a genetic defect in the liver]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2008/080205_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Much less widely known than the dangerous consequences of iron deficiencies is the fact that too much iron can also cause problems. The exact origin of the genetic iron overload disorder hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) has remained elusive. In a joint effort, researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the University of Heidelberg, Germany, have now discovered that HH is a liver disease.]]></description>
      <pubDate>05 Feb 2008 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[International consortium announces the 1000 Genomes Project - An international research consortium today announced the 1000 Genomes Project, an ambitious effort to sequence the genomes of at least 1000 people to create the most detailed and medically useful catalogue to date of human genetic variation.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2008/080122_hinxton/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Drawing on the expertise of multi-disciplinary research teams, the map developed by the 1000 Genomes Project will provide a view of biomedically relevant DNA variations at a resolution unmatched by current resources. The European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), working with long-term collaborator the US National Institute of Biotechnology Information [NCBI], will make the data swiftly available to the worldwide scientific community through freely available public databases. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>22 Jan 2008 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Life savers in the gut - Proteins that regulate iron metabolism serve critical functions in nutrient and water absorption in the gut]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2008/080108_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory [EMBL] have discovered that proteins that regulate the body's iron household play a vital role in making sure enough nutrients and water are absorbed in the intestine.]]></description>
      <pubDate>08 Jan 2008 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[An ambulance man for muscle damage - Scientists harness a natural emergency response to increase the regeneration ability of muscle]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/071217_monterotondo/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, damaged muscles are not as efficient at repair as other tissues such as bone. Researchers of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's Mouse Biology Unit (EMBL), Italy, and the Harefield Heart Science Centre of Imperial College London, have now discovered a molecular signal that helps muscle regenerate and protects it from atrophy.]]></description>
      <pubDate>17 Dec 2007 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ArrayExpress database doubles in size to 100,000 hybridisations - ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/071211_hinxton/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ArrayExpress, the publicly available database of transcriptomics data at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), has doubled in size in 2007, reaching the 100,000-hybridisation milestone. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>11 Dec 2007 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The closest look ever at native human tissue - A powerful microscope technique reveals the molecular organisation of skin]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/071205_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Seeing proteins in their natural environment and interactions inside cells has been a longstanding goal. Using an advanced microscopy technique called cryo-electron tomography, researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have visualised proteins responsible for cell-cell contacts for the first time. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>05 Dec 2007 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[How cells keep in shape - Scientists elucidate a molecular mechanism that plays a key role in giving a cell its shape]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/071202_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMOLF), The Netherlands, have now decoded a molecular mechanism that plays an important role in the development of a cell's shape.]]></description>
      <pubDate>02 Dec 2007 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Luxembourg joins EMBL - The Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg becomes EMBL's 20th member state]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) announces Luxembourg as the new member of its international community. Accepted by EMBL's council and ratified by the parliament of Luxembourg, the Grand-Duchy has officially joined the institute as the 20th member state.]]></description>
      <pubDate>12 Nov 2007 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The East Wing and a new dawn for the EMBL-EBI - East Wing will strengthen the EBI's key role in European bioinformatics]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/071023_hinxton/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) officially opens its new East Wing today with a reception for prominent guests.]]></description>
      <pubDate>23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Scientists uncover how hormones achieve their effects - The first quantitative study of protein complexes that transmit pheromone signals in living yeast cells sheds light on a crucial signalling process also found in humans]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/071021_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New insights into the cellular signal chain through which pheromones stimulate mating in yeast have been gained by scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL).]]></description>
      <pubDate>21 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[EMBL reaches north - New Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine will advance the understanding of molecular mechanisms underpinning disease]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/071003_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Today the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), the University of Helsinki, Finland, the University of Oslo, Norway, and Umeå University, Sweden, officially launch their new Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine. The agreement will encourage scientific exchange and collaborations between the partners and will facilitate access to respective scientific infrastructure, facilities and services for an initial period of five years. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>03 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A molecule that protects from neuronal disorders - Researchers discover a protein required for the normal development of the cerebral cortex and to prevent defects associated with mental retardation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070915_monterotondo/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Many neuronal disorders, including epilepsy, schizophrenia and lissencephaly - a form of mental retardation -, result from abnormal migration of nerve cells during the development of the brain. Researchers from the Mouse Biology Unit of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Italy, have now discovered that a protein that helps organising the cells' skeleton is crucial for preventing such defects. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>15 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New 3D light microscopy method reveals new perspectives on the dynamics of the cell's skeleton - ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070910_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Scientists from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have developed a new method to prepare and image biological samples in three dimensions with laser light-sheet based fluorescence microscopy.]]></description>
      <pubDate>10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Minimum Information Standards - all for one and one for all - ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070826_hinxton/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Three papers published by EMBL scientists and their collaborators will make it much easier to share and compare information from large-scale proteomics data. The papers are published in Nature Biotechnology on 8 and 26 August.]]></description>
      <pubDate>26 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A unique arrangement for egg cell division - A unique arrangement for egg cell division]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070809_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Using a powerful microscope, researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have now revealed how the molecular machinery functions that is responsible for chromosome reduction of egg cells in mice. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>09 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uncovering the secrets of the deep - ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070730_hinxton/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The UniProt Consortium, which includes the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), has added a new database repository for metagenomic and environmental data to its family of protein sequence databases. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>30 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[EMBL expands to Australia - Australia to become an associate member]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070711_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Today, delegates representing the 19 member states of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) offered Australia associate membership in EMBL's international community. The membership is planned to start officially in January 2008 and will initially last for seven years.]]></description>
      <pubDate>11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A stepwise retreat: how immune cells catch pathogens - Researchers discover dynamic properties of immune cells' tentacles]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070709_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[To protect us from disease our immune system employs macrophages, cells that roam our body in search of disease-causing bacteria. With the help of long tentacle-like protrusions, macrophages can catch suspicious particles, pull them towards their cell bodies, internalise and destroy them. Using a special microscopy technique, researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) now for the first time tracked the dynamic behaviour of these tentacles in three dimensions. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A gene that protects from kidney disease - A combination of mice and patient studies sheds light on cause and possible new therapies of kidney diseases]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070708_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the University of Michigan have discovered a gene that protects us against a serious kidney disease.]]></description>
      <pubDate>08 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Modern brains have an ancient core - Multifunctional neurons that sense the environment and release hormones are the evolutionary basis of our brains]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070629_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) now reveal that the hypothalamus and its hormones are not purely vertebrate inventions, but have their evolutionary roots in marine, worm-like ancestors.]]></description>
      <pubDate>29 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New compound effectively treats fungal infections - Researchers unravel how a powerful new compound kills fungi by blocking protein synthesis]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070622_grenoble/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A new mechanism to attack hard-to-treat fungal infections has been revealed by scientists from the biotech company Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc., California, and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) outstation in Grenoble, France.]]></description>
      <pubDate>22 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Casting the molecular net - The power of networks lets scientists unravel the complex control of biological processes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070615_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Scientists at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital (Canada), the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Germany), and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) have created a new computational method called NetworKIN.]]></description>
      <pubDate>15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New findings challenge established views about human genome - ENCODE research consortium uncovers surprises related to organisation and function of human genetic blueprint]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070614_hinxton/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The ENCyclopedia Of DNA Elements (ENCODE), an international research consortium organised by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today published the results of its exhaustive, four-year effort to build a &quot;parts list&quot; of all biologically functional elements in 1 percent of the human genome in the journal Nature.]]></description>
      <pubDate>14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Researchers shed light on shrinking of chromosomes - Late shortening of chromosomes helps cells to organise and protect their DNA during cell division]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070610_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Now researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) for the first time tracked chromosome condensation in mammalian cells over the entire course of cell division. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>10 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uncovering the molecular basis of obesity - Uncovering the molecular basis of obesity]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070605_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Why does the same diet make some of us gain more weight than others? The answer could be a molecule called Bsx, as scientists from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), the German Institute for Nutrition (DIFE), Potsdam, and the University of Cincinnati report in the current issue of Cell Metabolism.]]></description>
      <pubDate>05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New insights into the neural basis of anxiety - Researchers identify a neural circuit that makes mice perceive ambiguous situations as threatening]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070603_monterotondo/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[People who suffer from anxiety tend to interpret ambiguous situations, situations that could potentially be dangerous but not necessarily so, as threatening. Researchers from the Mouse Biology Unit of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Italy have now uncovered the neural basis for such anxiety behaviour in mice.]]></description>
      <pubDate>03 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The first public nucleotide sequence database turns 25 - ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070522_hinxton/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Today EMBL-Bank, the nucleotide sequence database of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), celebrates its 25th anniversary. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mechanism of microRNAs deciphered - Researchers discover how microRNAs block protein synthesis]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070516_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Now researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have developed a new method that uncovered the mode of action of microRNAs in a test tube. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>16 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A matter of force - Researchers work out the mechanics of asymmetric cell division]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070504_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have now worked out the mechanism underlying asymmetric cell division in nematode worms. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>04 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The origin of the brain lies in a worm - Researchers discover that the centralised nervous system of vertebrates is much older than expected]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070420_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The rise of the central nervous system (CNS) in animal evolution has puzzled scientists for centuries. Vertebrates, insects and worms evolved from the same ancestor, but their CNSs are different and were thought to have evolved only after their lineages had split during evolution. Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg now reveal that the vertebrate nervous system is probably much older than expected. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Researchers identify molecular basis of inflammatory bowel disease - Scientists decipher a signaling pathway crucially involved in Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070314_monterotondo/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Researchers from the Universities of Cologne and Mainz in Germany, the Mouse Biology Unit of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Italy and their collaborators, have now deciphered a molecular signal that triggers chronic intestinal inflammation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>14 Mar 2007 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[An architectural plan of the cell - Scientists produce the first high resolution 3D image of a complete eukaryotic cell]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070306_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the University of Colorado have now obtained the first 3D visualisation of a complete eukaryotic cell at a resolution high enough to resolve the cytoskeleton's precise architectural plan in fission yeast. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>06 Mar 2007 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A clearer view on biology - Scientists develop a tool that sharpens up microscope images]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070304_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) has developed a new computational tool that makes images obtained with cutting-edge microscopes even sharper. The technological advance and its applications are published in this week's online issue of the journal Nature Methods.]]></description>
      <pubDate>04 Mar 2007 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A first glimpse of the influenza replication machine - The first 3D structure from a key influenza protein sheds light on transmission of flu between birds and humans]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070225_grenoble-heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Grenoble and Heidelberg, the Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS) and the Unit of Virus Host Cell Interactions (UVHCI), both in Grenoble, have now produced the first 3-dimensional image of part of the key influenta protein. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>25 Feb 2007 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A signal that protects the liver from hepatitis and cancer - Blocking an inflammatory signalling molecule causes liver tumours in mice]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070212_monterotondo-cologne/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A new study by researchers from the Mouse Biology Unit of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Monterotondo, Italy, and the University of Cologne, Germany, now reveals that a cellular signalling pathway protects the liver from developing cancer.]]></description>
      <pubDate>12 Feb 2007 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Putting an old drug to a new use - Researchers discover how to fight iron disorders with a drug against hypertension]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070211_heidelberg-innsbruck/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[We all know that iron deficiencies are dangerous, but also too much iron is bad for our health. Our body stores excess iron in various tissues, where it can lead to organ failure and even death if not treated before irreversible damage has occurred. Researchers from the Innsbruck Medical University, the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) now made a surprising discovery that may lead to new therapeutic approaches to treating such disorders. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>11 Feb 2007 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Investigating the invisible life in our environment - A new comparative metagenomics method provides insights into the evolution of the smallest beings on Earth]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070202_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A new computational method to analyse environmental DNA samples, developed by researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, now sheds light on the microbial composition of different habitats, from soil to water.]]></description>
      <pubDate>02 Feb 2007 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Facility for Structural Biology to investigate the molecules of life with powerful synchrotron radiation - EMBL Hamburg builds an Integrated Facility for Structural Biology at PETRA-III – EMBL@PETRA-III]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070201_hamburg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) has awarded 8.8 Million Euro to the Hamburg Outstation of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) for the construction of an Integrated Research Facility for Structural Biology at the new PETRA-III storage ring of the German Synchrotron Research Centre (DESY), named EMBL@PETRA-III. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>01 Feb 2007 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[EMBL coordinates new Marie Curie Research Training Network "Chromatin Plasticity" - ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070122_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The European Commission has awarded 3.7 Million Euro under the European Union Framework 6 Programme over the next four years to a new Marie Curie Research Training Network, coordinated by Dr. Andreas Ladurner at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). ]]></description>
      <pubDate>22 Jan 2007 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[UK PubMed Central launched - New online resource to promote free access to research and further biomedical discovery]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070108_hinxton/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[From today scientists will be able to access a vast collection of biomedical research and to submit their own published results for inclusion in a new online resource. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>08 Jan 2007 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Getting to the bottom of memory - For the first time researchers investigate the molecular basis of memory in living mice]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2007/070108_monterotondo/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[At the bottom of memory lies a complex network of molecules. To understand how this network brings about one of the most remarkable capacities of our brain we need to identify its components and their interactions. Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's (EMBL) Mouse Biology Unit in Monterotondo, Italy, and the Universidad Pablo de Olavide in Sevilla, Spain, now for the first time investigate the molecular basis of memory in living mice. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>08 Jan 2007 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Roadworks on the motorways of the cell - Researchers discover how a protein stabilises microtubules by binding to their weakest point]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2006/061229_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have discovered for the first time that a protein stabilises microtubules by binding to their weakest part, the so-called lattice seam.]]></description>
      <pubDate>29 Dec 2006 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Magna Carta for Researchers - EIROforum Supports the EC Charter and Code of Conduct]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today, Janez Potočnik, European Commissioner for Science and Research, received a statement of support for the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers from EIROforum. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>14 Dec 2006 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Better, faster, easier - EMBL-EBI launches its new website with powerful search engine - ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2006/061211_hinxton/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Today the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EB)] launches its new, faster and easier website with an exhaustive search engine at its centre.]]></description>
      <pubDate>11 Dec 2006 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Europe and India join forces to make more biological models available for research - ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2006/061204_hinxton/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The BioModels Database, hosted by the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in Cambridge, UK, has entered a formal data-exchange agreement with the Database of Quantitative Chemical Signalling (DOQCS) of the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bangalore, India.]]></description>
      <pubDate>04 Dec 2006 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CiteXplore – integrating biomedical literature and data - ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2006/061127_hinxton/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Today the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) launches CiteXplore, a new freely accessible literature resource service. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>27 Nov 2006 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Helping muscle regenerate - Blocking a cellular signal protects muscle from wasting after injury and improves muscle regeneration]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2006/061102_monterotondo/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Blocking a central signal molecule, researchers from the Mouse Biology Unit of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Monterotondo, Italy, have now found a way to protect muscle from degenerating after injury and to improve muscle healing in mice. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>02 Nov 2006 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Giving European science a headstart through training - The German Minister for Education and Research breaks ground for EMBL's new Advanced Training Centre – Funding comes from the German Ministry for Education and Research, the Klaus Tschira Foundation, the federal state of Baden-Württemberg and EMBL's]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today, the German Minister for Education and Research, Annette Schavan, breaks ground for the new training and conference centre for the life sciences that will be built on the EMBL campus in Heidelberg.]]></description>
      <pubDate>06 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[How nature tinkers with the cellular clock - Many solutions have evolved to control the timing of the same biological process]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2006/060927_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The life of a cell is all about growing and dividing at the right time. That is why the cell cycle is one of the most tightly regulated cellular processes. A control system with several layers adjusts when key components of the cell cycle machinery are produced, activated and degraded to make sure that the schedule is kept. These layers of control work differently and are usually studied separately, but researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have now discovered that they change in a highly coordinated fashion during evolution. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>27 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New EMBL/CRG Research Unit for Systems Biology launched today - New EMBL partnership will advance the understanding of complex biological systems]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2006/060907_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Today the European Molecular Biology Laboratory [EMBL], the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and the Spanish Ministry for Education and Science (MEC) officially launch their new joint EMBL/CRG Research Unit in Systems Biology on the campus of the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park.]]></description>
      <pubDate>07 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lost in the labyrinth - Decoding the instructions that tell cells how to become blood]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2006/060903_monterotondo/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Blood cells have limited lifespans, which means that they must be continually replaced by calling up reserves and turning these into the blood cell types needed by the body. Claus Nerlov and his colleagues at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) unit in Monterotondo, Italy, in collaboration with researchers from Sten Eirik Jacobsen's laboratory at the University of Lund in Sweden, have now uncovered how an intracellular communication pathway contributes to this process.]]></description>
      <pubDate>03 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A wandering eye - Single cells come running to form an eye]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2006/060825_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg have now discovered that cells are programmed to make eyes early in development and individually migrate to the right place to do so.]]></description>
      <pubDate>25 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A switch between life and death - Researchers discover how a signal tells cells whether to grow or die]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2006/060825-2_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg have now discovered how a signaling pathways controls the life and death of cells in the fruit fly. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>25 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[EMBL scientists found start-up company to develop anti-cancer drugs - Elara Pharmaceuticals GmbH provides a fast track from bench to clinical application]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2006/060809_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Today EMBL scientists, EMBL's commercial affiliate, EMBL Enterprise Management Technology Transfer GmbH (EMBLEM) and EMBL's venture vehicle, EMBL Ventures GmbH, announce the foundation of Elara Pharmaceuticals GmbH, a start-up company that will translate basic research findings into new anti-cancer drugs.]]></description>
      <pubDate>09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Alleviating the burden of Multiple Sclerosis - Researchers discover a cellular signal that aggravates the symptoms of MS and might be targeted in new therapeutic approaches]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2006/060806_monterotondo/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Depression, coordination and speech problems, muscle weakness and disability are just a few of the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Researchers from the Mouse Biology Unit of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Italy and the Department of Neuropathology at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Göttingen, Germany, have now discovered that these symptoms are aggravated by a specific signal in cells in the nervous system. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>06 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[EMBL-EBI and collaborators win bid to run UK PubMed Central - UK to launch online research archive to further biomedical discovery]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2006/060731_hinxton/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Scientists will be able to access a vast collection of biomedical research at the touch of a button thanks to a major new initiative that aims to promote the free transfer of ideas in a bid to speed up scientific discovery. Based on a model currently used in the United States, UK PubMed Central (UKPMC) will provide free access to an online digital archive of peer-reviewed research papers in the medical and life sciences. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>31 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mapping the protein world - A software package called ARP/wARP is helping to expose the hidden world of biological molecules]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2006/060711_hamburg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In the early days of X-ray crystallography obtaining a three-dimensional model of a protein required wire models, screws, bolts and years of tedious calculations by hand. Today macromolecular models are built by computers – thanks to sophisticated software and in particular a package called ARP/wARP. Developed by Victor Lamzin at the Hamburg Outstation of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and Anastassis Perrakis at the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NK)] in Amsterdam, ARP/wARP is currently used by over 2,000 researchers throughout the world.]]></description>
      <pubDate>11 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Croatia becomes EMBL's 19th Member State - ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Croatia has officially joined the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) as the organisation's 19th Member State. The Croatian parliament ratified its membership after EMBL's council had accepted the country's application.]]></description>
      <pubDate>29 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cracking a virus protection shield - Scientists reveal the structure of a protein that packages the viral genome and helps viruses to replicate while avoiding human immune reactions]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2006/060616_grenoble/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Now researchers from the Institut de Virologie Moléculaire et Structurale (IVMS) and the Outstation of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Grenoble have obtained a detailed structural picture of a protein that allows the rabies virus to withstand the human immune response and survive and replicate in our cells.]]></description>
      <pubDate>16 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New potential drug target in tuberculosis - Scientists reveal structure of a key tuberculosis protein]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2006/060529_hamburg-berlin/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Researchers from the Hamburg Outstation of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology (MPIIB) in Berlin have now obtained a structural image of a protein that the tuberculosis bacterium needs for survival in human cells. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>29 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Free access to world-class biological databases for European science thanks to FELICS - A unique electronic infrastructure project funded by the European Union is launched today]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2006/060503_hinxton/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Today the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's (EMBL) European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), the Swiss Institute for Bioinformatics (IB), the University of Cologne, Germany, and the European Patent Office launch FELICS ([Free European Life-science Information and Computational Services). ]]></description>
      <pubDate>03 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A brighter future for Europe's favourite molecular biology software package - New funding for EMBOSS - Europe's leading suite of molecular biology analysis tools - guarantees open access for researchers and software developers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2006/060425_hinxton/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[EMBOSS, the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite, has received a vital funding boost from the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) that will guarantee its continued maintenance under an open source license for the next three years. This ends two years of uncertainty over the future of the project. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>25 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Getting to the heart of cardiovascular diseases - A new collaboration covers the spectrum from molecules to therapies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2006/060410_monterotondo/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Today three research organisations announce the merging of their expertise to fight cardiovascular diseases, which are among the most common health problems and causes of death in the world. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>10 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[With joint forces against Malaria - BioMalPar Logo   Scientists from all over the world tackle the global threat of Malaria at the second annual BioMalPar conference]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2006/060405_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Today the network of excellence for Biology and Pathology of the Malaria Parasite (BioMalPar), will bring together the world's elite in the field of Malaria research at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>05 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bringing science out of the lab into the classroom - Europe's first international, multidisciplinary journal for science teaching launched today]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2006/060328_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Today, Europe's major research organisations launch Science in School, the first international, multidisciplinary journal for innovative science teaching, to provide a platform for communication between science teachers, practising scientists and other stakeholders in science education. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>28 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A balancing act between the sexes - Genetic differences between males and females might be evened out at the rim of the nucleus]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On Friday, 13 January 2006, the new Carl-Ivar Brändén Building (CIBB) will be inaugurated on the Polygone Scientifique Campus in Grenoble, France.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Setting the standard for computer models of life - ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[After humans, mice, chickens and others what genomes should scientists sequence next?]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Species evolve at very different rates, and the evolutionary line that produced humans seems to be among the slowest. The result, according to a new study by scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), is that our species has retained characteristics of a very ancient ancestor that have been lost in more quickly-evolving animals.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Many needles, many haystacks - ]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Limiting the damage in stroke - ]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[ENFIN! Computational systems biology comes to a lab bench near you - ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The European Commission has selected the EBI to coordinate a project that will stimulate and explore synergies between bioinformatics (the science of storing, retrieving and analysing large amounts of biological information] and medical informatics [the science of processing, sharing and using large amounts of medical information). ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>04 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[EBI and Ghent University launch PRIDE - An open source database of protein identifications]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The European Bioinformatics Institute and Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) - Ghent University have launched the PRoteomics IDEntifications database (PRIDE). PRIDE allows researchers who work in the field of proteomics – the large-scale study of proteins – to share information much more readily than was previously possible.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[A double punch for female survival - ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2005/050825_heidelberg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Achieving equality between the sexes can be a challenge even for single cells. Since evolution began removing bits of male DNA to create the 'Y' chromosome, males have had a single copy of certain key genes on the X chromosome, whereas females have two. Normally this would lead females to produce twice the amount of some proteins, which could be fatal, but cells have developed ways to prevent this. Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg have now made a breakthrough in understanding how this balance, called 'dosage compensation,' is maintained. ]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The first rate research from the Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU) is now set to continue for the long-term. The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the Medical Faculty of University of Heidelberg, who formed the joint venture in 2002, have announced their plans to initiate a second phase of the MMPU.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Actin moves chromosomes: Discovery changes fundamental thinking - ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Although it was generally accepted that microtubules act alone as the cellular ropes to pull chromosomes into place, a new study by researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory [EMBL] shows that this is not the case.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Scientists have made the unexpected finding that a histone protein, which wraps DNA into tight bundles and regulates gene activity, can bind a small molecule produced in our cells. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>19 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) has received a big boost from The Wellcome Trust, the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), who have given funds to expand the EBI site in Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[EMBL's fourth Director-General, Dr Iain Mattaj, takes office - ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dr. Iain Mattaj today took over the leadership of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), a prominent basic research and training institute with laboratories in France, Germany, Italy and the UK.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Whale bones and farm soil: Sequencing biodiversity - Scientists use metagenomics to characterize the invisible life in various environments]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Instead of sequencing the genome of one organism, why not sequence a drop of sea water, a gram of farm soil or even a sunken whale skeleton? Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and their US collaborators have done just that, and the result is a new appreciation for the rich diversity of life that exists in the most unlikely places.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[The transparent organism - EMBLEM and Carl Zeiss give labs a unique look at life]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A novel high-tech microscope will be brought to the marketplace, giving laboratories everywhere fascinating new insights into living organisms. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[How do cells travel through our bodies? - Scientists gain ground in understanding cell motility]]></title>
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