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\n\n 20 Mar 2026<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Sea creatures reveal the physics behind animal body shape diversity<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n New study identifies \u2018mechanotypes\u2019 as the physical links between genes and body shapes, explaining and predicting how diverse forms arise in animals like corals and sea anemones.\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 19 Feb 2026<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Shapes, signals, and boundaries: how cells turn physics into information<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n Insights from theoretical physics are helping scientists understand how living cells process information and use it to self-organise.\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 04 Dec 2025<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n From static papers to living models: turning limb development research into interactive science<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n LimbNET is a new online platform that integrates computer modelling, experimental data, and 2D live simulations.\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 31 Oct 2024<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Welcome: Isabella Graf<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n Isabella Graf is EMBL\u2019s newest group leader and the first theoretical biophysicist to join the Developmental Biology Unit.\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 30 Oct 2024<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Sabbaticals at EMBL: a great opportunity for scientific exchange and growth<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n EMBL\u2019s Scientific Visitor Programme enables high-level scientific exchange and cross-fertilisation of ideas and technologies through sabbatical fellowships for researchers.\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 18 Jun 2024<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Minecraft-ing our way into studying cell sorting<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n A theoretical model involving tiny Minecraft-like cubes can help us understand dynamic biological processes, such as cell sorting in embryos.\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 23 Mar 2023<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Welcome: Alejandro Torres-S\u00e1nchez<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n The new group leader is setting up the first purely theory-focused research group at EMBL Barcelona. He aims to understand fundamental biological principles using mathematical models and computer simu\u2026\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 06 Oct 2022<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n EMBL Barcelona and CRG kickstart new era of digital biology in Barcelona<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n The institutes have launched a joint new initiative which aims to make biology as engineerable as an aeroplane or a bridge.\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 01 Sep 2022<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Building the ideal limb<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n EMBL researchers use a \u201cfearless\u201d computer reconstruction and a two-centuries-old mathematical approach to study limb bud growth.\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 16 Aug 2022<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Molecules to Ecosystems: Virginie Uhlmann on the Theory transversal theme<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n Virginie Uhlmann, Research Group Leader at EMBL-EBI and one of the co-chairs of the Theory@EMBL transversal theme, chats about how this theme will open up new research avenues.\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 22 Jun 2021<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Welcome: Anna Erzberger<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n Anna Erzberger, one of EMBL\u2019s newest group leaders, will provide unique perspective as a theoretical biological physicist.\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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