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Media kit

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News and press releases

03 Nov 2025

Exploring environmental impacts on microbial biodiversity along the Rhine River

EMBL is leading a pilot study along the Rhine River to explore microbial biodiversity, the effects of pollutants, and the spread of antibiotic resistance. Using advanced biomolecular methods, the proj…

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31 Oct 2025

Expanding the biological world through microscopy

EMBL researchers have been using a powerful technique called ultrastructure expansion microscopy to peek deeper inside living organisms and understand how they function.

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23 Oct 2025

Going inland in France: TREC pilot project to explore freshwater ecosystems

Scientists from EMBL and CEREEP – Ecotron IleDeFrance (IDF) joined forces to advance environmental research by deploying mobile laboratories to study freshwater ecosystems and their vulnerability to h…

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22 Sep 2025

We are EMBL: Amandine Nunes-Jorge on supporting ocean research

The Project Manager combines passion and scientific experience to support ocean research within BIOcean5D, a European Commission, SERI, and UKRI co-funded project of 31 partners.

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11 Aug 2025

EMBL expands research expeditions to freshwater ecosystems, thanks to philanthropy

With its expeditions and mobile labs, EMBL is pioneering a new era of field-based molecular life sciences. Supported by the Klaus Tschira Stiftung and many partners, these ‘labs on wheels’ enable the …

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