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\n\n 13 Dec 2024<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Speaking the language of DNA<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n Right from the early days of DNA sequencing, EMBL\u2019s scientists have been instrumental in helping the world understand, decode, archive, and manipulate genomes at scale and across many branches of the \u2026\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 11 Mar 2024<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Casting new light on gene regulation in development<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n New research from EMBL Heidelberg shows how cells in developing embryos undergo a major shift in the way they regulate gene expression as they mature and differentiate.\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 04 Aug 2022<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Zooming in to get the full picture<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n EMBL and UW researchers plus additional collaborators have constructed a complete map of fruit fly embryonic development using machine learning. This research is foundational to better understanding o\u2026\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 10 May 2022<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Royal Society honour for Eileen Furlong<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n EMBL\u2019s Head of Genome Biology announced as Fellow of the Royal Society for her exceptional contributions to science.\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 25 Feb 2022<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Converging lenses on embryo development<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n Researchers from the Furlong group at EMBL have come up with a way to observe the development of fruit-fly embryos simultaneously at the genetic and cellular levels, generating a high-resolution and i\u2026\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 19 Aug 2020<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Predicting how gene expression varies<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n Discoveries at EMBL will help researchers to interpret one of the most common types of experiments in genomics and medical studies.\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 15 Jul 2019<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Rearranging chromosomes<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n Does rearranging chromosomes affect their function? EMBL scientists reveal uncoupling of 3D chromatin organisation and gene expression.\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 14 Mar 2018<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Chromatin usage reveals developmental trajectories<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n EMBL scientists show how chromatin usage in individual cells reveals developmental trajectories\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 30 Jan 2018<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Multipurpose enhancers and promoters in embryonic development<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n EMBL scientists show that some promoters can act as enhancers and vice versa\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 13 Mar 2017<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Futures: Genome regulation<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n ERC grantee Eileen Furlong shares her vision for the next ten years\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 13 Feb 2017<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Genetic switches can change shape<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n EMBL scientists discovered that common mutations can change the shape of gene promoters\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 12 Jan 2017<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Buffering mechanism protects embryonic development<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n New mechanism revealed\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 02 Jul 2014<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Surprisingly stable long-distance relationships<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n Surprising finding: enhancers find their targets long before activation in Drosophila embryos\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 02 Feb 2012<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Collective action<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n If you wanted to draw your family tree, you could start by searching for people who share your surname. Cells, of course, don\u2019t have surnames, but scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laborato\u2026\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 08 Jan 2012<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Tracking genes\u2019 remote controls<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n As an embryo develops, different genes are turned on in different cells, to form muscles, neurons and other bodily parts. Inside each cell\u2019s nucleus, genetic sequences known as enhancers act like remo\u2026\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 04 Nov 2009<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Deciphering the regulatory code<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n Embryonic development is like a well-organised building project, with the embryo\u2019s DNA serving as the blueprint from which all construction details are derived. Cells carry out different functions acc\u2026\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-with-sidebar.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"embl_taxonomy":[],"class_list":["post-77","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"embl_taxonomy_terms":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/furlong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/furlong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/furlong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/furlong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/furlong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/furlong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21691,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/furlong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77\/revisions\/21691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/furlong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"embl_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/furlong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embl_taxonomy?post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}