EMBLEM press release
AbbVie Germany and EMBL announce new collaboration to better understand Alzheimer’s disease mechanism
Heidelberg and Ludwigshafen, 14 August 2017
EMBL and media coverage of Gavin Group papers
Growing bubbles
New method to study protein-lipid interactions
Heidelberg, 19 November 2013
Source article
Saliba AE et al. A quantitative liposome microarray to systematically characterize protein-lipid interactions. Nature Methods, 24 November 2013. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.2734.
PS: It’s not cholesterol
Disease-related proteins carry surprising cargo
Heidelberg, 11 August 2013
Source article
Maeda K et al. Interactome map uncovers phosphatidylserine transport by oxysterol-binding proteins. Published online in Nature on 11 August 2013. doi: 10.1038/nature12430.
Making the most of what you have
Bacterium fine-tunes proteins for enhanced functionality
Heidelberg, 28 February 2012
Source article
van Noort V, Seebacher J et al. Cross-talk between phosphorylation and lysine acetylation in a genome-reduced bacterium. Molecular Systems Biology, Advance Online Publication 28 February 2012. doi: 10.1038/msb.2012.4
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
Heidelberg, 26 November 2009
Source articles and Media coverage
Source articles
Kühner et al. Proteome Organization in a Genome-Reduced Bacterium. Science, 2009; doi: 10.1126/science.1176343
Yus et al. Impact of Genome Reduction on Bacterial Metabolism and Its Regulation. Science, 2009; doi: 10.1126/science.1177263
Güell et al. Transcriptome Complexity in a Genome-Reduced Bacterium. Science, 2009; doi: 10.1126/science.1176951
- Ars Technica, 25 August 2010 ‘Neither models nor miracles: a look at synthetic biology’
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 2 December 2009 ‘Der künftige Star unter den Bakterien’
- New York Times, 30 November 2009 ‘One Microbe as a Group of 200 Protein Machines’
- Wired, 30 November 2009 ‘There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Simple’ Organism’
- Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany), 27 November 2009 ‘Es lebt’
- New Scientist, 26 November 2009 ‘Simple’ bacterium shows surprising complexity
- Nature, 26 November 2009 ‘Single-celled life does a lot with very little’
- Spektrum der Wissenschaft, 26 November 2009 ‘Gläsernes Bakterium’
The closest look ever at the cell's machines
The first genome-wide screen for protein complexes is completed
Heidelberg, 22 January 2006
Source article
Gavin AC, Aloy P et al. Proteome survey reveals modularity of the yeast cell machinery. Nature, online publication 22 January 2006, doi: 10.1038/nature04532