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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 05 Jun 2025<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n From Tokyo to Heidelberg: decoding the jellyfish superpower<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n EMBL scientists are on a quest to investigate the underlying biological processes that enable regeneration in jellyfish, which could also help us understand how wounds heal.\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 29 Nov 2024<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Sea anemone study shows how animals stay \u2018in shape\u2019<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n Scientists have shown how regenerating sea anemones restore their shape following a major injury, uncovering novel cellular and molecular mechanisms.\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 13 Oct 2023<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Understanding developmental plasticity in time and space<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n A two-week practical course introduced participants to the intricacies of studying the dynamic interplay between organisms and their changing environment and how it impacts development and evolution.\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

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

\n Does exercise drive development? In the sea anemone, the way you move matters.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n The latest research from EMBL\u2019s Ikmi group employs interdisciplinary approaches to show how sea anemone \u2018exercise\u2019 changes their developing size and shape, uncovering an intimate relationship between \u2026\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 23 Jun 2021<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Starlet sea anemone<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n EMBL PhD student Anniek Stokkermans captured this side view of a Nematostella vectensis larva during this transition, using instrumentation in the Advanced Light Microscopy Facility at EMBL Heidelberg\u2026\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 03 Jun 2021<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Living laboratories<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n Under the innovative Planetary Biology research theme, EMBL scientists aim to understand life in the context of its environment.\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 06 Apr 2021<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n A multifunctional mouth<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n This image of a young Nematostella vectensis polyp shows two of the characteristic tentacles as well as the gaping mouth of the animal.\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 13 Oct 2020<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Crazy arms<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n Sea anemones are amazing creatures. Despite their plant-like appearance and their tendency to remain fixed in one spot, they are actually animals.\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

\n\n 02 Sep 2020<\/span>\n \n \"News\n \n

\n Eat more to grow more arms\u2026if you\u2019re a sea anemone<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n An international group of researchers, led by scientists from EMBL Heidelberg, have discovered that the number of tentacle arms a sea anemone grows depends on the amount of food it eats.\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n

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

\n The birth of tentacles<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n

\n The image shown here, taken by Anniek Stokkermans from EMBL\u2019s Ikmi Group, shows a larva of Nematostella vectensis.\n <\/p>\n \n Edit<\/a>\n\n <\/article>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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