Shedding light on rare diseases: open data and model organisms
Why open data from model organisms is essential for rare disease research.
2023
perspectivesscience
Molecules to Ecosystems: Jo McEntyre on data services
Jo McEntyre talks about data services, open data and a new era for research assessment.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2023
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Priorities for ocean microbiome research
Microbial communities play essential roles in ocean ecology and planetary health. A recent publication highlights priorities for understanding and protecting ocean microbiomes.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2022
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Uncharted territories in the human genome
Scientists identify previously unexplored gene segments to be added to human genome databases.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2022
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“If you want science to move forward, you have to share it”
EMBO Director Fiona Watt discusses preprints, data sharing, and evaluation in light of EMBL’s new Open Science policy
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2022
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SPIM doctors
From initial development to a start-up company: Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (SPIM) at EMBL.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
What’s on in 2016
With 28 conferences and 57 courses, 2016 will be EMBL’s most eventful year to date.
CONNECTIONS2015
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Event gets to the core of research
Find out what’s in store at the 2016 Core Technologies for the Life Sciences meeting.
CONNECTIONS2015
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Bioinformatics training in Africa
GOBLET initiative supports pan-African bioinformatics trainers in Cape Town.
CONNECTIONS2015
connectionsevents
Behind the scenes: Event poster design
Designer Aditya Kusuma Jati reveals what makes a good event poster.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
eventspeople-perspectives
Turning point of a lifetime
New microscope can record the first days of a mouse embryo’s life
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Periodic table of protein complexes
Making it easier to visualise, understand and predict how proteins combine to drive biological processes.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Dinosaurs, DNA and Dolly
Two PhD students sink their teeth into the science and speculations of Jurassic Park.
LAB MATTERS2015
eventslab-matters
Target Validation platform launches
Identifying evidence-based relationships between drug targets and diseases.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2015
connectionslab-matters
Drugging bacteria
Commonly used diabetes drug metformin impacts gut bacteria more than disease itself
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Toolkit for trainers
The new Toolkit for Trainers, an online resource hosted at EMBL-EBI, helps biomedical science trainers create and explore new ways of teaching.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
Welcome: Malte Paulsen
"There’s nothing nicer than seeing a user leave the facility happy"
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
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BioBeat15: Translating genomics into biobusiness
Connecting entrepreneurs and world leaders in genomics to address opportunities and challenges.
CONNECTIONS2015
connectionsevents
Pol III: Completing the family album
CryoEM solves 3D atomic structure of largest and most elusive RNA polymerase.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Humans of EMBL
Compelling short stories that shine light on the life and work of EMBL staff.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
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Walking the talk in HR
Roland Block, EMBL's Head of HR, on emphasising the ‘human’ in human resources.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
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What makes us human? Or not…
From jumping genes to organ transplants, the non-human features that make us human.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Branches: What makes humans tick?
What really sets humans apart? Forming societies, teaching and compassion, says Agustin Fuentes.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVESSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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Using humans as a model organism
Ewan Birney on the risks, rewards and realities of studying humans as a model species.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
lab-matterspeople-perspectives
Of humans and animals
Halldór Stefánsson on the long history of complex interactions between humans and animals.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
Digitally human: texting life ahead
Giuseppe Testa reflects on the myriad intersections of our digital and biological lives.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
Being human beings
Highlights from the 'What makes us human?' symposium at EMBL Heidelberg.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
eventspeople-perspectives
Reviews: Homo sapiens
Postdoc Thibaut Brunet reviews two popular science books that explore the rise of Homo sapiens.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
lab-matterspeople-perspectives
Q&A: Biophysics
What does a physicist do in a biology lab?
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
lab-matterspeople-perspectives
Awards & Honours
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2015
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Pathways: Open letter to young scientists
Sybrand van der Zwaag gives his five top tips for young researchers thinking about their next move.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
lab-matterspeople-perspectives
EMBL in pictures
A snapshot of the many activities and events that took place in the world of EMBL this Autumn.
LAB MATTERS2015
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High-throughput event
Energy, enthusiasm and endurance on tap as thousands attend 12-hour Hamburg Night of Science.
LAB MATTERS2015
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Lighting up development
Using lasers to shed light on how tissues get into shape
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Enlightening experiments
From paper microscopes to zebrafish embryos, EMBL Science Days stand had something for everyone.
LAB MATTERS2015
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Building a career in bioinformatics
Annual EMBL-EBI Open Day showcases bioinformatics services, training and career opportunities.
LAB MATTERS2015
eventslab-matters
Unpacking embryonic pluripotency
Embryology, genomics and bioinformatics combine to identify factors regulating mammalian pluripotency.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Alumni meet in Switzerland
Behind the scenes of the EMBL alumni chapter meeting in Zürich, Switzerland.
CONNECTIONS2015
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Shaking hands with starfish
Science met business and strangers became friends at the first Friends of EMBL Ladies Night.
LAB MATTERS2015
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One hard pull
Fibres that pull membrane to form a vesicle exert a force that’s 2500 times a yeast cell’s own weight
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Allergy: the price of immunity?
Findings help demonstrate the evolutionary basis for allergy.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Enzyme research made easier
Enzyme Portal makes it easier to explore all enzyme-related data in EMBL-EBI’s public resources.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
A whole new ball game
Hamburg researchers have a ball creating game to explain transporter protein mechanism.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
Alumni meet in Belgium
Behind the scenes of the EMBL-VIB alumni Benelux meeting.
CONNECTIONS2015
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Mini DNA sequencer tests true
Evaluation of MinION™ sequencer finds performance and reliability consistently good.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
A snapshot of stem cell expression
Study of mouse embryonic stem cells reveals new genes involved in the stem-cell regulatory network.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Lighting the way
A microscopy technique is poised to shine new light on biological questions: as sheets of light can scan everything from developing embryos to single cells or functioning brains, a technique called light-sheet microscopy is gaining traction. It enables scientists to observe living cells in three…
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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Floppy but fast
Spaghetti-like proteins are surprisingly effective 'keys'
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Nobel connections
Amidst the excitement of Nobel Week, behind the scenes of the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2015
connectionslab-matters
A lasting legacy
1000 Genomes Project pushed technologies and knowledge forward to understand what is 'normal' human genetic variation
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Marine mysteries
From the role of diatoms to how life evolved - scientists' pressing questions about life in the sea.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Behind the scenes: Event management
Long-time events pro Antje Seeck gives us her take on how to organise a successful conference.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
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Finding links and missing genes
Missing a gene may not be a big deal – a conclusion from global catalogue of genetic changes.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Lithuania, new prospect member state
Sveiki Lietuva! Lithuania becomes EMBL’s fourth prospect member state.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2015
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Joining forces for events
EMBL-Wellcome Genome Campus events collaboration showcases open, application-based science.
CONNECTIONS2015
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Karsenti wins CNRS gold
Gold medal celebrates Eric Karsenti’s exceptional career and outstanding contributions to biology.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2015
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Northern highlights
Renewals and reunions: EMBL’s Nordic partners look to the future.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2015
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Symposium sails sea of knowledge
Insights from organisers of upcoming EMBO|EMBL Aquatic Microeukaryotes symposium.
CONNECTIONS2015
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EMBL-EBI training news
Highlights from EMBL-EBI’s Training Programme: Open Day, revamped webpages, free webinar series.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2015
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Checkpoint architecture
A nuclear pore riddle: how can you use the same number of pieces to form two rings that fit inside each other?
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
MASSIFly efficient
MASSIF-1 processes its 10,000th crystal, less than one year after the beamline became operational.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Ages apart
Multifaceted approach reveals how brain and liver age, helps explain why ageing brain loses plasticity.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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From side-project to valuable resource
Introducing the Small Angle Scattering Biological Data Bank, developed at EMBL Hamburg.
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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EMBL onboard Tara, London 2015
Tara Oceans research vessel welcomes aboard scientists, policymakers and funders.
CONNECTIONS2015
connectionsevents
Ephrussi reunion: face-to-face
Ephrussi group alumni reunite in Heidelberg for a surprise birthday celebration.
LAB MATTERS2015
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Driving science in Denmark
Alumni Rune Linding and Guillermo Montoya join colleagues and peers at the first Danish chapter meeting.
CONNECTIONS2015
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Clearing a path for cancer research
New computational method to study biological signalling networks in healthy and cancer cells.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
From packets to planets
Insights from the evangelical Vint Cerf, a “founding father of the Internet”, during a visit to EMBL.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
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Welcome: Janosch Hennig
“A structure alone is not so interesting, you need the biology too,” says new NMR-focused group leader
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
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Uniting alumni at The EMBO Meeting
Genevieve Almouzni and Nicolas Le Novère share their insights at alumni chapter meeting hosted in the UK.
CONNECTIONS2015
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Welcome: Moritz Gerstung
New group explores why patients with same cancer exhibit unique constellations of genetic mutations.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
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Super impressions
"It's like living a review!" Participants of recent super-resolution microscopy course share their highlights
CONNECTIONS2015
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Chemical bonds
Maja Köhn’s lab is ideal to learn what life is like working at the interface of disciplines.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
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Celebrating excellence
EMBL rewards the special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
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Molecular momentum
Andrew Miller, first head of EMBL Grenoble, reflects on four decades at the Outstation.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
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Transitions
Janet Thornton reflects on her time as Director of one of Europe’s fastest growing research institutes.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
lab-matterspeople-perspectives
Alumni board meeting
EMBL Alumni Association board meets for the last time in their current constellation.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2015
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New board from 2016
Results are in for the EMBL Alumni Association board election – the board takes up office in 2016.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2015
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It’s the economy, stupid
Theodore Alexandrov is using mathematics to analyse the countless molecules produced by our cells.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Cellular synergy
Alumnus Thomas Vaccari reflects on the first joint symposium with EMBL Monterotondo, in Milan.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
eventspeople-perspectives
Awards & Honours
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2015
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Decoding disease
Behind the scenes of start-up Miroculus, developing a non-invasive test for early-stage disease.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
alumniscience-technology
An ocean odyssey
A journalist who spent six weeks aboard Tara reflects on the expedition’s extraordinary outcomes.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Reviews: Summer reading
What’s on your Summer reading list? Here are some favourites of staff in the Lab.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
Stick out your tongue!
Alumnus Luis Bejarano asked Spanish students to stick out their tongues to analyse their microbiome.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
alumnipeople-perspectives
Branches: Sympathy for the devil
A contagious cancer threatens the Tasmanian devil – extract from Science in School journal.
LAB MATTERS2015
eventslab-matters
EMBL Grenoble: Alumni stories
Alumni Reuben Leberman, Jeremy Smith, Elena Seiradake, and Winfried Weissenhorn share their stories.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
alumnipeople-perspectives
Pathways: Culture of care
Maria Kamber, who heads the mouse facility, ensures “dignity, compassion and respect” for her charges.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2015
connectionslab-matters
Life in 3D
EMBL scientists map ‘switches’ for distant control of gene expression.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
First, find your membrane
Collaboration between scientists reveals collaboration between lipids.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
The French connection
EMBL Core Facilities collaborate with French research programme Signalife to revive training visit.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2015
connectionslab-matters
Make it personal
Leading scientists will gather in Heidelberg this November to discuss the potential of personalised health.
CONNECTIONS2015
connectionsevents
Life is but a DREAM
Crowd sourcing initiative to predict effects of toxic compounds: results of 2013 DREAM Challenge.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Welcome: Theodore Alexandrov
A mathematician who got ‘sucked in’ to biological problems, meet new team leader Theodore Alexandrov.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
people-perspectivesscience
From patients to the lab (and back)
Multidisciplinary research provides clues to new treatments for deadly form of leukaemia in children
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Know your cells
How T-cells are trained on what not to kill
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Union makes success
Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU) with the University of Heidelberg, renewed until 2025.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2015
connectionslab-matters
Political science
Alumnus Damian Brunner revisits EMBL in a very special capacity, as Swiss delegate on EMBL’s Council.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
lab-matterspeople-perspectives
Science of Spider-Man
Web of lies? Science Movie Night reveals science behind the most famous spider bite in film history.
LAB MATTERS2015
eventslab-matters
Iron regulators join war on pathogens
Iron regulatory proteins play important role in combatting infection, protecting against Salmonella.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Oskar’s structure revealed
3D structure of Oskar protein gives first molecular insight into how it functions.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
EIPOD goes cubic
EI3POD: flagship interdisciplinary postdoc programme opens its doors to academia and industry.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2015
embl-announcementslab-matters
Cell machinery wears complex coat
3D imaging unravels COPI coat of cells' transport vesicles.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
The genome in the cloud
Jan Korbel and colleagues publish commentary on risks and rewards of genome cloud computing.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
DNA protection, inch by inch
European team identify mechanism for producing piRNAs that silence jumping genes in germline cells.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
The germ of a network biologist
“Interactions: that’s what I like the most in biology” – meet Lukáš Janošík, EUCYS 2014 prize winner.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
lab-matterspeople-perspectives
One from Many
Database administrator's photo essay reflects internationality and personality of the Genome Campus.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
lab-matterspeople-perspectives
Sky’s the limit
Academic community clouds take cancer research towards a brighter future.
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
lab-mattersscience-technology
Building bridges with BioStruct-X
Industrial partners and BioStruct-X facility members gather for Workshop at EMBL Hamburg.
CONNECTIONS2015
connectionsevents
Janet Thornton steps down
Staff gather to celebrate Janet Thorton's 14 years as Director of EMBL-EBI.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
Pandemic! A public event
EMBL-EBI organises an evening of talks and discussion about the global spread of infectious disease.
CONNECTIONS2015
connectionsevents
Decades-old cell biology puzzle solved
Behaviour of clathrin proteins, crucial for endocytosis, is clarified using new imaging techniques.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Sarah Teichmann receives EMBO Gold Award
Sarah Teichmann recognised for her contributions to science with the EMBO Gold Award 2015.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
The curious case of the bi-specific enzyme
A puzzling peculiarity resolved by Hamburg’s Sample Preparation and Characterisation facility.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
From mountains to molecules
Staff, alumni, partners and more meet at EMBL Grenoble to celebrate Outstation's 40th anniversary.
LAB MATTERS2015
eventslab-matters
Large-scale genetic analysis made easier
Researchers at EMBL-EBI speed up complex GWAS analyses with new method and algorithm.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Open access: transforming science
EMBL’s new open access policy aims to make EMBL research widely and freely accessible.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
Dancing with the cells
Cells 'dance' as they draw together during early embryo development.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
EMBL-EBI joins CERN openlab
CERN openlab enters a new phase, expanding to include EMBL-EBI and other public research organisations.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
Decaying RNA molecules tell a story
Decaying RNA molecules tell a story that could add more chapters to the study of ribosomes.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Why you need an ORCID
Jenny Cham blogs about how ORCID helps distinguish her from all the other Jenny Chams in the world.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
A powerful HMMER for data mining
HMMER – a fast, sensitive search tool – helps find sequence relationships deep in evolutionary time.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
ELIXIR accelerates
ELIXIR receives major Horizon 2020 funding to ‘EXCELERATE' activities over the next four years.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
Oceans endeavour charts 40 million genes
Tara Oceans results reveal climate change insights, and a treasure trove of novel species and genes.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
It runs in the family
Detailed structural study shows distantly related viruses share a common machinery for replication.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Sense of space
EMBL scientists demonstrate that spatial constraints are a key factor in determining nucleus size.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Are protein domains indivisible?
New research shows that some proteins domains can function even with big parts missing.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Destined for the brain
Not all embryonic macrophages are the same, and only some are destined to become microglia.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Taking out the trash
Unveiling the shape of... the 'molecular bin man' – cryoEM helps reveals p62 polymer in 3D.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Destination collaboration
Stanford University biophysicist KC Huang on his collaboration with the Typas group in Heidelberg.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Stephen Cusack elected to the Royal Society
Stephen Cusack, head of EMBL Grenoble, among 47 new Royal Society fellows.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
PDBe launches new website
In their quest to make structural biology more accessible, PDBe launches a new website.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
When microbes feed each other
Cooperate or compete? Microbes show us that getting along is the better choice for communities.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Who gets your vote?
Get ready to vote for your EMBL Alumni Association board.
LAB MATTERS2015
alumnilab-matters
History in the making
EMBL’s new Archivist will help chronicle the twists and turns, ups and downs of life at the Lab.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
Inside industry: Part I
Career insights from Riccardo Cortese, whose start-up is developing an Ebola vaccine candidate.
LAB MATTERS2015
alumnilab-matters
Inside industry: Part II
Alumni in senior positions in industry share career challenges, highlights and EMBL’s continuing role.
LAB MATTERS2015
alumnilab-matters
Q&A: Research analogies
Q&A: Which analogy best describes your research?
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
Branches: Science takes centre stage
Ben Lillie takes us on a journey through the art and craft of personal narrative.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
eventspeople-perspectives
Pathways: In the prime of life
Karin Sasaki is helping bridge the gap between quantitative and life science at EMBL.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
Element of surprise
Radiocarbon studies are helping researchers shine light on how neurons stay stable yet adaptable.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
How cells have got molecules surrounded
Ground-breaking microscopy technique gives unprecedented insight into endocytosis.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Curiosity created the ‘Bubome
Exploring the science and magic of Lil Bub – alumna launches project to sequence the ‘Lilbubome’.
LAB MATTERS2015
alumnilab-matters
Towards an expression atlas for an entire brain
New single-cell genomics techniques bring ‘omics to evolution and development research.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
CORBEL: bridging research infrastructures
Major EU funding for CORBEL, facilitating access to data and biological imaging facilities.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
GWAS Catalog moves to EMBL-EBI
GWAS Catalog, originally developed by the NHGRI in the US, moves to EMBL-EBI.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
Bypassing errors
Coin toss inspires CorMap: a new statistical test that sidesteps need for error estimation.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Team spirit in the genome
Go Team Genome! New method reveals genetic teamwork in drosophila genome.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Mourning the loss of Klaus Tschira
Klaus Tschira, a tireless supporter of science, education and talent, died 31 March 2015.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
Focusing on partnerships
EMBL’s corporate partners zoom in on big data and bioimaging.
CONNECTIONS2015
connectionsevents
No humans required
New fully automated technique enables scientists to chart complex protein networks in living cells.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
New Joint Directors of EMBL-EBI
Rolf Apweiler and Ewan Birney appointed Joint Directors of EMBL-EBI, as Janet Thornton steps down.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
Bioinformatics services: Winter 2015
A quick round-up of the latest EMBL-EBI service releases.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
Supporting women in science
Wellcome Genome Campus gives first Best Practice Award for Supporting Women in Science.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
Grenoble anniversary symposium: join us!
EMBL Grenoble celebrates 40 years with a symposium for staff, alumni and facility users on 4–5 June.
LAB MATTERS2015
alumnilab-matters
Best of three worlds
Combining three different kinds of microscopy to determine how molecules move during endocytosis.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
500,000 binary interactions… and growing
Building and visualising protein-interaction networks is easier and more accurate thanks to IntAct.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
Jeffrey Barrett to lead CTTV
Jeffrey Barrett appointed Director of CTTV, the GSK, EMBL-EBI and Sanger Institute partnership.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
Under pressure
How strong does a spindle need to be? Videos put cell’s chromosome-separating machinery to the test
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Attack from all sides
Hamburg-led tuberculosis study demonstrates the power of collaboration.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Shining light onto the fabric of life
First LearningLAB of 2015 makes science of protein structure crystal clear for 22 teachers.
LAB MATTERS2015
eventslab-matters
Fight or flight?
EMBL Insight Lecture – Why do we do what we do? – now available to view online.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
eventsscience-technology
How to crowdsource a paper
Tried and tested do's and don'ts of crowdsource writing.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
The battle for iron
New way mice starve pathogens raises alternative approach to treatments for anaemia of chronic disease
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Beyond sequencing
New microscopy-based method goes beyond gene sequencing, pinpointing the cause of disease.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Why is a dolphin not a cat?
How repurposing non-coding elements in the genome gave rise to the great ‘mammalian radiation’.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Moving 20 Petabytes
A blog extract by Ewan Birney reflects on the challenges of moving a massive data-centre.
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
Barcoding epigenetics
New Bar-ChIP method makes it easier to search for epigenetic marks in many samples at once
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
Come together
First experimental proof that a key cellular machine forms by uniting pre-assembled modules.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
sciencescience-technology
40 questions, answered
Find answers to 40 of your questions about life, the Lab and everything!
LAB MATTERS2015
lab-matters
Lights, camera, action
Films by alumnus’ lab shortlisted for 2014 Visualisation Challenge, 'The Vizzies'.
LAB MATTERS2015
alumnilab-matters
Pathways & Branches: Out of the darkness
How the Rosetta Mission’s comet landing led to unexpected destinations for alumna Karin Ranero,
LAB MATTERS2015
alumnilab-matters
Miraculous microscopes: a brief history
A brief history of microscopes, from van Leeuwenhoek to Betzig, Hell and Moerner.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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Awards & Honours
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
LAB MATTERS2015
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Light years ahead
As EMBL Hamburg celebrates 40 years, we explore the past, present and future of crystallography.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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Reviews: Illuminating stories
Which tales have illuminated something important to you? Staff from the Lab provide their favourite.
LAB MATTERS2015
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Meet the Dean
Meet Dean of Graduate Studies, Helke Hillebrand.
LAB MATTERS2015
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Cell control in a flash
From using light to control brain activity to illuminating fruit fly development and mice’s sense of touch
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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It all started with muscle…
Ken Holmes, one of the visionaries behind EMBL and EMBL Hamburg, looks back to where it all began.
LAB MATTERS2015
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Let there be light
PhD student Silvia Rohr on studying eyes – and talking about it for a general audience.
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Turn out the light
Alumnus Stefan Hell on his 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
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Beyond COMPARE
New project aims to speed up detection and response to disease outbreaks using genome technology.
LAB MATTERS2015
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Hidden cell types revealed
New statistical method for RNA-seq analysis creates order out of seeming chaos.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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Christian Boulin Fellowship
New Christian Boulin Fellowship: 15 awards of up to €1500 for visitors to EMBL’s Core Facilities.
LAB MATTERS2015
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Welcome: Marco Marcia
New group leader Marco Marcia aims to broaden horizons while mapping molecules.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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Relaunching YourGenome.org
EMBL-EBI supports relaunch of yourgenome.org, to bring genetics advances to a wider audience.
LAB MATTERS2015
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‘Hairclip’ protein mechanism explained
Research led by Teichmann group identifies fundamental mechanism for controlling protein function.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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