24 November 2023
Lab Matters
Representatives from politics, research and the philanthropist community joined the Minister's visit to EMBL exhibition “The World of Molecular Biology” in Heidelberg and welcomed the dialogue between science and society initiated by the exhibition.
28 February 2023
Perspectives, Science
Why open data from model organisms is essential for rare disease research.
22 February 2023
Lab Matters, Perspectives
Jo McEntyre talks about data services, open data and a new era for research assessment.
2023
lab-mattersperspectives
14 July 2022
Science
Microbial communities play essential roles in ocean ecology and planetary health. A recent publication highlights priorities for understanding and protecting ocean microbiomes.
13 July 2022
Research highlights, Science
Scientists identify previously unexplored gene segments to be added to human genome databases.
2022
research-highlightsscience
22 April 2022
Lab Matters
EMBO Director Fiona Watt discusses preprints, data sharing, and evaluation in light of EMBL’s new Open Science policy
17 December 2015
Science
From initial development to a start-up company: Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (SPIM) at EMBL.
17 December 2015
Events
With 28 conferences and 57 courses, 2016 will be EMBL’s most eventful year to date.
17 December 2015
Events
Find out what’s in store at the 2016 Core Technologies for the Life Sciences meeting.
17 December 2015
Events
GOBLET initiative supports pan-African bioinformatics trainers in Cape Town.
16 December 2015
Events
Designer Aditya Kusuma Jati reveals what makes a good event poster.
14 December 2015
Science
New microscope can record the first days of a mouse embryo’s life
11 December 2015
Science
Making it easier to visualise, understand and predict how proteins combine to drive biological processes.
9 December 2015
Events
Two PhD students sink their teeth into the science and speculations of Jurassic Park.
8 December 2015
Lab Matters
Identifying evidence-based relationships between drug targets and diseases.
2 December 2015
Science
Commonly used diabetes drug metformin impacts gut bacteria more than disease itself
30 November 2015
Lab Matters
The new Toolkit for Trainers, an online resource hosted at EMBL-EBI, helps biomedical science trainers create and explore new ways of teaching.
30 November 2015
Lab Matters
"There’s nothing nicer than seeing a user leave the facility happy"
27 November 2015
Events
Connecting entrepreneurs and world leaders in genomics to address opportunities and challenges.
25 November 2015
Science
CryoEM solves 3D atomic structure of largest and most elusive RNA polymerase.
25 November 2015
Lab Matters
Compelling short stories that shine light on the life and work of EMBL staff.
25 November 2015
Lab Matters
Roland Block, EMBL's Head of HR, on emphasising the ‘human’ in human resources.
25 November 2015
Science
From jumping genes to organ transplants, the non-human features that make us human.
25 November 2015
Events
What really sets humans apart? Forming societies, teaching and compassion, says Agustin Fuentes.
25 November 2015
Lab Matters
Ewan Birney on the risks, rewards and realities of studying humans as a model species.
25 November 2015
Lab Matters
Halldór Stefánsson on the long history of complex interactions between humans and animals.
25 November 2015
Lab Matters
Giuseppe Testa reflects on the myriad intersections of our digital and biological lives.
25 November 2015
Events
Highlights from the 'What makes us human?' symposium at EMBL Heidelberg.
25 November 2015
Lab Matters
Postdoc Thibaut Brunet reviews two popular science books that explore the rise of Homo sapiens.
25 November 2015
Lab Matters
What does a physicist do in a biology lab?
24 November 2015
Lab Matters
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
24 November 2015
Lab Matters
Sybrand van der Zwaag gives his five top tips for young researchers thinking about their next move.
24 November 2015
Events
A snapshot of the many activities and events that took place in the world of EMBL this Autumn.
23 November 2015
Events
Energy, enthusiasm and endurance on tap as thousands attend 12-hour Hamburg Night of Science.
19 November 2015
Science
Using lasers to shed light on how tissues get into shape
12 November 2015
Events
From paper microscopes to zebrafish embryos, EMBL Science Days stand had something for everyone.
11 November 2015
Events
Annual EMBL-EBI Open Day showcases bioinformatics services, training and career opportunities.
9 November 2015
Science
Embryology, genomics and bioinformatics combine to identify factors regulating mammalian pluripotency.
6 November 2015
Alumni
Behind the scenes of the EMBL alumni chapter meeting in Zürich, Switzerland.
4 November 2015
Events
Science met business and strangers became friends at the first Friends of EMBL Ladies Night.
30 October 2015
Science
Fibres that pull membrane to form a vesicle exert a force that’s 2500 times a yeast cell’s own weight
30 October 2015
Science
Findings help demonstrate the evolutionary basis for allergy.
29 October 2015
Science
Enzyme Portal makes it easier to explore all enzyme-related data in EMBL-EBI’s public resources.
26 October 2015
Lab Matters
Hamburg researchers have a ball creating game to explain transporter protein mechanism.
23 October 2015
Alumni
Behind the scenes of the EMBL-VIB alumni Benelux meeting.
15 October 2015
Science
Evaluation of MinION™ sequencer finds performance and reliability consistently good.
14 October 2015
Science
Study of mouse embryonic stem cells reveals new genes involved in the stem-cell regulatory network.
14 October 2015
Lab Matters
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…
9 October 2015
Science
Spaghetti-like proteins are surprisingly effective 'keys'
5 October 2015
Lab Matters
Amidst the excitement of Nobel Week, behind the scenes of the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.
2 October 2015
Science
1000 Genomes Project pushed technologies and knowledge forward to understand what is 'normal' human genetic variation
1 October 2015
Science
From the role of diatoms to how life evolved - scientists' pressing questions about life in the sea.
1 October 2015
Events
Long-time events pro Antje Seeck gives us her take on how to organise a successful conference.
30 September 2015
Science
Missing a gene may not be a big deal – a conclusion from global catalogue of genetic changes.
29 September 2015
Lab Matters
Sveiki Lietuva! Lithuania becomes EMBL’s fourth prospect member state.
29 September 2015
Events
EMBL-Wellcome Genome Campus events collaboration showcases open, application-based science.
29 September 2015
Lab Matters
Gold medal celebrates Eric Karsenti’s exceptional career and outstanding contributions to biology.
29 September 2015
Lab Matters
Renewals and reunions: EMBL’s Nordic partners look to the future.
28 September 2015
Events
Insights from organisers of upcoming EMBO|EMBL Aquatic Microeukaryotes symposium.
28 September 2015
Events
Highlights from EMBL-EBI’s Training Programme: Open Day, revamped webpages, free webinar series.
23 September 2015
Science
A nuclear pore riddle: how can you use the same number of pieces to form two rings that fit inside each other?
22 September 2015
Science
MASSIF-1 processes its 10,000th crystal, less than one year after the beamline became operational.
17 September 2015
Science
Multifaceted approach reveals how brain and liver age, helps explain why ageing brain loses plasticity.
14 September 2015
Lab Matters
Introducing the Small Angle Scattering Biological Data Bank, developed at EMBL Hamburg.
14 September 2015
Events
Tara Oceans research vessel welcomes aboard scientists, policymakers and funders.
13 September 2015
Alumni
Ephrussi group alumni reunite in Heidelberg for a surprise birthday celebration.
11 September 2015
Alumni
Alumni Rune Linding and Guillermo Montoya join colleagues and peers at the first Danish chapter meeting.
10 September 2015
Science
New computational method to study biological signalling networks in healthy and cancer cells.
9 September 2015
Events
Insights from the evangelical Vint Cerf, a “founding father of the Internet”, during a visit to EMBL.
7 September 2015
Lab Matters
“A structure alone is not so interesting, you need the biology too,” says new NMR-focused group leader
7 September 2015
Alumni
Genevieve Almouzni and Nicolas Le Novère share their insights at alumni chapter meeting hosted in the UK.
3 September 2015
Lab Matters
New group explores why patients with same cancer exhibit unique constellations of genetic mutations.
26 August 2015
Events
"It's like living a review!" Participants of recent super-resolution microscopy course share their highlights
25 August 2015
Lab Matters
Maja Köhn’s lab is ideal to learn what life is like working at the interface of disciplines.
24 August 2015
Alumni
EMBL rewards the special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards.
24 August 2015
Alumni
Andrew Miller, first head of EMBL Grenoble, reflects on four decades at the Outstation.
24 August 2015
Lab Matters
Janet Thornton reflects on her time as Director of one of Europe’s fastest growing research institutes.
24 August 2015
Alumni
EMBL Alumni Association board meets for the last time in their current constellation.
24 August 2015
Alumni
Results are in for the EMBL Alumni Association board election – the board takes up office in 2016.
24 August 2015
Science
Theodore Alexandrov is using mathematics to analyse the countless molecules produced by our cells.
24 August 2015
Events
Alumnus Thomas Vaccari reflects on the first joint symposium with EMBL Monterotondo, in Milan.
24 August 2015
Lab Matters
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
24 August 2015
Alumni
Behind the scenes of start-up Miroculus, developing a non-invasive test for early-stage disease.
24 August 2015
Science
A journalist who spent six weeks aboard Tara reflects on the expedition’s extraordinary outcomes.
24 August 2015
Lab Matters
What’s on your Summer reading list? Here are some favourites of staff in the Lab.
24 August 2015
Alumni
Alumnus Luis Bejarano asked Spanish students to stick out their tongues to analyse their microbiome.
24 August 2015
Events
A contagious cancer threatens the Tasmanian devil – extract from Science in School journal.
24 August 2015
Alumni
Alumni Reuben Leberman, Jeremy Smith, Elena Seiradake, and Winfried Weissenhorn share their stories.
24 August 2015
Lab Matters
Maria Kamber, who heads the mouse facility, ensures “dignity, compassion and respect” for her charges.
20 August 2015
Science
EMBL scientists map ‘switches’ for distant control of gene expression.
20 August 2015
Science
Collaboration between scientists reveals collaboration between lipids.
20 August 2015
Lab Matters
EMBL Core Facilities collaborate with French research programme Signalife to revive training visit.
12 August 2015
Events
Leading scientists will gather in Heidelberg this November to discuss the potential of personalised health.
10 August 2015
Science
Crowd sourcing initiative to predict effects of toxic compounds: results of 2013 DREAM Challenge.
6 August 2015
Science
A mathematician who got ‘sucked in’ to biological problems, meet new team leader Theodore Alexandrov.
4 August 2015
Science
Multidisciplinary research provides clues to new treatments for deadly form of leukaemia in children
3 August 2015
Science
How T-cells are trained on what not to kill
28 July 2015
Lab Matters
Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU) with the University of Heidelberg, renewed until 2025.
28 July 2015
Lab Matters
Alumnus Damian Brunner revisits EMBL in a very special capacity, as Swiss delegate on EMBL’s Council.
17 July 2015
Events
Web of lies? Science Movie Night reveals science behind the most famous spider bite in film history.
16 July 2015
Science
Iron regulatory proteins play important role in combatting infection, protecting against Salmonella.
16 July 2015
Science
3D structure of Oskar protein gives first molecular insight into how it functions.
13 July 2015
Lab Matters
EI3POD: flagship interdisciplinary postdoc programme opens its doors to academia and industry.
10 July 2015
Science
3D imaging unravels COPI coat of cells' transport vesicles.
9 July 2015
Science
Jan Korbel and colleagues publish commentary on risks and rewards of genome cloud computing.
9 July 2015
Science
European team identify mechanism for producing piRNAs that silence jumping genes in germline cells.
9 July 2015
Lab Matters
“Interactions: that’s what I like the most in biology” – meet Lukáš Janošík, EUCYS 2014 prize winner.
9 July 2015
Lab Matters
Database administrator's photo essay reflects internationality and personality of the Genome Campus.
3 July 2015
Lab Matters
Academic community clouds take cancer research towards a brighter future.
2 July 2015
Events
Industrial partners and BioStruct-X facility members gather for Workshop at EMBL Hamburg.
30 June 2015
Lab Matters
Staff gather to celebrate Janet Thorton's 14 years as Director of EMBL-EBI.
22 June 2015
Events
EMBL-EBI organises an evening of talks and discussion about the global spread of infectious disease.
18 June 2015
Science
Behaviour of clathrin proteins, crucial for endocytosis, is clarified using new imaging techniques.
18 June 2015
Lab Matters
Sarah Teichmann recognised for her contributions to science with the EMBO Gold Award 2015.
18 June 2015
Science
A puzzling peculiarity resolved by Hamburg’s Sample Preparation and Characterisation facility.
18 June 2015
Events
Staff, alumni, partners and more meet at EMBL Grenoble to celebrate Outstation's 40th anniversary.
16 June 2015
Science
Researchers at EMBL-EBI speed up complex GWAS analyses with new method and algorithm.
15 June 2015
Lab Matters
EMBL’s new open access policy aims to make EMBL research widely and freely accessible.
15 June 2015
Science
Cells 'dance' as they draw together during early embryo development.
10 June 2015
Lab Matters
CERN openlab enters a new phase, expanding to include EMBL-EBI and other public research organisations.
4 June 2015
Science
Decaying RNA molecules tell a story that could add more chapters to the study of ribosomes.
3 June 2015
Lab Matters
Jenny Cham blogs about how ORCID helps distinguish her from all the other Jenny Chams in the world.
2 June 2015
Lab Matters
HMMER – a fast, sensitive search tool – helps find sequence relationships deep in evolutionary time.
27 May 2015
Lab Matters
ELIXIR receives major Horizon 2020 funding to ‘EXCELERATE' activities over the next four years.
21 May 2015
Science
Tara Oceans results reveal climate change insights, and a treasure trove of novel species and genes.
21 May 2015
Science
Detailed structural study shows distantly related viruses share a common machinery for replication.
21 May 2015
Science
EMBL scientists demonstrate that spatial constraints are a key factor in determining nucleus size.
18 May 2015
Science
New research shows that some proteins domains can function even with big parts missing.
12 May 2015
Science
Not all embryonic macrophages are the same, and only some are destined to become microglia.
7 May 2015
Science
Unveiling the shape of... the 'molecular bin man' – cryoEM helps reveals p62 polymer in 3D.
5 May 2015
Science
Stanford University biophysicist KC Huang on his collaboration with the Typas group in Heidelberg.
5 May 2015
Lab Matters
Stephen Cusack, head of EMBL Grenoble, among 47 new Royal Society fellows.
5 May 2015
Lab Matters
In their quest to make structural biology more accessible, PDBe launches a new website.
5 May 2015
Science
Cooperate or compete? Microbes show us that getting along is the better choice for communities.
30 April 2015
Alumni
Get ready to vote for your EMBL Alumni Association board.
29 April 2015
Lab Matters
EMBL’s new Archivist will help chronicle the twists and turns, ups and downs of life at the Lab.
29 April 2015
Alumni
Career insights from Riccardo Cortese, whose start-up is developing an Ebola vaccine candidate.
29 April 2015
Alumni
Alumni in senior positions in industry share career challenges, highlights and EMBL’s continuing role.
29 April 2015
Lab Matters
Q&A: Which analogy best describes your research?
29 April 2015
Events
Ben Lillie takes us on a journey through the art and craft of personal narrative.
29 April 2015
Lab Matters
Karin Sasaki is helping bridge the gap between quantitative and life science at EMBL.
29 April 2015
Science
Radiocarbon studies are helping researchers shine light on how neurons stay stable yet adaptable.
20 April 2015
Science
Ground-breaking microscopy technique gives unprecedented insight into endocytosis.
15 April 2015
Alumni
Exploring the science and magic of Lil Bub – alumna launches project to sequence the ‘Lilbubome’.
14 April 2015
Science
New single-cell genomics techniques bring ‘omics to evolution and development research.
9 April 2015
Lab Matters
Major EU funding for CORBEL, facilitating access to data and biological imaging facilities.
7 April 2015
Lab Matters
GWAS Catalog, originally developed by the NHGRI in the US, moves to EMBL-EBI.
6 April 2015
Science
Coin toss inspires CorMap: a new statistical test that sidesteps need for error estimation.
2 April 2015
Science
Go Team Genome! New method reveals genetic teamwork in drosophila genome.
1 April 2015
Lab Matters
Klaus Tschira, a tireless supporter of science, education and talent, died 31 March 2015.
25 March 2015
Events
EMBL’s corporate partners zoom in on big data and bioimaging.
16 March 2015
Science
New fully automated technique enables scientists to chart complex protein networks in living cells.
11 March 2015
Lab Matters
Rolf Apweiler and Ewan Birney appointed Joint Directors of EMBL-EBI, as Janet Thornton steps down.
10 March 2015
Lab Matters
A quick round-up of the latest EMBL-EBI service releases.
8 March 2015
Lab Matters
Wellcome Genome Campus gives first Best Practice Award for Supporting Women in Science.
6 March 2015
Alumni
EMBL Grenoble celebrates 40 years with a symposium for staff, alumni and facility users on 4–5 June.
4 March 2015
Science
Combining three different kinds of microscopy to determine how molecules move during endocytosis.
2 March 2015
Lab Matters
Building and visualising protein-interaction networks is easier and more accurate thanks to IntAct.
27 February 2015
Lab Matters
Jeffrey Barrett appointed Director of CTTV, the GSK, EMBL-EBI and Sanger Institute partnership.
25 February 2015
Science
How strong does a spindle need to be? Videos put cell’s chromosome-separating machinery to the test
20 February 2015
Science
Hamburg-led tuberculosis study demonstrates the power of collaboration.
19 February 2015
Events
First LearningLAB of 2015 makes science of protein structure crystal clear for 22 teachers.
16 February 2015
Events
EMBL Insight Lecture – Why do we do what we do? – now available to view online.
6 February 2015
Science
Tried and tested do's and don'ts of crowdsource writing.
6 February 2015
Science
New way mice starve pathogens raises alternative approach to treatments for anaemia of chronic disease
4 February 2015
Science
New microscopy-based method goes beyond gene sequencing, pinpointing the cause of disease.
28 January 2015
Science
How repurposing non-coding elements in the genome gave rise to the great ‘mammalian radiation’.
28 January 2015
Lab Matters
A blog extract by Ewan Birney reflects on the challenges of moving a massive data-centre.
28 January 2015
Science
New Bar-ChIP method makes it easier to search for epigenetic marks in many samples at once
27 January 2015
Science
First experimental proof that a key cellular machine forms by uniting pre-assembled modules.
26 January 2015
Lab Matters
Find answers to 40 of your questions about life, the Lab and everything!
26 January 2015
Alumni
Films by alumnus’ lab shortlisted for 2014 Visualisation Challenge, 'The Vizzies'.
26 January 2015
Alumni
How the Rosetta Mission’s comet landing led to unexpected destinations for alumna Karin Ranero,
26 January 2015
Science
A brief history of microscopes, from van Leeuwenhoek to Betzig, Hell and Moerner.
26 January 2015
Lab Matters
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
26 January 2015
Science
As EMBL Hamburg celebrates 40 years, we explore the past, present and future of crystallography.
26 January 2015
Lab Matters
Which tales have illuminated something important to you? Staff from the Lab provide their favourite.
26 January 2015
Lab Matters
Meet Dean of Graduate Studies, Helke Hillebrand.
26 January 2015
Science
From using light to control brain activity to illuminating fruit fly development and mice’s sense of touch
26 January 2015
Alumni
Ken Holmes, one of the visionaries behind EMBL and EMBL Hamburg, looks back to where it all began.
23 January 2015
Lab Matters
PhD student Silvia Rohr on studying eyes – and talking about it for a general audience.
23 January 2015
Alumni
Alumnus Stefan Hell on his 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
20 January 2015
Lab Matters
New project aims to speed up detection and response to disease outbreaks using genome technology.
20 January 2015
Science
New statistical method for RNA-seq analysis creates order out of seeming chaos.
16 January 2015
Lab Matters
New Christian Boulin Fellowship: 15 awards of up to €1500 for visitors to EMBL’s Core Facilities.
9 January 2015
Science
New group leader Marco Marcia aims to broaden horizons while mapping molecules.
8 January 2015
Lab Matters
EMBL-EBI supports relaunch of yourgenome.org, to bring genetics advances to a wider audience.
7 January 2015
Science
Research led by Teichmann group identifies fundamental mechanism for controlling protein function.
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