Shedding light on rare diseases: open data and model organisms
Perspectives, Science Why open data from model organisms is essential for rare disease research.
2023
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Molecules to Ecosystems: Jo McEntyre on data services
Lab Matters, People & Perspectives, Perspectives Jo McEntyre talks about data services, open data and a new era for research assessment.
2023
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Priorities for ocean microbiome research
Science, Science & Technology Microbial communities play essential roles in ocean ecology and planetary health. A recent publication highlights priorities for understanding and protecting ocean microbiomes.
2022
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Uncharted territories in the human genome
Research highlights, Science, Science & Technology Scientists identify previously unexplored gene segments to be added to human genome databases.
2022
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“If you want science to move forward, you have to share it”
Lab Matters, People & Perspectives EMBO Director Fiona Watt discusses preprints, data sharing, and evaluation in light of EMBL’s new Open Science policy
2022
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SPIM doctors
Science, Science & Technology From initial development to a start-up company: Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (SPIM) at EMBL.
2015
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What’s on in 2016
Connections, Events With 28 conferences and 57 courses, 2016 will be EMBL’s most eventful year to date.
2015
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Event gets to the core of research
Connections, Events Find out what’s in store at the 2016 Core Technologies for the Life Sciences meeting.
2015
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Bioinformatics training in Africa
Connections, Events GOBLET initiative supports pan-African bioinformatics trainers in Cape Town.
2015
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Behind the scenes: Event poster design
Events, People & Perspectives Designer Aditya Kusuma Jati reveals what makes a good event poster.
2015
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Turning point of a lifetime
Science, Science & Technology New microscope can record the first days of a mouse embryo’s life
2015
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Periodic table of protein complexes
Science, Science & Technology Making it easier to visualise, understand and predict how proteins combine to drive biological processes.
2015
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Dinosaurs, DNA and Dolly
Events, Lab Matters Two PhD students sink their teeth into the science and speculations of Jurassic Park.
2015
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Target Validation platform launches
Connections, Lab Matters Identifying evidence-based relationships between drug targets and diseases.
2015
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Drugging bacteria
Science, Science & Technology Commonly used diabetes drug metformin impacts gut bacteria more than disease itself
2015
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Toolkit for trainers
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.
2015
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Welcome: Malte Paulsen
Lab Matters, People & Perspectives "There’s nothing nicer than seeing a user leave the facility happy"
2015
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BioBeat15: Translating genomics into biobusiness
Connections, Events Connecting entrepreneurs and world leaders in genomics to address opportunities and challenges.
2015
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Pol III: Completing the family album
Science, Science & Technology CryoEM solves 3D atomic structure of largest and most elusive RNA polymerase.
2015
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Humans of EMBL
Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Compelling short stories that shine light on the life and work of EMBL staff.
2015
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Walking the talk in HR
Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Roland Block, EMBL's Head of HR, on emphasising the ‘human’ in human resources.
2015
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What makes us human? Or not…
Science, Science & Technology From jumping genes to organ transplants, the non-human features that make us human.
2015
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Branches: What makes humans tick?
People & Perspectives, Science & Technology What really sets humans apart? Forming societies, teaching and compassion, says Agustin Fuentes.
2015
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Using humans as a model organism
Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Ewan Birney on the risks, rewards and realities of studying humans as a model species.
2015
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Of humans and animals
Lab Matters Halldór Stefánsson on the long history of complex interactions between humans and animals.
2015
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Digitally human: texting life ahead
Lab Matters Giuseppe Testa reflects on the myriad intersections of our digital and biological lives.
2015
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Being human beings
Events, People & Perspectives Highlights from the 'What makes us human?' symposium at EMBL Heidelberg.
2015
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Reviews: Homo sapiens
Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Postdoc Thibaut Brunet reviews two popular science books that explore the rise of Homo sapiens.
2015
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Q&A: Biophysics
Lab Matters, People & Perspectives What does a physicist do in a biology lab?
2015
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Awards & Honours
EMBL Announcements, Lab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
2015
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Pathways: Open letter to young scientists
Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Sybrand van der Zwaag gives his five top tips for young researchers thinking about their next move.
2015
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EMBL in pictures
Events, Lab Matters A snapshot of the many activities and events that took place in the world of EMBL this Autumn.
2015
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High-throughput event
Events, Lab Matters Energy, enthusiasm and endurance on tap as thousands attend 12-hour Hamburg Night of Science.
2015
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Lighting up development
Science, Science & Technology Using lasers to shed light on how tissues get into shape
2015
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Enlightening experiments
Events, Lab Matters From paper microscopes to zebrafish embryos, EMBL Science Days stand had something for everyone.
2015
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Building a career in bioinformatics
Events, Lab Matters Annual EMBL-EBI Open Day showcases bioinformatics services, training and career opportunities.
2015
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Unpacking embryonic pluripotency
Science, Science & Technology Embryology, genomics and bioinformatics combine to identify factors regulating mammalian pluripotency.
2015
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Alumni meet in Switzerland
Alumni, Connections Behind the scenes of the EMBL alumni chapter meeting in Zürich, Switzerland.
2015
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Shaking hands with starfish
Events, Lab Matters Science met business and strangers became friends at the first Friends of EMBL Ladies Night.
2015
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One hard pull
Science, Science & Technology Fibres that pull membrane to form a vesicle exert a force that’s 2500 times a yeast cell’s own weight
2015
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Allergy: the price of immunity?
Science, Science & Technology Findings help demonstrate the evolutionary basis for allergy.
2015
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Enzyme research made easier
Science, Science & Technology Enzyme Portal makes it easier to explore all enzyme-related data in EMBL-EBI’s public resources.
2015
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A whole new ball game
Lab Matters Hamburg researchers have a ball creating game to explain transporter protein mechanism.
2015
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Alumni meet in Belgium
Alumni, Connections Behind the scenes of the EMBL-VIB alumni Benelux meeting.
2015
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Mini DNA sequencer tests true
Science, Science & Technology Evaluation of MinION™ sequencer finds performance and reliability consistently good.
2015
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A snapshot of stem cell expression
Science, Science & Technology Study of mouse embryonic stem cells reveals new genes involved in the stem-cell regulatory network.
2015
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Lighting the way
Lab Matters, Science & Technology 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…
2015
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Floppy but fast
Science, Science & Technology Spaghetti-like proteins are surprisingly effective 'keys'
2015
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Nobel connections
Connections, Lab Matters Amidst the excitement of Nobel Week, behind the scenes of the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.
2015
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A lasting legacy
Science, Science & Technology 1000 Genomes Project pushed technologies and knowledge forward to understand what is 'normal' human genetic variation
2015
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Marine mysteries
Science, Science & Technology From the role of diatoms to how life evolved - scientists' pressing questions about life in the sea.
2015
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Behind the scenes: Event management
Events, People & Perspectives Long-time events pro Antje Seeck gives us her take on how to organise a successful conference.
2015
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Finding links and missing genes
Science, Science & Technology Missing a gene may not be a big deal – a conclusion from global catalogue of genetic changes.
2015
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Lithuania, new prospect member state
EMBL Announcements, Lab Matters Sveiki Lietuva! Lithuania becomes EMBL’s fourth prospect member state.
2015
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Joining forces for events
Connections, Events EMBL-Wellcome Genome Campus events collaboration showcases open, application-based science.
2015
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Karsenti wins CNRS gold
EMBL Announcements, Lab Matters Gold medal celebrates Eric Karsenti’s exceptional career and outstanding contributions to biology.
2015
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Northern highlights
Connections, Lab Matters Renewals and reunions: EMBL’s Nordic partners look to the future.
2015
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Symposium sails sea of knowledge
Connections, Events Insights from organisers of upcoming EMBO|EMBL Aquatic Microeukaryotes symposium.
2015
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EMBL-EBI training news
EMBL Announcements, Events Highlights from EMBL-EBI’s Training Programme: Open Day, revamped webpages, free webinar series.
2015
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Checkpoint architecture
Science, Science & Technology A nuclear pore riddle: how can you use the same number of pieces to form two rings that fit inside each other?
2015
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MASSIFly efficient
Science, Science & Technology MASSIF-1 processes its 10,000th crystal, less than one year after the beamline became operational.
2015
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Ages apart
Science, Science & Technology Multifaceted approach reveals how brain and liver age, helps explain why ageing brain loses plasticity.
2015
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From side-project to valuable resource
Lab Matters, Science & Technology Introducing the Small Angle Scattering Biological Data Bank, developed at EMBL Hamburg.
2015
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EMBL onboard Tara, London 2015
Connections, Events Tara Oceans research vessel welcomes aboard scientists, policymakers and funders.
2015
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Ephrussi reunion: face-to-face
Alumni, Lab Matters Ephrussi group alumni reunite in Heidelberg for a surprise birthday celebration.
2015
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Driving science in Denmark
Alumni, Connections Alumni Rune Linding and Guillermo Montoya join colleagues and peers at the first Danish chapter meeting.
2015
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Clearing a path for cancer research
Science, Science & Technology New computational method to study biological signalling networks in healthy and cancer cells.
2015
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From packets to planets
Events, People & Perspectives Insights from the evangelical Vint Cerf, a “founding father of the Internet”, during a visit to EMBL.
2015
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Welcome: Janosch Hennig
Lab Matters, People & Perspectives “A structure alone is not so interesting, you need the biology too,” says new NMR-focused group leader
2015
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Uniting alumni at The EMBO Meeting
Alumni, Connections Genevieve Almouzni and Nicolas Le Novère share their insights at alumni chapter meeting hosted in the UK.
2015
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Welcome: Moritz Gerstung
Lab Matters, People & Perspectives New group explores why patients with same cancer exhibit unique constellations of genetic mutations.
2015
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Super impressions
Connections, Events "It's like living a review!" Participants of recent super-resolution microscopy course share their highlights
2015
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Chemical bonds
Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Maja Köhn’s lab is ideal to learn what life is like working at the interface of disciplines.
2015
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Celebrating excellence
Alumni, People & Perspectives EMBL rewards the special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards.
2015
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Molecular momentum
Alumni, People & Perspectives Andrew Miller, first head of EMBL Grenoble, reflects on four decades at the Outstation.
2015
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Transitions
Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Janet Thornton reflects on her time as Director of one of Europe’s fastest growing research institutes.
2015
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Alumni board meeting
Alumni, EMBL Announcements EMBL Alumni Association board meets for the last time in their current constellation.
2015
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New board from 2016
Alumni, EMBL Announcements Results are in for the EMBL Alumni Association board election – the board takes up office in 2016.
2015
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It’s the economy, stupid
Science, Science & Technology Theodore Alexandrov is using mathematics to analyse the countless molecules produced by our cells.
2015
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Cellular synergy
Events, People & Perspectives Alumnus Thomas Vaccari reflects on the first joint symposium with EMBL Monterotondo, in Milan.
2015
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Awards & Honours
EMBL Announcements, Lab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
2015
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Decoding disease
Alumni, Science & Technology Behind the scenes of start-up Miroculus, developing a non-invasive test for early-stage disease.
2015
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An ocean odyssey
Science, Science & Technology A journalist who spent six weeks aboard Tara reflects on the expedition’s extraordinary outcomes.
2015
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Reviews: Summer reading
Lab Matters What’s on your Summer reading list? Here are some favourites of staff in the Lab.
2015
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Stick out your tongue!
Alumni, People & Perspectives Alumnus Luis Bejarano asked Spanish students to stick out their tongues to analyse their microbiome.
2015
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Branches: Sympathy for the devil
Events, Lab Matters A contagious cancer threatens the Tasmanian devil – extract from Science in School journal.
2015
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EMBL Grenoble: Alumni stories
Alumni, People & Perspectives Alumni Reuben Leberman, Jeremy Smith, Elena Seiradake, and Winfried Weissenhorn share their stories.
2015
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Pathways: Culture of care
Connections, Lab Matters Maria Kamber, who heads the mouse facility, ensures “dignity, compassion and respect” for her charges.
2015
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Life in 3D
Science, Science & Technology EMBL scientists map ‘switches’ for distant control of gene expression.
2015
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First, find your membrane
Science, Science & Technology Collaboration between scientists reveals collaboration between lipids.
2015
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The French connection
Connections, Lab Matters EMBL Core Facilities collaborate with French research programme Signalife to revive training visit.
2015
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Make it personal
Connections, Events Leading scientists will gather in Heidelberg this November to discuss the potential of personalised health.
2015
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Life is but a DREAM
Science, Science & Technology Crowd sourcing initiative to predict effects of toxic compounds: results of 2013 DREAM Challenge.
2015
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Welcome: Theodore Alexandrov
People & Perspectives, Science A mathematician who got ‘sucked in’ to biological problems, meet new team leader Theodore Alexandrov.
2015
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From patients to the lab (and back)
Science, Science & Technology Multidisciplinary research provides clues to new treatments for deadly form of leukaemia in children
2015
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Know your cells
Science, Science & Technology How T-cells are trained on what not to kill
2015
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Union makes success
Connections, Lab Matters Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU) with the University of Heidelberg, renewed until 2025.
2015
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Political science
Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Alumnus Damian Brunner revisits EMBL in a very special capacity, as Swiss delegate on EMBL’s Council.
2015
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Science of Spider-Man
Events, Lab Matters Web of lies? Science Movie Night reveals science behind the most famous spider bite in film history.
2015
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Iron regulators join war on pathogens
Science, Science & Technology Iron regulatory proteins play important role in combatting infection, protecting against Salmonella.
2015
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Oskar’s structure revealed
Science, Science & Technology 3D structure of Oskar protein gives first molecular insight into how it functions.
2015
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EIPOD goes cubic
EMBL Announcements, Lab Matters EI3POD: flagship interdisciplinary postdoc programme opens its doors to academia and industry.
2015
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Cell machinery wears complex coat
Science, Science & Technology 3D imaging unravels COPI coat of cells' transport vesicles.
2015
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The genome in the cloud
Science, Science & Technology Jan Korbel and colleagues publish commentary on risks and rewards of genome cloud computing.
2015
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DNA protection, inch by inch
Science, Science & Technology European team identify mechanism for producing piRNAs that silence jumping genes in germline cells.
2015
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The germ of a network biologist
Lab Matters, People & Perspectives “Interactions: that’s what I like the most in biology” – meet Lukáš Janošík, EUCYS 2014 prize winner.
2015
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One from Many
Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Database administrator's photo essay reflects internationality and personality of the Genome Campus.
2015
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Sky’s the limit
Lab Matters, Science & Technology Academic community clouds take cancer research towards a brighter future.
2015
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Building bridges with BioStruct-X
Connections, Events Industrial partners and BioStruct-X facility members gather for Workshop at EMBL Hamburg.
2015
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Janet Thornton steps down
Lab Matters Staff gather to celebrate Janet Thorton's 14 years as Director of EMBL-EBI.
2015
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Pandemic! A public event
Events EMBL-EBI organises an evening of talks and discussion about the global spread of infectious disease.
2015
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Decades-old cell biology puzzle solved
Science Behaviour of clathrin proteins, crucial for endocytosis, is clarified using new imaging techniques.
2015
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Sarah Teichmann receives EMBO Gold Award
Lab Matters Sarah Teichmann recognised for her contributions to science with the EMBO Gold Award 2015.
2015
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The curious case of the bi-specific enzyme
Science A puzzling peculiarity resolved by Hamburg’s Sample Preparation and Characterisation facility.
2015
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From mountains to molecules
Events Staff, alumni, partners and more meet at EMBL Grenoble to celebrate Outstation's 40th anniversary.
2015
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Large-scale genetic analysis made easier
Science Researchers at EMBL-EBI speed up complex GWAS analyses with new method and algorithm.
2015
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Open access: transforming science
Lab Matters EMBL’s new open access policy aims to make EMBL research widely and freely accessible.
2015
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Dancing with the cells
Science Cells 'dance' as they draw together during early embryo development.
2015
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EMBL-EBI joins CERN openlab
Lab Matters CERN openlab enters a new phase, expanding to include EMBL-EBI and other public research organisations.
2015
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Decaying RNA molecules tell a story
Science Decaying RNA molecules tell a story that could add more chapters to the study of ribosomes.
2015
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Why you need an ORCID
Lab Matters Jenny Cham blogs about how ORCID helps distinguish her from all the other Jenny Chams in the world.
2015
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A powerful HMMER for data mining
Lab Matters HMMER – a fast, sensitive search tool – helps find sequence relationships deep in evolutionary time.
2015
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ELIXIR accelerates
Lab Matters ELIXIR receives major Horizon 2020 funding to ‘EXCELERATE' activities over the next four years.
2015
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Oceans endeavour charts 40 million genes
Science Tara Oceans results reveal climate change insights, and a treasure trove of novel species and genes.
2015
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It runs in the family
Science Detailed structural study shows distantly related viruses share a common machinery for replication.
2015
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Sense of space
Science EMBL scientists demonstrate that spatial constraints are a key factor in determining nucleus size.
2015
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Are protein domains indivisible?
Science New research shows that some proteins domains can function even with big parts missing.
2015
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Destined for the brain
Science Not all embryonic macrophages are the same, and only some are destined to become microglia.
2015
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Taking out the trash
Science Unveiling the shape of... the 'molecular bin man' – cryoEM helps reveals p62 polymer in 3D.
2015
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Destination collaboration
Science Stanford University biophysicist KC Huang on his collaboration with the Typas group in Heidelberg.
2015
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Stephen Cusack elected to the Royal Society
Lab Matters Stephen Cusack, head of EMBL Grenoble, among 47 new Royal Society fellows.
2015
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PDBe launches new website
Lab Matters In their quest to make structural biology more accessible, PDBe launches a new website.
2015
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When microbes feed each other
Science Cooperate or compete? Microbes show us that getting along is the better choice for communities.
2015
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Who gets your vote?
Alumni Get ready to vote for your EMBL Alumni Association board.
2015
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History in the making
Lab Matters EMBL’s new Archivist will help chronicle the twists and turns, ups and downs of life at the Lab.
2015
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Inside industry: Part I
Alumni Career insights from Riccardo Cortese, whose start-up is developing an Ebola vaccine candidate.
2015
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Inside industry: Part II
Alumni Alumni in senior positions in industry share career challenges, highlights and EMBL’s continuing role.
2015
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Q&A: Research analogies
Lab Matters Q&A: Which analogy best describes your research?
2015
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Branches: Science takes centre stage
Events Ben Lillie takes us on a journey through the art and craft of personal narrative.
2015
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Pathways: In the prime of life
Lab Matters Karin Sasaki is helping bridge the gap between quantitative and life science at EMBL.
2015
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Element of surprise
Science Radiocarbon studies are helping researchers shine light on how neurons stay stable yet adaptable.
2015
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How cells have got molecules surrounded
Science Ground-breaking microscopy technique gives unprecedented insight into endocytosis.
2015
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Curiosity created the ‘Bubome
Alumni Exploring the science and magic of Lil Bub – alumna launches project to sequence the ‘Lilbubome’.
2015
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Towards an expression atlas for an entire brain
Science New single-cell genomics techniques bring ‘omics to evolution and development research.
2015
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CORBEL: bridging research infrastructures
Lab Matters Major EU funding for CORBEL, facilitating access to data and biological imaging facilities.
2015
lab-matters
GWAS Catalog moves to EMBL-EBI
Lab Matters GWAS Catalog, originally developed by the NHGRI in the US, moves to EMBL-EBI.
2015
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Bypassing errors
Science Coin toss inspires CorMap: a new statistical test that sidesteps need for error estimation.
2015
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Team spirit in the genome
Science Go Team Genome! New method reveals genetic teamwork in drosophila genome.
2015
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Mourning the loss of Klaus Tschira
Lab Matters Klaus Tschira, a tireless supporter of science, education and talent, died 31 March 2015.
2015
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Focusing on partnerships
Events EMBL’s corporate partners zoom in on big data and bioimaging.
2015
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No humans required
Science New fully automated technique enables scientists to chart complex protein networks in living cells.
2015
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New Joint Directors of EMBL-EBI
Lab Matters Rolf Apweiler and Ewan Birney appointed Joint Directors of EMBL-EBI, as Janet Thornton steps down.
2015
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Bioinformatics services: Winter 2015
Lab Matters A quick round-up of the latest EMBL-EBI service releases.
2015
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Supporting women in science
Lab Matters Wellcome Genome Campus gives first Best Practice Award for Supporting Women in Science.
2015
lab-matters
Grenoble anniversary symposium: join us!
Alumni EMBL Grenoble celebrates 40 years with a symposium for staff, alumni and facility users on 4–5 June.
2015
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Best of three worlds
Science Combining three different kinds of microscopy to determine how molecules move during endocytosis.
2015
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500,000 binary interactions… and growing
Lab Matters Building and visualising protein-interaction networks is easier and more accurate thanks to IntAct.
2015
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Jeffrey Barrett to lead CTTV
Lab Matters Jeffrey Barrett appointed Director of CTTV, the GSK, EMBL-EBI and Sanger Institute partnership.
2015
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Under pressure
Science How strong does a spindle need to be? Videos put cell’s chromosome-separating machinery to the test
2015
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Attack from all sides
Science Hamburg-led tuberculosis study demonstrates the power of collaboration.
2015
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Shining light onto the fabric of life
Events First LearningLAB of 2015 makes science of protein structure crystal clear for 22 teachers.
2015
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Fight or flight?
Events EMBL Insight Lecture – Why do we do what we do? – now available to view online.
2015
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How to crowdsource a paper
Science Tried and tested do's and don'ts of crowdsource writing.
2015
science
The battle for iron
Science New way mice starve pathogens raises alternative approach to treatments for anaemia of chronic disease
2015
science
Beyond sequencing
Science New microscopy-based method goes beyond gene sequencing, pinpointing the cause of disease.
2015
science
Why is a dolphin not a cat?
Science How repurposing non-coding elements in the genome gave rise to the great ‘mammalian radiation’.
2015
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Moving 20 Petabytes
Lab Matters A blog extract by Ewan Birney reflects on the challenges of moving a massive data-centre.
2015
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Barcoding epigenetics
Science New Bar-ChIP method makes it easier to search for epigenetic marks in many samples at once
2015
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Come together
Science First experimental proof that a key cellular machine forms by uniting pre-assembled modules.
2015
science
40 questions, answered
Lab Matters Find answers to 40 of your questions about life, the Lab and everything!
2015
lab-matters
Lights, camera, action
Alumni Films by alumnus’ lab shortlisted for 2014 Visualisation Challenge, 'The Vizzies'.
2015
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Pathways & Branches: Out of the darkness
Alumni How the Rosetta Mission’s comet landing led to unexpected destinations for alumna Karin Ranero,
2015
alumni
Miraculous microscopes: a brief history
Science A brief history of microscopes, from van Leeuwenhoek to Betzig, Hell and Moerner.
2015
science
Awards & Honours
Lab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
2015
lab-matters
Light years ahead
Science As EMBL Hamburg celebrates 40 years, we explore the past, present and future of crystallography.
2015
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Reviews: Illuminating stories
Lab Matters Which tales have illuminated something important to you? Staff from the Lab provide their favourite.
2015
lab-matters
Meet the Dean
Lab Matters Meet Dean of Graduate Studies, Helke Hillebrand.
2015
lab-matters
Cell control in a flash
Science From using light to control brain activity to illuminating fruit fly development and mice’s sense of touch
2015
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It all started with muscle…
Alumni Ken Holmes, one of the visionaries behind EMBL and EMBL Hamburg, looks back to where it all began.
2015
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Let there be light
Lab Matters PhD student Silvia Rohr on studying eyes – and talking about it for a general audience.
2015
lab-matters
Turn out the light
Alumni Alumnus Stefan Hell on his 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
2015
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Beyond COMPARE
Lab Matters New project aims to speed up detection and response to disease outbreaks using genome technology.
2015
lab-matters
Hidden cell types revealed
Science New statistical method for RNA-seq analysis creates order out of seeming chaos.
2015
science
Christian Boulin Fellowship
Lab Matters New Christian Boulin Fellowship: 15 awards of up to €1500 for visitors to EMBL’s Core Facilities.
2015
lab-matters
Welcome: Marco Marcia
Science New group leader Marco Marcia aims to broaden horizons while mapping molecules.
2015
science
Relaunching YourGenome.org
Lab Matters EMBL-EBI supports relaunch of yourgenome.org, to bring genetics advances to a wider audience.
2015
lab-matters
‘Hairclip’ protein mechanism explained
Science Research led by Teichmann group identifies fundamental mechanism for controlling protein function.
2015
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