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, 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 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 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 EMBO Director Fiona Watt discusses preprints, data sharing, and evaluation in light of EMBL’s new Open Science policy
2022
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Tumour takeover
Picture of the week Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women. It is so deadly because tumours often return after successful cancer treatment. This recurrence is caused by individual dormant cancer cells remaining inside the breast. These cells can develop into active cancer cells…
2019
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Launching proteins
Picture of the week What looks like a photo-series of an explosive eruption are actually uptaking proteins, captured by Markus Mund from the Ries Group at EMBL Heidelberg. The images were made in an attempt to learn how the different proteins that take up molecules into the cells via endocytosis – the cellular…
2019
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EMBL co-develops new method that could facilitate cancer diagnosis
Science Researchers have developed a cheaper and faster method to check for genetic differences in individual cells
2019
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Innovative method delivers new insights into the stem cell microenvironment
Science Researchers have developed new methods to reveal the 3D-organisation of bone marrow at a single cell level
2019
science
A classification tool for transcription factors
Science The software diffTF quantifies activity of transcription factors and predicts their mode of action
2019
science
Empowering European structural biology
Lab Matters EU funding for iNEXT-Discovery consortium unlocks key technologies for structural biology
2019
lab-matters
EMBL Imaging Centre top-out event
Events Celebrating the construction progress with a traditional German ceremony
2019
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Building Euro-BioImaging
Lab Matters EMBL’s Jan Ellenberg reflects on the process of forming a European research infrastructure
2019
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Reshaping our DNA
Picture of the week DNA is present in each cell of our body. If all the DNA from one human cell was removed and aligned in a single strand, it would in theory add up to a total length of about two metres. In order to fit into the nucleus of a cell, DNA has to be compressed by […]
2019
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Graduation Ceremony 2019
Lab Matters Forty-seven PhD students from all of EMBL’s six sites were celebrated during EMBL’s 2019 Graduation Ceremony on Friday 13 December
2019
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Machine learning finds critical phosphosites
Science Resource has implications for disease research
2019
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Strengthening European biology
Lab Matters EMBL is now a member of the Instruct-ERIC organisation
2019
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Birth of two HeLa stars
Picture of the week This picture of the week, taken by Arina Rybina in the Ellenberg group at EMBL Heidelberg, shows a high-resolution 3D microscopy image of living human cells: HeLa cells. In this fascinating fluorescing microspace, two newly formed daughter nuclei are captured to study the assembly of nuclear pore…
2019
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New chair of EMBL Council
Lab Matters Professor Eiríkur Steingrímsson will commence his initial one-year term as Chair of EMBL Council on 1 January 2020.
2019
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Understanding a key player in melanoma
Science A new paper describes a unique mechanism of partner selectivity in transcription factors.
2019
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Skin mosaic
Picture of the week This beautiful mosaic of mostly hexagonal cells is the outer skin layer of a zebrafish larva as seen under a microscope. Each skin cell exhibits a unique pattern of actin ridges. Actin is a family of globular multifunctional proteins found in almost all eukaryotic cells. Actin forms microfilaments,…
2019
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EMBL and Leica sign open innovation agreement
Events Unique long-term collaboration agreement to provide new imaging technologies
2019
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Neural pathways
Science Exploring the diverse routes by which EMBL scientists are driving forward neurobiology
2019
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EMBL makes insulin visible
Picture of the week The hormone insulin helps to remove sugar from the blood after a meal. This is important, as in the long term high blood sugar levels damage our bodies. Diabetes of type 1 or type 2 is a direct consequence of a failure to produce sufficient insulin or to release it from the cells in which […]
2019
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Careers after EMBL
Lab Matters For many students in the life sciences, finishing a PhD marks a professional crossroads
2019
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Science date: The Crick meets EMBL
Science Crick and EMBL PhDs talk science over coffee
2019
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From cell to mouse – how tissues differentiate
Science Shedding light on the mechanisms that control the fate of embryonic cells
2019
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Marking 40 years of the Szilárd Library
Lab Matters The Szilárd Library celebrates its 40th anniversary on 20 November 2019.
2019
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Formation of a brain
Picture of the week The brain is the most complex organ in the human body. Yet despite it being the organ that makes us conscious beings – and despite the fact that researchers have been studying it for generations – it’s still a constant source of surprise. To help lift the veil on some of its mystery, Lina…
2019
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Photo-micropatterning advances structural cell biology
Science A new technique in cryo-EM
2019
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Fostering links with Montenegro
Events Two recent events have expanded EMBL’s collaboration with one of its newest member states
2019
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ATTRACT: funding innovation in imaging
Lab Matters EMBL is a collaborator in four of the projects funded in the first phase of ATTRACT.
2019
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New perspectives on nuclear pores
Science EMBL researchers have published two new studies involving the nuclear pore complex
2019
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Convention on the Rights of the Child stored in DNA
Science Children's rights stored in synthetic DNA
2019
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Microbiomes take the stage at New Scientist Live
Events On microbiomes, public engagement and not being boring
2019
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Integrating imaging research across Europe
Lab Matters Euro-BioImaging now established as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium
2019
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Courage to succeed: EMBL Women’s Night 2019
Events Teresa Rodó shares insights from her career in the pharmaceutical industry
2019
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Edith’s inauguration
Events Edith Heard is inaugurated as EMBL Director General
2019
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A mix of sensations
Picture of the week Traditionally, we talk about having five senses: sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch. In reality, our bodies are capable of much more. Sitting right under our skin are a variety of sensory neurons, which are specialised in detecting light touch, pain, temperature, itch or the body’s position.…
2019
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EMBL spins the Sleeping Beauty transposase
Science New possibilities for gene therapies
2019
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Fallingwater filled with mice
Alumni Nadia Rosenthal describes how she built EMBL Rome’s mouse house
2019
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EMBL Fellows’ Career Service launched
Lab Matters EMBL career advisors discuss the new portfolio of activities
2019
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Inside out, and grub becomes fly
Picture of the week The three bluish blobs shown in the top right corner of this image may not resemble the sphere of noodles that is the human brain, but they are still essential – at least for the fruit fly. This Picture of the Week shows the brain lobes of Drosophila. It’s an insect so tiny and so […]
2019
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Snapshots from Mission Microplastics
Events Highlights from the Tara stopovers in Rome, Marseille, and Barcelona
2019
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Engineering bacteria to fight diabetes
Science EMBL’s Genomics Core Facility supports students participating in the annual iGEM competition.
2019
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A perfect model
Picture of the week Is it a fungus or a strange plant? Actually it’s the larval form of Platynereis – a group of marine ringed worms. Scientists have been using them in their studies for the past 70 years, and they are among the preferred lab organisms. They are easy to keep in the lab, and under temperature and…
2019
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A tool to monitor tuberculosis
Science Funding awarded to EMBL-EBI for tuberculosis monitoring tool
2019
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Bringing life science to you
Picture of the week EMBL not only produces excellent science and innovative technologies; it also shares its knowledge and experience with partners from around the world – and with the public. As well as offering teacher training in the European Learning Laboratory for the Life Sciences, science movie nights, and…
2019
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European Research and Innovation Days
Events EMBL at the first annual European Research and Innovation Days
2019
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EMBL in the USA: future facing
Alumni Scientists will discuss the challenges ahead for international science at the EMBL in the USA event.
2019
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Science for everyone
Events During the Nacht der Forschung 2019, everyone was able to become a scientist for a day at EMBL
2019
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The zebrafish earned its stripes
Picture of the week Despite missing the characteristic stripes one would expect from a zebra – or a zebrafish – the fractals in this Picture of the Week show a zebrafish; or at least some cells in a zebrafish embryo, a few hours after fertilisation. Zebrafish are not only popular aquarium fish, they are also an…
2019
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EMBL and Tara: Barcelona
Events EMBL joins Tara in Barcelona to promote science and interdisciplinarity
2019
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The evolution of the eye
Picture of the week Model organisms are species that are studied extensively to understand particular biological phenomena and processes, with the expectation that discoveries made in the model organism will provide insight into the workings of other organisms. The small marine ringed worm Platynereis dumerilii gained…
2019
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EMBL in Spain: a wide vision of science
Alumni EMBL Barcelona will host the 2019 EMBL in Spain event
2019
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EMBL and Tara: Marseille
Events From 27–30 September, Tara will be docked in the port of Marseille, France’s second largest city.
2019
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A giant called dumpy
Picture of the week Fruit flies have something that we don’t have: they produce a protein called dumpy. This protein is the largest created by insects, and is comparable in size to the largest human protein – titin. While titin is vital for our muscle function, dumpy connects the soft cells of the insect’s…
2019
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Discover the research schooner Tara and her new microplastics mission in the Barcelona harbour on 4 October
Events When: Friday, 4 October at 16:30 – 18:00. Where: The press conference will be held on the Tara schooner at the Port Olímpic in Barcelona. What: A press conference on the new Tara mission on microplastics and Tara’s cooperation with EMBL.…
2019
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Happy hour for time-resolved crystallography
Science Researchers from Hamburg simplify time-resolved X-ray crystallography
2019
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The end of a productive day
Picture of the week It’s evening and the Sun is setting over the mountains surrounding the city of Grenoble – home to one of EMBL’s six sites – bathing the mountaintops in fiery red light. The Picture of the Week, taken by Zuzanna Kaczmarska shows the lab she worked in after a long and busy day. Bottles…
2019
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Discover the research schooner Tara and her new microplastics mission in the Old Port of Marseille on 27 September
Events What: A press conference on the new Tara mission on microplastics and the Tara Ocean Foundation’s cooperation with EMBL. The press briefing will be followed by a visit to the schooner.When: Friday 27 September at 13:00 CEST.Where: The press conference will be held on the Tara…
2019
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B cells linked to immunotherapy
Science Immunotherapy: the role of B cells
2019
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EMBL and Tara: Rome
Events The next stop on Tara’s journey will be at the mouth of the Tiber
2019
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Tracking the beginning of life
Picture of the week All mammalian life starts with the fusion of egg and sperm, resulting in the creation of a single cell called a zygote. This develops into an embryo through a series of cell divisions, in which the number of cells doubles at each step. Todays’ Picture of the Week was taken by Manuel Eguren of the…
2019
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25 years of EMBL-EBI
Events EMBL-EBI celebrated its 25 anniversary on 1 September 2019
2019
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EMBL in France: where science meets the sea
Alumni September’s alumni event in Marseille will coincide with a Tara stopover
2019
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Discover the research schooner Tara and her new microplastics mission in the Rome harbour on 13 September
Events When: Friday 13 September at 14:30.Where: The press conference will be held on the Tara schooner at the Porto Turistico di Roma (Lungomare Duca degli Abruzzi, 84, 00121 Roma RM, Italy).What: A press conference on the new Tara mission on microplastics and the Tara Ocean Foundation’s…
2019
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A robust allrounder
Picture of the week This gorgeous image of a stained adult marine worm was created by former EMBL postdoc Hernando Martinez using structured microscopy. The worm itself was captured during plankton extraction off the coast of Sweden. There are over 10 000 species of these swimming worms, and they have adapted to every…
2019
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EMBL Lautenschläger Summer School success
Events The inaugural EMBL Lautenschläger Summer School ran from 15–26 July at EMBL Heidelberg.
2019
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Welcome: Isidro Cortés-Ciriano
Science Exploring the cancer genomics labyrinth
2019
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Where science meets art
Picture of the week The most basic building blocks of life are the biological molecules in our cells. While these molecules are too small to see with most microscopes, they have incredibly complex and beautiful structures. Therefore, the Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe), The Art Society CANTAB and The Art Society…
2019
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From rodents to roadsters
Alumni Klaus Rajewsky recalls the pioneering spirit of EMBL Rome’s first years
2019
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MEG3 kissing loops essential for tumour suppression
Science MEG3 adopts a complex three-dimensional structure to fulfil its tumour suppressor function.
2019
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When life takes shape
Picture of the week Today’s picture of the week is not only a colourful one, it is also a snapshot of the vast number of shapes that the cells inside an animal body can adopt. How this variety comes about is investigated in the Leptin group at EMBL Heidelberg. To understand the shapes of the cells in fruit fly…
2019
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Understanding molecular mechanisms of ageing
Science Understanding how ageing works at a molecular level
2019
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Have fun, be protected
Picture of the week Working in a lab very often requires some kind of protection: gloves, safety goggles, lab coat, hearing protection. Sandra – now at BASF in Ludwigshafen – had fun getting ready for her work in the medicinal chemistry lab at EMBL! Here, she is about to grind potassium permanganate and copper…
2019
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Obituary: Bernd-Uwe Jahn
Alumni Bernd-Uwe Jahn, former EMBL Administrative Director, Ministerialrat and Jurist has passed away
2019
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Teaching science in your mother tongue
Lab Matters Native Scientist’ organises multilingual science workshops for children of migrant communities.
2019
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Science as art in the Barcelona Metro
Events Images by EMBL researchers are included in an art–science exhibition in a Barcelona Metro station.
2019
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Exploring the beauty of proteins
Science Schoolchildren get creative with 3D protein structures
2019
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The muscles that regulate blood pressure
Picture of the week Low blood pressure (hypotension) or high blood pressure (hypertension) are risk factors for many diseases and affect more than 20% of the global population. How blood pressure is regulated is part of the research done in the Heppenstall group at EMBL Rome. In today’s Picture of the…
2019
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EMBL in Australia: a strong alumni network
Alumni Frank Gannon discusses the strong links between Australia and EMBL.
2019
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We all come from the ocean
Science Eric Karsenti's combined loves of biology and sailing set in motion the Tara Oceans expedition
2019
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Slovakian teen scientist visits EMBL
Lab Matters Interview with Janka Motešická: a EUCYS 2018 prize winner
2019
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Swiss day!
Picture of the week The 1700 people working at EMBL’s six sites come from more than 80 different countries. Many of them haven’t come straight from their home country to one of the EMBL sites but have also lived in other countries in between. While all of them are proud to work at EMBL they are also proud of…
2019
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The challenge of diversity
Alumni Dr Cristian D. Magnus discusses LGBTQ+ issues and diversity in science
2019
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EMBL Lab Day 2019
Events EMBL Lab Day 2019 filled the ATC with art and games
2019
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Estonia comes on board with prospect membership
Lab Matters Indrek Reimand discusses the life sciences in Estonia, a prospect member of EMBL.
2019
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Transcriptional hubs confer phenotypic robustness
Science Enhancers in Drosophila embryos gather together to preserve phenotypes under stressful conditions
2019
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New Directors and Associate Directors
Lab Matters Promotions for Anne Ephrussi, Rainer Pepperkok, Paul Flicek and Jo McEntyre
2019
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The donor’s code
Events The main funder of the EMBL Lautenschläger Summer School reflects on codes of conduct around giving
2019
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Muscle games
Picture of the week Every single moment of our life we use our muscles – most of the time without even thinking about it. Some muscles, like our heart, we cannot even control at all. How our brain communicates with our muscles is still not fully understood. The communication between our brain and our skeletal…
2019
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Toxin responsible for Legionella growth identified
Science SidJ enforces a unique modification on human proteins and helps legionella grow.
2019
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Welcome: Michael Zimmermann
Science Michael Zimmermann's group will investigate how gut microbes affect the body’s response to drugs.
2019
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European Researchers’ Night 2019
Events Programme for Heidelberg | Mannheim
2019
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Buon compleanno! Celebrating 20 years of EMBL Rome
Events Friends old and new mark the occasion in style
2019
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First results from CSSB
Science EMBL scientists collaborate to develop new protocol for screening membrane protein stability
2019
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Internal Audit: improving processes at EMBL
Lab Matters Tomasz Smolarek and Natalia Kret in conversation.
2019
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Dieter Schwarz Foundation supports Life Science Alliance
Events Funding for EMBL | Stanford Life Science Alliance.
2019
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The birth of new cells – when two become four
Picture of the week This colourful picture, taken by EMBL postdoc Arina Rybina using a confocal fluorescence microscope, shows human cells in the process of cell division. Eventually, each mother cell brings into existence two identical daughter cells. To visualise the process by light microscopy, different cell…
2019
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Rearranging chromosomes
Science Does rearranging chromosomes affect their function? EMBL scientists reveal uncoupling of 3D chromatin organisation and gene expression.
2019
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In remembrance of Suzanne Eaton
Alumni The life science community is deeply saddened by the death of Suzanne Eaton
2019
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A tRNA modifier at work
Science Using cryo-EM, scientists have determined the structure of a large protein complex called Elongator.
2019
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Programming: language
Science How computer processing of human language is harnessed by EMBL scientists
2019
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Wielding the genetic scissors
Science What CRISPR may bring for the future of biology, and how it is used at EMBL
2019
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Working with a view
Picture of the week EMBL has six sites in Europe and the newest is EMBL Barcelona. It opened in October 2017 and is still growing. Eventually, it will be home to eight research groups, all of them working to discover how tissues and organs function and develop. EMBL Barcelona is located in the Barcelona Biomedical…
2019
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Twenty years of EMBLEM
Lab Matters Reflecting on 20 years of EMBLEM
2019
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Fun with fern photography
Alumni EMBL alumna Jennifer Deegan built a prize-winning system for photographing ferns
2019
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Decoding ageing
Alumni The naked mole-rat as a model organism in ageing research
2019
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Use your coding superpowers for good
Lab Matters Setting up a kids coding club - where to start
2019
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Actin crosslinking plays key role in tissue morphogenesis
Science New insights into mechanisms behind embryonic development
2019
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A new home for biological images
Science The BioImage Archive - EMBL-EBI's first dedicated imaging data resource
2019
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Cell duplication
Picture of the week What looks like a pair of scary alien eyes is actually the final stage in the duplication of a cell. Cell duplication is preceded by a process called mitosis, in which the replicated chromosomes are separated into two new nuclei. Mitosis is the prerequisite for a cell to divide into two identical…
2019
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Drawing knowledge
Science A conversation about art-science collaborations and the importance of drawing in biology.
2019
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EIPOD4: 2019 applications are open
Lab Matters EIPOD4 will prepare researchers for the increasing interdisciplinarity of scientific career paths
2019
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How coding opens up scientific data
Science The increasing importance of code in the biological sciences
2019
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Exploring the principles of episodic memory
Events Nobel prize laureate Susumu Tonegawa describes his work in memory research over the past decade
2019
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2020 EMBL course and conference sneak preview
Events The programme promotes education, collaboration and cutting-edge research
2019
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Bio-Rad joins EMBL’s Corporate Partnership Programme
Lab Matters Joining forces to support early-career scientists
2019
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Life with the endangered kākāpō
Science Using genomics to help endangered species
2019
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A colourful day at EMBL-EBI
Picture of the week EMBL is an intergovernmental organisation, currently supported by 26 member states, one prospect and two associate member states. There are more than 1700 people working at EMBL, who come from more than 80 countries, creating a multicultural environment. EMBL also operates from six sites in Europe:…
2019
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EMBL joins Tara stopovers in London and Hamburg
Events Tara schooner welcomes on board journalists, policymakers, funders and scientists
2019
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Intact chromosomes during cell division
Science The mystery of how condensin maintains the integrity of the genome during cell division.
2019
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Building engagement
Lab Matters The team at ELLS use Lego to teach children the fundamentals of DNA.
2019
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A no-brainer
Picture of the week Have you ever wondered what reflex testing is about? Why does your doctor tap the space below your knee with a hammer to see if your leg kicks forward? At the centre of this involuntary reaction is the muscle spindle, of which you can see a close-up in today’s Picture of the Week. Muscle spindles…
2019
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EMBL and Tara: Hamburg
Events EMBL Hamburg and Tara raise awareness of the risks of microplastic pollution and global infection
2019
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James Sharpe elected EMBO Member
Lab Matters The head of EMBL’s Barcelona site joins a prestigious group of more than 1800 scientists worldwide
2019
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Hydraulic force shapes mammalian embryos
Science Uncovering new role of fluid pressure in controlling embryo size and cell fate
2019
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Sveika, Lietuva!
Lab Matters Lithuania becomes EMBL’s 27th member state
2019
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Rainbow lab
Picture of the week Laboratories all over the world are often chaotic, a bit messy and look grey and unwelcoming. Not so in this lab, pictured by EMBL staff member Emily Savage. The differently coloured fluids, arranged in a row, bring vivid colours into the more subdued environment of the lab. The picture was taken…
2019
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Top tips for teaching yourself to code!
Lab Matters Overwhelmed as a biologist getting to grips with computer programming? EMBLers are here to help!
2019
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Editing the ethical code
Events Professor Tim Lewens challenges the human genome’s unique place in bioethics
2019
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Discover the research schooner Tara and her new microplastics mission in the Hamburg harbour on 17 June
Events When: Monday 17 June at 10:30Where: The press conference will be held on the Tara schooner at the Sandtorhafen in the Hamburg harbourWhat: A press conference on the new Tara mission on microplastics and Tara’s cooperation with EMBL. A tour of the schooner will be organised with the…
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Colourful yeast
Picture of the week Most of us love brewer’s yeast, or at least the food that it’s helped us to produce since ancient times. Without Saccharomyces cerevisiae (its Latin name) we couldn’t enjoy wine, beer or most types of bread. Besides its role in food production, S. cerevisiae is also an important model…
2019
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Paving the way for new flu drugs
Science Snapshots of the flu virus replication machine in action
2019
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A thirst for science
Events EMBL got together with the global science festival Pint of Science to explain and celebrate science.
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A fiery end to a productive day
Picture of the week EMBL’s sites provide spectacular views, such as this fiery sunset at the Wellcome Genome Campus in Hinxton. The campus, in the heart of the Cambridgeshire countryside, is home to several institutes and organisations working on genomics and computational biology. Among them is EMBL’s European…
2019
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From fruit flies to cancer treatment
Picture of the week This image – resembling a network of rivers and canals – actually shows the tracheal tip cell of a fruit fly. Fruit flies are heavily used in research and they are a common model organism in developmental biology. Researchers at EMBL use the larvae of fruit flies to study tracheal cell…
2019
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The origins of plastic pollution at sea
Science Tara Ocean Foundation launches the exploration of 10 European rivers
2019
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Breaking the bottleneck in imaging data collection
Science Scientists develop software tools for automated acquisition of electron microscopy data
2019
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Walking on DNA
Picture of the week EMBL is a world-leading organisation for life science research. Its scientists work in diverse research fields spanning the whole of molecular biology. While the molecules the researchers are working on are often microscopic and impossible to see with the naked eye, one research topic clearly…
2019
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Diverse and united: Science in Europe
Lab Matters Edith Heard and Jean-Eric Paquet discuss the future of European science
2019
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EMBL sees it all
Picture of the week The hexagons visible in this Picture of the Week are the eyes of an ordinary housefly, visualised with a scanning electron microscope. Former staff member Anna Steyer, who captured this brilliant image, has coloured seven of the receptor areas of the eye to create a stylised version…
2019
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EMBL surpasses 100th Horizon 2020 grant
Lab Matters EMBL success in attracting EU funding
2019
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New 3D microscope
Science A newly developed 3D microscope visualises fast biological processes better than ever.
2019
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The Arctic Ocean: reservoir of marine viruses
Science Results from the Tara Oceans expedition reveal the Arctic Ocean as a cradle of viral biodiversity
2019
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Sex and diet affect proteotype
Science EMBL scientists have discovered that the proteome is substantially affected by both sex and diet
2019
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Edith and Iain in conversation
Lab Matters The current and previous Directors General discuss what it means to lead an organisation like EMBL
2019
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Catalogue of structural variants
Science Thorough characterisation of structural variants in human genomes
2019
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Welcome: Jessica Vamathevan
Lab Matters Building bonds between academia and industry
2019
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Partners in the north
Lab Matters The Nordic EMBL Partnership directors discuss the value of collaborating across borders
2019
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Prioritising cancer drug targets using CRISPR
Science Large CRISPR screen prioritises hundreds of promising genes for personalised cancer treatment
2019
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Welcome: Joana Witkowski
Lab Matters New head of ORD will build and expand the partnerships that help EMBL achieve its ambitions
2019
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The Crick and EMBL join forces
Lab Matters The Francis Crick Institute and EMBL have agreed to work together to strengthen European science
2019
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How EMBL partnerships promote collaboration
Lab Matters EMBL’s Plamena Markova reflects on the EMBL Partnership Programme
2019
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Foundation stone laid for EMBL Imaging Centre
Events Foundation stone ceremony for world-class high-resolution microscopy centre in Heidelberg
2019
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Global microbial signatures for colorectal cancer
Science Colorectal cancer characterised by consistent changes in gut bacteria across continents, cultures and diets
2019
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Designer organelles bring new functionalities into cells
Science EMBL scientists create membraneless organelle to build proteins in living cell
2019
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EMBL partners with BRAINCITY
Lab Matters EMBL begins partnership with Polish centre of excellence for neural plasticity and brain disorders
2019
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Comprehensive protein data for drug development
Lab Matters PDBe-KB - new data resource for protein structure and function launches
2019
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Welcome: Santiago Rompani
Science New EMBL group leader explores what neurobiology can teach us about what it means to be human
2019
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Advancing science and new perspectives
Events On 20 February, over 250 local supporters and friends met Edith Heard to celebrate a successful year
2019
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ATP affects proteome-wide solubility
Science Scientists develop technology to measure how ATP concentration affects protein solubility in cells
2019
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Welcome: Sagar Bhogaraju
Science New group leader at EMBL Grenoble is investigating the cellular role of melanoma antigens
2019
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Many gut microbes may originate in the mouth
Science Many microbes traverse the oral-gut barrier
2019
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2019 alumni awards
Alumni Scientists honoured for contributions in cancer immunotherapy and structural biology
2019
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Understanding early embryo development in mice
Science How organs form in a mouse embryo
2019
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Cell death trigger in tuberculosis bacteria
Science Suicide system in tuberculosis bacteria might hold key to treatment
2019
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Role reversal: RNA controls protein function
Science EMBL scientists identify RNA regulating protein behaviour in switch of normal roles
2019
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Almost 2000 unknown gut bacteria discovered
Science Researchers identify novel gut bacteria species and call for more data from beyond Europe and North America
2019
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Witamy, Polsko!
Lab Matters On 5 February 2019, EMBL welcomed Poland as its 26th member state
2019
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More than 100 new gut bacteria discovered in human microbiome
Science A new database of bacteria in the human microbiome is the most comprehensive to date.
2019
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The web meets genomics: a DNA search engine for microbes
Science New search engine allows researchers to identify antibiotic resistance genes or mutations in real time
2019
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New method to study gene expression in yeast cells
Science Scientists develop high-throughput yeast single-cell RNA sequencing method
2019
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Structure of prodrug-transporter complex revealed
Science Scientists develop structural model that could help in the development of drugs with increased absorption rates
2019
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Funding for bioinformatics technical infrastructure
Lab Matters Enhancing the world's bioinformatics infrastructure
2019
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Most popular articles of the year: 2018
Lab Matters A collection of the most read articles from the EMBL news website in 2018
2019
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Facilitating transcontinental human data exchange
Science Federated data sharing will now be possible on an unprecedented scale
2019
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New Open Targets Director appointed
Lab Matters New director drives drug discovery partnership forward
2019
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Miltenyi Biotec becomes new corporate partner
Lab Matters Joining forces to advance training in biomedical research and therapy
2019
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Edith Heard starts as Director General of EMBL
Lab Matters On January 1 2019, Edith Heard takes up the position of EMBL’s Director General
2019
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