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
31 December 2019
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…
24 December 2019
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…
23 December 2019
Science
Researchers have developed a cheaper and faster method to check for genetic differences in individual cells
23 December 2019
Science
Researchers have developed new methods to reveal the 3D-organisation of bone marrow at a single cell level
20 December 2019
Science
The software diffTF quantifies activity of transcription factors and predicts their mode of action
19 December 2019
Lab Matters
EU funding for iNEXT-Discovery consortium unlocks key technologies for structural biology
18 December 2019
Events
Celebrating the construction progress with a traditional German ceremony
17 December 2019
Lab Matters
EMBL’s Jan Ellenberg reflects on the process of forming a European research infrastructure
17 December 2019
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 […]
13 December 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
13 December 2019
Science
Resource has implications for disease research
13 December 2019
Lab Matters
EMBL is now a member of the Instruct-ERIC organisation
10 December 2019
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…
9 December 2019
Lab Matters
Professor Eiríkur Steingrímsson will commence his initial one-year term as Chair of EMBL Council on 1 January 2020.
6 December 2019
Science
A new paper describes a unique mechanism of partner selectivity in transcription factors.
3 December 2019
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,…
2 December 2019
Events
Unique long-term collaboration agreement to provide new imaging technologies
29 November 2019
Science
Exploring the diverse routes by which EMBL scientists are driving forward neurobiology
26 November 2019
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 […]
25 November 2019
Lab Matters
For many students in the life sciences, finishing a PhD marks a professional crossroads
22 November 2019
Science
Crick and EMBL PhDs talk science over coffee
21 November 2019
Science
Shedding light on the mechanisms that control the fate of embryonic cells
20 November 2019
Lab Matters
The Szilárd Library celebrates its 40th anniversary on 20 November 2019.
19 November 2019
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…
18 November 2019
Science
A new technique in cryo-EM
18 November 2019
Events
Two recent events have expanded EMBL’s collaboration with one of its newest member states
15 November 2019
Lab Matters
EMBL is a collaborator in four of the projects funded in the first phase of ATTRACT.
14 November 2019
Science
EMBL researchers have published two new studies involving the nuclear pore complex
12 November 2019
Science
Children's rights stored in synthetic DNA
8 November 2019
Events
On microbiomes, public engagement and not being boring
7 November 2019
Lab Matters
Euro-BioImaging now established as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium
6 November 2019
Events
Teresa Rodó shares insights from her career in the pharmaceutical industry
5 November 2019
Events
Edith Heard is inaugurated as EMBL Director General
5 November 2019
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.…
4 November 2019
Science
New possibilities for gene therapies
30 October 2019
Alumni
Nadia Rosenthal describes how she built EMBL Rome’s mouse house
29 October 2019
Lab Matters
EMBL career advisors discuss the new portfolio of activities
29 October 2019
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 […]
28 October 2019
Events
Highlights from the Tara stopovers in Rome, Marseille, and Barcelona
23 October 2019
Science
EMBL’s Genomics Core Facility supports students participating in the annual iGEM competition.
22 October 2019
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…
18 October 2019
Science
Funding awarded to EMBL-EBI for tuberculosis monitoring tool
15 October 2019
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…
11 October 2019
Events
EMBL at the first annual European Research and Innovation Days
10 October 2019
Alumni
Scientists will discuss the challenges ahead for international science at the EMBL in the USA event.
9 October 2019
Events
During the Nacht der Forschung 2019, everyone was able to become a scientist for a day at EMBL
8 October 2019
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…
3 October 2019
Events
EMBL joins Tara in Barcelona to promote science and interdisciplinarity
1 October 2019
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…
30 September 2019
Alumni
EMBL Barcelona will host the 2019 EMBL in Spain event
26 September 2019
Events
From 27–30 September, Tara will be docked in the port of Marseille, France’s second largest city.
25 September 2019
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…
20 September 2019
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.…
17 September 2019
Science
Researchers from Hamburg simplify time-resolved X-ray crystallography
17 September 2019
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…
16 September 2019
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…
12 September 2019
Science
Immunotherapy: the role of B cells
12 September 2019
Events
The next stop on Tara’s journey will be at the mouth of the Tiber
10 September 2019
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…
6 September 2019
Events
EMBL-EBI celebrated its 25 anniversary on 1 September 2019
5 September 2019
Alumni
September’s alumni event in Marseille will coincide with a Tara stopover
4 September 2019
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…
3 September 2019
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…
29 August 2019
Events
The inaugural EMBL Lautenschläger Summer School ran from 15–26 July at EMBL Heidelberg.
28 August 2019
Science
Exploring the cancer genomics labyrinth
27 August 2019
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…
26 August 2019
Alumni
Klaus Rajewsky recalls the pioneering spirit of EMBL Rome’s first years
20 August 2019
Science
MEG3 adopts a complex three-dimensional structure to fulfil its tumour suppressor function.
20 August 2019
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…
15 August 2019
Science
Understanding how ageing works at a molecular level
13 August 2019
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…
12 August 2019
Alumni
Bernd-Uwe Jahn, former EMBL Administrative Director, Ministerialrat and Jurist has passed away
9 August 2019
Lab Matters
Native Scientist’ organises multilingual science workshops for children of migrant communities.
8 August 2019
Events
Images by EMBL researchers are included in an art–science exhibition in a Barcelona Metro station.
6 August 2019
Science
Schoolchildren get creative with 3D protein structures
6 August 2019
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…
5 August 2019
Alumni
Frank Gannon discusses the strong links between Australia and EMBL.
2 August 2019
Science
Eric Karsenti's combined loves of biology and sailing set in motion the Tara Oceans expedition
31 July 2019
Lab Matters
Interview with Janka Motešická: a EUCYS 2018 prize winner
30 July 2019
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…
29 July 2019
Alumni
Dr Cristian D. Magnus discusses LGBTQ+ issues and diversity in science
26 July 2019
Events
EMBL Lab Day 2019 filled the ATC with art and games
25 July 2019
Lab Matters
Indrek Reimand discusses the life sciences in Estonia, a prospect member of EMBL.
24 July 2019
Science
Enhancers in Drosophila embryos gather together to preserve phenotypes under stressful conditions
23 July 2019
Lab Matters
Promotions for Anne Ephrussi, Rainer Pepperkok, Paul Flicek and Jo McEntyre
23 July 2019
Events
The main funder of the EMBL Lautenschläger Summer School reflects on codes of conduct around giving
23 July 2019
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…
22 July 2019
Science
SidJ enforces a unique modification on human proteins and helps legionella grow.
22 July 2019
Science
Michael Zimmermann's group will investigate how gut microbes affect the body’s response to drugs.
19 July 2019
Events
Programme for Heidelberg | Mannheim
18 July 2019
Events
Friends old and new mark the occasion in style
18 July 2019
Science
EMBL scientists collaborate to develop new protocol for screening membrane protein stability
17 July 2019
Lab Matters
Tomasz Smolarek and Natalia Kret in conversation.
16 July 2019
Events
Funding for EMBL | Stanford Life Science Alliance.
16 July 2019
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…
15 July 2019
Science
Does rearranging chromosomes affect their function? EMBL scientists reveal uncoupling of 3D chromatin organisation and gene expression.
12 July 2019
Alumni
The life science community is deeply saddened by the death of Suzanne Eaton
11 July 2019
Science
Using cryo-EM, scientists have determined the structure of a large protein complex called Elongator.
10 July 2019
Science
How computer processing of human language is harnessed by EMBL scientists
9 July 2019
Science
What CRISPR may bring for the future of biology, and how it is used at EMBL
9 July 2019
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…
8 July 2019
Lab Matters
Reflecting on 20 years of EMBLEM
5 July 2019
Alumni
EMBL alumna Jennifer Deegan built a prize-winning system for photographing ferns
5 July 2019
Alumni
The naked mole-rat as a model organism in ageing research
4 July 2019
Lab Matters
Setting up a kids coding club - where to start
3 July 2019
Science
New insights into mechanisms behind embryonic development
2 July 2019
Science
The BioImage Archive - EMBL-EBI's first dedicated imaging data resource
2 July 2019
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…
1 July 2019
Science
A conversation about art-science collaborations and the importance of drawing in biology.
28 June 2019
Lab Matters
EIPOD4 will prepare researchers for the increasing interdisciplinarity of scientific career paths
28 June 2019
Science
The increasing importance of code in the biological sciences
27 June 2019
Events
Nobel prize laureate Susumu Tonegawa describes his work in memory research over the past decade
27 June 2019
Events
The programme promotes education, collaboration and cutting-edge research
26 June 2019
Lab Matters
Joining forces to support early-career scientists
26 June 2019
Science
Using genomics to help endangered species
25 June 2019
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:…
21 June 2019
Events
Tara schooner welcomes on board journalists, policymakers, funders and scientists
20 June 2019
Science
The mystery of how condensin maintains the integrity of the genome during cell division.
19 June 2019
Lab Matters
The team at ELLS use Lego to teach children the fundamentals of DNA.
18 June 2019
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…
17 June 2019
Events
EMBL Hamburg and Tara raise awareness of the risks of microplastic pollution and global infection
13 June 2019
Lab Matters
The head of EMBL’s Barcelona site joins a prestigious group of more than 1800 scientists worldwide
12 June 2019
Science
Uncovering new role of fluid pressure in controlling embryo size and cell fate
11 June 2019
Lab Matters
Lithuania becomes EMBL’s 27th member state
11 June 2019
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…
7 June 2019
Lab Matters
Overwhelmed as a biologist getting to grips with computer programming? EMBLers are here to help!
6 June 2019
Events
Professor Tim Lewens challenges the human genome’s unique place in bioethics
4 June 2019
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…
4 June 2019
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…
3 June 2019
Science
Snapshots of the flu virus replication machine in action
31 May 2019
Events
EMBL got together with the global science festival Pint of Science to explain and celebrate science.
28 May 2019
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…
21 May 2019
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…
16 May 2019
Science
Tara Ocean Foundation launches the exploration of 10 European rivers
15 May 2019
Science
Scientists develop software tools for automated acquisition of electron microscopy data
14 May 2019
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…
9 May 2019
Lab Matters
Edith Heard and Jean-Eric Paquet discuss the future of European science
7 May 2019
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…
2 May 2019
Lab Matters
EMBL success in attracting EU funding
29 April 2019
Science
A newly developed 3D microscope visualises fast biological processes better than ever.
26 April 2019
Science
Results from the Tara Oceans expedition reveal the Arctic Ocean as a cradle of viral biodiversity
25 April 2019
Science
EMBL scientists have discovered that the proteome is substantially affected by both sex and diet
18 April 2019
Lab Matters
The current and previous Directors General discuss what it means to lead an organisation like EMBL
16 April 2019
Science
Thorough characterisation of structural variants in human genomes
12 April 2019
Lab Matters
Building bonds between academia and industry
11 April 2019
Lab Matters
The Nordic EMBL Partnership directors discuss the value of collaborating across borders
10 April 2019
Science
Large CRISPR screen prioritises hundreds of promising genes for personalised cancer treatment
8 April 2019
Lab Matters
New head of ORD will build and expand the partnerships that help EMBL achieve its ambitions
5 April 2019
Lab Matters
The Francis Crick Institute and EMBL have agreed to work together to strengthen European science
2 April 2019
Lab Matters
EMBL’s Plamena Markova reflects on the EMBL Partnership Programme
1 April 2019
Events
Foundation stone ceremony for world-class high-resolution microscopy centre in Heidelberg
1 April 2019
Science
Colorectal cancer characterised by consistent changes in gut bacteria across continents, cultures and diets
28 March 2019
Science
EMBL scientists create membraneless organelle to build proteins in living cell
26 March 2019
Lab Matters
EMBL begins partnership with Polish centre of excellence for neural plasticity and brain disorders
21 March 2019
Lab Matters
PDBe-KB - new data resource for protein structure and function launches
18 March 2019
Science
New EMBL group leader explores what neurobiology can teach us about what it means to be human
14 March 2019
Events
On 20 February, over 250 local supporters and friends met Edith Heard to celebrate a successful year
11 March 2019
Science
Scientists develop technology to measure how ATP concentration affects protein solubility in cells
8 March 2019
Science
New group leader at EMBL Grenoble is investigating the cellular role of melanoma antigens
26 February 2019
Science
Many microbes traverse the oral-gut barrier
21 February 2019
Alumni
Scientists honoured for contributions in cancer immunotherapy and structural biology
20 February 2019
Science
How organs form in a mouse embryo
18 February 2019
Science
Suicide system in tuberculosis bacteria might hold key to treatment
14 February 2019
Science
EMBL scientists identify RNA regulating protein behaviour in switch of normal roles
11 February 2019
Science
Researchers identify novel gut bacteria species and call for more data from beyond Europe and North America
6 February 2019
Lab Matters
On 5 February 2019, EMBL welcomed Poland as its 26th member state
4 February 2019
Science
A new database of bacteria in the human microbiome is the most comprehensive to date.
4 February 2019
Science
New search engine allows researchers to identify antibiotic resistance genes or mutations in real time
4 February 2019
Science
Scientists develop high-throughput yeast single-cell RNA sequencing method
1 February 2019
Science
Scientists develop structural model that could help in the development of drugs with increased absorption rates
31 January 2019
Lab Matters
Enhancing the world's bioinformatics infrastructure
31 January 2019
Lab Matters
A collection of the most read articles from the EMBL news website in 2018
24 January 2019
Science
Federated data sharing will now be possible on an unprecedented scale
23 January 2019
Lab Matters
New director drives drug discovery partnership forward
17 January 2019
Lab Matters
Joining forces to advance training in biomedical research and therapy
2 January 2019
Lab Matters
On January 1 2019, Edith Heard takes up the position of EMBL’s Director General
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