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
science
Uncharted territories in the human genome
Research highlights, Science Scientists identify previously unexplored gene segments to be added to human genome databases.
2022
research-highlightsscience
“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
lab-matters
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
perspectivesscience
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
lab-mattersperspectives
Spotlight: Zebrafish embryos to make this season jolly
Lab Matters, Picture of the week Zebrafish embryos during gastrulation, a very early stage of development, to study the effect of temperature on vertebrate embryo development.
2022
lab-matterspicture-of-the-week
EMBL-EBI databases considered critical to life sciences
Announcements, Science Open data resources that enable global research and development recognised by the Global Biodata Coalition.
2022
announcementsscience
Spatial lung cell atlas offers insights into disease
Research highlights Researchers have genetically profiled nearly 200,000 cells from lungs, mapping their precise locations in tissue to discover an unexpected new immune niche in our airways.
2022
research-highlights
Spotlight: Establishing a colour palette for antibiotic resistance
Lab Matters, Picture of the week To identify which drugs disrupt bacterial envelope integrity, the Typas group uses a molecule called chlorophenyl red-β-D-galactopyranoside.
2022
lab-matterspicture-of-the-week
First linked dataset on Pathogens Portal
Updates from data resources The first cohort study linking data across categories was recently added on the Pathogens Portal Cohort Browser and is also accessible from the BioSamples browser. This pilot study comes from Erasmus Medical Centre through the ReCoDID project, one of the COVID-19 Data Platform supporting…
2022
updates-from-data-resources
Understanding marine biodiversity across space, time, and human impacts
Lab Matters Europe-wide project studies coastal and marine biodiversity from viruses to whales
2022
lab-matters
Edith Heard elected as member of the French Academy of Sciences
Lab Matters The Director General of EMBL was elected by her peers to become a member of one of France’s oldest national science academies.
2022
lab-matters
EMBL-EBI appoints new Head of Technical Services
Announcements Andy Cafferkey takes on strategic role to help the institute respond to increasing demands from the global life science community.
2022
announcements
EMBL in Spain: from EvoDevo to Tissues
Alumni More than a hundred scientists from across Spain and Europe met at the Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD) for the 2022 “EMBL in Spain” event.
2022
alumni
Celebrating science in Grenoble
Lab Matters In October 2022, EMBL Grenoble participated in the annual science outreach event Parvis des Sciences, organised by the GIANT campus under the umbrella of the French science week – La Fête de la science.
2022
lab-matters
Developmental cell atlas uncovers new cell states
Research highlights, Science Unveiling a useful tool for understanding human lung development.
2022
research-highlightsscience
New chair of EMBL Council
Lab Matters EMBL alumnus and eminent molecular biologist Peter B. Becker has been named the next chair of EMBL’s Council as of January 2023.
2022
lab-matters
Making a great postdoc program even better with our member states
Lab Matters EMBL’s EIPOD-Learning in Context programme focuses on interdisciplinary research that explores ‘life in context’ and adds a new collaborative dimension with member state organisations.
2022
lab-matters
Getting closer to stopping toxoplasmosis infection
Science Recent studies supported by EMBL Grenoble’s expertise in structural biology research and scientific services have identified Altiratinib as a potential drug to stop toxoplasmosis infection and opened up treatment options against malaria.
2022
science
Welcome to EMBL: Talya Dayton
Lab Matters The new group leader in Barcelona aims to understand how cells behave in health and in disease, and approaches her favourite hobby, cooking, very similarly to her work in the lab.
2022
lab-matters
Six enlightening questions about ‘plasticity across scales’
Events A recent EMBO|EMBL symposium provided a forum for discussing recent research on a range of issues for organisms as they cope with changing environments.
2022
events
Genomic Data Infrastructure – integrating genomics into healthcare
Announcements, Science EMBL-EBI supports new European Commission project set to support the use of genomics in research and healthcare.
2022
announcementsscience
Unleashing the biotechnology potential of euglenoids
Announcements An ambitious project to sequence the genomes of all known species of euglenoids will drive research on biofuels and sustainable foods.
2022
announcements
EMBL scientists receive prestigious ERC Starting Grant
Lab Matters Three EMBL scientists received this year’s ERC Starting Grants, and will be awarded €1.5 million over five years to carry out research projects.
2022
lab-matters
Welcome Jordi van Gestel
Lab Matters Looking to understand microbial predator-prey relationships, EMBL’s newest group leader tackles a molecular ‘arms race’ in his lab.
2022
lab-matters
EMBLetc. receives digital-first makeover
Lab Matters The biannual magazine that highlights EMBL’s research, people, and projects now has a new online home.
2022
lab-matters
Promoting EMBL opportunities for the Danish scientific community
Events DANEMO is a communication platform and research support initiative launched by DANDRITE at Aarhus University. It aims to encourage scientists in Denmark to engage with EMBL and EMBO. The DANEMO symposium from 3-4 November in Aarhus focused on raising awareness of the new EMBL programme ‘Molecules…
2022
events
EMBL builds on links with Malta
Events EMBL deepens scientific collaboration, opening the door for greater engagement and opportunities for Malta’s life science community
2022
events
BioModels competition: Showcase your model of the year
Updates from data resources Competition celebrates importance of robust theoretical modelling for systems biology
2022
updates-from-data-resources
Open Targets consortium welcomes Genentech as newest member
Announcements, Science Open Targets announces that Genentech will become the seventh partner in the drug discovery and validation consortium.
2022
announcementsscience
Open science for climate justice
Perspectives, Science Our experts discuss the importance of open science for food security and preserving global biodiversity.
2022
perspectivesscience
New molecular microscopy uncovers how breast cancer spreads
Research highlights, Science Researchers have created a tool that maps in previously unseen detail how breast cancer develops and spreads.
2022
research-highlightsscience
AlphaFold applications – a community assessment
Research highlights, Science Researchers use social media to share findings on how useful AlphaFold predictions are for different applications.
2022
research-highlightsscience
Two in one: combining MASSIF-1 and CrystalDirect
Lab Matters Researchers and engineers have integrated a CrystalDirect harvester into the fully automated beamline MASSIF-1, a unique combination of structural biology technologies that is now open to external academic users.
2022
lab-matters
AI4LIFE: AI models for bioimaging
Announcements, Science Researchers across EMBL are helping to make artificial intelligence (AI) models for bioimaging analysis interoperable and openly available to the scientific community.
2022
announcementsscience
EMBL-EBI appoints Deputy Head of Research
Announcements Virginie Uhlmann will support the Interim Head of Research in managing the institute's computational research groups.
2022
announcements
Plankton zombies for Halloween!
Science Plankton parasites provide a zombie story perfect for Halloween. While invading single-celled plankton, these parasites devour the cell’s nucleus and hijack metabolism while the organism remains alive.
2022
science
Setting priorities for preprints and open science
Lab Matters Newly appointed member of the ASAPbio Board of Directors, EMBL Group Leader Gautam Dey speaks about preprints, data management, and open science.
2022
lab-matters
Mapping the human brain: a global collaboration
Announcements, Science NIH BRAIN Initiative to fund brain atlases, network coordination, and knowledge sharing to explore brain function research.
2022
announcementsscience
Compare experimental and predicted structures with PDBe-KB
Updates from data resources You can now superpose AlphaFold models onto PDB structures at the touch of a button using the PDBe-KB aggregated views of proteins.
2022
updates-from-data-resources
Ensembl 108 has been released
Updates from data resources We are pleased to announce the release of Ensembl 108, and the corresponding release of Ensembl Genomes 55 featuring changes in the human default tracks, new genomes in Ensembl Plants and Ensembl Metazoa, and the addition of mitochondrial annotation for Tasmanian devil. Genome assemblies and…
2022
updates-from-data-resources
Welcome: Flora Vincent
Lab Matters After a postdoc at Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, Flora Vincent has joined EMBL’s Developmental Biology unit to further explore the world of phytoplankton.
2022
lab-matters
The power of light: folding 3D tissues
Science EMBL Barcelona researchers have developed a tool that can use light to control the shape of cells .
2022
science
New releases: InterPro 91.0 and InterProScan 5.59-91.0
Updates from data resources We are pleased to announce the release of InterPro 91.0 and InterProScan 5.59-91.0
2022
updates-from-data-resources
Teaming up to drive forward time-resolved crystallography
Lab Matters The recent construction of the new ID29 beamline in Grenoble is pioneering a new way of doing experiments in time-resolved crystallography and opening up technology transfer possibilities
2022
lab-matters
ArrayExpress interface now retired
Updates from data resources Data continues to be available in BioStudies.
2022
updates-from-data-resources
Natural language processing for rapid protein annotation
Technology and innovation Over 40 million protein annotations have been added to the UniProt database using a Google Research natural language processing model.
2022
technology-and-innovation
Ardan Patwardhan and Wim Hagen receive Scientific Achievement Award
Lab Matters The Royal Microscopical Society awarded Ardan Patwardhan and Wim Hagen with Scientific Achievement Award
2022
lab-matters
EMBL deepens ties with Croatia
Events Visit of delegation from the Ruđer Bošković Institute to EMBL Heidelberg marks a new chapter in scientific and institutional cooperation
2022
events
Funding for researchers working on plastic recycling enzymes
Announcements, Science EMBL-EBI’s MGnify data resource helps researchers find enzymes for novel applications.
2022
announcementsscience
Examining life along Iceland’s coasts
Lab Matters The final pilot project in Iceland marked the countdown to the ‘Traversing European Coastlines’ (TREC) expedition to study coastal ecosystems and their response to changes in the environment.
2022
lab-matters
Light-Seq: from images to sequences in context
Science Researchers have combined advanced light microscopy with next-generation sequencing to create a method to study cells directly in the context of their native tissues
2022
science
Leading research institutions launch Health + Life Science Alliance Heidelberg Mannheim
Events Leading scientific research facilities launch the Health + Life Science Alliance Heidelberg Mannheim. The research alliance aims to build the Rhine-Neckar region into an internationally leading biomedical-technological cluster focusing on life sciences, the health economy, and medical technology.
2022
events
The EMBL Connection
Events EMBL's Partnership Conference highlights the value of its networks, bringing researchers together to build new scientific connections.
2022
events
EMBL Barcelona and CRG kickstart new era of digital biology in Barcelona
Lab Matters The institutes have launched a joint new initiative which aims to make biology as engineerable as an aeroplane or a bridge.
2022
lab-matters
Biodiversity Genomics Europe: addressing biodiversity loss through genomics
Announcements, Science European experts gather to launch a project that aims to characterise and conserve life on Earth using DNA data.
2022
announcementsscience
Inaugural Kafatos Lecture brings outstanding science to the global public
Alumni EMBL´s Inaugural Kafatos Lecture brings outstanding science to the global public. The 2022 lecture will be delivered by EMBL alumnus and distinguished developmental geneticist Denis Duboule and will focus on ‘Evolution and Embryonic Development: The Complex Story of our Dual Origins’.
2022
alumni
Tools for teachers
Lab Matters EMBL reminds teachers of freely available educational resources and workshops just in time for school.
2022
lab-matters
Ardan Patwardhan receives Scientific Achievement Award
Announcements The Royal Microscopical Society recognises Ardan Patwardhan’s contributions to the field of electron microscopy.
2022
announcements
Seeing antibiotics in action inside a pathogenic bacterium
Science New research by EMBL scientists shows at atomic detail how antibiotics affect the process of protein production inside bacteria.
2022
science
Combi-seq: a leap forward for personalised cancer therapy
Science Researchers have come up with a way to test the efficacy of hundreds of anticancer drug combinations – simultaneously, rapidly, and accurately.
2022
science
AlphaFold developers and EMBL alumnus among Breakthrough Prize recipients
Lab Matters Cell biologist Anthony Hyman and DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis and John Jumper were announced among 25 Breakthrough Prize recipients
2022
lab-matters
European institutes commit to data access across borders
Announcements, Science The Federated EGA is set to improve access to sensitive human data in a safe and secure way.
2022
announcementsscience
PETRA IV and future opportunities at EMBL Hamburg beamlines
Lab Matters EMBL joined a kick-off event focusing on the developments related to the upgrade of the PETRA III synchrotron storage ring to PETRA IV at the DESY campus, where EMBL Hamburg is located. PETRA IV could open new possibilities at EMBL Hamburg, contributing to the goals of the EMBL Programme…
2022
lab-matters
Life Science Alliance starts new chapter
Lab Matters Dieter Schwarz Foundation renews 3-year funding to EMBL for the EMBL | Stanford Life Science Alliance, a unique international collaboration bringing together researchers from the two leading institutions to develop transformative technologies and accelerate biomedical research.
2022
lab-matters
Does exercise drive development? In the sea anemone, the way you move matters.
Science The latest research from EMBL’s Ikmi group employs interdisciplinary approaches to show how sea anemone ‘exercise’ changes their developing size and shape, uncovering an intimate relationship between behaviour and body development
2022
science
When microbiomes collide
Science EMBL researchers used data from over 300 human faecal microbiota transplants to gain an ecological understanding of what happens when two gut microbiomes clash.
2022
science
Summer in Science – life in a research lab
Lab Matters 20 secondary school students from all over Italy participated in the fourth edition of Summer in Science at EMBL Rome.
2022
lab-matters
In tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Announcements The United Kingdom is a founding member of EMBL, and has hosted EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute since 1994. We recognise that the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will have a profound impact on the country, and we extend our deepest sympathies to the Royal Family at this…
2022
announcements
Insights into scientific careers
Events As the career landscape continues to change for PhDs and postdocs, the EMBL Fellows’ Career Service offers webinars that present professional options in and beyond academia.
2022
events
Augmenting science
Lab Matters The Scientific Visitor Programme shares EMBL tools and talent with outside researchers in collaborative, multidisciplinary environments.
2022
lab-matters
ERC Proof-of-Concept grant provides way to realise commercial potential of ‘SpaceM’ technology
Lab Matters A new grant will provide a way for fundamental metabolomic research to realise its commercial potential and promise in aiding drug development and precision medicine.
2022
lab-matters
Building the ideal limb
Science EMBL researchers use a “fearless” computer reconstruction and a two-centuries-old mathematical approach to study limb bud growth.
2022
science
Spotlight: A giant in action
Picture of the week Physarum polycephalum, a single, giant cell containing tens of thousands of nuclei is large enough to be photographed with a phone.
2022
picture-of-the-week
Strengthening scientific ties between EMBL and Iceland
Lab Matters EMBL delegation including the Director General visits Iceland marking another stage in this deepening scientific collaboration
2022
lab-matters
Spotlight: EMBL Imaging Centre, Heidelberg
Picture of the week EMBL’s imaging centre makes advanced microscopy technologies accessible to the international scientific community.
2022
picture-of-the-week
AlphaFold: where will the next AI breakthrough come from?
Perspectives, Science Ewan Birney, Deputy Director General of EMBL and Director of EMBL-EBI, reveals the key factors that enabled AlphaFold to change the world of biology.
2022
perspectivesscience
Molecules to Ecosystems: Virginie Uhlmann on the Theory transversal theme
Lab Matters Virginie Uhlmann, Research Group Leader at EMBL-EBI and one of the co-chairs of the Theory@EMBL transversal theme, chats about how this theme will open up new research avenues.
2022
lab-matters
CNest: a new method for copy number variation analysis
Research highlights, Science A new method for the robust analysis of copy number variation and used UK Biobank data to identify links between genome and disease.
2022
research-highlightsscience
New antibiotic resistance genes identified in tuberculosis
Research highlights, Science International consortium analyses the genetic sequences and antibiotic susceptibility of 10,000 global Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates.
2022
research-highlightsscience
New releases: InterPro 90.0 and InterProScan 5.57-90.0
Updates from data resources InterPro version 90.0 and InterProScan 5.57-90.0 are now available. InterPro now features hundreds of new methods integrated from partner databases, and InterProScan draws on over 40000 entries
2022
updates-from-data-resources
Visualising Life: The EMBL Lautenschläger summer school returns to Heidelberg
Events The EMBL Lautenschläger summer school, held 4–15 Jul 2022, introduced students from a range of scientific backgrounds to interdisciplinary life science research.
2022
events
Making patterns visible
Science How do gene expression patterns result in the generation of different cell types? Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg used the zebrafish notochord to find out.
2022
science
Zooming in to get the full picture
Science EMBL and UW researchers plus additional collaborators have constructed a complete map of fruit fly embryonic development using machine learning. This research is foundational to better understanding overall embryo development in other species, including humans.
2022
science
Shining a light on how bacteria interact
Research highlights, Science Machine learning has helped researchers uncover new insights into how bacteria infect host cells.
2022
research-highlightsscience
AlphaFold predicts structure of almost every catalogued protein known to science
Science, Technology and innovation AlphaFold database offers a look at 3D protein universe.
2022
sciencetechnology-and-innovation
Latvian science benefits from prospect membership
Events The first meeting of the Latvian Bioinformatics Forum points towards an even brighter future for the country’s role in European life sciences
2022
events
A summer of scientific exchange in Barcelona
Lab Matters EMBL’s site by the sea hosted a trio of conferences this summer, covering topics ranging from vascular biology to engineered living systems to evolution.
2022
lab-matters
Molecules to Ecosystems: Jan Kosinski on the Infection Biology transversal theme
Lab Matters Jan Kosinski, Group Leader at EMBL Hamburg and one of the co-chairs of the Infection Biology theme in EMBL’s new programme, chats about how this theme will support his work and help establish new collaborations.
2022
lab-matters
Welcome: Maria Papanikolaou
Lab Matters EMBL’s new archive and records manager, Maria Papanikolaou, explains the dual role she and an additional colleague will have in the Office of Science Information Management.
2022
lab-matters
The retron switch
Science EMBL researchers now understand the function of an elusive small DNA in bacteria and have developed a tool that can be used to better understand what might ‘switch on’ bacterial immune defences.
2022
science
EMBL Rome’s Gene Editing and Embryology Facility generates transgenic mice to understand human diseases
Lab Matters The GEEF facility at EMBL Rome supports scientists worldwide with scientific expertise and state-of-the-art gene editing technologies.
2022
lab-matters
Ensembl 107 has been released
Updates from data resources The Ensembl 107 release contains updates to regulatory annotations and updated vertebrate and metazoan species.
2022
updates-from-data-resources
Interactive data visualisation for Single Cell Expression Atlas
Updates from data resources Using powerful data visualisation and interactive search results across datasets allows users to explore hypotheses across a range of metadata, and discover new insights backed by expertly curated, consistently reanalysed single cell sequencing data. Searching for metadata, allows a powerful…
2022
updates-from-data-resources
Three EMBL scientists elected as EMBO Members
Lab Matters Cornelius Gross, Miki Ebisuya and Nassos Typas join EMBO, the prestigious organisation for the life sciences.
2022
lab-matters
The EMBL Imaging Centre: making it happen
Events Creating a cutting-edge facility for the global life science community doesn't happen overnight. We spoke to some of those who worked to turn this dream into a reality.
2022
events
Official opening of the EMBL Imaging Centre
Events Representatives from politics, industry and academia attended the inauguration ceremony at EMBL Heidelberg
2022
events
EMBL welcomes first generation of ARISE fellows
Lab Matters Participating researchers will lead projects to develop novel technologies for better science.
2022
lab-matters
EMBL 2021 Annual Report published
Lab Matters EMBL’s 2021 Annual Report is now available, sharing mission highlights from the year in a new digital-first, sustainable format.
2022
lab-matters
Patrick Cramer elected as next President of the Max Planck Society
Alumni Former chair of EMBL Council to take office as the next President of the Max Planck Society in June 2023.
2022
alumni
The world needs science, and science needs women
Lab Matters EMBL Director General Edith Heard joined other L’Oreal-UNESCO Laureates in Paris for a series of events celebrating these outstanding researchers and their contributions.
2022
lab-matters
EMBL and CSIC join hands to discuss microbes in a changing world
Events Researchers from EMBL and CSIC came together to discuss microbial communities, diversity, and behaviour, in the context of One Health.
2022
events
Darwin Tree of Life at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition
Announcements A closer look at how genome sequencing is helping us protect biodiversity and our latest public engagement activities
2022
announcements
UKRI allocates funding for EMBL-EBI data resources
Announcements Funding set to support data resources for key areas of antimicrobial resistance, sustainable agriculture and biodiversity loss
2022
announcements
The new heroics of RNA in cell differentiation
Science EMBL research with Enolase 1 (ENO1) points to a possible new way to understand RNA’s leading role in how cells develop.
2022
science
EMBL enhances collaboration with scientists and research institutes in Croatia
Events Two days of events with institutes in the country add a new chapter to successful scientific collaboration
2022
events
Puzzling out the structure of a molecular giant
Science Scientists have solved several mysteries around the structure and function of a true molecular giant: the human nuclear pore complex. They created the most complete model of the complex thanks to combining the program AlphaFold2 with cryo-electron tomography, integrative modelling, molecular…
2022
science
ArrayExpress interface to close
Updates from data resources On 30 September 2022 the ArrayExpress interface will close. All datasets have now been migrated from ArrayExpress into the BioStudies ArrayExpress collection
2022
updates-from-data-resources
2022 EMBL Alumni Awards Winners announced
Alumni Two former EMBL staff members have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to research in the fields of brain evolution and cancer.
2022
alumni
Supporting the African BioGenome Project to build bioinformatics capacity
Announcements, Lab Matters The African BioGenome Project and EMBL have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support each other in building genomics and bioinformatics capacity across Africa
2022
announcementslab-matters
EMBL and IIT: Launching new avenues of collaboration
Lab Matters EMBL and IIT scientists met in person at EMBL Rome to strengthen their collaboration and explore new opportunities for scientific exchange
2022
lab-matters
Welcome: Pascale Cossart
Lab Matters Pascale Cossart, one of the world’s foremost authorities on the biology of Listeria, brings four decades of expertise in intracellular bacterial parasitism to EMBL as a visiting scientist.
2022
lab-matters
New computational biology training in hematology
Announcements Tapping the potential of computational biology and bioinformatics to understand blood-related diseases.
2022
announcements
Shaping up the genome for cell division
Science Researchers have discovered the mechanism by which a family of DNA motor proteins packages loosely arranged strands of DNA into compact individual chromosomes during cell division.
2022
science
Teamed up to innovate
Lab Matters A new formal collaboration agreement enables will help smooth the transition from fundamental science to innovation.
2022
lab-matters
Impact of DNA mutations on blood cell production uncovered
Research highlights, Science Researchers discover how DNA mutations change blood cell production and how this relates to ageing and cancer development.
2022
research-highlightsscience
EMBL in Italy event held at GSK Vaccines in Siena
Alumni The GSK Vaccines site in Siena hosted the annual EMBL in Italy event. The hybrid meeting brought together industry leaders, representatives from biotech start-ups, data scientists, and researchers from academia.
2022
alumni
A machine learning approach for allocating gene function
Science, Technology and innovation Researchers in the Ensembl team are making the most of machine learning methods to speed up genome annotation pipelines
2022
sciencetechnology-and-innovation
Fergal Martin – Eukaryotic Annotation Team Leader
Lab Matters Fergal Martin discusses the importance of open access data and his work in different biodiversity initiatives
2022
lab-matters
Edith Heard elected as a member of The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Lab Matters EMBL Director General Edith Heard has been elected as a foreign member of The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters in recognition of her academic excellence. Heard is among 15 new members of the Academy, which has been advancing basic research and interdisciplinarity for nearly 280 years.
2022
lab-matters
EMBL and SciLifeLab foster new connections
Events Joint workshop brings researchers together on site and virtually to discuss broad range of planetary biology topics.
2022
events
EMBL Hamburg is helping train lab techs of the future
Lab Matters Students from the Business Academy Aarhus visit EMBL Hamburg annually. Many of them return later as trainees to gain experience as lab technicians. EMBL Hamburg offers great opportunities to learn diverse techniques and work with various equipment. This experience helps them in their future jobs in…
2022
lab-matters
Organisations should embrace open science faster – interview with Prof. Dame Janet Thornton
Lab Matters, Perspectives Janet Thornton, the inaugural winner of the FEBS Journal Open Science Award, explains the importance and impact of open science.
2022
lab-mattersperspectives
Europe PMC: Harnessing the power of text mining to accelerate life sciences research
Science, Technology and innovation How text mining collaborations benefit our research, data resources, and the wider scientific community.
2022
sciencetechnology-and-innovation
2.4 billion sequences now available in the latest MGnify protein database release
Updates from data resources 2.4 billion protein sequences are now available in the latest MGnify release including new annotations provided by Google AI
2022
updates-from-data-resources
Peter Harrison – Genome Analysis Team Leader
Lab Matters Peter Harrison discusses the importance of data accessibility and his passion for biodiversity and agricultural genomics.
2022
lab-matters
Royal Society honour for Eileen Furlong
Lab Matters EMBL’s Head of Genome Biology announced as Fellow of the Royal Society for her exceptional contributions to science.
2022
lab-matters
Flip-flop genome
Science Researchers at EMBL Heidelberg found that inversions in the human genome are more common than previously thought, which impacts our understanding of certain genetic diseases.
2022
science
What do stem cell aggregates and whipped cream have in common?
Science EMBL researchers revise the old problem of sintering droplets to understand the mechanical properties of tissues.
2022
science
Predicted complexes from ModelArchive now on PDBe-KB pages
Updates from data resources New dataset of predicted protein complexes accessible through 3D-Beacons Network.
2022
updates-from-data-resources
Enabling imaging across scales
Events EMBL’s first Imaging Centre Symposium will occur onsite at EMBL and include tours of the new Imaging Centre on 31 May, introducing participants to the facility and its staff and featuring talks on the rapid developments in imaging technologies that have led to notable biological and medical…
2022
events
Interpreting bioimages with deep learning
Perspectives, Science Virginie Uhlmann shares her tips for using deep learning for bioimage analysis in the life sciences.
2022
perspectivesscience
Anne Ephrussi elected member of the US National Academy of Sciences
Lab Matters The honour recognises distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
2022
lab-matters
Unravelling the origins of the human spine
Science Scientists at EMBL Barcelona have created for the first time a 3D in vitro model that recapitulates the periodic formation of human somites – structures that give rise to the spinal column.
2022
science
Next Head of EMBL Grenoble appointed
Lab Matters Professor Kristina Djinović-Carugo has been appointed as the next head of EMBL Grenoble. She will join EMBL in July from the Max Perutz Laboratories at the University of Vienna, where she is currently Head of the Department of Structural and Computational Biology and full Professor of Structural…
2022
lab-matters
Meet the next Head of EMBL Grenoble
Lab Matters Slovenian structural biologist Kristina Djinović-Carugo will join EMBL in July as the new Head of EMBL Grenoble. We spoke to her about her background, research interests, and plans for EMBL Grenoble.
2022
lab-matters
Greater than the sum of our genes: DNA does not define us
Lab Matters, Perspectives Ewan Birney discusses the input of both genetics and our environment in making us who we are
2022
lab-mattersperspectives
Guy Cochrane appointed Executive Director of Global Biodata Coalition
Announcements The GBC is a coalition of life sciences and biomedical research funders that aims to optimise the funding and management of biodata resources worldwide. The organisation has two priority aims: to better coordinate and share approaches for efficient management and growth of the biodata…
2022
announcements
EMBL consolidates ties with Sapienza University
Lab Matters EMBL and the Sapienza University of Rome confirm their reciprocal interest in intensifying collaborations and launch new opportunities for exchange of expertise
2022
lab-matters
A metaphor for epigenetic inheritance
Science Recent studies from the Hackett group at EMBL Rome have revealed new insights on the mechanism regulating transmission of non-genetic information during embryonic development, and inspired a scientific illustration
2022
science
The MANE collaboration: working together to support genome science
Research highlights, Science Researchers from the MANE collaboration bring you the most comprehensive human genome annotation dataset to date.
2022
research-highlightsscience
Matthias Hentze receives Centenary Award
Lab Matters EMBL Heidelberg’s Matthias Hentze receives the Biochemical Society’s Centenary Award for his discoveries in RNA biology.
2022
lab-matters
Welcome: John Lees
Lab Matters John Lees joins EMBL-EBI as a Group Leader in Pathogen informatics and modelling.
2022
lab-matters
Latest Release of the Single Cell Expression Atlas
Updates from data resources The latest Single Cell Expression Atlas (SCEA) release is here and features collaborations with DiscovAIR and the Fly Cell Atlas
2022
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“Summer in Science” is back! A full immersion in science for high school students
Lab Matters After a two-year break, the summer school organised by Adamas Scienza and EMBL in collaboration with CNR is back. It will take place at the International Research Campus of Monterotondo (Rome) from 13 to 24 June 2022.
2022
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Pathogen data sharing – key to pandemic preparedness
Perspectives Researchers lay out a set of principles for open genomic data sharing or pathogens
2022
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From liquid to solid to drive development
Science Condensates are membraneless organelles that control specific functions within a cell. Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg have shown how the physical state of condensates can influence biological function.
2022
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Genomic sequencing aids the global Tuberculosis fight
Perspectives, Science Zamin Iqbal and his team are working with researchers all over the globe to help put a stop to Tuberculosis
2022
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Darwin Tree of Life at EMBL-EBI: reaching the first major milestone
Announcements, Science Our researchers highlight their contributions to the Darwin Tree of Life project and how new genome annotations helps to further biodiversity research
2022
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Judith Zaugg from EMBL Heidelberg receives ERC Consolidator Grant
Lab Matters Judith Zaugg, Group Leader at EMBL Heidelberg, has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant of €2 million funded under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. Over the next five years, the grant will enable her group to study cellular interactions in the human bone…
2022
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EMBL’s statement on the invasion of Ukraine
Lab Matters EMBL condemns in the strongest terms the unjustified military invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, with the support of Belarus, and the resulting loss of life and human suffering. We express our deepest sympathy to the Ukrainian people and to all the victims of this war. As an…
2022
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Safeguarding African biodiversity through genomics
Perspectives, Science The African BioGenome Project aims to safeguard biodiversity and build bioinformatics capacity across Africa
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Putting Cryptococcus in context
Science EMBL’s imaging technology helps researchers gain insights in the fungus’ journey from the lung to the brain.
2022
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An international study proposes stool analysis for early detection of pancreatic cancer
Science A molecular signature of 27 microorganisms in stool defines the high-risk population for the most common pancreatic cancer and could be used for early detection of the disease.
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A postdoc conference spotlighted in tweets
Events EMBL hosted a futuristic infection biology conference, but it offered even more: an opportunity for postdocs to share their work and network towards future research homes.
2022
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Deep learning models help predict protein function
Perspectives, Science Deep learning models can improve protein annotations and has helped expand the Pfam database.
2022
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Understanding genomes, piece by piece
Science Genomes are made up of thousands of individual pieces – genes – which are expressed at different levels. Researchers at EMBL have shed light on how the placement of a gene affects its expression, as well as that of its neighbours.
2022
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A 3D culture model to study embryo growth
Science A recent study by EMBL researchers proposes a new method to grow early embryos in the laboratory. With a 3D culture set-up, scientists can closely monitor the changes embryos undergo around the time of implantation.
2022
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Break the bias – an interview with Louise Mullany
Lab Matters, Perspectives An exploration of what gender bias looks like in science and how organisations and individuals can address it
2022
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Academia, industry, or somewhere else?
Alumni, Lab Matters New study: EMBL PhDs and postdocs develop skills that make them highly employable in roles that drive research and innovation in academia, industry, and other sectors.
2022
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‘The World of Molecular Biology’ exhibition
Lab Matters The new permanent ‘The World of Molecular Biology’ exhibition will open in mid-2023 at EMBL’s headquarters in Heidelberg. It will encourage people to actively engage with science and its relevance for everyday life.
2022
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Converging lenses on embryo development
Science Researchers from the Furlong group at EMBL have come up with a way to observe the development of fruit-fly embryos simultaneously at the genetic and cellular levels, generating a high-resolution and integrated view of how different cell lineages form.
2022
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New Expression Atlas release in collaboration with PRIDE
Updates from data resources New Expression Atlas release features differential-proteomics and baseline-proteomics experiments in collaboration with the PRIDE team at EMBL-EBI. This also includes new baseline DIA proteomics experiments as well as new differential proteomics datasets. To improve reproducibility,…
2022
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Molecular medicine across borders
Lab Matters The 11th annual Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine meeting was hosted in virtual format by DANDRITE, the Danish node of the Partnership, from 31 January–2 February 2022. The programme included updates from all partnership nodes, discussions about opportunities for new collaborations,…
2022
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New genetic data policy must promote biodiversity conservation
Announcements, Science Scientists urge the adoption of a sensible international policy for digital sequence information.
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Welcome: Michael Dorrity
Lab Matters Michael Dorrity, one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, is studying how the environment influences early life stages in zebrafish.
2022
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Pfizer joins the Open Targets consortium
Announcements, Science Open Targets, a consortium focused on drug target identification, prioritisation, and validation, announced today that Pfizer has joined as a partner.
2022
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EMBL and Latvia deepen collaboration
Events Agreement signed with Latvia’s Biomedical Research and Study Centre will boost academic exchange and collaboration on some of the largest challenges facing human and planetary health.
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Investing in Italy by translating EMBL expertise to the market
Alumni, Lab Matters, Technology and innovation Experiences at EMBL Rome led former group leader to establish his start-up in Italy, developing a new generation of gene therapies.
2022
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Learning from Deep Learning: the inspirational story behind AlphaFold
Science DeepMind visits EMBL Heidelberg to discuss current and future implications of Artificial Intelligence for life science research.
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Decoding the secrets of snake venom
Science EMBL Hamburg’s Grzegorz Chojnowski from the Wilmanns Group developed software called findMySequence, which identifies proteins’ amino-acid sequences based on electron cryo-microscopy and X-ray crystallography data. It’s useful for identifying unknown proteins in samples from natural sources.
2022
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AlphaFold update – neglected tropical diseases
Updates from data resources Latest AlphaFold database update adds 27 new organisms and almost 200,000 new protein structure predictions relevant to neglected tropical diseases and antimicrobial resistance
2022
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Fostering excellence, diversity, and mobility in the Nordic EMBL Partnership
Events, Lab Matters Ahead of the annual meeting of the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine, we spoke with its new Speaker, Mark Daly. Mark Daly, FIMM Director, recently accepted the post of Speaker of the Nordic EMBL Partnership. He explains his vision of the future cooperation between EMBL and the Nordics.
2022
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Genomic data for biodiversity – a global challenge
Perspectives, Science An exploration of where in the world genomics methods are applied and where the data are used.
2022
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EMBL Imaging Centre kickstarts training with workshop for undergraduates
Lab Matters The new EMBL Imaging Centre held its first on-site training workshop, introducing undergraduate students to the basics of volume electron microscopy. This marks the first of many opportunities to aid capacity-building in imaging techniques in Europe.
2022
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Cell sorting enters a new dimension
Science EMBL researchers, in collaboration with BD Biosciences, have demonstrated a new technology that allows rapid image-based sorting of cells. The new technology represents a major upgrade to flow cytometry and has applications in diverse life science fields.
2022
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The Earth Biogenome Project: on track and ready to ramp up
Announcements, Science On track to reach an ambitious goal of 3,000 genomes sequenced by the end of 2022, what’s next for the Earth Biogenome Project?
2022
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A new era for European molecular biology
Announcements, Lab Matters EMBL announces details about its next programme, ‘Molecules to Ecosystems’. It will guide studying life across scales and in context with changing environments.
2022
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Capturing ‘snapshots’ of a crucial step in RNA splicing
Science The Galej group at EMBL Grenoble has recently obtained high resolution snapshots of a crucial step in RNA splicing involving the U2 snRNP complex, a crucial component of the human spliceosome.
2022
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Welcome: Melissa Harrison
Lab Matters Melissa Harrison joins EMBL-EBI as the new Team Leader of Literature Services. We found out more about her plans for open access publishing and Europe PMC.
2022
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New facility in Hungary builds on strong collaborative foundations
Events A delegation from EMBL has participated in inauguration of a new facility — Incubator House — located in Szeged, Hungary.
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Kristina Haase from EMBL Barcelona receives ERC Starting Grant
Lab Matters Kristina Haase, Group Leader at EMBL Barcelona, will receive €1.5 million over the next five years to develop her project on 3D vascularised in vitro cardiac tissues.
2022
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New bacteria and viruses found on human skin
Science Researchers have identified hundreds of new bacterial species and viruses in the human skin microbiome.
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The start of a journey
Lab Matters This year marks the beginning of EMBL’s next programme ‘Molecules to Ecosystems’ to advance the understanding of life across scales and in the context of changing environments.
2022
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