Science & Technology Researchers have identified key cellular control sites that regulate gene expression and prevent the activation of ancient viral sequences in the genome.
2024
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People & Perspectives EMBL-EBI Postdoctoral researcher Iguaracy Pinheiro de Sousa is using bioinformatics to support the development of better organoids.
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Science & Technology EMBL-EBI data resources help advance biodiversity and climate change research by enabling scientists to study species interactions, evolutionary processes, ecosystem health, and more.
2024
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Connections A delegation from Spain’s Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities visited EMBL to strengthen ties and discuss future opportunities.
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People & Perspectives Julia Mahamid and Nassos Typas reflect on the direction of the Molecular Systems Biology Unit they now lead at EMBL Heidelberg.
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Science & Technology An AI-enhanced advanced microscopy approach offers promise in better understanding glioblastomas, one of the deadliest brain cancers.
2024
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People & Perspectives Jia Le Lim talks about contributing back to society through science, finding inspiration in the way birds fly in the sky, and winning a recent international piano competition.
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People & Perspectives PROMETHEUS is an EMBL-born grassroots initiative to promote and optimise impact-driven science.
2024
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People & Perspectives EMBL-EBI alumnus Alvis Brazma reflects on how mathematics and mountaineering have shaped his life and why keeping things simple in bioinformatics is key.
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EMBL Announcements On Friday 4 October 2024 at 18:00 CEST, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) in Amsterdam will host the 2024 Kafatos Lecture, delivered by renowned scientist Hans Clevers.
2024
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Connections After Suzanne Eaton’s death, family and friends raised funds for a Kinderhaus playground, providing a joyous way to remember her.
2024
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Science & Technology The function of biological molecules is intimately linked to their structure. In the 50 years since EMBL was established, its researchers and engineers have constantly provided leadership in structural biology research and services, resulting in many scientific breakthroughs and novel insights.
2024
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists applied molecular engineering to build photoacoustic probes to label and visualise neurons deep within brain tissue.
2024
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People & Perspectives EMBL-EBI’s new Head of Applications will use his expertise in cloud infrastructure and security to support the institute’s open data resources.
2024
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Science & Technology EMBL Heidelberg researchers discovered how a protein switches between repelling and gluing chromosomes during cell division. This helps the mother cell to divide the genome equally into two daughter cells and cluster chromosomes inside the daughter nuclei, ensuring a successful cell division.
2024
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Science & Technology A new publication from the Cusack group sheds light on how a key avian influenza virus enzyme can mutate to allow the virus to replicate in mammals.
2024
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Connections The TREC expedition concluded its sampling in Greece and strengthened scientific exchange and collaborative networks with their Greek partners during a political and scientific stakeholder event in Athens.
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People & Perspectives EMBL alumnus Thibaut Brunet, recipient of the 2024 John Kendrew Young Scientist Award, shares his scientific journey – from a childhood passion for nature to the discovery of a new species of choanoflagellate.
2024
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Science & Technology EMBL Grenoble researchers have come up with a new way to identify the targets of a crucial protein-modifying enzyme involved in diverse cellular processes.
2024
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People & Perspectives EMBL-Stanford Life Science Alliance fellow Jana Helsen shares how she balanced her life between two laboratories and countries, her latest research paper, and her passion for cover art.
2024
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Science & Technology Using machine learning to analyse the genetic factors behind early clinical trial termination, researchers find a link between genetic evidence and trial outcome.
2024
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Science & Technology Study shows that gut bacteria can metabolise carcinogens and cause them to accumulate in distant organs, leading to tumour development.
2024
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Connections Since 2011, Roland Specker has sponsored the John Kendrew Young Scientist Award, which both supports early-career scientists while also honouring EMBL’s first director general.
2024
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Lab Matters A major public engagement event at EMBL Hamburg attracted thousands. A video captures the spirit of the day from participants.
2024
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Connections EMBL's 50th anniversary symposium brought together its vibrant community, showcased its many scientific contributions, and drove discussion on the future of Europe's leading life sciences laboratory.
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People & Perspectives ARISE fellow Melanie Schneider shares how she uncovered a new interest in research infrastructures and supporting discovery.
2024
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Lab Matters A life-size game inspired by the Traversing European Coastlines (TREC) expedition provides the public with an inside view of the world of coastal ecology research.
2024
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People & Perspectives Kim Gurwitz talks about her role as Scientific Training Lead at EMBL-EBI and how collaborative projects for bioinformatics training support researchers and service providers in making the most of publicly available data.
2024
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Connections A scientific workshop on flow cytometry was organised at EMBL Rome, taking advantage of the presence of the Advanced Mobile Laboratory, the biggest unit of EMBL’s mobile lab fleet.
2024
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Science & Technology The dynamic world of proteomics is shaping the future of personalised medicine, but some obstacles stand in the way
2024
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EMBL Announcements Professor Edith Heard will succeed Sir Paul Nurse at the London-based institute in the summer of 2025
2024
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EMBL Announcements EMBL’s 2023 Annual Report has been published, sharing achievements in its various missions, plus facts & figures from the year.
2024
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Lab Matters What makes EMBL unique? Among many things, it’s the infinite curiosity of its community.
2024
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People & Perspectives Ewan Birney reflects on his time at EMBL and the development of the organisation through a commitment to open data and nurturing scientific talent.
2024
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EMBL Announcements Bulgaria has become the latest EMBL prospect member state, starting a three-year process toward full membership. The prospect membership opens up new opportunities for mutual exchange and collaboration. Including Bulgaria, EMBL is now supported by 29 full member states, one associate member state,…
2024
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Science & Technology A new research paper published in Nature Communications lays the groundwork for the development of new drugs specific to genetic mutations or alterations responsible for the onset of tumours or genetic diseases.
2024
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EMBL Announcements EMBL and partners announce ‘Amplifying Funds in Infection Biology’ to foster interdisciplinary and collaborative research in infection biology.
2024
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EMBL Announcements EMBL celebrates 50 years of cutting-edge European research: founded in Heidelberg by the first ten member states, Europe's pioneering Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is now supported by 29 member states and stands for outstanding open research, scientific services for researchers, innovative…
2024
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Connections At EMBL Rome, an immersive youth training programme is dedicated to, but also inspired by, alumnus Riccardo Cortese, thanks to private donors.
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers and their partners have been studying microbial functions and interactions for the benefit of human and planetary health for the last two decades.
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Connections This event bridged research and entrepreneurship, fuelling innovation and discovery. Attendees immersed themselves in insightful discussions and invaluable networking opportunities, inspired to journey from lab research to entrepreneurial success.
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Science & Technology EMBL Grenoble’s Kowalinski Group analysed the structure of an enzyme responsible for modifying tRNA molecules to fine-tune protein production. They discovered that to distinguish almost identical, yet different, tRNA molecules, the enzyme uses help from another enzyme – a type of cooperation…
2024
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People & Perspectives The new Team Leader for Human Genomics at EMBL-EBI shares how curiosity and maths shaped her career and what it takes to be a community builder.
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Science & Technology EMBL Hamburg scientists and collaborators discovered a new molecular mechanism in which an unstructured protein disables one of the main cancer-promoting proteins by gluing them into an elongated stack. Data from human patient samples support the role of this mechanism in prostate cancer…
2024
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Science & Technology A theoretical model involving tiny Minecraft-like cubes can help us understand dynamic biological processes, such as cell sorting in embryos.
2024
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EMBL Announcements EMBL´s position paper outlines the organisation’s views on the importance of science and how it could be best supported in the context of the upcoming European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP10).
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Connections For almost two months, Italy was the stage for the TREC expedition, with a rich programme of events organised across the country attended by the public, scientists, schools, and high-level political stakeholders, including Minister of University and Research Anna Maria Bernini.
2024
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EMBL Announcements Researchers explore genetic diversity found in ancient environmental DNA to help modern agricultural practices.
2024
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Lab Matters A special Coffee with EMBL session celebrated EMBL’s 50th anniversary by inviting alumni to reflect on the organisation’s first two decades.
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Connections EMBL Grenoble and the ESRF hosted a workshop bringing together representatives from research and industry to discuss the ever-growing role of artificial intelligence in the field of structural biology.
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Science & Technology EMBL-EBI data resource helps scientists upcycle animal by-products.
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Science & Technology The group of Christian Löw at EMBL Hamburg and CSSB, and collaborators from the Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel and CNRS & Université Paris Cité worked together to reveal the structure and function of a previously unknown lysosome transporter, MFSD1.
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People & Perspectives Elise talks about her role in supporting EMBL Grenoble staff in daily human resources matters and the multiple events she’s been involved in to connect people, both at and outside of work.
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Connections Starting in 2014, Friends of EMBL engages a diverse range of individuals to support and connect with EMBL research. Through unique events and philanthropic contributions, members play a vital role in fostering a stronger bond between EMBL and society.
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Science & Technology Blood stem cells from healthy people carry major chromosomal alterations, a study in Nature Genetics by researchers at the Max Delbrück Center and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) finds. The discovery suggests that we are all genetic mosaics, which may contribute to ageing-related…
2024
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People & Perspectives Stephen Cusack, world-renowned structural biologist and former Head of EMBL Grenoble, reflects on his early influences, his achievements, and the lessons he’s learned as he embarks on his next adventure
2024
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Science & Technology Large-scale study uses data from Danish health registries to predict individual risks of developing cancer
2024
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Science & Technology New research by EMBL scientists shows how different modes of cell division used by animals and fungi might have evolved to support diverse life cycles.
2024
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People & Perspectives EMBL-EBI's new Head of Research shares his plans and priorities.
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People & Perspectives Toby Gibson reflects on 38 years at EMBL, the scientific tools he built along the way, and the state of science today.
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Science & Technology A study from the Hackett group at EMBL Rome led to the development of an epigenetic editing system that allows to precisely program chromatin modifications at any specific position in the genome, to understand their causal role in transcription regulation.
2024
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People & Perspectives María Cerezo talks about her role as Scientific Curator, how she combines it with her position as co-chair of the Staff Association, and what she believes has been EMBL's biggest achievement in its first 50 years.
2024
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Science & Technology Scientists from EMBL Rome and EMBL Heidelberg found that disrupting the gut microbiome of male mice increases the risk of disease in their offspring. Their findings suggest that a father’s pre-conception environment can have lifelong effects on offspring.
2024
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Connections A bold vision to build a centre of excellence for imaging captured the imagination and support from private and public donors to help create the EMBL Imaging Centre.
2024
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EMBL Announcements MSD joins as the latest partner in the Open Targets consortium, enhancing the initiative’s collaborative efforts in drug discovery.
2024
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Science & Technology Experts in quantum computing and genomics to develop new methods and algorithms to process biological data.
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Science & Technology SpatialData is a tool developed by EMBL scientists in cooperation with multiple research institutions to unify and integrate data from different omics technologies in a spatial environment, providing holistic insights into health and disease. Researchers can now freely access and use SpatialData…
2024
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Lab Matters BIOcean5D is an EMBL-coordinated project co-funded by the European Union that unites 31 institutes to address pressing global challenges on marine biodiversity.
2024
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EMBL Announcements New project will help inform and educate young people about the important roles proteins play in nature, health, and disease, as part of EMBL’s 50th anniversary celebrations.
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Connections The second phase of the TREC expedition focuses on the Mediterranean coast, with Barcelona, Spain, hosting the first ‘superstop’ of 2024
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EMBL Announcements Data obtained through cryogenic sample electron tomography (cryo-ET) are openly available in the new Electron Microscopy Public Image Archive (EMPIAR) cryo-ET tomography browser.
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Science & Technology A recent EMBO | EMBL conference provided a forum for researchers to share how AI is making a difference in biology and bioinformatics.
2024
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Science & Technology New study from the Galej group provides deeper structural insight into the assembly of a critical molecular machine, that removes non-coding information from genes during their expression.
2024
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Diego Benusiglio, ETPOD postdoc in the Asari group at EMBL Rome, talks about his peculiar postdoctoral programme and his passion for science and Swing music
2024
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Science & Technology New study uncovers the potential of immunotherapy in preventing breast cancer and creates the openly available Human Breast Cell Atlas.
2024
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ConnectionsLab Matters The Environmental Research Initiative is a community effort of donations empowering EMBL scientists to solve global environmental challenges through molecular biology.
2024
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Connections During a visit from high-level representatives of EMBL’s member state Malta, the honourable delegation allowed a peek behind the scenes of their scientific and institutional collaborations, and shared their memories and future aspirations for the partnership.
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People & Perspectives Data standards that have been silently enabling discovery in the life sciences for decades are now making AI advances possible.
2024
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The first EMBL-UNESCO infection biology research fellows share observations after residencies with EMBL researchers.
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People & Perspectives Team Leader Sameer Velankar on why accessible training is key for AlphaFold and AI tools more generally.
2024
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Science & Technology New research from EMBL Heidelberg shows how cells in developing embryos undergo a major shift in the way they regulate gene expression as they mature and differentiate.
2024
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives On International Women’s Day 2024, we hear from some of the women who have been working tirelessly in the field and behind the scenes as part of the Traversing European Coastlines (TREC) expedition.
2024
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Science & Technology Plasmodium falciparum, a malaria parasite, uses gene conversion to produce genetic diversity in two surface protein genes targeted by the human immune system.
2024
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Science & Technology An international team of researchers aim to combine social determinants of health with genomics, immune profiling, and exposomics data to tackle cancer inequities at an unprecedented scale.
2024
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Science & Technology A new study from the Bhogaraju Group at EMBL Grenoble reveals how the cancer-promoting MAGE family of proteins bind to their targets, aiding the development of anti-cancer drugs that target these proteins.
2024
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EMBL Announcements Two former EMBL scientists have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to research and leadership capabilities in the fields of evolutionary cell biology and molecular medicine.
2024
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Simone Heber talks about studying RNA transport, organising the Bike Club at EMBL, and participating in the Ironman World Championship.
2024
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ConnectionsLab Matters The Fuchs Fund, started by Lilo and Manfred Fuchs in 2017, has become a lifeline for EMBL students facing adversity during their PhD journeys.
2024
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Science & Technology The Traversing European Coastlines (TREC) expedition prepares to begin its next phase of sampling, with stops in Spain, Greece, Italy, and beyond.
2024
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives After 32 years at EMBL – leading a developmental biology research group and later simultaneously serving as EMBL’s Dean for its PhD programme, Anne Ephrussi has retired, ready to start her life’s next chapter.
2024
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Jacqueline shares her experience of EMBL's international PhD programme.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Renato Alves talks about his time at EMBL, the Bio-IT project, his wishes for EMBL in its anniversary year, and how a passion for night hikes and stargazing led to the creation of EMBL’s astronomy club.
2024
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Kyle Morris joins EMBL-EBI as Electron Microscopy Data Bank (EMDB) Team Leader.
2024
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Science & Technology Sponges lack muscles and neurons. Yet, they make coordinated movements. Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg have discovered that sponge movement is controlled by an ancient ‘relaxant-inflammatory’ response that is also present in vertebrate blood vessels. The findings shed light on sponge physiology…
2024
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL’s link to other sciences and its tradition of collaborative discovery carry on, providing the model and means to address big challenges, including climate change and biodiversity loss.
2024
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ConnectionsLab Matters A pivotal conversation 20 years ago led to the creation of the iconic 'double-helix building' that is EMBL's Advanced Training Centre.
2024
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Latvia’s life sciences sector will benefit from expanded access to the leading European research, services, and training provided by EMBL.
2024
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Science & Technology Approximately 300 scientists met up at EMBL Heidelberg to unravel the centuries-old puzzle of cancer through the modern lens of genomics.
2024
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Science & Technology The Kosinski Group at EMBL Hamburg collaborated with other groups in Hamburg to reveal critical steps in Lassa virus ribonucleoparticle assembly and recruitment, and the crucial role played by RNA in in the Lassa virus life cycle.
2023
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Science & Technology Researchers reveal that healthy lung development hinges on immune-epithelial crosstalk, with implications for respiratory diseases.
2023
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Science & Technology A new organoid model mimics the behaviour of neuroendocrine tumours (NETs), providing a novel and invaluable tool to study the disease in the lab.
2023
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Science & Technology EMBL Hamburg, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Postnova Analytics GmbH, and BioNTech SE have developed a new method to quantitatively investigate sizes of nanoparticles containing mRNA. It may become an important part of regular characterisation of mRNA nanomedicines in the future.
2023
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ConnectionsLab Matters The two institutions celebrated the renewal of the partnership agreement initiated in 1999 for the delivery of a doctoral degree and a joint training certificate during UGA’s Welcome Day for doctoral students.
2023
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL Hamburg is located at the PETRA III synchrotron, which in the future, will be upgraded to PETRA IV. Selina Storm is theEMBL@PETRA IV Programme Manager. Here, she speaks about her role and the benefits of PETRA IV for EMBL.
2023
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Science & Technology Former EMBL staff scientist founds a start-up – DenovAI – for broader, faster and cheaper antibody discovery using advanced machine learning and computational biophysics.
2023
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Victor Armijo, a mechatronics engineer at EMBL Grenoble, talks about his dream job, highlighted in EMBL’s exhibition ‘The World of Molecular Biology’.
2023
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Connections The Barcelona Collaboratorium celebrated a milestone as it hosted the EMBO Practical Course ‘Computational modelling of multicellular systems'.
2023
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Lab Matters A recent success story of the Alumni Mentorship Programme is that of Luis Pedro Coelho, a Portuguese former postdoctoral fellow in the Bork Group, and his mentor Frank Gannon, former EMBO Director and EMBL Group Leader and Senior Scientist.
2023
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Science & Technology The new initiative brings together genomic data from various biodiversity projects to aid conservation and biodiversity efforts.
2023
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People & Perspectives EMBL alumnus Roel Wijnaendts looks back at a long career in academic research and entrepreneurship that has left an indelible mark in the fields of instrumentation and optics.
2023
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Science & Technology An interdisciplinary collaboration between Hamburg scientists has yielded new insights into the structure and function of a heat-resistant enzyme from an exotic microbe. In this interview, EMBL Hamburg’s Matthias Wilmanns and TUHH’s Garo Antranikian discuss how their collaboration developed and…
2023
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ConnectionsLab 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.
2023
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Alba Diz-Muñoz and Arnaud Krebs from EMBL Heidelberg have received grants to work on projects that aim, respectively, to understand the cellular mechanics that control cell division and investigate the regulatory networks that govern transcription factor function.
2023
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL scientist Oliver Stegle explains how AI-based tools have the potential to transform our ability to better understand the complexity of life and how these tools will shape the future of life science exploration.
2023
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ConnectionsLab Matters The TREC expedition has come to the end of its first phase. The last superstop of 2023 was hosted by CIIMAR in Porto and, despite the adverse weather conditions, included many scientific and public engagement activities.
2023
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The newest issue of our online magazine dives deep into a critical research direction in developmental biology, structures of promiscuous proteins, EMBL’s newest service offerings in field research, and much, much more.
2023
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Science & Technology A new study from the Asari group at EMBL Rome shows a different retinal function in awake mice compared to isolated retinal samples. These new insights could help to develop prosthetic devices that can act as a retina in the future.
2023
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ConnectionsLab Matters On this date (15 November), 21 years ago, the EMBL, ESRF, ILL, and IBS directors signed a memorandum of understanding to create the Partnership for Structural Biology (PSB) on the European Photon and Neutron (EPN) science campus in Grenoble.
2023
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Science & Technology A recent EMBO | EMBL symposium brought together leading developers of imaging methods with cutting-edge applications that illustrate how imaging can answer biological questions.
2023
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ConnectionsLab Matters A celebratory event at the Maritime Museum Bilbao marked the partnerships that make possible the TREC expedition on land and at sea along the European coast.
2023
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Connections Scientists from the MELIS department at UPF and EMBL Barcelona have organised a symposium to discuss the work of the visionary Catalan scientist Pere Alberch, who passed away 25 years ago.
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Connections EMBL in Spain 2023 was held in Bilbao on Friday 9 October, hosted at the Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE).
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL Grenoble was once again present for the science outreach event ‘Parvis des Sciences’ on Saturday 14 October 2023.
2023
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives In this interview, Sihyun Sung, Postdoctoral Fellow at EMBL Hamburg, talks about making molecular movies with time-resolved serial X-ray crystallography, his sources of inspiration, and the value of forging deeper connections with friends and colleagues.
2023
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ConnectionsLab Matters Ian Smith, Chair of EMBL Australia´s Council, chats about the synergies between the organisations, opportunities for collaboration, and ideas for exciting new programmes arising out of a recent visit to EMBL Heidelberg.
2023
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Connections EMBL participated in the recent Science and Innovation Days in Podgorica, Montenegro, sharing its passion for knowledge and curiosity.
2023
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers have created an engineered uterus that allows a closer look at a mouse embryo’s development and its interactions with the uterine environment.
2023
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EMBL Announcements Jan Kosinski, Julia Mahamid, and Georg Zeller have received grants to enable ambitious projects aimed at mapping the cellular protein synthesis machinery in context and understanding complex host-microbiome interactions, respectively.
2023
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Science & Technology Researchers from the Cusack group at EMBL Grenoble provide structural insights on the XIAP/RIPK2 complex, a promising drug target to fight inflammatory bowel diseases.
2023
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL gathered together government, industry, and academic researchers to explore how to leverage the power of AI and machine learning to advance research.
2023
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL stands as a leader, exemplifying how to harmoniously integrate AI in research and through its delivery of data services.
2023
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Victoria Yan, Open Science & Research Information Specialist, talks about the importance of open science, the challenges she has faced in her career, and what she enjoys about working at EMBL
2023
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Science & Technology Here are six takeaways from a recent EMBO/EMBL symposium that brought together scientists to discuss the state of research involving the human microbiome and its connection to health and disease.
2023
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EMBL Announcements Elena Conti will discuss how cells control the life and death of mRNA molecules at the 2023 annual Kafatos Lecture on 20 October in Munich.
2023
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Science & Technology In an extensive investigation, EMBL researchers have tested over 10,000 drug combinations against some of the leading pathogenic bacteria carrying antimicrobial resistance and causing mortality.
2023
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Gerald Pfister, Head of the Flow Cytometry Facility at EMBL Rome, talks about his private and professional passions and a return to his roots as part of the TREC project.
2023
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Lab MattersScience & Technology A two-week practical course introduced participants to the intricacies of studying the dynamic interplay between organisms and their changing environment and how it impacts development and evolution.
2023
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Lab Matters EMBL Rome celebrated the European Researchers’ Night by participating in an event organised at the CNR Campus in Montelibretti.
2023
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Zuzana Koskova is a PhD student from Slovakia who, at the age of 19, left her country to pursue her career in biological sciences in Germany. In this interview, she talks about her interests, career aspirations, and recent participation at the Info Day held in Bratislava, where she had the…
2023
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Science & Technology A new method developed by EMBL scientists can help us identify and investigate plankton species in field samples with greater speed, accuracy, and resolution than ever possible before.
2023
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Science & Technology Pioneers of the mRNA nanomedicines technology receive 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or medicine. EMBL is pleased to have supported the development of the application of the mRNA nanomedicine technology through our long-standing collaboration with BioNTech, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and…
2023
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EMBL Announcements EMBL receives the German AI prize awarded for outstanding services to the research and development as well as application and commercialisation of artificial intelligence (AI) in life science research.
2023
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ConnectionsLab Matters Structural biologist Shlomo Trachtenberg has made research trips to EMBL from Israel since the late 1970s and reflects on the boost EMBL’s technology provided his research, the ingredients for an ideal research institution, and his ongoing fascination with microscopes.
2023
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives PhD student Valentina Lorenzi is using single-cell sequencing data to create a map of the developing human reproductive system.
2023
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Science & Technology Enzymes constitute a large fraction of genomes – 20% in humans – which makes them a very important part of life. Despite decades of studies and a rich literature dedicated to understanding the reaction mechanisms of enzymes, the rules of enzyme catalysis are still not fully clear. A new…
2023
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ConnectionsLab Matters The 12th annual meeting of the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine took place in Espoo, Finland, between 11-14 September 2023.
2023
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives David Hulcoop discusses how his experience bridging organisational cultures will help address critical challenges in drug discovery and target selection at Open Targets.
2023
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Thomas Haize talks about his passion for the ocean, what TREC means to him, a day in the field, and the captivating beauty of underwater photography.
2023
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Science & Technology Ensembl Variant Effect Predictor integrates Google DeepMind’s new AlphaMissense Database for better predictions of genetic variant pathogenicity.
2023
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Science & Technology A working group of researchers from the QUAREP-LiMi initiative has developed global guidelines to improve the quality of microscopy data and images published in scientific publications.
2023
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People & Perspectives Researchers from across the globe have gathered in Grenoble to celebrate the remarkable lifelong scientific achievements of Stephen Cusack, the former head of EMBL Grenoble.
2023
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Science & Technology EMBL Grenoble and University of Geneva researchers shed light on the molecular activation of the MAP kinase p38α, the final ‘switch’ triggering the inflammatory response.
2023
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Science & Technology New research improves understanding of the molecular mechanisms behind why some cancers respond to immunotherapy and others don't.
2023
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Science & Technology Researchers use the AlphaFold database and Foldseek Cluster algorithm to analyse millions of predicted protein structures and offer new insights into protein evolution.
2023
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers have identified a novel mechanism that allows cells to sense obstacles in their path and avoid them while navigating complex environments.
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Lab Matters Learn more about the game-based workshop that lets participants experience what it feels like to be a researcher on the TREC expedition.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology As part of the EMBL-led Traversing European Ecosystems (TREC) expedition, scientists are studying plankton to understand biodiversity, health, and our planet’s future.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Sabrina Krueger, scientist-turned-training officer, shares her approach to this role and the need to be ‘true to yourself’.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL Director General and Deputy Director General respond to the announcement by the European Commission and UK Government
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Science & Technology Learn how scientists use bio-SAXS, an experimental X-ray technique, to study the shape and dynamics of proteins and other biomolecules. SAXS can be even used to analyse the structure of mineral particles in the swordfish sword bone, which can help scientists better understand bone ageing.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Jordi van Gestel and Maria Zimmermann-Kogadeeva each receive 1.5 million EUR funding for research projects on microbial predators and the gut microbiome respectively
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Science & Technology For a fruit fly embryo to develop correctly, key factors need to get to the right place at the right time – a journey that starts in the developing egg, as seen in this image from the Ephrussi Group at EMBL Heidelberg
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Therese Welander talks about her inspiration, and supporting science by solving problems and overcoming challenges.
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Science & Technology Elena Conti will discuss how cells control the life and death of mRNA molecules at the next annual Kafatos Lecture on 20 October in Munich.
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People & Perspectives Ukrainian scientist Sergiy Avilov uses the microscopy skills and scientific network he built at EMBL in his current role heading the Imaging Facility at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics.
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People & Perspectives Experience in data management and coordination has enabled EMBL alumna Laura Clarke to pursue a career in AI development.
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Connections An upcoming EMBL-led infrastructure management training will help formalise information exchange in the Rhine-Neckar region to widen access to technology and scientific services for members of the Health + Life Science Alliance.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Emerald Perlas, Head of the Histology Facility, talks about his experience in supporting multidisciplinary research at EMBL Rome and keeping up with technological advances.
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People & Perspectives EMBL-EBI Senior Scientist Rob Finn explains why data coordination and sharing are fundamental for a sustainable blue economy.
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Science & Technology SComatic enables researchers to link genotype to phenotype using only single-cell profiling data
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Clément Blanchet has been appointed to lead the team working on small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) at EMBL Hamburg. In this interview, he talks his ambitions for the future work of the SAXS Team, his passion for science, and a memorable ‘aha’ moment he had in his early career.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology EMBL’s newly deployed Advanced Mobile Laboratory (AML) is bringing cutting-edge technologies to the European coast to help researchers study ‘life in context’.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives By upskilling researchers on bioinformatics skills and tools, EMBL alumna Emily Perry is helping to make genomic medicine more accessible.
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Lab Matters EMBL organised a five-day summer school to help PhD students and postdocs learn more about research and development (R&D) related industry career roles.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology The first EMBO Practical Course on imaging-based spatial-omics was organised at EMBL Rome to explore the latest techniques to visualise RNA transcripts and proteins in their native tissues.
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers have made new strides into understanding and reversing genetic defects that underlie familial heart disease.
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Science & Technology Research from the Eustermann group at EMBL Heidelberg reveals how the packaging of DNA into hexasomes impacts the function of enzymes involved in gene regulation.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Rutuja Yelmar, predoctoral Fellow at EMBL Grenoble in the Kowalinski group, talks about her passion for research, daily inspiration, and the importance of collaboration in achieving her goals.
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers use a new cell sorting technology to gain new insights into cellular function in health and disease, as well as for other innovative applications.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Construction begins on EMBL-EBI's new building named after Janet Thornton.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology This single-celled organism the size of a dust particle is capable of causing deadly tropical diseases in both humans and livestock –Trypanosoma brucei, in an image by Luciano Dolce from EMBL.
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Science & Technology A collaboration between EMBL Grenoble and EBRIS scientists led to the characterisation of a new compound with promising activity against SARS-CoV-2 variants.
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ConnectionsLab Matters Through the collaborative framework agreement, EMBL and ZEISS aim to accelerate the development of imaging technology to advance life science research.
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EMBL Announcements Closer collaborations with EMBL-EBI data resources set to further develop and grow this unique rare disease platform.
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Science & Technology Enabling researchers worldwide to share and analyse pathogen data generated across the world
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EMBL Announcements Coming from a pharmaceutical industry background, David Hulcoop is set to take over as Executive Director of the public-private partnership Open Targets.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL’s 2022 Annual Report is now available online, including a downloadable ‘Year in Review’.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Three EMBL group leaders and six EMBL alumni were recognised for their contributions to the life sciences.
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EMBL Announcements EMBL will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2024 with a dynamic scientific symposium. The event will share fundamental research that continues to open the way to scientific discoveries.
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Science & Technology A third of all known proteins are either completely or partially unstructured. EMBL scientists contributed to a new set of guidelines – Minimum Information About a Disorder Experiment (MIADE) – that will help researchers share data on unstructured proteins in a more useful way and will enable…
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Wolfgang Huber discusses why research assessment needs reform and how this could make science more diverse, more inclusive, and better
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Starts three-year process toward full membership, opening up new opportunities for mutual exchange and collaboration.
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People & Perspectives EMBL Rome alumna Urtė Neniškytė returned to her native Lithuania, helping establish the Vilnius University-EMBL Partnership Institute and advance genome-editing technologies there.
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Science & Technology HoloFood, the first consistent collection of multiomic data about chicken and salmon gut microbiomes, set to enable the development of better animal feeds.
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ConnectionsLab Matters The TREC expedition stop in Sopot offered an opportunity to create connections with Polish scientists and citizens around the topics of planetary biology and ocean science.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Sihem Bennour, new head of HR, foresees a deeper culture of information sharing, listening, and problem solving with EMBL staff.
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Science & Technology Researchers from the Ebisuya Group at EMBL Barcelona have used an unprecedented stem cell zoo to compare six different mammalian species and their developmental time.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Jürgen Bauer talks about translating science into applications with societal benefit, his journey from the lab bench to business development, and technology transfer at EMBL.
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Science & Technology A recent EMBL conference brought together scientists from various disciplines to conjoin scientific pursuits studying ‘life in context’.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Adriana Castillo Caballero talks about her curiosity-driven career, the importance of the people in her life, and her dreams for the future
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ConnectionsLab Matters TREC scientists, outreach specialists, and a crucial support team have been on the road, exploring life at European coasts.
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Science & Technology EMBL-EBI data resources are being used to deliver thousands of genetic diagnostics to patients every month.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives In recognition of Janet Thornton’s retirement, we look back at some of her biggest accomplishments shaping the field of bioinformatics.
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Connections During a visit to the Heidelberg EMBL campus, Minister Petra Olschowski learned about EMBL´s current research programme, its scientific operations and local collaborations, and explored its Imaging Centre and World of Molecular Biology exhibition.
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Science & Technology A new tool for the interpretation of missense variation in humans – ProtVar – will help enable drug discovery.
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL researchers and collaborators have begun an impactful innovation-development journey, thanks to a European Commission ‘IMAGINE’ grant.
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Connections The annual meeting organised by Italian EMBL alumni was held in Turin on 18-19 May, hosted by the University of Turin and the University of Piemonte Orientale (UPO)
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ConnectionsLab Matters The third meeting between EMBL and SciLifeLab communities took place in Uppsala and focused on data science, aiming at further expanding the collaboration
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ConnectionsLab Matters European Commission and EMBL renew commitment, agree on new areas of cooperation, in new EC DG’s first infrastructure visit since appointment.
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Connections The PLAST-CELL project aims to understanding cancer progression by quantifying a cancer cell’s ability to respond to environmental stress that threatens its survival
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People & Perspectives From biking together while at EMBL to assistant professorships at Heidelberg University, two academics soon formed a union that took them to the United States., into various industry positions, and now to a life with two young children.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Martin Pelosse, Scientific Expert at EMBL Grenoble Eukaryotic Expression Facility, explains the platform’s role in supporting the site’s cutting-edge research activities and its future applications.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Postdoctoral researcher Carolin Sauer is leveraging long-read sequencing to develop new detection methods for various cancers.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Timothy Shayers talks about his role in overseeing the renovation works at EMBL Rome, his past experiences around the world, and his personal passions.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters First published in 1999 as a black-and-white printed newsletter for EMBL staff and alumni, EMBLetc. has undergone many transformations in its 24 years of existence.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL´s new permanent exhibition ‘The World of Molecular Biology’ in Heidelberg is now open for registration. The exhibition takes the visitor on a journey of scales, from genomes to ecosystems, and introduces key imaging technologies.
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Science & Technology Understanding chromothripsis offers insights into how cancer develops.
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Science & Technology The human pangenome – one of the most complete collections of genome sequences released so far – captures rich human diversity.
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Science & Technology EMBL Hamburg scientists have contributed to the development of the Spitrobot, a ground-breaking experimental setup that will simplify creating molecular movies. The Spitrobot automates the sample preparation for time-resolved crystallography, which is used to create 3D snapshots of protein…
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Lab MattersScience & Technology Dey Group holds second annual ‘labbatical’ to step outside daily research tasks with the help of single-celled model organisms.
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ConnectionsLab Matters Vizgen, the life science company dedicated to improving human health by visualising single-cell spatial genomics information, has joined EMBL’s Corporate Partnership Programme.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology EMBL-EBI is making a key contribution to a historic effort to understand the function of every human gene
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ConnectionsLab Matters The Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine celebrates the signing of its renewed ten years agreement between EMBL and the Universities of Aarhus, Oslo, Umeå, and Helsinki.
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ConnectionsLab Matters Croatian scientists and students from the Ruđer Bošković Institute and University of Zagreb visited EMBL to exchange ideas with researchers and public outreach experts on ways to increase interest, awareness, and involvement in science.
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Lab Matters On Friday 21 April 2023, EMBL held a graduation ceremony to celebrate its newest group of PhDs who graduated during the last 12 months. The graduating class comprised 43 fellows representing 17 nationalities and all six EMBL sites.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives On the 20th anniversary of the Human Genome Project, we look back at its history, wonder and potential.
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL Hamburg partners with the Hanseatic Life Science Research Infrastructure Consortium (HALRIC) to enhance life sciences research in Scandinavia and northern Germany. The consortium builds on the HALOS project to foster collaborations between industry, hospitals, and universities, leveraging…
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Angelika Thomasson, administrative assistant at EMBL Grenoble, talks about her role in supporting her colleagues in organising events and travels, what she enjoys about EMBL, and which famous female scientist she would like to have coffee with.
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People & Perspectives As a postdoc Alex Almeida used bioinformatics to push the boundaries of what we know about the gut microbiome. Here, Almeida explains how his time at EMBL-EBI generated new research avenues, and how the skills and connections from his postdoc prepared him for leading his own research group at the…
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Science & Technology WormBase ParaSite release 18 adds largest number of new genomes and annotations since launch, as well as full integration with AlphaFold.
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ConnectionsLab Matters Nikon Europe has intensified its engagement with EMBL's Corporate Partnership Programme to support young scientists.
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People & Perspectives Alumnus Thomas Graf reflects on his time at EMBL, offering an update on his whereabouts and advice for young scientists.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Eduard Avetisyan leads the EMBL Hamburg IT team. He joined EMBL after transitioning from particle physics research to IT. Besides providing standard IT user support, his team also enables smooth processing and computational analysis of structural biology data. Here, he talks about the joys and…
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Scientists have the technology to edit the human genome. But when should they, and who contributes to these decisions?
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Science & Technology EMBL-EBI researchers have developed a new tool capable of performing state-of-the-art phylogenetic inference on larger datasets than previously thought possible.
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ConnectionsLab Matters Europe’s life sciences laboratory EMBL on 5 April welcomed Council delegates Ivana Lagator and Lidija Vukcevic from the Montenegrin Ministry of Science and Technological Development, and University of Montenegro representative Professor Danilo Mrdak, to discuss expanding research and training…
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Connections Darwin Tree of Life project improves bioinformatics tools for biodiversity data analysis
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EMBL Announcements EMBL’s planetary biology flagship TREC expedition has officially started. The new project applies EMBL's expertise and technologies in molecular and cellular biology to current environmental challenges, and connects with a wide range of research disciplines.
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Science & Technology Upcoming EMBO/EMBL symposium provides a forum to explore how organisms function together, and how they react or adapt to changes at different molecular levels.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology Home to some of Europe’s most cutting-edge tools in molecular biology, EMBL has long shared its expertise and access to these tools through an extensive repertoire of courses, conferences, seminars, and other training. And now included in this mix is a job shadowing programme at EMBL Imaging…
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Lab MattersScience & Technology A new microscope built by EMBL researchers, based on Brillouin scattering principles, allows scientists to observe the dynamics of mechanical properties inside developing embryos in real time.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Interim head of EMBL Rome Cornelius Gross has been awarded an Advanced grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for his project TERRITORY, aimed at investigating the neural basis of territorial aggression and fear.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Audrey Spielmann, Lab Support Manager, talks about her role in supporting the research done at EMBL Grenoble.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The new group leader is setting up the first purely theory-focused research group at EMBL Barcelona. He aims to understand fundamental biological principles using mathematical models and computer simulations, in close collaboration with experimental researchers across EMBL.
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ConnectionsLab Matters Scientists from EMBL and its French academic partners gathered at EMBL Rome for a workshop to foster collaboration and advance research in neuroscience.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives New group leader Thomas Quail studies the fundamental processes that determine how proteins organise the genome inside a cell.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Together with his team, Gergely Papp pushes the frontiers of technology development in the field of structural biology.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Biological X-ray imaging is an emerging technology that uses X-rays to image tissues or even entire organisms. It will play an important role in EMBL Hamburg’s future service portfolio, and will allow studying life on multiple scales. Team Leader Liz Duke discusses her plans to establish X-ray…
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Lab Matters EMBL’s site by the sea completed its fifth year of operations. We look back at some key milestones and achievements since 2017.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL is leading the TREC project: the first pan-European and cross-disciplinary effort to examine life in its natural context.
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Lab Matters On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2023, EMBL archivist Maria Papanikolaou discusses the traces left by the women in science who have passed through EMBL, irrevocably changing the organisation in small and big ways.
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL’s French site was highlighted in a short film presenting its expertise in structural biology research and services.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology Physicists, engineers and robotics experts work together in EMBL Hamburg’s Instrumentation Team to design instruments that support structural biology research. The team has finished a transfer robot that facilitates automated handling of protein crystals with care and precision. This will help…
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Lab MattersScience & Technology Researchers in the Prevedel Group use photoacoustic spectroscopy setup to test and optimise probes before their usage in mouse neuroscience.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Jo McEntyre talks about data services, open data and a new era for research assessment.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The Baltic nation of Estonia has become a full member of EMBL, joining the organisation as its 28th member state.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology EMBL is one of the partners of this project that aims to accelerate drug discovery and development, bringing in expertise from EMBL Grenoble and EMBL-EBI.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology EMBL Hamburg’s Sample Preparation and Characterisation (SPC) Facility offers scientists access to almost all available biophysics technologies. The facility’s staff provides advice and support with experiments and data analysis. The facility is conveniently located just next to the EMBL…
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Group Leader Hanh Vu studies ‘immortal’ flatworms that can grow and de-grow to understand better factors that determine organisms’ sizes.
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Lab Matters A recent student visitor shares her impressions from visiting EMBL’s Vincent group as we recognise International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
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ConnectionsLab Matters One of EMBL’s core missions is the development and transfer of scientific know-how and technologies to academia, industry, and commercial entities to facilitate further research, innovations, and commercialisation for the benefit of society at large. Working across Europe, EMBL has partnerships…
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL Rome group leader Jamie Hackett receives EUR 2 million for the ModLogic project, aimed at understanding how chromatin modifications impact gene activity.
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ConnectionsLab Matters New agreement with UN organisation will enable cooperation in the fields of open science, capacity building, and talent development
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Science & Technology Open Targets is using artificial intelligence and machine learning to identify and prioritise drug targets.
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL hosts inaugural meeting for major interdisciplinary project designed to boost understanding of ocean life
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The group leader, together with three other principal investigators, has been awarded the ERC Synergy Grant, one of the most prestigious public grants in Europe.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology Tasmanian flatworms add to an EMBL researcher’s collection as she studies principles that control animal body size.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology Mucus present in the mouse colon can be visualised using Alcian blue staining, as imaged here by EMBL predoctoral fellow Linda Decker.
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Science & Technology We look back through some of the 2022 highlights from the Darwin Tree of Life project.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Rob Finn, one of the co-chairs of the Microbial Ecosystems theme, discusses his work, the challenges of multidisciplinary research, and how the theme is already helping to promote the exchange of scientific ideas.
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Science & Technology EMBL Grenoble researchers have investigated the interaction between THC and some proteins it might bind to. In a recent study, they showed in vitro that THC inhibits an important human enzyme called autotaxin.
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Science & Technology EMBL Heidelberg researchers and their collaborators reveal how the nuclear pore complex, one of the biggest molecular machines in eukaryotic cells, is assembled one protein at a time.
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Science & Technology A new method developed by EMBL-EBI researchers helps to streamline nanopore sequencing in real-time.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology Zebrafish embryos during gastrulation, a very early stage of development, to study the effect of temperature on vertebrate embryo development.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology To identify which drugs disrupt bacterial envelope integrity, the Typas group uses a molecule called chlorophenyl red-β-D-galactopyranoside.
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ConnectionsLab Matters Europe-wide project studies coastal and marine biodiversity from viruses to whales
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The Director General of EMBL was elected by her peers to become a member of one of France’s oldest national science academies.
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ConnectionsLab 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.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL alumnus and eminent molecular biologist Peter B. Becker has been named the next chair of EMBL’s Council as of January 2023.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab 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.
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Science & Technology 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.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives 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.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab 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.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Looking to understand microbial predator-prey relationships, EMBL’s newest group leader tackles a molecular ‘arms race’ in his lab.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The biannual magazine that highlights EMBL’s research, people, and projects now has a new online home.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology 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.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Newly appointed member of the ASAPbio Board of Directors, EMBL Group Leader Gautam Dey speaks about preprints, data management, and open science.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives 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.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology 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
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The Royal Microscopical Society awarded Ardan Patwardhan and Wim Hagen with Scientific Achievement Award
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Lab MattersScience & Technology 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.
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ConnectionsLab Matters The institutes have launched a joint new initiative which aims to make biology as engineerable as an aeroplane or a bridge.
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Lab Matters EMBL reminds teachers of freely available educational resources and workshops just in time for school.
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Science & Technology New research by EMBL scientists shows at atomic detail how antibiotics affect the process of protein production inside bacteria.
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Science & Technology Researchers have come up with a way to test the efficacy of hundreds of anticancer drug combinations – simultaneously, rapidly, and accurately.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Cell biologist Anthony Hyman and DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis and John Jumper were announced among 25 Breakthrough Prize recipients
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Connections The Federated EGA is set to improve access to sensitive human data in a safe and secure way.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology 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…
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ConnectionsLab 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.
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Science & Technology 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
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers used data from over 300 human faecal microbiota transplants to gain an ecological understanding of what happens when two gut microbiomes clash.
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Lab Matters 20 secondary school students from all over Italy participated in the fourth edition of Summer in Science at EMBL Rome.
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Lab Matters 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.
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Lab Matters The Scientific Visitor Programme shares EMBL tools and talent with outside researchers in collaborative, multidisciplinary environments.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology 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.
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers use a “fearless” computer reconstruction and a two-centuries-old mathematical approach to study limb bud growth.
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Science & Technology Physarum polycephalum, a single, giant cell containing tens of thousands of nuclei is large enough to be photographed with a phone.
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL delegation including the Director General visits Iceland marking another stage in this deepening scientific collaboration
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Lab Matters EMBL’s imaging centre makes advanced microscopy technologies accessible to the international scientific community.
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People & Perspectives 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.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives 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.
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Science & Technology A new method for the robust analysis of copy number variation and used UK Biobank data to identify links between genome and disease.
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Science & Technology International consortium analyses the genetic sequences and antibiotic susceptibility of 10,000 global Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates.
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Lab Matters The EMBL Lautenschläger summer school, held 4–15 Jul 2022, introduced students from a range of scientific backgrounds to interdisciplinary life science research.
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Science & Technology How do gene expression patterns result in the generation of different cell types? Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg used the zebrafish notochord to find out.
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Science & Technology 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.
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Science & Technology Machine learning has helped researchers uncover new insights into how bacteria infect host cells.
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Science & Technology AlphaFold database offers a look at 3D protein universe.
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Connections The first meeting of the Latvian Bioinformatics Forum points towards an even brighter future for the country’s role in European life sciences
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ConnectionsLab 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.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives 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.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives 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.
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Science & Technology 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.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology The GEEF facility at EMBL Rome supports scientists worldwide with scientific expertise and state-of-the-art gene editing technologies.
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Science & Technology Microbial communities play essential roles in ocean ecology and planetary health. A recent publication highlights priorities for understanding and protecting ocean microbiomes.
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Science & Technology Scientists identify previously unexplored gene segments to be added to human genome databases.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Cornelius Gross, Miki Ebisuya and Nassos Typas join EMBO, the prestigious organisation for the life sciences.
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Connections 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.
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EMBL Announcements Representatives from politics, industry and academia attended the inauguration ceremony at EMBL Heidelberg
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Lab Matters Participating researchers will lead projects to develop novel technologies for better science.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL’s 2021 Annual Report is now available, sharing mission highlights from the year in a new digital-first, sustainable format.
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EMBL Announcements Former chair of EMBL Council to take office as the next President of the Max Planck Society in June 2023.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives 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.
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Connections Researchers from EMBL and CSIC came together to discuss microbial communities, diversity, and behaviour, in the context of One Health.
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Science & Technology EMBL research with Enolase 1 (ENO1) points to a possible new way to understand RNA’s leading role in how cells develop.
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Connections Two days of events with institutes in the country add a new chapter to successful scientific collaboration
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Science & Technology 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…
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EMBL Announcements Two former EMBL staff members have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to research in the fields of brain evolution and cancer.
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ConnectionsLab 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
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and IIT scientists met in person at EMBL Rome to strengthen their collaboration and explore new opportunities for scientific exchange
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives 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.
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Science & Technology 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.
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ConnectionsLab Matters A new formal collaboration agreement enables will help smooth the transition from fundamental science to innovation.
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Science & Technology Researchers discover how DNA mutations change blood cell production and how this relates to ageing and cancer development.
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Connections 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.
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Science & Technology Researchers in the Ensembl team are making the most of machine learning methods to speed up genome annotation pipelines
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Fergal Martin discusses the importance of open access data and his work in different biodiversity initiatives
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab 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.
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Connections Joint workshop brings researchers together on site and virtually to discuss broad range of planetary biology topics.
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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…
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Janet Thornton, the inaugural winner of the FEBS Journal Open Science Award, explains the importance and impact of open science.
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Science & Technology How text mining collaborations benefit our research, data resources, and the wider scientific community.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Peter Harrison discusses the importance of data accessibility and his passion for biodiversity and agricultural genomics.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL’s Head of Genome Biology announced as Fellow of the Royal Society for her exceptional contributions to science.
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Science & Technology 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.
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers revise the old problem of sintering droplets to understand the mechanical properties of tissues.
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EMBL Announcements 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…
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Science & Technology Virginie Uhlmann shares her tips for using deep learning for bioimage analysis in the life sciences.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The honour recognises distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
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Science & Technology 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.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab 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…
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives 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.
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Lab Matters Ewan Birney discusses the input of both genetics and our environment in making us who we are
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBO Director Fiona Watt discusses preprints, data sharing, and evaluation in light of EMBL’s new Open Science policy
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and the Sapienza University of Rome confirm their reciprocal interest in intensifying collaborations and launch new opportunities for exchange of expertise
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Science & Technology 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
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Science & Technology Researchers from the MANE collaboration bring you the most comprehensive human genome annotation dataset to date.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL Heidelberg’s Matthias Hentze receives the Biochemical Society’s Centenary Award for his discoveries in RNA biology.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives John Lees joins EMBL-EBI as a Group Leader in Pathogen informatics and modelling.
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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.
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Science & Technology Researchers lay out a set of principles for open genomic data sharing or pathogens
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Science & Technology 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.
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Science & Technology Zamin Iqbal and his team are working with researchers all over the globe to help put a stop to Tuberculosis
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Science & Technology Our researchers highlight their contributions to the Darwin Tree of Life project and how new genome annotations helps to further biodiversity research
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab 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…
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab 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…
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Science & Technology The African BioGenome Project aims to safeguard biodiversity and build bioinformatics capacity across Africa
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Science & Technology EMBL’s imaging technology helps researchers gain insights in the fungus’ journey from the lung to the brain.
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Science & Technology 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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Lab Matters 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.
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Science & Technology Deep learning models can improve protein annotations and has helped expand the Pfam database.
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Science & Technology 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.
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Science & Technology 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.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives An exploration of what gender bias looks like in science and how organisations and individuals can address it
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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.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab 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.
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Science & Technology 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.
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ConnectionsLab 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,…
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Science & Technology Scientists urge the adoption of a sensible international policy for digital sequence information.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Michael Dorrity, one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, is studying how the environment influences early life stages in zebrafish.
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Connections Open Targets, a consortium focused on drug target identification, prioritisation, and validation, announced today that Pfizer has joined as a partner.
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Connections 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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Lab MattersScience & Technology Experiences at EMBL Rome led former group leader to establish his start-up in Italy, developing a new generation of gene therapies.
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Science & Technology DeepMind visits EMBL Heidelberg to discuss current and future implications of Artificial Intelligence for life science research.
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Science & Technology 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.
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ConnectionsLab 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.
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Science & Technology An exploration of where in the world genomics methods are applied and where the data are used.
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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.
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Science & Technology 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.
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Science & Technology 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?
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL announces details about its next programme, ‘Molecules to Ecosystems’. It will guide studying life across scales and in context with changing environments.
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Science & Technology 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.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives 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.
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Connections A delegation from EMBL has participated in inauguration of a new facility — Incubator House — located in Szeged, Hungary.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab 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.
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Science & Technology Researchers have identified hundreds of new bacterial species and viruses in the human skin microbiome.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives 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.
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ConnectionsLab Matters The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between EMBL and the Institute for Advanced Biosciences (IAB) a year ago has already catalysed new grants for joint research projects related to cancer and infection biology, thereby deepening collaborative activities.
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Science & Technology EMBL Hamburg’s Kosinski Group, the Beck Laboratory at the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, and colleagues at EMBL Heidelberg recorded the nuclear pore complex contracting in living cells. They visualised the movement with an unprecedented level of detail with help of new software called…
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ConnectionsLab Matters The agreement focuses on reinforcing the collaboration between scientists to strengthen our understanding of the organism in its environment.
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Lab Matters Showing a continued commitment to providing a diverse and inclusive organisation for conducting leading molecular biology research, EMBL has launched an Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) strategy.
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Science & Technology Using cryo-EM and structural biology techniques, EMBL researchers have shown how two proteins of Legionella pneumophila interact. This finding sheds light on a mechanism critical to the infection process and could lead to the development of new drugs to treat pneumonia.
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Science & Technology A look back at some of the 2021 highlights from the Darwin Tree of Life partner institutes.
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Science & Technology The systematic application of AI in life sciences as in the AlphaFold algorithm for predicting protein structures has been named '2021 Breakthrough of the Year' by Science magazine.
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EMBL Announcements EMBL alumnus Denis Duboule has been selected as the speaker for the inaugural Kafatos Lecture to take place in October 2022.
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Lab Matters EMBL announces the release of its new Open Science Policy, contributing to positive culture change across the life sciences.
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Science & Technology Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg analysed a new global gene database to study how genes emerge and spread across various habitats on our planet. In the future, the group will expand the database and use it for studying microbial gene evolution and dispersal at a finer-grained scale.
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Science & Technology New structural biology research provides fundamental information critical to understanding enzyme mutations connected to rare diseases and cancers.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL Senior Scientist and Head of the Genome Biology Unit is among the researchers honoured for outstanding work by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG).
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) signed a memorandum of understanding.
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Science & Technology Researchers studying a massive cohort of European patients have found that commonly prescribed drugs for cardiometabolic disorders can have long-term effects on the gut microbiome. Such effects can complicate the understanding of how disease affects the microbiome and must be taken into…
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Science & Technology RNA vaccines, such as the ones for COVID-19, represent a new approach in vaccine technology. Cy Jeffries, faculty staff scientist at EMBL Hamburg, explains the clever technology behind RNA vaccines, and how structural biology contributes to its development. EMBL Hamburg collaborated on several…
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The new EMBL Imaging Centre has announced its first open user call, and new project evaluation process and training opportunities.
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Science & Technology EMBL structural biology is part of an international collaboration addressing zoonotic disease caused by Lassa virus.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Using gene editing and three types of microscopy, one of EMBL’s newest group leaders is deciphering the functions of one of the smallest molecules involved in cell division, motility, and signalling, known as a centriole.
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Connections EMBL has taken another step towards strengthening its scientific relationship with Lithuania.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Maria Zimmermann-Kogadeeva is one of EMBL’s newest group leaders and a computational biologist whose research group applies computational modelling to better understand the metabolism of gut bacteria and their potential to have far-reaching impacts on other organs.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Tudor Groza joins EMBL-EBI as our new Phenomics Team Lead. We found out from Tudor exactly what this new role will entail
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Connections The upcoming 22nd EMBL Science & Society Conference will explore the One Health approach, which advocates for greater cross-sectoral collaboration and communication across the human-animal-environment interface.
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Science & Technology How genomics, open data, and multidisciplinary science can improve food security.
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Science & Technology An alumnus reflects on the reptile database he started in 1996 while at EMBL. The database helps understand biodiversity issues.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology A new model could serve as a platform to investigate critical placenta barrier phenomena, including defence against bacteria, viruses, and parasites.
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EMBL Announcements A new life sciences lecture series commemorates the legacy of former EMBL Director General Fotis Kafatos for people around the world.
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Science & Technology EMBL alum Lara Urban has developed mobile DNA approaches to monitor impacts upon biodiversity in remote areas of New Zealand and elsewhere.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology Correlative microscopy service enables PhD student from Switzerland to study structure and location of proteins cells use to communicate.
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Science & Technology The GA4GH Data Use Ontology (DUO) supports a data authorisation and access framework to streamline consent to use biomedical data
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Lab MattersScience & Technology Independent impact review finds EMBL experimental services are ‘critical’ for research and endorses EMBL as a world-class service provider for academia and industry.
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Science & Technology A vast, curated collection of bacterial genomes is now organised, searchable and open to the community.
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Lab Matters EMBL's PhD and postdoc programmes evolve to the more multidisciplinary way of doing great molecular biology research.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology Each year, EMBL Hamburg’s Svergun Group offers practical EMBO courses and lecture courses on biological small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The courses provide young scientists an opportunity to gain hands-on experience by measuring their own samples, and by exploring different aspects of SAXS…
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People & Perspectives Ken Holmes, outstanding pioneer of structural biology and founder of EMBL´s Hamburg site, died on 2 November 2021 at the age of 87.
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Science & Technology What can sponges tell us about the evolution of the brain? Sponges have the genes involved in neuronal function in higher animals. But if sponges don’t have brains, what is the role of these? EMBL scientists imaged the sponge digestive chamber to find out.
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Science & Technology Scientists at EMBL Hamburg determined the molecular structure of Peptide Transporters 1 and 2. The findings will enable developing drugs that more efficiently pass from the gut to target tissues.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Svetlana Dodonova is one of EMBL's newest group leaders, leading a team of researchers who will study how genetic material is organised inside cells using structural biology approaches.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology Independent study reveals that EMBL-EBI open data resources are critical for the life sciences.
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ConnectionsLab Matters The engagement of US and European Big Science facilities
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Science & Technology The Darwin Tree of Life project is an unprecedented initiative sequencing 70,000 species
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Science & Technology International project uses biomolecular data to improve animal feed and make meat production more sustainable
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Science & Technology Using metagenomic data to find novel enzymes for plastic degradation and beyond
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL attends COP26 to argue for strategy to involve molecular biology in the Green Recovery
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Science & Technology EMBL Hamburg’s Sample Preparation and Characterisation (SPC) Facility has released eSPC, an online platform for analysing data from biophysical experiments. The platform enables the scientific community to analyse data from different experiments without the need to travel.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology A technology around since the ‘60s, flow cytometry has increasing applications. New leadership at EMBL’s flow cytometry facilities is looking to ease use, expand training, and encourage more collaboration.
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Connections EMBL has held a joint workshop with the Belgian Science Policy Office, BELSPO, underlining their long-standing collaboration and commitment to future cooperation.
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Science & Technology The BY-COVID project aims to make infectious disease data, including COVID-19, openly available to everyone.
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Science & Technology Profiling M. tuberculosis strains from 27 countries to reveal causes of drug resistance.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Ian Dunham walks us through his career so far including working on the human genome project, seeing his work on the cover of Nature and his current role as Director of Open Targets.
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Science & Technology Researchers develop a new high-throughput approach to assess the functional significance of protein phosphosites.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Professor Edith Heard is among new members elected to US National Academy of Medicine
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Science & Technology The Graham and Crump groups at the University of Cambridge and the Svergun Group at EMBL Hamburg have discovered a mechanism by which the herpes simplex virus takes control of the molecular machinery of human cells. Their work reveals how a dedicated viral protein hijacks key host proteins, forcing…
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Science & Technology Largest in-depth analysis of genomic data tracks the spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineages in England.
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Science & Technology Researchers from EMBL’s Typas group and collaborators have analysed the effects of 144 antibiotics on the wellbeing of gut microbes. The study improves our understanding of antibiotics’ side effects and suggests a new approach to mitigating the adverse effects of antibiotics therapy on gut…
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Science & Technology If researchers can identify specifically when good cells go bad, they can potentially understand disease better.
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ConnectionsLab Matters The two organisations have signed a memorandum of understanding to support scientific cooperation in the exploration of coastal and oceanic ecosystems.
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Lab Matters This autumn, students begin their PhD in research groups across EMBL’s six sites.
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Science & Technology EMBL will host a conference to look at the state of the pandemic, lessons learned, and ways to improve pandemic preparedness. Here’s a sneak peek into what promises to be another interesting and informative EMBL conference.
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Science & Technology Structural biology provides insights into the diverse functions of fibrous protein in humans, amphibians, and bacteria.
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists and colleagues have developed an interactive atlas of the entire marine worm Platynereis dumerilii in its larval stage. The PlatyBrowser resource combines high-resolution gene expression data with volume electron microscopy images.
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ConnectionsLab Matters A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between EMBL and the University of Tartu, a leading centre of research and training. The MoU aims to strengthen cooperation between EMBL and the life science research community in Estonia.
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Science & Technology Scientists in EMBL’s Prevedel Group have developed a pioneering microscopy technique that allows researchers to observe cells hidden within opaque tissues, such as live neurons embedded deep in the brain.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives In the lab, Diënty Hazenbrink works with microbes that live in our guts. In her free time, she enjoys wildlife photography. A shared set of skills facilitates both activities.
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and Hungarian research institutes will collaborate to address urgent biological and environmental challenges.
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Lab Matters Hundreds of school children explore the beauty of proteins through art
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Science & Technology Some of the most amazing creatures live in the deep blue sea. The Mesoscopic Imaging Facility (MIF) at EMBL Barcelona was recently involved in studying one unique feature of the octopus: the ephemeral structures on the surface of their skin called Kölliker’s organs.
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and Helmholtz Association have signed a memorandum of understanding. The expanded collaboration of both institutions will focus on research related to health.
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Science & Technology MOrgAna is an open source, user-friendly, modular software that is able to analyse organoids with machine learning.
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists have found evidence of an unexpected role for retinal cells in pre-processing visual information; their results provide potential opportunity for future prosthetic visual aids.
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Connections 3D-Beacons Network acts as a one-stop shop for protein structures by combining and standardising data from several providers.
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Science & Technology A research collaboration used machine learning to map tumour molecular make-up, potentially paving way to more customised cancer treatment.
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Science & Technology Packaged for simple installation and free use, the novel method DECODE enables researchers to reduce imaging times and increase localisation density in single-molecule localisation microscopy (SMLM).
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EMBL Announcements Former EMBL Director General Professor Iain Mattaj was awarded the German Cross of Merit (‘Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland’) at a ceremony held at EMBL Heidelberg on 9 September 2021.
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Lab Matters EMBL's science education department makes the latest scientific research more accessible for teachers and students.
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Science & Technology A new collaborative study led by EMBL group leaders Kiran Patil, Nassos Typas, and Peer Bork has found that common medications accumulate in human gut bacteria. This process reduces drug effectiveness and affects the metabolism of common gut microbes, thereby altering the gut microbiome.
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Science & Technology In the Mesoscopic Imaging Facility (MIF) at EMBL Barcelona, researchers study the details of biological systems in the context of organs, body parts, or entire organisms. This image shows OPTiSPIM1, one of the custom light-sheet microscope setups available at the facility.
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Science & Technology Researchers have combined spatial gene expression information with single-cell genomics data to create a high-resolution atlas of mouse organogenesis.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology Giulia Zanetti from the Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology (ISMB) in London explains how the collaboration with the Cryo-Electron Microscopy Service Platform enabled her group to reveal the structure of protein transport complexes.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The new team leader at EMBL Hamburg talks about her plans to establish biological X-ray imaging and high-throughput tomography.
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Lab Matters EMBL launches new mentoring opportunity, linking Master’s students with postdoctoral researchers.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL Director General Edith Heard has been elected a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Her admission to the ‘Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine’ section recognises her outstanding professional contributions to science.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology MASSIF-1, run jointly by EMBL Grenoble and the ESRF, is a beamline for macromolecular crystallography. It is used by the research community to study the 3D structure of proteins, which is important for drug development.
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People & Perspectives EMBL alumnus Angus Lamond reflects on the process of translating the importance of fundamental research – to EMBL and wider society.
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Science & Technology A community of scientists is looking at the estimated three billion heart muscle cells in a human heart to better understand heart disease.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Distinctions recognise Peer’s development and sharing of bioinformatics tools as well as his significant contributions to bioinformatics research, education, and services.
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Science & Technology Analysis of more than 2 million images has boosted understanding of ocean microbes, shedding light on the distribution of nitrogen-fixers at a global level
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Science & Technology A collaboration led by EMBL Hamburg’s Svergun Group used small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) at the European XFEL to obtain data on samples containing coronavirus spike proteins and antibodies that bind them.
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Science & Technology Partners use AlphaFold, the AI system recognised last year as a solution to the protein structure prediction problem, to release more than 350,000 protein structure predictions including the entire human proteome to the scientific community.
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Science & Technology DeepMind and EMBL-EBI to make millions of protein structure predictions freely available to the scientific community.
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Science & Technology A discussion of the applications that AlphaFold DB may enable and the possible impact of the resource on science and society.
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Science & Technology Researchers establish a framework for identifying new drugs capable of exploiting a cell’s own machinery.
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Lab Matters Mehdi Khadraoui, a former member of the EMBL Communications team, took this close-up of a black redstart.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL Director General Edith Heard has warmly welcomed Fiona Watt, who will become the new director of EMBO.
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People & Perspectives EMBL alumni Ilaria Piazza and Ken Holmes have been recognised for their outstanding contributions, and will receive their awards as part of the celebrations for EMBL World Alumni Day.
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists generate a high-resolution crystal structure of the Kinesin-1/aTm1 transport complex in the fruit fly.
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Science & Technology EMBL’s Melissa Graewert and colleagues are taking a structural biologist’s approach to better understanding nanoplastic particles.
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People & Perspectives We all like a story about rediscovering treasures, right? Well, that’s just what happened recently at EMBL Grenoble!
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Science & Technology Research in the Typas group uncovers new details of the strategies Salmonella uses to survive in infected cells.
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ConnectionsLab Matters The EMBL Imaging Centre is preparing for external user access, after an on-time and on-budget build and handover to the science team.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL welcomes Sarah Dyer, the new Non-Vertebrate Genomics Team Leader at EMBL-EBI.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Dr Alexander Aulehla has been appointed the new Head of EMBL’s Developmental Biology Unit, and will take up the role starting in July 2021.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL Director General Edith Heard has warmly welcomed the appointment of Professor Maria Leptin as the next President of the European Research Council (ERC)
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Science & Technology EMBL Hamburg’s Wilmanns and Kosinski groups have determined the detailed structure of a bacterial protein complex critical for tuberculosis infection.
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Science & Technology EMBL PhD student Anniek Stokkermans captured this side view of a Nematostella vectensis larva during this transition, using instrumentation in the Advanced Light Microscopy Facility at EMBL Heidelberg.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Anna Erzberger, one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, will provide unique perspective as a theoretical biological physicist.
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People & Perspectives At an EMBL Science & Society lecture, science journalist Kai Kupferschmidt advocated for accurate, clear and contextual science communication.
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People & Perspectives After work in antimicrobial resistance, EMBL postdoc Laura Carroll is using machine learning for next-gen antibiotic development.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL group leaders Julia Mahamid, Anna Kreshuk & Jonas Ries awarded Chan Zuckerberg Initiative grant to advance what we see inside cells.
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Science & Technology Researchers investigate how external factors can influence the persistence of microbe species in the human gut
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Science & Technology As perfect as a summer night sky, these nuclear pores help calibrate a customised super-resolution microscope in EMBL’s Ries group.
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Science & Technology New software enables scientists to visualise RNA secondary structures using the world’s largest RNA structure dataset.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters John Marioni, Alex Bateman, and Takashi Hiiragi have been elected to EMBO Membership.
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Lab Matters EMBL is conducting an Impact Assessment of our experimental services to understand the value these services have for our external user community. If you have accessed EMBL experimental services at one or more of our facilities to support the conduct of your research, we would like to hear from you.
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Science & Technology At EMBL, we have many dream teams – groups of individuals who support each other, innovate, and work together. One of those dream teams bridges two core facilities at EMBL Rome.
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Lab Matters EMBL’s EU Green Week event showcased various ways molecular biology research can help solve environmental challenges.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL Director Matthias Hentze describes the Environmental Research Initiative: a community effort to solve global environmental challenges.
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Science & Technology Under the innovative Planetary Biology research theme, EMBL scientists aim to understand life in the context of its environment.
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and the Swedish Science for Life Laboratory sign agreement to advance science together.
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Science & Technology Captured by EMBL postdoc Arina Rybina, these ‘nuclear twins’ are two daughter nuclei straight after division of a HeLa cell.
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Science & Technology The largest in-depth analysis of genomic surveillance data mapping out the dynamics of 62 lineages of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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Science & Technology The Bernabeu Group aims to increase our knowledge of cerebral malaria, using in vitro engineered networks of human blood vessels and brain cells.
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists support research on malaria by providing freely available data resources and using innovative experimental approaches. Our Course and Conference Office facilitates the exchange of knowledge in the field by hosting the annual BioMalPar conference.
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Connections EMBL’s most recent Science and Society seminar explored how best to harness big data to address multi-faceted issues of a pandemic.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie has awarded a FEBS Anniversary Prize to Michael Zimmermann for his gut microbiome research.
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Science & Technology The EMBL Picture of the Week features a series of Jurkat T cells during different stages of the activation process.
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Connections Leading international experts gathered to showcase progress in the fight against COVID-19 and share lessons for the future.
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Science & Technology Researchers at EMBL Hamburg reveal how peg-like proteins clasp and reshape the cell membrane
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Science & Technology A workshop run by EMBL Hamburg explored opportunities for structural biology at the future, upgraded PETRA IV synchrotron.
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ConnectionsLab Matters A memorandum of understanding has been signed between EMBL and Inserm to strengthen their scientific cooperation.
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists have combined artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms with two cutting-edge microscopy techniques.
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People & Perspectives Zehra Sayers explains what makes the SESAME synchrotron special, why we should not fear failure, and why curiosity is her biggest driver.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The EMBL-Tara Ocean Foundation collaboration will expand opportunities to jointly explore molecular connections between ocean and humankind.
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Science & Technology EMBL Hamburg’s integrated structural biology facility has contributed to the success of a large-scale SARS-CoV-2 study
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Science & Technology Researchers reveal the best technology for assembling reference genomes.
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ConnectionsLab Matters The European Molecular Biology Laboratory and the Italian Institute of Technology have signed an agreement to expand the scope of their collaboration to include areas of mutual interest and in the context of EMBL’s 2022-2026 Programme “Molecules to Ecosystems”.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL Director General Edith Heard has been elected into the US National Academy of Sciences, recognising her contributions to research.
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists, together with collaborators from Heidelberg University, have provided further evidence of the gut’s role in COVID-19.
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Science & Technology A page from a biologist’s colouring book? EMBL’s new interior wall design? Not quite – a bunch of liver cells, grown in the lab so that scientists can learn about fatty liver disease, or steatosis.
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ConnectionsLab Matters Edith Heard has been appointed to a new World Health Organization advisory council.
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ConnectionsLab Matters A memorandum of understanding has been signed between EMBL, Collège de France, and the Institute of Biology of the Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS).
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Science & Technology Researchers identify differences in immune response in asymptomatic COVID-19 cases compared to those with severe symptoms
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Lab Matters In a talk on 29 April, Professor Jeanette Woolard will share her experience of creating a more positive research culture
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Connections EMBL and Portugal are bringing together leading scientists to highlight the role of fundamental research in tackling infectious diseases.
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Science & Technology What does coronavirus’s spike protein look like in 3D? EMBL scientists and colleagues used cryo-electron tomography and molecular dynamics simulations to find out.
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Science & Technology Researchers have used a metagenomics approach to piece together the genomes of yeasts found in wild lichens.
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Connections Scientists from the CABANA project explore how open data is benefiting global research efforts.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology Florent Cipriani, who recently retired as Head of the Instrumentation Team after a long career at EMBL Grenoble, is one of the pioneers of instrumentation development in this field.
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Lab Matters Throwback to June 2014: While EMBL Heidelberg’s main entrance is still in the dark, the well-known EMBL logo is already lit by the morning sun.
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Science & Technology Researchers use large-scale human genetic studies to identify drug targets important for managing COVID-19 in its early stages
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Science & Technology Using EMBL Hamburg’s world-class structural biology infrastructure, researchers advance the folding of protein ‘origami’ designed in the lab.
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Science & Technology Researchers have used human medical and genetic data from UK Biobank to investigate the genetics of age-related diseases
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The challenges and opportunities when setting up a global archive for bioimages
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters This MoU formalises a 15-year collaboration between the two institutes and strengthens Grenoble as a European research centre in the life sciences.
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Science & Technology Scientists have determined the structure of Glycine Transporter 1. The finding could open new avenues for developing therapeutics for psychiatric disorders
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Science & Technology This image of a young Nematostella vectensis polyp shows two of the characteristic tentacles as well as the gaping mouth of the animal.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The new group leader at EMBL Rome will study how embryos can inherit non-genetic information from their parents that causes stable and heritable effects
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Science & Technology Scientists at EMBL Hamburg use droplets of protein solution to grow protein crystals. By exposing the crystals to X-rays, they are able to determine the protein’s molecular structure.
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Lab Matters The cafeteria at EMBL Heidelberg now offers espresso and cappuccino with a more intense flavour and which are produced in a ‘green’ way.
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Science & Technology EMBL alumnus Kai Simons did early work with Semliki Forest virus membranes, which is now central to a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Lab Matters EMBL’s site in Monterotondo has recently been blessed with blue skies and sunshine, leading to trees blooming early on campus.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Nassos Typas has received the German VAAM Research Award.
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People & Perspectives EMBL alumnus Pawel Masiewicz has transferred skills and experience gained at EMBL to oversee starting materials for mRNA vaccine development.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The contribution of EMBL Group Leader and Senior Scientist Wolfgang Huber has been recognised by the International Society for Computational Biology
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Lab Matters This photo shows the European Photon and Neutron (EPN) science campus where EMBL Grenoble is located. A delightful spring breeze in the air melts the last remaining patches of snow in the mountains.
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Lab Matters Tracey Brown from Sense about Science shares her thoughts on the need to empower women to share and access scientific information.
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Lab Matters Members of EMBL’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee explain how EMBL is choosing to challenge through its LEAP mentoring programme.
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Science & Technology Scientists in the Stegle group and colleagues have studied induced pluripotent stem cells from around 1,000 donors to identify correlations between individual genetic variants and altered gene expression. They linked more than 4,000 of the genetic variants responsible for altered expression…
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Science & Technology Thousands of new protein structure models, prected using deep learning, now available to explore
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Lab Matters EMBL invites Simon Gallow, an advocate at UN Women UK, to give a talk marking International Women’s Day.
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Science & Technology A new method has the potential to boost international research efforts to find drugs that eradicate cancer at its source.
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Science & Technology Like caterpillars turning into beautiful butterflies, fruit fly larvae have to go through metamorphosis to finish their development. However, despite the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster being one of the best studied model organisms in biology, comparatively little attention has been given to this…
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Applications are now open for the Life Science Alliance’s Bridging Excellence Fellowships, enabling postdocs to carry out collaborative projects at EMBL and Stanford University.
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Lab Matters EMBL's Environmental Officer Brendan Rouse explains more about his role as a European Climate Pact Ambassador.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives As one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, Sinem Saka will combine multiple technologies, such as microscopy and single-cell omics, to solve biological puzzles.
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Science & Technology A collaboration including EMBL scientists has created the most diverse set of reference human genomes ever assembled.
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Lab Matters Being a woman in science takes allies, not just great science. Here, EMBL’s L’Oréal–UNESCO Fellows talk about support networks.
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Science & Technology Liang Xue used cryo-electron tomography to capture this detailed image of a Mycoplasma pneumoniae cell.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Anne Ephrussi has been awarded the German Feldberg Prize 2022 in recognition of her outstanding research.
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ConnectionsLab Matters The Sample Preparation and Characterisation (SPC) Facility at EMBL Hamburg is one of the founding members of the Molecular-Scale Biophysics Research Infrastructure (MOSBRI). Within this new European initiative, the SPC Facility will offer services related to membrane proteins, protein complexes,…
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Gautam Dey is fascinated by the evolutionary origins of the nucleus, and is looking forward to making the most of EMBL's infrastructure.
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Science & Technology Scientists identify more than 140 000 virus species in the human gut; more than half have never been seen before
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Lab Matters Professor Dame Janet Thornton discusses work–life balance, the support she has received during her career, and how organisations can help staff during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Science & Technology Researchers from EMBL and Heidelberg University Hospital combine high-resolution imaging to observe the infection process in cell nuclei, opening the door for new therapeutics.
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Science & Technology A team of EMBL scientists and colleagues have analysed how the novel coronavirus affects proteins in human cells. They identified several human proteins as potential drug targets to prevent viral replication.
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Science & Technology This week's Picture of the Week, which could also be a masterpiece of modern art, shows the enzyme RNA polymerase III, an assembly of 17 individual proteins combined into this complex structure.
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and EMBRC have signed a memorandum of understanding for increased scientific collaboration.
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Lab Matters EMBL Teen Maria-Theresa Licka shares how female scientists guided & inspired her to develop an app to ID vine disease.
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Science & Technology Researchers at EMBL Heidelberg have identified sequences in human proteins that might be used by SARS-CoV-2 to infect cells. They have discovered that the virus might hijack certain cellular processes, and they discuss potentially relevant drugs for treating COVID-19.
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Lab Matters Roshni Mooneeram discusses what Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is to her, and what the meaning of allyship is.
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Science & Technology The regular structures of crystals are a source of inspiration and fascination to us humans. While the crystals in this picture were not grown in nature, but instead by Petra Drncova from EMBL Grenoble, they share the same attributes as those found in nature.
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Science & Technology New EMBL research shows where & to what degree a component of cellular machinery known as RNA Pol III is mutated and becomes problematic.
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Science & Technology A new paper from the Galej group at EMBL Grenoble describes the structure of key parts of the Integrator complex, involved in gene expression.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Open letter galvanises life science community in support of open COVID-19 data
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Science & Technology A new lineage of coronavirus was first identified in the UK, but why is it spreading much more rapidly within the population?
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Science & Technology This colourful image shows biological information flow in action: It’s a supramolecular assembly of DNA, RNA and proteins, observed directly inside a bacterial cell while turning genetic information into protein.
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and CNR have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen scientific cooperation. The agreement will foster collaborative projects and integrate them within the European and global scientific landscape.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The latest issue of Science in School highlights the eight members of EIROforum.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives New group leader Nicoletta Petridou explains her fascination with the complexity of early embryo development, and how the interdisciplinary nature of EMBL will aid her research.
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Science & Technology Scientists at EMBL Hamburg use specially designed mirrors to reflect and focus X-ray beams onto tiny crystals made of proteins or other biological molecules.
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Science & Technology A note on the coronavirus variant B.1.1.7, which has first been described in the U.K. and has spread to 57 countries. The note summarises epidemiological information about the spread of B.1.1.7 in the U.K. collated and in part conducted by researchers from EMBL-EBI.
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg are increasing their already existing collaborations with a Memorandum of Understanding between the two institutions.
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Science & Technology Freshwater sports can cause waterborne infections, but real-time DNA sequencing could help.
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Science & Technology It’s almost a year since the coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic, affecting all our lives. While the virus continues its grip on the world, scientists are understanding it better and better, increasing our knowledge about it and opening up new ways to fight it.
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Lab Matters EMBL has a packed schedule of courses and conferences for 2021, ready to go ahead virtually, regardless of limitations on physical gatherings
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The EMBL Imaging Centre is scheduled to open in 2021 with Timo Zimmermann as Team Leader for advanced light microscopy technology development and service provision.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives One of EMBL’s newest group leaders, Olivier Duss, will explore how RNA folds into functional structures and how it works with proteins to control a diverse range of activities in the cell.
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Science & Technology Researchers at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and EMBL Hamburg, in collaboration with scientists in Israel and Spain, have discovered remarkable molecular properties of an antimicrobial peptide from the skin of the Australian toadlet. The discovery could inspire the development of…
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL’s sites in Grenoble, Hamburg, and Heidelberg form the newest Instruct Centre. The new centre offers users access to a broad range of state-of-the-art facilities.
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Science & Technology Structural biologists want to study proteins at the atomic level. The device shown in this Picture of the Week is essential for this.
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People & Perspectives Understanding why disagreement is good for COVID science. EMBL Deputy Director General Ewan Birney offers tips for sorting through the discourse.
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Science & Technology Fluorescent dyes light up a cellular community of neurons and brain immune cells (microglia), which were derived from stem cells.
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Science & Technology Researchers discovered the dominant species of bacteria in kefir grains cannot endure without other species that help the 'team' survive.
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Lab Matters Schoolchildren create exquisite protein-inspired artworks
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Science & Technology Despite restrictions, 2020 has been a busy year for the Darwin Tree of Life Project. We take a look at some of this year’s achievements and highlights.
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Science & Technology It is that time of year to get into the holiday spirit, prepare for some time at home and relax after a strange and stressful year. Even the cells in our Picture of the Week are getting into the holiday spirit, forming this colourful Christmas tree.
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Science & Technology The story of a life-long friendship and a professional partnership that sowed the seeds for a ground-breaking vaccine technology.
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Science & Technology Gene activation requires the cooperative activity of multiple transcription factors. Until now, the mechanism used by these factors to coordinate their actions has been poorly understood. EMBL’s Krebs group presents a DNA footprinting method that makes it possible to determine whether…
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Connections December has seen the start of a new chapter in the collaboration that has for years marked the relationship between the European Commission (EC) and EMBL.
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Lab Matters The first snowflakes have fallen on the Vercors Mountains, right behind the EMBL Grenoble building, and an almost full moon is showing up during a sunny morning.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Facilitated by EMBL’s Scientific Visitor Programme in 2019, Silvia Dias Almeida spent a year in the Diz-Muñoz group, helping solidify her career plans and set her up for a competitive PhD programme in biomedical imaging.
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Science & Technology A new paper from EMBL’s Savitski team and Typas group describes their work on E. coli and how it brings a greater understanding of the way genes function and interact.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Funding by the European Research Council (ERC) will support research on the timing of developmental processes in mammals
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Lab Matters With the external scaffolding removed, another step in the construction of the EMBL Imaging Centre is complete. Now we get a first glimpse of the final look of this stunning building.
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Science & Technology While cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) was first envisioned in 1968, the advances the Mahamid group are bringing to this 3D method for studying molecules directly inside cells are new, and are likely to greatly expand its use.
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Science & Technology How artificial intelligence can help us solve the mysteries of the protein universe
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has recognised four EMBL researchers with their most recent awards, showing how tech trailblazers are integral to advancing science and medicine.
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Science & Technology Scientists in the Diz-Muñoz group at EMBL Heidelberg are working to build understanding of the role that mechanical properties play in affecting cell behaviour – a young and rapidly developing field of study. They have developed and successfully used a highly specialised technique to manipulate…
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Science & Technology Members of the EMBL community are working to improve our understanding of the parasites that cause malaria and sleeping sickness
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Science & Technology Biotechnology company BioNTech and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz conduct collaborative research with EMBL scientists at the beamline P12 in Hamburg
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Lab Matters Hamburg hosts one of EMBL’s six sites. The city is notorious for its windy and rainy weather. Lots of rain also means a high chance of beautiful rainbows!
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Science & Technology Bioinformaticians at EMBL-EBI and beyond are adapting computational tools to investigate coronavirus genomes and proteins.
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People & Perspectives At EMBL’s Science and Society conference, Ugandan campaigner Vanessa Nakate spoke about the need to take action on climate change.
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Science & Technology Studying cancers means also knowing what healthy cells look like. In this case, mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) from healthy bone marrow are a bit ‘loopy’.
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Connections Microbiomes, plastics, and connectivity – AtlantECO aims to understand the fabric of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Science & Technology Researchers have studied SARS-CoV-2 replication in cells and obtained detailed insights into the alterations induced in infected cells. This information is essential to guide the development of urgently needed therapeutic strategies for suppressing viral replication and induced pathology.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL’s Eileen Furlong, Chair of the Equality and Diversity Committee and Head of the Genome Biology Unit, responds to the recent Nature Comms paper on the potential effects of mentor–mentee relationships.
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL Director General Edith Heard introduced EMBL’s future plans during a parliamentary event at the Paul-Löbe-Haus of the German Bundestag in Berlin. She shared examples of EMBL’s research and outlined how EMBL’s activities will develop.
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Lab Matters Ever-evolving technology and related budgetary, regulatory, and management challenges prompted EMBL to establish its new ARISE fellowship programme, which begins accepting applicants in December.
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Lab Matters Despite the cold autumn weather, workers are busy on the rooftop of the parking garage at EMBL Heidelberg. The 2176 m² rooftop is getting transformed into a combination of a green roof and a photovoltaic plant. The planted green roof will retain rainwater, while the solar panels – installed in…
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Science & Technology To help understand cerebral malaria the Bernabeu group has created in vitro engineered networks of human blood vessels.
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Science & Technology By screening hundreds of sybodies (synthetic mini-antibodies), scientists have identified one that might stop SARS-CoV-2 from infecting human cells. This work, which holds promise for treating COVID-19, was conducted by EMBL Hamburg and collaborators from the Centre for Structural Systems Biology…
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Science & Technology On autumn days without Heidelberg’s characteristic fog, the woods present themself in beautiful colours. You may even capture a rainbow.
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Science & Technology Researchers in the Gross group at EMBL Rome have investigated the mechanism behind defensive behaviour in mice. They have identified a specific area of the brain that encodes both spatial and threat cues to drive location-specific defensive responses.
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Science & Technology The nucleus of this cell fluoresces in bright green thanks to GFP-labelled nucleoporin proteins. EMBL scientists use engineered nucleoporins as 3D reference standards to improve super-resolution microscopy.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology Why should researchers make artificial intelligence more transparent and how can they do it?
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL’s Rupert Lück is engaged in developing the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC): the infrastructure that will support the future of data sharing and analysis in Europe.
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Science & Technology Open access data benefits millions of scientists around the world and is essential for a rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Lab Matters In 2012, EMBL used ecological lawn mowers to keep the grass short around the Advanced Training Centre at EMBL Heidelberg.
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and CIML have signed a memorandum of understanding that will open up new scientific opportunities.
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Lab Matters A three-day virtual conference, ‘Gender Roles and their Impact in Academia’, explored how biology, social structures, and unconscious bias shape gender roles, and discussed ways to achieve equal opportunities for men and women in academia.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives New associate group leader at EMBL Hamburg investigates the structure of functional amyloids in bacteria and in human disease
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Science & Technology Scientists from the Beltrao Group at EMBL-EBI and collaborators identified drug targets common to SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1, and MERS-CoV, three pathogenic coronaviruses. They also found potential drugs that could be repurposed as COVID-19 treatments, and against emerging coronavirus strains in the…
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Lab Matters Maria Arruda is on a mission to make scientists think more about the role they play in society. After a career in academia and the life sciences, she is trying to help others see the bigger picture when it comes to the responsibility of the scientist.
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Science & Technology Researchers from EMBL Heidelberg have established an automated pipeline to create mutations in genomic enhancers, letting them watch evolution unfold before their eyes.
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Science & Technology A group of scientists led by EMBL Hamburg’s Christian Löw provide insights into the molecular structure of proteins involved in the gliding movements through which the parasites causing malaria and toxoplasmosis invade human cells.
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ConnectionsLab Matters On 9 October, EMBL and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding that paves the way for stronger collaboration between these two leading research institutions.
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Science & Technology Sea anemones are amazing creatures. Despite their plant-like appearance and their tendency to remain fixed in one spot, they are actually animals.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology Research facilities play a crucial role in the advancement of science by supporting scientists with specialised expertise and state-of-the-art equipment. The Microscopy Facility at EMBL Rome exemplifies this role by making a wide variety of light microscopy technologies available to its researchers…
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Science & Technology The genome editing tool CRISPR–Cas9 – which plays a critical role in EMBL’s research – was recognised by the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Science & Technology Members of an EMBL-led research group with collaborators in Estonia and Russia have built and trained a deep learning model to better understand how cells grow and divide.
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Science & Technology We’ve all had wounds at certain times in our lives. But they heal due to the self-repairing mechanisms in the body.
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ConnectionsLab Matters On 8 September, EMBL and Vilnius University Life Sciences Center signed a framework agreement for the establishment of the VU LSC–EMBL Partnership for Genome Editing Technologies.
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Connections EMBL’s network of alumni plays a vital role in advancing the life sciences globally. EMBL provides research, services, and infrastructure that help former staff to do this effectively. For several years EMBL has been discovering more avenues to help the life sciences across Europe. A key part of…
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Connections The partnership between EMBL and four Nordic research institutions aims to stimulate scientific exchange and inspire scientific collaborations. This year’s conference of the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine included many talks by EMBL researchers and a presentation by EMBL’s…
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Science & Technology To study the effect of commonly used drugs on bacterial envelopes, EMBL scientists applied a biochemical assay using a colour reaction. The deeper the red, the stronger the disruptive effect of the drug.
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Science & Technology EMBL’s 21st Science and Society Conference will address scientific and societal responses to mass extinctions. Ahead of his keynote speech, renowned palaeontologist Mike Benton explains how looking into the deep past can give us vital insights into the future of life on Earth.
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Science & Technology How does your crystal garden grow? EMBL's Electron Microscopy Core Facility was able to capture this garden of blooming crystals as they studied mosquito reproductive cells.
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Science & Technology The internal clock that governs the development of embryos ticks slower for humans than for mice. Differences in the speed of biochemical reactions underlie the differences between species in the tempo of development.
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Lab Matters The EMBL conference that explored direct and indirect impacts from the current pandemic on women in science allowed for information and story sharing both in the form of lectures but also via online platforms like Slack and social media that included Twitter.
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Science & Technology Not just another pretty fruit fly. This magenta and golden drosophila larva is lit up with a fluorescent molecule to help researchers study heart formation.
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Lab Matters ARISE fellowships to offer first-ever comprehensive training for bioscience infrastructure operations
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Science & Technology Researchers have found the cause of dilated cardiomyopathy – a leading cause of heart failure – and identified a potential treatment for it: a drug already used to treat acne.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology A decadal roadmap points the way to cell-based medicine for Europe
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Science & Technology While this may seem like a nebula made up of interstellar clouds of dust and ionised gases, this image isn’t of a galaxy beyond the Milky Way.
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Science & Technology The Gerstung Group at EMBL-EBI and collaborators have developed a statistical model that analyses genomic data to predict whether a patient has a high or low risk of developing oesophageal cancer.
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ConnectionsLab Matters Two EMBL speakers gave presentations that looked toward the future and at ways to trailblaze on the endless frontier of science.
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People & Perspectives Erin Tranfield recently joined the EMBL Alumni Association Board as one of 15 newly elected members. Here, she talks about her new role on the board and reflects on how a life-changing event made her refocus her perspective on work and life.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Maria Bernabeu and Wojciech Galej have each been awarded €1.5 million to research malaria and pre-mRNA splicing, respectively.
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Science & Technology Scientists from the Beck group have studied the 3D structure of nuclear pores in budding yeast. They show how the architecture of the nuclear pore complex differs inside cells compared to its form observed in vitro studies.
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Science & Technology Researchers have uncovered how cells remove unwanted components from the nucleus following mitosis.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL-EBI is one of the eight European institutes involved in the Humanoid Cell Atlas initiative, a new open-access platform that combines single-cell profiling and organoid technology
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Science & Technology An international group of researchers, led by scientists from EMBL Heidelberg, have discovered that the number of tentacle arms a sea anemone grows depends on the amount of food it eats.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters As the EMBL Fellows' Career Service program reaches a milestone, it reflects on its first year and looks forward to ways to improve its offerings to EMBL postdocs and predocs.
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Science & Technology Those heart-shaped cells aren't just for show. They help tell the story of two proteins working together
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Science & Technology Starting with computer code and moving on to a more user-friendly graphical interface called PlantSeg, the Kreshuk Group at EMBL and collaborators built a simple open-access method to provide the most accurate and versatile analysis of plant tissue development to date.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The Head of the Electron Microscopy Core Facility at EMBL Heidelberg receives Mid-Career Scientific Achievement Award 2020
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Science & Technology More than 500 people have registered for an EMBL conference, "The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on women in science: Challenges and solutions." Scheduled for 9 September, the conference is free and open to all. Pre-registration is still available and required to attend.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The EMBL International PhD Programme is one of EMBL’s flagship training programmes. It forms part of our efforts to train and inspire talented scientists to become skilled and creative future leaders. Submission of applications for the current PhD student recruitment round is now possible.
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EMBL Announcements The beamlines run jointly by EMBL Grenoble and the ESRF reopen today, unveiling significant upgrades that exploit the brand new fourth generation ESRF synchrotron source.
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Science & Technology Beautiful flashes of blue colour help light the way for researchers to study cells in fruit fly larva that provide oxygen to tissues.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The new team leader offering services in electron microscopy discusses his hopes and plans for the forthcoming EMBL Imaging Centre
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The Web Development team provides a central source of web design and development for EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). In July, Geetika Malhotra joined the team as their new Head.
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Science & Technology An international team of scientists involving Ewan Birney's group has investigated the function of a complex mesh of muscle fibres that line the inner surface of the heart.
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Science & Technology Discoveries at EMBL will help researchers to interpret one of the most common types of experiments in genomics and medical studies.
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Science & Technology Researchers studied the spike protein on the surface of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. With its spikes, the virus binds to human cells and infects them. The study gave surprising insights into the spike protein, including an unexpected freedom of movement and a protective coat to hide it from antibodies.
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Science & Technology Despite their ghostly appearance, these are very real cell nuclei infected with Influenza A virus – the only influenza virus known to cause pandemics.
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Science & Technology This image is a composite of lateral pentascolopidial organs, a wing imaginal disc pouch, and an epithelial wound in a Drosophila larva. The organs are arranged here like eyelashes. Cells surrounding an epidermal wound appear as the iris and pupil of this artistic eye.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives As he enters retirement, Head of EMBL Rome Phil Avner reflects on his scientific career and memories from his time as Head of EMBL’s site in Italy
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Lab MattersScience & Technology Researchers from all life science disciplines – from fundamental biological research to medical applications – generate immense datasets. Analysing these datasets and gaining new knowledge from them is a growing challenge for scientists. The fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine…
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Science & Technology A global team of researchers including the Flicek Team at EMBL-EBI has partnered up with the Māori tribe Ngātiwai to sequence the genome of the tuatara, a rare reptile endemic to New Zealand.
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Science & Technology This group of cells represents an interesting example of organ formation where cells simultaneously move and change their shapes in a highly coordinated manner.
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Science & Technology The human genome harbours about 19 000 protein-coding genes, many of which still have no known function. As scientists unveil the secrets of our DNA, they come across novel genes that they need to refer to using a unique name. The Human Genome Organisation’s Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) at…
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Science & Technology A new approach that allows researchers to see molecular machinery at work inside cells has offered a deeper understanding of how bacteria produce proteins and a unique glimpse into how they respond to antibiotics.
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Science & Technology Europe PMC has begun indexing full-text COVID-19 preprints along with the associated data. The project aims to accelerate research to fight the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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EMBL Announcements The Svergun group at EMBL Hamburg has released the course ‘Solution Scattering from Biological Macromolecules’ in an online format for the first time. The course explores different aspects of small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) for studying the structure of macromolecules.
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists and collaborators help reveal the process by which enormous quantities of DNA are folded into cells.
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Science & Technology Bacterial cells are embedded in microfluidic droplets in oil. The fluorescence indicates the presence of the targeted DNA strain with the help of a characteristic DNA sequence.
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Science & Technology Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence algorithm that uses computer vision to analyse tissue samples from cancer patients. The algorithm can distinguish between healthy and cancerous tissues, and can also identify patterns DNA and RNA changes in tumours.
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Science & Technology The image shows one of the four rows of roof lights above the atrium, which is the main public space of the Imaging Centre.
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists have created a new, realistic 3D testbed that could help achieve the goal of stopping cancers before they start by studying cancer cells as they first form.
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Science & Technology An international team of scientists has collated all known bacterial genomes from the human gut microbiome into a single large database. Their work will allow researchers to explore the links between bacterial genes and proteins, and their effects on human health.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL Director General Edith Heard and EMBO Director Maria Leptin respond to the current proposal on the Multiannual Financial Framework.
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Lab Matters European collaboration receives funding to explore risks and impact of future infectious disease outbreaks.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Three changes in senior staff positions have been confirmed at EMBL today. Jessica Vamathevan becomes Head of Strategy, Jan Korbel becomes Head of Data Science for EMBL Heidelberg, and Nassos Typas becomes Senior Scientist.
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Science & Technology The image shows a larva of Platynereis dumerilii, a marine worm. The image here was produced by Constantin Pape, a visiting predoctoral fellow in the Kreshuk group at EMBL Heidelberg.
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Lab Matters The European Learning Laboratory for the Life Sciences (ELLS), EMBL’s education facility, invites secondary school science teachers to participate in a virtual training course this autumn entitled ‘Introducing your microbiome’.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Latvia has joined EMBL as a prospect member, starting a three-year process toward full membership.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters This year, EMBO elected 63 new members, including Alexander Aulehla, Group Leader and Senior Scientist at EMBL Heidelberg, and Paul Flicek, Associate Director of EMBL-EBI Services, Senior Scientist, Group and Team Leader at EMBL-EBI.
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Lab Matters The CrystalDirect® technology, combined with the web-based CRIMS software enable a fully automated, remote-controlled protein-to-structure pipeline.
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Science & Technology The virtual EMBL Conference ‘SARS-CoV-2: Towards a New Era in Infection Research’ explored the importance of fundamental research, collaboration, and data science in containing the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, and discussed opportunities to improve our response to pandemics in the future.
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Lab Matters EMBL brings together more than 1700 people from all over the world, from a variety of academic and cultural backgrounds. This creates an environment in which there is constant exchange of both scientific knowledge and cultural heritage. While it seems obvious that EMBL, as an international…
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL Director General Edith Heard has been elected a senator of the Max Planck Society, one of Germany’s leading scientific research organisations. She joins the Senate along with Nobel Laureates and EMBL alumni Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Stefan W. Hell, as well as nine additional new…
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Science & Technology Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg have investigated stem cells and how they differentiate to become neurons. Their approach included an assessment of the complex interplay of molecules during the differentiation process and generated fundamental new insights into the role of a protein called Sox2 in…
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The governing Council of EMBL has approved Director General Edith Heard’s restructure of senior management with effect from 1 July 2020.
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Science & Technology A study conducted by the Hackett group at EMBL Rome has identified key factors controlling the complex system of gene regulation during early embryo development, shedding new light on the mechanisms behind these events and on their evolutionary implications. Their findings are published in Nature…
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Open Targets welcomes new Informatics Science Director
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ConnectionsLab Matters A national consortium including EMBL and the DKFZ is set to launch the German Human Genome–Phenome Archive, creating an invaluable bridge between fundamental biomedical research and applied healthcare.
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Lab Matters Local beekeeper Jörg Staffel has set up three bee colonies on the grass slope in front of the ATC building.
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Science & Technology To study how SARS-CoV-2 infects cells, the Gene Editing and Embryology Facility (GEEF) at EMBL Rome will generate mice that express a human version of a protein called ACE2. The mouse line will be shared with preclinical research collaborators carrying out vaccine and antibody trials, and with the…
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Science & Technology Researchers evaluate how the new coronavirus rewires human proteins for its own replication, and identify several antiviral drugs ready for clinical trials
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Science & Technology Today we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first draft of the entire human genome.
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Lab Matters EMBL is joining the virtual seminar series ‘Life Science Across the Globe’ – a timely initiative to foster international scientific exchange across countries and continents, starting on 1 July.
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists develop a new molecular tool to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection in mice. This tool is able to cause targeted epigenetic modifications of specific genes in specific cell populations. They will use it in mice to target airway cells that express the ACE2 protein – the receptor that…
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Science & Technology DNA damage caused by chemical mutagens is not repaired immediately and can create more genetic diversity in tumours.
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Lab Matters EMBL is striving to make its labs and offices a welcoming and inclusive environment for all. To achieve this goal, EMBL's Equality and Diversity Officers, Luisa Vieites Rodrigues and Zac O'Sullivan, are working closely with leadership and the EMBL community. In this interview, they share their…
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Lab Matters Elisa Kreibich from EMBL’s Krebs group baked an EMBL cake for the farewell of Alexandra Martitz, the first master student in their lab.
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Lab MattersScience & Technology Jan Korbel and Oliver Stegle have performed a survey of fellow life scientists to learn how the current crisis, with partial or complete institutional shutdowns, is affecting their work.
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EMBL Announcements To explore the origins of gender imbalances in academia and possible ways of overcoming them, international experts will meet for the virtual EMBL | EMBO | HHMI conference ‘Gender Roles and their Impact in Academia’ from 13–15 Oct 2020. The conference’s outcomes will be integrated into a…
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Science & Technology While global research on coronaviruses has shed light on the function of many SARS-CoV-2 proteins, the role of some crucial components remains unknown. Researchers at EMBL Grenoble will use a range of structural biology methods to try to solve some of the puzzles of the molecular mechanics of…
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Science & Technology Scientists at EMBL and Heidelberg University Hospital are studying how the novel coronavirus behaves in the gut to try to better understand its epidemiology and prevent its spread. To do this, they are combining advanced imaging and sequencing technologies to study coronavirus in human intestinal…
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Science & Technology In this composite image, visual artist Mona Kakanj assembled three different biological structures in fly larvae into a flower. The original images were taken as part of a research project by Parisa Kakanj in Maria Leptin’s group.
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Lab Matters The European Molecular Biology Laboratory has secured 6.8 million Euros funding from the European Commission to launch a unique training programme. The ARISE Programme will train and develop Europe’s next generation leadership for research infrastructures in the life sciences.
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EMBL Announcements The emergence of previously unknown pathogens, such as the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, raises many questions. To explore these questions in an international scientific forum, EMBL will host the virtual conference ‘SARS-CoV-2: Towards a New Era in Infection Research’ on 3 July. Invited…
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Science & Technology Scientists discovered that antihypertensive agent alters the tissue characteristics of colon cancer metastases. This "stiffness" of metastases has an effect on the therapeutic success.
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Science & Technology Scientists at EMBL Rome unveil the mechanism behind the most studied epigenetic modification.
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Science & Technology Researchers in the Marcia group at EMBL Grenoble and the De Vivo lab at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa have obtained some of the most detailed ever snapshots of the splicing process in systems known as group II self-splicing introns. The new insights will help scientists to develop…
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers are studying COVID-19-related molecules by exposing them to high-brilliance X-ray beams. The Svergun group at EMBL Hamburg is using biological small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) as part of a global effort by scientists to elucidate the structural organisation of SARS-CoV-2…
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Science & Technology This image shows mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs), their cell skeletons (green) and nuclei (blue) under a confocal microscope, photographed by Julia Hansen in the lab of Matthieu Boulard at EMBL Rome.
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Science & Technology Scientists including members of EMBL’s Typas group have investigated how immune cells called macrophages respond to infection by the intracellular pathogen Salmonella enterica. They discovered that Salmonella causes newly produced cathepsins to accumulate in the nuclei of infected cells to…
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Science & Technology This image is a 3D-rendering of the automatic segmentation of a HeLa cell, made by Julian Hennies from the Schwab team at EMBL Heidelberg.
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Science & Technology Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg have developed a new method, called Targeted Perturb-seq (TAP-seq), which increases the scale and precision of functional genomics CRISPR–Cas9 screens by orders of magnitude. Their method overcomes limitations in previous applications of single-cell RNA sequencing,…
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Science & Technology Researchers from EMBL Grenoble have developed a way to visualise large RNAs in 3D using biochemical and structural biology techniques.
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Connections EMBL and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) restart the activities of the Joint Structural Biology Group in Grenoble to support coronavirus-related projects. A new initiative will allow users to be granted access to the High-Throughput Crystallisation (HTX) lab at EMBL and to a…
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists have performed a large-scale analysis of over 4700 SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences. They found that many of the most interesting changes in the SARS-CoV-2 genome that have been reported so far are likely to be technical artefacts, rather than biological mutations.
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Science & Technology In the Leptin Group, Eva Hasel investigates the innate immune system in Japanese rice fish.
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Science & Technology Scientists hope that a legacy of the novel coronavirus in recovered COVID-19 patients – antibodies in their blood – could lead to drugs to treat others. The Merten group at EMBL Heidelberg has pivoted its microfluidics platform to support the search for neutralising antibodies that could…
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Science & Technology Researchers in EMBL’s Zaugg group have studied the causes of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a rare disease that causes high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs. The study, carried out in collaboration with Stanford University School of Medicine, compared lung cells of patients…
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The nervous system has fascinated Georgia Rapti ever since her first introduction to biology. Her research group in the Developmental Biology unit will focus on understanding the early biological events involved in the nervous system’s formation.
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Science & Technology The image shown here, taken by Anniek Stokkermans from EMBL’s Ikmi Group, shows a larva of Nematostella vectensis.
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Science & Technology Researchers from the Sharpe group at EMBL Barcelona have published a method to track the developmental history of a cell using the gene editing tool CRISPR–Cas9, but without the need to create transgenic organisms.
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL welcomes NetApp, a leader in cloud data services empowering global organisations to change their world with data, as member of the Corporate Partnership Programme of the EMBL Advanced Training Centre.
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists will contribute to the new German COVID-19 OMICS Initiative to study the biological mechanisms contributing to coronavirus infections. EMBL group leaders Jan Korbel and Oliver Stegle, who is also affiliated with the DKFZ Heidelberg, will coordinate the set-up of IT infrastructures…
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Science & Technology This image of the starlet sea anemone was taken by Petrus Steenbergen using a stereoscope.
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Science & Technology The Sample Preparation and Characterisation Facility (SPC) at EMBL Hamburg reopens to support scientists working on Covid-19 research. The SPC Facility is one of the best equipped facilities in Europe is therefore in high demand from external users. Re-opening the facility also allows experts at…
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Science & Technology DNA mutations are caused by a combination of DNA damage and repair, shows study by EMBL-EBI and collaborators.
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Science & Technology The image shown here, taken by Daniel Rios-Barrera from the Leptin Group shows the cells of the early wing tissue of the fly during larval development.
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Science & Technology By re-opening the High-Throughput Crystallisation (HTX) lab at EMBL Grenoble, EMBL is supporting structural biology projects to respond to the health threats posed by coronaviruses.
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ConnectionsLab Matters The Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine has been awarded 210,000 euros. The funds will be used to train the next generation of specialists and research leaders in molecular medicine in the Nordic countries.
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Science & Technology The Marquez Team has restarted operations at the High-Throughput Crystallisation (HTX) lab at EMBL Grenoble. The team has developed a fully automated protein-to-structure pipeline, which can be operated remotely and provides virtual access to the facilities.
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Science & Technology EMBL electron microscopy specialists collaborate with researchers from Heidelberg University Hospital to understand the changes occurring in cell structures upon SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Science & Technology The infectious disease commonly known as flu is caused by the influenza virus. It spreads around the world in seasonal outbreaks, causing millions of infections and hundreds of thousands of deaths each year. Stephen Cusack, Head of EMBL Grenoble, has been studying different aspects of the influenza…
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Science & Technology In human cells, the genetic material is packaged into 23 different DNA molecules, the chromosomes. Each chromosome is present in two copies, one inherited from the paternal sperm, and the other from the maternal egg. During most of the cell’s life, chromosomes take the shape of long,…
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Science & Technology Scientists at EMBL Hamburg and Karolinska Institutet Stockholm aim to find synthetic antibodies – known as nanobodies – that bind a surface protein of the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Nanobodies could prevent the virus from entering human cells and causing COVID-19.
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists working in the groups of Matthias Hentze and Wolfgang Huber have created RBPbase – a database of RNA-binding proteins – to assist the identification of proteins that interact with the SARS-CoV-2 RNA genome.
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Science & Technology In March 2020, planes were grounded, streets went quiet, and our lives changed forever. But while the world came to a halt, many scientists were ramping up their efforts to understand the new virus.
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Lab Matters The virtual EMBO | EMBL symposium ‘The Four-Dimensional Genome’ brought together 470 participants. Here, Jürgen Deka, Head of External Scientific Training, discusses how he and his team overcame the organisational challenges.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters To address global challenges, we need to better understand life in the context of environmental change, says EMBL Director General Edith Heard
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Brendan Rouse came to Heidelberg in March as EMBL’s Environmental Officer, tasked with monitoring the organisation’s environmental impact and promoting sustainable practices. Here, he discusses his plans for the new role.
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Science & Technology This Picture of the Week shows a stained cryosection of a retina – the light-sensitive part of the eye – of an ancient fish, the lamprey.
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Science & Technology Researchers from EMBL Heidelberg have created a complete description of early embryo development, accounting for every single cell in the embryo.
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Science & Technology The new collaborative space will help scientists, public health and healthcare professionals around the world to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
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Connections EMBL Heidelberg reopens the Cryo-Electron Microscopy Service Platform to support coronavirus structural biology research.
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Science & Technology Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg are contributing their expertise in a community effort to develop large-scale testing methods for coronavirus. Their goal is to increase the capacity and speed of testing, which is crucial for containing the pandemic.
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers are studying how drugs that have shown good results against COVID-19 work in living cells
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Science & Technology The Protein Expression and Purification Core Facility at EMBL Heidelberg will produce proteins for several coronavirus-related research projects, to assist the development of new strategies to fight the virus.
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Science & Technology What may look like a branch of a tree with the first flower buds emerging after winter are, in fact, tracheal cells of a fruit fly larva and their nuclei.
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers in the Heard group at EMBL Heidelberg explore the interaction between DNA organisation and gene expression in the early embryo
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL Director General Edith Heard responds to the resignation of the President of the European Research Council (ERC)
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Science & Technology EMBL is all about exciting science, through which we aim to achieve a fundamental understanding of biological processes.
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists examine the molecular causes of a rare hereditary disease of the spine and ribs
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ConnectionsLab Matters Three international teams involving EMBL Heidelberg have been granted funding from the European Commission for three Twinning projects with institutes in Portugal and the Czech Republic.
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Science & Technology The causes of 40 percent of all cases of certain medulloblastoma – dangerous brain tumours affecting children – are hereditary. These are the findings of a recent genetic analysis carried out by scientists from EMBL and numerous colleagues around the world.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Bastian Drees is a biophysicist turned librarian, who joined EMBL in January as the new Head of Library. Here, he discusses the changing role of libraries and how they can help scientists organise and share their results.
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Science & Technology Paola Bertucci, from the Arendt Group at EMBL Heidelberg, studies the evolution of Platynereis dumerilii – a species of annelid polychaete worm.
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Science & Technology EMBL-EBI set to launch European COVID-19 Data Platform to help store, share, and analyse research data linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for our staff and visitors.
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Lab Matters The iconic ATC – celebrating its 10 year anniversary this year – reflects the blue sky, the clouds and the rays of the Sun.
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Lab Matters Stories from EMBL’s past are captured via the EMBL Archive’s Oral Histories programme
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EMBL Announcements Committee recognises outstanding contributions of EMBL alumni to science journalism and genome editing
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Science & Technology The medaka shown in this Picture of the Week was captured by Eva Hasel, a postdoc in the Leptin group at EMBL Heidelberg.
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EMBL Announcements The Heidelberg-based LeukoSyStem consortium investigates leukaemia stem cells in acute myeloid leukaemia. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research financially supports this collaboration between Heidelberg University Hospital, HI-STEM gGmbH, the German Cancer Research Center and EMBL.
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Lab Matters How Joana Moscoso bridges the gap between science and society
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Lab Matters This image, taken by Raphaël Cohen-Aberdam from the Cipriani team, shows that the weather for the Grenoble Lab Ski Day 2020 was just perfect!
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers investigate the role of a histone protein in regulating gene expression
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Lab Matters Colder winter weather has finally arrived EMBL-EBI. It’s the first time the site has seen snow this winter.
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers combine multiple datasets to develop expandable atlas of an entire animal
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ConnectionsLab Matters Theresia Bauer and EMBL discuss organisational developments and future strategies
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Lab Matters Annual Reception celebrates EMBL’s achievements in 2019 and explores its way ahead
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Science & Technology In the Trivedi Group at EMBL Barcelona, Krisztina Arató and Jia Le Lim study the early development of zebrafish embryos.
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL’s new Science and Society Manager shares her plans for fostering multidisciplinary dialogue
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People & Perspectives New group leader at EMBL Heidelberg employs synthetic chemistry to develop novel tools for biology
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ConnectionsLab Matters 2020 call now open for FNR funding of bilateral projects between EMBL and Luxembourg
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Science & Technology In this image, Julian Hennies from the Schwab Team has reconstructed the 3D structure of a human cell's organelles.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL Director General recognised alongside four other exceptional women in the life sciences
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Science & Technology This image shows the tracheal system of a live fruit fly larva. Daniel Rios from the Leptin Group and Dimitri Kromm from the Hufnagel Group used this advanced microscope to investigate the dynamics of tracheal cells during development.
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Science & Technology This technique provides a simple but effective way to study the functions of organs in living animals
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Lab Matters How EMBL’s ‘Microscope in Action’ introduces teenagers to the basics of fluorescence microscopy
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Science & Technology Scientists provide important new insights into the molecular basis of X-inactivation
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Science & Technology EMBL co-leads most comprehensive study of genetic causes of cancer
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Science & Technology Cloud computing offers unprecedented opportunities for global-scale research collaborations. It also presents a unique set of challenges in terms of data protection and the ethics of data sharing.
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Science & Technology The largest and most comprehensive catalogue of cancer-specific RNA alterations reveals new insights into the cancer genome.
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Science & Technology Researchers at EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the Francis Crick Institute have analysed the whole genomes of over 2600 tumours from 38 different cancer types to determine the chronology of genomic changes during cancer development.
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Science & Technology Scientists from EMBL present a tool for large-scale analysis of genomic data with cloud computing. Main advantages of the new tool, called Butler, are continuous system monitoring and its ability to self-heal in case of failure, allowing for 43% more efficient data processing than previous…
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Science & Technology Using the dataset from the Pan-Cancer project, scientists has developed methods to group, classify, and describe large rearrangements of the genome that are a key driver of cancer.
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Science & Technology Analysis of whole cancer genomes gives key insights into the role of the non-coding genome in cancer
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Science & Technology Researchers at Harvard Medical School and EMBL-EBI have carried out the largest analysis across cancer types of the newly discovered mutational phenomenon chromothripsis.
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Science & Technology Using the data from the Pan-Cancer project EMBL scientists describe how our genetic background influences cancer development.
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Science & Technology New resource that categorises genes essential for supporting life could be used to identify rare disease mutations
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Science & Technology Morgan Oatley and her colleagues in Christophe Lancrin’s group investigated how haematopoietic stem cells emerge from the endothelium in developing mouse embryos.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Today marks the next chapter in the UK’s relationship with Europe. While we wait to see what a future relationship brings, researchers will continue to work across borders to tackle society’s most pressing problems, such as climate change, ageing, and disease.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters New grant will increase collaboration between imaging centres and fuel scientific discovery
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People & Perspectives Strengthening ties between EMBL and Israel through the Scientific Visitor Programme
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Science & Technology Muzamil Majid Khan, a postdoc in the Pepperkok team at EMBL Heidelberg, studied the piece of tissue visible in this image.
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People & Perspectives New group leader at EMBL Barcelona is investigating how malaria affects the human circulatory system
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Connections László Palkovics, Hungarian Minister for Innovation and Technology, visited EMBL Heidelberg
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers have developed a method to observe interactions between transcription factors
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EMBL Announcements EMBL Director honoured by the international RNA Society
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Lab MattersScience & Technology The new EMBL spinoff company Araxa Biosciences GmbH aims to set new standards for the development of antibody-based therapeutics and diagnostics
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Science & Technology Dame Janet Thornton presents the 2019 EMBL Insight Lecture: Ageing and disease – what is the link?
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People & Perspectives Kristina Haase brings an engineer’s perspective to vascular disease and regenerative medicine
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Judith Reichmann will receive this year’s Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize for Young Researchers
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Science & Technology The image shown here is a 3D-rendering created by Julian Hennies from the Schwab team.
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists identify drug targets in blood and organs
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The latest issue of the free magazine, Science in School, is now available for teachers worldwide.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The call for applications for Bridging Excellence Fellowships is now open
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Lab Matters The club provides a social outlet for EMBLers with a social conscience
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Science & Technology This image has been composed from thousands of individual super-resolution microscopy images. It was created by Markus Mund in the Ries Group.
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Science & Technology What might also be an artistic representation of a scattered bowl of Skittles is actually a 3D reconstruction of a high-pressure frozen HeLa cell.
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Science & Technology 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…
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Science & Technology 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…
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Science & Technology Researchers have developed a cheaper and faster method to check for genetic differences in individual cells
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Science & Technology Researchers have developed new methods to reveal the 3D-organisation of bone marrow at a single cell level
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Science & Technology The software diffTF quantifies activity of transcription factors and predicts their mode of action
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EU funding for iNEXT-Discovery consortium unlocks key technologies for structural biology
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EMBL Announcements Celebrating the construction progress with a traditional German ceremony
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Lab Matters EMBL’s Jan Ellenberg reflects on the process of forming a European research infrastructure
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Science & Technology 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 […]
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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
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Science & Technology Resource has implications for disease research
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Lab Matters EMBL is now a member of the Instruct-ERIC organisation
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Science & Technology 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…
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Professor Eiríkur Steingrímsson will commence his initial one-year term as Chair of EMBL Council on 1 January 2020.
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Science & Technology A new paper describes a unique mechanism of partner selectivity in transcription factors.
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Science & Technology 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,…
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EMBL Announcements Unique long-term collaboration agreement to provide new imaging technologies
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Science & Technology Exploring the diverse routes by which EMBL scientists are driving forward neurobiology
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Science & Technology 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 […]
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Lab Matters For many students in the life sciences, finishing a PhD marks a professional crossroads
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People & Perspectives Crick and EMBL PhDs talk science over coffee
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Science & Technology Shedding light on the mechanisms that control the fate of embryonic cells
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Lab Matters The Szilárd Library celebrates its 40th anniversary on 20 November 2019.
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Science & Technology 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…
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Science & Technology A new technique in cryo-EM
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Connections Two recent events have expanded EMBL’s collaboration with one of its newest member states
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL is a collaborator in four of the projects funded in the first phase of ATTRACT.
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers have published two new studies involving the nuclear pore complex
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EMBL Announcements Children's rights stored in synthetic DNA
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People & Perspectives On microbiomes, public engagement and not being boring
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ConnectionsLab Matters Euro-BioImaging now established as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium
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People & Perspectives Teresa Rodó shares insights from her career in the pharmaceutical industry
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EMBL Announcements Edith Heard is inaugurated as EMBL Director General
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Science & Technology 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.…
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Science & Technology New possibilities for gene therapies
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People & Perspectives Nadia Rosenthal describes how she built EMBL Rome’s mouse house
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL career advisors discuss the new portfolio of activities
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Science & Technology 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 […]
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EMBL Announcements Highlights from the Tara stopovers in Rome, Marseille, and Barcelona
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Science & Technology EMBL’s Genomics Core Facility supports students participating in the annual iGEM competition.
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Science & Technology 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…
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Science & Technology Funding awarded to EMBL-EBI for tuberculosis monitoring tool
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Lab Matters 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…
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EMBL Announcements EMBL at the first annual European Research and Innovation Days
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People & Perspectives Scientists will discuss the challenges ahead for international science at the EMBL in the USA event.
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Lab Matters During the Nacht der Forschung 2019, everyone was able to become a scientist for a day at EMBL
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Science & Technology 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…
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EMBL Announcements EMBL joins Tara in Barcelona to promote science and interdisciplinarity
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Science & Technology 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…
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People & Perspectives EMBL Barcelona will host the 2019 EMBL in Spain event
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EMBL Announcements From 27–30 September, Tara will be docked in the port of Marseille, France’s second largest city.
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Science & Technology 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…
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EMBL Announcements 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.…
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Science & Technology Researchers from Hamburg simplify time-resolved X-ray crystallography
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Lab Matters 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…
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EMBL Announcements 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…
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Science & Technology Immunotherapy: the role of B cells
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EMBL Announcements The next stop on Tara’s journey will be at the mouth of the Tiber
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Science & Technology 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…
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Lab Matters EMBL-EBI celebrated its 25 anniversary on 1 September 2019
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People & Perspectives September’s alumni event in Marseille will coincide with a Tara stopover
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EMBL Announcements 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…
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Science & Technology 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…
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Lab Matters The inaugural EMBL Lautenschläger Summer School ran from 15–26 July at EMBL Heidelberg.
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People & Perspectives Exploring the cancer genomics labyrinth
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Lab Matters 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…
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People & Perspectives Klaus Rajewsky recalls the pioneering spirit of EMBL Rome’s first years
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Science & Technology MEG3 adopts a complex three-dimensional structure to fulfil its tumour suppressor function.
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Science & Technology 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…
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Science & Technology Understanding how ageing works at a molecular level
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People & Perspectives 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…
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EMBL Announcements Bernd-Uwe Jahn, former EMBL Administrative Director, Ministerialrat and Jurist has passed away
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Lab Matters Native Scientist’ organises multilingual science workshops for children of migrant communities.
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Lab Matters Images by EMBL researchers are included in an art–science exhibition in a Barcelona Metro station.
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EMBL Announcements Schoolchildren get creative with 3D protein structures
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Science & Technology 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…
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People & Perspectives Frank Gannon discusses the strong links between Australia and EMBL.
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People & Perspectives Eric Karsenti's combined loves of biology and sailing set in motion the Tara Oceans expedition
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Interview with Janka Motešická: a EUCYS 2018 prize winner
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People & Perspectives 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…
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People & Perspectives Dr Cristian D. Magnus discusses LGBTQ+ issues and diversity in science
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Lab Matters EMBL Lab Day 2019 filled the ATC with art and games
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Indrek Reimand discusses the life sciences in Estonia, a prospect member of EMBL.
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Science & Technology Enhancers in Drosophila embryos gather together to preserve phenotypes under stressful conditions
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Promotions for Anne Ephrussi, Rainer Pepperkok, Paul Flicek and Jo McEntyre
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People & Perspectives The main funder of the EMBL Lautenschläger Summer School reflects on codes of conduct around giving
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Science & Technology 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…
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Science & Technology SidJ enforces a unique modification on human proteins and helps legionella grow.
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People & Perspectives Michael Zimmermann's group will investigate how gut microbes affect the body’s response to drugs.
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EMBL Announcements Programme for Heidelberg | Mannheim
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists collaborate to develop new protocol for screening membrane protein stability
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Tomasz Smolarek and Natalia Kret in conversation.
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EMBL Announcements Funding for EMBL | Stanford Life Science Alliance.
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Science & Technology 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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Science & Technology Does rearranging chromosomes affect their function? EMBL scientists reveal uncoupling of 3D chromatin organisation and gene expression.
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EMBL Announcements The life science community is deeply saddened by the death of Suzanne Eaton
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Science & Technology Using cryo-EM, scientists have determined the structure of a large protein complex called Elongator.
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Science & Technology How computer processing of human language is harnessed by EMBL scientists
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Science & Technology What CRISPR may bring for the future of biology, and how it is used at EMBL
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Lab Matters 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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Lab Matters Reflecting on 20 years of EMBLEM
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EMBL Announcements EMBL alumna Jennifer Deegan built a prize-winning system for photographing ferns
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People & Perspectives The naked mole-rat as a model organism in ageing research
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Setting up a kids coding club - where to start
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Science & Technology New insights into mechanisms behind embryonic development
2019
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Science & Technology The BioImage Archive - EMBL-EBI's first dedicated imaging data resource
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Science & Technology 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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People & Perspectives A conversation about art-science collaborations and the importance of drawing in biology.
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EIPOD4 will prepare researchers for the increasing interdisciplinarity of scientific career paths
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Science & Technology The increasing importance of code in the biological sciences
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Lab Matters Nobel prize laureate Susumu Tonegawa describes his work in memory research over the past decade
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Lab Matters The programme promotes education, collaboration and cutting-edge research
2019
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ConnectionsLab Matters Joining forces to support early-career scientists
2019
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Science & Technology Using genomics to help endangered species
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Lab Matters 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 Announcements Tara schooner welcomes on board journalists, policymakers, funders and scientists
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Science & Technology The mystery of how condensin maintains the integrity of the genome during cell division.
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Lab Matters The team at ELLS use Lego to teach children the fundamentals of DNA.
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Lab Matters 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 Announcements EMBL Hamburg and Tara raise awareness of the risks of microplastic pollution and global infection
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The head of EMBL’s Barcelona site joins a prestigious group of more than 1800 scientists worldwide
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Science & Technology Uncovering new role of fluid pressure in controlling embryo size and cell fate
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Lithuania becomes EMBL’s 27th member state
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Lab Matters 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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Lab Matters Overwhelmed as a biologist getting to grips with computer programming? EMBLers are here to help!
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Lab Matters Professor Tim Lewens challenges the human genome’s unique place in bioethics
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EMBL Announcements 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…
2019
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Lab Matters 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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Science & Technology Snapshots of the flu virus replication machine in action
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Lab Matters EMBL got together with the global science festival Pint of Science to explain and celebrate science.
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Lab Matters 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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Science & Technology 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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Science & Technology Tara Ocean Foundation launches the exploration of 10 European rivers
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Science & Technology Scientists develop software tools for automated acquisition of electron microscopy data
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Science & Technology 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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Lab Matters Edith Heard and Jean-Eric Paquet discuss the future of European science
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Lab Matters 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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Lab Matters EMBL success in attracting EU funding
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Science & Technology A newly developed 3D microscope visualises fast biological processes better than ever.
2019
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Science & Technology Results from the Tara Oceans expedition reveal the Arctic Ocean as a cradle of viral biodiversity
2019
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists have discovered that the proteome is substantially affected by both sex and diet
2019
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Lab Matters The current and previous Directors General discuss what it means to lead an organisation like EMBL
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Science & Technology Thorough characterisation of structural variants in human genomes
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Lab Matters Building bonds between academia and industry
2019
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Lab Matters The Nordic EMBL Partnership directors discuss the value of collaborating across borders
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Science & Technology Large CRISPR screen prioritises hundreds of promising genes for personalised cancer treatment
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Lab Matters New head of ORD will build and expand the partnerships that help EMBL achieve its ambitions
2019
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Lab Matters The Francis Crick Institute and EMBL have agreed to work together to strengthen European science
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Lab Matters EMBL’s Plamena Markova reflects on the EMBL Partnership Programme
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Lab Matters Foundation stone ceremony for world-class high-resolution microscopy centre in Heidelberg
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Science & Technology Colorectal cancer characterised by consistent changes in gut bacteria across continents, cultures and diets
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists create membraneless organelle to build proteins in living cell
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL begins partnership with Polish centre of excellence for neural plasticity and brain disorders
2019
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Lab Matters PDBe-KB - new data resource for protein structure and function launches
2019
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People & Perspectives New EMBL group leader explores what neurobiology can teach us about what it means to be human
2019
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People & Perspectives On 20 February, over 250 local supporters and friends met Edith Heard to celebrate a successful year
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Science & Technology Scientists develop technology to measure how ATP concentration affects protein solubility in cells
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Science & Technology New group leader at EMBL Grenoble is investigating the cellular role of melanoma antigens
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Science & Technology Many microbes traverse the oral-gut barrier
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People & Perspectives Scientists honoured for contributions in cancer immunotherapy and structural biology
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Science & Technology How organs form in a mouse embryo
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Science & Technology Suicide system in tuberculosis bacteria might hold key to treatment
2019
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists identify RNA regulating protein behaviour in switch of normal roles
2019
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Science & Technology Researchers identify novel gut bacteria species and call for more data from beyond Europe and North America
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ConnectionsLab Matters On 5 February 2019, EMBL welcomed Poland as its 26th member state
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Science & Technology A new database of bacteria in the human microbiome is the most comprehensive to date.
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Science & Technology New search engine allows researchers to identify antibiotic resistance genes or mutations in real time
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Science & Technology Scientists develop high-throughput yeast single-cell RNA sequencing method
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Science & Technology Scientists develop structural model that could help in the development of drugs with increased absorption rates
2019
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Lab Matters Enhancing the world's bioinformatics infrastructure
2019
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Lab Matters A collection of the most read articles from the EMBL news website in 2018
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Science & Technology Federated data sharing will now be possible on an unprecedented scale
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives New director drives drug discovery partnership forward
2019
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ConnectionsLab Matters Joining forces to advance training in biomedical research and therapy
2019
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives On January 1 2019, Edith Heard takes up the position of EMBL’s Director General
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Science & Technology Scientists build self-organising features into robot swarms to study shape formation
2018
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL’s Design Team Lead on translating scientific discoveries into visual designs
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers have found a way to stop itch with light in mice
2018
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People & Perspectives What genetics can tell us about the structure of ancient human populations
2018
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Science & Technology Cancer researchers have developed a computer model to predict the course of disease for prostate cancer
2018
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Lab Matters EMBL’s GeneCore steps up to discover the facts and settle disputes
2018
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Science & Technology Researchers develop new method to analyse the entire protein-RNA network of the cell
2018
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL partners with the Hungarian Centre of Excellence for Molecular Medicine
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL-EBI industry case study: Biocatalysts
2018
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Lab MattersScience & Technology What does it take to create a vaccine or improve cancer therapies?
2018
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Lab Matters EMBL postdocs discover industry-led research opportunities at the Corporate Summer School
2018
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Lab Matters The EMBL Teens reporters discover the European Researchers’ Night
2018
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Science & Technology New algorithm will enhance understanding of relationship between genotype and environmental factors
2018
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Lab Matters Building bridges between scientists and software developers
2018
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Lab Matters Nina Kathe, Winner of the EU Contest for Young Scientists visits EMBL
2018
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Lab Matters The EMBL Archive is open for business!
2018
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Science & Technology Scientists uncover effects of mutation that can cause autism and intellectual disability
2018
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Lab MattersScience & Technology How EMBL scientists are using machine learning to advance biology
2018
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Science & Technology The De Renzis group investigated invagination, the first step of organ development in embryos.
2018
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Science & Technology Translating 2D hospital scans into 3D prints is informing patients and aiding surgeons
2018
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Science & Technology Genomes of 66,000 UK species to be sequenced in global effort to sequence all known eukaryotic species
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists investigate the structure of a key protein involved in blood clotting
2018
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Science & Technology The Hentze Lab enhanced a RNA-interactome capture technique to pave the way towards medical progress
2018
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Science & Technology Speeding up time-resolved X-ray crystallography with EMBL beamline P14
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers discover that four organs in a marine worm’s head can sense different chemicals
2018
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ConnectionsLab Matters Pharmaceutical company Sanofi strengthens drug targets discovery collaboration Open Targets
2018
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Connections EMBL Barcelona invites locals to celebrate its Inauguration Symposium
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Lab Matters Ioanna Ydraiou and Bernd Pulverer spoke about their view of challenges and opportunities of OA.
2018
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Science & Technology New study reveals how to make therapeutic insulins more effective than they currently are
2018
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Science & Technology ERC grantees Wolfgang Huber and Oliver Stegle share their vision for the next 10 years
2018
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Lab MattersScience & Technology Researchers at EMBL Hamburg have released the next generation of their ARP/wARP software
2018
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Connections 17 young scientists experienced hands-on training at EMBL Hamburg.
2018
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Science & Technology How embryonic stem cells develop into the germ line
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists gain mechanistic insights into how cellular signalling controls gene regulation
2018
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People & Perspectives Meet Wendy Bickmore, Director of the MRC Human Genetics Unit, who spoke at the EMBL in the UK event
2018
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Connections EMBL alumni Gareth Griffiths and Rein Aasland receive the 2018 “Volunteer of the Year” award
2018
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Connections Scientists in Finland met to share ideas and discover research opportunities
2018
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Connections EMBL alumni and researchers working throughout Spain met in Madrid
2018
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Science & Technology Researchers from EMBL and Heidelberg University unveil the molecular mechanisms of ageing
2018
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Science & Technology Meet the organisers of EMBO’s first course on molecular geobiology
2018
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and Promega collaborate to train young scientists
2018
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Science & Technology Retromer’s 3D structure improves understanding of cellular sorting and packaging
2018
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Science & Technology X-ray experiments show that scaffolding protein PDZK1 has a L-shaped conformation
2018
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Science & Technology Real-time tracking of proteins during mitosis is now possible using a 4D computer model
2018
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ConnectionsLab Matters ATTRACT initiative will fund 170 breakthrough detection and imaging ideas with market potential
2018
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Science & Technology Complex metabolomics analyses in the cloud
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists discover how a component of the cohesin ring binds DNA
2018
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People & Perspectives Theoretical physicist Robbert Dijkgraaf discusses the importance of curiosity-based research
2018
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Science & Technology Large-scale systematic analysis explores how inherited genome affects drug response of cancer cells
2018
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People & Perspectives New head of the Mesoscopic Imaging Facility at EMBL Barcelona will help scientists visualise nature
2018
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The ATTRACT initiative, of which EMBL is a partner, has launched an open call for seed funding
2018
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Lab Matters The EMBL community, past and present, gather for special events around Lab Day 2018
2018
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Lab Matters EMBL Rome opens its labs for students to get their first real taste of science
2018
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People & Perspectives An engineer’s approach to understanding morphogenesis
2018
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Discover how EMBLers across all sites share their passion for science
2018
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Science & Technology First global survey of soil genomics reveals a war between fungi and bacteria
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers visualise the proteins needed to capture molecules and bring them into a cell
2018
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Lab Matters The Protein Data Bank in Europe celebrates its schools art project with its largest exhibition yet
2018
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Science & Technology Europe PMC adds preprints to its search
2018
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Science & Technology Mammalian life begins differently than we thought
2018
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Science & Technology Scientists show how bacteria and other microorganisms are passed on from mother to child
2018
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Science & Technology Acute myloid leukaemia risk could be detected years before diagnosis
2018
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People & Perspectives New group leader at EMBL Barcelona creates artificial biological systems to study animal development
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists investigate how bacteria melt to study their reaction to drugs
2018
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Science & Technology Combining antibiotics with each other, non-antibiotic drugs or food additives can alter their effectiveness
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists reveal NPC architecture of algae
2018
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People & Perspectives Alumni share how joining EMBL’s IT team was a career upgrade
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists investigate how influenza virus responds to new drug treatment
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers develop method that simplifies the isolation of DNA- and RNA- protein complexes
2018
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Science & Technology Combinations of cancer drugs can be quickly and cheaply tested using a novel microfluidic device
2018
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Lab Matters The programme promotes education, collaboration and cutting-edge research
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists extend Turing’s theory to help understand how biological patterns are created
2018
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Science & Technology New computational method uses multi-omics analysis for personalised medicine
2018
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People & Perspectives More than 80 attendees gathered at the EMBL in Italy event at the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology (IFOM) in Milan
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers guide the shape of cells and tissues with optogenetics
2018
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ConnectionsLab Matters Roche and EMBL join forces
2018
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Lab Matters A history of EMBL in six objects from the EMBL Archive
2018
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People & Perspectives Which of our genes will be passed on to our children? Simone Köhler wants to find out
2018
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Lab Matters EMBL and Pint of Science join forces to entertain and educate
2018
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Science & Technology Of mice and gorillas: using mouse data for conservation
2018
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ConnectionsLab Matters Montenegro becomes EMBL’s 25th member state
2018
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Science & Technology Scientists at EMBL Hamburg determine shapes of intermediate states in dynamic biological systems
2018
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People & Perspectives EMBL’s next Director General reflects on the questions that drive her research
2018
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People & Perspectives EMBL alumna Melina Schuh recognised for excellence in science
2018
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL-EBI PhD student launches start-up focusing on epigenetics and wellbeing
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL group leader Jan Korbel reflects on his scientific origins and current research
2018
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People & Perspectives Elisa Izaurralde, EMBL alumna, has passed away
2018
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL’s Director General has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
2018
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Science & Technology Researchers identify genes that can cause brain tumours in children and other cancers later in life
2018
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL alumna, Èlia Benito-Gutiérrez, on how her research and career evolved after searching the seas
2018
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People & Perspectives Mark Green, EMBL-EBI’s Head of Administration reflects on his time at the institute
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Science & Technology New platform transforms CRISPR gene editor into precision tool
2018
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ConnectionsLab Matters New partner strengthens drug discovery collaboration
2018
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Science & Technology What worms can tell us about cancer
2018
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Lab Matters On April 12, EMBL hosted 200 attendees at its Annual Reception in Heidelberg and highlighted its role as a training hub.
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists uncover large solubility and thermal stability changes of proteins during the cell cycle
2018
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Science & Technology Discover how EMBL scientists are using GPU computing to push biology forward
2018
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Science & Technology Scientists at EMBL Rome develop new method that uses light to manage neuropathic pain in mice
2018
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ConnectionsLab Matters Montenegro’s Minister of Science discusses the importance of international collaboration in research
2018
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People & Perspectives New Heidelberg group leader creates tools to help biologists work faster and better
2018
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People & Perspectives Dog and human gut microbiomes have more similar genes and responses to diet than previously thought
2018
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People & Perspectives Markus Ralser, upcoming EMBO workshop speaker, on how metabolism brought chemistry to life
2018
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Science & Technology Open-source software allows standard microscopes to accurately image 3D structures
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists count and locate chromosomal proteins during cell duplication
2018
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Science & Technology Launch of the first free global online catalogue of PDX models
2018
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People & Perspectives New EMBL-EBI Group Leader will make sense of bioimaging data
2018
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Science & Technology For the first time, EMBL Rome researchers have captured microglia nibbling on brain synapses on film.
2018
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ConnectionsLab Matters Following the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2001, scientists and the media described the genome as “the book of life”, holding the answers to the way genes are linked to disease. Yet, seventeen years later, we are still deciphering how cells interpret this book. Since…
2018
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Science & Technology What does a cell's location tell us?
2018
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People & Perspectives The new head of facility at EMBL Hamburg will help users solve protein puzzles
2018
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL Group Leader creates Ben Barres Prize to support talented young neuroscientists
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists discover how blood vessel cells become blood stem cells during embryonic development
2018
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Science & Technology One in four drugs with human targets inhibit the growth of bacteria in the human gut, and may promote antibiotic resistance, EMBL researchers report in Nature
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists show how to grow a wide range of gut bacteria in the lab
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists unravel the molecular basis of a major antibiotic resistance transfer mechanism
2018
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Science & Technology Scientists at EMBL and Cellzome develop technology to monitor the effects of drug treatments on protein degradation and synthesis
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists show how chromatin usage in individual cells reveals developmental trajectories
2018
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Science & Technology Thanos Halazonetis discusses the EMBO/EMBL Symposium: DNA Replication: From Basic Biology to Disease
2018
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives For Vasiliki Karyoti, troubleshooting and problem-solving take on a greater meaning at EMBL
2018
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Lab Matters School students build fluorescence microscopes designed by members of the Prevedel group and ELLS
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists discover how two guidance cues work together when neurons project axons across the midline
2018
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Lab MattersScience & Technology New EMBL spinoff company Velabs Therapeutics aims to speed up discovery of therapeutic antibodies
2018
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Science & Technology Is depression in your genes?
2018
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Maria Leptin reflects on how to create a research environment that serves the needs of the community
2018
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Connections EMBL and EMBO hosted the ERC's Scientific Council in Heidelberg 28 February to 2 March
2018
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EMBL Announcements EMBL recognises the outstanding work of alumni with the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson Awards
2018
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Science & Technology Join us in our new editorial theme as we ask how everything began
2018
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Science & Technology New technique offers insight into early cell life
2018
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Discover the past lives and journeys that brought people to EMBL
2018
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Science & Technology Access to state-of-the-art microscopes and outstanding expertise
2018
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Science & Technology Researchers from Delft University and EMBL crack the mystery of condensin’s neat DNA loop extrusion
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists show that the rhythm between Wnt and Notch waves enables patterning in embryos.
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists discover how a molecule’s role changes from simple metabolite to instructive signal
2018
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ConnectionsLab Matters Joining forces for single-cell research
2018
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People & Perspectives “In testimony of my great thankfulness”
2018
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People & Perspectives New EMBL group leader explores biophysical properties of chromosomes and other cellular assemblies
2018
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Lab Matters EMBL Barcelona organises first school activity to coincide with the International Day of Women in Science
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists create a turnover catalogue of almost 10.000 proteins from primary cells
2018
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Science & Technology Network of genes linked to development of diabetes
2018
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Science & Technology How Darwin’s work revealed the intimate relationship between orchids and insects
2018
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People & Perspectives EMBL’s new group leader studies how gene expression is controlled
2018
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EMBL Announcements EMBL’s training programme launches its first e-learning courses: introductions to optogenetics and CLEM
2018
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL welcomes Slovakia as its 24th member state
2018
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Science & Technology What opportunities can organoids bring to further the understanding of the human brain?
2018
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People & Perspectives Among refurbished labs, alumni relive memories and find traces of their time at EMBL
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists show that some promoters can act as enhancers and vice versa
2018
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Lab MattersScience & Technology EMBL instrumentation teams adapting tech to run biological experiments on the synchrotron after its upgrade
2018
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Science & Technology Nick Goldman of EMBL-EBI issued a challenge in 2015. In 2018, a winner emerged just in time.
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers uncover how a key enzyme that helps cells make new proteins starts its work
2018
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People & Perspectives New EMBL group leader investigates the mystery of heritable gene silencing
2018
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People & Perspectives New group leader studies sea anemones to investigate why some animals regenerate better than others
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers solve a decades-long debate on a key process for brain and embryo-development
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists unveil how 3D chromatin structure affects RNA splicing
2017
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Historian Soraya de Chadarevian explores how EMBL’s first Director General shaped molecular biology
2017
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Science & Technology Molecule mapping method raises interest in forensics, agriculture and microbiome studies
2017
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Lab Matters A look back at some of the most read stories on EMBL’s news website this year
2017
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Science & Technology What are the strangest genomes in EMBL-EBI's Ensembl?
2017
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Science & Technology ERC grantee Stephen Cusack shares his vision for the next ten years
2017
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Lab Matters EMBL experts outline the trends shaping scientific training in the coming years
2017
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People & Perspectives EMBL physicist-turned-biologist alumni win 2017 Kendrew and Phillipson awards
2017
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Science & Technology New research reveals that two different mechanisms are responsible for chromosome folding
2017
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People & Perspectives How a research technician with a master’s degree contributed to Nobel Prize-winning work
2017
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists superimpose structures of two-metal-ion enzymes and reveal new potential drug targets
2017
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Science & Technology New research shows how pores form in the membrane that surrounds a cell’s nucleus
2017
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Science & Technology High resolution 3D protein structures in a giffy with PDBe
2017
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Curious about what goes on in EMBL’s Fly Room? Prepare to be a fly on the wall
2017
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Takeda joins pioneering public-private drug discover collaboration Open Targets
2017
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People & Perspectives New group leader based in Grenoble aims to unveil the mechanisms of RNA editing
2017
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Science & Technology New BioModels infrastructure supports significantly more model formats and offers improved search
2017
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Connections James Sharpe, Head of EMBL Barcelona, co-chairs the morphogenetic engineering-themed conference
2017
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Science & Technology New method for 3D imaging microorganisms lends insight into the creatures that inhabit our oceans
2017
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL Director General elect, Edith Heard, awarded 2017’s Grand Prix Inserm for her work in epigenetics
2017
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Lab Matters EMBLers across all sites share how their curiosity about the world shapes their everyday life
2017
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Interview with EMBL’s Joint Heads of Government and EU Relations
2017
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Takashi Hiiragi and Lars Steinmetz received Advanced Grants from the European Research Council (ERC)
2017
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People & Perspectives The Mahamid group studies meso-scale molecular assemblies in intact cells and model organisms at molecular resolution
2017
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL releases recommendations for the 9th EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation
2017
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People & Perspectives EMBL alumna Sigrid Reinsch trained as a cell biologist – now she helps run experiments in space
2017
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Science & Technology Insights into the reproduction of Plasmodium parasites in mosquitoes reveal rapid and broad activity
2017
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Lab Matters 20,000 visitors get sneak peek at giant particle accelerators at DESY DAY in Hamburg
2017
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People & Perspectives Former EMBL Director General Fotis Kafatos passes away
2017
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Six curious questions and the EMBL community's answers. Check back each week for the next question
2017
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL and HeidelbergCement sign Memorandum of Understanding
2017
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People & Perspectives Jacques Dubochet, Nobel laureate and former EMBL group leader, reflects on a key aha moment
2017
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers create highest resolution 3D model of important structure within Ebola virus
2017
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Science & Technology Inside the Centre for Structural Systems Biology
2017
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Science & Technology A summary of recent research highlights from EMBL
2017
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and the European synchrotron ESRF extend their Joint Structural Biology Group
2017
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Science & Technology As a new cryo-EM facility is inaugurated, EMBL’s Michael Hons describes his role in the project
2017
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Lab Matters Aid for Labs is an EMBL-based charity aiming to provide scientific equipment to researchers in need
2017
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Science & Technology Find out how curiosity is driving some of the work we do here at EMBL
2017
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Science & Technology Meet Ig Nobel emcee Marc Abrahams, an EMBL Science and Society speaker in December
2017
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People & Perspectives Interview with Rolf-Dieter Heuer, guest speaker at EMBL's 2017 Annual Reception
2017
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People & Perspectives Working on scientific instruments has taken EMBL alumnus Simon Sheldon to the ends of the Earth
2017
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People & Perspectives Alumnus Michael Parker talks about his career, research highlights and how EMBL has played a role
2017
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Lab Matters Women from academia, industry and politics met at EMBL to fuel career growth and opportunities
2017
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers and collaborators unravel how chromosomes form
2017
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EMBL Announcements EMBL alumnus recognised for cryo-electron microscopy work
2017
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ConnectionsLab Matters How Australia’s associate membership of EMBL empowers scientists and drives collaboration
2017
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ConnectionsLab Matters Bernt Eric Uhlin, Director of MIMS, will replace Kjetil Taskén, Director of NCMM
2017
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People & Perspectives EMBL’s new group leader based in Hamburg aims to create models of infection cycles
2017
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL’s annual reception took place on 18 September, with more than 150 attendees
2017
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Lab Matters EMBL-EBI and collaborators engage schools in a large-scale genome decoding project
2017
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People & Perspectives Q&A with EMBL-EBI's Head of Chemical Biology data services
2017
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Science & Technology How microbes can create niches for each other
2017
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Lab Matters International experts gather at EMBL-EBI to reflect on the future of bioinformatics training
2017
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Science & Technology New study by Paola Kuri and Maria Leptin shows how inflammation happens in zebrafish in real time
2017
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Lab Matters How the work of the Courses and Conferences team has changed over the years
2017
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Lab MattersPeople & PerspectivesScience & Technology EMBL researchers separated facts from fiction at a Friends of EMBL Science Movie Night
2017
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Connections Newly opened European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser celebrates start of user operations
2017
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Lab Matters German state and federal governments agree funding for microscopy centre at EMBL Heidelberg
2017
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Science & Technology How patient-derived computational models can help researchers understand cancer
2017
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Connections Lars Steinmetz. Director of the Life Science Alliance, reflects on the EMBL|Stanford initiative
2017
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Biologists Sydney Brenner and Richard J. Roberts addressed the importance of scientific archives
2017
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People & Perspectives Meet Justin Crocker, EMBL’s new group leader in gene regulation during evolution and development
2017
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People & Perspectives A new group at EMBL-EBI aims to decipher cell signalling networks
2017
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People & Perspectives The Iqbal research group hopes to build a 'Google of bacteria' to help better interpret the genome
2017
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Lab Matters School student Andrea Totaro and EMBL group leader Christophe Lancrin reflect
2017
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ConnectionsLab Matters NEB joins EMBL’s corporate partnership programme
2017
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL-EBI supports bioinformatics training and capacity in Latin America
2017
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Connections Genetic data from a major cohort now distributed via EMBL-EBI
2017
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Lab Matters EMBL’s cycling team complete epic journey to raise money for Heidelberg’s children’s hospital
2017
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL’s unit in Italy changes name to better reflect new research focuses and highlight its location
2017
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Connections EMBL’s Iain Mattaj, the new Chair of EIROforum, on EIROforum’s role
2017
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ConnectionsLab Matters On 29 June, at a ceremony in front of 700 guests, the Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB) in Hamburg, was officially opened. At the event on the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) Campus in Hamburg, Helmut Dosch, Chairman of the DESY Board of Directors, presented Head of EMBL Hamburg…
2017
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Science & Technology Tim Richmond looks back on the work that revealed the high-resolution structure of the nucleosome
2017
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Lab Matters Celebrating 40 years since the first EMBO electron microscopy training course
2017
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Lab Matters The 2018 EMBL course and conference sneak preview is now available!
2017
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Edith Heard’s mandate scheduled to begin 1 January 2019
2017
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Science & Technology Science and Society event answers controversial questions about gut microbes
2017
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Science & Technology IMPC explains how much the sex of animals is misdirecting research results
2017
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Science & Technology EMBL-EBI and IMPC characterised over 3000 mouse genes, revealing new gene associations with disease
2017
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Science & Technology Exploring the potential of user experience for life sciences through industry workshops
2017
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Science & Technology The Image Data Resource - prototype of the first open repository linking imaging and molecular data
2017
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Science & Technology EMBL’s Cornelius Gross wants to understand fear responses and the brain circuitry that governs them
2017
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers complete a molecular atlas showing gene expression in all cells in an entire animal
2017
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Science & Technology Two EMBL researchers are exploring new ways to filter out noise and get to the data they need
2017
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Lab MattersScience & Technology EMBL-EBI, the Broad and UCSC Genomics Institute to build Data Coordination Platform with CZI support
2017
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Science & Technology EMBL’s Hiroki Asari investigates how our internal state can change the way our eyes work
2017
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People & Perspectives Meet the head of EMBL's new Barcelona site, James Sharpe
2017
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Inventor of OPT will be the first Head of EMBL’s new Barcelona site
2017
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Science & Technology An EMBL collaboration devises a new method that could speed up vaccine development for HIV
2017
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives People across EMBL’s sites reflect on the ways they perceive their world
2017
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Science & Technology Hallmarks of residual breat cancer cells suggest new approaches for preventing relapse
2017
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Science & Technology Introducing one of the largest collections of high-quality human induced pluripotent stem cells
2017
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People & Perspectives The life science community is deeply saddened by the loss of EMBL alumnus Riccardo Cortese
2017
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ConnectionsLab Matters Accelerating researchers’ access to next-generation light-sheet microscopy
2017
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People & Perspectives Meet Monterotondo’s new group leader for epigenetic reprogramming and inheritance, Jamie Hackett
2017
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Science & Technology ERC grantee Maja Köhn shares her vision for the next ten years
2017
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL welcomes its 23rd member state, with a promising collaboration already in place
2017
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers develop an optical method for measuring the release of insulin from single cells
2017
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists detect important function of genetic sequence our ancestors assimilated from a virus
2017
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Science & Technology EMBL-EBI researchers identify mouse epigenetic clock that could help scientists understand ageing
2017
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL alumnus Konrad Müller has sadly passed away
2017
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Lab Matters Call for applications for school students to join ‘Summer in Science’ in Monterotondo
2017
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists add crucial knowledge to understanding of the bacterium that causes tuberculosis
2017
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Spanish government and EMBL sign agreement for new site
2017
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Lab Matters EMBL Director-General, Iain Mattaj, reflects on the work done to establish a new site in Barcelona
2017
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL’s Monterotondo site strengthens links with the Italian scientific community
2017
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Science & Technology Study by EMBL and DKFZ researchers means origins of myeloid leukaemias may need rethinking
2017
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Lab Matters Silke Schumacher explains how the new EMBL site in Barcelona came into being
2017
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Lab Matters New Master's programme for research infrastructure managers – set to launch autumn 2017
2017
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Science & Technology Researchers use single-cell sequencing to understand how cells age
2017
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Anna Tramontano, bioinformatics pioneer and EMBL alumna, has passed away
2017
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Janet Thornton reflects on the contributions of EMBL alumna Anna Tramontano
2017
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People & Perspectives The research community mourns the passing of Anna Tramontano
2017
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Diversity, internationality and collaboration works, writes EMBL Director-General Iain Mattaj
2017
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives “Without John Kendrew there would have been no EMBL,” wrote Ken Holmes
2017
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Science & Technology ERC grantee Edward Lemke shares his vision for the next ten years
2017
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL’s new Academic Coordinator and Dean of Graduate Studies Monika Lachner leads programmes that help young scientists to flourish
2017
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Science & Technology ERC grantee Detlev Arendt shares his vision for the next ten years
2017
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Science & Technology ERC grantee Eileen Furlong shares her vision for the next ten years
2017
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Science & Technology Keeping bacterial chromosomes tangled could lead to new approaches to treatment
2017
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Lab Matters Ottoline Leyser on the fallacy of failure and the road to self-determination
2017
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Science & Technology Reconstructing T-cell development in high resolution
2017
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers develop a computer model to explore the movement of nuclei in a multinuclear cell
2017
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People & Perspectives EMBL alumnus Joep Muijrers talks about making the transition from science into business
2017
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Science & Technology Differentiated and undifferentiated cells get energy in different ways, sensor made at EMBL shows
2017
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People & Perspectives EMBL alumna Zehra Sayers key driver of the Middle East’s first synchrotron project
2017
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People & Perspectives EMBL alumna Nicola Mulder reflects on her pan-African bioinformatics project and its impact
2017
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People & Perspectives Flies can do a lot for science, inside and outside the lab. EMBL alumna Isabel Palacios explains how
2017
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ConnectionsLab Matters Sartorius and EMBL join forces to support advanced training and science education
2017
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ConnectionsLab Matters GSK and EMBL have signed an agreement to enhance understanding of disease and drug mechanisms
2017
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Lab MattersScience & Technology Beamline BM14 in Grenoble shuts down, continues collaboration with India
2017
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Science & Technology A new technique developed at EMBL reveals the way fats interact with other molecules in cells
2017
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists discovered that common mutations can change the shape of gene promoters
2017
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives In this interview from the EMBL Archive, Sir John Kendrew reflects on his time leading 'the Lab'.
2017
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Lab Matters Helke Hillebrand on leaving EMBL after 9 years as Academic Coordinator and Dean of Graduate Studies
2017
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Science & Technology Healing and anxiety are influenced by the genetics of one’s social partners
2017
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People & Perspectives New group leader Wojciech Galej investigates RNA-protein complexes involved in gene expression
2017
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Science & Technology New mechanism revealed
2017
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists find out how the prefrontal cortex puts a break on instinctive behaviours
2017
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Science & Technology Understanding how the flu virus steals host RNA offers hope of new drugs
2016
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Science & Technology Inducible mechanism found by EMBL scientists links receptor degradation and replenishment
2016
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Lab MattersScience & Technology Ewan Birney's nine "Structures of Christmas" celebrate 20 years of PDBe
2016
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Iain Mattaj on failure, adventure, determination and the Scientific Method
2016
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Lab Matters For the past two months EMBL Heidelberg has hosted around 60 first year PhD students from EMBL’s International PhD Programme (EIPP). From thousands of applicants, the students were selected from over 40 countries to work on their PhD research at one of EMBL’s five sites – Grenoble, Hamburg,…
2016
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists use new techniques to describe the architecture of conical HIV capsids
2016
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters A new crystallography platform in Grenoble opens the door to new technological developments
2016
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Science & Technology Research on the effect of nerve cell stiffness on sensitivity to touch could lead to new painkillers
2016
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Connections The PEPC course celebrated its 10th anniversary in Hamburg from the 12 – 20 September this year
2016
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Science & Technology Paul Nurse’s failed experiment inspired a career that would uncover key mechanisms of cell division
2016
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Science & Technology New method combines signalling pathway data resources to improve systems biology research
2016
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Science & Technology How Christian Löw’s failed experiment led to an unexpected scientific journey
2016
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL’s Petra Riedinger retires after 40 years producing posters, graphics, artwork and more
2016
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Lab MattersScience & Technology How a team of scientists and artists at EMBL transformed microscopy data into stunning 3D images
2016
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Science & Technology Exploring what it would take to regrow a lost limb, and what we might learn along the way
2016
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People & Perspectives Ernst Stelzer earns 2016 Lennart Philipson award for advances in light sheet microscopy
2016
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People & Perspectives EMBL alumnus Jop Kind reflects on the questions that led him to this year’s John Kendrew Award
2016
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Science & Technology Parasite’s method of rewiring our immune response leads to novel tool for drug tests
2016
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Lab MattersScience & Technology EMBL study finds that rearranging how DNA packs the nucleus can activate cancer genes
2016
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Science & Technology BLUEPRINT: EMBL-EBI and the push to decipher the blood epigenome
2016
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Lab Matters Check out the newly revealed programme for 2017
2016
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Science & Technology Cryo EM reconstruction of RNA Polymerase I reveals details of how molecule binds and transcribes DNA
2016
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Science & Technology Open source bioinformatics method for finding metabolites makes experiments comparable across labs
2016
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Lab Matters Upgraded server room is ready to take the heat at EMBL Grenoble
2016
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Hope Jahren’s autobiography educates and delights
2016
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Science & Technology Where design meets bioinformatics, new scientific perspectives abound.
2016
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Science & Technology What happens when plant's leaf-placing feedback loop isn't quite right
2016
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People & Perspectives Robert Prevedel develops deep-tissue microscopy for scientists to peer deep inside living organisms
2016
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Connections Participants learn about EMBL’s ocean biodiversity research at the Fall Gala
2016
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Science & Technology New platform useful for studies of protein binding, human tissue and more
2016
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives We catch up with neuroscientist Craig Stark, speaker at the EMBL/EMBO Science and Society Conference
2016
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Global Alliance for Genomics and Health chose Birney to lead efforts to bring genomics to the clinic
2016
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Science & Technology A rapid, versatile mechanism that modifies proteins is revealed to be crucial for the evolutionary process
2016
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Rosemary Wilson talks about imposter syndrome and how to handle it
2016
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists investigate how leaves grow flat to efficiently capture sunlight
2016
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Connections CamNTF hosts meetings around Cambridge, open to all scientists interested in new therapeutics
2016
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Science & Technology IMPC study identifies 410 genes essential to life in the mouse, providing a window on human disease
2016
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL recently attended the Naturejobs Career Expo, advising scientists about their career options
2016
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People & Perspectives Eberhard Bengsch explains why EMBL’s events programme attracts him time and again
2016
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Lab MattersScience & Technology CORBEL Open Call launches October 2016, for access to 15 facilities and 8 research infrastructures
2016
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Lab Matters Take part in an EMBL conference or symposium for free as an EMBL events reporter
2016
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Science & Technology Side-effects of leukaemia drug explained, reveal possibility of repurposing to treat other diseases
2016
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People & Perspectives New head of Proteomics Core Facility also runs stability proteomics lab
2016
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Science & Technology Puzzle of nuclear pore formation in growing nuclei solved
2016
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People & Perspectives EMBL alumnus Angus Lamond is driving forward new ways to explore the proteome
2016
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People & Perspectives Past meets present as Library head Ioanna Ydraiou interviews EMBL’s first librarian
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers help to design a lead compound active against four different pathogens
2016
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Stephen Cusack looks back on the early days of his collaboration with Anacor developing anti-infectives
2016
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Andrés Palencia on the design of compounds that may help fight drug-resistant TB and more
2016
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Lab MattersScience & Technology A new repository helps identify emerging trends in data-driven science.
2016
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and the Hubrecht Institute signed a 5-year partnership agreement
2016
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Science & Technology Collaborating to take crystallography into a new time dimension
2016
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Science & Technology 3D printing, gaming, virtual reality and lenticular posters bring new perspectives to research
2016
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Turning the spotlight on the diverse universe of EMBL’s 200-strong postdoc community
2016
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ConnectionsLab Matters Celebrating the rich history of scientific contributions in Malta, EMBL's newest member state
2016
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Science & Technology Emmanuelle Charpentier sheds light on how CRISPR–Cas9 went from side project to global revolution
2016
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Lab Matters Unexpected adventures at EMBL LearningLAB focused on biodiversity
2016
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People & Perspectives "If I have an aim, I’ll find a solution" – meet EMBL alumnus Jochen Wittbrodt
2016
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Integration, collaboration and openness on agenda for Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research
2016
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Connections EMBL and ESRF scientists and mechanics work together on upgrade for one of Europe’s big X-ray sources
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Connections Alumnus and entrepreneur Marc Zabeau speaks at inaugural Life Science Funders and Foundations event
2016
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Science & Technology 'The PDB plays a crucial role in structural biology research and development'
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Bruce Alberts on fixing the broken academic career pipeline
2016
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People & Perspectives Scientific community manager, alumnus Aidan Budd, connects people with shared interests, values, goals
2016
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
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Science & Technology Team leader investigates how the gut microbiome could relate to human diseases
2016
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Science & Technology Storage of pre-made nuclear pores allows for rapid cell division in fruit fly embryos
2016
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Science & Technology Detailed structure paves the way for more effective cancer therapies
2016
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Lab Matters German students visit EMBL-EBI on a tour to explore a new culture and different career paths
2016
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Science & Technology Strength of contraction determines whether cells become embryo or placenta
2016
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Science & Technology Molecular messengers synthesised to help study how cells respond to outside stimuli
2016
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Science & Technology New technique reveals uncharted docking sites in RNA-binding proteins
2016
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EMBL Announcements EMBL Alumni Association Board review progress and discuss new initiatives
2016
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Science & Technology Study provides insights into workings of new HIV drugs and how virus becomes resistant
2016
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Science & Technology Core Technologies in Life Sciences (CTLS) association will be key resource for facility professionals
2016
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Science & Technology “Like getting hold of a microscope for the first time”
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Science & Technology Collaborations shorten distance between EMBL Heidelberg, Germany, and CEITEC in Brno, Czech Republic
2016
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives In a time of great uncertainty, key facts about EMBL's status, collaborations, funding and recruitment
2016
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People & Perspectives New group leader combines physics and biology to answer the 'hows' of cell movement
2016
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Lab Matters 27 former Bork lab members joined Peer for a full-day get-together this summer
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The UK’s decision to leave the EU has no direct consequences for the UK’s membership of EMBL
2016
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Science & Technology Studying at EMBL in Grenoble helps Japanese postdoc see her native country through different eyes
2016
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Science & Technology How cells eliminate protein deposits that can lead to neurodegenerative disorders
2016
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Science & Technology Establishing a programme of research, development and user services for time-resolved crystallography
2016
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Lab Matters Meet the secret timekeepers of EMBL events: AV technicians Sean Nightingale and Jan Abda
2016
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ConnectionsLab Matters Grenoble-based Partnership for Structural Biology (PSB) renewed for five more years
2016
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Connections Marco Tripoldi and Valeria Carola join colleagues and peers at gathering of Italy-based alumni
2016
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Connections Abel Ureta-Vidal and Louise Modis join colleagues and peers at gathering of UK-based alumni
2016
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Science & Technology What's a microbiome? How on Earth do they work?
2016
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People & Perspectives Dozens of postdocs boosted their careers with a voyage aboard the Tara Oceans research schooner
2016
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Science & Technology New method enables scientists to use light to direct where cancer cells go
2016
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Science & Technology From shared interests at a conference to a surprising discovery
2016
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Lab Matters Upgrading your conference experience with the new EMBL Events app
2016
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Science & Technology Unexpected results: structure of DAPK enzyme reveals dual-purpose loop
2016
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Science & Technology A perfect match: behaviourist Takefumi Kikusui visits the Gross group to explore animal attraction
2016
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Science & Technology Largest-ever study of breast cancer genomes reveals new genes and mutations
2016
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Science & Technology Stool transplants: finding the right match important, EMBL study shows
2016
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Science & Technology How EMBL scientists are discovering and understanding the waves and rhythms inside us
2016
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Science & Technology Florent Cipriani talks about his passion for developing beamline instrumentation
2016
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Science & Technology EMBL PhD project puts development in a new light
2016
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People & Perspectives Neuroscientist and comedian Sophie Scott explains the complexity and social importance of laughter
2016
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Lab Matters Review of 'Life’s Blueprint: The Science and Art of Embryo Creation' by Benny Shilo
2016
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People & Perspectives EMBL's ninth administrative director Keith Williamson looks back at 14 years at the Laboratory
2016
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Illustrator Edmond Baudoin donates an original artwork to the EMBL Archive
2016
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EMBL Announcements EMBL rewards the special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards.
2016
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Lab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
2016
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People & Perspectives Meet a driving force behind collaborations with the Slovak Republic, alumnus Jozef Ševčik
2016
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People & Perspectives Gareth Griffiths, new Chair of the Alumni Association, reveals his many perspectives of EMBL
2016
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Science & Technology CrystalDirect, developed at EMBL, automates crystal preparation for X-ray analysis
2016
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Science & Technology First detailed structural description of all the rings of nuclear pores
2016
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People & Perspectives Alumna Angela Relogio tells us about her passion for science, communication and mentoring
2016
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People & Perspectives Why does a cookie look different depending on how hungry you are? Neuroscientist Asari wants to find out
2016
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Science & Technology Information on structure of molecule used for genome engineering yields increased efficiency
2016
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Science & Technology Subtle genetic differences destine cells to placenta or animal, very early in embryo development
2016
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Science & Technology How an EMBL team is making and sharing tools to explore tuberculosis protein structures
2016
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Science & Technology Commentary in Nature Methods introduces the EMPIAR resource and gives glimpse of future developments
2016
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Science & Technology 1st real-time video of starfish egg cell eliminating crucial structures, to ensure embryo viability
2016
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Science & Technology New technique uses X-rays to find landmarks when combining fluorescence and electron microscopy
2016
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Science & Technology Neural mechanisms in mouse brains indicate that we actively forget as we learn
2016
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![A new tool for single-cell genomics helps us better understand differences between T cell populations. [Illustration: Spencer Phillips, EMBL-EBI]](https://www.embl.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/TCell_news_EMBL-e1457443531496-300x205.jpg)
Science & Technology TraCeR: new method for studying T cells opens up opportunities to explore immune responses
2016
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Lab Matters Award acknowledges leadership in gender equality on the Wellcome Genome Campus
2016
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Lab Matters EMBL PlayLab now available at 22 conferences hosted in Heidelberg
2016
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Science & Technology Structural insights into how cohesin keeps DNA together during the cell cycle
2016
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Science & Technology First detailed atlas of start points for genes expression in malaria-causing parasite
2016
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Lab Matters Iain Mattaj talks about the search for his successor
2016
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Science & Technology “It’s a bit like drawing a picture of an intricate object just by looking at its shadow on the wall."
2016
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Science & Technology How stem cells resist change
2016
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Science & Technology What do cells in an embryo have in common with schools of fish, swarms of fireflies, and applauding audiences?
2016
sciencescience-technology
Science & Technology How transcription factors interact to create a heart
2016
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Lab Matters Independent analysis of EMBL-EBI underscores the value and impact of open data in the life sciences
2016
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Science & Technology Plankton network linked to ocean's biological carbon pump revealed
2016
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ConnectionsLab Matters Pioneering target validation collaboration expands to accelerate drug discovery research.
2016
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Science & Technology Protein screens developed at EMBL Hamburg now commercially available
2016
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People & Perspectives Former Head of EMBL Grenoble passed away on 21 January 2016 at the age of 89
2016
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives "We’re open! We’re open to working with everybody, we’re open to new things."
2016
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Science & Technology Hamburg collaborators analyse protein crystals inside the cells that made them.
2016
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Science & Technology Further insights into how viral enzymes degrade the cell walls of Clostridia bacteria.
2016
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People & Perspectives Scientist and showman: PhD student Vasily Sysoev shares his passion for outreach.
2016
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Science & Technology New method is first to enable parallel profiling of the transcriptome and epigenome of a single cell.
2016
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Science & Technology From initial development to a start-up company: Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (SPIM) at EMBL.
2015
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Connections With 28 conferences and 57 courses, 2016 will be EMBL’s most eventful year to date.
2015
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Connections Find out what’s in store at the 2016 Core Technologies for the Life Sciences meeting.
2015
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Connections GOBLET initiative supports pan-African bioinformatics trainers in Cape Town.
2015
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People & Perspectives Designer Aditya Kusuma Jati reveals what makes a good event poster.
2015
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Science & Technology New microscope can record the first days of a mouse embryo’s life
2015
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Science & Technology Making it easier to visualise, understand and predict how proteins combine to drive biological processes.
2015
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Lab Matters Two PhD students sink their teeth into the science and speculations of Jurassic Park.
2015
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ConnectionsLab Matters Identifying evidence-based relationships between drug targets and diseases.
2015
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Science & Technology Commonly used diabetes drug metformin impacts gut bacteria more than disease itself
2015
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Lab Matters The new Toolkit for Trainers, an online resource hosted at EMBL-EBI, helps biomedical science trainers create and explore new ways of teaching.
2015
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives "There’s nothing nicer than seeing a user leave the facility happy"
2015
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Connections Connecting entrepreneurs and world leaders in genomics to address opportunities and challenges.
2015
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Science & Technology CryoEM solves 3D atomic structure of largest and most elusive RNA polymerase.
2015
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Compelling short stories that shine light on the life and work of EMBL staff.
2015
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Roland Block, EMBL's Head of HR, on emphasising the ‘human’ in human resources.
2015
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Science & Technology From jumping genes to organ transplants, the non-human features that make us human.
2015
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People & PerspectivesScience & Technology What really sets humans apart? Forming societies, teaching and compassion, says Agustin Fuentes.
2015
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Ewan Birney on the risks, rewards and realities of studying humans as a model species.
2015
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Lab Matters Halldór Stefánsson on the long history of complex interactions between humans and animals.
2015
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Lab Matters Giuseppe Testa reflects on the myriad intersections of our digital and biological lives.
2015
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People & Perspectives Highlights from the 'What makes us human?' symposium at EMBL Heidelberg.
2015
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Postdoc Thibaut Brunet reviews two popular science books that explore the rise of Homo sapiens.
2015
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives What does a physicist do in a biology lab?
2015
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
2015
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Sybrand van der Zwaag gives his five top tips for young researchers thinking about their next move.
2015
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Lab Matters A snapshot of the many activities and events that took place in the world of EMBL this Autumn.
2015
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Lab Matters Energy, enthusiasm and endurance on tap as thousands attend 12-hour Hamburg Night of Science.
2015
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Science & Technology Using lasers to shed light on how tissues get into shape
2015
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Lab Matters From paper microscopes to zebrafish embryos, EMBL Science Days stand had something for everyone.
2015
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Lab Matters Annual EMBL-EBI Open Day showcases bioinformatics services, training and career opportunities.
2015
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Science & Technology Embryology, genomics and bioinformatics combine to identify factors regulating mammalian pluripotency.
2015
sciencescience-technology
Connections Behind the scenes of the EMBL alumni chapter meeting in Zürich, Switzerland.
2015
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Lab Matters Science met business and strangers became friends at the first Friends of EMBL Ladies Night.
2015
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Science & Technology Fibres that pull membrane to form a vesicle exert a force that’s 2500 times a yeast cell’s own weight
2015
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Science & Technology Findings help demonstrate the evolutionary basis for allergy.
2015
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Science & Technology Enzyme Portal makes it easier to explore all enzyme-related data in EMBL-EBI’s public resources.
2015
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Lab Matters Hamburg researchers have a ball creating game to explain transporter protein mechanism.
2015
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Connections Behind the scenes of the EMBL-VIB alumni Benelux meeting.
2015
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Science & Technology Evaluation of MinION™ sequencer finds performance and reliability consistently good.
2015
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Science & Technology Study of mouse embryonic stem cells reveals new genes involved in the stem-cell regulatory network.
2015
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Lab MattersScience & Technology A microscopy technique is poised to shine new light on biological questions: as sheets of light can scan everything from developing embryos to single cells or functioning brains, a technique called light-sheet microscopy is gaining traction. It enables scientists to observe living cells in three…
2015
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Science & Technology Spaghetti-like proteins are surprisingly effective 'keys'
2015
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ConnectionsLab Matters Amidst the excitement of Nobel Week, behind the scenes of the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.
2015
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Science & Technology 1000 Genomes Project pushed technologies and knowledge forward to understand what is 'normal' human genetic variation
2015
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Science & Technology From the role of diatoms to how life evolved - scientists' pressing questions about life in the sea.
2015
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People & Perspectives Long-time events pro Antje Seeck gives us her take on how to organise a successful conference.
2015
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Science & Technology Missing a gene may not be a big deal – a conclusion from global catalogue of genetic changes.
2015
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Sveiki Lietuva! Lithuania becomes EMBL’s fourth prospect member state.
2015
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Connections EMBL-Wellcome Genome Campus events collaboration showcases open, application-based science.
2015
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Gold medal celebrates Eric Karsenti’s exceptional career and outstanding contributions to biology.
2015
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ConnectionsLab Matters Renewals and reunions: EMBL’s Nordic partners look to the future.
2015
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Connections Insights from organisers of upcoming EMBO|EMBL Aquatic Microeukaryotes symposium.
2015
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EMBL Announcements Highlights from EMBL-EBI’s Training Programme: Open Day, revamped webpages, free webinar series.
2015
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Science & Technology A nuclear pore riddle: how can you use the same number of pieces to form two rings that fit inside each other?
2015
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Science & Technology MASSIF-1 processes its 10,000th crystal, less than one year after the beamline became operational.
2015
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Science & Technology Multifaceted approach reveals how brain and liver age, helps explain why ageing brain loses plasticity.
2015
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Lab MattersScience & Technology Introducing the Small Angle Scattering Biological Data Bank, developed at EMBL Hamburg.
2015
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![Tara expeditions docks in London, September 2015, on its way to the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris. [PHOTO: Robert Slowley]](https://www.embl.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1509-tara-london-ib-300x206.jpg)
Connections Tara Oceans research vessel welcomes aboard scientists, policymakers and funders.
2015
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Lab Matters Ephrussi group alumni reunite in Heidelberg for a surprise birthday celebration.
2015
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Connections Alumni Rune Linding and Guillermo Montoya join colleagues and peers at the first Danish chapter meeting.
2015
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Science & Technology New computational method to study biological signalling networks in healthy and cancer cells.
2015
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People & Perspectives Insights from the evangelical Vint Cerf, a “founding father of the Internet”, during a visit to EMBL.
2015
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives “A structure alone is not so interesting, you need the biology too,” says new NMR-focused group leader
2015
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Connections Genevieve Almouzni and Nicolas Le Novère share their insights at alumni chapter meeting hosted in the UK.
2015
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives New group explores why patients with same cancer exhibit unique constellations of genetic mutations.
2015
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Connections "It's like living a review!" Participants of recent super-resolution microscopy course share their highlights
2015
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Maja Köhn’s lab is ideal to learn what life is like working at the interface of disciplines.
2015
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People & Perspectives EMBL rewards the special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards.
2015
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People & Perspectives Andrew Miller, first head of EMBL Grenoble, reflects on four decades at the Outstation.
2015
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Janet Thornton reflects on her time as Director of one of Europe’s fastest growing research institutes.
2015
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EMBL Announcements EMBL Alumni Association board meets for the last time in their current constellation.
2015
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EMBL Announcements Results are in for the EMBL Alumni Association board election – the board takes up office in 2016.
2015
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Science & Technology Theodore Alexandrov is using mathematics to analyse the countless molecules produced by our cells.
2015
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People & Perspectives Alumnus Thomas Vaccari reflects on the first joint symposium with EMBL Monterotondo, in Milan.
2015
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
2015
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Science & Technology Behind the scenes of start-up Miroculus, developing a non-invasive test for early-stage disease.
2015
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Science & Technology A journalist who spent six weeks aboard Tara reflects on the expedition’s extraordinary outcomes.
2015
sciencescience-technology
Lab Matters What’s on your Summer reading list? Here are some favourites of staff in the Lab.
2015
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People & Perspectives Alumnus Luis Bejarano asked Spanish students to stick out their tongues to analyse their microbiome.
2015
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Lab Matters A contagious cancer threatens the Tasmanian devil – extract from Science in School journal.
2015
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People & Perspectives Alumni Reuben Leberman, Jeremy Smith, Elena Seiradake, and Winfried Weissenhorn share their stories.
2015
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ConnectionsLab Matters Maria Kamber, who heads the mouse facility, ensures “dignity, compassion and respect” for her charges.
2015
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists map ‘switches’ for distant control of gene expression.
2015
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Science & Technology Collaboration between scientists reveals collaboration between lipids.
2015
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL Core Facilities collaborate with French research programme Signalife to revive training visit.
2015
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Connections Leading scientists will gather in Heidelberg this November to discuss the potential of personalised health.
2015
connectionsevents
Science & Technology Crowd sourcing initiative to predict effects of toxic compounds: results of 2013 DREAM Challenge.
2015
sciencescience-technology
People & Perspectives A mathematician who got ‘sucked in’ to biological problems, meet new team leader Theodore Alexandrov.
2015
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Science & Technology Multidisciplinary research provides clues to new treatments for deadly form of leukaemia in children
2015
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Science & Technology How T-cells are trained on what not to kill
2015
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ConnectionsLab Matters Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU) with the University of Heidelberg, renewed until 2025.
2015
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Alumnus Damian Brunner revisits EMBL in a very special capacity, as Swiss delegate on EMBL’s Council.
2015
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Lab Matters Web of lies? Science Movie Night reveals science behind the most famous spider bite in film history.
2015
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Science & Technology Iron regulatory proteins play important role in combatting infection, protecting against Salmonella.
2015
sciencescience-technology
Science & Technology 3D structure of Oskar protein gives first molecular insight into how it functions.
2015
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EI3POD: flagship interdisciplinary postdoc programme opens its doors to academia and industry.
2015
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Science & Technology 3D imaging unravels COPI coat of cells' transport vesicles.
2015
sciencescience-technology
Science & Technology Jan Korbel and colleagues publish commentary on risks and rewards of genome cloud computing.
2015
sciencescience-technology
Science & Technology European team identify mechanism for producing piRNAs that silence jumping genes in germline cells.
2015
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives “Interactions: that’s what I like the most in biology” – meet Lukáš Janošík, EUCYS 2014 prize winner.
2015
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Database administrator's photo essay reflects internationality and personality of the Genome Campus.
2015
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Lab MattersScience & Technology Academic community clouds take cancer research towards a brighter future.
2015
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Connections Industrial partners and BioStruct-X facility members gather for Workshop at EMBL Hamburg.
2015
connectionsevents
Lab Matters Staff gather to celebrate Janet Thorton's 14 years as Director of EMBL-EBI.
2015
lab-matters
Lab Matters Sarah Teichmann recognised for her contributions to science with the EMBO Gold Award 2015.
2015
lab-matters
Lab Matters EMBL’s new open access policy aims to make EMBL research widely and freely accessible.
2015
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Lab Matters CERN openlab enters a new phase, expanding to include EMBL-EBI and other public research organisations.
2015
lab-matters
Lab Matters Jenny Cham blogs about how ORCID helps distinguish her from all the other Jenny Chams in the world.
2015
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Lab Matters HMMER – a fast, sensitive search tool – helps find sequence relationships deep in evolutionary time.
2015
lab-matters
Lab Matters ELIXIR receives major Horizon 2020 funding to ‘EXCELERATE' activities over the next four years.
2015
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Lab Matters Stephen Cusack, head of EMBL Grenoble, among 47 new Royal Society fellows.
2015
lab-matters
Lab Matters In their quest to make structural biology more accessible, PDBe launches a new website.
2015
lab-matters
Lab Matters EMBL’s new Archivist will help chronicle the twists and turns, ups and downs of life at the Lab.
2015
lab-matters
Lab Matters Q&A: Which analogy best describes your research?
2015
lab-matters
Lab Matters Karin Sasaki is helping bridge the gap between quantitative and life science at EMBL.
2015
lab-matters
Lab Matters Major EU funding for CORBEL, facilitating access to data and biological imaging facilities.
2015
lab-matters
Lab Matters GWAS Catalog, originally developed by the NHGRI in the US, moves to EMBL-EBI.
2015
lab-matters
Lab Matters Klaus Tschira, a tireless supporter of science, education and talent, died 31 March 2015.
2015
lab-matters
Lab Matters Rolf Apweiler and Ewan Birney appointed Joint Directors of EMBL-EBI, as Janet Thornton steps down.
2015
lab-matters
Lab Matters A quick round-up of the latest EMBL-EBI service releases.
2015
lab-matters
Lab Matters Wellcome Genome Campus gives first Best Practice Award for Supporting Women in Science.
2015
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Lab Matters Building and visualising protein-interaction networks is easier and more accurate thanks to IntAct.
2015
lab-matters
Lab Matters Jeffrey Barrett appointed Director of CTTV, the GSK, EMBL-EBI and Sanger Institute partnership.
2015
lab-matters
Lab Matters A blog extract by Ewan Birney reflects on the challenges of moving a massive data-centre.
2015
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Lab Matters Find answers to 40 of your questions about life, the Lab and everything!
2015
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Lab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
2015
lab-matters
Lab Matters Which tales have illuminated something important to you? Staff from the Lab provide their favourite.
2015
lab-matters
Lab Matters Meet Dean of Graduate Studies, Helke Hillebrand.
2015
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Lab Matters PhD student Silvia Rohr on studying eyes – and talking about it for a general audience.
2015
lab-matters
Lab Matters New project aims to speed up detection and response to disease outbreaks using genome technology.
2015
lab-matters
Lab Matters New Christian Boulin Fellowship: 15 awards of up to €1500 for visitors to EMBL’s Core Facilities.
2015
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Lab Matters EMBL-EBI supports relaunch of yourgenome.org, to bring genetics advances to a wider audience.
2015
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Lab Matters Third round of calls for joint research projects between EMBL and Luxembourg in 2015
2014
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Lab Matters The day EMBL Hamburg predocs and postdocs invited Nobel Prize Winner Ada Yonath to dinner.
2014
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Lab Matters Workshops, seminars and honorary lectures – strong start for EMBL’s newest associate member state.
2014
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Lab Matters 'Big Data to Knowledge' project by UCLA, Scripps and EMBL-EBI to transform protein data to knowledge.
2014
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Lab Matters How the author of a prize-winning project on bee travel ended up at a stem cells and cancer conference
2014
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Lab Matters How does EMBL-EBI run millions of jobs for its users while moving its two large data centres?
2014
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Lab Matters Music, bubbles and DNA: a collaborative project brings artist and scientist together
2014
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Lab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards - meet the latest honourees
2014
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Lab Matters Drumming, drama, dancing and discovery in a diary of art and science event, Roche Continents.
2014
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Lab Matters Bibliophiles from the Lab pick out the stories that have inspired them at work and elsewhere.
2014
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Lab Matters PhD student Charles breeze found inspiration at this year's Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting.
2014
lab-matters
Lab Matters Pathfinding – poetic and practical – was a common theme in blogs from the EMBL network.
2014
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Lab Matters Andrew D Robertson, scientific coordinator of EICAT between 2011–12, died on 14 August 2014.
2014
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Lab Matters Tschira-Jugendakademie pupils get hands-on during day of DNA barcoding
2014
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Lab Matters Nordic partners focus on "enhancing research enterprise", says Kjetil Taskén
2014
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Lab Matters Artist Stephen Wright gifts artwork inspired by DNA storage research to EMBL-EBI.
2014
lab-matters
Lab Matters A quick round-up of the latest EMBL-EBI service releases
2014
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Lab Matters Gyron Ltd awarded contract to supply EMBL-EBI's data centres over the next five years
2014
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Lab Matters New genomics API allows researchers to share anonymised genetic data seamlessly across platforms.
2014
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Lab Matters Have a pressing question? EMBL experts are standing by to answer! Submit yours today.
2014
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Lab Matters Czech delegate Jana Bystřická represents EMBL's 21st member state at her first Council Meeting.
2014
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Lab Matters As the Lab turns 40, staff and alumni share 40 things that make EMBL, EMBL
2014
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Lab Matters School ambassadors show next generation that scientists are more ‘role model’ than ‘mad professor’
2014
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Lab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards - meet the latest honourees
2014
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Lab Matters To photographer Horst Hamann, it's the people, not the science, that make EMBL unique
2014
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Lab Matters Film enthusiasts from the Lab review their favourite science movies, one for each EMBL decade
2014
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Lab Matters Christian Boulin, EMBL’s Director of Core Facilities and Services, died on 27 April 2014
2014
lab-matters
Lab Matters What might life alien life look like? Lewis Dartnell studies extreme bacteria to find out
2014
lab-matters
Lab Matters As the Lab turns 40, staff and alumni share 40 things that make EMBL, EMBL
2014
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Lab Matters Busy times for EMBL keep Director of International Relations Silke Schumacher on the move
2014
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Lab Matters Scientists from EMBL's five sites reflect on the opportunities and challenges that might lie ahead
2014
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Lab Matters Which scientific breakthroughs would EMBL scientists most like to see in the next 40 years?
2014
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ConnectionsLab Matters A new EMBL-EBI biomedical initiative works to determine the best target proteins for new drugs.
2014
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Science & Technology Scientists determine the structure of auxin response factors: daisy-chains that regulate gene expression
2014
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Science & Technology Enabling neighbours: intact genes can cause cancer when placed near "enhancing" regions of DNA
2014
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Science & Technology Data from first ever worldwide Ocean Sampling Day will be shared via EMBL-EBI resources this autumn.
2014
sciencescience-technology
Connections Teaming up in Ireland to address big challenges in biology
2014
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Connections Forty years after its foundation, EMBL announces its 21st member state: the Czech Republic. Building on a successful bilateral relationship, the Czech Republic’s membership grants Czech scientists access to EMBL’s state-of-the-art instruments, facilities and world-class training…
2014
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Science & Technology Reference sheep genome, published by International Sheep Genomics Consortium, available in Ensembl
2014
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Science & Technology A kaleidoscope of molecules is needed to clean up dead brain cells, and failure can have disastrous consequences
2014
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Science & Technology How a DNA stretch influences face formation and contributes to common congenital malformations
2014
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Science & Technology High-resolution structure reveals crucial interactions for HIV maturation
2014
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Science & Technology DNA-coralling protein complex in an unexpected bind
2014
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Science & Technology Genome Campus researchers discover that some immune cells turn themselves off by producing a steroid.
2014
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Science & Technology The balance behind membrane changes that turn one cell into 6000 as a fruit fly embryo develops
2014
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Science & Technology Tsetse fly genome sequenced; scientists hope to find new ways to control sleeping sickness.
2014
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Connections At a signing ceremony today, Argentina joins the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) as an associate member state. The move strengthens the ties between the European and Latin American life science communities. It grants Argentinian scientists access to EMBL’s world-class facilities and…
2014
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ConnectionsLab Matters A pioneering public-private research initiative between GSK, the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is to harness the power of ‘big data’ and genome sequencing to improve the success rate for discovering new medicines. The new Centre for…
2014
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Connections The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) welcomes the Slovak Republic as the first country to join its new Prospect Member scheme. In a Statement of Intent signed last month, the Slovak Republic and EMBL agree to explore the possibilities for long-term cooperation, with a view to the…
2014
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ConnectionsLab Matters Europe is uniting to make state-of-the-art imaging technologies accessible to biomedical researchers throughout the continent in a concerted manner. The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and seven countries (Belgium, Finland, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom)…
2014
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Science & Technology In many people with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders, different parts of the brain don’t talk to each other very well. Scientists have now identified, for the first time, a way in which this decreased functional connectivity can come about. In a study published online today…
2014
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Science & Technology What do bullies and sex have in common? Based on work by scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Monterotondo, Italy, it seems that the same part of the brain reacts to both. In a study published today in Nature Neuroscience, the researchers found that – at least in…
2013
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Science & Technology The molecular machine that makes essential components of ribosomes – the cell’s protein factories – is like a Swiss-army knife, researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, and the Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas in Madrid, Spain, have found.…
2013
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Science & Technology An important step in building ribosomes – the cell’s protein factories – is like a strictly choreographed dance, scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, have discovered. To build these factories, other ‘machines’ inside the cell have to…
2013
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Science & Technology Migrating cells, it seems, cover their tracks not for fear of being followed, but to keep moving forward. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, have now shown that cells in a zebrafish embryo determine which direction they move in by effectively…
2013
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Science & Technology Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and Regensburg University, both in Germany, and the University of Lisboa, in Portugal, have discovered a promising potential drug target for cystic fibrosis. Their work, published online today in Cell, also uncovers a…
2013
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Science & Technology Like a fireman who becomes an arsonist, a protein that prevents cells becoming cancerous can also cause tumours, scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Grenoble, France, have discovered. The finding, published today in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, stems…
2013
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Science & Technology How our body processes cholesterol has a well-known impact on our health, but it turns out that another ‘fat molecule’ – or lipid – may be at the heart of some diseases which were thought to involve cholesterol. A group of proteins linked to conditions such as metabolic syndrome and some…
2013
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Science & Technology The process cells use to ‘swallow’ up nutrients, hormones and other signals from their environment – called endocytosis – can play a crucial role in shaping the cells themselves, scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, have found. The study,…
2013
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Science & Technology It’s a parent’s nightmare: opening a Lego set and being faced with 500 pieces, but no instructions on how to assemble them into the majestic castle shown on the box. Thanks to a new approach by scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany,…
2013
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Science & Technology Although we know the tool’s general purpose, it can sometimes be difficult to tell if a specific pair of precision tweezers belongs to a surgeon or a master jeweller. It is now easier to solve similar conundrums about a type of protein that allows cells to react to their environment, thanks to…
2013
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Science & Technology Like musicians in an orchestra who have the same musical score but start and finish playing at different intervals, cells with the same genes start and finish transcribing them at different points in the genome. For the first time, researchers at EMBL have described the striking diversity of…
2013
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ConnectionsLab Matters Euro-BioImaging, the pan-European open access research infrastructure for biological and medical imaging technologies, invites leading European imaging facilities to submit proposals to participate. Applications to become a Euro-BioImaging node will be reviewed by a board of independent…
2013
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Science & Technology HeLa cells are the world’s most commonly used human cell lines, and have served as a standard for understanding many fundamental biological processes. In a study published today in G3: Genes, Genomes and Genetics online, scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in…
2013
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ConnectionsLab Matters Today, the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine celebrates two important milestones: the renewal of the partnership agreement for an extended period of 10 years, and the expansion of the Nordic EMBL network with the official opening of the Danish Research Institute of Translational…
2013
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Science & Technology During embryo development, genes are dynamically, and very precisely, switched on and off to confer different properties to different cells and build a well-proportioned and healthy animal. Fgf8 is one of the key genes in this process, controlling in particular the growth of the limbs and…
2013
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Science & Technology Studies screening the genome of hundreds of thousands of individuals (known as Genome-wide association studies or GWAS) have linked more than 100 regions in the genome to the risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the…
2013
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Science & Technology While prostate cancer is the most common cancer in elderly Western men it also, but more rarely, strikes patients aged between 35 and 50. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, in collaboration with several other research teams in Germany*, have…
2013
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Science & Technology Mature cells can be reprogrammed to pluripotency and thus regain the ability to divide and differentiate into specialized cell types. Although these so-called induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) represent a milestone in stem cell research, many of the biochemical processes that underlie…
2013
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Science & Technology Scientists at the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in the UK have discovered how our genome keeps the effects of mutations in check. The discovery, published in the journal Cell, will help in the study of diseases such as cancer and…
2013
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Science & Technology Researchers at the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) have created a way to store data in the form of DNA – a material that lasts for tens of thousands of years. The new method, published today in the journal Nature, makes it possible to store at least 100 million hours of…
2013
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Science & Technology This may look like yet another video of a dividing cell, but there’s a catch. You are looking at chromosomes (red) being pulled apart by the mitotic spindle (green), but it’s not a cell, because there’s no cell membrane. Like a child sucking an egg out of its shell, Ivo Telley from the…
2013
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Science & Technology A research team of scientists from EMBL Grenoble and the IGBMC in Strasbourg, France, have, for the first time, described in molecular detail the architecture of the central scaffold of TFIID: the human protein complex essential for transcription from DNA to mRNA. The study, published today…
2013
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Science & Technology Gene expression wave in the lower part of the future vertebrae column of a mammalian embryo. As the wave goes forward, new pre-vertebrae are formed and the future vertebrae column elongates. (Image and video credit: Nature) In a nutshell: The size of pre-vertebrae in a mammalian embryo is…
2012
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Science & Technology In a nutshell : The gut metagenome is the collection of all the genomes of all the microbes in the human intestinal tract : it is specific to each human, like a second genetic signature At least in healthy humans, this personal metagenome is stable over time The gut metagenome is…
2012
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Science & Technology In a nutshell: 1st map combining human genetic variation at different scales – from single letters to large chunks Based on genomes of 1092 healthy people from Europe, the Americas and East Asia Could help identify genetic causes of disease, rather than just links Data made freely available in…
2012
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Science & Technology In a nutshell: Looping and unlooping DNA adjusts readout from gene and spread of regulation throughout the genome When a gene forms a loop, its output increases, as the transcription machinery that reads it is trapped into moving only along that gene When the gene loop is undone, transcription…
2012
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Science & Technology In a nutshell: New method allows precise analysis of proteins released by cells over time (distinguishes them from proteins in the cells’ culture serum) Advantages: cells don’t have to be starved: avoids bias and allows more cell types to be studied; can follow fast reactions like immune…
2012
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Science & Technology Today, an international team of researchers reveal that much of what has been called ‘junk DNA’ in the human genome is actually a massive control panel with millions of switches regulating the activity of our genes. Without these switches, genes would not work – and mutations in these regions…
2012
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Science & Technology Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Grenoble, France, have determined the detailed 3-dimensional structure of part of the flu virus’ RNA polymerase, an enzyme that is crucial for influenza virus replication. This important finding is published today in PLoS…
2012
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Science & Technology What do you get when you dissect 10 000 fruit-fly larvae? A team of researchers led by the EMBL- European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in the UK and the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics (MPI) in Germany has discovered a way in which cells can adjust the activity of many…
2012
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Connections Italy has pledged to participate in ELIXIR, a major undertaking to safeguard the results of life science research in Europe. With one of Europe’s larger economies now demonstrating its commitment to ELIXIR, this burgeoning research infrastructure is well placed to continue its excellent progress.…
2012
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Science & Technology A traffic policeman standing at a busy intersection directing the flow of vehicles may be a rare sight these days, but a similar scene appears to still frequently play out in our cells. A protein called Lem4 directs a crucial step of cell division by preventing the progress of one molecule while…
2012
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Science & Technology Savira pharmaceuticals GmbH, a spin-off of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) based in Vienna, Austria, has signed a collaboration and license agreement with Roche, thus further strengthening the links between fundamental research and major pharmaceutical development companies. This…
2012
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Science & Technology As a retrovirus matures, the two parts of its shell protein (red and blue or yellow and blue) dramatically rearrange themselves, twisting and moving away from each other. (Credit: EMBL/T.Bharat) Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, have for the…
2012
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Science & Technology “This video shows a fruit fly embryo from when it was about two-and-a-half hours old until it walked away from the microscope as a larva, 20 hours later,” says Lars Hufnagel, from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany. “It shows all the hallmarks of fruit fly…
2012
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Science & Technology Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, have conducted the first comprehensive census of human cells’ export workers. In a study published online today in Nature Cell Biology, they found an unexpected variety of genes involved in transporting…
2012
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Science & Technology In one of the most famous faux pas of exploration, Columbus set sail for India and instead ‘discovered’ America. Similarly, when scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, set out to find enzymes – the proteins that carry out chemical…
2012
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Science & Technology These spheres may look almost identical, but subtle differences between them revealed a molecular version of the robots from Transformers. Each sphere is a vesicle, a pod that cells use to transport materials between different compartments. The images, produced by Marco Faini from John…
2012
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Science & Technology Like emergency workers rushing to a disaster scene, cells called microglia speed to places where the brain has been injured, to contain the damage by ‘eating up’ any cellular debris and dead or dying neurons. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany,…
2012
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Science & Technology Just as banks store away only the most valuable possessions in the most secure safes, cells prioritise which genes they guard most closely, researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) have found. The study, published online today…
2012
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Science & Technology As spring arrives, flowers seem to bloom everywhere – even under the microscopes at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany. But the ‘flowers’ in this picture actually help an animal, not a plant, to pass on its genes. The image, which has been false-coloured…
2012
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Science & Technology Like any law-abiding train passenger, a molecule called oskar RNA carries a stamped ticket detailing its destination and form of transport, scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, have found. They show that for this molecule, moving in the…
2012
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Science & Technology Today a consortium of leading IT providers and three of Europe’s biggest research centres (CERN, EMBL and ESA) announced a partnership to launch a European cloud computing platform. ‘Helix Nebula ‐ the Science Cloud’, will support the massive IT requirements of European…
2012
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Science & Technology The bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae, which causes atypical pneumonia, is helping scientists uncover how cells make the most of limited resources. By measuring all the proteins this bacterium produces, scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, and…
2012
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Science & Technology Breakthroughs in biomedical science are a step closer today, with the launch of a new distributed research infrastructure for the science of structural biology: Instruct. The launch of Instruct will give academic and commercial scientists across Europe access to a full portfolio of integrated…
2012
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Science & Technology In fairy tales, magic rings endow their owners with special abilities: the ring makes the wearer invisible, fulfils his wishes, or otherwise helps the hero on the path to his destiny. Similarly, a ring-like structure found in a protein complex called ‘Elongator’ has led researchers at the…
2012
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Science & Technology Myomesin stretching to 2.5 times its length. Credit: EMBL/Wilmanns. In this video, a protein called myomesin does its impression of Mr. Fantastic, the leader of the Fantastic Four of comic book fame, who performed incredible feats by stretching his body. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology…
2012
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Science & Technology If you wanted to draw your family tree, you could start by searching for people who share your surname. Cells, of course, don’t have surnames, but scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, have found that genetic switches called enhancers, and the…
2012
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Science & Technology An inherited mutation in a gene known as the guardian of the genome is likely the link between exploding chromosomes and some particularly aggressive types of cancer, scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ) and the University…
2012
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Science & Technology A team of geneticists and computational biologists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and Cancer Research UK reveal how an ancient mechanism is involved in gene control and continues to drive genome…
2012
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Science & Technology As an embryo develops, different genes are turned on in different cells, to form muscles, neurons and other bodily parts. Inside each cell’s nucleus, genetic sequences known as enhancers act like remote controls, switching genes on and off. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory…
2012
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Lab Matters The European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) warmly welcome today’s announcement from the UK Government of a £75 million commitment from the Department for Business, Innovation…
2011
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Lab Matters Today marks an important step for ELIXIR, Europe’s emerging research infrastructure for life-science information, as five countries plus the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to catalyse the implementation and construction of ELIXIR. The…
2011
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Lab Matters Lennart Philipson, who served as EMBL’s second Director General, has passed away. Lennart headed EMBL for over a decade between 1982-93, a crucial time for molecular biology when different scientific disciplines in the life sciences were becoming increasingly interlinked. He reorganised the…
2011
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Lab Matters In a Memorandum of Understanding signed today, the European Commission (EC) and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) formalise their desire to maintain and further develop their cooperation. “I am delighted to sign the renewed and strengthened Memorandum of Understanding between the…
2011
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Lab Matters The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) welcome news that funding has been earmarked from the UK’s Large Facilities Capital Fund for ELIXIR – the European Life-science…
2011
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Lab Matters At the Autumn 2010Council meeting of the EIROforum, a partnership of seven European intergovernmental research organisations with large research infrastructures, the Directors General unanimously accepted the European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility (European XFEL), based in Hamburg, Germany, to…
2010
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Lab Matters Today, the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine officially inaugurates the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM) in Helsinki. Together with the Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway (NCMM, University of Oslo) and the Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS, Umeå…
2010
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Lab Matters Today, the German Minister for Education and Research, Annette Schavan, officially opens the new training and conference centre for the life sciences on the campus of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg. “This new centre in Heidelberg will form a central European…
2010
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Lab Matters BBSRC has awarded funding to the European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), based at Hinxton near Cambridge, to permit a dramatic increase in the institute’s data storage and handling capacity. The funding is the first step in developing the existing…
2009
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Lab Matters On June 26 2009 the joint international Unit for Virus and Host Cell Interactions (Unité Mixte Internationale) was formally established in Grenoble. The unit is run jointly by CNRS, the Grenoble outstation of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the Grenoble University Joseph…
2009
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Lab Matters Mice are one of biology’s most important model organisms, because 98% of their genes and many of their traits and diseases are similar to ours. Researchers at the Mouse Biology Unit of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) take advantage of these similarities and use mice to study…
2009
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Lab Matters Microscope designer Leica Microsystems and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) signed a corporate partnership agreement today whereby Leica Microsystems becomes a founder partner of the EMBL Advanced Training Centre scheduled to be completed in September 2009. Besides its financial…
2008
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Lab Matters The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences, a global leader in life science research, drug discovery and cellular science, today announced that they have entered into a corporate partnership in support of EMBL’s Advanced Training Centre in…
2008
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Lab Matters Today at a meeting organised by the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, scientists from around the globe announced the formation of the International Human Microbiome Consortium (IHMC), an effort that will enable researchers to characterise the relationship of the…
2008
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Lab Matters The Wellcome Trust has awarded £4.7 million (€5.8 million) to EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) to support the transfer of a large collection of information on the properties and activities of drugs and a large set of drug-like small molecules from the publicly listed…
2008
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Lab Matters In a contract signed today, the European Commission has awarded €4.5 million to a pan-European consortium to decide upon the best way to unite Europe’s biological data resources into a sustainable, integrative bioinformatics network for the life sciences. The European Life-science…
2008
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Lab Matters Drawing on the expertise of multi-disciplinary research teams, the map developed by the 1000 Genomes Project will provide a view of biomedically relevant DNA variations at a resolution unmatched by current resources. The European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), working with long-term collaborator…
2008
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Lab Matters ArrayExpress, the publicly available database of transcriptomics data at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), has doubled in size in 2007, reaching the 100,000-hybridisation milestone. The database now holds snapshots of gene expression…
2007
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Lab Matters Today, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) announces Luxembourg as the new member of its international community. Accepted by EMBL’s council and ratified by the parliament of Luxembourg, the Grand-Duchy has officially joined the institute as the 20th member state. “EMBL is…
2007
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Lab Matters The European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) officially opens its new East Wing today with a reception for prominent guests. The East Wing will be jointly opened by Ian Pearson, Minister of State for Science and Innovation, UK, and Robert-Jan Smits,…
2007
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Lab Matters Today the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), the University of Helsinki, Finland, the University of Oslo, Norway, and Umeå University, Sweden, officially launch their new Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine. The agreement will encourage scientific exchange and collaborations…
2007
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Lab Matters Three papers published by EMBL scientists and their collaborators will make it much easier to share and compare information from large-scale proteomics data. The papers are published in Nature Biotechnology on 8 and 26 August. As the quantity of available biological information and the use of…
2007
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Lab Matters Today, delegates representing the 19 member states of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) offered Australia associate membership in EMBL’s international community. The membership is planned to start officially in January 2008 and will initially last for seven years. “EMBL…
2007
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Lab Matters It was the world’s earliest public database of DNA and RNA sequences and remains Europe’s primary nucleotide sequence resource. The database is maintained by EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute in Hinxton (UK) in collaboration with its US and Japanese counterparts GenBank and…
2007
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Lab Matters The German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) has awarded 8.8 Million Euro to the Hamburg Outstation of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) for the construction of an Integrated Research Facility for Structural Biology at the new PETRA-III storage ring of the German…
2007
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Lab Matters The European Commission has awarded 3.7 Million Euro under the European Union Framework 6 Programme over the next four years to a new Marie Curie Research Training Network, coordinated by Dr. Andreas Ladurner at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). The long molecules of DNA that carry…
2007
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Lab Matters From today scientists will be able to access a vast collection of biomedical research and to submit their own published results for inclusion in a new online resource. Based on a model currently used by the US National Institute of Health, UK PubMed Central (UKPMC) will provide free access to a…
2007
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Lab Matters Today, Janez Potočnik, European Commissioner for Science and Research, received a statement of support for the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers from EIROforum. “The EIROforum partners warmly welcome this valuable initiative by…
2006
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Lab Matters Today the European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) launches its new, faster and easier website with an exhaustive search engine at its centre. The web interface has been streamlined on the basis of user feedback from a recent extensive…
2006
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Lab Matters The BioModels Database, hosted by the European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in Cambridge, UK, has entered a formal data-exchange agreement with the Database of Quantitative Chemical Signalling (DOQCS) of the National Centre for…
2006
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Lab Matters Today the European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) launches CiteXplore, a new freely accessible literature resource service. Biological researchers require two crucial sources of information: scientific literature published in peerreviewed…
2006
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Lab Matters Today, the German Minister for Education and Research, Annette Schavan, breaks ground for the new training and conference centre for the life sciences that will be built on the EMBL campus in Heidelberg. The German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), the Klaus Tschira…
2006
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Lab Matters Today the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and the Spanish Ministry for Education and Science (MEC) officially launch their new joint EMBL/CRG Research Unit in Systems Biology on the campus of the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park. The Spanish…
2006
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Lab Matters Today EMBL scientists, EMBL’s commercial affiliate, EMBL Enterprise Management Technology Transfer GmbH (EMBLEM) and EMBL’s venture vehicle, EMBL Ventures GmbH, announce the foundation of Elara Pharmaceuticals GmbH, a start-up company that will translate basic research findings into new…
2006
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Lab Matters Scientists will be able to access a vast collection of biomedical research at the touch of a button thanks to a major new initiative that aims to promote the free transfer of ideas in a bid to speed up scientific discovery. Based on a model currently used in the United States, UK PubMed Central…
2006
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Lab Matters In the early days of X-ray crystallography obtaining a three-dimensional model of a protein required wire models, screws, bolts and years of tedious calculations by hand. Today macromolecular models are built by computers – thanks to sophisticated software and in particular a package called…
2006
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Lab Matters Croatia has officially joined the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) as the organisation’s 19th Member State. The Croatian parliament ratified its membership after EMBL’s council had accepted the country’s application. “Joining EMBL is a very important step…
2006
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Lab Matters Today the European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s (EMBL) European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), the Swiss Institute for Bioinformatics (SIB), the University of Cologne, Germany, and the European Patent Office launch FELICS (Free European Life-science Information and Computational Services).…
2006
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Lab Matters EMBOSS, the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite, has received a vital funding boost from the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) that will guarantee its continued maintenance under an open source license for the next three years. This ends two years of…
2006
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Lab Matters Today three research organisations announce the merging of their expertise to fight cardiovascular diseases, which are among the most common health problems and causes of death in the world. The Magdi Yacoub Institute (MYI) at the UK’s Harefield Heart Science Centre, Imperial College London,…
2006
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Lab Matters Science is moving more rapidly than ever; one groundbreaking discovery chases the next at an incredible speed. School teachers have trouble keeping up with the pace, and many pupils call science classes “boring”. Today, Europe’s major research organisations launch Science in…
2006
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Lab Matters On Friday, 13 January 2006, the new Carl-Ivar Brändén Building (CIBB) will be inaugurated on the Polygone Scientifique Campus in Grenoble, France. The CIBB will be operated as a collaboration between major international and national partners based in Grenoble and is a further step in the…
2006
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Lab Matters In the December 6 issue of Nature Biotechnology, scientists from 14 different organizations around the world, including the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, propose a new quality standard for biochemical models. MIRIAM [for Minimum information requested in the annotation of biochemical…
2005
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Lab Matters Today the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) opens a new highthroughput crystallization facility at its Outstation located on the campus of the German Synchrotron Radiation Facility (DESY) in Hamburg, Germany. The facility, made possible by major funds from the German Ministry for Science…
2005
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Lab Matters The Commission of the European Union has awarded EUR 9 million over five years for a new Network of Excellence that will make computational systems biology accessible to bench scientists throughout Europe and beyond. ENFIN, which stands for ‘Experimental Network for Functional…
2005
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Lab Matters The European Commission has selected the EBI to coordinate a project that will stimulate and explore synergies between bioinformatics (the science of storing, retrieving and analysing large amounts of biological information) and medical informatics (the science of processing, sharing and using…
2005
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Lab Matters The European Bioinformatics Institute and Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) – Ghent University have launched the PRoteomics IDEntifications database (PRIDE). PRIDE allows researchers who work in the field of proteomics – the large-scale study of proteins – to…
2005
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Lab Matters The executive teams of five major molecular interaction databases announced today the signing of an agreement to share curation efforts and exchange completed records through a mechanism known as the International Molecular Exchange (IMEx) consortium. IMEx will provide a network of stable,…
2005
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Lab Matters The world’s three leading public repositories for DNA and RNA sequence information have reached 100 gigabases (100,000,000,000 bases; the ‘letters’ of the genetic code) of sequence. Thanks to their data exchange policy, which has paved the way for the global exchange of many types…
2005
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Lab Matters The first rate research from the Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU) is now set to continue for the long-term. The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the Medical Faculty of University of Heidelberg, who formed the joint venture in 2002, have announced their plans to initiate a…
2005
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Lab Matters A systematic search through human genes has begun at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany. Working within the MitoCheck consortium that includes 10 other institutes throughout Europe, the EMBL scientists will silence all human genes, one-by-one, to find those…
2005
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Lab Matters The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) has received a big boost from The Wellcome Trust, the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), who have given funds to expand the EBI site in Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK. The new…
2005
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Lab Matters Dr. Iain Mattaj today took over the leadership of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory [EMBL], a prominent basic research and training institute with laboratories in France, Germany, Italy and the UK. “The pace of progress in the life sciences is remarkable. I see my job as ensuring that…
2005
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Lab Matters A novel high-tech microscope will be brought to the marketplace, giving laboratories everywhere fascinating new insights into living organisms. EMBLEM Technology Transfer GmbH (EMBLEM), the commercial entity of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), announced today that it has signed a…
2005
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Lab Matters The International Society for Computational Biology has named two scientists from the European Bioinformatics Institute as the winners of its awards for 2005. Janet Thornton wins the Senior Scientist Accomplishment Award while the Overton Prize goes to Ewan Birney. Thomas Lengauer, the ISCB’s…
2005
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Science & Technology Most things that happen in the cell are the work of ‘molecular machines’ – complexes of proteins that carry out important cellular functions. Until now, scientists didn’t have a clear idea of when proteins form these machines – are these complexes pre-fabricated or put…
2005
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Lab Matters The Commission of the European Union has awarded 8.3 million Euro to a pan-European task force who will improve access to biological information for scientists throughout and beyond Europe. The EMBRACE Network of Excellence, which encompasses computational biologists from 17 institutes in 11…
2005
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Science & Technology One of the most basic yet least understood processes in our bodies is how cells crawl along tissues. This behavior is essential to the formation of an embryo and other processes, but it must be tightly controlled. A disturbance can lead to the spread of cancer cells or diseases like Spina…
2005
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