TREC: A two-year mission to study human impact on Europe’s seas and coastal regions
Lab Matters EMBL is leading the TREC project: the first pan-European and cross-disciplinary effort to examine life in its natural context.
2023
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AI helps scientists decipher cellular structures
Science New artificial intelligence tool adds speed and detailed cellular information to analysis of cryo-electron tomography to aid researchers’ understanding of inner cell workings.
2023
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Examining life along Iceland’s coasts
Lab Matters The final pilot project in Iceland marked the countdown to the ‘Traversing European Coastlines’ (TREC) expedition to study coastal ecosystems and their response to changes in the environment.
2022
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Making patterns visible
Science How do gene expression patterns result in the generation of different cell types? Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg used the zebrafish notochord to find out.
2022
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Official opening of the EMBL Imaging Centre
Events Representatives from politics, industry and academia attended the inauguration ceremony at EMBL Heidelberg
2022
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Royal Society honour for Eileen Furlong
Lab Matters EMBL’s Head of Genome Biology announced as Fellow of the Royal Society for her exceptional contributions to science.
2022
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Flip-flop genome
Science Researchers at EMBL Heidelberg found that inversions in the human genome are more common than previously thought, which impacts our understanding of certain genetic diseases.
2022
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Anne Ephrussi elected member of the US National Academy of Sciences
Lab Matters The honour recognises distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
2022
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Matthias Hentze receives Centenary Award
Lab Matters EMBL Heidelberg’s Matthias Hentze receives the Biochemical Society’s Centenary Award for his discoveries in RNA biology.
2022
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From liquid to solid to drive development
Science Condensates are membraneless organelles that control specific functions within a cell. Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg have shown how the physical state of condensates can influence biological function.
2022
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‘The World of Molecular Biology’ exhibition
Lab Matters The new permanent ‘The World of Molecular Biology’ exhibition will open in mid-2023 at EMBL’s headquarters in Heidelberg. It will encourage people to actively engage with science and its relevance for everyday life.
2022
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Capturing ‘snapshots’ of a crucial step in RNA splicing
Science The Galej group at EMBL Grenoble has recently obtained high resolution snapshots of a crucial step in RNA splicing involving the U2 snRNP complex, a crucial component of the human spliceosome.
2022
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Eileen Furlong honoured with Leibniz Prize
Lab 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).
2021
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EMBL Imaging Centre welcomes first external user
Lab Matters Correlative microscopy service enables PhD student from Switzerland to study structure and location of proteins cells use to communicate.
2021
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More than a gut reaction
Science 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.
2021
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