Sonia Furtado Neves, Author at EMBL

13 March 2018 EMBL IT support engineer Vasiliki Karyoti walking down a corridor

Being an IT support engineer: go everywhere, know everyone

Lab Matters For Vasiliki Karyoti, troubleshooting and problem-solving take on a greater meaning at EMBL

2018

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8 March 2018 Netrin-1 bound to Draxin

Axon guidance and bundling are linked

Science EMBL scientists discover how two guidance cues work together when neurons project axons across the midline

2018

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23 February 2018 Felix Weis at the new cryo-EM service platform.

New cryo-EM service at EMBL Heidelberg

Science Access to state-of-the-art microscopes and outstanding expertise

2018

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21 February 2018 10x Genomics joined EMBL's Corporate Partnership Programme

10x Genomics joins EMBL’s Corporate Partnership Programme

Lab Matters Joining forces for single-cell research

2018

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20 February 2018 Jacques Dubochet holding his Nobel medal during Nobel week. PHOTO: Alexander Mahmoud ©Nobel Media AB 2017

Jacques Dubochet donates Nobel medal to EMBL

Alumni “In testimony of my great thankfulness”

2018

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28 November 2017 A photo of Jana Pavlic and Plamena Markova, EMBL’s Joint Heads of Government and EU Relations. PHOTO: Hugo Neves/EMBL Photolab

Diplomacy – What’s science got to do with it?

Lab Matters Interview with EMBL’s Joint Heads of Government and EU Relations

2017

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2 November 2017 Fly with no wings

What bizarre flies have taught us

Science Five things researchers have learned from bizarre fruit flies

2017

science

27 September 2017 wine label with Patil Group and S. cerevisiae

How wine-making yeast can feed wine-spoiling bacteria

Science How microbes can create niches for each other

2017

science

29 May 2017 PRBB building which will host EMBL Barcelona PHOTO: Ferran Mateo/PRBB

James Sharpe appointed Head of EMBL Barcelona

Lab Matters Inventor of OPT will be the first Head of EMBL’s new Barcelona site

2017

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8 May 2017

EMBL spin-off Luxendo acquired by Bruker

Lab Matters Accelerating researchers’ access to next-generation light-sheet microscopy

2017

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10 April 2017

EMBL to open new site in Barcelona

Lab Matters Spanish government and EMBL sign agreement for new site

2017

lab-matters

9 March 2017

Cell division offers hope to fight antibiotic resistance

Science Keeping bacterial chromosomes tangled could lead to new approaches to treatment

2017

science

2 March 2017

Metabolism matters

Science Differentiated and undifferentiated cells get energy in different ways, sensor made at EMBL shows

2017

science

16 February 2017

New EMBL and GSK collaboration

Lab Matters GSK and EMBL have signed an agreement to enhance understanding of disease and drug mechanisms

2017

lab-matters

13 February 2017

Genetic switches can change shape

Science EMBL scientists discovered that common mutations can change the shape of gene promoters

2017

science

9 January 2017

Neural connection keeps instincts in check

Science EMBL scientists find out how the prefrontal cortex puts a break on instinctive behaviours

2017

science

13 December 2016

Study offers approach to treating pain

Science Research on the effect of nerve cell stiffness on sensitivity to touch could lead to new painkillers

2016

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24 November 2016

What would it take to regrow an arm?

Science Exploring what it would take to regrow a lost limb, and what we might learn along the way

2016

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23 November 2016

Toxoplasma’s balancing act explained

Science Parasite’s method of rewiring our immune response leads to novel tool for drug tests

2016

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15 November 2016

Improving data analysis in imaging mass spec

Science Open source bioinformatics method for finding metabolites makes experiments comparable across labs

2016

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3 November 2016

Spiral growth

Science What happens when plant's leaf-placing feedback loop isn't quite right

2016

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4 October 2016

In pursuit of flat growth in leaves

Science EMBL scientists investigate how leaves grow flat to efficiently capture sunlight

2016

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12 September 2016

New EMBL-Hubrecht Institute partnership

Lab Matters EMBL and the Hubrecht Institute signed a 5-year partnership agreement

2016

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30 August 2016 Data by Natalia Wesolowska has been visualised in 3D stereoscopic view, as an anaglyph and a 3D lenticular poster by Stefan Günther & Gustavo de Medeiros at EMBL

Data by Natalia Wesolowska has been visualised in 3D stereoscopic view, as an anaglyph and a 3D lenticular poster by Stefan Günther & Gustavo de Medeiros at EMBL

See data in a new light

Science 3D printing, gaming, virtual reality and lenticular posters bring new perspectives to research

2016

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30 August 2016

Swimming against the tide

Alumni "If I have an aim, I’ll find a solution" – meet EMBL alumnus Jochen Wittbrodt

2016

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3 August 2016 Cells that contract more strongly (pink) move inwards to form the embryo. IMAGE: Jean-Léon Maître/EMBL

The force is strong with embryo cells

Science Strength of contraction determines whether cells become embryo or placenta

2016

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1 August 2016 Photo-activatable fatty acids enable researchers to control the translocation of the enzyme protein kinase C from the cytoplasm to the cell membrane by means of light. IMAGE: D. Trauner

Photo-activatable fatty acids enable researchers to control the translocation of the enzyme protein kinase C from the cytoplasm to the cell membrane by means of light. IMAGE: D. Trauner

New tool to control information relay in cells

Science Molecular messengers synthesised to help study how cells respond to outside stimuli

2016

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14 July 2016

How new HIV drugs lock virus in immaturity

Science Study provides insights into workings of new HIV drugs and how virus becomes resistant

2016

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29 June 2016 Alba Diz-Muñoz. PHOTO: Hugo Neves/EMBL Photolab

Welcome: Alba Diz-Muñoz

Science New group leader combines physics and biology to answer the 'hows' of cell movement

2016

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14 June 2016

How cells bag their rubbish

Science How cells eliminate protein deposits that can lead to neurodegenerative disorders

2016

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20 May 2016 Cell Chemical Biology cover image (cropped) shows an airplane approaching a runway – a metaphor for a new method developed by EMBL scientists.

Cell Chemical Biology cover image (cropped) shows an airplane approaching a runway – a metaphor for a new method developed by EMBL scientists.

Making cells move towards the light

Science New method enables scientists to use light to direct where cancer cells go

2016

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28 April 2016 Illustration linking the guts of donor and recipient. IMAGE: Andrea Levy/The Plain Dealer

Poo transplants better understood

Science Stool transplants: finding the right match important, EMBL study shows

2016

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14 April 2016

Revealing structure of nuclear pore’s inner ring

Science First detailed structural description of all the rings of nuclear pores

2016

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7 April 2016

Welcome: Hiroki Asari

Science Why does a cookie look different depending on how hungry you are? Neuroscientist Asari wants to find out

2016

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31 March 2016 The insights should improve therapies where T-cells (green and red) are modified to attack cancer cells (blue, center). IMAGE: NICHD/J. Lippincott-Schwartz

The insights should improve therapies where T-cells (green and red) are modified to attack cancer cells (blue, center). IMAGE: NICHD/J. Lippincott-Schwartz

Designing gene therapy

Science Information on structure of molecule used for genome engineering yields increased efficiency

2016

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21 March 2016 First complete, real-time recording of starfish egg cell eliminating centrioles shows it handles mature ‘mother’ centrioles (green) and immature ‘daughter’ centrioles (purple) differently.

First complete, real-time recording of starfish egg cell eliminating centrioles shows it handles mature ‘mother’ centrioles (green) and immature ‘daughter’ centrioles (purple) differently.

Mothers and daughters

Science 1st real-time video of starfish egg cell eliminating crucial structures, to ensure embryo viability

2016

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18 March 2016

Forgetting to learn

Science Neural mechanisms in mouse brains indicate that we actively forget as we learn

2016

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16 February 2016 The stem cell equivalent of an anti-wrinkle cream advert. Credit: EMBL/Hanna Sladitschek

Forever young

Science How stem cells resist change

2016

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12 February 2016 Cells formed circles where blinking happened in a wave, rolling outwards from the centre. IMAGE: EMBL/C.Tsiairis

In sync

Science What do cells in an embryo have in common with schools of fish, swarms of fireflies, and applauding audiences?

2016

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28 January 2016 Bernard Jacrot in the late 1960s. IMAGE: ILL

Obituary: Bernard Jacrot

Alumni Former Head of EMBL Grenoble passed away on 21 January 2016 at the age of 89

2016

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25 January 2016 Kim Remans heads EMBL's Protein Expression and Purification Core Facility. PHOTO: EMBL Photolab/Marietta Schupp

Welcome: Kim Remans

Lab Matters "We’re open! We’re open to working with everybody, we’re open to new things."

2016

lab-matters

14 December 2015 Scientists can now view and track the first days of a mouse embryo’s life. IMAGE: EMBL/ Julius Hossain

Turning point of a lifetime

Science New microscope can record the first days of a mouse embryo’s life

2015

science

2 December 2015 Gut bacteria are more affected by metformin than by the type-2 diabetes it is prescribed to treat. IMAGE: Courtesy of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (BY-NC-SA)

Gut bacteria are more affected by metformin than by the type-2 diabetes it is prescribed to treat. IMAGE: Courtesy of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (BY-NC-SA)

Drugging bacteria

Science Commonly used diabetes drug metformin impacts gut bacteria more than disease itself

2015

science

30 November 2015 Malte Paulsen. PHOTO: EMBL Photlab/Marietta Schupp

Welcome: Malte Paulsen

Lab Matters "There’s nothing nicer than seeing a user leave the facility happy"

2015

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12 November 2015 Visitors folding a microscope from paper. PHOTO: EMBL/Angela Michel

Enlightening experiments

Events From paper microscopes to zebrafish embryos, EMBL Science Days stand had something for everyone.

2015

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30 October 2015

One hard pull

Science 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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1 October 2015 What do diatoms really do? Chris Bowler would like to know. IMAGE: Sebastien Colin

Marine mysteries

Science From the role of diatoms to how life evolved - scientists' pressing questions about life in the sea.

2015

science

30 September 2015 The 1000 Genomes Project tracked genetic variation across the globe. EMBL-EBI/Spencer Phillips

Finding links and missing genes

Science Missing a gene may not be a big deal – a conclusion from global catalogue of genetic changes.

2015

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29 September 2015

Lithuania, new prospect member state

Lab Matters Sveiki Lietuva! Lithuania becomes EMBL’s fourth prospect member state.

2015

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17 September 2015 The scientists combined data from a variety of techniques to better understand how rats – and humans – age. IMAGE: Brandon Toyama/Salk Institute

The scientists combined data from a variety of techniques to better understand how rats – and humans – age. IMAGE: Brandon Toyama/Salk Institute

Ages apart

Science Multifaceted approach reveals how brain and liver age, helps explain why ageing brain loses plasticity.

2015

science

7 September 2015 Janosch Hennig. PHOTO: EMBL Photolab/Marietta Schupp

Welcome: Janosch Hennig

Lab Matters “A structure alone is not so interesting, you need the biology too,” says new NMR-focused group leader

2015

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26 August 2015 Hands-on sessions were a crucial part of the course. PHOTO: EMBL Photolab/Marietta Schupp

Super impressions

Events "It's like living a review!" Participants of recent super-resolution microscopy course share their highlights

2015

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20 August 2015

First, find your membrane

Science Collaboration between scientists reveals collaboration between lipids.

2015

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6 August 2015

Welcome: Theodore Alexandrov

Science A mathematician who got ‘sucked in’ to biological problems, meet new team leader Theodore Alexandrov.

2015

science

3 August 2015 To train T-cells to recognise our own body, cells in the thymus express different combinations of 'extra' genes. IMAGE: EMBL/P.RIEDINGER

Know your cells

Science How T-cells are trained on what not to kill

2015

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4 March 2015 Where and when are different molecules contributing to the bending of the membrane? IMAGE: EMBL/A. Picco

Best of three worlds

Science Combining three different kinds of microscopy to determine how molecules move during endocytosis.

2015

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6 February 2015

How to crowdsource a paper

Science Tried and tested do's and don'ts of crowdsource writing.

2015

science

6 February 2015 A new way mice keep iron (purple) out of reach of pathogens. IMAGE FROM GUIDA et al. BLOOD 2015

The battle for iron

Science New way mice starve pathogens raises alternative approach to treatments for anaemia of chronic disease

2015

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4 February 2015 The new method helps identify which mutations to a gene actually cause a disease. IMAGE FROM THORMAEHLEN ET AL.

Beyond sequencing

Science New microscopy-based method goes beyond gene sequencing, pinpointing the cause of disease.

2015

science

28 January 2015 Barcoding enables scientists to search for epigenetics tags in many samples at once. IMAGE: MANUEL (CC BY 2.0)

Barcoding epigenetics

Science New Bar-ChIP method makes it easier to search for epigenetic marks in many samples at once

2015

science

27 January 2015 Building blocks TAF8 (blue), TAF10 (green) and TAF2 (not shown) form a module in the cytoplasm before entering the nucleus to form TFIID. IMAGE: EMBL/I.BERGER

Building blocks TAF8 (blue), TAF10 (green) and TAF2 (not shown) form a module in the cytoplasm before entering the nucleus to form TFIID. IMAGE: EMBL/I.BERGER

Come together

Science First experimental proof that a key cellular machine forms by uniting pre-assembled modules.

2015

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9 January 2015

Welcome: Marco Marcia

Science New group leader Marco Marcia aims to broaden horizons while mapping molecules.

2015

science

18 December 2014

Bacteria’s barrel-building challenge

Science How do E.coli and similar bacteria grow safely? By using barrel-plugs as sensors.

2014

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15 December 2014

Luxembourg collaboration

Lab Matters Third round of calls for joint research projects between EMBL and Luxembourg in 2015

2014

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9 December 2014 A bundle of nerves that relays information from touch receptors on the skin to the spinal cord and ultimately the brain, imaged with the new technique. IMAGE: EMBL/L.CASTALDI