IMAGINE-ing next-generation technology to help biologists
Lab Matters EMBL researchers and collaborators have begun an impactful innovation-development journey, thanks to a European Commission ‘IMAGINE’ grant.
2023
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EMBL and SciLifeLab cooperate on data science
Lab Matters The third meeting between EMBL and SciLifeLab communities took place in Uppsala and focused on data science, aiming at further expanding the collaboration
2023
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Sharing knowledge, widening access across Europe
Lab Matters European Commission and EMBL renew commitment, agree on new areas of cooperation, in new EC DG’s first infrastructure visit since appointment.
2023
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We are EMBL: Martin Pelosse on his role at the Eukaryotic Expression Facility
Lab Matters 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.
2023
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We are EMBL: Carolin Sauer on supporting cancer research
Lab Matters, Research highlights Postdoctoral researcher Carolin Sauer is leveraging long-read sequencing to develop new detection methods for various cancers.
2023
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We are EMBL: Timothy Shayers on building maintenance and renovation in Rome
Lab Matters Timothy Shayers talks about his role in overseeing the renovation works at EMBL Rome, his past experiences around the world, and his personal passions.
2023
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100th issue of EMBLetc. published
Lab 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.
2023
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The World of Molecular Biology is open
Lab 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.
2023
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The hairy single-celled Tetrahymena provides a work reset
Lab Matters Dey Group holds second annual ‘labbatical’ to step outside daily research tasks with the help of single-celled model organisms.
2023
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Vizgen joins EMBL science-industry programme
Lab 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.
2023
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Bioinformatics powers international effort to map gene function
Announcements, Lab Matters EMBL-EBI is making a key contribution to a historic effort to understand the function of every human gene
2023
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Celebration of the next ten years of the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine
Lab 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.
2023
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Building a broader European science community
Lab 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.
2023
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The Human Genome Project at 20: interview with Ewan Birney
Lab Matters, Perspectives On the 20th anniversary of the Human Genome Project, we look back at its history, wonder and potential.
2023
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EMBL Hamburg joins northern European life science consortium
Lab 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…
2023
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We are EMBL: Angelika Thomasson on administrative support to EMBL staff
Lab Matters 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.
2023
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Nikon Europe increases support for EMBL’s innovative scientific training programme
Lab Matters Nikon Europe has intensified its engagement with EMBL's Corporate Partnership Programme to support young scientists.
2023
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We are EMBL: Eduard Avetisyan on the role of IT in structural biology
Lab Matters 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…
2023
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Human genome editing: regulations, risks, and ethical considerations
Lab Matters, Perspectives Scientists have the technology to edit the human genome. But when should they, and who contributes to these decisions?
2023
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EMBL and Montenegro: boosting cooperation and enhancing awareness
EMBL Member States, Lab 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…
2023
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Dispensing microscopy expertise
Lab Matters 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…
2023
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Shining light on the mechanics of embryo development
Lab Matters, Science 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.
2023
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ERC Advanced Grant awarded to EMBL Rome researcher
Lab 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.
2023
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We are EMBL: Audrey Spielmann on providing lab support
Lab Matters Audrey Spielmann, Lab Support Manager, talks about her role in supporting the research done at EMBL Grenoble.
2023
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Welcome: Alejandro Torres-Sánchez
Lab Matters 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.
2023
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EMBL explores synergies in neuroscience research with French partners
Lab Matters Scientists from EMBL and its French academic partners gathered at EMBL Rome for a workshop to foster collaboration and advance research in neuroscience.
2023
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Welcome: Thomas Quail
Lab Matters New group leader Thomas Quail studies the fundamental processes that determine how proteins organise the genome inside a cell.
2023
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Welcome: Gergely Papp
Lab Matters Together with his team, Gergely Papp pushes the frontiers of technology development in the field of structural biology.
2023
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Molecules to Ecosystems: Liz Duke on X-ray imaging
Lab Matters 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…
2023
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EMBL Barcelona: Five years down the road
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.
2023
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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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Tracing the history of women in science at EMBL
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.
2023
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EMBL Grenoble showcased at Biophysical Society Meeting
Lab Matters EMBL’s French site was highlighted in a short film presenting its expertise in structural biology research and services.
2023
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Biology meets engineering
Lab Matters 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…
2023
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Spotlight: Using light and sound to see into the brain
Lab Matters, Picture of the week Researchers in the Prevedel Group use photoacoustic spectroscopy setup to test and optimise probes before their usage in mouse neuroscience.
2023
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Molecules to Ecosystems: Jo McEntyre on data services
Lab Matters, Perspectives Jo McEntyre talks about data services, open data and a new era for research assessment.
2023
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EMBL welcomes Estonia as full member
Lab Matters The Baltic nation of Estonia has become a full member of EMBL, joining the organisation as its 28th member state.
2023
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New EU-funded Project: Fragment-Screen
Lab Matters 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.
2023
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Supporting scientists across Europe: the SPC Facility at EMBL Hamburg
Lab Matters 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…
2023
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Welcome: Hanh Vu
Lab Matters Group Leader Hanh Vu studies ‘immortal’ flatworms that can grow and de-grow to understand better factors that determine organisms’ sizes.
2023
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Scientific passion that seeds passion
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.
2023
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Promoting European innovation in the life sciences
Lab 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…
2023
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ERC Consolidator Grant success at EMBL
Lab Matters EMBL Rome group leader Jamie Hackett receives EUR 2 million for the ModLogic project, aimed at understanding how chromatin modifications impact gene activity.
2023
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EMBL partners with UNESCO to drive progress on shared goals
Lab Matters New agreement with UN organisation will enable cooperation in the fields of open science, capacity building, and talent development
2023
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BIOcean5D targets marine biodiversity
Lab Matters EMBL hosts inaugural meeting for major interdisciplinary project designed to boost understanding of ocean life
2023
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Vikas Trivedi from EMBL Barcelona receives ERC Synergy Grant
Lab 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.
2023
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Spotlight: A ‘devil’ of a flatworm
Lab Matters, Picture of the week Tasmanian flatworms add to an EMBL researcher’s collection as she studies principles that control animal body size.
2023
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Spotlight: Colours of the colon
Lab Matters, Picture of the week Mucus present in the mouse colon can be visualised using Alcian blue staining, as imaged here by EMBL predoctoral fellow Linda Decker.
2023
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Molecules to Ecosystems: Rob Finn on the Microbial Ecosystems transversal theme
Lab Matters 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.
2023
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Spotlight: Zebrafish embryos to make this season jolly
Lab Matters, Picture of the week Zebrafish embryos during gastrulation, a very early stage of development, to study the effect of temperature on vertebrate embryo development.
2022
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Spotlight: Establishing a colour palette for antibiotic resistance
Lab Matters, Picture of the week To identify which drugs disrupt bacterial envelope integrity, the Typas group uses a molecule called chlorophenyl red-β-D-galactopyranoside.
2022
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Understanding marine biodiversity across space, time, and human impacts
Lab Matters Europe-wide project studies coastal and marine biodiversity from viruses to whales
2022
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Edith Heard elected as member of the French Academy of Sciences
Lab Matters The Director General of EMBL was elected by her peers to become a member of one of France’s oldest national science academies.
2022
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Celebrating science in Grenoble
Lab Matters In October 2022, EMBL Grenoble participated in the annual science outreach event Parvis des Sciences, organised by the GIANT campus under the umbrella of the French science week – La Fête de la science.
2022
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New chair of EMBL Council
Lab Matters EMBL alumnus and eminent molecular biologist Peter B. Becker has been named the next chair of EMBL’s Council as of January 2023.
2022
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Making a great postdoc program even better with our member states
Lab Matters EMBL’s EIPOD-Learning in Context programme focuses on interdisciplinary research that explores ‘life in context’ and adds a new collaborative dimension with member state organisations.
2022
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Welcome to EMBL: Talya Dayton
Lab Matters The new group leader in Barcelona aims to understand how cells behave in health and in disease, and approaches her favourite hobby, cooking, very similarly to her work in the lab.
2022
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EMBL scientists receive prestigious ERC Starting Grant
Lab Matters Three EMBL scientists received this year’s ERC Starting Grants, and will be awarded €1.5 million over five years to carry out research projects.
2022
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Welcome Jordi van Gestel
Lab Matters Looking to understand microbial predator-prey relationships, EMBL’s newest group leader tackles a molecular ‘arms race’ in his lab.
2022
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EMBLetc. receives digital-first makeover
Lab Matters The biannual magazine that highlights EMBL’s research, people, and projects now has a new online home.
2022
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Two in one: combining MASSIF-1 and CrystalDirect
Lab Matters Researchers and engineers have integrated a CrystalDirect harvester into the fully automated beamline MASSIF-1, a unique combination of structural biology technologies that is now open to external academic users.
2022
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Setting priorities for preprints and open science
Lab Matters Newly appointed member of the ASAPbio Board of Directors, EMBL Group Leader Gautam Dey speaks about preprints, data management, and open science.
2022
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Welcome: Flora Vincent
Lab Matters After a postdoc at Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, Flora Vincent has joined EMBL’s Developmental Biology unit to further explore the world of phytoplankton.
2022
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Teaming up to drive forward time-resolved crystallography
Lab Matters The recent construction of the new ID29 beamline in Grenoble is pioneering a new way of doing experiments in time-resolved crystallography and opening up technology transfer possibilities
2022
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Ardan Patwardhan and Wim Hagen receive Scientific Achievement Award
Lab Matters The Royal Microscopical Society awarded Ardan Patwardhan and Wim Hagen with Scientific Achievement Award
2022
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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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EMBL Barcelona and CRG kickstart new era of digital biology in Barcelona
Lab Matters The institutes have launched a joint new initiative which aims to make biology as engineerable as an aeroplane or a bridge.
2022
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Tools for teachers
Lab Matters EMBL reminds teachers of freely available educational resources and workshops just in time for school.
2022
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AlphaFold developers and EMBL alumnus among Breakthrough Prize recipients
Lab Matters Cell biologist Anthony Hyman and DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis and John Jumper were announced among 25 Breakthrough Prize recipients
2022
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PETRA IV and future opportunities at EMBL Hamburg beamlines
Lab Matters EMBL joined a kick-off event focusing on the developments related to the upgrade of the PETRA III synchrotron storage ring to PETRA IV at the DESY campus, where EMBL Hamburg is located. PETRA IV could open new possibilities at EMBL Hamburg, contributing to the goals of the EMBL Programme…
2022
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Life Science Alliance starts new chapter
Lab Matters Dieter Schwarz Foundation renews 3-year funding to EMBL for the EMBL | Stanford Life Science Alliance, a unique international collaboration bringing together researchers from the two leading institutions to develop transformative technologies and accelerate biomedical research.
2022
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Summer in Science – life in a research lab
Lab Matters 20 secondary school students from all over Italy participated in the fourth edition of Summer in Science at EMBL Rome.
2022
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Augmenting science
Lab Matters The Scientific Visitor Programme shares EMBL tools and talent with outside researchers in collaborative, multidisciplinary environments.
2022
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ERC Proof-of-Concept grant provides way to realise commercial potential of ‘SpaceM’ technology
Lab Matters A new grant will provide a way for fundamental metabolomic research to realise its commercial potential and promise in aiding drug development and precision medicine.
2022
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Strengthening scientific ties between EMBL and Iceland
Lab Matters EMBL delegation including the Director General visits Iceland marking another stage in this deepening scientific collaboration
2022
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Molecules to Ecosystems: Virginie Uhlmann on the Theory transversal theme
Lab Matters Virginie Uhlmann, Research Group Leader at EMBL-EBI and one of the co-chairs of the Theory@EMBL transversal theme, chats about how this theme will open up new research avenues.
2022
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A summer of scientific exchange in Barcelona
Lab Matters EMBL’s site by the sea hosted a trio of conferences this summer, covering topics ranging from vascular biology to engineered living systems to evolution.
2022
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Molecules to Ecosystems: Jan Kosinski on the Infection Biology transversal theme
Lab Matters Jan Kosinski, Group Leader at EMBL Hamburg and one of the co-chairs of the Infection Biology theme in EMBL’s new programme, chats about how this theme will support his work and help establish new collaborations.
2022
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Welcome: Maria Papanikolaou
Lab Matters EMBL’s new archive and records manager, Maria Papanikolaou, explains the dual role she and an additional colleague will have in the Office of Science Information Management.
2022
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EMBL Rome’s Gene Editing and Embryology Facility generates transgenic mice to understand human diseases
Lab Matters The GEEF facility at EMBL Rome supports scientists worldwide with scientific expertise and state-of-the-art gene editing technologies.
2022
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Three EMBL scientists elected as EMBO Members
Lab Matters Cornelius Gross, Miki Ebisuya and Nassos Typas join EMBO, the prestigious organisation for the life sciences.
2022
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EMBL welcomes first generation of ARISE fellows
Lab Matters Participating researchers will lead projects to develop novel technologies for better science.
2022
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EMBL 2021 Annual Report published
Lab Matters EMBL’s 2021 Annual Report is now available, sharing mission highlights from the year in a new digital-first, sustainable format.
2022
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The world needs science, and science needs women
Lab Matters EMBL Director General Edith Heard joined other L’Oreal-UNESCO Laureates in Paris for a series of events celebrating these outstanding researchers and their contributions.
2022
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Supporting the African BioGenome Project to build bioinformatics capacity
Announcements, Lab Matters The African BioGenome Project and EMBL have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support each other in building genomics and bioinformatics capacity across Africa
2022
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EMBL and IIT: Launching new avenues of collaboration
Lab Matters EMBL and IIT scientists met in person at EMBL Rome to strengthen their collaboration and explore new opportunities for scientific exchange
2022
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Welcome: Pascale Cossart
Lab Matters Pascale Cossart, one of the world’s foremost authorities on the biology of Listeria, brings four decades of expertise in intracellular bacterial parasitism to EMBL as a visiting scientist.
2022
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Teamed up to innovate
Lab Matters A new formal collaboration agreement enables will help smooth the transition from fundamental science to innovation.
2022
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Fergal Martin – Eukaryotic Annotation Team Leader
Lab Matters Fergal Martin discusses the importance of open access data and his work in different biodiversity initiatives
2022
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Edith Heard elected as a member of The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Lab Matters EMBL Director General Edith Heard has been elected as a foreign member of The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters in recognition of her academic excellence. Heard is among 15 new members of the Academy, which has been advancing basic research and interdisciplinarity for nearly 280 years.
2022
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EMBL Hamburg is helping train lab techs of the future
Lab Matters Students from the Business Academy Aarhus visit EMBL Hamburg annually. Many of them return later as trainees to gain experience as lab technicians. EMBL Hamburg offers great opportunities to learn diverse techniques and work with various equipment. This experience helps them in their future jobs in…
2022
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Organisations should embrace open science faster – interview with Prof. Dame Janet Thornton
Lab Matters, Perspectives Janet Thornton, the inaugural winner of the FEBS Journal Open Science Award, explains the importance and impact of open science.
2022
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Peter Harrison – Genome Analysis Team Leader
Lab Matters Peter Harrison discusses the importance of data accessibility and his passion for biodiversity and agricultural genomics.
2022
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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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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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Next Head of EMBL Grenoble appointed
Lab Matters Professor Kristina Djinović-Carugo has been appointed as the next head of EMBL Grenoble. She will join EMBL in July from the Max Perutz Laboratories at the University of Vienna, where she is currently Head of the Department of Structural and Computational Biology and full Professor of Structural…
2022
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Meet the next Head of EMBL Grenoble
Lab Matters Slovenian structural biologist Kristina Djinović-Carugo will join EMBL in July as the new Head of EMBL Grenoble. We spoke to her about her background, research interests, and plans for EMBL Grenoble.
2022
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Greater than the sum of our genes: DNA does not define us
Lab Matters, Perspectives Ewan Birney discusses the input of both genetics and our environment in making us who we are
2022
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“If you want science to move forward, you have to share it”
Lab Matters EMBO Director Fiona Watt discusses preprints, data sharing, and evaluation in light of EMBL’s new Open Science policy
2022
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EMBL consolidates ties with Sapienza University
Lab Matters EMBL and the Sapienza University of Rome confirm their reciprocal interest in intensifying collaborations and launch new opportunities for exchange of expertise
2022
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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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Welcome: John Lees
Lab Matters John Lees joins EMBL-EBI as a Group Leader in Pathogen informatics and modelling.
2022
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“Summer in Science” is back! A full immersion in science for high school students
Lab Matters After a two-year break, the summer school organised by Adamas Scienza and EMBL in collaboration with CNR is back. It will take place at the International Research Campus of Monterotondo (Rome) from 13 to 24 June 2022.
2022
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Judith Zaugg from EMBL Heidelberg receives ERC Consolidator Grant
Lab Matters Judith Zaugg, Group Leader at EMBL Heidelberg, has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant of €2 million funded under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. Over the next five years, the grant will enable her group to study cellular interactions in the human bone…
2022
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EMBL’s statement on the invasion of Ukraine
Lab Matters EMBL condemns in the strongest terms the unjustified military invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, with the support of Belarus, and the resulting loss of life and human suffering. We express our deepest sympathy to the Ukrainian people and to all the victims of this war. As an…
2022
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Break the bias – an interview with Louise Mullany
Lab Matters, Perspectives An exploration of what gender bias looks like in science and how organisations and individuals can address it
2022
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Academia, industry, or somewhere else?
Alumni, Lab Matters New study: EMBL PhDs and postdocs develop skills that make them highly employable in roles that drive research and innovation in academia, industry, and other sectors.
2022
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‘The World of Molecular Biology’ exhibition
Lab Matters The new permanent ‘The World of Molecular Biology’ exhibition will open in mid-2023 at EMBL’s headquarters in Heidelberg. It will encourage people to actively engage with science and its relevance for everyday life.
2022
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Molecular medicine across borders
Lab Matters The 11th annual Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine meeting was hosted in virtual format by DANDRITE, the Danish node of the Partnership, from 31 January–2 February 2022. The programme included updates from all partnership nodes, discussions about opportunities for new collaborations,…
2022
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Welcome: Michael Dorrity
Lab Matters Michael Dorrity, one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, is studying how the environment influences early life stages in zebrafish.
2022
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Investing in Italy by translating EMBL expertise to the market
Alumni, Lab Matters, Technology and innovation Experiences at EMBL Rome led former group leader to establish his start-up in Italy, developing a new generation of gene therapies.
2022
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Fostering excellence, diversity, and mobility in the Nordic EMBL Partnership
Events, Lab Matters Ahead of the annual meeting of the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine, we spoke with its new Speaker, Mark Daly. Mark Daly, FIMM Director, recently accepted the post of Speaker of the Nordic EMBL Partnership. He explains his vision of the future cooperation between EMBL and the Nordics.
2022
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EMBL Imaging Centre kickstarts training with workshop for undergraduates
Lab Matters The new EMBL Imaging Centre held its first on-site training workshop, introducing undergraduate students to the basics of volume electron microscopy. This marks the first of many opportunities to aid capacity-building in imaging techniques in Europe.
2022
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A new era for European molecular biology
Announcements, Lab Matters EMBL announces details about its next programme, ‘Molecules to Ecosystems’. It will guide studying life across scales and in context with changing environments.
2022
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Welcome: Melissa Harrison
Lab Matters Melissa Harrison joins EMBL-EBI as the new Team Leader of Literature Services. We found out more about her plans for open access publishing and Europe PMC.
2022
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Kristina Haase from EMBL Barcelona receives ERC Starting Grant
Lab Matters Kristina Haase, Group Leader at EMBL Barcelona, will receive €1.5 million over the next five years to develop her project on 3D vascularised in vitro cardiac tissues.
2022
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The start of a journey
Lab Matters This year marks the beginning of EMBL’s next programme ‘Molecules to Ecosystems’ to advance the understanding of life across scales and in the context of changing environments.
2022
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EMBL-IAB collaboration on the rise
Lab 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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EMBL and Gulbenkian strengthen their scientific collaboration
Lab Matters The agreement focuses on reinforcing the collaboration between scientists to strengthen our understanding of the organism in its environment.
2021
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Fostering diversity and equality
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.
2021
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Open science at EMBL: a transparent way of working
Lab Matters EMBL announces the release of its new Open Science Policy, contributing to positive culture change across the life sciences.
2021
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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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Strengthening collaborations in France
Lab Matters EMBL and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) signed a memorandum of understanding.
2021
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EMBL Imaging Centre launches first open call for users
Lab Matters The new EMBL Imaging Centre has announced its first open user call, and new project evaluation process and training opportunities.
2021
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Welcome: Niccolò Banterle
Lab Matters 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.
2021
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Welcome: Maria Zimmermann-Kogadeeva
Lab Matters 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.
2021
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Welcome: Tudor Groza
Lab Matters Tudor Groza joins EMBL-EBI as our new Phenomics Team Lead. We found out from Tudor exactly what this new role will entail
2021
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Building a 3D placenta on a chip
Lab Matters A new model could serve as a platform to investigate critical placenta barrier phenomena, including defence against bacteria, viruses, and parasites.
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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EMBL experimental services enable European researchers to tackle global societal challenges
Lab Matters Independent impact review finds EMBL experimental services are ‘critical’ for research and endorses EMBL as a world-class service provider for academia and industry.
2021
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New horizons for the EIPP
Lab Matters EMBL's PhD and postdoc programmes evolve to the more multidisciplinary way of doing great molecular biology research.
2021
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EMBL Hamburg trains future generations of life scientists in using SAXS
Lab Matters 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…
2021
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Welcome: Svetlana Dodonova
Lab Matters 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.
2021
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Open data on the rise: the value of EMBL-EBI data resources
Lab Matters Independent study reveals that EMBL-EBI open data resources are critical for the life sciences.
2021
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Science for sustainability
Lab Matters The engagement of US and European Big Science facilities
2021
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Life sciences have key role in developing climate change solutions
Lab Matters EMBL attends COP26 to argue for strategy to involve molecular biology in the Green Recovery
2021
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Analysis and sorting with flow cytometry
Lab Matters 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.
2021
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The human genome, data sharing, and drug discovery: a career profile with Ian Dunham
Lab Matters 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.
2021
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EMBL DG joins National Academy of Medicine
Lab Matters Professor Edith Heard is among new members elected to US National Academy of Medicine
2021
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EMBL and Ifremer cooperate to advance ocean sciences
Lab Matters The two organisations have signed a memorandum of understanding to support scientific cooperation in the exploration of coastal and oceanic ecosystems.
2021
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EMBL welcomes young scientists
Lab Matters This autumn, students begin their PhD in research groups across EMBL’s six sites.
2021
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EMBL strengthens links with Estonia
Lab 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.
2021
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Transferable skills
Lab Matters 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.
2021
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Celebrating Hungary-EMBL collaborations for life sciences research
Lab Matters EMBL and Hungarian research institutes will collaborate to address urgent biological and environmental challenges.
2021
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Proteins, art and seeing the world through a new lens
Lab Matters Hundreds of school children explore the beauty of proteins through art
2021
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EMBL and Helmholtz Health join forces
Lab Matters EMBL and Helmholtz Association have signed a memorandum of understanding. The expanded collaboration of both institutions will focus on research related to health.
2021
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Cryo-Electron Microscopy Service Platform supports research on protein transport
Lab Matters 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.
2021
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Welcome: Liz Duke
Lab Matters The new team leader at EMBL Hamburg talks about her plans to establish biological X-ray imaging and high-throughput tomography.
2021
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Inspiring the next generation of life scientists
Lab Matters EMBL launches new mentoring opportunity, linking Master’s students with postdoctoral researchers.
2021
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Edith Heard elected to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Lab 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.
2021
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MASSIF-1 beamline in Grenoble supports COVID-19 drug discovery
Lab Matters 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.
2021
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Peer Bork honoured with Novozymes Prize and ISCB Senior Scientist Award
Lab Matters Distinctions recognise Peer’s development and sharing of bioinformatics tools as well as his significant contributions to bioinformatics research, education, and services.
2021
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A black redstart visits
Lab Matters Mehdi Khadraoui, a former member of the EMBL Communications team, took this close-up of a black redstart.
2021
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EMBL Director General welcomes new EMBO Director
Lab Matters EMBL Director General Edith Heard has warmly welcomed Fiona Watt, who will become the new director of EMBO.
2021
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New life science Imaging Centre preparing for user access
Lab 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.
2021
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Welcome: Sarah Dyer
Lab Matters EMBL welcomes Sarah Dyer, the new Non-Vertebrate Genomics Team Leader at EMBL-EBI.
2021
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New head for EMBL’s Developmental Biology Unit
Lab 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.
2021
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EMBL welcomes appointment of Maria Leptin as new President of the ERC
Lab 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)
2021
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Welcome: Anna Erzberger
Lab Matters Anna Erzberger, one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, will provide unique perspective as a theoretical biological physicist.
2021
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Illuminating protein complexes in cells
Lab Matters EMBL group leaders Julia Mahamid, Anna Kreshuk & Jonas Ries awarded Chan Zuckerberg Initiative grant to advance what we see inside cells.
2021
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EMBL scientists elected as EMBO Members
Lab Matters John Marioni, Alex Bateman, and Takashi Hiiragi have been elected to EMBO Membership.
2021
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EMBL external research community survey
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.
2021
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Molecular biology stepping up to solve environmental challenges
Lab Matters EMBL’s EU Green Week event showcased various ways molecular biology research can help solve environmental challenges.
2021
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The power of community
Lab Matters EMBL Director Matthias Hentze describes the Environmental Research Initiative: a community effort to solve global environmental challenges.
2021
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Joining forces to solve global challenges
Lab Matters EMBL and the Swedish Science for Life Laboratory sign agreement to advance science together.
2021
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Michael Zimmermann receives FEBS Anniversary Prize
Lab Matters The Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie has awarded a FEBS Anniversary Prize to Michael Zimmermann for his gut microbiome research.
2021
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EMBL and Inserm to join forces
Lab Matters A memorandum of understanding has been signed between EMBL and Inserm to strengthen their scientific cooperation.
2021
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EMBL and Tara Ocean Foundation sail forward with formalised cooperation
Lab Matters The EMBL-Tara Ocean Foundation collaboration will expand opportunities to jointly explore molecular connections between ocean and humankind.
2021
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Uniting strengths to expand research
Lab 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”.
2021
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EMBL Director General elected to US National Academy of Sciences
Lab Matters EMBL Director General Edith Heard has been elected into the US National Academy of Sciences, recognising her contributions to research.
2021
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EMBL DG joins WHO Science Council
Lab Matters Edith Heard has been appointed to a new World Health Organization advisory council.
2021
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EMBL strengthens collaborations in the French academic landscape
Lab Matters A memorandum of understanding has been signed between EMBL, Collège de France, and the Institute of Biology of the Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS).
2021
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Team Science: building diversity and inclusion in research
Lab Matters In a talk on 29 April, Professor Jeanette Woolard will share her experience of creating a more positive research culture
2021
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Structural biology at EMBL: driving technology development
Lab Matters 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.
2021
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Welcome: Matthew Hartley
Lab Matters The challenges and opportunities when setting up a global archive for bioimages
2021
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From molecules to ecosystems: EMBL and IAB sign memorandum of understanding
Lab Matters This MoU formalises a 15-year collaboration between the two institutes and strengthens Grenoble as a European research centre in the life sciences.
2021
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Welcome: Ana Boskovic
Lab Matters 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
2021
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VAAM Research Award for Nassos Typas
Lab Matters Nassos Typas has received the German VAAM Research Award.
2021
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Wolfgang Huber becomes ISCB Fellow
Lab Matters The contribution of EMBL Group Leader and Senior Scientist Wolfgang Huber has been recognised by the International Society for Computational Biology
2021
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After the lecture: Tracey Brown
Lab Matters Tracey Brown from Sense about Science shares her thoughts on the need to empower women to share and access scientific information.
2021
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EMBL prepares women postdocs for leadership
Lab Matters Members of EMBL’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee explain how EMBL is choosing to challenge through its LEAP mentoring programme.
2021
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From crisis to recovery: achieving an equal future in a post-COVID-19 world
Lab Matters EMBL invites Simon Gallow, an advocate at UN Women UK, to give a talk marking International Women’s Day.
2021
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Bridging Excellence: a unique transatlantic opportunity for postdocs
Lab 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.
2021
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The European Climate Pact: EMBL plays its part
Lab Matters EMBL's Environmental Officer Brendan Rouse explains more about his role as a European Climate Pact Ambassador.
2021
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Welcome: Sinem Saka
Lab Matters 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.
2021
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Reflecting on allyship as women in science
Lab Matters Being a woman in science takes allies, not just great science. Here, EMBL’s L’Oréal–UNESCO Fellows talk about support networks.
2021
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Feldberg Prize for Anne Ephrussi
Lab Matters Anne Ephrussi has been awarded the German Feldberg Prize 2022 in recognition of her outstanding research.
2021
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SPC Facility in Hamburg supports a new pan-European consortium
Lab 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,…
2021
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Welcome to EMBL: Gautam Dey
Lab Matters Gautam Dey is fascinated by the evolutionary origins of the nucleus, and is looking forward to making the most of EMBL's infrastructure.
2021
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Allyship and support: an interview with Janet Thornton
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
2021
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Understanding Earth’s oceans together
Lab Matters EMBL and EMBRC have signed a memorandum of understanding for increased scientific collaboration.
2021
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Coding between the vines
Lab Matters EMBL Teen Maria-Theresa Licka shares how female scientists guided & inspired her to develop an app to ID vine disease.
2021
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Opinion: Allyship and Women in Science
Lab Matters Roshni Mooneeram discusses what Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is to her, and what the meaning of allyship is.
2021
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Show your support for open COVID-19 data
Lab Matters Open letter galvanises life science community in support of open COVID-19 data
2021
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Strengthening collaborations in Italy
Lab 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.
2021
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Issue #51 of Science in School now available
Lab Matters The latest issue of Science in School highlights the eight members of EIROforum.
2021
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Welcome: Nicoletta Petridou
Lab Matters 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.
2021
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DKFZ and EMBL intensify cooperation
Lab 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.
2021
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Welcome: Timo Zimmermann
Lab Matters 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.
2021
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Welcome: Olivier Duss
Lab Matters 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.
2021
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EMBL becomes newest Instruct Centre
Lab 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.
2021
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Discover the wonderful world of proteins: first virtual PDB Art exhibition
Lab Matters Schoolchildren create exquisite protein-inspired artworks
2020
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EMBL Scientific Visitor Programme opens eyes and doors
Lab 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.
2020
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EMBL group leader Miki Ebisuya receives ERC Consolidator Grant
Lab Matters Funding by the European Research Council (ERC) will support research on the timing of developmental processes in mammals
2020
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative recognises EMBL scientists
Lab 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.
2020
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Statement on recent paper on mentorships in academia
Lab 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.
2020
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Sharing our vision for the future
Lab 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.
2020
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ARISE fellowship programme readying for applications
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.
2020
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Bringing AI out of the black box
Lab Matters Why should researchers make artificial intelligence more transparent and how can they do it?
2020
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EOSC: shaping Europe’s digital future
Lab 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.
2020
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EMBL forms new collaborations in France
Lab Matters EMBL and CIML have signed a memorandum of understanding that will open up new scientific opportunities.
2020
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Welcome: Meytal Landau
Lab Matters New associate group leader at EMBL Hamburg investigates the structure of functional amyloids in bacteria and in human disease
2020
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EMBL strengthens collaboration with Spanish research
Lab 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.
2020
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Beyond the lens – microscopy at EMBL Rome
Lab Matters 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…
2020
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New partnership in Lithuania
Lab 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.
2020
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Level up!
Lab Matters ARISE fellowships to offer first-ever comprehensive training for bioscience infrastructure operations
2020
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Achieving personalised therapeutics
Lab Matters A decadal roadmap points the way to cell-based medicine for Europe
2020
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Looking forward
Lab Matters Two EMBL speakers gave presentations that looked toward the future and at ways to trailblaze on the endless frontier of science.
2020
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EMBL scientists receive prestigious ERC Starting Grants
Lab Matters Maria Bernabeu and Wojciech Galej have each been awarded €1.5 million to research malaria and pre-mRNA splicing, respectively.
2020
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An organoid cell atlas to enhance biomedical research
Lab 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
2020
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EMBL Fellows’ Career Service celebrates first birthday
Lab 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.
2020
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Royal Microscopical Society award for Yannick Schwab
Lab Matters The Head of the Electron Microscopy Core Facility at EMBL Heidelberg receives Mid-Career Scientific Achievement Award 2020
2020
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Training the next generation of molecular biologists
Lab 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.
2020
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Welcome: Simone Mattei
Lab Matters The new team leader offering services in electron microscopy discusses his hopes and plans for the forthcoming EMBL Imaging Centre
2020
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Welcome: Geetika Malhotra
Lab Matters 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.
2020
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Arrivederci Phil!
Lab Matters 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
2020
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Bridging artificial intelligence and the life sciences – launch of ELLIS Heidelberg
Lab Matters 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…
2020
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Response to the proposed compromise on the EC’s Multiannual Financial Framework
Lab Matters EMBL Director General Edith Heard and EMBO Director Maria Leptin respond to the current proposal on the Multiannual Financial Framework.
2020
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Funding to predict the risk of infectious disease outbreaks
Lab Matters European collaboration receives funding to explore risks and impact of future infectious disease outbreaks.
2020
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Changes in senior roles at EMBL
Lab 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.
2020
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Applications for virtual learning lab open
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’.
2020
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Latvia becomes EMBL prospect member state
Lab Matters Latvia has joined EMBL as a prospect member, starting a three-year process toward full membership.
2020
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Two EMBL scientists become EMBO Members
Lab 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.
2020
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ALPX – smart crystallography
Lab Matters The CrystalDirect® technology, combined with the web-based CRIMS software enable a fully automated, remote-controlled protein-to-structure pipeline.
2020
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Edith Heard elected senator of the Max Planck Society
Lab 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…
2020
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Restructure of senior management
Lab Matters The governing Council of EMBL has approved Director General Edith Heard’s restructure of senior management with effect from 1 July 2020.
2020
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Welcome: Ellie McDonagh
Lab Matters Open Targets welcomes new Informatics Science Director
2020
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EMBL boosts national and international sharing of genomic data
Lab 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.
2020
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Sharing our passion for science with the world
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.
2020
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Equality and diversity at EMBL
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…
2020
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EMBL survey studies effects of COVID-19 pandemic on life scientists
Lab Matters 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.
2020
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Life sciences open their doors for engineers
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.
2020
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Welcome: Georgia Rapti
Lab Matters 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.
2020
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EMBL welcomes NetApp in its Corporate Partner Programme
Lab 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.
2020
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Nordic EMBL Partnership awarded €210,000 funding
Lab 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.
2020
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EMBL statement on Earth Day 2020
Lab Matters To address global challenges, we need to better understand life in the context of environmental change, says EMBL Director General Edith Heard
2020
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Welcome: Brendan Rouse
Lab Matters 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.
2020
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Response to the resignation of ERC President Mauro Ferrari
Lab Matters EMBL Director General Edith Heard responds to the resignation of the President of the European Research Council (ERC)
2020
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EMBL shares expertise with four European institutes
Lab 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.
2020
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Welcome: Bastian Drees
Lab Matters 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.
2020
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EMBL’s response to the coronavirus outbreak
Lab Matters EMBL is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for our staff and visitors.
2020
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The history of EMBL in many voices
Lab Matters Stories from EMBL’s past are captured via the EMBL Archive’s Oral Histories programme
2020
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Baden-Württemberg Science Minister visit
Lab Matters Theresia Bauer and EMBL discuss organisational developments and future strategies
2020
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Welcome: Lucia von Bredow
Lab Matters EMBL’s new Science and Society Manager shares her plans for fostering multidisciplinary dialogue
2020
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Luxembourg funds research collaborations with EMBL
Lab Matters 2020 call now open for FNR funding of bilateral projects between EMBL and Luxembourg
2020
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Edith Heard wins L’Oréal–UNESCO Award
Lab Matters EMBL Director General recognised alongside four other exceptional women in the life sciences
2020
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Building microscopes to learn biology
Lab Matters How EMBL’s ‘Microscope in Action’ introduces teenagers to the basics of fluorescence microscopy
2020
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Statement on Brexit
Lab 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.
2020
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Chan Zuckerberg grant for Global BioImaging
Lab Matters New grant will increase collaboration between imaging centres and fuel scientific discovery
2020
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Antibody engineering for therapy and diagnosis
Lab Matters The new EMBL spinoff company Araxa Biosciences GmbH aims to set new standards for the development of antibody-based therapeutics and diagnostics
2020
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Judith Reichmann receives Paul Ehrlich prize
Lab Matters Judith Reichmann will receive this year’s Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize for Young Researchers
2020
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Science in School #49 available
Lab Matters The latest issue of the free magazine, Science in School, is now available for teachers worldwide.
2020
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Bridging Excellence Fellowships
Lab Matters The call for applications for Bridging Excellence Fellowships is now open
2020
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Empowering European structural biology
Lab Matters EU funding for iNEXT-Discovery consortium unlocks key technologies for structural biology
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Building Euro-BioImaging
Lab Matters EMBL’s Jan Ellenberg reflects on the process of forming a European research infrastructure
2019
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Graduation Ceremony 2019
Lab Matters Forty-seven PhD students from all of EMBL’s six sites were celebrated during EMBL’s 2019 Graduation Ceremony on Friday 13 December
2019
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Strengthening European biology
Lab Matters EMBL is now a member of the Instruct-ERIC organisation
2019
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New chair of EMBL Council
Lab Matters Professor Eiríkur Steingrímsson will commence his initial one-year term as Chair of EMBL Council on 1 January 2020.
2019
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Careers after EMBL
Lab Matters For many students in the life sciences, finishing a PhD marks a professional crossroads
2019
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Marking 40 years of the Szilárd Library
Lab Matters The Szilárd Library celebrates its 40th anniversary on 20 November 2019.
2019
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ATTRACT: funding innovation in imaging
Lab Matters EMBL is a collaborator in four of the projects funded in the first phase of ATTRACT.
2019
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Integrating imaging research across Europe
Lab Matters Euro-BioImaging now established as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium
2019
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EMBL Fellows’ Career Service launched
Lab Matters EMBL career advisors discuss the new portfolio of activities
2019
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Teaching science in your mother tongue
Lab Matters Native Scientist’ organises multilingual science workshops for children of migrant communities.
2019
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Slovakian teen scientist visits EMBL
Lab Matters Interview with Janka Motešická: a EUCYS 2018 prize winner
2019
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Estonia comes on board with prospect membership
Lab Matters Indrek Reimand discusses the life sciences in Estonia, a prospect member of EMBL.
2019
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New Directors and Associate Directors
Lab Matters Promotions for Anne Ephrussi, Rainer Pepperkok, Paul Flicek and Jo McEntyre
2019
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Internal Audit: improving processes at EMBL
Lab Matters Tomasz Smolarek and Natalia Kret in conversation.
2019
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Twenty years of EMBLEM
Lab Matters Reflecting on 20 years of EMBLEM
2019
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Use your coding superpowers for good
Lab Matters Setting up a kids coding club - where to start
2019
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EIPOD4: 2019 applications are open
Lab Matters EIPOD4 will prepare researchers for the increasing interdisciplinarity of scientific career paths
2019
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Bio-Rad joins EMBL’s Corporate Partnership Programme
Lab Matters Joining forces to support early-career scientists
2019
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Building engagement
Lab Matters The team at ELLS use Lego to teach children the fundamentals of DNA.
2019
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James Sharpe elected EMBO Member
Lab Matters The head of EMBL’s Barcelona site joins a prestigious group of more than 1800 scientists worldwide
2019
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Sveika, Lietuva!
Lab Matters Lithuania becomes EMBL’s 27th member state
2019
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Top tips for teaching yourself to code!
Lab Matters Overwhelmed as a biologist getting to grips with computer programming? EMBLers are here to help!
2019
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Diverse and united: Science in Europe
Lab Matters Edith Heard and Jean-Eric Paquet discuss the future of European science
2019
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EMBL surpasses 100th Horizon 2020 grant
Lab Matters EMBL success in attracting EU funding
2019
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Edith and Iain in conversation
Lab Matters The current and previous Directors General discuss what it means to lead an organisation like EMBL
2019
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Welcome: Jessica Vamathevan
Lab Matters Building bonds between academia and industry
2019
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Partners in the north
Lab Matters The Nordic EMBL Partnership directors discuss the value of collaborating across borders
2019
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Welcome: Joana Witkowski
Lab Matters New head of ORD will build and expand the partnerships that help EMBL achieve its ambitions
2019
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The Crick and EMBL join forces
Lab Matters The Francis Crick Institute and EMBL have agreed to work together to strengthen European science
2019
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How EMBL partnerships promote collaboration
Lab Matters EMBL’s Plamena Markova reflects on the EMBL Partnership Programme
2019
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EMBL partners with BRAINCITY
Lab Matters EMBL begins partnership with Polish centre of excellence for neural plasticity and brain disorders
2019
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Comprehensive protein data for drug development
Lab Matters PDBe-KB - new data resource for protein structure and function launches
2019
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Witamy, Polsko!
Lab Matters On 5 February 2019, EMBL welcomed Poland as its 26th member state
2019
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Funding for bioinformatics technical infrastructure
Lab Matters Enhancing the world's bioinformatics infrastructure
2019
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Most popular articles of the year: 2018
Lab Matters A collection of the most read articles from the EMBL news website in 2018
2019
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New Open Targets Director appointed
Lab Matters New director drives drug discovery partnership forward
2019
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Miltenyi Biotec becomes new corporate partner
Lab Matters Joining forces to advance training in biomedical research and therapy
2019
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Edith Heard starts as Director General of EMBL
Lab Matters On January 1 2019, Edith Heard takes up the position of EMBL’s Director General
2019
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Design thinking
Lab Matters EMBL’s Design Team Lead on translating scientific discoveries into visual designs
2018
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DIY Biology kits: what’s really growing inside?
Lab Matters EMBL’s GeneCore steps up to discover the facts and settle disputes
2018
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New EMBL Partnership in Hungary
Lab Matters EMBL partners with the Hungarian Centre of Excellence for Molecular Medicine
2018
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Translating blue-sky research into the clinic
Lab Matters What does it take to create a vaccine or improve cancer therapies?
2018
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Welcome: Sarah Butcher
Lab Matters Building bridges between scientists and software developers
2018
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Communities building collections
Lab Matters The EMBL Archive is open for business!
2018
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An in silico hope for biology: machine learning
Lab Matters How EMBL scientists are using machine learning to advance biology
2018
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Sanofi joins Open Targets
Lab Matters Pharmaceutical company Sanofi strengthens drug targets discovery collaboration Open Targets
2018
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The future of scientific publishing
Lab Matters Ioanna Ydraiou and Bernd Pulverer spoke about their view of challenges and opportunities of OA.
2018
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ARP/wARP 8.0 released
Lab Matters Researchers at EMBL Hamburg have released the next generation of their ARP/wARP software
2018
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Promega joins EMBL’s Corporate Partnership Programme
Lab Matters EMBL and Promega collaborate to train young scientists
2018
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€17 million fund to power European detection and imaging innovation pipeline
Lab Matters ATTRACT initiative will fund 170 breakthrough detection and imaging ideas with market potential
2018
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Open call for detector and imaging tech projects
Lab Matters The ATTRACT initiative, of which EMBL is a partner, has launched an open call for seed funding
2018
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Humans of EMBL: Outreach
Lab Matters Discover how EMBLers across all sites share their passion for science
2018
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Roche joins EMBL’s Corporate Partnership Programme
Lab Matters Roche and EMBL join forces
2018
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EMBL in six objects
Lab Matters A history of EMBL in six objects from the EMBL Archive
2018
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Welcome to EMBL, Montenegro!
Lab Matters Montenegro becomes EMBL’s 25th member state
2018
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PhD goals: why not start a company?
Lab Matters EMBL-EBI PhD student launches start-up focusing on epigenetics and wellbeing
2018
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Iain Mattaj elected NAS foreign associate
Lab Matters EMBL’s Director General has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
2018
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Ocean origins
Lab Matters EMBL alumna, Èlia Benito-Gutiérrez, on how her research and career evolved after searching the seas
2018
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Celgene joins Open Targets
Lab Matters New partner strengthens drug discovery collaboration
2018
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International science: Sanja Damjanović
Lab Matters Montenegro’s Minister of Science discusses the importance of international collaboration in research
2018
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LifeTime – a visionary proposal for an EU Flagship
Lab 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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First Ben Barres Prize awarded at EMBO Microglia
Lab Matters EMBL Group Leader creates Ben Barres Prize to support talented young neuroscientists
2018
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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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EMBL spinoff to help antibody discovery
Lab Matters New EMBL spinoff company Velabs Therapeutics aims to speed up discovery of therapeutic antibodies
2018
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A chance to make scientists’ voices heard
Lab Matters Maria Leptin reflects on how to create a research environment that serves the needs of the community
2018
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Humans of EMBL: Past lives
Lab Matters Discover the past lives and journeys that brought people to EMBL
2018
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10x Genomics joins EMBL’s Corporate Partnership Programme
Lab Matters Joining forces for single-cell research
2018
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Slovakia becomes EMBL member state
Lab Matters EMBL welcomes Slovakia as its 24th member state
2018
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Beamline ID23-2 tools up for ESRF upgrade
Lab Matters EMBL instrumentation teams adapting tech to run biological experiments on the synchrotron after its upgrade
2018
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Molecular biology as a force for peace
Lab Matters Historian Soraya de Chadarevian explores how EMBL’s first Director General shaped molecular biology
2017
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Your favourite reads of 2017
Lab Matters A look back at some of the most read stories on EMBL’s news website this year
2017
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Behind the scenes in the Fly Room
Lab Matters Curious about what goes on in EMBL’s Fly Room? Prepare to be a fly on the wall
2017
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Takeda joins drug target discovery initiative
Lab Matters Takeda joins pioneering public-private drug discover collaboration Open Targets
2017
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Edith Heard awarded Grand Prix Inserm 2017
Lab Matters EMBL Director General elect, Edith Heard, awarded 2017’s Grand Prix Inserm for her work in epigenetics
2017
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Humans of EMBL: Curiosity
Lab Matters EMBLers across all sites share how their curiosity about the world shapes their everyday life
2017
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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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EMBL researchers awarded prestigious ERC grants
Lab Matters Takashi Hiiragi and Lars Steinmetz received Advanced Grants from the European Research Council (ERC)
2017
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FP9 should support excellent, curiosity-driven research
Lab Matters EMBL releases recommendations for the 9th EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation
2017
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#EMBLcurious
Lab Matters Six curious questions and the EMBL community's answers. Check back each week for the next question
2017
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EMBL and HeidelbergCement explore ways to reduce carbon
Lab Matters EMBL and HeidelbergCement sign Memorandum of Understanding
2017
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EMBL and ESRF renew collaboration agreement
Lab Matters EMBL and the European synchrotron ESRF extend their Joint Structural Biology Group
2017
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Aid for Labs – Scientists helping each other
Lab Matters Aid for Labs is an EMBL-based charity aiming to provide scientific equipment to researchers in need
2017
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EMBL and Australia – delivering excellence
Lab Matters How Australia’s associate membership of EMBL empowers scientists and drives collaboration
2017
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New Speaker announced for Nordic EMBL Partnership
Lab Matters Bernt Eric Uhlin, Director of MIMS, will replace Kjetil Taskén, Director of NCMM
2017
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EMBL annual reception: bridging nations
Lab Matters EMBL’s annual reception took place on 18 September, with more than 150 attendees
2017
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Science + X: The science behind the Matrix movie
Lab Matters EMBL researchers separated facts from fiction at a Friends of EMBL Science Movie Night
2017
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Funding agreed for imaging centre
Lab Matters German state and federal governments agree funding for microscopy centre at EMBL Heidelberg
2017
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Opinion: Archives for Science
Lab Matters Biologists Sydney Brenner and Richard J. Roberts addressed the importance of scientific archives
2017
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Italian school students experience life in the lab
Lab Matters School student Andrea Totaro and EMBL group leader Christophe Lancrin reflect
2017
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New England Biolabs partners with EMBL
Lab Matters NEB joins EMBL’s corporate partnership programme
2017
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Bioinformatics in Latin America
Lab Matters EMBL-EBI supports bioinformatics training and capacity in Latin America
2017
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Cyclists rise to charity challenge
Lab Matters EMBL’s cycling team complete epic journey to raise money for Heidelberg’s children’s hospital
2017
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New name for EMBL’s site in Italy
Lab Matters EMBL’s unit in Italy changes name to better reflect new research focuses and highlight its location
2017
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CSSB opens its doors
Lab 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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EMBL Council selects next Director General
Lab Matters Edith Heard’s mandate scheduled to begin 1 January 2019
2017
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Human Cell Atlas data platform kicks off
Lab Matters EMBL-EBI, the Broad and UCSC Genomics Institute to build Data Coordination Platform with CZI support
2017
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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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Humans of EMBL: Senses
Lab Matters People across EMBL’s sites reflect on the ways they perceive their world
2017
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EMBL spin-off Luxendo acquired by Bruker
Lab Matters Accelerating researchers’ access to next-generation light-sheet microscopy
2017
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Hungary becomes EMBL member state
Lab Matters EMBL welcomes its 23rd member state, with a promising collaboration already in place
2017
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Obituary: Konrad Müller
Lab Matters EMBL alumnus Konrad Müller has sadly passed away
2017
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Experience life in the lab!
Lab Matters Call for applications for school students to join ‘Summer in Science’ in Monterotondo
2017
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EMBL to open new site in Barcelona
Lab Matters Spanish government and EMBL sign agreement for new site
2017
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The story behind EMBL’s Barcelona site
Lab Matters EMBL Director-General, Iain Mattaj, reflects on the work done to establish a new site in Barcelona
2017
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Strengthening links with Italian research community
Lab Matters EMBL’s Monterotondo site strengthens links with the Italian scientific community
2017
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Behind the scenes: Building EMBL’s Barcelona site
Lab Matters Silke Schumacher explains how the new EMBL site in Barcelona came into being
2017
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Obituary: Anna Tramontano
Lab Matters Anna Tramontano, bioinformatics pioneer and EMBL alumna, has passed away
2017
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A tribute to Anna Tramontano
Lab Matters Janet Thornton reflects on the contributions of EMBL alumna Anna Tramontano
2017
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Opinion: Scientists must be part of the conversation
Lab Matters Diversity, internationality and collaboration works, writes EMBL Director-General Iain Mattaj
2017
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John Kendrew’s legacy
Lab Matters “Without John Kendrew there would have been no EMBL,” wrote Ken Holmes
2017
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Welcome: Monika Lachner
Lab Matters 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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Women in science: Glass half full?
Lab Matters Ottoline Leyser on the fallacy of failure and the road to self-determination
2017
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Sartorius joins EMBL’s Corporate Partnership Programme
Lab Matters Sartorius and EMBL join forces to support advanced training and science education
2017
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New EMBL and GSK collaboration
Lab Matters GSK and EMBL have signed an agreement to enhance understanding of disease and drug mechanisms
2017
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Beamline 14’s legacy
Lab Matters Beamline BM14 in Grenoble shuts down, continues collaboration with India
2017
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Reflections by Sir John Kendrew
Lab Matters In this interview from the EMBL Archive, Sir John Kendrew reflects on his time leading 'the Lab'.
2017
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Degrees of excellence
Lab Matters Helke Hillebrand on leaving EMBL after 9 years as Academic Coordinator and Dean of Graduate Studies
2017
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Happy anniversary, PDBe!
Lab Matters Ewan Birney's nine "Structures of Christmas" celebrate 20 years of PDBe
2016
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Opinion: Fail again, fail better
Lab Matters Iain Mattaj on failure, adventure, determination and the Scientific Method
2016
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First year PhDs complete their training
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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New Crystallography platform inaugurated
Lab Matters A new crystallography platform in Grenoble opens the door to new technological developments
2016
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Design for life
Lab Matters EMBL’s Petra Riedinger retires after 40 years producing posters, graphics, artwork and more
2016
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Capturing life in perspective
Lab Matters How a team of scientists and artists at EMBL transformed microscopy data into stunning 3D images
2016
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New mechanism for cancer gene activation
Lab Matters EMBL study finds that rearranging how DNA packs the nucleus can activate cancer genes
2016
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Big data, cool servers
Lab Matters Upgraded server room is ready to take the heat at EMBL Grenoble
2016
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Review: Lab Girl
Lab Matters Hope Jahren’s autobiography educates and delights
2016
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Opinion: Is your mind playing tricks on you?
Lab Matters We catch up with neuroscientist Craig Stark, speaker at the EMBL/EMBO Science and Society Conference
2016
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Ewan Birney to lead Global Alliance
Lab Matters Global Alliance for Genomics and Health chose Birney to lead efforts to bring genomics to the clinic
2016
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Opinion: Dealing with the imposter in me
Lab Matters Rosemary Wilson talks about imposter syndrome and how to handle it
2016
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EMBL at NatureJobs careers fair
Lab Matters EMBL recently attended the Naturejobs Career Expo, advising scientists about their career options
2016
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Accelerate your research with CORBEL
Lab Matters CORBEL Open Call launches October 2016, for access to 15 facilities and 8 research infrastructures
2016
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Opinion: 2006, a year of champagne
Lab Matters Stephen Cusack looks back on the early days of his collaboration with Anacor developing anti-infectives
2016
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Opinion: A journey from bench to clinical trials
Lab Matters Andrés Palencia on the design of compounds that may help fight drug-resistant TB and more
2016
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BioStudies: The Data Bento Box
Lab Matters A new repository helps identify emerging trends in data-driven science.
2016
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New EMBL-Hubrecht Institute partnership
Lab Matters EMBL and the Hubrecht Institute signed a 5-year partnership agreement
2016
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Postdocs of EMBL
Lab Matters Turning the spotlight on the diverse universe of EMBL’s 200-strong postdoc community
2016
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Maltese science: From temples to genomes
Lab Matters Celebrating the rich history of scientific contributions in Malta, EMBL's newest member state
2016
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Bioinformatics with a bang
Lab Matters Unexpected adventures at EMBL LearningLAB focused on biodiversity
2016
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From potential to policy
Lab Matters Integration, collaboration and openness on agenda for Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research
2016
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Inspire change in science
Lab Matters Bruce Alberts on fixing the broken academic career pipeline
2016
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Awards & Honours
Lab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
2016
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Just try!
Lab Matters German students visit EMBL-EBI on a tour to explore a new culture and different career paths
2016
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Key facts about the impact of Brexit on EMBL
Lab Matters In a time of great uncertainty, key facts about EMBL's status, collaborations, funding and recruitment
2016
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Impact on EMBL of UK referendum to leave EU
Lab 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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Partnership for Structural Biology: strength in diversity
Lab Matters Grenoble-based Partnership for Structural Biology (PSB) renewed for five more years
2016
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Reviews: Life’s Blueprint
Lab Matters Review of 'Life’s Blueprint: The Science and Art of Embryo Creation' by Benny Shilo
2016
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From the Archive: The Moon Dreamers
Lab Matters Illustrator Edmond Baudoin donates an original artwork to the EMBL Archive
2016
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Awards & Honours
Lab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
2016
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Leading the way for gender equality
Lab Matters Award acknowledges leadership in gender equality on the Wellcome Genome Campus
2016
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The search for EMBL’s next Director-General
Lab Matters Iain Mattaj talks about the search for his successor
2016
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What is the value of open data?
Lab Matters Independent analysis of EMBL-EBI underscores the value and impact of open data in the life sciences
2016
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Biogen joins CTTV
Lab Matters Pioneering target validation collaboration expands to accelerate drug discovery research.
2016
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Welcome: Kim Remans
Lab Matters "We’re open! We’re open to working with everybody, we’re open to new things."
2016
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Target Validation platform launches
Lab Matters Identifying evidence-based relationships between drug targets and diseases.
2015
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Toolkit for trainers
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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Welcome: Malte Paulsen
Lab Matters "There’s nothing nicer than seeing a user leave the facility happy"
2015
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Humans of EMBL
Lab Matters Compelling short stories that shine light on the life and work of EMBL staff.
2015
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Walking the talk in HR
Lab Matters Roland Block, EMBL's Head of HR, on emphasising the ‘human’ in human resources.
2015
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Using humans as a model organism
Lab Matters Ewan Birney on the risks, rewards and realities of studying humans as a model species.
2015
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Of humans and animals
Lab Matters Halldór Stefánsson on the long history of complex interactions between humans and animals.
2015
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Digitally human: texting life ahead
Lab Matters Giuseppe Testa reflects on the myriad intersections of our digital and biological lives.
2015
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Reviews: Homo sapiens
Lab Matters Postdoc Thibaut Brunet reviews two popular science books that explore the rise of Homo sapiens.
2015
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Q&A: Biophysics
Lab Matters What does a physicist do in a biology lab?
2015
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Awards & Honours
Lab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
2015
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Pathways: Open letter to young scientists
Lab Matters Sybrand van der Zwaag gives his five top tips for young researchers thinking about their next move.
2015
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A whole new ball game
Lab Matters Hamburg researchers have a ball creating game to explain transporter protein mechanism.
2015
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Lighting the way
Lab Matters 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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Nobel connections
Lab Matters Amidst the excitement of Nobel Week, behind the scenes of the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.
2015
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Lithuania, new prospect member state
Lab Matters Sveiki Lietuva! Lithuania becomes EMBL’s fourth prospect member state.
2015
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Karsenti wins CNRS gold
Lab Matters Gold medal celebrates Eric Karsenti’s exceptional career and outstanding contributions to biology.
2015
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Northern highlights
Lab Matters Renewals and reunions: EMBL’s Nordic partners look to the future.
2015
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From side-project to valuable resource
Lab Matters Introducing the Small Angle Scattering Biological Data Bank, developed at EMBL Hamburg.
2015
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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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Welcome: Moritz Gerstung
Lab Matters New group explores why patients with same cancer exhibit unique constellations of genetic mutations.
2015
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Chemical bonds
Lab Matters Maja Köhn’s lab is ideal to learn what life is like working at the interface of disciplines.
2015
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Transitions
Lab Matters Janet Thornton reflects on her time as Director of one of Europe’s fastest growing research institutes.
2015
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Awards & Honours
Lab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
2015
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Reviews: Summer reading
Lab Matters What’s on your Summer reading list? Here are some favourites of staff in the Lab.
2015
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Pathways: Culture of care
Lab Matters Maria Kamber, who heads the mouse facility, ensures “dignity, compassion and respect” for her charges.
2015
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The French connection
Lab Matters EMBL Core Facilities collaborate with French research programme Signalife to revive training visit.
2015
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Union makes success
Lab Matters Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU) with the University of Heidelberg, renewed until 2025.
2015
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Political science
Lab Matters Alumnus Damian Brunner revisits EMBL in a very special capacity, as Swiss delegate on EMBL’s Council.
2015
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EIPOD goes cubic
Lab Matters EI3POD: flagship interdisciplinary postdoc programme opens its doors to academia and industry.
2015
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The germ of a network biologist
Lab Matters “Interactions: that’s what I like the most in biology” – meet Lukáš Janošík, EUCYS 2014 prize winner.
2015
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One from Many
Lab Matters Database administrator's photo essay reflects internationality and personality of the Genome Campus.
2015
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Sky’s the limit
Lab Matters Academic community clouds take cancer research towards a brighter future.
2015
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Janet Thornton steps down
Lab Matters Staff gather to celebrate Janet Thorton's 14 years as Director of EMBL-EBI.
2015
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Sarah Teichmann receives EMBO Gold Award
Lab Matters Sarah Teichmann recognised for her contributions to science with the EMBO Gold Award 2015.
2015
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Open access: transforming science
Lab Matters EMBL’s new open access policy aims to make EMBL research widely and freely accessible.
2015
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EMBL-EBI joins CERN openlab
Lab Matters CERN openlab enters a new phase, expanding to include EMBL-EBI and other public research organisations.
2015
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Why you need an ORCID
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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A powerful HMMER for data mining
Lab Matters HMMER – a fast, sensitive search tool – helps find sequence relationships deep in evolutionary time.
2015
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ELIXIR accelerates
Lab Matters ELIXIR receives major Horizon 2020 funding to ‘EXCELERATE' activities over the next four years.
2015
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Stephen Cusack elected to the Royal Society
Lab Matters Stephen Cusack, head of EMBL Grenoble, among 47 new Royal Society fellows.
2015
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PDBe launches new website
Lab Matters In their quest to make structural biology more accessible, PDBe launches a new website.
2015
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History in the making
Lab Matters EMBL’s new Archivist will help chronicle the twists and turns, ups and downs of life at the Lab.
2015
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Q&A: Research analogies
Lab Matters Q&A: Which analogy best describes your research?
2015
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Pathways: In the prime of life
Lab Matters Karin Sasaki is helping bridge the gap between quantitative and life science at EMBL.
2015
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CORBEL: bridging research infrastructures
Lab Matters Major EU funding for CORBEL, facilitating access to data and biological imaging facilities.
2015
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GWAS Catalog moves to EMBL-EBI
Lab Matters GWAS Catalog, originally developed by the NHGRI in the US, moves to EMBL-EBI.
2015
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Mourning the loss of Klaus Tschira
Lab Matters Klaus Tschira, a tireless supporter of science, education and talent, died 31 March 2015.
2015
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New Joint Directors of EMBL-EBI
Lab Matters Rolf Apweiler and Ewan Birney appointed Joint Directors of EMBL-EBI, as Janet Thornton steps down.
2015
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Bioinformatics services: Winter 2015
Lab Matters A quick round-up of the latest EMBL-EBI service releases.
2015
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Supporting women in science
Lab Matters Wellcome Genome Campus gives first Best Practice Award for Supporting Women in Science.
2015
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500,000 binary interactions… and growing
Lab Matters Building and visualising protein-interaction networks is easier and more accurate thanks to IntAct.
2015
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Jeffrey Barrett to lead CTTV
Lab Matters Jeffrey Barrett appointed Director of CTTV, the GSK, EMBL-EBI and Sanger Institute partnership.
2015
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Moving 20 Petabytes
Lab Matters A blog extract by Ewan Birney reflects on the challenges of moving a massive data-centre.
2015
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40 questions, answered
Lab Matters Find answers to 40 of your questions about life, the Lab and everything!
2015
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Awards & Honours
Lab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
2015
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Reviews: Illuminating stories
Lab Matters Which tales have illuminated something important to you? Staff from the Lab provide their favourite.
2015
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Meet the Dean
Lab Matters Meet Dean of Graduate Studies, Helke Hillebrand.
2015
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Let there be light
Lab Matters PhD student Silvia Rohr on studying eyes – and talking about it for a general audience.
2015
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Beyond COMPARE
Lab Matters New project aims to speed up detection and response to disease outbreaks using genome technology.
2015
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Christian Boulin Fellowship
Lab Matters New Christian Boulin Fellowship: 15 awards of up to €1500 for visitors to EMBL’s Core Facilities.
2015
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Relaunching YourGenome.org
Lab Matters EMBL-EBI supports relaunch of yourgenome.org, to bring genetics advances to a wider audience.
2015
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Luxembourg collaboration
Lab Matters Third round of calls for joint research projects between EMBL and Luxembourg in 2015
2014
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Dinner with a Nobel Laureate
Lab Matters The day EMBL Hamburg predocs and postdocs invited Nobel Prize Winner Ada Yonath to dinner.
2014
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Argentina: EMBL in action
Lab Matters Workshops, seminars and honorary lectures – strong start for EMBL’s newest associate member state.
2014
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Big (Protein) Data to Knowledge
Lab Matters 'Big Data to Knowledge' project by UCLA, Scripps and EMBL-EBI to transform protein data to knowledge.
2014
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Looking for the beauty in science
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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Job dispatched
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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Music of the spheres
Lab Matters Music, bubbles and DNA: a collaborative project brings artist and scientist together
2014
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Awards & Honours
Lab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards - meet the latest honourees
2014
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100 different stories
Lab Matters Drumming, drama, dancing and discovery in a diary of art and science event, Roche Continents.
2014
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Reviews: Inspiring stories
Lab Matters Bibliophiles from the Lab pick out the stories that have inspired them at work and elsewhere.
2014
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Source of inspiration
Lab Matters PhD student Charles breeze found inspiration at this year's Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting.
2014
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Blog roundup: September
Lab Matters Pathfinding – poetic and practical – was a common theme in blogs from the EMBL network.
2014
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Obituary: Andrew D. Robertson
Lab Matters Andrew D Robertson, scientific coordinator of EICAT between 2011–12, died on 14 August 2014.
2014
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Scientists for a day
Lab Matters Tschira-Jugendakademie pupils get hands-on during day of DNA barcoding
2014
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Nordic networks
Lab Matters Nordic partners focus on "enhancing research enterprise", says Kjetil Taskén
2014
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Art inspired by data science
Lab Matters Artist Stephen Wright gifts artwork inspired by DNA storage research to EMBL-EBI.
2014
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Bioinformatics services: Summer 2014
Lab Matters A quick round-up of the latest EMBL-EBI service releases
2014
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New EMBL-EBI data centre contract
Lab Matters Gyron Ltd awarded contract to supply EMBL-EBI's data centres over the next five years
2014
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New genomics API
Lab Matters New genomics API allows researchers to share anonymised genetic data seamlessly across platforms.
2014
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Ask EMBL… anything!
Lab Matters Have a pressing question? EMBL experts are standing by to answer! Submit yours today.
2014
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Czech-ing out EMBL Council
Lab Matters Czech delegate Jana Bystřická represents EMBL's 21st member state at her first Council Meeting.
2014
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Forty things that make EMBL – Part 1
Lab Matters As the Lab turns 40, staff and alumni share 40 things that make EMBL, EMBL
2014
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Back to school
Lab Matters School ambassadors show next generation that scientists are more ‘role model’ than ‘mad professor’
2014
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Awards & Honours
Lab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards - meet the latest honourees
2014
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In our DNA
Lab Matters To photographer Horst Hamann, it's the people, not the science, that make EMBL unique
2014
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Reviews: Science on screen
Lab Matters Film enthusiasts from the Lab review their favourite science movies, one for each EMBL decade
2014
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Obituary: Christian Boulin
Lab Matters Christian Boulin, EMBL’s Director of Core Facilities and Services, died on 27 April 2014
2014
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Branches: The search for our neighbours
Lab Matters What might life alien life look like? Lewis Dartnell studies extreme bacteria to find out
2014
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Forty things that make EMBL – Part 2
Lab Matters As the Lab turns 40, staff and alumni share 40 things that make EMBL, EMBL
2014
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Still growing at 40
Lab Matters Busy times for EMBL keep Director of International Relations Silke Schumacher on the move
2014
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Five for the future
Lab Matters Scientists from EMBL's five sites reflect on the opportunities and challenges that might lie ahead
2014
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Q&A
Lab Matters Which scientific breakthroughs would EMBL scientists most like to see in the next 40 years?
2014
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On target
Lab Matters A new EMBL-EBI biomedical initiative works to determine the best target proteins for new drugs.
2014
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Where do you start when developing a new medicine?
Lab 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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Pan-European imaging infrastructure gains momentum
Lab 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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Become a member of Euro-BioImaging
Lab 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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Denmark joins the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine
Lab 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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UK invests £75 million in European research infrastructure to support knowledge-based economy
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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Five countries and EMBL sign Memorandum of Understanding to make ELIXIR a reality
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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Obituary – Lennart Philipson
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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European Commission and EMBL renew cooperation
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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BBSRC and EMBL-EBI welcome UK funds earmarked for major bioscience data infrastructure project
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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European XFEL joins EIROforum
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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The Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine officially inaugurates the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland in Helsinki
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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New training and conference centre for the life sciences at EMBL in Heidelberg
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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UK leads European research programme with £10M investment in bioscience data handling capacity
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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New interdisciplinary structural biology centre for virus research and technology platforms
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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European centre of excellence for mouse biology celebrates its 10th anniversary
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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Leica Microsystems to become Founder Partner of EMBL Advanced Training Centre
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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EMBL and PerkinElmer announce corporate partnership to support EMBL Advanced Training Centre
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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Researchers establish international human microbiome consortium
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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Open access to large-scale drug discovery data
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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Securing the future of Europe’s biological data resources
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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International consortium announces the 1000 Genomes Project
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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ArrayExpress database doubles in size to 100,000 hybridisations
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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Luxembourg joins EMBL
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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The East Wing and a new dawn for the EMBL-EBI
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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EMBL reaches north
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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Minimum Information Standards ─ all for one and one for all
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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EMBL expands to Australia
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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The first public nucleotide sequence database turns 25
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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New Facility for Structural Biology to investigate the molecules of life with powerful synchrotron radiation
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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EMBL coordinates new Marie Curie Research Training Network “Chromatin Plasticity”
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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UK PubMed Central launched
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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Magna Carta for Researchers
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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Better, faster, easier
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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Europe and India join forces to make more biological models available for research
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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CiteXplore
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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Giving European science a headstart through training
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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New EMBL/CRG Research Unit for Systems Biology launched today
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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EMBL scientists found start-up company to develop anti-cancer drugs
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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EMBL-EBI and collaborators win bid to run UK PubMed Central
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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Mapping the protein world
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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Croatia becomes EMBL’s 19th Member State
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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Free access to world-class biological databases for European science thanks to FELICS
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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A brighter future for Europe’s favourite molecular biology software package
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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Getting to the heart of cardiovascular diseases
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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Bringing science out of the lab into the classroom
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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A major European Centre for Structural Biology inaugurated in Grenoble
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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Setting the standard for computer models of life
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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New high-throughput crystallization facility at EMBL Hamburg to give boost to structural biology community
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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ENFIN! Computational systems biology comes to a lab bench near you
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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European Commission funds EBI to do new research on synergies between bioinformatics and medical informatics
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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EBI and Ghent University launch PRIDE
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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IMEx consortium provides new mechanism for improving access to molecular interaction data
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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Public collections of DNA and RNA sequence reach 100 gigabases
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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Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit initiates second phase
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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Hunt for human genes involved in cell division under way
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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EMBL-EBI expansion goes ahead with help from The Wellcome Trust and UK Research Councils
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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EMBL’s fourth Director-General, Dr Iain Mattaj, takes office
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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The transparent organism
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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Double recognition of EBI scientists by the ISCB
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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European bioinformatics grid receives 8 million Euro
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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