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7 June 2022 Female scientist photographed in a garden

Welcome: Pascale Cossart

2021

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27 April 2021 Woman in blue suit has hands crossed across her chest

EMBL Director General elected to US National Academy of Sciences

EMBL AnnouncementsLab 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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26 April 2021 Portrait photo of Edith Heard, EMBL Director General

EMBL DG joins WHO Science Council

ConnectionsLab Matters Edith Heard has been appointed to a new World Health Organization advisory council.

2021

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26 April 2021 Visual showing the logos of Collège de France, of the Institute of Biology of the Ecole Normale Supérieure and EMBL.

EMBL strengthens collaborations in the French academic landscape

ConnectionsLab Matters A memorandum of understanding has been signed between EMBL, Collège de France, and the Institute of Biology of the Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS).

2021

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21 April 2021 Photo of Jeanette Woolard, Director of COMPARE

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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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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11 February 2021 Logos of EMBL and the EMBRC.

Understanding Earth’s oceans together

ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and EMBRC have signed a memorandum of understanding for increased scientific collaboration.

2021

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11 February 2021 Maria-Theresa Licka holding a smartphone displaying an app she developed. Vineyards, houses and hills in the background.

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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9 February 2021 Roshni Mooneeram, EMBL Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer, strikes the #ChooseToChallenge pose with her hand high, pledging to call out bias and actively question stereotypes.

Roshni Mooneeram, EMBL Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer, strikes the #ChooseToChallenge pose with her hand high, pledging to call out bias and actively question stereotypes.

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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4 February 2021 Illustration showing open padlock to symbolise opening up SARS-CoV-2 data

Show your support for open COVID-19 data

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Open letter galvanises life science community in support of open COVID-19 data

2021

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29 January 2021 Flags of EMBL, Italy and CNR

Strengthening collaborations in Italy

ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and CNR have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen scientific cooperation. The agreement will foster collaborative projects and integrate them within the European and global scientific landscape.

2021

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28 January 2021 Cover showing the logos of the EIROforum members

Issue #51 of Science in School now available

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The latest issue of Science in School highlights the eight members of EIROforum.

2021

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27 January 2021 Nicoletta Petridou looks towards the camera smiling, whilst standing in a science laboratory

Welcome: Nicoletta Petridou

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives New group leader Nicoletta Petridou explains her fascination with the complexity of early embryo development, and how the interdisciplinary nature of EMBL will aid her research.

2021

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20 January 2021 Logos of EMBL and the DKFZ

DKFZ and EMBL intensify cooperation

ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg are increasing their already existing collaborations with a Memorandum of Understanding between the two institutions.

2021

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18 January 2021 A young woman is participating in an online conference. She is seated in front of her computer, surrounded by images representing scientific ideas

A young woman is participating in an online conference. She is seated in front of her computer, surrounded by images representing scientific ideas

EMBL courses and conferences: learning lessons and looking ahead

Lab Matters EMBL has a packed schedule of courses and conferences for 2021, ready to go ahead virtually, regardless of limitations on physical gatherings

2021

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18 January 2021 man wearing sweater and glasses stands in front of snow and glassy building

Welcome: Timo Zimmermann

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The EMBL Imaging Centre is scheduled to open in 2021 with Timo Zimmermann as Team Leader for advanced light microscopy technology development and service provision.

2021

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15 January 2021 young man with beard and mustache stands in front of window with blurry background

Welcome: Olivier Duss

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives One of EMBL’s newest group leaders, Olivier Duss, will explore how RNA folds into functional structures and how it works with proteins to control a diverse range of activities in the cell.

2021

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12 January 2021 Three images showing close-ups of different EMBL facilitites.

EMBL becomes newest Instruct Centre

ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL’s sites in Grenoble, Hamburg, and Heidelberg form the newest Instruct Centre. The new centre offers users access to a broad range of state-of-the-art facilities.

2021

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23 December 2020 Protein painting from 2020 PDB Art exhibition, showing two colourful proteins on different coloured backgrounds.

Discover the wonderful world of proteins: first virtual PDB Art exhibition

Lab Matters Schoolchildren create exquisite protein-inspired artworks

2020

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15 December 2020 Snowy mountains behind functional buildings. The Moon is up in the sky.

First powder over EMBL Grenoble

Lab Matters The first snowflakes have fallen on the Vercors Mountains, right behind the EMBL Grenoble building, and an almost full moon is showing up during a sunny morning.

2020

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11 December 2020 Woman with glasses wearing a parka stands in the snow outside a building at EMBL

EMBL Scientific Visitor Programme opens eyes and doors

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Facilitated by EMBL’s Scientific Visitor Programme in 2019, Silvia Dias Almeida spent a year in the Diz-Muñoz group, helping solidify her career plans and set her up for a competitive PhD programme in biomedical imaging.

2020

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9 December 2020 Portrait photo of EMBL group leader Miki Ebisuya against a green background.

EMBL group leader Miki Ebisuya receives ERC Consolidator Grant

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Funding by the European Research Council (ERC) will support research on the timing of developmental processes in mammals

2020

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8 December 2020 Windowed façade reflecting leafless trees.

Clear views

Lab Matters With the external scaffolding removed, another step in the construction of the EMBL Imaging Centre is complete. Now we get a first glimpse of the final look of this stunning building.

2020

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2 December 2020 Dark purple image with flashes of orange, gold, pink and paler purple that look a bit like lightning with a small sun-like image in the upper right section of the image

Dark purple image with flashes of orange, gold, pink and paler purple that look a bit like lightning with a small sun-like image in the upper right section of the image

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative recognises EMBL scientists

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has recognised four EMBL researchers with their most recent awards, showing how tech trailblazers are integral to advancing science and medicine.

2020

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1 December 2020 Rainbow on a cloudy sky above technical buildings.

Rainbow over the Hanseatic city

Lab Matters Hamburg hosts one of EMBL’s six sites. The city is notorious for its windy and rainy weather. Lots of rain also means a high chance of beautiful rainbows!

2020

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23 November 2020

Statement on recent paper on mentorships in academia

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL’s Eileen Furlong, Chair of the Equality and Diversity Committee and Head of the Genome Biology Unit, responds to the recent Nature Comms paper on the potential effects of mentor–mentee relationships.

2020

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20 November 2020 The Reichstag building (left) and Paul-Löbe-Haus (right) in Berlin, as seen in daylight from across the Spree river.

Sharing our vision for the future

ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL Director General Edith Heard introduced EMBL’s future plans during a parliamentary event at the Paul-Löbe-Haus of the German Bundestag in Berlin. She shared examples of EMBL’s research and outlined how EMBL’s activities will develop.

2020

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17 November 2020 Internal structures of the lower portion of a mouse lung display as a conical shape, displaying a variety of brilliant colours.

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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17 November 2020 Car parking rooftop with a solar power plant under construction on it.

Solar power

Lab Matters Despite the cold autumn weather, workers are busy on the rooftop of the parking garage at EMBL Heidelberg. The 2176 m² rooftop is getting transformed into a combination of a green roof and a photovoltaic plant. The planted green roof will retain rainwater, while the solar panels – installed in…

2020

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23 October 2020 Futuristic image of deep learning schema superimposed on computer code

Bringing AI out of the black box

Lab MattersScience & Technology Why should researchers make artificial intelligence more transparent and how can they do it?

2020

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22 October 2020 An artistic image of colorful wires connected to a could database.

EOSC: shaping Europe’s digital future

ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL’s Rupert Lück is engaged in developing the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC): the infrastructure that will support the future of data sharing and analysis in Europe.

2020

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20 October 2020 Greyscale image of two sheep grazing.

Ecological lawn mowers

Lab Matters In 2012, EMBL used ecological lawn mowers to keep the grass short around the Advanced Training Centre at EMBL Heidelberg.

2020

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19 October 2020 Green background with white sphere bearing the logos of the two MoU signors, EMBL and CIML

EMBL forms new collaborations in France

ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and CIML have signed a memorandum of understanding that will open up new scientific opportunities.

2020

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16 October 2020 Abstract graphic with big waves of black, white and grey somewhat like yin and yang, with two brain-shaped leaves in the upper right and lower left quadrants, one of which is green and more leafy-looking.

Abstract graphic with big waves of black, white and grey somewhat like yin and yang, with two brain-shaped leaves in the upper right and lower left quadrants, one of which is green and more leafy-looking.

Taking charge by seeking ways to achieve gender balance

Lab Matters A three-day virtual conference, ‘Gender Roles and their Impact in Academia’, explored how biology, social structures, and unconscious bias shape gender roles, and discussed ways to achieve equal opportunities for men and women in academia.

2020

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16 October 2020 Meytal Landau is standing next to a lab bench. On the bench, laboratory equipment is visible, such as pipettes, flasks, bottles with reagents, a calculator, and more.

Meytal Landau is standing next to a lab bench. On the bench, laboratory equipment is visible, such as pipettes, flasks, bottles with reagents, a calculator, and more.

Welcome: Meytal Landau

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives New associate group leader at EMBL Hamburg investigates the structure of functional amyloids in bacteria and in human disease

2020

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15 October 2020 Dr. Maria Arruda looks towards the camera with a serious but kind expression

Respecting diversity: the role of the scientist

Lab Matters Maria Arruda is on a mission to make scientists think more about the role they play in society. After a career in academia and the life sciences, she is trying to help others see the bigger picture when it comes to the responsibility of the scientist.

2020

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13 October 2020 Edith Heard and Rosa Menéndez in front of the Spanish and the European flag, wearing face masks. Institute logos of EMBL and CSIC. Text: Memorandum of Understanding.

Edith Heard and Rosa Menéndez in front of the Spanish and the European flag, wearing face masks. Institute logos of EMBL and CSIC. Text: Memorandum of Understanding.

EMBL strengthens collaboration with Spanish research

ConnectionsLab Matters On 9 October, EMBL and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding that paves the way for stronger collaboration between these two leading research institutions.

2020

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8 October 2020 Alvaro Crevenna, heads EMBL Rome’s Microscopy Facility. Credit: EMBL

Beyond the lens – microscopy at EMBL Rome

Lab MattersScience & Technology Research facilities play a crucial role in the advancement of science by supporting scientists with specialised expertise and state-of-the-art equipment. The Microscopy Facility at EMBL Rome exemplifies this role by making a wide variety of light microscopy technologies available to its researchers…

2020

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5 October 2020 EMBL and Vilnius University logos on a background of genomic data

New partnership in Lithuania

ConnectionsLab Matters On 8 September, EMBL and Vilnius University Life Sciences Center signed a framework agreement for the establishment of the VU LSC–EMBL Partnership for Genome Editing Technologies.

2020

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17 September 2020 Colorful illustration conveys the balancing act women in science face, going between family and work responsibilities and wanting to succeed in both roles.

Colorful illustration conveys the balancing act women in science face, going between family and work responsibilities and wanting to succeed in both roles.

Indirect impacts of a pandemic on women in science

Lab Matters The EMBL conference that explored direct and indirect impacts from the current pandemic on women in science allowed for information and story sharing both in the form of lectures but also via online platforms like Slack and social media that included Twitter.

2020

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10 September 2020 Two researchers at EMBL's state-of-the-art Electron Microscopy Core Facility (EMCF). A female scientist is using a binocular microscope, a male scientist is standing next to her.

Two researchers at EMBL's state-of-the-art Electron Microscopy Core Facility (EMCF). A female scientist is using a binocular microscope, a male scientist is standing next to her.

Level up!

Lab Matters ARISE fellowships to offer first-ever comprehensive training for bioscience infrastructure operations

2020

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8 September 2020 This image shows sections of the brain organoids that have been derived from pluripotent stem cells. The increasing use of organoids like this one be key to advancing personalised medicine.

This image shows sections of the brain organoids that have been derived from pluripotent stem cells. The increasing use of organoids like this one be key to advancing personalised medicine.

Achieving personalised therapeutics

Lab MattersScience & Technology A decadal roadmap points the way to cell-based medicine for Europe

2020

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7 September 2020 science diplomacy

Looking forward

ConnectionsLab 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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3 September 2020 Portraits of EMBL scientists Wojciech Galej and Maria Bernabeu

EMBL scientists receive prestigious ERC Starting Grants

EMBL AnnouncementsLab 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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2 September 2020 Microscopy image of cerebral organoid cross section

An organoid cell atlas to enhance biomedical research

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL-EBI is one of the eight European institutes involved in the Humanoid Cell Atlas initiative, a new open-access platform that combines single-cell profiling and organoid technology

2020

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1 September 2020 EMBL Fellow's Career Service

EMBL Fellows’ Career Service celebrates first birthday

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters As the EMBL Fellows' Career Service program reaches a milestone, it reflects on its first year and looks forward to ways to improve its offerings to EMBL postdocs and predocs.

2020

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27 August 2020

Royal Microscopical Society award for Yannick Schwab

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The Head of the Electron Microscopy Core Facility at EMBL Heidelberg receives Mid-Career Scientific Achievement Award 2020

2020

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25 August 2020

Training the next generation of molecular biologists

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The EMBL International PhD Programme is one of EMBL’s flagship training programmes. It forms part of our efforts to train and inspire talented scientists to become skilled and creative future leaders. Submission of applications for the current PhD student recruitment round is now possible.

2020

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24 August 2020 Simone Mattei, the new team leader in electron microscopy service and technology development

Welcome: Simone Mattei

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives 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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20 August 2020 A portrait photo of Geetika Malhotra, new Head of Web Development at EMBL-EBI.

Welcome: Geetika Malhotra

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The Web Development team provides a central source of web design and development for EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). In July, Geetika Malhotra joined the team as their new Head.

2020

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7 August 2020 Black and white photo of Phil Avner sitting in his office and looking at his smartphone. a large stack of papers on his desk

Arrivederci Phil!

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives As he enters retirement, Head of EMBL Rome Phil Avner reflects on his scientific career and memories from his time as Head of EMBL’s site in Italy

2020

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6 August 2020 Logo of the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems. Left: A chalkboard drawing of Europe. Right: the letters E L L I S in different colours.

Bridging artificial intelligence and the life sciences – launch of ELLIS Heidelberg

Lab MattersScience & Technology Researchers from all life science disciplines – from fundamental biological research to medical applications – generate immense datasets. Analysing these datasets and gaining new knowledge from them is a growing challenge for scientists. The fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine…

2020

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17 July 2020 EMBO and EMBL logos.

Response to the proposed compromise on the EC’s Multiannual Financial Framework

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives 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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17 July 2020 Illustration showing globe, statistics and viruses

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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16 July 2020 A collage of portrait photos of Jessica Vamathevan, Jan Korbel, and Nassos Typas.

Changes in senior roles at EMBL

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Three changes in senior staff positions have been confirmed at EMBL today. Jessica Vamathevan becomes Head of Strategy, Jan Korbel becomes Head of Data Science for EMBL Heidelberg, and Nassos Typas becomes Senior Scientist.

2020

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13 July 2020 scientists teaching about the microbiome

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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8 July 2020 The national flag of Latvia: A carmine field bisected by a narrow white stripe (one-fifth the width of the flag)

Latvia becomes EMBL prospect member state

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Latvia has joined EMBL as a prospect member, starting a three-year process toward full membership.

2020

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8 July 2020 Alexander Aulehla on the left and Paul Flicek on the Right

Two EMBL scientists become EMBO Members

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters This year, EMBO elected 63 new members, including Alexander Aulehla, Group Leader and Senior Scientist at EMBL Heidelberg, and Paul Flicek, Associate Director of EMBL-EBI Services, Senior Scientist, Group and Team Leader at EMBL-EBI.

2020

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8 July 2020

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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7 July 2020 The rainbow pride flag hanging in front of the Advanced Training Centre at EMBL Heidelberg. Picture taken in summer 2020.

Pride at EMBL

Lab Matters EMBL brings together more than 1700 people from all over the world, from a variety of academic and cultural backgrounds. This creates an environment in which there is constant exchange of both scientific knowledge and cultural heritage. While it seems obvious that EMBL, as an international…

2020

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6 July 2020

EMBL Director General Edith Heard standing at a laboratory work bench, facing the camera. Edith Heard on the left side, lab bench with pipettes and equipment on the right. Photo taken by érôme Brébion at Institut Curie, Paris.

Edith Heard elected senator of the Max Planck Society

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL Director General Edith Heard has been elected a senator of the Max Planck Society, one of Germany’s leading scientific research organisations. She joins the Senate along with Nobel Laureates and EMBL alumni Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Stefan W. Hell, as well as nine additional new…

2020

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2 July 2020

Restructure of senior management

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The governing Council of EMBL has approved Director General Edith Heard’s restructure of senior management with effect from 1 July 2020.

2020

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1 July 2020

New Informatics Science Director at Open Targets, Ellie McDonagh

Welcome: Ellie McDonagh

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Open Targets welcomes new Informatics Science Director

2020

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30 June 2020

EMBL boosts national and international sharing of genomic data

ConnectionsLab Matters A national consortium including EMBL and the DKFZ is set to launch the German Human Genome–Phenome Archive, creating an invaluable bridge between fundamental biomedical research and applied healthcare.

2020

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30 June 2020 Beekeeper checking one of the hives near the Adacned Training Centre at EMBL Heidelberg.

Busy bees at the ATC

Lab Matters Local beekeeper Jörg Staffel has set up three bee colonies on the grass slope in front of the ATC building.

2020

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26 June 2020 Key visual for ‘Life Science Across the Globe’

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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23 June 2020

EMBL's Equality and Diversity Officers. Zac O'Sullivan (left) and Luisa Vieites Rodrigues (right)

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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23 June 2020

Delicious science

Lab Matters Elisa Kreibich from EMBL’s Krebs group baked an EMBL cake for the farewell of Alexandra Martitz, the first master student in their lab.

2020

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22 June 2020 77% of the life science institutes are shut down. 57% of the asked scientists lost up to 6 months of work. 66% use the extra time for career development. 18% now take part in COVID-19 research. 30% have so far attended a virtual conference.

77% of the life science institutes are shut down. 57% of the asked scientists lost up to 6 months of work. 66% use the extra time for career development. 18% now take part in COVID-19 research. 30% have so far attended a virtual conference.

EMBL survey studies effects of COVID-19 pandemic on life scientists

Lab MattersScience & Technology Jan Korbel and Oliver Stegle have performed a survey of fellow life scientists to learn how the current crisis, with partial or complete institutional shutdowns, is affecting their work.

2020

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15 June 2020 Arise logo

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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19 May 2020 EMBL group leader Georgia Rapti

Welcome: Georgia Rapti

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The nervous system has fascinated Georgia Rapti ever since her first introduction to biology. Her research group in the Developmental Biology unit will focus on understanding the early biological events involved in the nervous system’s formation.

2020

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14 May 2020 NetApp logo

EMBL welcomes NetApp in its Corporate Partner Programme

ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL welcomes NetApp, a leader in cloud data services empowering global organisations to change their world with data, as member of the Corporate Partnership Programme of the EMBL Advanced Training Centre.

2020

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4 May 2020

Nordic EMBL Partnership awarded €210,000 funding

ConnectionsLab Matters The Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine has been awarded 210,000 euros. The funds will be used to train the next generation of specialists and research leaders in molecular medicine in the Nordic countries.

2020

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23 April 2020 Key visual for the EMBO | EMBL symposium ‘The Four-Dimensional Genome’

EMBL hosts its first virtual conference

Lab Matters The virtual EMBO | EMBL symposium ‘The Four-Dimensional Genome’ brought together 470 participants. Here, Jürgen Deka, Head of External Scientific Training, discusses how he and his team overcame the organisational challenges.

2020

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22 April 2020 Earth Day 2020 logo

EMBL statement on Earth Day 2020

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters To address global challenges, we need to better understand life in the context of environmental change, says EMBL Director General Edith Heard

2020

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22 April 2020 Portrait photo of Brendan Rouse, EMBL's Environmental Officer

Welcome: Brendan Rouse

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Brendan Rouse came to Heidelberg in March as EMBL’s Environmental Officer, tasked with monitoring the organisation’s environmental impact and promoting sustainable practices. Here, he discusses his plans for the new role.

2020

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9 April 2020

Response to the resignation of ERC President Mauro Ferrari

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL Director General Edith Heard responds to the resignation of the President of the European Research Council (ERC)

2020

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2 April 2020 Map showing institutes involved with EMBL in Twinning projects

EMBL shares expertise with four European institutes

ConnectionsLab Matters Three international teams involving EMBL Heidelberg have been granted funding from the European Commission for three Twinning projects with institutes in Portugal and the Czech Republic.

2020

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31 March 2020 Portrait of Bastian Drees, Head of Library

Welcome: Bastian Drees

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Bastian Drees is a biophysicist turned librarian, who joined EMBL in January as the new Head of Library. Here, he discusses the changing role of libraries and how they can help scientists organise and share their results.

2020

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25 March 2020 coronavirus keyvisual

EMBL’s response to the coronavirus outbreak

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for our staff and visitors.

2020

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24 March 2020

Springtime in Heidelberg

Lab Matters The iconic ATC – celebrating its 10 year anniversary this year – reflects the blue sky, the clouds and the rays of the Sun.

2020

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20 March 2020 Photo of recording equipment.

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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11 March 2020 joana-moscoso

Science for all: the origins of Native Scientist

Lab Matters How Joana Moscoso bridges the gap between science and society

2020

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10 March 2020

It’s Lab Ski Day!

Lab Matters This image, taken by Raphaël Cohen-Aberdam from the Cipriani team, shows that the weather for the Grenoble Lab Ski Day 2020 was just perfect!

2020

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3 March 2020

Snowy day

Lab Matters Colder winter weather has finally arrived EMBL-EBI. It’s the first time the site has seen snow this winter.

2020

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26 February 2020 Theresia Bauer Edith Heard

Baden-Württemberg Science Minister visit

ConnectionsLab Matters Theresia Bauer and EMBL discuss organisational developments and future strategies

2020

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25 February 2020 annual-reception-2020

Annual Reception 2020: An evening with friends

Lab Matters Annual Reception celebrates EMBL’s achievements in 2019 and explores its way ahead

2020

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20 February 2020 lucia-von-bredow

Welcome: Lucia von Bredow

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL’s new Science and Society Manager shares her plans for fostering multidisciplinary dialogue

2020

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18 February 2020 Map of Europe, highlighting Luxembourg

Luxembourg funds research collaborations with EMBL

ConnectionsLab Matters 2020 call now open for FNR funding of bilateral projects between EMBL and Luxembourg

2020

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13 February 2020

Edith Heard wins L’Oréal–UNESCO Award

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL Director General recognised alongside four other exceptional women in the life sciences

2020

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10 February 2020 Microscope assembly

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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31 January 2020

Statement on Brexit

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Today marks the next chapter in the UK’s relationship with Europe. While we wait to see what a future relationship brings, researchers will continue to work across borders to tackle society’s most pressing problems, such as climate change, ageing, and disease.

2020

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29 January 2020

Chan Zuckerberg grant for Global BioImaging

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters New grant will increase collaboration between imaging centres and fuel scientific discovery

2020

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22 January 2020

Antibody engineering for therapy and diagnosis

Lab MattersScience & Technology The new EMBL spinoff company Araxa Biosciences GmbH aims to set new standards for the development of antibody-based therapeutics and diagnostics

2020

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21 January 2020

Judith Reichmann receives Paul Ehrlich prize

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Judith Reichmann will receive this year’s Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize for Young Researchers

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20 January 2020

Science in School #49 available

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The latest issue of the free magazine, Science in School, is now available for teachers worldwide.

2020

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15 January 2020

Bridging Excellence Fellowships

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The call for applications for Bridging Excellence Fellowships is now open

2020

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14 January 2020 Book club meeting

EMBL book club: a forum for diverse perspectives

Lab Matters The club provides a social outlet for EMBLers with a social conscience

2020

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19 December 2019 Before a biological sample reaches the beamline, a lot of work is put into its preparation. Scientists can use the wide range of services and resources at EMBL to prepare their biological samples for structural studies at the X-ray beamlines in Grenoble and Hamburg. Photo: Marietta Schupp/EMBL

Before a biological sample reaches the beamline, a lot of work is put into its preparation. Scientists can use the wide range of services and resources at EMBL to prepare their biological samples for structural studies at the X-ray beamlines in Grenoble and Hamburg. Photo: Marietta Schupp/EMBL

Empowering European structural biology

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EU funding for iNEXT-Discovery consortium unlocks key technologies for structural biology

2019

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17 December 2019

Building Euro-BioImaging

Lab Matters EMBL’s Jan Ellenberg reflects on the process of forming a European research infrastructure

2019

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13 December 2019

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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13 December 2019

Strengthening European biology

Lab Matters EMBL is now a member of the Instruct-ERIC organisation

2019

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9 December 2019

New chair of EMBL Council

EMBL AnnouncementsLab 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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25 November 2019 Phd student microscope

Careers after EMBL

Lab Matters For many students in the life sciences, finishing a PhD marks a professional crossroads

2019

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20 November 2019 The librarians in the Szilárd Library

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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15 November 2019 Fluorescence microscopy images of differentiated human hepatocytes

ATTRACT: funding innovation in imaging

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL is a collaborator in four of the projects funded in the first phase of ATTRACT.

2019

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7 November 2019 IMAGE: EMBL

Integrating imaging research across Europe

ConnectionsLab Matters Euro-BioImaging now established as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium

2019

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29 October 2019 Career service counselors

EMBL Fellows’ Career Service launched

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL career advisors discuss the new portfolio of activities

2019

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15 October 2019

Bringing life science to you

Lab Matters EMBL not only produces excellent science and innovative technologies; it also shares its knowledge and experience with partners from around the world – and with the public. As well as offering teacher training in the European Learning Laboratory for the Life Sciences, science movie nights, and…

2019

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9 October 2019

Science for everyone

Lab Matters During the Nacht der Forschung 2019, everyone was able to become a scientist for a day at EMBL

2019

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17 September 2019

The end of a productive day

Lab Matters It’s evening and the Sun is setting over the mountains surrounding the city of Grenoble – home to one of EMBL’s six sites – bathing the mountaintops in fiery red light. The Picture of the Week, taken by Zuzanna Kaczmarska shows the lab she worked in after a long and busy day. Bottles…

2019

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6 September 2019

EMBL-EBI celebrated its 25 anniversary on 1 September 2019. Credit: Spencer Phillips

25 years of EMBL-EBI

Lab Matters EMBL-EBI celebrated its 25 anniversary on 1 September 2019

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29 August 2019 Summer school group 2019

EMBL Lautenschläger Summer School success

Lab Matters The inaugural EMBL Lautenschläger Summer School ran from 15–26 July at EMBL Heidelberg.

2019

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27 August 2019

Where science meets art

Lab Matters The most basic building blocks of life are the biological molecules in our cells. While these molecules are too small to see with most microscopes, they have incredibly complex and beautiful structures. Therefore, the Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe), The Art Society CANTAB and The Art Society…

2019

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9 August 2019 Children can ask scientists questions in their mother tongue.

Teaching science in your mother tongue

Lab Matters Native Scientist’ organises multilingual science workshops for children of migrant communities.

2019

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8 August 2019 The mural commemorating the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci. Ciutadella | Vila Olímpica station, Barcelona. PHOTO: James Sharpe/EMBL

The mural commemorating the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci. Ciutadella | Vila Olímpica station, Barcelona. PHOTO: James Sharpe/EMBL

Science as art in the Barcelona Metro

Lab Matters Images by EMBL researchers are included in an art–science exhibition in a Barcelona Metro station.

2019

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31 July 2019 Janka Motešická, a EUCYS 2018 prize winner

Slovakian teen scientist visits EMBL

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Interview with Janka Motešická: a EUCYS 2018 prize winner

2019

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26 July 2019

EMBL Lab Day 2019

Lab Matters EMBL Lab Day 2019 filled the ATC with art and games

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25 July 2019 Representatives of Estonia and EMBL.

Estonia comes on board with prospect membership

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Indrek Reimand discusses the life sciences in Estonia, a prospect member of EMBL.

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23 July 2019 EMBL appoints new Directors and Associate Directors

New Directors and Associate Directors

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Promotions for Anne Ephrussi, Rainer Pepperkok, Paul Flicek and Jo McEntyre

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17 July 2019 Photo of Tomasz Smolarek and Natalia Kret.

Internal Audit: improving processes at EMBL

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Tomasz Smolarek and Natalia Kret in conversation.

2019

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9 July 2019

Working with a view

Lab Matters EMBL has six sites in Europe and the newest is EMBL Barcelona. It opened in October 2017 and is still growing. Eventually, it will be home to eight research groups, all of them working to discover how tissues and organs function and develop. EMBL Barcelona is located in the Barcelona Biomedical…

2019

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8 July 2019 The EMBLEM team

Twenty years of EMBLEM

Lab Matters Reflecting on 20 years of EMBLEM

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4 July 2019 Hannah Currant and public engagement diploma

Use your coding superpowers for good

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Setting up a kids coding club - where to start

2019

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28 June 2019 EIPOD4 logo banner showing the 4 available tracks, research, industrial, clinical and academic.

EIPOD4: 2019 applications are open

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EIPOD4 will prepare researchers for the increasing interdisciplinarity of scientific career paths

2019

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27 June 2019

Exploring the principles of episodic memory

Lab Matters Nobel prize laureate Susumu Tonegawa describes his work in memory research over the past decade

2019

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27 June 2019

2020 EMBL course and conference sneak preview

Lab Matters The programme promotes education, collaboration and cutting-edge research

2019

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26 June 2019 Bio-Rad joins EMBL's Corporate Partnership Programme

Bio-Rad joins EMBL’s Corporate Partnership Programme

ConnectionsLab Matters Joining forces to support early-career scientists

2019

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25 June 2019

A colourful day at EMBL-EBI

Lab Matters EMBL is an intergovernmental organisation, currently supported by 26 member states, one prospect and two associate member states. There are more than 1700 people working at EMBL, who come from more than 80 countries, creating a multicultural environment. EMBL also operates from six sites in Europe:…

2019

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19 June 2019 The ELLS team

Building engagement

Lab Matters The team at ELLS use Lego to teach children the fundamentals of DNA.

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18 June 2019

A no-brainer

Lab Matters Have you ever wondered what reflex testing is about? Why does your doctor tap the space below your knee with a hammer to see if your leg kicks forward? At the centre of this involuntary reaction is the muscle spindle, of which you can see a close-up in today’s Picture of the Week. Muscle spindles…

2019

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13 June 2019 Photo of James Sharpe

James Sharpe elected EMBO Member

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The head of EMBL’s Barcelona site joins a prestigious group of more than 1800 scientists worldwide

2019

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11 June 2019

Sveika, Lietuva!

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Lithuania becomes EMBL’s 27th member state

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11 June 2019

Rainbow lab

Lab Matters Laboratories all over the world are often chaotic, a bit messy and look grey and unwelcoming. Not so in this lab, pictured by EMBL staff member Emily Savage. The differently coloured fluids, arranged in a row, bring vivid colours into the more subdued environment of the lab. The picture was taken…

2019

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7 June 2019 Stock image of computer code. Coloured text on black screen.

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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6 June 2019 Photo of University of Cambridge professor Tim Lewens

Editing the ethical code

Lab Matters Professor Tim Lewens challenges the human genome’s unique place in bioethics

2019

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4 June 2019

Colourful yeast

Lab Matters Most of us love brewer’s yeast, or at least the food that it’s helped us to produce since ancient times. Without Saccharomyces cerevisiae (its Latin name) we couldn’t enjoy wine, beer or most types of bread. Besides its role in food production, S. cerevisiae is also an important model…

2019

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31 May 2019 EMBL scientists in a bar for the event Pint of Science

A thirst for science

Lab Matters EMBL got together with the global science festival Pint of Science to explain and celebrate science.

2019

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28 May 2019

A fiery end to a productive day

Lab Matters EMBL’s sites provide spectacular views, such as this fiery sunset at the Wellcome Genome Campus in Hinxton. The campus, in the heart of the Cambridgeshire countryside, is home to several institutes and organisations working on genomics and computational biology. Among them is EMBL’s European…

2019

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9 May 2019

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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7 May 2019

EMBL sees it all

Lab Matters The hexagons visible in this Picture of the Week are the eyes of an ordinary housefly, visualised with a scanning electron microscope. Former staff member Anna Steyer, who captured this brilliant image, has coloured seven of the receptor areas of the eye to create a stylised version…

2019

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2 May 2019 Virginia Otón García, Jana Pavlic and Max Eklund

EMBL surpasses 100th Horizon 2020 grant

Lab Matters EMBL success in attracting EU funding

2019

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18 April 2019

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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12 April 2019 Jessica Vamathevan in EBI South building

Welcome: Jessica Vamathevan

Lab Matters Building bonds between academia and industry

2019

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11 April 2019 group photo of Janna Saarela, Mark Daly, EMBL Director General Edith Heard, former EMBL Director General Iain Mattaj, Poul Nissen, Oliver Billker

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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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8 April 2019 New head of Office of Resource Development at EMBL, Joana WItkowski, stands inside the ATC building at EMBL Heidelberg

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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5 April 2019 IMAGE: EMBL

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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2 April 2019

How EMBL partnerships promote collaboration

Lab Matters EMBL’s Plamena Markova reflects on the EMBL Partnership Programme

2019

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1 April 2019

Foundation stone laid for EMBL Imaging Centre

Lab Matters Foundation stone ceremony for world-class high-resolution microscopy centre in Heidelberg

2019

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26 March 2019 BRAINCITY is an independent unit at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology in Warsaw, Poland. PHOTO: Michalj2 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

EMBL partners with BRAINCITY

ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL begins partnership with Polish centre of excellence for neural plasticity and brain disorders

2019

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21 March 2019 PDBe-KB logo

Comprehensive protein data for drug development

Lab Matters PDBe-KB - new data resource for protein structure and function launches

2019

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6 February 2019 Poland becomes EMBL’s 26th member state

Witamy, Polsko!

ConnectionsLab Matters On 5 February 2019, EMBL welcomed Poland as its 26th member state

2019

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31 January 2019 EMBL-EBI data centre

Funding for bioinformatics technical infrastructure

Lab Matters Enhancing the world's bioinformatics infrastructure

2019

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31 January 2019 Year 2018 standing on library shelf

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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23 January 2019 New Open Targets Director, Ian Dunham in EMBL-EBI South Building

New Open Targets Director appointed

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives New director drives drug discovery partnership forward

2019

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17 January 2019 Miltenyi Biotec logo

Miltenyi Biotec becomes new corporate partner

ConnectionsLab Matters Joining forces to advance training in biomedical research and therapy

2019

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2 January 2019 EMBL's new Director General, Edith Heard.

Edith Heard starts as Director General of EMBL

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives On January 1 2019, Edith Heard takes up the position of EMBL’s Director General

2019

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18 December 2018

Design thinking

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL’s Design Team Lead on translating scientific discoveries into visual designs

2018

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7 December 2018 Members of GeneCore Jonathan Landry, Vladimir Benes and Anja Telzerow.

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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5 December 2018 Silke Schumacher, EMBL Director of International Relations, and Tamás Bíró, HCEMM Director General, at the signing of the Partnership Agreement. PHOTO: NRDI Office, Hungary

Silke Schumacher, EMBL Director of International Relations, and Tamás Bíró, HCEMM Director General, at the signing of the Partnership Agreement. PHOTO: NRDI Office, Hungary

New EMBL Partnership in Hungary

ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL partners with the Hungarian Centre of Excellence for Molecular Medicine

2018

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30 November 2018 Surface views of 3D reconstructions of the TBEV sub-viral particles.

Translating blue-sky research into the clinic

Lab MattersScience & Technology What does it take to create a vaccine or improve cancer therapies?

2018

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28 November 2018 EIPOD postdocs work together as part of the Corporate Summer School.

Science in industry

Lab Matters EMBL postdocs discover industry-led research opportunities at the Corporate Summer School

2018

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27 November 2018 European Researchers' Night

Night of research, culture and treats

Lab Matters The EMBL Teens reporters discover the European Researchers’ Night

2018

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26 November 2018 Sarah Butcher EMBL-EBI Technical Team Leader

Welcome: Sarah Butcher

Lab Matters Building bridges between scientists and software developers

2018

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22 November 2018 Portrait of Nina Kathe

Ambition and talent

Lab Matters Nina Kathe, Winner of the EU Contest for Young Scientists visits EMBL

2018

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21 November 2018

Communities building collections

Lab Matters The EMBL Archive is open for business!

2018

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16 November 2018

An in silico hope for biology: machine learning

Lab MattersScience & Technology How EMBL scientists are using machine learning to advance biology

2018

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30 October 2018 Sanofi logo on blue background

Sanofi joins Open Targets

ConnectionsLab Matters Pharmaceutical company Sanofi strengthens drug targets discovery collaboration Open Targets

2018

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26 October 2018 Open access (OA) logo

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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22 October 2018 An 88% complete model of human hemoglobin (PDB id 5ni1) built de novo by ARP/wARP into a 3.2 Å cryo-EM map. IMAGE: Victor Lamzin/EMBL

ARP/wARP 8.0 released

Lab MattersScience & Technology Researchers at EMBL Hamburg have released the next generation of their ARP/wARP software

2018

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20 September 2018

Promega joins EMBL’s Corporate Partnership Programme

ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and Promega collaborate to train young scientists

2018

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5 September 2018

€17 million fund to power European detection and imaging innovation pipeline

ConnectionsLab Matters ATTRACT initiative will fund 170 breakthrough detection and imaging ideas with market potential

2018

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16 August 2018 Researchers in the life sciences are encouraged to apply for ATTRACT initiative seed funding

Open call for detector and imaging tech projects

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The ATTRACT initiative, of which EMBL is a partner, has launched an open call for seed funding

2018

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14 August 2018 EMBL lab day 2018 - Key visual for Iain Mattaj's staff farewell event

Celebrating science

Lab Matters The EMBL community, past and present, gather for special events around Lab Day 2018

2018

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7 August 2018 Group picture of the students and coordinators of the second edition of ‘Summer in Science’ at EMBL Rome. PHOTO: Berta Carreño/EMBL

Summer in Science 2018

Lab Matters EMBL Rome opens its labs for students to get their first real taste of science

2018

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2 August 2018

Humans of EMBL: Outreach

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Discover how EMBLers across all sites share their passion for science

2018

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26 July 2018 Acrylic painting of couple made of proteins

Art meets structural biology

Lab Matters The Protein Data Bank in Europe celebrates its schools art project with its largest exhibition yet

2018

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21 June 2018

2019 EMBL course and conference sneak preview

Lab Matters The programme promotes education, collaboration and cutting-edge research

2018

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11 June 2018 The Roche logo

Roche joins EMBL’s Corporate Partnership Programme

ConnectionsLab Matters Roche and EMBL join forces

2018

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8 June 2018 A stylised birds eye view of the EMBL Heidelberg Campus in green, black and white.

EMBL in six objects

Lab Matters A history of EMBL in six objects from the EMBL Archive

2018

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1 June 2018 EMBL researchers and collaborators enjoy their EMBL pints.

A pint of EMBL science

Lab Matters EMBL and Pint of Science join forces to entertain and educate

2018

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30 May 2018 Montenegro is EMBL's 25th member state

Welcome to EMBL, Montenegro!

ConnectionsLab Matters Montenegro becomes EMBL’s 25th member state

2018

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24 May 2018 Daniel Elias Martin Herranz EMBL-EBI

PhD goals: why not start a company?

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL-EBI PhD student launches start-up focusing on epigenetics and wellbeing

2018

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11 May 2018 Iain Mattaj has been elected as a foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of the United States of America.

Iain Mattaj elected NAS foreign associate

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL’s Director General has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences of the United States

2018

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9 May 2018 Benito-Gutiérrez searching for cephalochordates on board the dhoni boat

Ocean origins

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL alumna, Èlia Benito-Gutiérrez, on how her research and career evolved after searching the seas

2018

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4 May 2018 Celgene logo on white background

Celgene joins Open Targets

ConnectionsLab Matters New partner strengthens drug discovery collaboration

2018

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2 May 2018 Guests at the Annual Reception.

EMBL Annual Reception: focussing on young talent

Lab Matters On April 12, EMBL hosted 200 attendees at its Annual Reception in Heidelberg and highlighted its role as a training hub.

2018

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23 April 2018

International science: Sanja Damjanović

ConnectionsLab Matters Montenegro’s Minister of Science discusses the importance of international collaboration in research

2018

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22 March 2018

LifeTime – a visionary proposal for an EU Flagship

ConnectionsLab Matters Following the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2001, scientists and the media described the genome as “the book of life”, holding the answers to the way genes are linked to disease. Yet, seventeen years later, we are still deciphering how cells interpret this book. Since…

2018

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21 March 2018 Rosa Paolicelli holds her trophy, a 3D printed microglia. Mariko Bennett and Cornelius Gross stand either side of her

First Ben Barres Prize awarded at EMBO Microglia

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL Group Leader creates Ben Barres Prize to support talented young neuroscientists

2018

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

Being an IT support engineer: go everywhere, know everyone

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

2018

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12 March 2018 Robert Prevedel talks about EMBL and microscopy at the Internationale Gesamtschule Heidelberg. PHOTO: EMBL/Hugo Neves

Science in a suitcase

Lab Matters School students build fluorescence microscopes designed by members of the Prevedel group and ELLS

2018

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7 March 2018 EMBL spinoff Velabs Therapeutics to help antibody discovery. IMAGE: Velabs Therapeutics

EMBL spinoff to help antibody discovery

Lab MattersScience & Technology New EMBL spinoff company Velabs Therapeutics aims to speed up discovery of therapeutic antibodies

2018

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5 March 2018 Maria Leptin, EMBO Director and EMBL group leader

A chance to make scientists’ voices heard

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Maria Leptin reflects on how to create a research environment that serves the needs of the community

2018

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23 February 2018 Meet some of the Humans of EMBL

Humans of EMBL: Past lives

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Discover the past lives and journeys that brought people to EMBL

2018

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

10x Genomics joins EMBL’s Corporate Partnership Programme

ConnectionsLab Matters Joining forces for single-cell research

2018

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15 February 2018 School visit on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Women in Science Day: school event

Lab Matters EMBL Barcelona organises first school activity to coincide with the International Day of Women in Science

2018

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31 January 2018

Slovakia becomes EMBL member state

ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL welcomes Slovakia as its 24th member state

2018

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New EMBL and GSK collaboration

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

2017

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16 February 2017

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives In a time of great uncertainty, key facts about EMBL's status, collaborations, funding and recruitment

2016

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24 June 2016

Bork lab peers gather

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29 April 2015

History in the making

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18 August 2014 Artist Stephen John Wright

Art inspired by data science

2014

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1 July 2014 Illustration: Aad Goudappel, Rotterdam

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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1 July 2014 Question mark

Q&A

Lab Matters Which scientific breakthroughs would EMBL scientists most like to see in the next 40 years?

2014

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25 June 2014

On target

ConnectionsLab Matters A new EMBL-EBI biomedical initiative works to determine the best target proteins for new drugs.

2014

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27 March 2014

Where do you start when developing a new medicine?

ConnectionsLab Matters A pioneering public-private research initiative between GSK, the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is to harness the power of ‘big data’ and genome sequencing to improve the success rate for discovering new medicines. The new Centre for…

2014

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24 February 2014

Pan-European imaging infrastructure gains momentum

ConnectionsLab Matters Europe is uniting to make state-of-the-art imaging technologies accessible to biomedical researchers throughout the continent in a concerted manner. The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and seven countries (Belgium, Finland, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom)…

2014

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27 March 2013

Become a member of Euro-BioImaging

ConnectionsLab Matters Euro-BioImaging, the pan-European open access research infrastructure for biological and medical imaging technologies, invites leading European imaging facilities to submit proposals to participate. Applications to become a Euro-BioImaging node will be reviewed by a board of independent…

2013

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5 March 2013

Denmark joins the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine

ConnectionsLab Matters Today, the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine celebrates two important milestones: the renewal of the partnership agreement for an extended period of 10 years, and the expansion of the Nordic EMBL network with the official opening of the Danish Research Institute of Translational…

2013

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5 December 2011

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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14 September 2011

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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5 July 2011 Lennart Philipson, 1929-2011.

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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4 March 2011 Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, and Iain Mattaj, Director-General of EMBL, signing the Memorandum of Understanding.

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, and Iain Mattaj, Director-General of EMBL, signing the Memorandum of Understanding.

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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9 February 2011

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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8 November 2010 Signing the declaration of accession to the EIROforum: Massimo Altarelli, Chairman of the XFEL Management Board (left) and Francesco Romanelli, Chairman of the EIROforum (right). In the back (left to right): Francesco Sette (ESRF), Felicitas Pauss (CERN), Iain Mattaj (EMBL), Richard Wagner (ILL), Rowena Sirey (ESO) and David Southwood (ESA)

Signing the declaration of accession to the EIROforum: Massimo Altarelli, Chairman of the XFEL Management Board (left) and Francesco Romanelli, Chairman of the EIROforum (right). In the back (left to right): Francesco Sette (ESRF), Felicitas Pauss (CERN), Iain Mattaj (EMBL), Richard Wagner (ILL), Rowena Sirey (ESO) and David Southwood (ESA)

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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16 March 2010 The new Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM) in Helsinki.

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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9 March 2010 The new EMBL Advanced Training Centre in Heidelberg, Germany. PHOTO: Hugo Nevers/EMBL

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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25 August 2009

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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26 June 2009 The Carl-Ivar Brändén Building houses the international Unit for Virus and Host Cell Interactions on the Polygone Scientifique Campus in Grenoble.

The Carl-Ivar Brändén Building houses the international Unit for Virus and Host Cell Interactions on the Polygone Scientifique Campus in Grenoble.

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…

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…

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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1 February 2007

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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22 January 2007

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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8 January 2007

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…

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…

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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18 July 2005

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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12 July 2005

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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13 May 2005

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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1 May 2005

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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31 March 2005

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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28 February 2005

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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1 February 2005

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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