Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Diego Benusiglio, ETPOD postdoc in the Asari group at EMBL Rome, talks about his peculiar postdoctoral programme and his passion for science and Swing music
2024
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People & Perspectives, Perspectives, Science Data standards that have been silently enabling discovery in the life sciences for decades are now making AI advances possible.
2024
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives, Perspectives The first EMBL-UNESCO infection biology research fellows share observations after residencies with EMBL researchers.
2024
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People & Perspectives, Perspectives, Science Team Leader Sameer Velankar on why accessible training is key for AlphaFold and AI tools more generally.
2024
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives On International Women’s Day 2024, we hear from some of the women who have been working tirelessly in the field and behind the scenes as part of the Traversing European Coastlines (TREC) expedition.
2024
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Simone Heber talks about studying RNA transport, organising the Bike Club at EMBL, and participating in the Ironman World Championship.
2024
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives After 32 years at EMBL – leading a developmental biology research group and later simultaneously serving as EMBL’s Dean for its PhD programme, Anne Ephrussi has retired, ready to start her life’s next chapter.
2024
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Jacqueline shares her experience of EMBL's international PhD programme.
2024
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Renato Alves talks about his time at EMBL, the Bio-IT project, his wishes for EMBL in its anniversary year, and how a passion for night hikes and stargazing led to the creation of EMBL’s astronomy club.
2024
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Kyle Morris joins EMBL-EBI as Electron Microscopy Data Bank (EMDB) Team Leader.
2024
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives EMBL’s link to other sciences and its tradition of collaborative discovery carry on, providing the model and means to address big challenges, including climate change and biodiversity loss.
2024
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives EMBL Hamburg is located at the PETRA III synchrotron, which in the future, will be upgraded to PETRA IV. Selina Storm is theEMBL@PETRA IV Programme Manager. Here, she speaks about her role and the benefits of PETRA IV for EMBL.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Victor Armijo, a mechatronics engineer at EMBL Grenoble, talks about his dream job, highlighted in EMBL’s exhibition ‘The World of Molecular Biology’.
2023
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Alumni, People & Perspectives EMBL alumnus Roel Wijnaendts looks back at a long career in academic research and entrepreneurship that has left an indelible mark in the fields of instrumentation and optics.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives EMBL scientist Oliver Stegle explains how AI-based tools have the potential to transform our ability to better understand the complexity of life and how these tools will shape the future of life science exploration.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives In this interview, Sihyun Sung, Postdoctoral Fellow at EMBL Hamburg, talks about making molecular movies with time-resolved serial X-ray crystallography, his sources of inspiration, and the value of forging deeper connections with friends and colleagues.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives EMBL stands as a leader, exemplifying how to harmoniously integrate AI in research and through its delivery of data services.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Victoria Yan, Open Science & Research Information Specialist, talks about the importance of open science, the challenges she has faced in her career, and what she enjoys about working at EMBL
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Gerald Pfister, Head of the Flow Cytometry Facility at EMBL Rome, talks about his private and professional passions and a return to his roots as part of the TREC project.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Zuzana Koskova is a PhD student from Slovakia who, at the age of 19, left her country to pursue her career in biological sciences in Germany. In this interview, she talks about her interests, career aspirations, and recent participation at the Info Day held in Bratislava, where she had the…
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives, Perspectives PhD student Valentina Lorenzi is using single-cell sequencing data to create a map of the developing human reproductive system.
2023
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Announcements, Lab Matters, People & Perspectives David Hulcoop discusses how his experience bridging organisational cultures will help address critical challenges in drug discovery and target selection at Open Targets.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Thomas Haize talks about his passion for the ocean, what TREC means to him, a day in the field, and the captivating beauty of underwater photography.
2023
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Events, People & Perspectives Researchers from across the globe have gathered in Grenoble to celebrate the remarkable lifelong scientific achievements of Stephen Cusack, the former head of EMBL Grenoble.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Sabrina Krueger, scientist-turned-training officer, shares her approach to this role and the need to be ‘true to yourself’.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Therese Welander talks about her inspiration, and supporting science by solving problems and overcoming challenges.
2023
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Ukrainian scientist Sergiy Avilov uses the microscopy skills and scientific network he built at EMBL in his current role heading the Imaging Facility at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics.
2023
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People & Perspectives, Perspectives, Science Experience in data management and coordination has enabled EMBL alumna Laura Clarke to pursue a career in AI development.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Emerald Perlas, Head of the Histology Facility, talks about his experience in supporting multidisciplinary research at EMBL Rome and keeping up with technological advances.
2023
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People & Perspectives, Perspectives, Science EMBL-EBI Senior Scientist Rob Finn explains why data coordination and sharing are fundamental for a sustainable blue economy.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Clément Blanchet has been appointed to lead the team working on small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) at EMBL Hamburg. In this interview, he talks his ambitions for the future work of the SAXS Team, his passion for science, and a memorable ‘aha’ moment he had in his early career.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives, Perspectives By upskilling researchers on bioinformatics skills and tools, EMBL alumna Emily Perry is helping to make genomic medicine more accessible.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Rutuja Yelmar, predoctoral Fellow at EMBL Grenoble in the Kowalinski group, talks about her passion for research, daily inspiration, and the importance of collaboration in achieving her goals.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Three EMBL group leaders and six EMBL alumni were recognised for their contributions to the life sciences.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Wolfgang Huber discusses why research assessment needs reform and how this could make science more diverse, more inclusive, and better
2023
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Alumni, People & Perspectives EMBL Rome alumna Urtė Neniškytė returned to her native Lithuania, helping establish the Vilnius University-EMBL Partnership Institute and advance genome-editing technologies there.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Sihem Bennour, new head of HR, foresees a deeper culture of information sharing, listening, and problem solving with EMBL staff.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Jürgen Bauer talks about translating science into applications with societal benefit, his journey from the lab bench to business development, and technology transfer at EMBL.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Adriana Castillo Caballero talks about her curiosity-driven career, the importance of the people in her life, and her dreams for the future
2023
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Announcements, Lab Matters, People & Perspectives In recognition of Janet Thornton’s retirement, we look back at some of her biggest accomplishments shaping the field of bioinformatics.
2023
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Alumni, People & Perspectives From biking together while at EMBL to assistant professorships at Heidelberg University, two academics soon formed a union that took them to the United States., into various industry positions, and now to a life with two young children.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Martin Pelosse, Scientific Expert at EMBL Grenoble Eukaryotic Expression Facility, explains the platform’s role in supporting the site’s cutting-edge research activities and its future applications.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives, Research highlights Postdoctoral researcher Carolin Sauer is leveraging long-read sequencing to develop new detection methods for various cancers.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Timothy Shayers talks about his role in overseeing the renovation works at EMBL Rome, his past experiences around the world, and his personal passions.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives, Perspectives On the 20th anniversary of the Human Genome Project, we look back at its history, wonder and potential.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Angelika Thomasson, administrative assistant at EMBL Grenoble, talks about her role in supporting her colleagues in organising events and travels, what she enjoys about EMBL, and which famous female scientist she would like to have coffee with.
2023
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People & Perspectives, Perspectives As a postdoc Alex Almeida used bioinformatics to push the boundaries of what we know about the gut microbiome. Here, Almeida explains how his time at EMBL-EBI generated new research avenues, and how the skills and connections from his postdoc prepared him for leading his own research group at the…
2023
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Alumnus Thomas Graf reflects on his time at EMBL, offering an update on his whereabouts and advice for young scientists.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Eduard Avetisyan leads the EMBL Hamburg IT team. He joined EMBL after transitioning from particle physics research to IT. Besides providing standard IT user support, his team also enables smooth processing and computational analysis of structural biology data. Here, he talks about the joys and…
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives, 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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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Audrey Spielmann, Lab Support Manager, talks about her role in supporting the research done at EMBL Grenoble.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives The new group leader is setting up the first purely theory-focused research group at EMBL Barcelona. He aims to understand fundamental biological principles using mathematical models and computer simulations, in close collaboration with experimental researchers across EMBL.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives New group leader Thomas Quail studies the fundamental processes that determine how proteins organise the genome inside a cell.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Together with his team, Gergely Papp pushes the frontiers of technology development in the field of structural biology.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Biological X-ray imaging is an emerging technology that uses X-rays to image tissues or even entire organisms. It will play an important role in EMBL Hamburg’s future service portfolio, and will allow studying life on multiple scales. Team Leader Liz Duke discusses her plans to establish X-ray…
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives, Perspectives Jo McEntyre talks about data services, open data and a new era for research assessment.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives 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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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Rob Finn, one of the co-chairs of the Microbial Ecosystems theme, discusses his work, the challenges of multidisciplinary research, and how the theme is already helping to promote the exchange of scientific ideas.
2023
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives The new group leader in Barcelona aims to understand how cells behave in health and in disease, and approaches her favourite hobby, cooking, very similarly to her work in the lab.
2022
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives 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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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives 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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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives After a postdoc at Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, Flora Vincent has joined EMBL’s Developmental Biology unit to further explore the world of phytoplankton.
2022
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People & Perspectives, Perspectives, Science Ewan Birney, Deputy Director General of EMBL and Director of EMBL-EBI, reveals the key factors that enabled AlphaFold to change the world of biology.
2022
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Virginie Uhlmann, Research Group Leader at EMBL-EBI and one of the co-chairs of the Theory@EMBL transversal theme, chats about how this theme will open up new research avenues.
2022
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Jan Kosinski, Group Leader at EMBL Hamburg and one of the co-chairs of the Infection Biology theme in EMBL’s new programme, chats about how this theme will support his work and help establish new collaborations.
2022
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives EMBL’s new archive and records manager, Maria Papanikolaou, explains the dual role she and an additional colleague will have in the Office of Science Information Management.
2022
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives EMBL Director General Edith Heard joined other L’Oreal-UNESCO Laureates in Paris for a series of events celebrating these outstanding researchers and their contributions.
2022
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Pascale Cossart, one of the world’s foremost authorities on the biology of Listeria, brings four decades of expertise in intracellular bacterial parasitism to EMBL as a visiting scientist.
2022
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Fergal Martin discusses the importance of open access data and his work in different biodiversity initiatives
2022
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives, 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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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Peter Harrison discusses the importance of data accessibility and his passion for biodiversity and agricultural genomics.
2022
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Slovenian structural biologist Kristina Djinović-Carugo will join EMBL in July as the new Head of EMBL Grenoble. We spoke to her about her background, research interests, and plans for EMBL Grenoble.
2022
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives EMBO Director Fiona Watt discusses preprints, data sharing, and evaluation in light of EMBL’s new Open Science policy
2022
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives John Lees joins EMBL-EBI as a Group Leader in Pathogen informatics and modelling.
2022
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives, Perspectives An exploration of what gender bias looks like in science and how organisations and individuals can address it
2022
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives 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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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Melissa Harrison joins EMBL-EBI as the new Team Leader of Literature Services. We found out more about her plans for open access publishing and Europe PMC.
2022
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives This year marks the beginning of EMBL’s next programme ‘Molecules to Ecosystems’ to advance the understanding of life across scales and in the context of changing environments.
2022
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Using gene editing and three types of microscopy, one of EMBL’s newest group leaders is deciphering the functions of one of the smallest molecules involved in cell division, motility, and signalling, known as a centriole.
2021
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Maria Zimmermann-Kogadeeva is one of EMBL’s newest group leaders and a computational biologist whose research group applies computational modelling to better understand the metabolism of gut bacteria and their potential to have far-reaching impacts on other organs.
2021
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives 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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Alumni, People & Perspectives Ken Holmes, outstanding pioneer of structural biology and founder of EMBL´s Hamburg site, died on 2 November 2021 at the age of 87.
2021
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Svetlana Dodonova is one of EMBL's newest group leaders, leading a team of researchers who will study how genetic material is organised inside cells using structural biology approaches.
2021
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Ian Dunham walks us through his career so far including working on the human genome project, seeing his work on the cover of Nature and his current role as Director of Open Targets.
2021
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives In the lab, Diënty Hazenbrink works with microbes that live in our guts. In her free time, she enjoys wildlife photography. A shared set of skills facilitates both activities.
2021
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives 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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Alumni, People & Perspectives EMBL alumnus Angus Lamond reflects on the process of translating the importance of fundamental research – to EMBL and wider society.
2021
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives 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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Alumni, People & Perspectives EMBL alumni Ilaria Piazza and Ken Holmes have been recognised for their outstanding contributions, and will receive their awards as part of the celebrations for EMBL World Alumni Day.
2021
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Alumni, People & Perspectives We all like a story about rediscovering treasures, right? Well, that’s just what happened recently at EMBL Grenoble!
2021
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives EMBL welcomes Sarah Dyer, the new Non-Vertebrate Genomics Team Leader at EMBL-EBI.
2021
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Anna Erzberger, one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, will provide unique perspective as a theoretical biological physicist.
2021
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Events, People & Perspectives At an EMBL Science & Society lecture, science journalist Kai Kupferschmidt advocated for accurate, clear and contextual science communication.
2021
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People & Perspectives, Science After work in antimicrobial resistance, EMBL postdoc Laura Carroll is using machine learning for next-gen antibiotic development.
2021
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives 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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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives EMBL Director Matthias Hentze describes the Environmental Research Initiative: a community effort to solve global environmental challenges.
2021
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Zehra Sayers explains what makes the SESAME synchrotron special, why we should not fear failure, and why curiosity is her biggest driver.
2021
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives The challenges and opportunities when setting up a global archive for bioimages
2021
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives The new group leader at EMBL Rome will study how embryos can inherit non-genetic information from their parents that causes stable and heritable effects
2021
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Alumni, People & Perspectives EMBL alumnus Pawel Masiewicz has transferred skills and experience gained at EMBL to oversee starting materials for mRNA vaccine development.
2021
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives As one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, Sinem Saka will combine multiple technologies, such as microscopy and single-cell omics, to solve biological puzzles.
2021
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives 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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Lab Matters, People & 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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Lab Matters, People & 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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Lab Matters, People & 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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People & Perspectives, Science Understanding why disagreement is good for COVID science. EMBL Deputy Director General Ewan Birney offers tips for sorting through the discourse.
2021
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Events, People & Perspectives At EMBL’s Science and Society conference, Ugandan campaigner Vanessa Nakate spoke about the need to take action on climate change.
2020
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Lab Matters, People & 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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Alumni, People & Perspectives Erin Tranfield recently joined the EMBL Alumni Association Board as one of 15 newly elected members. Here, she talks about her new role on the board and reflects on how a life-changing event made her refocus her perspective on work and life.
2020
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives The Head of the Electron Microscopy Core Facility at EMBL Heidelberg receives Mid-Career Scientific Achievement Award 2020
2020
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Lab Matters, People & 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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Lab Matters, People & 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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Lab Matters, People & 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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Lab Matters, People & 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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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Open Targets welcomes new Informatics Science Director
2020
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Lab Matters, People & 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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Lab Matters, People & 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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Lab Matters, People & 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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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives EMBL’s new Science and Society Manager shares her plans for fostering multidisciplinary dialogue
2020
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People & Perspectives, Science New group leader at EMBL Heidelberg employs synthetic chemistry to develop novel tools for biology
2020
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People & Perspectives, Science Strengthening ties between EMBL and Israel through the Scientific Visitor Programme
2020
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People & Perspectives, Science New group leader at EMBL Barcelona is investigating how malaria affects the human circulatory system
2020
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People & Perspectives, Science Kristina Haase brings an engineer’s perspective to vascular disease and regenerative medicine
2020
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People & Perspectives, Science Crick and EMBL PhDs talk science over coffee
2019
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Events, People & Perspectives On microbiomes, public engagement and not being boring
2019
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Events, People & Perspectives Teresa Rodó shares insights from her career in the pharmaceutical industry
2019
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Nadia Rosenthal describes how she built EMBL Rome’s mouse house
2019
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Scientists will discuss the challenges ahead for international science at the EMBL in the USA event.
2019
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Alumni, People & Perspectives EMBL Barcelona will host the 2019 EMBL in Spain event
2019
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Alumni, People & Perspectives September’s alumni event in Marseille will coincide with a Tara stopover
2019
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People & Perspectives, Science Exploring the cancer genomics labyrinth
2019
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Klaus Rajewsky recalls the pioneering spirit of EMBL Rome’s first years
2019
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People & Perspectives, Picture of the week Working in a lab very often requires some kind of protection: gloves, safety goggles, lab coat, hearing protection. Sandra – now at BASF in Ludwigshafen – had fun getting ready for her work in the medicinal chemistry lab at EMBL! Here, she is about to grind potassium permanganate and copper…
2019
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Frank Gannon discusses the strong links between Australia and EMBL.
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People & Perspectives, Science Eric Karsenti's combined loves of biology and sailing set in motion the Tara Oceans expedition
2019
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Interview with Janka Motešická: a EUCYS 2018 prize winner
2019
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People & Perspectives, Picture of the week The 1700 people working at EMBL’s six sites come from more than 80 different countries. Many of them haven’t come straight from their home country to one of the EMBL sites but have also lived in other countries in between. While all of them are proud to work at EMBL they are also proud of…
2019
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Dr Cristian D. Magnus discusses LGBTQ+ issues and diversity in science
2019
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Events, People & Perspectives The main funder of the EMBL Lautenschläger Summer School reflects on codes of conduct around giving
2019
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People & Perspectives, Science Michael Zimmermann's group will investigate how gut microbes affect the body’s response to drugs.
2019
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Tomasz Smolarek and Natalia Kret in conversation.
2019
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Alumni, People & Perspectives The naked mole-rat as a model organism in ageing research
2019
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Setting up a kids coding club - where to start
2019
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People & Perspectives, Science A conversation about art-science collaborations and the importance of drawing in biology.
2019
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives The head of EMBL’s Barcelona site joins a prestigious group of more than 1800 scientists worldwide
2019
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People & Perspectives, Science New EMBL group leader explores what neurobiology can teach us about what it means to be human
2019
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Events, People & Perspectives On 20 February, over 250 local supporters and friends met Edith Heard to celebrate a successful year
2019
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Scientists honoured for contributions in cancer immunotherapy and structural biology
2019
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives New director drives drug discovery partnership forward
2019
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives On January 1 2019, Edith Heard takes up the position of EMBL’s Director General
2019
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives EMBL’s Design Team Lead on translating scientific discoveries into visual designs
2018
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Events, People & Perspectives What genetics can tell us about the structure of ancient human populations
2018
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Meet Wendy Bickmore, Director of the MRC Human Genetics Unit, who spoke at the EMBL in the UK event
2018
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Events, People & Perspectives Theoretical physicist Robbert Dijkgraaf discusses the importance of curiosity-based research
2018
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People & Perspectives, Science New head of the Mesoscopic Imaging Facility at EMBL Barcelona will help scientists visualise nature
2018
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People & Perspectives, Science An engineer’s approach to understanding morphogenesis
2018
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Discover how EMBLers across all sites share their passion for science
2018
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People & Perspectives, Science New group leader at EMBL Barcelona creates artificial biological systems to study animal development
2018
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Alumni share how joining EMBL’s IT team was a career upgrade
2018
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Alumni, People & Perspectives More than 80 attendees gathered at the EMBL in Italy event at the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology (IFOM) in Milan
2018
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People & Perspectives, Science Which of our genes will be passed on to our children? Simone Köhler wants to find out
2018
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People & Perspectives, Science EMBL’s next Director General reflects on the questions that drive her research
2018
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Alumni, People & Perspectives EMBL alumna Melina Schuh recognised for excellence in science
2018
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives EMBL-EBI PhD student launches start-up focusing on epigenetics and wellbeing
2018
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Elisa Izaurralde, EMBL alumna, has passed away
2018
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives EMBL alumna, Èlia Benito-Gutiérrez, on how her research and career evolved after searching the seas
2018
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Mark Green, EMBL-EBI’s Head of Administration reflects on his time at the institute
2018
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People & Perspectives, Science New Heidelberg group leader creates tools to help biologists work faster and better
2018
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People & Perspectives, Science Dog and human gut microbiomes have more similar genes and responses to diet than previously thought
2018
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Events, People & Perspectives Markus Ralser, upcoming EMBO workshop speaker, on how metabolism brought chemistry to life
2018
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People & Perspectives, Science New EMBL-EBI Group Leader will make sense of bioimaging data
2018
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People & Perspectives, Science The new head of facility at EMBL Hamburg will help users solve protein puzzles
2018
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives For Vasiliki Karyoti, troubleshooting and problem-solving take on a greater meaning at EMBL
2018
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Maria Leptin reflects on how to create a research environment that serves the needs of the community
2018
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Discover the past lives and journeys that brought people to EMBL
2018
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Alumni, People & Perspectives “In testimony of my great thankfulness”
2018
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People & Perspectives, Science New EMBL group leader explores biophysical properties of chromosomes and other cellular assemblies
2018
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People & Perspectives, Science EMBL’s new group leader studies how gene expression is controlled
2018
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Among refurbished labs, alumni relive memories and find traces of their time at EMBL
2018
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People & Perspectives, Science New EMBL group leader investigates the mystery of heritable gene silencing
2018
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People & Perspectives, Science New group leader studies sea anemones to investigate why some animals regenerate better than others
2018
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Historian Soraya de Chadarevian explores how EMBL’s first Director General shaped molecular biology
2017
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Alumni, People & Perspectives EMBL physicist-turned-biologist alumni win 2017 Kendrew and Phillipson awards
2017
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Alumni, People & Perspectives How a research technician with a master’s degree contributed to Nobel Prize-winning work
2017
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Curious about what goes on in EMBL’s Fly Room? Prepare to be a fly on the wall
2017
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Takeda joins pioneering public-private drug discover collaboration Open Targets
2017
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People & Perspectives, Science New group leader based in Grenoble aims to unveil the mechanisms of RNA editing
2017
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Interview with EMBL’s Joint Heads of Government and EU Relations
2017
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People & Perspectives, Science The Mahamid group studies meso-scale molecular assemblies in intact cells and model organisms at molecular resolution
2017
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives EMBL releases recommendations for the 9th EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation
2017
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Alumni, People & Perspectives EMBL alumna Sigrid Reinsch trained as a cell biologist – now she helps run experiments in space
2017
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Former EMBL Director General Fotis Kafatos passes away
2017
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Six curious questions and the EMBL community's answers. Check back each week for the next question
2017
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives EMBL and HeidelbergCement sign Memorandum of Understanding
2017
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Jacques Dubochet, Nobel laureate and former EMBL group leader, reflects on a key aha moment
2017
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Events, People & Perspectives Interview with Rolf-Dieter Heuer, guest speaker at EMBL's 2017 Annual Reception
2017
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Working on scientific instruments has taken EMBL alumnus Simon Sheldon to the ends of the Earth
2017
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Alumnus Michael Parker talks about his career, research highlights and how EMBL has played a role
2017
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People & Perspectives, Science EMBL’s new group leader based in Hamburg aims to create models of infection cycles
2017
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People & Perspectives, Science Q&A with EMBL-EBI's Head of Chemical Biology data services
2017
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives, Science & Technology EMBL researchers separated facts from fiction at a Friends of EMBL Science Movie Night
2017
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Biologists Sydney Brenner and Richard J. Roberts addressed the importance of scientific archives
2017
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People & Perspectives, Science Meet Justin Crocker, EMBL’s new group leader in gene regulation during evolution and development
2017
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People & Perspectives, Science A new group at EMBL-EBI aims to decipher cell signalling networks
2017
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People & Perspectives, Science The Iqbal research group hopes to build a 'Google of bacteria' to help better interpret the genome
2017
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People & Perspectives, Science Meet the head of EMBL's new Barcelona site, James Sharpe
2017
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives People across EMBL’s sites reflect on the ways they perceive their world
2017
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Alumni, People & Perspectives The life science community is deeply saddened by the loss of EMBL alumnus Riccardo Cortese
2017
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People & Perspectives, Science Meet Monterotondo’s new group leader for epigenetic reprogramming and inheritance, Jamie Hackett
2017
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives EMBL alumnus Konrad Müller has sadly passed away
2017
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Anna Tramontano, bioinformatics pioneer and EMBL alumna, has passed away
2017
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Janet Thornton reflects on the contributions of EMBL alumna Anna Tramontano
2017
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Alumni, People & Perspectives The research community mourns the passing of Anna Tramontano
2017
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Diversity, internationality and collaboration works, writes EMBL Director-General Iain Mattaj
2017
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives “Without John Kendrew there would have been no EMBL,” wrote Ken Holmes
2017
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives EMBL’s new Academic Coordinator and Dean of Graduate Studies Monika Lachner leads programmes that help young scientists to flourish
2017
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Alumni, People & Perspectives EMBL alumnus Joep Muijrers talks about making the transition from science into business
2017
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Alumni, People & Perspectives EMBL alumna Zehra Sayers key driver of the Middle East’s first synchrotron project
2017
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Alumni, People & Perspectives EMBL alumna Nicola Mulder reflects on her pan-African bioinformatics project and its impact
2017
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Flies can do a lot for science, inside and outside the lab. EMBL alumna Isabel Palacios explains how
2017
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives In this interview from the EMBL Archive, Sir John Kendrew reflects on his time leading 'the Lab'.
2017
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People & Perspectives, Science New group leader Wojciech Galej investigates RNA-protein complexes involved in gene expression
2017
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Iain Mattaj on failure, adventure, determination and the Scientific Method
2016
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives EMBL’s Petra Riedinger retires after 40 years producing posters, graphics, artwork and more
2016
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Ernst Stelzer earns 2016 Lennart Philipson award for advances in light sheet microscopy
2016
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Alumni, People & Perspectives EMBL alumnus Jop Kind reflects on the questions that led him to this year’s John Kendrew Award
2016
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Hope Jahren’s autobiography educates and delights
2016
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People & Perspectives, Science Robert Prevedel develops deep-tissue microscopy for scientists to peer deep inside living organisms
2016
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives We catch up with neuroscientist Craig Stark, speaker at the EMBL/EMBO Science and Society Conference
2016
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Rosemary Wilson talks about imposter syndrome and how to handle it
2016
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Events, People & Perspectives Eberhard Bengsch explains why EMBL’s events programme attracts him time and again
2016
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People & Perspectives, Science New head of Proteomics Core Facility also runs stability proteomics lab
2016
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Alumni, People & Perspectives EMBL alumnus Angus Lamond is driving forward new ways to explore the proteome
2016
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Past meets present as Library head Ioanna Ydraiou interviews EMBL’s first librarian
2016
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Stephen Cusack looks back on the early days of his collaboration with Anacor developing anti-infectives
2016
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Andrés Palencia on the design of compounds that may help fight drug-resistant TB and more
2016
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Turning the spotlight on the diverse universe of EMBL’s 200-strong postdoc community
2016
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Alumni, People & Perspectives "If I have an aim, I’ll find a solution" – meet EMBL alumnus Jochen Wittbrodt
2016
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Integration, collaboration and openness on agenda for Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research
2016
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Bruce Alberts on fixing the broken academic career pipeline
2016
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Scientific community manager, alumnus Aidan Budd, connects people with shared interests, values, goals
2016
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives In a time of great uncertainty, key facts about EMBL's status, collaborations, funding and recruitment
2016
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People & Perspectives, Science New group leader combines physics and biology to answer the 'hows' of cell movement
2016
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People & Perspectives, Science Dozens of postdocs boosted their careers with a voyage aboard the Tara Oceans research schooner
2016
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Events, People & Perspectives Neuroscientist and comedian Sophie Scott explains the complexity and social importance of laughter
2016
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Alumni, People & Perspectives EMBL's ninth administrative director Keith Williamson looks back at 14 years at the Laboratory
2016
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Illustrator Edmond Baudoin donates an original artwork to the EMBL Archive
2016
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Meet a driving force behind collaborations with the Slovak Republic, alumnus Jozef Ševčik
2016
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Gareth Griffiths, new Chair of the Alumni Association, reveals his many perspectives of EMBL
2016
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Alumna Angela Relogio tells us about her passion for science, communication and mentoring
2016
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People & Perspectives, Science Why does a cookie look different depending on how hungry you are? Neuroscientist Asari wants to find out
2016
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Former Head of EMBL Grenoble passed away on 21 January 2016 at the age of 89
2016
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives "We’re open! We’re open to working with everybody, we’re open to new things."
2016
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Events, People & Perspectives Scientist and showman: PhD student Vasily Sysoev shares his passion for outreach.
2016
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Events, People & Perspectives Designer Aditya Kusuma Jati reveals what makes a good event poster.
2015
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives "There’s nothing nicer than seeing a user leave the facility happy"
2015
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Compelling short stories that shine light on the life and work of EMBL staff.
2015
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Roland Block, EMBL's Head of HR, on emphasising the ‘human’ in human resources.
2015
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People & Perspectives, Science & Technology What really sets humans apart? Forming societies, teaching and compassion, says Agustin Fuentes.
2015
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Ewan Birney on the risks, rewards and realities of studying humans as a model species.
2015
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Events, People & Perspectives Highlights from the 'What makes us human?' symposium at EMBL Heidelberg.
2015
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Postdoc Thibaut Brunet reviews two popular science books that explore the rise of Homo sapiens.
2015
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives What does a physicist do in a biology lab?
2015
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Sybrand van der Zwaag gives his five top tips for young researchers thinking about their next move.
2015
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Events, People & Perspectives Long-time events pro Antje Seeck gives us her take on how to organise a successful conference.
2015
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Events, People & Perspectives Insights from the evangelical Vint Cerf, a “founding father of the Internet”, during a visit to EMBL.
2015
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives “A structure alone is not so interesting, you need the biology too,” says new NMR-focused group leader
2015
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives New group explores why patients with same cancer exhibit unique constellations of genetic mutations.
2015
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Maja Köhn’s lab is ideal to learn what life is like working at the interface of disciplines.
2015
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Alumni, People & Perspectives EMBL rewards the special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards.
2015
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Andrew Miller, first head of EMBL Grenoble, reflects on four decades at the Outstation.
2015
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Janet Thornton reflects on her time as Director of one of Europe’s fastest growing research institutes.
2015
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Events, People & Perspectives Alumnus Thomas Vaccari reflects on the first joint symposium with EMBL Monterotondo, in Milan.
2015
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Alumnus Luis Bejarano asked Spanish students to stick out their tongues to analyse their microbiome.
2015
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Alumni, People & Perspectives Alumni Reuben Leberman, Jeremy Smith, Elena Seiradake, and Winfried Weissenhorn share their stories.
2015
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People & Perspectives, Science A mathematician who got ‘sucked in’ to biological problems, meet new team leader Theodore Alexandrov.
2015
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Alumnus Damian Brunner revisits EMBL in a very special capacity, as Swiss delegate on EMBL’s Council.
2015
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives “Interactions: that’s what I like the most in biology” – meet Lukáš Janošík, EUCYS 2014 prize winner.
2015
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Lab Matters, People & Perspectives Database administrator's photo essay reflects internationality and personality of the Genome Campus.
2015
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