Picture of the week
Homage to a vital tool
Structural biologists want to study proteins at the atomic level. The device shown in this Picture of the Week is essential for…
It’s like a party in your brain
Fluorescent dyes light up a cellular community of neurons and brain immune cells (microglia), which were derived from stem…
Cells in the holiday spirit
It is that time of year to get into the holiday spirit, prepare for some time at home and relax after a strange and stressful year. Even the cells in…
First powder over EMBL Grenoble
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…
Clear views
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…
Rainbow over the Hanseatic city
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…
A loopy baseline
Studying cancers means also knowing what healthy cells look like. In this case, mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) from healthy bone marrow are a bit…
Solar power
Despite the cold autumn weather, workers are busy on the rooftop of the parking garage at EMBL Heidelberg. The 2176 m² rooftop is getting…
Understanding malaria
To help understand cerebral malaria the Bernabeu group has created in vitro engineered networks of human blood…
Under the rainbow
On autumn days without Heidelberg’s characteristic fog, the woods present themself in beautiful colours. You may even capture a…
Party at the nucleus?
The nucleus of this cell fluoresces in bright green thanks to GFP-labelled nucleoporin proteins. EMBL scientists use engineered nucleoporins as 3D…
Ecological lawn mowers
In 2012, EMBL used ecological lawn mowers to keep the grass short around the Advanced Training Centre at EMBL…
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