Picture of the week
Underwater butterfly
In the Leptin Group, Eva Hasel investigates the innate immune system in Japanese rice fish.
The birth of tentacles
The image shown here, taken by Anniek Stokkermans from EMBL’s Ikmi Group, shows a larva of Nematostella vectensis.
Shine like an underwater star
This image of the starlet sea anemone was taken by Petrus Steenbergen using a stereoscope.
Wings without wings
The image shown here, taken by Daniel Rios-Barrera from the Leptin Group shows the cells of the early wing tissue of the fly during larval development.
Dancing chromosomes
In human cells, the genetic material is packaged into 23 different DNA molecules, the chromosomes. Each chromosome is present in two copies, one inherited from the paternal sperm, and the other from the maternal egg. During most of the cell’s life, chromosomes take the shape of long, spaghetti-like molecules intertwined with each other. However, before […]
Evolution of the eye
This Picture of the Week shows a stained cryosection of a retina – the light-sensitive part of the eye – of an ancient fish, the lamprey.
Gazing at healing wounds
What may look like a branch of a tree with the first flower buds emerging after winter are, in fact, tracheal cells of a fruit fly larva and their nuclei.
Exciting science!
EMBL is all about exciting science, through which we aim to achieve a fundamental understanding of biological processes.
Artistic life sciences
Paola Bertucci, from the Arendt Group at EMBL Heidelberg, studies the evolution of Platynereis dumerilii – a species of annelid polychaete worm.
Springtime in Heidelberg
The iconic ATC – celebrating its 10 year anniversary this year – reflects the blue sky, the clouds and the rays of the Sun.
