Science What can sponges tell us about the evolution of the brain? Sponges have the genes involved in neuronal function in higher animals. But if sponges don’t have brains, what is the role of these? EMBL scientists imaged the sponge digestive chamber to find out.
2021
science
Science EMBL scientists and colleagues have developed an interactive atlas of the entire marine worm Platynereis dumerilii in its larval stage. The PlatyBrowser resource combines high-resolution gene expression data with volume electron microscopy images.
2021
science
Science Under the innovative Planetary Biology research theme, EMBL scientists aim to understand life in the context of its environment.
2021
science
Picture of the week Paola Bertucci, from the Arendt Group at EMBL Heidelberg, studies the evolution of Platynereis dumerilii – a species of annelid polychaete worm.
2020
picture-of-the-week
Science EMBL researchers combine multiple datasets to develop expandable atlas of an entire animal
2020
science
Science Exploring the diverse routes by which EMBL scientists are driving forward neurobiology
2019
science
Events Two recent events have expanded EMBL’s collaboration with one of its newest member states
2019
events
Science EMBL researchers discover that four organs in a marine worm’s head can sense different chemicals
2018
science
Science EMBL scientists discover how a molecule’s role changes from simple metabolite to instructive signal
2018
science
Science EMBL researchers complete a molecular atlas showing gene expression in all cells in an entire animal
2017
science
Science ERC grantee Detlev Arendt shares his vision for the next ten years
2017
science
Science 3D printing, gaming, virtual reality and lenticular posters bring new perspectives to research
2016
science
Lab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
2015
lab-matters
Science New single-cell genomics techniques bring ‘omics to evolution and development research.
2015
science
Events EMBL’s corporate partners zoom in on big data and bioimaging.
2015
events
Science Our cerebral cortex, or pallium, is a big part of what makes us human: art, literature and science would not exist had this most fascinating part of our brain not emerged in some less intelligent ancestor in prehistoric times. But when did this occur and what were these ancestors? Unexpectedly,…
2010
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Science The last ancestor we shared with worms, which roamed the seas around 600 million years ago, may already have had a sophisticated brain that released hormones into the blood and was connected to various sensory organs. The evidence comes not from a newly found fossil but from the study of microRNAs…
2010
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