20 June 2023
Science
Researchers from the Ebisuya Group at EMBL Barcelona have used an unprecedented stem cell zoo to compare six different mammalian species and their developmental time.
31 May 2023
Lab Matters
EMBL researchers and collaborators have begun an impactful innovation-development journey, thanks to a European Commission ‘IMAGINE’ grant.
15 May 2023
EMBLetc
EMBL Barcelona researchers are studying how tissues develop in health and disease using organoids and 3D multicellular systems to mimic human organs and their functions.
23 March 2023
Lab Matters
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.
15 March 2023
Lab Matters
EMBL’s site by the sea completed its fifth year of operations. We look back at some key milestones and achievements since 2017.
23 January 2023
Lab Matters
The group leader, together with three other principal investigators, has been awarded the ERC Synergy Grant, one of the most prestigious public grants in Europe.
23 December 2022
Lab Matters, Picture of the week
Zebrafish embryos during gastrulation, a very early stage of development, to study the effect of temperature on vertebrate embryo development.
2022
lab-matterspicture-of-the-week
16 December 2022
Alumni
More than a hundred scientists from across Spain and Europe met at the Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD) for the 2022 “EMBL in Spain” event.
30 November 2022
Lab Matters
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.
20 October 2022
Science
EMBL Barcelona researchers have developed a tool that can use light to control the shape of cells .
6 October 2022
Lab Matters
The institutes have launched a joint new initiative which aims to make biology as engineerable as an aeroplane or a bridge.
1 September 2022
Science
EMBL researchers use a “fearless” computer reconstruction and a two-centuries-old mathematical approach to study limb bud growth.
26 July 2022
Lab Matters
EMBL’s site by the sea hosted a trio of conferences this summer, covering topics ranging from vascular biology to engineered living systems to evolution.
6 July 2022
Lab Matters
Cornelius Gross, Miki Ebisuya and Nassos Typas join EMBO, the prestigious organisation for the life sciences.
21 June 2022
Events
Researchers from EMBL and CSIC came together to discuss microbial communities, diversity, and behaviour, in the context of One Health.
6 May 2022
Science
EMBL researchers revise the old problem of sintering droplets to understand the mechanical properties of tissues.
28 April 2022
Science
Scientists at EMBL Barcelona have created for the first time a 3D in vitro model that recapitulates the periodic formation of human somites – structures that give rise to the spinal column.
16 March 2022
Science
EMBL’s imaging technology helps researchers gain insights in the fungus’ journey from the lung to the brain.
10 January 2022
Lab Matters
Kristina Haase, Group Leader at EMBL Barcelona, will receive €1.5 million over the next five years to develop her project on 3D vascularised in vitro cardiac tissues.
15 November 2021
Lab Matters
A new model could serve as a platform to investigate critical placenta barrier phenomena, including defence against bacteria, viruses, and parasites.
23 September 2021
Science
Some of the most amazing creatures live in the deep blue sea. The Mesoscopic Imaging Facility (MIF) at EMBL Barcelona was recently involved in studying one unique feature of the octopus: the ephemeral structures on the surface of their skin called Kölliker’s organs.
20 September 2021
Science
MOrgAna is an open source, user-friendly, modular software that is able to analyse organoids with machine learning.
7 September 2021
Science
In the Mesoscopic Imaging Facility (MIF) at EMBL Barcelona, researchers study the details of biological systems in the context of organs, body parts, or entire organisms. This image shows OPTiSPIM1, one of the custom light-sheet microscope setups available at the facility.
25 May 2021
Picture of the week
The Bernabeu Group aims to increase our knowledge of cerebral malaria, using in vitro engineered networks of human blood vessels and brain cells.
21 May 2021
Science
EMBL scientists support research on malaria by providing freely available data resources and using innovative experimental approaches. Our Course and Conference Office facilitates the exchange of knowledge in the field by hosting the annual BioMalPar conference.
9 December 2020
Lab Matters
Funding by the European Research Council (ERC) will support research on the timing of developmental processes in mammals
2 December 2020
Science
Members of the EMBL community are working to improve our understanding of the parasites that cause malaria and sleeping sickness
10 November 2020
Picture of the week
To help understand cerebral malaria the Bernabeu group has created in vitro engineered networks of human blood vessels.
13 October 2020
Lab 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.
18 September 2020
Science
The internal clock that governs the development of embryos ticks slower for humans than for mice. Differences in the speed of biochemical reactions underlie the differences between species in the tempo of development.
3 September 2020
Lab Matters
Maria Bernabeu and Wojciech Galej have each been awarded €1.5 million to research malaria and pre-mRNA splicing, respectively.
15 May 2020
Science
Researchers from the Sharpe group at EMBL Barcelona have published a method to track the developmental history of a cell using the gene editing tool CRISPR–Cas9, but without the need to create transgenic organisms.
3 April 2020
Science
EMBL scientists examine the molecular causes of a rare hereditary disease of the spine and ribs
25 February 2020
Picture of the week
In the Trivedi Group at EMBL Barcelona, Krisztina Arató and Jia Le Lim study the early development of zebrafish embryos.
27 January 2020
Science
New group leader at EMBL Barcelona is investigating how malaria affects the human circulatory system
21 January 2020
Science
Kristina Haase brings an engineer’s perspective to vascular disease and regenerative medicine
28 October 2019
Events
Highlights from the Tara stopovers in Rome, Marseille, and Barcelona
3 October 2019
Events
EMBL joins Tara in Barcelona to promote science and interdisciplinarity
30 September 2019
Alumni
EMBL Barcelona will host the 2019 EMBL in Spain event
20 September 2019
Events
When: Friday, 4 October at 16:30 – 18:00. Where: The press conference will be held on the Tara schooner at the Port Olímpic in Barcelona. What: A press conference on the new Tara mission on microplastics and Tara’s cooperation with EMBL.…
8 August 2019
Events
Images by EMBL researchers are included in an art–science exhibition in a Barcelona Metro station.
9 July 2019
Picture of the week
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…
28 June 2019
Lab Matters
EIPOD4 will prepare researchers for the increasing interdisciplinarity of scientific career paths
13 June 2019
Lab Matters
The head of EMBL’s Barcelona site joins a prestigious group of more than 1800 scientists worldwide
7 June 2019
Lab Matters
Overwhelmed as a biologist getting to grips with computer programming? EMBLers are here to help!
31 May 2019
Events
EMBL got together with the global science festival Pint of Science to explain and celebrate science.
16 May 2019
Science
Tara Ocean Foundation launches the exploration of 10 European rivers
31 January 2019
Lab Matters
A collection of the most read articles from the EMBL news website in 2018
2 January 2019
Lab Matters
On January 1 2019, Edith Heard takes up the position of EMBL’s Director General
19 December 2018
Science
Scientists build self-organising features into robot swarms to study shape formation
29 October 2018
Events
EMBL Barcelona invites locals to celebrate its Inauguration Symposium
22 August 2018
Science
New head of the Mesoscopic Imaging Facility at EMBL Barcelona will help scientists visualise nature
3 August 2018
Science
An engineer’s approach to understanding morphogenesis
2 August 2018
Lab Matters
Discover how EMBLers across all sites share their passion for science
9 July 2018
Science
New group leader at EMBL Barcelona creates artificial biological systems to study animal development
20 June 2018
Science
EMBL scientists extend Turing’s theory to help understand how biological patterns are created
25 April 2018
Science
Discover how EMBL scientists are using GPU computing to push biology forward
15 February 2018
Events
EMBL Barcelona organises first school activity to coincide with the International Day of Women in Science
21 December 2017
Lab Matters
A look back at some of the most read stories on EMBL’s news website this year
30 November 2017
Events
James Sharpe, Head of EMBL Barcelona, co-chairs the morphogenetic engineering-themed conference
29 November 2017
Lab Matters
EMBLers across all sites share how their curiosity about the world shapes their everyday life
29 May 2017
Science
Meet the head of EMBL's new Barcelona site, James Sharpe
29 May 2017
Lab Matters
Inventor of OPT will be the first Head of EMBL’s new Barcelona site
10 April 2017
Lab Matters
Spanish government and EMBL sign agreement for new site
10 April 2017
Lab Matters
EMBL Director-General, Iain Mattaj, reflects on the work done to establish a new site in Barcelona
6 April 2017
Lab Matters
Silke Schumacher explains how the new EMBL site in Barcelona came into being
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