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20 June 2023 Cartoon of human, mouse, marmoset, rhinoceros, cattle and rabbit.

The speed of life: a zoo of cells to study developmental time

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.

2023

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31 May 2023 4 circles contain colourful microscopic images set against a blue-green background of sinusoidal waves.

IMAGINE-ing next-generation technology to help biologists

Lab Matters EMBL researchers and collaborators have begun an impactful innovation-development journey, thanks to a European Commission ‘IMAGINE’ grant.

2023

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15 May 2023 Science illustration representing research on organoids, organs-on-chip, and human health. The abstract composition shows several elements representing research into organoids and microphysiological systems, and their intertwined role in understanding health and disease.

Science illustration representing research on organoids, organs-on-chip, and human health. The abstract composition shows several elements representing research into organoids and microphysiological systems, and their intertwined role in understanding health and disease.

Organs-on-chip: new horizons for disease research

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.

2023

23 March 2023 Portrait of a person looking at the camera. In the background there are trees and a white building

Welcome: Alejandro Torres-Sánchez

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.

2023

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15 March 2023 Image of a group of people behind a large, black table with two cakes on it to celebrate EMBL Barcelona’s fifth anniversary

EMBL Barcelona: Five years down the road

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.

2023

lab-matters

23 January 2023 Portrait photo of Vikas Trivedi, with a green background

Vikas Trivedi from EMBL Barcelona receives ERC Synergy Grant

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.

2023

lab-matters

23 December 2022 Several zebrafish embryos in different colours during gastrulation

Spotlight: Zebrafish embryos to make this season jolly

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

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16 December 2022 Group of around hundred people looking at the camera

EMBL in Spain: from EvoDevo to Tissues

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.

2022

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30 November 2022 Portrait of Talya Dayton propped up on a balcony rail

Welcome to EMBL: Talya Dayton

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.

2022

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20 October 2022 On th eleft side of the image we see a rounded cell colony in green. Below that image we see a lateral slice of the colony that is flat. On the right side of the image we see a cell colony in green. Below that image we see a lateral slice of the colony that has folded.

On th eleft side of the image we see a rounded cell colony in green. Below that image we see a lateral slice of the colony that is flat. On the right side of the image we see a cell colony in green. Below that image we see a lateral slice of the colony that has folded.

The power of light: folding 3D tissues

Science EMBL Barcelona researchers have developed a tool that can use light to control the shape of cells .

2022

science

6 October 2022 Photo representing Luis Serrano, Director of CRG, Ben Lehner, Coordinator of the Systems Biology programme at the CRG, Edith Heard, Director General of EMBL and James Sharpe, Head of EMBL Barcelona.

Photo representing Luis Serrano, Director of CRG, Ben Lehner, Coordinator of the Systems Biology programme at the CRG, Edith Heard, Director General of EMBL and James Sharpe, Head of EMBL Barcelona.

EMBL Barcelona and CRG kickstart new era of digital biology in Barcelona

Lab Matters The institutes have launched a joint new initiative which aims to make biology as engineerable as an aeroplane or a bridge.

2022

lab-matters

1 September 2022 4D reconstruction of a mouse limb with lateral and top view.

Building the ideal limb

Science EMBL researchers use a “fearless” computer reconstruction and a two-centuries-old mathematical approach to study limb bud growth.

2022

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26 July 2022 Group of around 100 people posing in a terrace in front of the sea.

A summer of scientific exchange in Barcelona

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.

2022

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6 July 2022 Potrait image of the three elected members with a blue wavy background

Three EMBL scientists elected as EMBO Members

Lab Matters Cornelius Gross, Miki Ebisuya and Nassos Typas join EMBO, the prestigious organisation for the life sciences.

2022

lab-matters

21 June 2022 The image shows an auditorium where members of EMBL and CSIC sit at a long table on stage.

EMBL and CSIC join hands to discuss microbes in a changing world

Events Researchers from EMBL and CSIC came together to discuss microbial communities, diversity, and behaviour, in the context of One Health.

2022

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6 May 2022 Two embryonic stem cell aggregates partially fuse

What do stem cell aggregates and whipped cream have in common?

Science EMBL researchers revise the old problem of sintering droplets to understand the mechanical properties of tissues.

2022

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28 April 2022 Microsocopy image of Pair of somites. Blue is a nuclear marker (DAPI) and red is an apical marker (ZO-1).

Unravelling the origins of the human spine

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.

2022

science

16 March 2022 Image of a whole lung piece and its internal delicate structure

Putting Cryptococcus in context

Science EMBL’s imaging technology helps researchers gain insights in the fungus’ journey from the lung to the brain.

2022

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10 January 2022 Photo of Kristina Haase, roup Leader at EMBL Barcelona

Kristina Haase from EMBL Barcelona receives ERC Starting Grant

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.

2022

lab-matters

15 November 2021 3D visualization of the vascularized placenta barrier model on-a-chip.

Building a 3D placenta on a chip

Lab Matters A new model could serve as a platform to investigate critical placenta barrier phenomena, including defence against bacteria, viruses, and parasites.

2021

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23 September 2021 Pink and blue dominate a blurry image against a black background that is actually a global image of a 30-day-old Octopus vulgaris

Pink and blue dominate a blurry image against a black background that is actually a global image of a 30-day-old Octopus vulgaris

The secret life of baby octopuses

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.

2021

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20 September 2021

The image shows an infographic about how Morgana software works. In the first box, Morgana is fed with images – human brain organoids, zebrafish explants, intestinal organoids, or other – acquired with different microscopy devices – from stereoscopic microscopes to confocal to high content screening microscopes. In the second image it’s portrayed how the platform segments the images with machine learning algorithms. The third box represents quantification in a modular format. That means that it can be adapted to the experiment and organoid type, being able to choose the relevant features for each case.

Organoids and machine learning: image analysis software developed during lockdown

Science MOrgAna is an open source, user-friendly, modular software that is able to analyse organoids with machine learning.

2021

science

7 September 2021 Close up of the interior of a light-sheet microscope, featuring optical equipment and a transparent cube.

A flip book for biological systems

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.

2021

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25 May 2021 Microscope image of an engineered human blood vessel, featuring individual cells outlined in pink with blue nuclei.

Barriers against malaria

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.

2021

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21 May 2021 Image of a mosquito on a clear surface

EMBL scientists support malaria research

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.

2021

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9 December 2020 Portrait photo of EMBL group leader Miki Ebisuya against a green background.

EMBL group leader Miki Ebisuya receives ERC Consolidator Grant

Lab Matters Funding by the European Research Council (ERC) will support research on the timing of developmental processes in mammals

2020

lab-matters

2 December 2020 Curly-shaped trypanosomes, grey with bright specks of green fluorescent protein, against a grey background.

Tackling tropical diseases

Science Members of the EMBL community are working to improve our understanding of the parasites that cause malaria and sleeping sickness

2020

science

10 November 2020 Green coloured brain cells next to a microfluidic network.

Understanding malaria

Picture of the week To help understand cerebral malaria the Bernabeu group has created in vitro engineered networks of human blood vessels.

2020

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13 October 2020 Edith Heard and Rosa Menéndez in front of the Spanish and the European flag, wearing face masks. Institute logos of EMBL and CSIC. Text: Memorandum of Understanding.

Edith Heard and Rosa Menéndez in front of the Spanish and the European flag, wearing face masks. Institute logos of EMBL and CSIC. Text: Memorandum of Understanding.

EMBL strengthens collaboration with Spanish research

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.

2020

lab-matters

18 September 2020 Composite image of mouse cells and human cells showing different levels of luminescence, indicated as different colours.

Human and mouse cells run at different speeds

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.

2020

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3 September 2020 Portraits of EMBL scientists Wojciech Galej and Maria Bernabeu

EMBL scientists receive prestigious ERC Starting Grants

Lab Matters Maria Bernabeu and Wojciech Galej have each been awarded €1.5 million to research malaria and pre-mRNA splicing, respectively.

2020

lab-matters

15 May 2020 Cell division

Tracing the origins of cells

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.

2020

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3 April 2020 oscillations of gene activity

Tissue dynamics provide clues to human disease

Science EMBL scientists examine the molecular causes of a rare hereditary disease of the spine and ribs

2020

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25 February 2020

Accidental beauty

Picture of the week In the Trivedi Group at EMBL Barcelona, Krisztina Arató and Jia Le Lim study the early development of zebrafish embryos.

2020

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27 January 2020

Welcome: Maria Bernabeu

Science New group leader at EMBL Barcelona is investigating how malaria affects the human circulatory system

2020

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21 January 2020

Welcome: Kristina Haase

Science Kristina Haase brings an engineer’s perspective to vascular disease and regenerative medicine

2020

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28 October 2019 Tara in Barcelona

Snapshots from Mission Microplastics

Events Highlights from the Tara stopovers in Rome, Marseille, and Barcelona

2019

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3 October 2019

EMBL and Tara: Barcelona

Events EMBL joins Tara in Barcelona to promote science and interdisciplinarity

2019

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30 September 2019 Teresa Sardón and Marco Milán

EMBL in Spain: a wide vision of science

Alumni EMBL Barcelona will host the 2019 EMBL in Spain event

2019

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20 September 2019 The Tara boat sailing into Marseille

Discover the research schooner Tara and her new microplastics mission in the Barcelona harbour on 4 October

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.…

2019

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8 August 2019 The mural commemorating the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci. Ciutadella | Vila Olímpica station, Barcelona. PHOTO: James Sharpe/EMBL

The mural commemorating the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci. Ciutadella | Vila Olímpica station, Barcelona. PHOTO: James Sharpe/EMBL

Science as art in the Barcelona Metro

Events Images by EMBL researchers are included in an art–science exhibition in a Barcelona Metro station.

2019

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9 July 2019

Working with a view

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…

2019

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28 June 2019 EIPOD4 logo banner showing the 4 available tracks, research, industrial, clinical and academic.

EIPOD4: 2019 applications are open

Lab Matters EIPOD4 will prepare researchers for the increasing interdisciplinarity of scientific career paths

2019

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13 June 2019 Photo of James Sharpe

James Sharpe elected EMBO Member

Lab Matters The head of EMBL’s Barcelona site joins a prestigious group of more than 1800 scientists worldwide

2019

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7 June 2019 Stock image of computer code. Coloured text on black screen.

Top tips for teaching yourself to code!

Lab Matters Overwhelmed as a biologist getting to grips with computer programming? EMBLers are here to help!

2019

lab-matters

31 May 2019 EMBL scientists in a bar for the event Pint of Science

A thirst for science

Events EMBL got together with the global science festival Pint of Science to explain and celebrate science.

2019

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16 May 2019 map of tara stops near EMBL sites

The origins of plastic pollution at sea

Science Tara Ocean Foundation launches the exploration of 10 European rivers

2019

science

31 January 2019 Year 2018 standing on library shelf

Most popular articles of the year: 2018

Lab Matters A collection of the most read articles from the EMBL news website in 2018

2019

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2 January 2019 EMBL's new Director General, Edith Heard.

Edith Heard starts as Director General of EMBL

Lab Matters On January 1 2019, Edith Heard takes up the position of EMBL’s Director General

2019

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19 December 2018 The robots used during the experiments. The shape of this particular swarm is a hand-made illustration of the technique. PHOTO: reprinted with permission from AAAS

The robots used during the experiments. The shape of this particular swarm is a hand-made illustration of the technique. PHOTO: reprinted with permission from AAAS

Hundreds of tiny robots grow bio-inspired shapes

Science Scientists build self-organising features into robot swarms to study shape formation

2018

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29 October 2018 James Sharpe, the head of EMBL Barcelona, speaks at the Inauguration Symposium.

¡Hola, Barcelona!

Events EMBL Barcelona invites locals to celebrate its Inauguration Symposium

2018

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22 August 2018

Welcome: Jim Swoger

Science New head of the Mesoscopic Imaging Facility at EMBL Barcelona will help scientists visualise nature

2018

science

3 August 2018 Optical section of a ‘gastruloid’ – an embryonic organoid made from mouse embryonic stem cells and stained for E-Cadherin (red), marking cell outlines and nuclei (blue). IMAGE: Vikas Trivedi/EMBL