15 October 2024
Science & Technology
EMBL Hamburg scientists have gained molecular insights into how we absorb vitamin B1 – a mechanism with implications for disease and drug development.
18 June 2024
Science & Technology
A theoretical model involving tiny Minecraft-like cubes can help us understand dynamic biological processes, such as cell sorting in embryos.
14 December 2023
Science & Technology
Former EMBL staff scientist founds a start-up – DenovAI – for broader, faster and cheaper antibody discovery using advanced machine learning and computational biophysics.
2023
sciencescience-technology
27 November 2023
People & Perspectives
EMBL alumnus Roel Wijnaendts looks back at a long career in academic research and entrepreneurship that has left an indelible mark in the fields of instrumentation and optics.
2023
alumnipeople-perspectives
23 November 2023
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters
Alba Diz-Muñoz and Arnaud Krebs from EMBL Heidelberg have received grants to work on projects that aim, respectively, to understand the cellular mechanics that control cell division and investigate the regulatory networks that govern transcription factor function.
2023
embl-announcementslab-matters
13 September 2023
Science & Technology
EMBL researchers have identified a novel mechanism that allows cells to sense obstacles in their path and avoid them while navigating complex environments.
2023
sciencescience-technology
26 May 2023
Connections
The PLAST-CELL project aims to understanding cancer progression by quantifying a cancer cell’s ability to respond to environmental stress that threatens its survival
2023
connectionstechnology-and-innovation
30 March 2023
Lab MattersScience & Technology
A new microscope built by EMBL researchers, based on Brillouin scattering principles, allows scientists to observe the dynamics of mechanical properties inside developing embryos in real time.
2023
lab-matterssciencescience-technology
15 February 2023
Lab MattersScience & Technology
EMBL Hamburg’s Sample Preparation and Characterisation (SPC) Facility offers scientists access to almost all available biophysics technologies. The facility’s staff provides advice and support with experiments and data analysis. The facility is conveniently located just next to the EMBL…
2023
lab-mattersscience-technology
4 March 2022
Science & Technology
A recent study by EMBL researchers proposes a new method to grow early embryos in the laboratory. With a 3D culture set-up, scientists can closely monitor the changes embryos undergo around the time of implantation.
2022
sciencescience-technology
25 October 2021
Science & Technology
EMBL Hamburg’s Sample Preparation and Characterisation (SPC) Facility has released eSPC, an online platform for analysing data from biophysical experiments. The platform enables the scientific community to analyse data from different experiments without the need to travel.
2021
sciencescience-technology
22 June 2021
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives
Anna Erzberger, one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, will provide unique perspective as a theoretical biological physicist.
2021
lab-matterspeople-perspectives
1 June 2021
Science & Technology
Captured by EMBL postdoc Arina Rybina, these ‘nuclear twins’ are two daughter nuclei straight after division of a HeLa cell.
2021
picture-of-the-weekscience-technology
22 February 2021
ConnectionsLab Matters
The Sample Preparation and Characterisation (SPC) Facility at EMBL Hamburg is one of the founding members of the Molecular-Scale Biophysics Research Infrastructure (MOSBRI). Within this new European initiative, the SPC Facility will offer services related to membrane proteins, protein complexes,…
2021
connectionslab-matters
21 July 2020
Science & Technology
EMBL scientists have created a new, realistic 3D testbed that could help achieve the goal of stopping cancers before they start by studying cancer cells as they first form.
2020
sciencescience-technology
28 April 2020
Science & Technology
Scientists at EMBL Hamburg and Karolinska Institutet Stockholm aim to find synthetic antibodies – known as nanobodies – that bind a surface protein of the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Nanobodies could prevent the virus from entering human cells and causing COVID-19.
2020
sciencescience-technology
16 February 2018
People & Perspectives
New EMBL group leader explores biophysical properties of chromosomes and other cellular assemblies
2018
people-perspectivesscience
5 October 2017
Science & Technology
EMBL researchers and collaborators unravel how chromosomes form
2017
sciencescience-technology
23 September 2016
Science & Technology
Puzzle of nuclear pore formation in growing nuclei solved
2016
sciencescience-technology
30 August 2016
Science & Technology
3D printing, gaming, virtual reality and lenticular posters bring new perspectives to research
2016
sciencescience-technology
3 August 2016
Science & Technology
Strength of contraction determines whether cells become embryo or placenta
2016
sciencescience-technology
29 June 2016
People & Perspectives
New group leader combines physics and biology to answer the 'hows' of cell movement
2016
people-perspectivesscience
10 May 2016
Science & Technology
Unexpected results: structure of DAPK enzyme reveals dual-purpose loop
2016
sciencescience-technology
17 December 2015
Science & Technology
From initial development to a start-up company: Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (SPIM) at EMBL.
2015
sciencescience-technology
11 December 2015
Science & Technology
Making it easier to visualise, understand and predict how proteins combine to drive biological processes.
2015
sciencescience-technology
25 November 2015
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives
What does a physicist do in a biology lab?
2015
lab-matterspeople-perspectives
30 October 2015
Science & Technology
Fibres that pull membrane to form a vesicle exert a force that’s 2500 times a yeast cell’s own weight
2015
sciencescience-technology
29 September 2015
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters
Gold medal celebrates Eric Karsenti’s exceptional career and outstanding contributions to biology.
2015
embl-announcementslab-matters
17 July 2015
Lab Matters
Web of lies? Science Movie Night reveals science behind the most famous spider bite in film history.
18 June 2015
Science & Technology
Behaviour of clathrin proteins, crucial for endocytosis, is clarified using new imaging techniques.
2015
sciencescience-technology
15 June 2015
Science & Technology
Cells 'dance' as they draw together during early embryo development.
2015
sciencescience-technology
5 May 2015
Science & Technology
Stanford University biophysicist KC Huang on his collaboration with the Typas group in Heidelberg.
2015
sciencescience-technology
20 April 2015
Science & Technology
Ground-breaking microscopy technique gives unprecedented insight into endocytosis.
2015
sciencescience-technology
25 February 2015
Science & Technology
How strong does a spindle need to be? Videos put cell’s chromosome-separating machinery to the test
2015
sciencescience-technology
7 January 2015
Science & Technology
Research led by Teichmann group identifies fundamental mechanism for controlling protein function.
2015
sciencescience-technology
20 October 2014
Science & Technology
How Nobel-winning work by alumnus Stefan Hell shapes and inspires current EMBL scientists' research.
2014
sciencescience-technology
17 October 2014
Lab Matters
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards - meet the latest honourees
18 May 2014
Science & Technology
DNA-coralling protein complex in an unexpected bind
2014
sciencescience-technology
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