Minecraft-ing our way into studying cell sorting
Science & Technology A theoretical model involving tiny Minecraft-like cubes can help us understand dynamic biological processes, such as cell sorting in embryos.
2024
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Science & Technology A theoretical model involving tiny Minecraft-like cubes can help us understand dynamic biological processes, such as cell sorting in embryos.
2024
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Anna Erzberger, one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, will provide unique perspective as a theoretical biological physicist.
2021
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Science & Technology Captured by EMBL postdoc Arina Rybina, these ‘nuclear twins’ are two daughter nuclei straight after division of a HeLa cell.
2021
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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
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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
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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
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People & Perspectives New EMBL group leader explores biophysical properties of chromosomes and other cellular assemblies
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL researchers and collaborators unravel how chromosomes form
2017
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Science & Technology Puzzle of nuclear pore formation in growing nuclei solved
2016
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Science & Technology 3D printing, gaming, virtual reality and lenticular posters bring new perspectives to research
2016
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Science & Technology Strength of contraction determines whether cells become embryo or placenta
2016
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People & Perspectives New group leader combines physics and biology to answer the 'hows' of cell movement
2016
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Science & Technology Unexpected results: structure of DAPK enzyme reveals dual-purpose loop
2016
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Science & Technology From initial development to a start-up company: Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (SPIM) at EMBL.
2015
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Science & Technology Making it easier to visualise, understand and predict how proteins combine to drive biological processes.
2015
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives What does a physicist do in a biology lab?
2015
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Science & Technology Fibres that pull membrane to form a vesicle exert a force that’s 2500 times a yeast cell’s own weight
2015
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Gold medal celebrates Eric Karsenti’s exceptional career and outstanding contributions to biology.
2015
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Lab Matters Web of lies? Science Movie Night reveals science behind the most famous spider bite in film history.
2015
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Behaviour of clathrin proteins, crucial for endocytosis, is clarified using new imaging techniques.
2015
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Cells 'dance' as they draw together during early embryo development.
2015
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Stanford University biophysicist KC Huang on his collaboration with the Typas group in Heidelberg.
2015
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Ground-breaking microscopy technique gives unprecedented insight into endocytosis.
2015
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How strong does a spindle need to be? Videos put cell’s chromosome-separating machinery to the test
2015
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Research led by Teichmann group identifies fundamental mechanism for controlling protein function.
2015
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How Nobel-winning work by alumnus Stefan Hell shapes and inspires current EMBL scientists' research.
2014
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Lab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards - meet the latest honourees
2014
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Science & Technology DNA-coralling protein complex in an unexpected bind
2014
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