ERC Consolidator Grant success at EMBL
Lab Matters EMBL Rome group leader Jamie Hackett receives EUR 2 million for the ModLogic project, aimed at understanding how chromatin modifications impact gene activity.
2023
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From stem cells to neurons
Science Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg have investigated stem cells and how they differentiate to become neurons. Their approach included an assessment of the complex interplay of molecules during the differentiation process and generated fundamental new insights into the role of a protein called Sox2 in…
2020
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EMBL scientists investigate rare lung disease
Science Researchers in EMBL’s Zaugg group have studied the causes of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a rare disease that causes high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs. The study, carried out in collaboration with Stanford University School of Medicine, compared lung cells of patients…
2020
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Dancing chromosomes
Picture of the week In human cells, the genetic material is packaged into 23 different DNA molecules, the chromosomes. Each chromosome is present in two copies, one inherited from the paternal sperm, and the other from the maternal egg. During most of the cell’s life, chromosomes take the shape of long,…
2020
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A classification tool for transcription factors
Science The software diffTF quantifies activity of transcription factors and predicts their mode of action
2019
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Neural pathways
Science Exploring the diverse routes by which EMBL scientists are driving forward neurobiology
2019
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Rearranging chromosomes
Science Does rearranging chromosomes affect their function? EMBL scientists reveal uncoupling of 3D chromatin organisation and gene expression.
2019
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Molecular and behavioural effects of SETD5 mutation
Science Scientists uncover effects of mutation that can cause autism and intellectual disability
2018
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The scientific origins of Edith Heard
Science EMBL’s next Director General reflects on the questions that drive her research
2018
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Chromatin usage reveals developmental trajectories
Science EMBL scientists show how chromatin usage in individual cells reveals developmental trajectories
2018
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Loops in DNA affect which proteins are coded
Science EMBL scientists unveil how 3D chromatin structure affects RNA splicing
2017
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Chromosomes don’t need key protein for all their folds
Science New research reveals that two different mechanisms are responsible for chromosome folding
2017
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Looping the loops: how chromosomes form
Science EMBL researchers and collaborators unravel how chromosomes form
2017
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X chromosome exposed
Science Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, and the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in Hinxton, UK, have revealed new insights into how sex chromosomes are regulated. A chromatin modifying enzyme helps compensate for the fact that…
2008
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New revelations in epigenetic control shed light on breast cancer
Science Epigenetic regulation – modifications to the structure of chromatin that influence which genes are expressed in a cell – is a key player in embryonic development and cancer formation. Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg now gained new insight…
2008
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EMBL coordinates new Marie Curie Research Training Network “Chromatin Plasticity”
Lab Matters The European Commission has awarded 3.7 Million Euro under the European Union Framework 6 Programme over the next four years to a new Marie Curie Research Training Network, coordinated by Dr. Andreas Ladurner at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). The long molecules of DNA that carry…
2007
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