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The function of biological molecules is intimately linked to their structure. In the 50 years since EMBL was established, its researchers and engineers have constantly provided leadership in structural biology research and services, resulting in many scientific breakthroughs and novel insights.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2024
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A collaboration between EMBL Grenoble and EBRIS scientists led to the characterisation of a new compound with promising activity against SARS-CoV-2 variants.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2023
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EMBL Grenoble technology teams provide a sneak peek into their latest collaborative project in structural biology services: the complete automation of an integral step in X-ray crystallography.
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Together with his team, Gergely Papp pushes the frontiers of technology development in the field of structural biology.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2023
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EMBL Grenoble researchers have investigated the interaction between THC and some proteins it might bind to. In a recent study, they showed in vitro that THC inhibits an important human enzyme called autotaxin.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2023
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The recent construction of the new ID29 beamline in Grenoble is pioneering a new way of doing experiments in time-resolved crystallography and opening up technology transfer possibilities
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2022
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Scientists at EMBL Hamburg use droplets of protein solution to grow protein crystals. By exposing the crystals to X-rays, they are able to determine the protein’s molecular structure.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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The regular structures of crystals are a source of inspiration and fascination to us humans. While the crystals in this picture were not grown in nature, but instead by Petra Drncova from EMBL Grenoble, they share the same attributes as those found in nature.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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The CrystalDirect® technology, combined with the web-based CRIMS software enable a fully automated, remote-controlled protein-to-structure pipeline.
LAB MATTERS2020
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Researchers in the Marcia group at EMBL Grenoble and the De Vivo lab at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa have obtained some of the most detailed ever snapshots of the splicing process in systems known as group II self-splicing introns. The new insights will help scientists to develop…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2020
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By re-opening the High-Throughput Crystallisation (HTX) lab at EMBL Grenoble, EMBL is supporting structural biology projects to respond to the health threats posed by coronaviruses.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2020
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The Marquez Team has restarted operations at the High-Throughput Crystallisation (HTX) lab at EMBL Grenoble. The team has developed a fully automated protein-to-structure pipeline, which can be operated remotely and provides virtual access to the facilities.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2020
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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.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2020
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From 27–30 September, Tara will be docked in the port of Marseille, France’s second largest city.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2019
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Researchers from Hamburg simplify time-resolved X-ray crystallography
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2019
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EMBL Hamburg and Tara raise awareness of the risks of microplastic pollution and global infection
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2019
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Scientists develop structural model that could help in the development of drugs with increased absorption rates
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2019
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Speeding up time-resolved X-ray crystallography with EMBL beamline P14
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2018
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Researchers at EMBL Hamburg have released the next generation of their ARP/wARP software
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2018
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EMBL scientists unravel the molecular basis of a major antibiotic resistance transfer mechanism
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2018
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EMBL instrumentation teams adapting tech to run biological experiments on the synchrotron after its upgrade
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2018
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EMBL researchers solve a decades-long debate on a key process for brain and embryo-development
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2018
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ERC grantee Stephen Cusack shares his vision for the next ten years
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2017
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20,000 visitors get sneak peek at giant particle accelerators at DESY DAY in Hamburg
LAB MATTERS2017
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Inside the Centre for Structural Systems Biology
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2017
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EMBL and the European synchrotron ESRF extend their Joint Structural Biology Group
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2017
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EMBL researchers and collaborators unravel how chromosomes form
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2017
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Newly opened European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser celebrates start of user operations
CONNECTIONS2017
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Tim Richmond looks back on the work that revealed the high-resolution structure of the nucleosome
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2017
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Beamline BM14 in Grenoble shuts down, continues collaboration with India
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2017
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New group leader Wojciech Galej investigates RNA-protein complexes involved in gene expression
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
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Ewan Birney's nine "Structures of Christmas" celebrate 20 years of PDBe
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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A new crystallography platform in Grenoble opens the door to new technological developments
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2016
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How Christian Löw’s failed experiment led to an unexpected scientific journey
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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EMBL researchers help to design a lead compound active against four different pathogens
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Stephen Cusack looks back on the early days of his collaboration with Anacor developing anti-infectives
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2016
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Andrés Palencia on the design of compounds that may help fight drug-resistant TB and more
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2016
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Collaborating to take crystallography into a new time dimension
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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EMBL and ESRF scientists and mechanics work together on upgrade for one of Europe’s big X-ray sources
CONNECTIONS2016
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Detailed structure paves the way for more effective cancer therapies
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Establishing a programme of research, development and user services for time-resolved crystallography
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Unexpected results: structure of DAPK enzyme reveals dual-purpose loop
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Florent Cipriani talks about his passion for developing beamline instrumentation
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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CrystalDirect, developed at EMBL, automates crystal preparation for X-ray analysis
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Structural insights into how cohesin keeps DNA together during the cell cycle
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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How transcription factors interact to create a heart
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Protein screens developed at EMBL Hamburg now commercially available
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Hamburg collaborators analyse protein crystals inside the cells that made them.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Further insights into how viral enzymes degrade the cell walls of Clostridia bacteria.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Energy, enthusiasm and endurance on tap as thousands attend 12-hour Hamburg Night of Science.
LAB MATTERS2015
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MASSIF-1 processes its 10,000th crystal, less than one year after the beamline became operational.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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3D structure of Oskar protein gives first molecular insight into how it functions.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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Industrial partners and BioStruct-X facility members gather for Workshop at EMBL Hamburg.
CONNECTIONS2015
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A puzzling peculiarity resolved by Hamburg’s Sample Preparation and Characterisation facility.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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Staff, alumni, partners and more meet at EMBL Grenoble to celebrate Outstation's 40th anniversary.
LAB MATTERS2015
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Detailed structural study shows distantly related viruses share a common machinery for replication.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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Stephen Cusack, head of EMBL Grenoble, among 47 new Royal Society fellows.
LAB MATTERS2015
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EMBL Grenoble celebrates 40 years with a symposium for staff, alumni and facility users on 4–5 June.
LAB MATTERS2015
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First LearningLAB of 2015 makes science of protein structure crystal clear for 22 teachers.
LAB MATTERS2015
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As EMBL Hamburg celebrates 40 years, we explore the past, present and future of crystallography.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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Ken Holmes, one of the visionaries behind EMBL and EMBL Hamburg, looks back to where it all began.
LAB MATTERS2015
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New group leader Marco Marcia aims to broaden horizons while mapping molecules.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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EMBL Hamburg celebrates four decades of vision, pioneering research and beamline services.
CONNECTIONS2014
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In two months, 2.3 million diffraction images collected on new, fully automated ESRF/EMBL beamline.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
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First complete picture of flu virus polymerase. A story of two decades of blood, sweat and sneezes.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
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Open Day in Grenoble celebrates crystallography for the Fête de la Science.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
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How to make good quality samples for good quality structural biology experiments.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
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An interview with keynote speaker Michael Rossmann.
LAB MATTERS2014
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Vasa protein preserves pieces of 'enemy' DNA to help protect the genes of future generations.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
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How a single molecule can attract and repel growing brain connections
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
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Molecular switch enables viruses to destroy C.diff bacteria – potential alternative to antibiotics
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
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Surprising protein from a flu-like virus is 10 000th ESRF structure
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
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New ways of handling and distributing data at PDBe to tackle ever larger and more complex proteins
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
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Scientists from EMBL's five sites reflect on the opportunities and challenges that might lie ahead
LAB MATTERS2014
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Today the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) opens a new highthroughput crystallization facility at its Outstation located on the campus of the German Synchrotron Radiation Facility (DESY) in Hamburg, Germany. The facility, made possible by major funds from the German Ministry for Science…
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