Lab Matters, Science 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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Science How do gene expression patterns result in the generation of different cell types? Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg used the zebrafish notochord to find out.
2022
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Science EMBL and UW researchers plus additional collaborators have constructed a complete map of fruit fly embryonic development using machine learning. This research is foundational to better understanding overall embryo development in other species, including humans.
2022
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Science Condensates are membraneless organelles that control specific functions within a cell. Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg have shown how the physical state of condensates can influence biological function.
2022
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Science 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 Researchers from the Furlong group at EMBL have come up with a way to observe the development of fruit-fly embryos simultaneously at the genetic and cellular levels, generating a high-resolution and integrated view of how different cell lineages form.
2022
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Lab Matters EMBL Senior Scientist and Head of the Genome Biology Unit is among the researchers honoured for outstanding work by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG).
2021
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Science Researchers have combined spatial gene expression information with single-cell genomics data to create a high-resolution atlas of mouse organogenesis.
2021
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Picture of the week In this composite image, visual artist Mona Kakanj assembled three different biological structures in fly larvae into a flower. The original images were taken as part of a research project by Parisa Kakanj in Maria Leptin’s group.
2020
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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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Science EMBL researchers in the Heard group at EMBL Heidelberg explore the interaction between DNA organisation and gene expression in the early embryo
2020
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Science EMBL scientists examine the molecular causes of a rare hereditary disease of the spine and ribs
2020
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Picture of the week This image shows the tracheal system of a live fruit fly larva. Daniel Rios from the Leptin Group and Dimitri Kromm from the Hufnagel Group used this advanced microscope to investigate the dynamics of tracheal cells during development.
2020
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Science New resource that categorises genes essential for supporting life could be used to identify rare disease mutations
2020
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Science Exploring the diverse routes by which EMBL scientists are driving forward neurobiology
2019
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Science A conversation about art-science collaborations and the importance of drawing in biology.
2019
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Science A newly developed 3D microscope visualises fast biological processes better than ever.
2019
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Science An engineer’s approach to understanding morphogenesis
2018
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Science Acute myloid leukaemia risk could be detected years before diagnosis
2018
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Science EMBL scientists show how chromatin usage in individual cells reveals developmental trajectories
2018
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Science EMBL scientists discover how two guidance cues work together when neurons project axons across the midline
2018
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Science EMBL scientists show that the rhythm between Wnt and Notch waves enables patterning in embryos.
2018
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Science EMBL scientists discover how a molecule’s role changes from simple metabolite to instructive signal
2018
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Science New group leader studies sea anemones to investigate why some animals regenerate better than others
2018
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Lab Matters Curious about what goes on in EMBL’s Fly Room? Prepare to be a fly on the wall
2017
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Alumni Former EMBL Director General Fotis Kafatos passes away
2017
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Science A summary of recent research highlights from EMBL
2017
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Science Five things researchers have learned from bizarre fruit flies
2017
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Science New study by Paola Kuri and Maria Leptin shows how inflammation happens in zebrafish in real time
2017
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Science Meet Justin Crocker, EMBL’s new group leader in gene regulation during evolution and development
2017
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Science EMBL scientists detect important function of genetic sequence our ancestors assimilated from a virus
2017
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Science ERC grantee Detlev Arendt shares his vision for the next ten years
2017
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Science ERC grantee Eileen Furlong shares her vision for the next ten years
2017
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Science Differentiated and undifferentiated cells get energy in different ways, sensor made at EMBL shows
2017
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Science New mechanism revealed
2017
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Science Exploring what it would take to regrow a lost limb, and what we might learn along the way
2016
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Alumni Ernst Stelzer earns 2016 Lennart Philipson award for advances in light sheet microscopy
2016
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Alumni EMBL alumnus Jop Kind reflects on the questions that led him to this year’s John Kendrew Award
2016
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Lab Matters Hope Jahren’s autobiography educates and delights
2016
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Science What happens when plant's leaf-placing feedback loop isn't quite right
2016
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Events Participants learn about EMBL’s ocean biodiversity research at the Fall Gala
2016
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Science EMBL scientists investigate how leaves grow flat to efficiently capture sunlight
2016
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Science IMPC study identifies 410 genes essential to life in the mouse, providing a window on human disease
2016
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Science 3D printing, gaming, virtual reality and lenticular posters bring new perspectives to research
2016
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Science Strength of contraction determines whether cells become embryo or placenta
2016
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Science “Like getting hold of a microscope for the first time”
2016
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Science How EMBL scientists are discovering and understanding the waves and rhythms inside us
2016
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Science EMBL PhD project puts development in a new light
2016
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Science Subtle genetic differences destine cells to placenta or animal, very early in embryo development
2016
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Science 1st real-time video of starfish egg cell eliminating crucial structures, to ensure embryo viability
2016
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Science What do cells in an embryo have in common with schools of fish, swarms of fireflies, and applauding audiences?
2016
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Science How transcription factors interact to create a heart
2016
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Science New microscope can record the first days of a mouse embryo’s life
2015
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Science Using lasers to shed light on how tissues get into shape
2015
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Science 3D structure of Oskar protein gives first molecular insight into how it functions.
2015
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Science Not all embryonic macrophages are the same, and only some are destined to become microglia.
2015
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Science From using light to control brain activity to illuminating fruit fly development and mice’s sense of touch
2015
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Lab Matters Third round of calls for joint research projects between EMBL and Luxembourg in 2015
2014
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Science Like sports teams, cells can huddle to communicate in secret and organise group behaviour
2014
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Science From anemones to starfish, sea creatures are helping understand development, evolution and more.
2014
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Science How plankton gets jet lagged: the same hormone governs our sleep patterns and a daily marine migration.
2014
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Science Evolutionary surprise: notochord likely evolved from muscle, earlier than assumed.
2014
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Science How fruit flies beat the cold, plus the value of precisely controlled experiments and detailed analysis
2014
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Science Surprising finding: enhancers find their targets long before activation in Drosophila embryos
2014
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Science How a DNA stretch influences face formation and contributes to common congenital malformations
2014
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Science The balance behind membrane changes that turn one cell into 6000 as a fruit fly embryo develops
2014
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Science Gene expression wave in the lower part of the future vertebrae column of a mammalian embryo. As the wave goes forward, new pre-vertebrae are formed and the future vertebrae column elongates. (Image and video credit: Nature) In a nutshell: The size of pre-vertebrae in a mammalian embryo is…
2012
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Science Almost a century after it was discovered in fruit flies with notches in their wings, the Notch signalling pathway may come to play an important role in the recovery from heart attacks. In a study published today in Circulation Research, scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)…
2009
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Science Blood cells have limited lifespans, which means that they must be continually replaced by calling up reserves and turning these into the blood cell types needed by the body. Claus Nerlov and his colleagues at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) unit in Monterotondo, Italy, in…
2006
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