30 March 2023
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.
5 August 2022
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.
4 August 2022
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.
23 March 2022
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.
4 March 2022
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.
25 February 2022
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.
9 December 2021
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).
6 September 2021
Science
Researchers have combined spatial gene expression information with single-cell genomics data to create a high-resolution atlas of mouse organogenesis.
16 June 2020
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.
15 May 2020
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.
9 April 2020
Science
EMBL researchers in the Heard group at EMBL Heidelberg explore the interaction between DNA organisation and gene expression in the early embryo
3 April 2020
Science
EMBL scientists examine the molecular causes of a rare hereditary disease of the spine and ribs
11 February 2020
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.
4 February 2020
Science
New resource that categorises genes essential for supporting life could be used to identify rare disease mutations
29 November 2019
Science
Exploring the diverse routes by which EMBL scientists are driving forward neurobiology
1 July 2019
Science
A conversation about art-science collaborations and the importance of drawing in biology.
29 April 2019
Science
A newly developed 3D microscope visualises fast biological processes better than ever.
3 August 2018
Science
An engineer’s approach to understanding morphogenesis
10 July 2018
Science
Acute myloid leukaemia risk could be detected years before diagnosis
14 March 2018
Science
EMBL scientists show how chromatin usage in individual cells reveals developmental trajectories
8 March 2018
Science
EMBL scientists discover how two guidance cues work together when neurons project axons across the midline
22 February 2018
Science
EMBL scientists show that the rhythm between Wnt and Notch waves enables patterning in embryos.
21 February 2018
Science
EMBL scientists discover how a molecule’s role changes from simple metabolite to instructive signal
8 January 2018
Science
New group leader studies sea anemones to investigate why some animals regenerate better than others
5 December 2017
Lab Matters
Curious about what goes on in EMBL’s Fly Room? Prepare to be a fly on the wall
21 November 2017
Alumni
Former EMBL Director General Fotis Kafatos passes away
13 November 2017
Science
A summary of recent research highlights from EMBL
2 November 2017
Science
Five things researchers have learned from bizarre fruit flies
21 September 2017
Science
New study by Paola Kuri and Maria Leptin shows how inflammation happens in zebrafish in real time
11 August 2017
Science
Meet Justin Crocker, EMBL’s new group leader in gene regulation during evolution and development
25 April 2017
Science
EMBL scientists detect important function of genetic sequence our ancestors assimilated from a virus
13 March 2017
Science
ERC grantee Detlev Arendt shares his vision for the next ten years
13 March 2017
Science
ERC grantee Eileen Furlong shares her vision for the next ten years
2 March 2017
Science
Differentiated and undifferentiated cells get energy in different ways, sensor made at EMBL shows
12 January 2017
Science
New mechanism revealed
24 November 2016
Science
Exploring what it would take to regrow a lost limb, and what we might learn along the way
24 November 2016
Alumni
Ernst Stelzer earns 2016 Lennart Philipson award for advances in light sheet microscopy
24 November 2016
Alumni
EMBL alumnus Jop Kind reflects on the questions that led him to this year’s John Kendrew Award
10 November 2016
Lab Matters
Hope Jahren’s autobiography educates and delights
3 November 2016
Science
What happens when plant's leaf-placing feedback loop isn't quite right
20 October 2016
Events
Participants learn about EMBL’s ocean biodiversity research at the Fall Gala
4 October 2016
Science
EMBL scientists investigate how leaves grow flat to efficiently capture sunlight
30 September 2016
Science
IMPC study identifies 410 genes essential to life in the mouse, providing a window on human disease
30 August 2016
Science
3D printing, gaming, virtual reality and lenticular posters bring new perspectives to research
3 August 2016
Science
Strength of contraction determines whether cells become embryo or placenta
7 July 2016
Science
“Like getting hold of a microscope for the first time”
21 April 2016
Science
How EMBL scientists are discovering and understanding the waves and rhythms inside us
21 April 2016
Science
EMBL PhD project puts development in a new light
24 March 2016
Science
Subtle genetic differences destine cells to placenta or animal, very early in embryo development
21 March 2016
Science
1st real-time video of starfish egg cell eliminating crucial structures, to ensure embryo viability
12 February 2016
Science
What do cells in an embryo have in common with schools of fish, swarms of fireflies, and applauding audiences?
11 February 2016
Science
How transcription factors interact to create a heart
14 December 2015
Science
New microscope can record the first days of a mouse embryo’s life
19 November 2015
Science
Using lasers to shed light on how tissues get into shape
16 July 2015
Science
3D structure of Oskar protein gives first molecular insight into how it functions.
12 May 2015
Science
Not all embryonic macrophages are the same, and only some are destined to become microglia.
26 January 2015
Science
From using light to control brain activity to illuminating fruit fly development and mice’s sense of touch
15 December 2014
Lab Matters
Third round of calls for joint research projects between EMBL and Luxembourg in 2015
23 October 2014
Science
Like sports teams, cells can huddle to communicate in secret and organise group behaviour
17 October 2014
Science
From anemones to starfish, sea creatures are helping understand development, evolution and more.
25 September 2014
Science
How plankton gets jet lagged: the same hormone governs our sleep patterns and a daily marine migration.
12 September 2014
Science
Evolutionary surprise: notochord likely evolved from muscle, earlier than assumed.
6 August 2014
Science
How fruit flies beat the cold, plus the value of precisely controlled experiments and detailed analysis
2 July 2014
Science
Surprising finding: enhancers find their targets long before activation in Drosophila embryos
25 May 2014
Science
How a DNA stretch influences face formation and contributes to common congenital malformations
8 May 2014
Science
The balance behind membrane changes that turn one cell into 6000 as a fruit fly embryo develops
19 December 2012
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…
10 December 2009
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)…
3 September 2006
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…
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