The ‘long read’ for cancer
Science Using Oxford Nanopore long-read sequencing, EMBL scientists sequenced a primary childhood brain tumour known as a medulloblastoma, uncovering a novel complex mutation pattern.
2023
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Open data for biodiversity: an EMBL-EBI 2022 round-up
Perspectives, Science As major biodiversity projects ramp up, EMBL-EBI enables genomic data sharing for all species.
2023
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EMBL builds on links with Malta
Events EMBL deepens scientific collaboration, opening the door for greater engagement and opportunities for Malta’s life science community
2022
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Zooming in to get the full picture
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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Supporting the African BioGenome Project to build bioinformatics capacity
Announcements, Lab Matters The African BioGenome Project and EMBL have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support each other in building genomics and bioinformatics capacity across Africa
2022
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A machine learning approach for allocating gene function
Science, Technology and innovation Researchers in the Ensembl team are making the most of machine learning methods to speed up genome annotation pipelines
2022
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Converging lenses on embryo development
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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Cell sorting enters a new dimension
Science EMBL researchers, in collaboration with BD Biosciences, have demonstrated a new technology that allows rapid image-based sorting of cells. The new technology represents a major upgrade to flow cytometry and has applications in diverse life science fields.
2022
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The Earth Biogenome Project: on track and ready to ramp up
Announcements, Science On track to reach an ambitious goal of 3,000 genomes sequenced by the end of 2022, what’s next for the Earth Biogenome Project?
2022
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Eileen Furlong honoured with Leibniz Prize
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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Welcome: Maria Zimmermann-Kogadeeva
Lab Matters Maria Zimmermann-Kogadeeva is one of EMBL’s newest group leaders and a computational biologist whose research group applies computational modelling to better understand the metabolism of gut bacteria and their potential to have far-reaching impacts on other organs.
2021
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Tackling the collateral damage from antibiotics
Science Researchers from EMBL’s Typas group and collaborators have analysed the effects of 144 antibiotics on the wellbeing of gut microbes. The study improves our understanding of antibiotics’ side effects and suggests a new approach to mitigating the adverse effects of antibiotics therapy on gut…
2021
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New insights into Salmonella’s survival strategies
Science Research in the Typas group uncovers new details of the strategies Salmonella uses to survive in infected cells.
2021
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Welcome: Sarah Dyer
Lab Matters EMBL welcomes Sarah Dyer, the new Non-Vertebrate Genomics Team Leader at EMBL-EBI.
2021
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Food safety, antibiotics, and a shrinking planet
Science After work in antimicrobial resistance, EMBL postdoc Laura Carroll is using machine learning for next-gen antibiotic development.
2021
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Piecing together the best reference genome
Science Researchers reveal the best technology for assembling reference genomes.
2021
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Welcome: Sinem Saka
Lab Matters As one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, Sinem Saka will combine multiple technologies, such as microscopy and single-cell omics, to solve biological puzzles.
2021
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Finding coronavirus’s helper proteins
Science A team of EMBL scientists and colleagues have analysed how the novel coronavirus affects proteins in human cells. They identified several human proteins as potential drug targets to prevent viral replication.
2021
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Heating proteins to understand how genes work
Science A new paper from EMBL’s Savitski team and Typas group describes their work on E. coli and how it brings a greater understanding of the way genes function and interact.
2020
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Predicting how gene expression varies
Science Discoveries at EMBL will help researchers to interpret one of the most common types of experiments in genomics and medical studies.
2020
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Enabling functional genomics studies in individual cells
Science Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg have developed a new method, called Targeted Perturb-seq (TAP-seq), which increases the scale and precision of functional genomics CRISPR–Cas9 screens by orders of magnitude. Their method overcomes limitations in previous applications of single-cell RNA sequencing,…
2020
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EMBL hosts its first virtual conference
Events The virtual EMBO | EMBL symposium ‘The Four-Dimensional Genome’ brought together 470 participants. Here, Jürgen Deka, Head of External Scientific Training, discusses how he and his team overcame the organisational challenges.
2020
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New insights into gene regulation
Science EMBL researchers investigate the role of a histone protein in regulating gene expression
2020
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ATP affects proteome-wide solubility
Science Scientists develop technology to measure how ATP concentration affects protein solubility in cells
2019
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Exploring genetic variation
Science EMBL group leader Jan Korbel reflects on his scientific origins and current research
2018
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How drugs affect the life and death of proteins
Science Scientists at EMBL and Cellzome develop technology to monitor the effects of drug treatments on protein degradation and synthesis
2018
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Life and death of proteins
Science EMBL scientists create a turnover catalogue of almost 10.000 proteins from primary cells
2018
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Welcome: Arnaud Krebs
Science EMBL’s new group leader studies how gene expression is controlled
2018
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Multipurpose enhancers and promoters in embryonic development
Science EMBL scientists show that some promoters can act as enhancers and vice versa
2018
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Curious genomes
Science What are the strangest genomes in EMBL-EBI's Ensembl?
2017
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Bridging excellence: EMBL and Stanford’s Alliance
Events Lars Steinmetz. Director of the Life Science Alliance, reflects on the EMBL|Stanford initiative
2017
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Embryos use ancient viral DNA
Science EMBL scientists detect important function of genetic sequence our ancestors assimilated from a virus
2017
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Blood stem cell differentiation is continuous
Science Study by EMBL and DKFZ researchers means origins of myeloid leukaemias may need rethinking
2017
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The human genome’s breaking points
Science A detailed analysis of data from 185 human genomes sequenced in the course of the 1000 Genomes Project, by scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, in collaboration with researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge, UK, as well as the…
2011
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