Lab Matters Researchers and engineers have integrated a CrystalDirect harvester into the fully automated beamline MASSIF-1, a unique combination of structural biology technologies that is now open to external academic users.
2022
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Lab Matters 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
2022
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Alumni Former chair of EMBL Council to take office as the next President of the Max Planck Society in June 2023.
2022
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Lab Matters Professor Kristina Djinović-Carugo has been appointed as the next head of EMBL Grenoble. She will join EMBL in July from the Max Perutz Laboratories at the University of Vienna, where she is currently Head of the Department of Structural and Computational Biology and full Professor of Structural…
2022
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Lab Matters Slovenian structural biologist Kristina Djinović-Carugo will join EMBL in July as the new Head of EMBL Grenoble. We spoke to her about her background, research interests, and plans for EMBL Grenoble.
2022
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Science The Galej group at EMBL Grenoble has recently obtained high resolution snapshots of a crucial step in RNA splicing involving the U2 snRNP complex, a crucial component of the human spliceosome.
2022
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Lab Matters The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between EMBL and the Institute for Advanced Biosciences (IAB) a year ago has already catalysed new grants for joint research projects related to cancer and infection biology, thereby deepening collaborative activities.
2021
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Science Using cryo-EM and structural biology techniques, EMBL researchers have shown how two proteins of Legionella pneumophila interact. This finding sheds light on a mechanism critical to the infection process and could lead to the development of new drugs to treat pneumonia.
2021
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Lab Matters EMBL and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) signed a memorandum of understanding.
2021
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Science EMBL structural biology is part of an international collaboration addressing zoonotic disease caused by Lassa virus.
2021
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Lab Matters Independent impact review finds EMBL experimental services are ‘critical’ for research and endorses EMBL as a world-class service provider for academia and industry.
2021
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Lab Matters The two organisations have signed a memorandum of understanding to support scientific cooperation in the exploration of coastal and oceanic ecosystems.
2021
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Events EMBL will host a conference to look at the state of the pandemic, lessons learned, and ways to improve pandemic preparedness. Here’s a sneak peek into what promises to be another interesting and informative EMBL conference.
2021
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Lab Matters MASSIF-1, run jointly by EMBL Grenoble and the ESRF, is a beamline for macromolecular crystallography. It is used by the research community to study the 3D structure of proteins, which is important for drug development.
2021
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Alumni We all like a story about rediscovering treasures, right? Well, that’s just what happened recently at EMBL Grenoble!
2021
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Lab Matters EMBL is conducting an Impact Assessment of our experimental services to understand the value these services have for our external user community. If you have accessed EMBL experimental services at one or more of our facilities to support the conduct of your research, we would like to hear from you.
2021
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Lab Matters A memorandum of understanding has been signed between EMBL and Inserm to strengthen their scientific cooperation.
2021
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Lab Matters The EMBL-Tara Ocean Foundation collaboration will expand opportunities to jointly explore molecular connections between ocean and humankind.
2021
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Lab Matters A memorandum of understanding has been signed between EMBL, Collège de France, and the Institute of Biology of the Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS).
2021
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Lab Matters Florent Cipriani, who recently retired as Head of the Instrumentation Team after a long career at EMBL Grenoble, is one of the pioneers of instrumentation development in this field.
2021
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Lab Matters This MoU formalises a 15-year collaboration between the two institutes and strengthens Grenoble as a European research centre in the life sciences.
2021
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Picture of the week This photo shows the European Photon and Neutron (EPN) science campus where EMBL Grenoble is located. A delightful spring breeze in the air melts the last remaining patches of snow in the mountains.
2021
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Picture of the week 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.
2021
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Science A new paper from the Galej group at EMBL Grenoble describes the structure of key parts of the Integrator complex, involved in gene expression.
2021
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Lab Matters EMBL’s sites in Grenoble, Hamburg, and Heidelberg form the newest Instruct Centre. The new centre offers users access to a broad range of state-of-the-art facilities.
2021
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Picture of the week The first snowflakes have fallen on the Vercors Mountains, right behind the EMBL Grenoble building, and an almost full moon is showing up during a sunny morning.
2020
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Science Members of the EMBL community are working to improve our understanding of the parasites that cause malaria and sleeping sickness
2020
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Lab Matters EMBL and CIML have signed a memorandum of understanding that will open up new scientific opportunities.
2020
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Lab Matters Maria Bernabeu and Wojciech Galej have each been awarded €1.5 million to research malaria and pre-mRNA splicing, respectively.
2020
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Science The beamlines run jointly by EMBL Grenoble and the ESRF reopen today, unveiling significant upgrades that exploit the brand new fourth generation ESRF synchrotron source.
2020
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Lab Matters The CrystalDirect® technology, combined with the web-based CRIMS software enable a fully automated, remote-controlled protein-to-structure pipeline.
2020
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Science While global research on coronaviruses has shed light on the function of many SARS-CoV-2 proteins, the role of some crucial components remains unknown. Researchers at EMBL Grenoble will use a range of structural biology methods to try to solve some of the puzzles of the molecular mechanics of…
2020
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Science 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…
2020
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Science Researchers from EMBL Grenoble have developed a way to visualise large RNAs in 3D using biochemical and structural biology techniques.
2020
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Science EMBL and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) restart the activities of the Joint Structural Biology Group in Grenoble to support coronavirus-related projects. A new initiative will allow users to be granted access to the High-Throughput Crystallisation (HTX) lab at EMBL and to a…
2020
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Science 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.
2020
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Science 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.
2020
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Science The infectious disease commonly known as flu is caused by the influenza virus. It spreads around the world in seasonal outbreaks, causing millions of infections and hundreds of thousands of deaths each year. Stephen Cusack, Head of EMBL Grenoble, has been studying different aspects of the influenza…
2020
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Picture of the week This image, taken by Raphaël Cohen-Aberdam from the Cipriani team, shows that the weather for the Grenoble Lab Ski Day 2020 was just perfect!
2020
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Lab Matters EU funding for iNEXT-Discovery consortium unlocks key technologies for structural biology
2019
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Lab Matters EMBL is now a member of the Instruct-ERIC organisation
2019
lab-matters
Science Exploring the diverse routes by which EMBL scientists are driving forward neurobiology
2019
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Events Highlights from the Tara stopovers in Rome, Marseille, and Barcelona
2019
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Events From 27–30 September, Tara will be docked in the port of Marseille, France’s second largest city.
2019
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Picture of the week It’s evening and the Sun is setting over the mountains surrounding the city of Grenoble – home to one of EMBL’s six sites – bathing the mountaintops in fiery red light. The Picture of the Week, taken by Zuzanna Kaczmarska shows the lab she worked in after a long and busy day. Bottles…
2019
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Events What: A press conference on the new Tara mission on microplastics and the Tara Ocean Foundation’s cooperation with EMBL. The press briefing will be followed by a visit to the schooner.When: Friday 27 September at 13:00 CEST.Where: The press conference will be held on the Tara…
2019
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Alumni September’s alumni event in Marseille will coincide with a Tara stopover
2019
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Science MEG3 adopts a complex three-dimensional structure to fulfil its tumour suppressor function.
2019
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Science SidJ enforces a unique modification on human proteins and helps legionella grow.
2019
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Lab Matters EIPOD4 will prepare researchers for the increasing interdisciplinarity of scientific career paths
2019
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Science Snapshots of the flu virus replication machine in action
2019
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Events EMBL got together with the global science festival Pint of Science to explain and celebrate science.
2019
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Science New group leader at EMBL Grenoble is investigating the cellular role of melanoma antigens
2019
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Lab Matters On January 1 2019, Edith Heard takes up the position of EMBL’s Director General
2019
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Science EMBL scientists gain mechanistic insights into how cellular signalling controls gene regulation
2018
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Science EMBL scientists discover how a component of the cohesin ring binds DNA
2018
science
Lab Matters Discover how EMBLers across all sites share their passion for science
2018
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Science EMBL scientists investigate how influenza virus responds to new drug treatment
2018
science
Events EMBL and Pint of Science join forces to entertain and educate
2018
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Lab Matters Discover the past lives and journeys that brought people to EMBL
2018
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Lab Matters EMBL instrumentation teams adapting tech to run biological experiments on the synchrotron after its upgrade
2018
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Science EMBL researchers solve a decades-long debate on a key process for brain and embryo-development
2018
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Lab Matters A look back at some of the most read stories on EMBL’s news website this year
2017
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Science ERC grantee Stephen Cusack shares his vision for the next ten years
2017
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Science EMBL scientists superimpose structures of two-metal-ion enzymes and reveal new potential drug targets
2017
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Science New group leader based in Grenoble aims to unveil the mechanisms of RNA editing
2017
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Lab Matters EMBLers across all sites share how their curiosity about the world shapes their everyday life
2017
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Lab Matters EMBL and the European synchrotron ESRF extend their Joint Structural Biology Group
2017
lab-matters
Science As a new cryo-EM facility is inaugurated, EMBL’s Michael Hons describes his role in the project
2017
science
Lab Matters EMBL’s cycling team complete epic journey to raise money for Heidelberg’s children’s hospital
2017
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Lab Matters People across EMBL’s sites reflect on the ways they perceive their world
2017
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Lab Matters Beamline BM14 in Grenoble shuts down, continues collaboration with India
2017
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Science New group leader Wojciech Galej investigates RNA-protein complexes involved in gene expression
2017
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Science Understanding how the flu virus steals host RNA offers hope of new drugs
2016
science
Lab Matters A new crystallography platform in Grenoble opens the door to new technological developments
2016
lab-matters
Science Parasite’s method of rewiring our immune response leads to novel tool for drug tests
2016
science
Lab Matters Upgraded server room is ready to take the heat at EMBL Grenoble
2016
lab-matters
Science EMBL researchers help to design a lead compound active against four different pathogens
2016
science
Lab Matters Stephen Cusack looks back on the early days of his collaboration with Anacor developing anti-infectives
2016
lab-matters
Lab Matters Andrés Palencia on the design of compounds that may help fight drug-resistant TB and more
2016
lab-matters
Lab Matters Turning the spotlight on the diverse universe of EMBL’s 200-strong postdoc community
2016
lab-matters
Science EMBL and ESRF scientists and mechanics work together on upgrade for one of Europe’s big X-ray sources
2016
science
Science Studying at EMBL in Grenoble helps Japanese postdoc see her native country through different eyes
2016
science
Lab Matters Grenoble-based Partnership for Structural Biology (PSB) renewed for five more years
2016
lab-matters
Science Unexpected results: structure of DAPK enzyme reveals dual-purpose loop
2016
science
Science Florent Cipriani talks about his passion for developing beamline instrumentation
2016
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Science CrystalDirect, developed at EMBL, automates crystal preparation for X-ray analysis
2016
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Science Structural insights into how cohesin keeps DNA together during the cell cycle
2016
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Alumni Former Head of EMBL Grenoble passed away on 21 January 2016 at the age of 89
2016
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Events With 28 conferences and 57 courses, 2016 will be EMBL’s most eventful year to date.
2015
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Lab Matters Compelling short stories that shine light on the life and work of EMBL staff.
2015
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Science MASSIF-1 processes its 10,000th crystal, less than one year after the beamline became operational.
2015
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Alumni Andrew Miller, first head of EMBL Grenoble, reflects on four decades at the Outstation.
2015
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Alumni Alumni Reuben Leberman, Jeremy Smith, Elena Seiradake, and Winfried Weissenhorn share their stories.
2015
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Lab Matters EI3POD: flagship interdisciplinary postdoc programme opens its doors to academia and industry.
2015
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Science European team identify mechanism for producing piRNAs that silence jumping genes in germline cells.
2015
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Events Staff, alumni, partners and more meet at EMBL Grenoble to celebrate Outstation's 40th anniversary.
2015
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Lab Matters EMBL’s new open access policy aims to make EMBL research widely and freely accessible.
2015
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Science Detailed structural study shows distantly related viruses share a common machinery for replication.
2015
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Lab Matters Stephen Cusack, head of EMBL Grenoble, among 47 new Royal Society fellows.
2015
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Alumni EMBL Grenoble celebrates 40 years with a symposium for staff, alumni and facility users on 4–5 June.
2015
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Events First LearningLAB of 2015 makes science of protein structure crystal clear for 22 teachers.
2015
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Science First experimental proof that a key cellular machine forms by uniting pre-assembled modules.
2015
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Science New group leader Marco Marcia aims to broaden horizons while mapping molecules.
2015
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Science In two months, 2.3 million diffraction images collected on new, fully automated ESRF/EMBL beamline.
2014
science
Science First complete picture of flu virus polymerase. A story of two decades of blood, sweat and sneezes.
2014
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Events Open Day in Grenoble celebrates crystallography for the Fête de la Science.
2014
events
Lab Matters Drumming, drama, dancing and discovery in a diary of art and science event, Roche Continents.
2014
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Science Vasa protein preserves pieces of 'enemy' DNA to help protect the genes of future generations.
2014
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Alumni "Thank you, EMBL, for changing my life" – reunion celebrates great science and great scientists
2014
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Lab Matters As the Lab turns 40, staff and alumni share 40 things that make EMBL, EMBL
2014
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Science Surprising protein from a flu-like virus is 10 000th ESRF structure
2014
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Lab Matters As the Lab turns 40, staff and alumni share 40 things that make EMBL, EMBL
2014
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Lab Matters Scientists from EMBL's five sites reflect on the opportunities and challenges that might lie ahead
2014
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Science Scientists determine the structure of auxin response factors: daisy-chains that regulate gene expression
2014
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Science An important step in building ribosomes – the cell’s protein factories – is like a strictly choreographed dance, scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, have discovered. To build these factories, other ‘machines’ inside the cell have to…
2013
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Science A research team of scientists from EMBL Grenoble and the IGBMC in Strasbourg, France, have, for the first time, described in molecular detail the architecture of the central scaffold of TFIID: the human protein complex essential for transcription from DNA to mRNA. The study, published today…
2013
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Science Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Grenoble, France, have determined the detailed 3-dimensional structure of part of the flu virus’ RNA polymerase, an enzyme that is crucial for influenza virus replication. This important finding is published today in PLoS…
2012
science
Science Savira pharmaceuticals GmbH, a spin-off of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) based in Vienna, Austria, has signed a collaboration and license agreement with Roche, thus further strengthening the links between fundamental research and major pharmaceutical development companies. This…
2012
science
Science Breakthroughs in biomedical science are a step closer today, with the launch of a new distributed research infrastructure for the science of structural biology: Instruct. The launch of Instruct will give academic and commercial scientists across Europe access to a full portfolio of integrated…
2012
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Science When a thief breaks into a bank vault, sensors are activated and the alarm is raised. Cells have their own early-warning system for intruders, and scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Grenoble, France, have discovered how a particular protein sounds that alarm when it…
2011
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Science Like an overprotective parent on the first day of school, a targeting factor sometimes needs a little push to let go of its cargo. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Grenoble, France, have visualised one such hand-over. They were the first to determine the structure…
2010
science
Science Cells rely on a range of signalling systems to communicate with each other and to control their own internal workings. Scientists from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Hamburg, Germany, have now found a way to hack into a vital communications system, raising the possibility of…
2010
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Science Much as adrenaline coursing through our veins drives our body’s reactions to stress, the plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) is behind plants’ responses to stressful situations such as drought, but how it does so has been a mystery for years. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology…
2009
science
Science In the quest for speed, olympic swimmers shave themselves or squeeze into high-tech super-suits. In the body, sperm are the only cells that swim and, as speed is crucial to fertility, have developed their own ways to become exceptionally streamlined. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology…
2009
science
Lab Matters On June 26 2009 the joint international Unit for Virus and Host Cell Interactions (Unité Mixte Internationale) was formally established in Grenoble. The unit is run jointly by CNRS, the Grenoble outstation of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the Grenoble University Joseph…
2009
lab-matters
Science Most cellular processes are carried out by molecular machines that consist of many interacting proteins. These protein complexes lie at the heart of life science research, but they are notoriously hard to study. Their abundance is often too low to extract them directly from cells and generating…
2009
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Science Influenza is and remains a disease to reckon with. Seasonal epidemics around the world kill several hundred thousand people every year. In the light of looming pandemics if bird flu strains develop the ability to infect humans easily, new drugs and vaccines are desperately sought. Researchers at…
2009
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Science Influenza is currently a grave concern for governments and health organisations around the world. Now one of the tactics used by influenza virus to take over the machinery of infected cells has been laid bare by structural biologists at the EMBL, the joint Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interaction of…
2008
science
Science In 1918, 50 million people died during a worldwide influenza pandemic caused by mutation of a bird-specific strain of the influenza virus. Recently H5N1, another highly infectious avian strain has caused outbreaks of bird flu around the world. There is great concern that this virus might also…
2007
science
Science Ebola, measles and rabies are serious threats to public health in developing countries. Despite different symptoms all of the diseases are caused by the same class of viruses that unlike most other living beings carry their genetic information on a single RNA molecule instead of a double strand of…
2006
science
Lab Matters On Friday, 13 January 2006, the new Carl-Ivar Brändén Building (CIBB) will be inaugurated on the Polygone Scientifique Campus in Grenoble, France. The CIBB will be operated as a collaboration between major international and national partners based in Grenoble and is a further step in the…
2006
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