Events During a visit to the Heidelberg EMBL campus, Minister Petra Olschowski learned about EMBL´s current research programme, its scientific operations and local collaborations, and explored its Imaging Centre and World of Molecular Biology exhibition.
2023
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Lab Matters EMBL researchers and collaborators have begun an impactful innovation-development journey, thanks to a European Commission ‘IMAGINE’ grant.
2023
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Lab Matters European Commission and EMBL renew commitment, agree on new areas of cooperation, in new EC DG’s first infrastructure visit since appointment.
2023
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EMBLetc EMBL researchers are pushing the frontiers of big data analysis in biological imaging, allowing scientists to gain a many-layered and multidimensional view of organisms, tissues, and cells in action.
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Lab Matters EMBL´s new permanent exhibition ‘The World of Molecular Biology’ in Heidelberg is now open for registration. The exhibition takes the visitor on a journey of scales, from genomes to ecosystems, and introduces key imaging technologies.
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Events Upcoming EMBO/EMBL symposium provides a forum to explore how organisms function together, and how they react or adapt to changes at different molecular levels.
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Lab Matters Home to some of Europe’s most cutting-edge tools in molecular biology, EMBL has long shared its expertise and access to these tools through an extensive repertoire of courses, conferences, seminars, and other training. And now included in this mix is a job shadowing programme at EMBL Imaging…
2023
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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.
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Alumni Two former EMBL scientists have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to the fields of science communication and multiple sequence alignment research, respectively.
2023
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Lab Matters New group leader Thomas Quail studies the fundamental processes that determine how proteins organise the genome inside a cell.
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Lab Matters, Picture of the week Researchers in the Prevedel Group use photoacoustic spectroscopy setup to test and optimise probes before their usage in mouse neuroscience.
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Science EMBL researchers are stepping outside the lab and thinking outside the box to understand the basic principles that underlie the development and evolution of organismal characteristics.
2023
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Science New artificial intelligence tool adds speed and detailed cellular information to analysis of cryo-electron tomography to aid researchers’ understanding of inner cell workings.
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Lab Matters EMBL hosts inaugural meeting for major interdisciplinary project designed to boost understanding of ocean life
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Lab Matters, Picture of the week To identify which drugs disrupt bacterial envelope integrity, the Typas group uses a molecule called chlorophenyl red-β-D-galactopyranoside.
2022
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Lab Matters EMBL alumnus and eminent molecular biologist Peter B. Becker has been named the next chair of EMBL’s Council as of January 2023.
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Lab Matters Three EMBL scientists received this year’s ERC Starting Grants, and will be awarded €1.5 million over five years to carry out research projects.
2022
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Lab Matters The Royal Microscopical Society awarded Ardan Patwardhan and Wim Hagen with Scientific Achievement Award
2022
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Events Visit of delegation from the Ruđer Bošković Institute to EMBL Heidelberg marks a new chapter in scientific and institutional cooperation
2022
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Science Researchers have combined advanced light microscopy with next-generation sequencing to create a method to study cells directly in the context of their native tissues
2022
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Events Leading scientific research facilities launch the Health + Life Science Alliance Heidelberg Mannheim. The research alliance aims to build the Rhine-Neckar region into an internationally leading biomedical-technological cluster focusing on life sciences, the health economy, and medical technology.
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Events EMBL's Partnership Conference highlights the value of its networks, bringing researchers together to build new scientific connections.
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Science Researchers have come up with a way to test the efficacy of hundreds of anticancer drug combinations – simultaneously, rapidly, and accurately.
2022
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Science The latest research from EMBL’s Ikmi group employs interdisciplinary approaches to show how sea anemone ‘exercise’ changes their developing size and shape, uncovering an intimate relationship between behaviour and body development
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Science EMBL researchers used data from over 300 human faecal microbiota transplants to gain an ecological understanding of what happens when two gut microbiomes clash.
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Lab Matters A new grant will provide a way for fundamental metabolomic research to realise its commercial potential and promise in aiding drug development and precision medicine.
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Picture of the week Physarum polycephalum, a single, giant cell containing tens of thousands of nuclei is large enough to be photographed with a phone.
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Picture of the week EMBL’s imaging centre makes advanced microscopy technologies accessible to the international scientific community.
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Events The EMBL Lautenschläger summer school, held 4–15 Jul 2022, introduced students from a range of scientific backgrounds to interdisciplinary life science research.
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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.
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Lab Matters Cornelius Gross, Miki Ebisuya and Nassos Typas join EMBO, the prestigious organisation for the life sciences.
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Events Creating a cutting-edge facility for the global life science community doesn't happen overnight. We spoke to some of those who worked to turn this dream into a reality.
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Events Representatives from politics, industry and academia attended the inauguration ceremony at EMBL Heidelberg
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Science EMBL research with Enolase 1 (ENO1) points to a possible new way to understand RNA’s leading role in how cells develop.
2022
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Science Scientists have solved several mysteries around the structure and function of a true molecular giant: the human nuclear pore complex. They created the most complete model of the complex thanks to combining the program AlphaFold2 with cryo-electron tomography, integrative modelling, molecular…
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Alumni Two former EMBL staff members have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to research in the fields of brain evolution and cancer.
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Events Joint workshop brings researchers together on site and virtually to discuss broad range of planetary biology topics.
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Lab Matters EMBL’s Head of Genome Biology announced as Fellow of the Royal Society for her exceptional contributions to science.
2022
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Science Researchers at EMBL Heidelberg found that inversions in the human genome are more common than previously thought, which impacts our understanding of certain genetic diseases.
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Events EMBL’s first Imaging Centre Symposium will occur onsite at EMBL and include tours of the new Imaging Centre on 31 May, introducing participants to the facility and its staff and featuring talks on the rapid developments in imaging technologies that have led to notable biological and medical…
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Lab Matters The honour recognises distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
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Lab Matters EMBL Heidelberg’s Matthias Hentze receives the Biochemical Society’s Centenary Award for his discoveries in RNA biology.
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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.
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Lab Matters Judith Zaugg, Group Leader at EMBL Heidelberg, has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant of €2 million funded under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. Over the next five years, the grant will enable her group to study cellular interactions in the human bone…
2022
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Science A molecular signature of 27 microorganisms in stool defines the high-risk population for the most common pancreatic cancer and could be used for early detection of the disease.
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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.
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Lab Matters The new permanent ‘The World of Molecular Biology’ exhibition will open in mid-2023 at EMBL’s headquarters in Heidelberg. It will encourage people to actively engage with science and its relevance for everyday life.
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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.
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Lab Matters Michael Dorrity, one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, is studying how the environment influences early life stages in zebrafish.
2022
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Science DeepMind visits EMBL Heidelberg to discuss current and future implications of Artificial Intelligence for life science research.
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Lab Matters The new EMBL Imaging Centre held its first on-site training workshop, introducing undergraduate students to the basics of volume electron microscopy. This marks the first of many opportunities to aid capacity-building in imaging techniques in Europe.
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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.
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Science EMBL Hamburg’s Kosinski Group, the Beck Laboratory at the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, and colleagues at EMBL Heidelberg recorded the nuclear pore complex contracting in living cells. They visualised the movement with an unprecedented level of detail with help of new software called…
2021
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Science Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg analysed a new global gene database to study how genes emerge and spread across various habitats on our planet. In the future, the group will expand the database and use it for studying microbial gene evolution and dispersal at a finer-grained scale.
2021
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Science New structural biology research provides fundamental information critical to understanding enzyme mutations connected to rare diseases and cancers.
2021
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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 studying a massive cohort of European patients have found that commonly prescribed drugs for cardiometabolic disorders can have long-term effects on the gut microbiome. Such effects can complicate the understanding of how disease affects the microbiome and must be taken into…
2021
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Lab Matters The new EMBL Imaging Centre has announced its first open user call, and new project evaluation process and training opportunities.
2021
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Science What can sponges tell us about the evolution of the brain? Sponges have the genes involved in neuronal function in higher animals. But if sponges don’t have brains, what is the role of these? EMBL scientists imaged the sponge digestive chamber to find out.
2021
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Lab Matters Svetlana Dodonova is one of EMBL's newest group leaders, leading a team of researchers who will study how genetic material is organised inside cells using structural biology approaches.
2021
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Lab Matters A technology around since the ‘60s, flow cytometry has increasing applications. New leadership at EMBL’s flow cytometry facilities is looking to ease use, expand training, and encourage more collaboration.
2021
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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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Science If researchers can identify specifically when good cells go bad, they can potentially understand disease better.
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Science EMBL scientists and colleagues have developed an interactive atlas of the entire marine worm Platynereis dumerilii in its larval stage. The PlatyBrowser resource combines high-resolution gene expression data with volume electron microscopy images.
2021
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Lab Matters In the lab, Diënty Hazenbrink works with microbes that live in our guts. In her free time, she enjoys wildlife photography. A shared set of skills facilitates both activities.
2021
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Lab Matters EMBL and Hungarian research institutes will collaborate to address urgent biological and environmental challenges.
2021
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Alumni Former EMBL Director General Professor Iain Mattaj was awarded the German Cross of Merit (‘Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland’) at a ceremony held at EMBL Heidelberg on 9 September 2021.
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Science A new collaborative study led by EMBL group leaders Kiran Patil, Nassos Typas, and Peer Bork has found that common medications accumulate in human gut bacteria. This process reduces drug effectiveness and affects the metabolism of common gut microbes, thereby altering the gut microbiome.
2021
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Lab Matters Giulia Zanetti from the Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology (ISMB) in London explains how the collaboration with the Cryo-Electron Microscopy Service Platform enabled her group to reveal the structure of protein transport complexes.
2021
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Lab Matters Distinctions recognise Peer’s development and sharing of bioinformatics tools as well as his significant contributions to bioinformatics research, education, and services.
2021
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Lab Matters Mehdi Khadraoui, a former member of the EMBL Communications team, took this close-up of a black redstart.
2021
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Alumni EMBL alumni Ilaria Piazza and Ken Holmes have been recognised for their outstanding contributions, and will receive their awards as part of the celebrations for EMBL World Alumni Day.
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Science EMBL scientists generate a high-resolution crystal structure of the Kinesin-1/aTm1 transport complex in the fruit fly.
2021
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Science Research in the Typas group uncovers new details of the strategies Salmonella uses to survive in infected cells.
2021
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Lab Matters The EMBL Imaging Centre is preparing for external user access, after an on-time and on-budget build and handover to the science team.
2021
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Lab Matters Dr Alexander Aulehla has been appointed the new Head of EMBL’s Developmental Biology Unit, and will take up the role starting in July 2021.
2021
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Picture of the week EMBL PhD student Anniek Stokkermans captured this side view of a Nematostella vectensis larva during this transition, using instrumentation in the Advanced Light Microscopy Facility at EMBL Heidelberg.
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Lab Matters Anna Erzberger, one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, will provide unique perspective as a theoretical biological physicist.
2021
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Science Researchers investigate how external factors can influence the persistence of microbe species in the human gut
2021
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Picture of the week As perfect as a summer night sky, these nuclear pores help calibrate a customised super-resolution microscope in EMBL’s Ries group.
2021
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Lab Matters John Marioni, Alex Bateman, and Takashi Hiiragi have been elected to EMBO Membership.
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 EMBL’s EU Green Week event showcased various ways molecular biology research can help solve environmental challenges.
2021
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Lab Matters EMBL Director Matthias Hentze describes the Environmental Research Initiative: a community effort to solve global environmental challenges.
2021
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Picture of the week Captured by EMBL postdoc Arina Rybina, these ‘nuclear twins’ are two daughter nuclei straight after division of a HeLa cell.
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Picture of the week A page from a biologist’s colouring book? EMBL’s new interior wall design? Not quite – a bunch of liver cells, grown in the lab so that scientists can learn about fatty liver disease, or steatosis.
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Picture of the week What does coronavirus’s spike protein look like in 3D? EMBL scientists and colleagues used cryo-electron tomography and molecular dynamics simulations to find out.
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Picture of the week Throwback to June 2014: While EMBL Heidelberg’s main entrance is still in the dark, the well-known EMBL logo is already lit by the morning sun.
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Science Scientists in the Stegle group and colleagues have studied induced pluripotent stem cells from around 1,000 donors to identify correlations between individual genetic variants and altered gene expression. They linked more than 4,000 of the genetic variants responsible for altered expression…
2021
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Science A new method has the potential to boost international research efforts to find drugs that eradicate cancer at its source.
2021
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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.
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Science Researchers at EMBL Heidelberg have identified sequences in human proteins that might be used by SARS-CoV-2 to infect cells. They have discovered that the virus might hijack certain cellular processes, and they discuss potentially relevant drugs for treating COVID-19.
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Lab Matters The EMBL Imaging Centre is scheduled to open in 2021 with Timo Zimmermann as Team Leader for advanced light microscopy technology development and service provision.
2021
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Lab Matters One of EMBL’s newest group leaders, Olivier Duss, will explore how RNA folds into functional structures and how it works with proteins to control a diverse range of activities in the cell.
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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Science Gene activation requires the cooperative activity of multiple transcription factors. Until now, the mechanism used by these factors to coordinate their actions has been poorly understood. EMBL’s Krebs group presents a DNA footprinting method that makes it possible to determine whether…
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Events December has seen the start of a new chapter in the collaboration that has for years marked the relationship between the European Commission (EC) and EMBL.
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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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Picture of the week With the external scaffolding removed, another step in the construction of the EMBL Imaging Centre is complete. Now we get a first glimpse of the final look of this stunning building.
2020
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Lab Matters The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has recognised four EMBL researchers with their most recent awards, showing how tech trailblazers are integral to advancing science and medicine.
2020
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Picture of the week Despite the cold autumn weather, workers are busy on the rooftop of the parking garage at EMBL Heidelberg. The 2176 m² rooftop is getting transformed into a combination of a green roof and a photovoltaic plant. The planted green roof will retain rainwater, while the solar panels – installed in…
2020
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Picture of the week On autumn days without Heidelberg’s characteristic fog, the woods present themself in beautiful colours. You may even capture a rainbow.
2020
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Lab Matters EMBL’s Rupert Lück is engaged in developing the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC): the infrastructure that will support the future of data sharing and analysis in Europe.
2020
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Science Scientists from the Beck group have studied the 3D structure of nuclear pores in budding yeast. They show how the architecture of the nuclear pore complex differs inside cells compared to its form observed in vitro studies.
2020
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Science An international group of researchers, led by scientists from EMBL Heidelberg, have discovered that the number of tentacle arms a sea anemone grows depends on the amount of food it eats.
2020
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Lab Matters The new team leader offering services in electron microscopy discusses his hopes and plans for the forthcoming EMBL Imaging Centre
2020
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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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Picture of the week The image shows one of the four rows of roof lights above the atrium, which is the main public space of the Imaging Centre.
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Lab Matters This year, EMBO elected 63 new members, including Alexander Aulehla, Group Leader and Senior Scientist at EMBL Heidelberg, and Paul Flicek, Associate Director of EMBL-EBI Services, Senior Scientist, Group and Team Leader at EMBL-EBI.
2020
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Science Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg have investigated stem cells and how they differentiate to become neurons. Their approach included an assessment of the complex interplay of molecules during the differentiation process and generated fundamental new insights into the role of a protein called Sox2 in…
2020
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Lab Matters A national consortium including EMBL and the DKFZ is set to launch the German Human Genome–Phenome Archive, creating an invaluable bridge between fundamental biomedical research and applied healthcare.
2020
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Picture of the week Local beekeeper Jörg Staffel has set up three bee colonies on the grass slope in front of the ATC building.
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Science Scientists at EMBL and Heidelberg University Hospital are studying how the novel coronavirus behaves in the gut to try to better understand its epidemiology and prevent its spread. To do this, they are combining advanced imaging and sequencing technologies to study coronavirus in human intestinal…
2020
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Events The emergence of previously unknown pathogens, such as the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, raises many questions. To explore these questions in an international scientific forum, EMBL will host the virtual conference ‘SARS-CoV-2: Towards a New Era in Infection Research’ on 3 July. Invited…
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Science Scientists including members of EMBL’s Typas group have investigated how immune cells called macrophages respond to infection by the intracellular pathogen Salmonella enterica. They discovered that Salmonella causes newly produced cathepsins to accumulate in the nuclei of infected cells to…
2020
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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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Science Researchers in EMBL’s Zaugg group have studied the causes of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a rare disease that causes high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs. The study, carried out in collaboration with Stanford University School of Medicine, compared lung cells of patients…
2020
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Lab Matters The nervous system has fascinated Georgia Rapti ever since her first introduction to biology. Her research group in the Developmental Biology unit will focus on understanding the early biological events involved in the nervous system’s formation.
2020
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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.
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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
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Picture of the week The iconic ATC – celebrating its 10 year anniversary this year – reflects the blue sky, the clouds and the rays of the Sun.
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Events How Joana Moscoso bridges the gap between science and society
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Lab Matters Theresia Bauer and EMBL discuss organisational developments and future strategies
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Events Annual Reception celebrates EMBL’s achievements in 2019 and explores its way ahead
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Lab Matters EMBL’s new Science and Society Manager shares her plans for fostering multidisciplinary dialogue
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Science New group leader at EMBL Heidelberg employs synthetic chemistry to develop novel tools for biology
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Science This technique provides a simple but effective way to study the functions of organs in living animals
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Science Scientists provide important new insights into the molecular basis of X-inactivation
2020
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Science EMBL co-leads most comprehensive study of genetic causes of cancer
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Science Scientists from EMBL present a tool for large-scale analysis of genomic data with cloud computing. Main advantages of the new tool, called Butler, are continuous system monitoring and its ability to self-heal in case of failure, allowing for 43% more efficient data processing than previous…
2020
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Science Analysis of whole cancer genomes gives key insights into the role of the non-coding genome in cancer
2020
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Science Using the data from the Pan-Cancer project EMBL scientists describe how our genetic background influences cancer development.
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Picture of the week Muzamil Majid Khan, a postdoc in the Pepperkok team at EMBL Heidelberg, studied the piece of tissue visible in this image.
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Events László Palkovics, Hungarian Minister for Innovation and Technology, visited EMBL Heidelberg
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Science EMBL researchers have developed a method to observe interactions between transcription factors
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Science Researchers have developed a cheaper and faster method to check for genetic differences in individual cells
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Science The software diffTF quantifies activity of transcription factors and predicts their mode of action
2019
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Lab Matters EU funding for iNEXT-Discovery consortium unlocks key technologies for structural biology
2019
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Picture of the week This picture of the week, taken by Arina Rybina in the Ellenberg group at EMBL Heidelberg, shows a high-resolution 3D microscopy image of living human cells: HeLa cells. In this fascinating fluorescing microspace, two newly formed daughter nuclei are captured to study the assembly of nuclear pore…
2019
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Science Exploring the diverse routes by which EMBL scientists are driving forward neurobiology
2019
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Science Shedding light on the mechanisms that control the fate of embryonic cells
2019
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Picture of the week The brain is the most complex organ in the human body. Yet despite it being the organ that makes us conscious beings – and despite the fact that researchers have been studying it for generations – it’s still a constant source of surprise. To help lift the veil on some of its mystery, Lina…
2019
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Science EMBL researchers have published two new studies involving the nuclear pore complex
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Science New possibilities for gene therapies
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Science EMBL’s Genomics Core Facility supports students participating in the annual iGEM competition.
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Events During the Nacht der Forschung 2019, everyone was able to become a scientist for a day at EMBL
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Picture of the week All mammalian life starts with the fusion of egg and sperm, resulting in the creation of a single cell called a zygote. This develops into an embryo through a series of cell divisions, in which the number of cells doubles at each step. Todays’ Picture of the Week was taken by Manuel Eguren of the…
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Events The inaugural EMBL Lautenschläger Summer School ran from 15–26 July at EMBL Heidelberg.
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Lab Matters Native Scientist’ organises multilingual science workshops for children of migrant communities.
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Events EMBL Lab Day 2019 filled the ATC with art and games
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Science Enhancers in Drosophila embryos gather together to preserve phenotypes under stressful conditions
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Events The main funder of the EMBL Lautenschläger Summer School reflects on codes of conduct around giving
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Science Michael Zimmermann's group will investigate how gut microbes affect the body’s response to drugs.
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Alumni The life science community is deeply saddened by the death of Suzanne Eaton
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Science Using cryo-EM, scientists have determined the structure of a large protein complex called Elongator.
2019
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Science How computer processing of human language is harnessed by EMBL scientists
2019
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Science What CRISPR may bring for the future of biology, and how it is used at EMBL
2019
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Science New insights into mechanisms behind embryonic development
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Lab Matters EIPOD4 will prepare researchers for the increasing interdisciplinarity of scientific career paths
2019
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Science The mystery of how condensin maintains the integrity of the genome during cell division.
2019
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Science Uncovering new role of fluid pressure in controlling embryo size and cell fate
2019
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Picture of the week Laboratories all over the world are often chaotic, a bit messy and look grey and unwelcoming. Not so in this lab, pictured by EMBL staff member Emily Savage. The differently coloured fluids, arranged in a row, bring vivid colours into the more subdued environment of the lab. The picture was taken…
2019
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Lab Matters Overwhelmed as a biologist getting to grips with computer programming? EMBLers are here to help!
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Events Professor Tim Lewens challenges the human genome’s unique place in bioethics
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Events EMBL got together with the global science festival Pint of Science to explain and celebrate science.
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Picture of the week This image – resembling a network of rivers and canals – actually shows the tracheal tip cell of a fruit fly. Fruit flies are heavily used in research and they are a common model organism in developmental biology. Researchers at EMBL use the larvae of fruit flies to study tracheal cell…
2019
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Science Scientists develop software tools for automated acquisition of electron microscopy data
2019
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Picture of the week EMBL is a world-leading organisation for life science research. Its scientists work in diverse research fields spanning the whole of molecular biology. While the molecules the researchers are working on are often microscopic and impossible to see with the naked eye, one research topic clearly…
2019
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Science A newly developed 3D microscope visualises fast biological processes better than ever.
2019
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Science EMBL scientists have discovered that the proteome is substantially affected by both sex and diet
2019
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Lab Matters New head of ORD will build and expand the partnerships that help EMBL achieve its ambitions
2019
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Events Foundation stone ceremony for world-class high-resolution microscopy centre in Heidelberg
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Science EMBL scientists create membraneless organelle to build proteins in living cell
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Events On 20 February, over 250 local supporters and friends met Edith Heard to celebrate a successful year
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Science Scientists develop technology to measure how ATP concentration affects protein solubility in cells
2019
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Science Many microbes traverse the oral-gut barrier
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Science EMBL scientists identify RNA regulating protein behaviour in switch of normal roles
2019
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Science Scientists develop high-throughput yeast single-cell RNA sequencing method
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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Events The EMBL Teens reporters discover the European Researchers’ Night
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Events Nina Kathe, Winner of the EU Contest for Young Scientists visits EMBL
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Lab Matters How EMBL scientists are using machine learning to advance biology
2018
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Science The De Renzis group investigated invagination, the first step of organ development in embryos.
2018
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Science EMBL scientists investigate the structure of a key protein involved in blood clotting
2018
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Science The Hentze Lab enhanced a RNA-interactome capture technique to pave the way towards medical progress
2018
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Science Researchers from EMBL and Heidelberg University unveil the molecular mechanisms of ageing
2018
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Events Meet the organisers of EMBO’s first course on molecular geobiology
2018
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Lab Matters EMBL and Promega collaborate to train young scientists
2018
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Events The EMBL community, past and present, gather for special events around Lab Day 2018
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Lab Matters Discover how EMBLers across all sites share their passion for science
2018
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Science EMBL researchers visualise the proteins needed to capture molecules and bring them into a cell
2018
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Science EMBL scientists reveal NPC architecture of algae
2018
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Science EMBL researchers develop method that simplifies the isolation of DNA- and RNA- protein complexes
2018
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Science Combinations of cancer drugs can be quickly and cheaply tested using a novel microfluidic device
2018
science
Science New computational method uses multi-omics analysis for personalised medicine
2018
science
Lab Matters Roche and EMBL join forces
2018
lab-matters
Lab Matters A history of EMBL in six objects from the EMBL Archive
2018
lab-matters
Science Which of our genes will be passed on to our children? Simone Köhler wants to find out
2018
science
Events EMBL and Pint of Science join forces to entertain and educate
2018
events
Alumni EMBL alumna Melina Schuh recognised for excellence in science
2018
alumni
Science EMBL group leader Jan Korbel reflects on his scientific origins and current research
2018
science
Lab Matters EMBL alumna, Èlia Benito-Gutiérrez, on how her research and career evolved after searching the seas
2018
lab-matters
Events On April 12, EMBL hosted 200 attendees at its Annual Reception in Heidelberg and highlighted its role as a training hub.
2018
events
Science Discover how EMBL scientists are using GPU computing to push biology forward
2018
science
Science New Heidelberg group leader creates tools to help biologists work faster and better
2018
science
Science Dog and human gut microbiomes have more similar genes and responses to diet than previously thought
2018
science
Events Markus Ralser, upcoming EMBO workshop speaker, on how metabolism brought chemistry to life
2018
events
Science Open-source software allows standard microscopes to accurately image 3D structures
2018
science
Science EMBL scientists count and locate chromosomal proteins during cell duplication
2018
science
Science Scientists at EMBL and Cellzome develop technology to monitor the effects of drug treatments on protein degradation and synthesis
2018
science
Science EMBL scientists show how chromatin usage in individual cells reveals developmental trajectories
2018
science
Events EMBL experts outline the trends shaping scientific training in the coming years
2018
events
Lab Matters For Vasiliki Karyoti, troubleshooting and problem-solving take on a greater meaning at EMBL
2018
lab-matters
Events School students build fluorescence microscopes designed by members of the Prevedel group and ELLS
2018
events
Lab Matters New EMBL spinoff company Velabs Therapeutics aims to speed up discovery of therapeutic antibodies
2018
lab-matters
Lab Matters Maria Leptin reflects on how to create a research environment that serves the needs of the community
2018
lab-matters
Events EMBL and EMBO hosted the ERC's Scientific Council in Heidelberg 28 February to 2 March
2018
events
Lab Matters Discover the past lives and journeys that brought people to EMBL
2018
lab-matters
Science Access to state-of-the-art microscopes and outstanding expertise
2018
science
Science EMBL scientists discover how a molecule’s role changes from simple metabolite to instructive signal
2018
science
Lab Matters Joining forces for single-cell research
2018
lab-matters
Alumni “In testimony of my great thankfulness”
2018
alumni
Science New EMBL group leader explores biophysical properties of chromosomes and other cellular assemblies
2018
science
Science EMBL scientists create a turnover catalogue of almost 10.000 proteins from primary cells
2018
science
Events EMBL experts outline the trends shaping scientific training in the coming years
2018
events
Science EMBL’s new group leader studies how gene expression is controlled
2018
science
Events EMBL’s training programme launches its first e-learning courses: introductions to optogenetics and CLEM
2018
events
Events What opportunities can organoids bring to further the understanding of the human brain?
2018
events
Science EMBL scientists show that some promoters can act as enhancers and vice versa
2018
science
Science EMBL researchers uncover how a key enzyme that helps cells make new proteins starts its work
2018
science
Science New group leader studies sea anemones to investigate why some animals regenerate better than others
2018
science
Science EMBL scientists unveil how 3D chromatin structure affects RNA splicing
2017
science
Science Molecule mapping method raises interest in forensics, agriculture and microbiome studies
2017
science
Lab Matters A look back at some of the most read stories on EMBL’s news website this year
2017
lab-matters
Events EMBL experts outline the trends shaping scientific training in the coming years
2017
events
Science New research reveals that two different mechanisms are responsible for chromosome folding
2017
science
Alumni How a research technician with a master’s degree contributed to Nobel Prize-winning work
2017
alumni
Science New research shows how pores form in the membrane that surrounds a cell’s nucleus
2017
science
Lab Matters Curious about what goes on in EMBL’s Fly Room? Prepare to be a fly on the wall
2017
lab-matters
Lab Matters EMBLers across all sites share how their curiosity about the world shapes their everyday life
2017
lab-matters
Lab Matters Interview with EMBL’s Joint Heads of Government and EU Relations
2017
lab-matters
Lab Matters Takashi Hiiragi and Lars Steinmetz received Advanced Grants from the European Research Council (ERC)
2017
lab-matters
Science The Mahamid group studies meso-scale molecular assemblies in intact cells and model organisms at molecular resolution
2017
science
Alumni EMBL alumna Sigrid Reinsch trained as a cell biologist – now she helps run experiments in space
2017
alumni
Lab Matters EMBL and HeidelbergCement sign Memorandum of Understanding
2017
lab-matters
Alumni Jacques Dubochet, Nobel laureate and former EMBL group leader, reflects on a key aha moment
2017
alumni
Science EMBL researchers create highest resolution 3D model of important structure within Ebola virus
2017
science
Science A talent for organisation has taken EMBL’s Steffi Kandels-Lewis across the globe
2017
science
Events Meet Ig Nobel emcee Marc Abrahams, an EMBL Science and Society speaker in December
2017
events
Events Interview with Rolf-Dieter Heuer, guest speaker at EMBL's 2017 Annual Reception
2017
events
Alumni Working on scientific instruments has taken EMBL alumnus Simon Sheldon to the ends of the Earth
2017
alumni
Events Women from academia, industry and politics met at EMBL to fuel career growth and opportunities
2017
events
Science EMBL researchers and collaborators unravel how chromosomes form
2017
science
Science EMBL alumnus recognised for cryo-electron microscopy work
2017
science
Lab Matters EMBL’s annual reception took place on 18 September, with more than 150 attendees
2017
lab-matters
Science How microbes can create niches for each other
2017
science
Science New study by Paola Kuri and Maria Leptin shows how inflammation happens in zebrafish in real time
2017
science
Events How the work of the Courses and Conferences team has changed over the years
2017
events
Lab Matters German state and federal governments agree funding for microscopy centre at EMBL Heidelberg
2017
lab-matters
Science Meet Justin Crocker, EMBL’s new group leader in gene regulation during evolution and development
2017
science
Lab Matters NEB joins EMBL’s corporate partnership programme
2017
lab-matters
Lab Matters EMBL’s cycling team complete epic journey to raise money for Heidelberg’s children’s hospital
2017
lab-matters
Events Celebrating 40 years since the first EMBO electron microscopy training course
2017
events
Science EMBL researchers complete a molecular atlas showing gene expression in all cells in an entire animal
2017
science
Science An EMBL collaboration devises a new method that could speed up vaccine development for HIV
2017
science
Lab Matters People across EMBL’s sites reflect on the ways they perceive their world
2017
lab-matters
Science Hallmarks of residual breat cancer cells suggest new approaches for preventing relapse
2017
science
Alumni The life science community is deeply saddened by the loss of EMBL alumnus Riccardo Cortese
2017
alumni
Lab Matters Accelerating researchers’ access to next-generation light-sheet microscopy
2017
lab-matters
Science ERC grantee Maja Köhn shares her vision for the next ten years
2017
science
Science EMBL researchers develop an optical method for measuring the release of insulin from single cells
2017
science
Lab Matters EMBL alumnus Konrad Müller has sadly passed away
2017
lab-matters
Science Study by EMBL and DKFZ researchers means origins of myeloid leukaemias may need rethinking
2017
science
Lab Matters Anna Tramontano, bioinformatics pioneer and EMBL alumna, has passed away
2017
lab-matters
Science ERC grantee Edward Lemke shares his vision for the next ten years
2017
science
Science ERC grantee Detlev Arendt shares his vision for the next ten years
2017
science
Science ERC grantee Eileen Furlong shares her vision for the next ten years
2017
science
Science Keeping bacterial chromosomes tangled could lead to new approaches to treatment
2017
science
Science EMBL researchers develop a computer model to explore the movement of nuclei in a multinuclear cell
2017
science
Science Differentiated and undifferentiated cells get energy in different ways, sensor made at EMBL shows
2017
science
Lab Matters Sartorius and EMBL join forces to support advanced training and science education
2017
lab-matters
Lab Matters GSK and EMBL have signed an agreement to enhance understanding of disease and drug mechanisms
2017
lab-matters
Science A new technique developed at EMBL reveals the way fats interact with other molecules in cells
2017
science
Science EMBL scientists discovered that common mutations can change the shape of gene promoters
2017
science
Lab Matters Helke Hillebrand on leaving EMBL after 9 years as Academic Coordinator and Dean of Graduate Studies
2017
lab-matters
Science Inducible mechanism found by EMBL scientists links receptor degradation and replenishment
2016
science
Science EMBL scientists use new techniques to describe the architecture of conical HIV capsids
2016
science
Lab Matters EMBL’s Petra Riedinger retires after 40 years producing posters, graphics, artwork and more
2016
lab-matters
Lab Matters How a team of scientists and artists at EMBL transformed microscopy data into stunning 3D images
2016
lab-matters
Alumni Ernst Stelzer earns 2016 Lennart Philipson award for advances in light sheet microscopy
2016
alumni
Events Check out the newly revealed programme for 2017
2016
events
Science Cryo EM reconstruction of RNA Polymerase I reveals details of how molecule binds and transcribes DNA
2016
science
Science Open source bioinformatics method for finding metabolites makes experiments comparable across labs
2016
science
Science What happens when plant's leaf-placing feedback loop isn't quite right
2016
science
Science Robert Prevedel develops deep-tissue microscopy for scientists to peer deep inside living organisms
2016
science
Events Participants learn about EMBL’s ocean biodiversity research at the Fall Gala
2016
events
Science New platform useful for studies of protein binding, human tissue and more
2016
science
Lab Matters We catch up with neuroscientist Craig Stark, speaker at the EMBL/EMBO Science and Society Conference
2016
lab-matters
Science EMBL scientists investigate how leaves grow flat to efficiently capture sunlight
2016
science
Events Eberhard Bengsch explains why EMBL’s events programme attracts him time and again
2016
events
Events Take part in an EMBL conference or symposium for free as an EMBL events reporter
2016
events
Science Side-effects of leukaemia drug explained, reveal possibility of repurposing to treat other diseases
2016
science
Science New head of Proteomics Core Facility also runs stability proteomics lab
2016
science
Science Puzzle of nuclear pore formation in growing nuclei solved
2016
science
Alumni Past meets present as Library head Ioanna Ydraiou interviews EMBL’s first librarian
2016
alumni
Lab Matters EMBL and the Hubrecht Institute signed a 5-year partnership agreement
2016
lab-matters
Lab Matters Turning the spotlight on the diverse universe of EMBL’s 200-strong postdoc community
2016
lab-matters
Lab Matters Unexpected adventures at EMBL LearningLAB focused on biodiversity
2016
lab-matters
Alumni "If I have an aim, I’ll find a solution" – meet EMBL alumnus Jochen Wittbrodt
2016
alumni
Lab Matters Integration, collaboration and openness on agenda for Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research
2016
lab-matters
Events Alumnus and entrepreneur Marc Zabeau speaks at inaugural Life Science Funders and Foundations event
2016
events
Lab Matters Bruce Alberts on fixing the broken academic career pipeline
2016
lab-matters
Alumni Scientific community manager, alumnus Aidan Budd, connects people with shared interests, values, goals
2016
alumni
Science Team leader investigates how the gut microbiome could relate to human diseases
2016
science
Science Storage of pre-made nuclear pores allows for rapid cell division in fruit fly embryos
2016
science
Science Strength of contraction determines whether cells become embryo or placenta
2016
science
Science Molecular messengers synthesised to help study how cells respond to outside stimuli
2016
science
Science New technique reveals uncharted docking sites in RNA-binding proteins
2016
science
Alumni EMBL Alumni Association Board review progress and discuss new initiatives
2016
alumni
Science Study provides insights into workings of new HIV drugs and how virus becomes resistant
2016
science
Science Collaborations shorten distance between EMBL Heidelberg, Germany, and CEITEC in Brno, Czech Republic
2016
science
Science New group leader combines physics and biology to answer the 'hows' of cell movement
2016
science
Alumni 27 former Bork lab members joined Peer for a full-day get-together this summer
2016
alumni
Science How cells eliminate protein deposits that can lead to neurodegenerative disorders
2016
science
Science New method enables scientists to use light to direct where cancer cells go
2016
science
Science From shared interests at a conference to a surprising discovery
2016
science
Events Upgrading your conference experience with the new EMBL Events app
2016
events
Science Unexpected results: structure of DAPK enzyme reveals dual-purpose loop
2016
science
Science Stool transplants: finding the right match important, EMBL study shows
2016
science
Science How EMBL scientists are discovering and understanding the waves and rhythms inside us
2016
science
Science First detailed structural description of all the rings of nuclear pores
2016
science
Science Information on structure of molecule used for genome engineering yields increased efficiency
2016
science
Science 1st real-time video of starfish egg cell eliminating crucial structures, to ensure embryo viability
2016
science
Science New technique uses X-rays to find landmarks when combining fluorescence and electron microscopy
2016
science
Science Neural mechanisms in mouse brains indicate that we actively forget as we learn
2016
science
Events EMBL PlayLab now available at 22 conferences hosted in Heidelberg
2016
events
Science First detailed atlas of start points for genes expression in malaria-causing parasite
2016
science
Science How stem cells resist change
2016
science
Science What do cells in an embryo have in common with schools of fish, swarms of fireflies, and applauding audiences?
2016
science
Science How transcription factors interact to create a heart
2016
science
Science Plankton network linked to ocean's biological carbon pump revealed
2016
science
Lab Matters "We’re open! We’re open to working with everybody, we’re open to new things."
2016
lab-matters
Events Scientist and showman: PhD student Vasily Sysoev shares his passion for outreach.
2016
events
Events With 28 conferences and 57 courses, 2016 will be EMBL’s most eventful year to date.
2015
events
Science New microscope can record the first days of a mouse embryo’s life
2015
science
Events Two PhD students sink their teeth into the science and speculations of Jurassic Park.
2015
events
Science Commonly used diabetes drug metformin impacts gut bacteria more than disease itself
2015
science
Lab Matters "There’s nothing nicer than seeing a user leave the facility happy"
2015
lab-matters
Science CryoEM solves 3D atomic structure of largest and most elusive RNA polymerase.
2015
science
Lab Matters Compelling short stories that shine light on the life and work of EMBL staff.
2015
lab-matters
Events What really sets humans apart? Forming societies, teaching and compassion, says Agustin Fuentes.
2015
events
Lab Matters Sybrand van der Zwaag gives his five top tips for young researchers thinking about their next move.
2015
lab-matters
Science Using lasers to shed light on how tissues get into shape
2015
science
Events Science met business and strangers became friends at the first Friends of EMBL Ladies Night.
2015
events
Science Fibres that pull membrane to form a vesicle exert a force that’s 2500 times a yeast cell’s own weight
2015
science
Science Spaghetti-like proteins are surprisingly effective 'keys'
2015
science
Lab Matters Amidst the excitement of Nobel Week, behind the scenes of the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.
2015
lab-matters
Science 1000 Genomes Project pushed technologies and knowledge forward to understand what is 'normal' human genetic variation
2015
science
Events Long-time events pro Antje Seeck gives us her take on how to organise a successful conference.
2015
events
Science Missing a gene may not be a big deal – a conclusion from global catalogue of genetic changes.
2015
science
Science A nuclear pore riddle: how can you use the same number of pieces to form two rings that fit inside each other?
2015
science
Science Multifaceted approach reveals how brain and liver age, helps explain why ageing brain loses plasticity.
2015
science
Alumni Ephrussi group alumni reunite in Heidelberg for a surprise birthday celebration.
2015
alumni
Events Insights from the evangelical Vint Cerf, a “founding father of the Internet”, during a visit to EMBL.
2015
events
Lab Matters “A structure alone is not so interesting, you need the biology too,” says new NMR-focused group leader
2015
lab-matters
Events "It's like living a review!" Participants of recent super-resolution microscopy course share their highlights
2015
events
Lab Matters Maja Köhn’s lab is ideal to learn what life is like working at the interface of disciplines.
2015
lab-matters
Science Theodore Alexandrov is using mathematics to analyse the countless molecules produced by our cells.
2015
science
Science A journalist who spent six weeks aboard Tara reflects on the expedition’s extraordinary outcomes.
2015
science
Science EMBL scientists map ‘switches’ for distant control of gene expression.
2015
science
Lab Matters EMBL Core Facilities collaborate with French research programme Signalife to revive training visit.
2015
lab-matters
Science A mathematician who got ‘sucked in’ to biological problems, meet new team leader Theodore Alexandrov.
2015
science
Science Multidisciplinary research provides clues to new treatments for deadly form of leukaemia in children
2015
science
Science How T-cells are trained on what not to kill
2015
science
Lab Matters Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU) with the University of Heidelberg, renewed until 2025.
2015
lab-matters
Events Web of lies? Science Movie Night reveals science behind the most famous spider bite in film history.
2015
events
Science Iron regulatory proteins play important role in combatting infection, protecting against Salmonella.
2015
science
Science 3D structure of Oskar protein gives first molecular insight into how it functions.
2015
science
Lab Matters EI3POD: flagship interdisciplinary postdoc programme opens its doors to academia and industry.
2015
lab-matters
Science 3D imaging unravels COPI coat of cells' transport vesicles.
2015
science
Science Jan Korbel and colleagues publish commentary on risks and rewards of genome cloud computing.
2015
science
Lab Matters Academic community clouds take cancer research towards a brighter future.
2015
lab-matters
Science Behaviour of clathrin proteins, crucial for endocytosis, is clarified using new imaging techniques.
2015
science
Lab Matters EMBL’s new open access policy aims to make EMBL research widely and freely accessible.
2015
lab-matters
Science Cells 'dance' as they draw together during early embryo development.
2015
science
Science Decaying RNA molecules tell a story that could add more chapters to the study of ribosomes.
2015
science
Science Tara Oceans results reveal climate change insights, and a treasure trove of novel species and genes.
2015
science
Science EMBL scientists demonstrate that spatial constraints are a key factor in determining nucleus size.
2015
science
Science Not all embryonic macrophages are the same, and only some are destined to become microglia.
2015
science
Science Unveiling the shape of... the 'molecular bin man' – cryoEM helps reveals p62 polymer in 3D.
2015
science
Science Stanford University biophysicist KC Huang on his collaboration with the Typas group in Heidelberg.
2015
science
Science Cooperate or compete? Microbes show us that getting along is the better choice for communities.
2015
science
Lab Matters Q&A: Which analogy best describes your research?
2015
lab-matters
Events Ben Lillie takes us on a journey through the art and craft of personal narrative.
2015
events
Lab Matters Karin Sasaki is helping bridge the gap between quantitative and life science at EMBL.
2015
lab-matters
Science Radiocarbon studies are helping researchers shine light on how neurons stay stable yet adaptable.
2015
science
Science Ground-breaking microscopy technique gives unprecedented insight into endocytosis.
2015
science
Lab Matters Major EU funding for CORBEL, facilitating access to data and biological imaging facilities.
2015
lab-matters
Science Go Team Genome! New method reveals genetic teamwork in drosophila genome.
2015
science
Lab Matters Klaus Tschira, a tireless supporter of science, education and talent, died 31 March 2015.
2015
lab-matters
Events EMBL’s corporate partners zoom in on big data and bioimaging.
2015
events
Science New fully automated technique enables scientists to chart complex protein networks in living cells.
2015
science
Science Combining three different kinds of microscopy to determine how molecules move during endocytosis.
2015
science
Science How strong does a spindle need to be? Videos put cell’s chromosome-separating machinery to the test
2015
science
Science Tried and tested do's and don'ts of crowdsource writing.
2015
science
Science New way mice starve pathogens raises alternative approach to treatments for anaemia of chronic disease
2015
science
Science New microscopy-based method goes beyond gene sequencing, pinpointing the cause of disease.
2015
science
Science New Bar-ChIP method makes it easier to search for epigenetic marks in many samples at once
2015
science
Science From using light to control brain activity to illuminating fruit fly development and mice’s sense of touch
2015
science
Lab Matters PhD student Silvia Rohr on studying eyes – and talking about it for a general audience.
2015
lab-matters
Alumni Alumnus Stefan Hell on his 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
2015
alumni
Science How do E.coli and similar bacteria grow safely? By using barrel-plugs as sensors.
2014
science
Science Compound that can restore the function of poorly working mitochondria, with therapeutic potential.
2014
science
Alumni Employee number 47 retires, leaving behind a legacy that intricately linked her life with EMBL.
2014
alumni
Alumni Get a flavour of the 15th EMBL|EMBO Science and Society Conference from alumnus Freddy Frischknecht.
2014
alumni
Alumni Alumnus Jan Medenbach harnesses the shared experience of peers (and pioneers) at EMBL event.
2014
alumni
Events Appetite to ZzZzZzZ… bite-sized highlights from this year’s Science and Society conference.
2014
events
Science The important thing is forming good biological questions, says new group leader in Genome Biology.
2014
science
Science Whether it’s information or people, the art of connecting is key to new group leader Judith Zaugg
2014
science
Events First series of training courses jointly organised by EMBL and Illumina is a resounding success.
2014
events
Alumni Alumna Anna Bartosik shares insights and hopes for EMBL's newest prospect member state, Poland.
2014
alumni
Science Unprecedented detail on HIV structure continues virus’ string of surprises.
2014
science
Lab Matters How the author of a prize-winning project on bee travel ended up at a stem cells and cancer conference
2014
lab-matters
Science Like sports teams, cells can huddle to communicate in secret and organise group behaviour
2014
science
Science How Nobel-winning work by alumnus Stefan Hell shapes and inspires current EMBL scientists' research.
2014
science
Science From anemones to starfish, sea creatures are helping understand development, evolution and more.
2014
science
Science Flow cytometry: finding needles in haystacks
2014
science
Lab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards - meet the latest honourees
2014
lab-matters
Events Charles Spence invites you to taste the difference.
2014
events
Events German Science Minister and other honoured guests celebrate 40 years of ‘Learning from life’.
2014
events
Alumni EMBL Alumna Frieda Glöckner looks back more than four decades to where it all began.
2014
alumni
Science How plankton gets jet lagged: the same hormone governs our sleep patterns and a daily marine migration.
2014
science
Alumni Stephen Fuller, from 1981–2000 an EMBL postdoc, group leader then Head of Unit, died on 25 August.
2014
alumni
Science Evolutionary surprise: notochord likely evolved from muscle, earlier than assumed.
2014
science
Lab Matters Andrew D Robertson, scientific coordinator of EICAT between 2011–12, died on 14 August 2014.
2014
lab-matters
Lab Matters Tschira-Jugendakademie pupils get hands-on during day of DNA barcoding
2014
lab-matters
Events PhD Symposium poster reveals how a cell’s inner workings serve as both inspiration and toolkit.
2014
events
Science Vasa protein preserves pieces of 'enemy' DNA to help protect the genes of future generations.
2014
science
Science A rare form of an iron overload disorder kills pancreatic function, Heidelberg scientists find
2014
science
Science How fruit flies beat the cold, plus the value of precisely controlled experiments and detailed analysis
2014
science
Science Edward Lemke edits special issue of ChemBioChem on boom of technology for genetic code expansion
2014
science
Events EMBL students successfully take science to the pub
2014
events
Alumni "Thank you, EMBL, for changing my life" – reunion celebrates great science and great scientists
2014
alumni
Science Cell biologists "underestimate the complexity" of protein interactions, says Toby Gibson.
2014
science
Lab Matters Czech delegate Jana Bystřická represents EMBL's 21st member state at her first Council Meeting.
2014
lab-matters
Science Embed chemists in biology departments, asking their own biological questions, says Carsten Schultz
2014
science
Events Anniversary reflections on connections between scientific and political interests.
2014
events
Science Surprising finding: enhancers find their targets long before activation in Drosophila embryos
2014
science
Lab Matters As the Lab turns 40, staff and alumni share 40 things that make EMBL, EMBL
2014
lab-matters
Lab Matters School ambassadors show next generation that scientists are more ‘role model’ than ‘mad professor’
2014
lab-matters
Lab Matters To photographer Horst Hamann, it's the people, not the science, that make EMBL unique
2014
lab-matters
Lab Matters Christian Boulin, EMBL’s Director of Core Facilities and Services, died on 27 April 2014
2014
lab-matters
Lab Matters What might life alien life look like? Lewis Dartnell studies extreme bacteria to find out
2014
lab-matters
Lab Matters As the Lab turns 40, staff and alumni share 40 things that make EMBL, EMBL
2014
lab-matters
Lab Matters Scientists from EMBL's five sites reflect on the opportunities and challenges that might lie ahead
2014
lab-matters
Lab Matters Which scientific breakthroughs would EMBL scientists most like to see in the next 40 years?
2014
lab-matters
Science Enabling neighbours: intact genes can cause cancer when placed near "enhancing" regions of DNA
2014
science
Events Teaming up in Ireland to address big challenges in biology
2014
events
Science A kaleidoscope of molecules is needed to clean up dead brain cells, and failure can have disastrous consequences
2014
science
Science How a DNA stretch influences face formation and contributes to common congenital malformations
2014
science
Science High-resolution structure reveals crucial interactions for HIV maturation
2014
science
Science DNA-coralling protein complex in an unexpected bind
2014
science
Science The balance behind membrane changes that turn one cell into 6000 as a fruit fly embryo develops
2014
science
Science Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, have combined the power of two kinds of microscope to produce a 3-dimensional movie of how cells ‘swallow’ nutrients and other molecules by engulfing them. The study, published today in Cell, is the…
2012
science
Science Like emergency workers rushing to a disaster scene, cells called microglia speed to places where the brain has been injured, to contain the damage by ‘eating up’ any cellular debris and dead or dying neurons. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany,…
2012
science
Lab Matters Today marks an important step for ELIXIR, Europe’s emerging research infrastructure for life-science information, as five countries plus the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to catalyse the implementation and construction of ELIXIR. The…
2011
lab-matters
Lab Matters Today, the German Minister for Education and Research, Annette Schavan, officially opens the new training and conference centre for the life sciences on the campus of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg. “This new centre in Heidelberg will form a central European…
2010
lab-matters
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
Science It can be found in all life forms, and serves a multitude of purposes, from energy storage to stress response to bone calcification. This molecular jack-of-all trades is polyphosphate, a long chain of phosphate molecules. Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in…
2009
science
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