2 June 2023
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.
31 May 2023
Lab Matters
EMBL researchers and collaborators have begun an impactful innovation-development journey, thanks to a European Commission ‘IMAGINE’ grant.
26 May 2023
Lab Matters
European Commission and EMBL renew commitment, agree on new areas of cooperation, in new EC DG’s first infrastructure visit since appointment.
15 May 2023
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.
11 May 2023
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.
4 April 2023
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.
3 April 2023
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…
30 March 2023
Lab Matters, Science
A new microscope built by EMBL researchers, based on Brillouin scattering principles, allows scientists to observe the dynamics of mechanical properties inside developing embryos in real time.
29 March 2023
Alumni
Two former EMBL scientists have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to the fields of science communication and multiple sequence alignment research, respectively.
21 March 2023
Lab Matters
New group leader Thomas Quail studies the fundamental processes that determine how proteins organise the genome inside a cell.
23 February 2023
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.
2023
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8 February 2023
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.
2 February 2023
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.
25 January 2023
Lab Matters
EMBL hosts inaugural meeting for major interdisciplinary project designed to boost understanding of ocean life
21 December 2022
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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8 December 2022
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.
22 November 2022
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.
13 October 2022
Lab Matters
The Royal Microscopical Society awarded Ardan Patwardhan and Wim Hagen with Scientific Achievement Award
12 October 2022
Events
Visit of delegation from the Ruđer Bošković Institute to EMBL Heidelberg marks a new chapter in scientific and institutional cooperation
10 October 2022
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
7 October 2022
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.
7 October 2022
Events
EMBL's Partnership Conference highlights the value of its networks, bringing researchers together to build new scientific connections.
26 September 2022
Science
Researchers have come up with a way to test the efficacy of hundreds of anticancer drug combinations – simultaneously, rapidly, and accurately.
16 September 2022
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
15 September 2022
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.
6 September 2022
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.
31 August 2022
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.
24 August 2022
Picture of the week
EMBL’s imaging centre makes advanced microscopy technologies accessible to the international scientific community.
9 August 2022
Events
The EMBL Lautenschläger summer school, held 4–15 Jul 2022, introduced students from a range of scientific backgrounds to interdisciplinary life science research.
4 August 2022
Science
EMBL and UW researchers plus additional collaborators have constructed a complete map of fruit fly embryonic development using machine learning. This research is foundational to better understanding overall embryo development in other species, including humans.
6 July 2022
Lab Matters
Cornelius Gross, Miki Ebisuya and Nassos Typas join EMBO, the prestigious organisation for the life sciences.
5 July 2022
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.
1 July 2022
Events
Representatives from politics, industry and academia attended the inauguration ceremony at EMBL Heidelberg
15 June 2022
Science
EMBL research with Enolase 1 (ENO1) points to a possible new way to understand RNA’s leading role in how cells develop.
10 June 2022
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…
8 June 2022
Alumni
Two former EMBL staff members have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to research in the fields of brain evolution and cancer.
19 May 2022
Events
Joint workshop brings researchers together on site and virtually to discuss broad range of planetary biology topics.
10 May 2022
Lab Matters
EMBL’s Head of Genome Biology announced as Fellow of the Royal Society for her exceptional contributions to science.
6 May 2022
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.
5 May 2022
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…
4 May 2022
Lab Matters
The honour recognises distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
6 April 2022
Lab Matters
EMBL Heidelberg’s Matthias Hentze receives the Biochemical Society’s Centenary Award for his discoveries in RNA biology.
23 March 2022
Science
Condensates are membraneless organelles that control specific functions within a cell. Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg have shown how the physical state of condensates can influence biological function.
20 March 2022
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…
9 March 2022
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.
4 March 2022
Science
A recent study by EMBL researchers proposes a new method to grow early embryos in the laboratory. With a 3D culture set-up, scientists can closely monitor the changes embryos undergo around the time of implantation.
2 March 2022
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.
25 February 2022
Science
Researchers from the Furlong group at EMBL have come up with a way to observe the development of fruit-fly embryos simultaneously at the genetic and cellular levels, generating a high-resolution and integrated view of how different cell lineages form.
23 February 2022
Lab Matters
Michael Dorrity, one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, is studying how the environment influences early life stages in zebrafish.
7 February 2022
Science
DeepMind visits EMBL Heidelberg to discuss current and future implications of Artificial Intelligence for life science research.
24 January 2022
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.
21 January 2022
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.
21 December 2021
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…
15 December 2021
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.
9 December 2021
Science
New structural biology research provides fundamental information critical to understanding enzyme mutations connected to rare diseases and cancers.
9 December 2021
Lab Matters
EMBL Senior Scientist and Head of the Genome Biology Unit is among the researchers honoured for outstanding work by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG).
8 December 2021
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…
3 December 2021
Lab Matters
The new EMBL Imaging Centre has announced its first open user call, and new project evaluation process and training opportunities.
5 November 2021
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.
28 October 2021
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.
22 October 2021
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.
13 October 2021
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…
12 October 2021
Science
If researchers can identify specifically when good cells go bad, they can potentially understand disease better.
5 October 2021
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.
29 September 2021
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.
28 September 2021
Lab Matters
EMBL and Hungarian research institutes will collaborate to address urgent biological and environmental challenges.
9 September 2021
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.
8 September 2021
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.
30 August 2021
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.
30 July 2021
Lab Matters
Distinctions recognise Peer’s development and sharing of bioinformatics tools as well as his significant contributions to bioinformatics research, education, and services.
20 July 2021
Lab Matters
Mehdi Khadraoui, a former member of the EMBL Communications team, took this close-up of a black redstart.
13 July 2021
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.
12 July 2021
Science
EMBL scientists generate a high-resolution crystal structure of the Kinesin-1/aTm1 transport complex in the fruit fly.
7 July 2021
Science
Research in the Typas group uncovers new details of the strategies Salmonella uses to survive in infected cells.
6 July 2021
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.
2 July 2021
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.
23 June 2021
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.
22 June 2021
Lab Matters
Anna Erzberger, one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, will provide unique perspective as a theoretical biological physicist.
16 June 2021
Science
Researchers investigate how external factors can influence the persistence of microbe species in the human gut
15 June 2021
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.
8 June 2021
Lab Matters
John Marioni, Alex Bateman, and Takashi Hiiragi have been elected to EMBO Membership.
8 June 2021
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.
5 June 2021
Lab Matters
EMBL’s EU Green Week event showcased various ways molecular biology research can help solve environmental challenges.
4 June 2021
Lab Matters
EMBL Director Matthias Hentze describes the Environmental Research Initiative: a community effort to solve global environmental challenges.
1 June 2021
Picture of the week
Captured by EMBL postdoc Arina Rybina, these ‘nuclear twins’ are two daughter nuclei straight after division of a HeLa cell.
27 April 2021
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.
20 April 2021
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.
13 April 2021
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.
4 March 2021
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…
2 March 2021
Science
A new method has the potential to boost international research efforts to find drugs that eradicate cancer at its source.
16 February 2021
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.
9 February 2021
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.
18 January 2021
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.
15 January 2021
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.
12 January 2021
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.
18 December 2020
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…
17 December 2020
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.
9 December 2020
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.
8 December 2020
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.
2 December 2020
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.
17 November 2020
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…
3 November 2020
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.
22 October 2020
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.
3 September 2020
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.
2 September 2020
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.
24 August 2020
Lab Matters
The new team leader offering services in electron microscopy discusses his hopes and plans for the forthcoming EMBL Imaging Centre
19 August 2020
Science
Discoveries at EMBL will help researchers to interpret one of the most common types of experiments in genomics and medical studies.
21 July 2020
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.
8 July 2020
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.
3 July 2020
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…
30 June 2020
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.
30 June 2020
Picture of the week
Local beekeeper Jörg Staffel has set up three bee colonies on the grass slope in front of the ATC building.
16 June 2020
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…
15 June 2020
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…
8 June 2020
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…
1 June 2020
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,…
22 May 2020
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…
19 May 2020
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.
23 April 2020
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.
9 April 2020
Science
EMBL researchers in the Heard group at EMBL Heidelberg explore the interaction between DNA organisation and gene expression in the early embryo
24 March 2020
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.
11 March 2020
Events
How Joana Moscoso bridges the gap between science and society
26 February 2020
Lab Matters
Theresia Bauer and EMBL discuss organisational developments and future strategies
25 February 2020
Events
Annual Reception celebrates EMBL’s achievements in 2019 and explores its way ahead
20 February 2020
Lab Matters
EMBL’s new Science and Society Manager shares her plans for fostering multidisciplinary dialogue
19 February 2020
Science
New group leader at EMBL Heidelberg employs synthetic chemistry to develop novel tools for biology
10 February 2020
Science
This technique provides a simple but effective way to study the functions of organs in living animals
6 February 2020
Science
Scientists provide important new insights into the molecular basis of X-inactivation
5 February 2020
Science
EMBL co-leads most comprehensive study of genetic causes of cancer
5 February 2020
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…
5 February 2020
Science
Analysis of whole cancer genomes gives key insights into the role of the non-coding genome in cancer
5 February 2020
Science
Using the data from the Pan-Cancer project EMBL scientists describe how our genetic background influences cancer development.
28 January 2020
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.
24 January 2020
Events
László Palkovics, Hungarian Minister for Innovation and Technology, visited EMBL Heidelberg
24 January 2020
Science
EMBL researchers have developed a method to observe interactions between transcription factors
23 December 2019
Science
Researchers have developed a cheaper and faster method to check for genetic differences in individual cells
20 December 2019
Science
The software diffTF quantifies activity of transcription factors and predicts their mode of action
19 December 2019
Lab Matters
EU funding for iNEXT-Discovery consortium unlocks key technologies for structural biology
10 December 2019
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…
29 November 2019
Science
Exploring the diverse routes by which EMBL scientists are driving forward neurobiology
21 November 2019
Science
Shedding light on the mechanisms that control the fate of embryonic cells
19 November 2019
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…
14 November 2019
Science
EMBL researchers have published two new studies involving the nuclear pore complex
4 November 2019
Science
New possibilities for gene therapies
23 October 2019
Science
EMBL’s Genomics Core Facility supports students participating in the annual iGEM competition.
9 October 2019
Events
During the Nacht der Forschung 2019, everyone was able to become a scientist for a day at EMBL
10 September 2019
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…
29 August 2019
Events
The inaugural EMBL Lautenschläger Summer School ran from 15–26 July at EMBL Heidelberg.
9 August 2019
Lab Matters
Native Scientist’ organises multilingual science workshops for children of migrant communities.
26 July 2019
Events
EMBL Lab Day 2019 filled the ATC with art and games
24 July 2019
Science
Enhancers in Drosophila embryos gather together to preserve phenotypes under stressful conditions
23 July 2019
Events
The main funder of the EMBL Lautenschläger Summer School reflects on codes of conduct around giving
22 July 2019
Science
Michael Zimmermann's group will investigate how gut microbes affect the body’s response to drugs.
12 July 2019
Alumni
The life science community is deeply saddened by the death of Suzanne Eaton
11 July 2019
Science
Using cryo-EM, scientists have determined the structure of a large protein complex called Elongator.
10 July 2019
Science
How computer processing of human language is harnessed by EMBL scientists
9 July 2019
Science
What CRISPR may bring for the future of biology, and how it is used at EMBL
3 July 2019
Science
New insights into mechanisms behind embryonic development
28 June 2019
Lab Matters
EIPOD4 will prepare researchers for the increasing interdisciplinarity of scientific career paths
20 June 2019
Science
The mystery of how condensin maintains the integrity of the genome during cell division.
12 June 2019
Science
Uncovering new role of fluid pressure in controlling embryo size and cell fate
11 June 2019
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…
7 June 2019
Lab Matters
Overwhelmed as a biologist getting to grips with computer programming? EMBLers are here to help!
6 June 2019
Events
Professor Tim Lewens challenges the human genome’s unique place in bioethics
31 May 2019
Events
EMBL got together with the global science festival Pint of Science to explain and celebrate science.
21 May 2019
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…
15 May 2019
Science
Scientists develop software tools for automated acquisition of electron microscopy data
14 May 2019
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…
29 April 2019
Science
A newly developed 3D microscope visualises fast biological processes better than ever.
25 April 2019
Science
EMBL scientists have discovered that the proteome is substantially affected by both sex and diet
8 April 2019
Lab Matters
New head of ORD will build and expand the partnerships that help EMBL achieve its ambitions
1 April 2019
Events
Foundation stone ceremony for world-class high-resolution microscopy centre in Heidelberg
28 March 2019
Science
EMBL scientists create membraneless organelle to build proteins in living cell
14 March 2019
Events
On 20 February, over 250 local supporters and friends met Edith Heard to celebrate a successful year
11 March 2019
Science
Scientists develop technology to measure how ATP concentration affects protein solubility in cells
26 February 2019
Science
Many microbes traverse the oral-gut barrier
14 February 2019
Science
EMBL scientists identify RNA regulating protein behaviour in switch of normal roles
4 February 2019
Science
Scientists develop high-throughput yeast single-cell RNA sequencing method
2 January 2019
Lab Matters
On January 1 2019, Edith Heard takes up the position of EMBL’s Director General
27 November 2018
Events
The EMBL Teens reporters discover the European Researchers’ Night
22 November 2018
Events
Nina Kathe, Winner of the EU Contest for Young Scientists visits EMBL
16 November 2018
Lab Matters
How EMBL scientists are using machine learning to advance biology
15 November 2018
Science
The De Renzis group investigated invagination, the first step of organ development in embryos.
7 November 2018
Science
EMBL scientists investigate the structure of a key protein involved in blood clotting
2 November 2018
Science
The Hentze Lab enhanced a RNA-interactome capture technique to pave the way towards medical progress
1 October 2018
Science
Researchers from EMBL and Heidelberg University unveil the molecular mechanisms of ageing
27 September 2018
Events
Meet the organisers of EMBO’s first course on molecular geobiology
20 September 2018
Lab Matters
EMBL and Promega collaborate to train young scientists
14 August 2018
Events
The EMBL community, past and present, gather for special events around Lab Day 2018
2 August 2018
Lab Matters
Discover how EMBLers across all sites share their passion for science
26 July 2018
Science
EMBL researchers visualise the proteins needed to capture molecules and bring them into a cell
29 June 2018
Science
EMBL scientists reveal NPC architecture of algae
25 June 2018
Science
EMBL researchers develop method that simplifies the isolation of DNA- and RNA- protein complexes
22 June 2018
Science
Combinations of cancer drugs can be quickly and cheaply tested using a novel microfluidic device
20 June 2018
Science
New computational method uses multi-omics analysis for personalised medicine
11 June 2018
Lab Matters
Roche and EMBL join forces
8 June 2018
Lab Matters
A history of EMBL in six objects from the EMBL Archive
4 June 2018
Science
Which of our genes will be passed on to our children? Simone Köhler wants to find out
1 June 2018
Events
EMBL and Pint of Science join forces to entertain and educate
25 May 2018
Alumni
EMBL alumna Melina Schuh recognised for excellence in science
23 May 2018
Science
EMBL group leader Jan Korbel reflects on his scientific origins and current research
9 May 2018
Lab Matters
EMBL alumna, Èlia Benito-Gutiérrez, on how her research and career evolved after searching the seas
2 May 2018
Events
On April 12, EMBL hosted 200 attendees at its Annual Reception in Heidelberg and highlighted its role as a training hub.
25 April 2018
Science
Discover how EMBL scientists are using GPU computing to push biology forward
20 April 2018
Science
New Heidelberg group leader creates tools to help biologists work faster and better
19 April 2018
Science
Dog and human gut microbiomes have more similar genes and responses to diet than previously thought
18 April 2018
Events
Markus Ralser, upcoming EMBO workshop speaker, on how metabolism brought chemistry to life
9 April 2018
Science
Open-source software allows standard microscopes to accurately image 3D structures
9 April 2018
Science
EMBL scientists count and locate chromosomal proteins during cell duplication
15 March 2018
Science
Scientists at EMBL and Cellzome develop technology to monitor the effects of drug treatments on protein degradation and synthesis
14 March 2018
Science
EMBL scientists show how chromatin usage in individual cells reveals developmental trajectories
13 March 2018
Events
EMBL experts outline the trends shaping scientific training in the coming years
13 March 2018
Lab Matters
For Vasiliki Karyoti, troubleshooting and problem-solving take on a greater meaning at EMBL
12 March 2018
Events
School students build fluorescence microscopes designed by members of the Prevedel group and ELLS
7 March 2018
Lab Matters
New EMBL spinoff company Velabs Therapeutics aims to speed up discovery of therapeutic antibodies
5 March 2018
Lab Matters
Maria Leptin reflects on how to create a research environment that serves the needs of the community
5 March 2018
Events
EMBL and EMBO hosted the ERC's Scientific Council in Heidelberg 28 February to 2 March
23 February 2018
Lab Matters
Discover the past lives and journeys that brought people to EMBL
23 February 2018
Science
Access to state-of-the-art microscopes and outstanding expertise
21 February 2018
Science
EMBL scientists discover how a molecule’s role changes from simple metabolite to instructive signal
21 February 2018
Lab Matters
Joining forces for single-cell research
20 February 2018
Alumni
“In testimony of my great thankfulness”
16 February 2018
Science
New EMBL group leader explores biophysical properties of chromosomes and other cellular assemblies
15 February 2018
Science
EMBL scientists create a turnover catalogue of almost 10.000 proteins from primary cells
13 February 2018
Events
EMBL experts outline the trends shaping scientific training in the coming years
9 February 2018
Science
EMBL’s new group leader studies how gene expression is controlled
8 February 2018
Events
EMBL’s training programme launches its first e-learning courses: introductions to optogenetics and CLEM
31 January 2018
Events
What opportunities can organoids bring to further the understanding of the human brain?
30 January 2018
Science
EMBL scientists show that some promoters can act as enhancers and vice versa
17 January 2018
Science
EMBL researchers uncover how a key enzyme that helps cells make new proteins starts its work
8 January 2018
Science
New group leader studies sea anemones to investigate why some animals regenerate better than others
28 December 2017
Science
EMBL scientists unveil how 3D chromatin structure affects RNA splicing
21 December 2017
Science
Molecule mapping method raises interest in forensics, agriculture and microbiome studies
21 December 2017
Lab Matters
A look back at some of the most read stories on EMBL’s news website this year
14 December 2017
Events
EMBL experts outline the trends shaping scientific training in the coming years
13 December 2017
Science
New research reveals that two different mechanisms are responsible for chromosome folding
8 December 2017
Alumni
How a research technician with a master’s degree contributed to Nobel Prize-winning work
7 December 2017
Science
New research shows how pores form in the membrane that surrounds a cell’s nucleus
5 December 2017
Lab Matters
Curious about what goes on in EMBL’s Fly Room? Prepare to be a fly on the wall
29 November 2017
Lab Matters
EMBLers across all sites share how their curiosity about the world shapes their everyday life
28 November 2017
Lab Matters
Interview with EMBL’s Joint Heads of Government and EU Relations
27 November 2017
Lab Matters
Takashi Hiiragi and Lars Steinmetz received Advanced Grants from the European Research Council (ERC)
24 November 2017
Science
The Mahamid group studies meso-scale molecular assemblies in intact cells and model organisms at molecular resolution
23 November 2017
Alumni
EMBL alumna Sigrid Reinsch trained as a cell biologist – now she helps run experiments in space
20 November 2017
Lab Matters
EMBL and HeidelbergCement sign Memorandum of Understanding
16 November 2017
Alumni
Jacques Dubochet, Nobel laureate and former EMBL group leader, reflects on a key aha moment
14 November 2017
Science
EMBL researchers create highest resolution 3D model of important structure within Ebola virus
3 November 2017
Science
A talent for organisation has taken EMBL’s Steffi Kandels-Lewis across the globe
25 October 2017
Events
Meet Ig Nobel emcee Marc Abrahams, an EMBL Science and Society speaker in December
25 October 2017
Events
Interview with Rolf-Dieter Heuer, guest speaker at EMBL's 2017 Annual Reception
25 October 2017
Alumni
Working on scientific instruments has taken EMBL alumnus Simon Sheldon to the ends of the Earth
19 October 2017
Events
Women from academia, industry and politics met at EMBL to fuel career growth and opportunities
5 October 2017
Science
EMBL researchers and collaborators unravel how chromosomes form
4 October 2017
Science
EMBL alumnus recognised for cryo-electron microscopy work
2 October 2017
Lab Matters
EMBL’s annual reception took place on 18 September, with more than 150 attendees
27 September 2017
Science
How microbes can create niches for each other
21 September 2017
Science
New study by Paola Kuri and Maria Leptin shows how inflammation happens in zebrafish in real time
18 September 2017
Events
How the work of the Courses and Conferences team has changed over the years
31 August 2017
Lab Matters
German state and federal governments agree funding for microscopy centre at EMBL Heidelberg
11 August 2017
Science
Meet Justin Crocker, EMBL’s new group leader in gene regulation during evolution and development
25 July 2017
Lab Matters
NEB joins EMBL’s corporate partnership programme
11 July 2017
Lab Matters
EMBL’s cycling team complete epic journey to raise money for Heidelberg’s children’s hospital
28 June 2017
Events
Celebrating 40 years since the first EMBO electron microscopy training course
9 June 2017
Science
EMBL researchers complete a molecular atlas showing gene expression in all cells in an entire animal
25 May 2017
Science
An EMBL collaboration devises a new method that could speed up vaccine development for HIV
24 May 2017
Lab Matters
People across EMBL’s sites reflect on the ways they perceive their world
15 May 2017
Science
Hallmarks of residual breat cancer cells suggest new approaches for preventing relapse
8 May 2017
Alumni
The life science community is deeply saddened by the loss of EMBL alumnus Riccardo Cortese
8 May 2017
Lab Matters
Accelerating researchers’ access to next-generation light-sheet microscopy
3 May 2017
Science
ERC grantee Maja Köhn shares her vision for the next ten years
27 April 2017
Science
EMBL researchers develop an optical method for measuring the release of insulin from single cells
12 April 2017
Lab Matters
EMBL alumnus Konrad Müller has sadly passed away
6 April 2017
Science
Study by EMBL and DKFZ researchers means origins of myeloid leukaemias may need rethinking
29 March 2017
Lab Matters
Anna Tramontano, bioinformatics pioneer and EMBL alumna, has passed away
24 March 2017
Science
ERC grantee Edward Lemke shares his vision for the next ten years
13 March 2017
Science
ERC grantee Detlev Arendt shares his vision for the next ten years
13 March 2017
Science
ERC grantee Eileen Furlong shares her vision for the next ten years
9 March 2017
Science
Keeping bacterial chromosomes tangled could lead to new approaches to treatment
6 March 2017
Science
EMBL researchers develop a computer model to explore the movement of nuclei in a multinuclear cell
2 March 2017
Science
Differentiated and undifferentiated cells get energy in different ways, sensor made at EMBL shows
16 February 2017
Lab Matters
Sartorius and EMBL join forces to support advanced training and science education
16 February 2017
Lab Matters
GSK and EMBL have signed an agreement to enhance understanding of disease and drug mechanisms
14 February 2017
Science
A new technique developed at EMBL reveals the way fats interact with other molecules in cells
13 February 2017
Science
EMBL scientists discovered that common mutations can change the shape of gene promoters
26 January 2017
Lab Matters
Helke Hillebrand on leaving EMBL after 9 years as Academic Coordinator and Dean of Graduate Studies
21 December 2016
Science
Inducible mechanism found by EMBL scientists links receptor degradation and replenishment
15 December 2016
Science
EMBL scientists use new techniques to describe the architecture of conical HIV capsids
1 December 2016
Lab Matters
EMBL’s Petra Riedinger retires after 40 years producing posters, graphics, artwork and more
29 November 2016
Lab Matters
How a team of scientists and artists at EMBL transformed microscopy data into stunning 3D images
24 November 2016
Alumni
Ernst Stelzer earns 2016 Lennart Philipson award for advances in light sheet microscopy
17 November 2016
Events
Check out the newly revealed programme for 2017
17 November 2016
Science
Cryo EM reconstruction of RNA Polymerase I reveals details of how molecule binds and transcribes DNA
15 November 2016
Science
Open source bioinformatics method for finding metabolites makes experiments comparable across labs
3 November 2016
Science
What happens when plant's leaf-placing feedback loop isn't quite right
27 October 2016
Science
Robert Prevedel develops deep-tissue microscopy for scientists to peer deep inside living organisms
20 October 2016
Events
Participants learn about EMBL’s ocean biodiversity research at the Fall Gala
19 October 2016
Science
New platform useful for studies of protein binding, human tissue and more
17 October 2016
Lab Matters
We catch up with neuroscientist Craig Stark, speaker at the EMBL/EMBO Science and Society Conference
4 October 2016
Science
EMBL scientists investigate how leaves grow flat to efficiently capture sunlight
28 September 2016
Events
Eberhard Bengsch explains why EMBL’s events programme attracts him time and again
27 September 2016
Events
Take part in an EMBL conference or symposium for free as an EMBL events reporter
26 September 2016
Science
Side-effects of leukaemia drug explained, reveal possibility of repurposing to treat other diseases
26 September 2016
Science
New head of Proteomics Core Facility also runs stability proteomics lab
23 September 2016
Science
Puzzle of nuclear pore formation in growing nuclei solved
20 September 2016
Alumni
Past meets present as Library head Ioanna Ydraiou interviews EMBL’s first librarian
12 September 2016
Lab Matters
EMBL and the Hubrecht Institute signed a 5-year partnership agreement
30 August 2016
Lab Matters
Turning the spotlight on the diverse universe of EMBL’s 200-strong postdoc community
30 August 2016
Lab Matters
Unexpected adventures at EMBL LearningLAB focused on biodiversity
30 August 2016
Alumni
"If I have an aim, I’ll find a solution" – meet EMBL alumnus Jochen Wittbrodt
30 August 2016
Lab Matters
Integration, collaboration and openness on agenda for Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research
30 August 2016
Events
Alumnus and entrepreneur Marc Zabeau speaks at inaugural Life Science Funders and Foundations event
30 August 2016
Lab Matters
Bruce Alberts on fixing the broken academic career pipeline
30 August 2016
Alumni
Scientific community manager, alumnus Aidan Budd, connects people with shared interests, values, goals
26 August 2016
Science
Team leader investigates how the gut microbiome could relate to human diseases
10 August 2016
Science
Storage of pre-made nuclear pores allows for rapid cell division in fruit fly embryos
3 August 2016
Science
Strength of contraction determines whether cells become embryo or placenta
1 August 2016
Science
Molecular messengers synthesised to help study how cells respond to outside stimuli
28 July 2016
Science
New technique reveals uncharted docking sites in RNA-binding proteins
22 July 2016
Alumni
EMBL Alumni Association Board review progress and discuss new initiatives
14 July 2016
Science
Study provides insights into workings of new HIV drugs and how virus becomes resistant
30 June 2016
Science
Collaborations shorten distance between EMBL Heidelberg, Germany, and CEITEC in Brno, Czech Republic
29 June 2016
Science
New group leader combines physics and biology to answer the 'hows' of cell movement
24 June 2016
Alumni
27 former Bork lab members joined Peer for a full-day get-together this summer
14 June 2016
Science
How cells eliminate protein deposits that can lead to neurodegenerative disorders
20 May 2016
Science
New method enables scientists to use light to direct where cancer cells go
17 May 2016
Science
From shared interests at a conference to a surprising discovery
17 May 2016
Events
Upgrading your conference experience with the new EMBL Events app
10 May 2016
Science
Unexpected results: structure of DAPK enzyme reveals dual-purpose loop
28 April 2016
Science
Stool transplants: finding the right match important, EMBL study shows
21 April 2016
Science
How EMBL scientists are discovering and understanding the waves and rhythms inside us
14 April 2016
Science
First detailed structural description of all the rings of nuclear pores
31 March 2016
Science
Information on structure of molecule used for genome engineering yields increased efficiency
21 March 2016
Science
1st real-time video of starfish egg cell eliminating crucial structures, to ensure embryo viability
21 March 2016
Science
New technique uses X-rays to find landmarks when combining fluorescence and electron microscopy
18 March 2016
Science
Neural mechanisms in mouse brains indicate that we actively forget as we learn
8 March 2016
Events
EMBL PlayLab now available at 22 conferences hosted in Heidelberg
3 March 2016
Science
First detailed atlas of start points for genes expression in malaria-causing parasite
16 February 2016
Science
How stem cells resist change
12 February 2016
Science
What do cells in an embryo have in common with schools of fish, swarms of fireflies, and applauding audiences?
11 February 2016
Science
How transcription factors interact to create a heart
10 February 2016
Science
Plankton network linked to ocean's biological carbon pump revealed
25 January 2016
Lab Matters
"We’re open! We’re open to working with everybody, we’re open to new things."
13 January 2016
Events
Scientist and showman: PhD student Vasily Sysoev shares his passion for outreach.
17 December 2015
Events
With 28 conferences and 57 courses, 2016 will be EMBL’s most eventful year to date.
14 December 2015
Science
New microscope can record the first days of a mouse embryo’s life
9 December 2015
Events
Two PhD students sink their teeth into the science and speculations of Jurassic Park.
2 December 2015
Science
Commonly used diabetes drug metformin impacts gut bacteria more than disease itself
30 November 2015
Lab Matters
"There’s nothing nicer than seeing a user leave the facility happy"
25 November 2015
Science
CryoEM solves 3D atomic structure of largest and most elusive RNA polymerase.
25 November 2015
Lab Matters
Compelling short stories that shine light on the life and work of EMBL staff.
25 November 2015
Events
What really sets humans apart? Forming societies, teaching and compassion, says Agustin Fuentes.
24 November 2015
Lab Matters
Sybrand van der Zwaag gives his five top tips for young researchers thinking about their next move.
19 November 2015
Science
Using lasers to shed light on how tissues get into shape
4 November 2015
Events
Science met business and strangers became friends at the first Friends of EMBL Ladies Night.
30 October 2015
Science
Fibres that pull membrane to form a vesicle exert a force that’s 2500 times a yeast cell’s own weight
9 October 2015
Science
Spaghetti-like proteins are surprisingly effective 'keys'
5 October 2015
Lab Matters
Amidst the excitement of Nobel Week, behind the scenes of the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.
2 October 2015
Science
1000 Genomes Project pushed technologies and knowledge forward to understand what is 'normal' human genetic variation
1 October 2015
Events
Long-time events pro Antje Seeck gives us her take on how to organise a successful conference.
30 September 2015
Science
Missing a gene may not be a big deal – a conclusion from global catalogue of genetic changes.
23 September 2015
Science
A nuclear pore riddle: how can you use the same number of pieces to form two rings that fit inside each other?
17 September 2015
Science
Multifaceted approach reveals how brain and liver age, helps explain why ageing brain loses plasticity.
13 September 2015
Alumni
Ephrussi group alumni reunite in Heidelberg for a surprise birthday celebration.
9 September 2015
Events
Insights from the evangelical Vint Cerf, a “founding father of the Internet”, during a visit to EMBL.
7 September 2015
Lab Matters
“A structure alone is not so interesting, you need the biology too,” says new NMR-focused group leader
26 August 2015
Events
"It's like living a review!" Participants of recent super-resolution microscopy course share their highlights
25 August 2015
Lab Matters
Maja Köhn’s lab is ideal to learn what life is like working at the interface of disciplines.
24 August 2015
Science
Theodore Alexandrov is using mathematics to analyse the countless molecules produced by our cells.
24 August 2015
Science
A journalist who spent six weeks aboard Tara reflects on the expedition’s extraordinary outcomes.
20 August 2015
Science
EMBL scientists map ‘switches’ for distant control of gene expression.
20 August 2015
Lab Matters
EMBL Core Facilities collaborate with French research programme Signalife to revive training visit.
6 August 2015
Science
A mathematician who got ‘sucked in’ to biological problems, meet new team leader Theodore Alexandrov.
4 August 2015
Science
Multidisciplinary research provides clues to new treatments for deadly form of leukaemia in children
3 August 2015
Science
How T-cells are trained on what not to kill
28 July 2015
Lab Matters
Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU) with the University of Heidelberg, renewed until 2025.
17 July 2015
Events
Web of lies? Science Movie Night reveals science behind the most famous spider bite in film history.
16 July 2015
Science
Iron regulatory proteins play important role in combatting infection, protecting against Salmonella.
16 July 2015
Science
3D structure of Oskar protein gives first molecular insight into how it functions.
13 July 2015
Lab Matters
EI3POD: flagship interdisciplinary postdoc programme opens its doors to academia and industry.
10 July 2015
Science
3D imaging unravels COPI coat of cells' transport vesicles.
9 July 2015
Science
Jan Korbel and colleagues publish commentary on risks and rewards of genome cloud computing.
3 July 2015
Lab Matters
Academic community clouds take cancer research towards a brighter future.
18 June 2015
Science
Behaviour of clathrin proteins, crucial for endocytosis, is clarified using new imaging techniques.
15 June 2015
Lab Matters
EMBL’s new open access policy aims to make EMBL research widely and freely accessible.
15 June 2015
Science
Cells 'dance' as they draw together during early embryo development.
4 June 2015
Science
Decaying RNA molecules tell a story that could add more chapters to the study of ribosomes.
21 May 2015
Science
Tara Oceans results reveal climate change insights, and a treasure trove of novel species and genes.
21 May 2015
Science
EMBL scientists demonstrate that spatial constraints are a key factor in determining nucleus size.
12 May 2015
Science
Not all embryonic macrophages are the same, and only some are destined to become microglia.
7 May 2015
Science
Unveiling the shape of... the 'molecular bin man' – cryoEM helps reveals p62 polymer in 3D.
5 May 2015
Science
Stanford University biophysicist KC Huang on his collaboration with the Typas group in Heidelberg.
5 May 2015
Science
Cooperate or compete? Microbes show us that getting along is the better choice for communities.
29 April 2015
Lab Matters
Q&A: Which analogy best describes your research?
29 April 2015
Events
Ben Lillie takes us on a journey through the art and craft of personal narrative.
29 April 2015
Lab Matters
Karin Sasaki is helping bridge the gap between quantitative and life science at EMBL.
29 April 2015
Science
Radiocarbon studies are helping researchers shine light on how neurons stay stable yet adaptable.
20 April 2015
Science
Ground-breaking microscopy technique gives unprecedented insight into endocytosis.
9 April 2015
Lab Matters
Major EU funding for CORBEL, facilitating access to data and biological imaging facilities.
2 April 2015
Science
Go Team Genome! New method reveals genetic teamwork in drosophila genome.
1 April 2015
Lab Matters
Klaus Tschira, a tireless supporter of science, education and talent, died 31 March 2015.
25 March 2015
Events
EMBL’s corporate partners zoom in on big data and bioimaging.
16 March 2015
Science
New fully automated technique enables scientists to chart complex protein networks in living cells.
4 March 2015
Science
Combining three different kinds of microscopy to determine how molecules move during endocytosis.
25 February 2015
Science
How strong does a spindle need to be? Videos put cell’s chromosome-separating machinery to the test
6 February 2015
Science
Tried and tested do's and don'ts of crowdsource writing.
6 February 2015
Science
New way mice starve pathogens raises alternative approach to treatments for anaemia of chronic disease
4 February 2015
Science
New microscopy-based method goes beyond gene sequencing, pinpointing the cause of disease.
28 January 2015
Science
New Bar-ChIP method makes it easier to search for epigenetic marks in many samples at once
26 January 2015
Science
From using light to control brain activity to illuminating fruit fly development and mice’s sense of touch
23 January 2015
Lab Matters
PhD student Silvia Rohr on studying eyes – and talking about it for a general audience.
23 January 2015
Alumni
Alumnus Stefan Hell on his 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
18 December 2014
Science
How do E.coli and similar bacteria grow safely? By using barrel-plugs as sensors.
18 December 2014
Science
Compound that can restore the function of poorly working mitochondria, with therapeutic potential.
5 December 2014
Alumni
Employee number 47 retires, leaving behind a legacy that intricately linked her life with EMBL.
19 November 2014
Alumni
Get a flavour of the 15th EMBL|EMBO Science and Society Conference from alumnus Freddy Frischknecht.
19 November 2014
Alumni
Alumnus Jan Medenbach harnesses the shared experience of peers (and pioneers) at EMBL event.
19 November 2014
Events
Appetite to ZzZzZzZ… bite-sized highlights from this year’s Science and Society conference.
18 November 2014
Science
The important thing is forming good biological questions, says new group leader in Genome Biology.
17 November 2014
Science
Whether it’s information or people, the art of connecting is key to new group leader Judith Zaugg
14 November 2014
Events
First series of training courses jointly organised by EMBL and Illumina is a resounding success.
11 November 2014
Alumni
Alumna Anna Bartosik shares insights and hopes for EMBL's newest prospect member state, Poland.
3 November 2014
Science
Unprecedented detail on HIV structure continues virus’ string of surprises.
27 October 2014
Lab Matters
How the author of a prize-winning project on bee travel ended up at a stem cells and cancer conference
23 October 2014
Science
Like sports teams, cells can huddle to communicate in secret and organise group behaviour
20 October 2014
Science
How Nobel-winning work by alumnus Stefan Hell shapes and inspires current EMBL scientists' research.
17 October 2014
Science
From anemones to starfish, sea creatures are helping understand development, evolution and more.
17 October 2014
Science
Flow cytometry: finding needles in haystacks
17 October 2014
Lab Matters
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards - meet the latest honourees
17 October 2014
Events
Charles Spence invites you to taste the difference.
17 October 2014
Events
German Science Minister and other honoured guests celebrate 40 years of ‘Learning from life’.
17 October 2014
Alumni
EMBL Alumna Frieda Glöckner looks back more than four decades to where it all began.
25 September 2014
Science
How plankton gets jet lagged: the same hormone governs our sleep patterns and a daily marine migration.
15 September 2014
Alumni
Stephen Fuller, from 1981–2000 an EMBL postdoc, group leader then Head of Unit, died on 25 August.
12 September 2014
Science
Evolutionary surprise: notochord likely evolved from muscle, earlier than assumed.
8 September 2014
Lab Matters
Andrew D Robertson, scientific coordinator of EICAT between 2011–12, died on 14 August 2014.
5 September 2014
Lab Matters
Tschira-Jugendakademie pupils get hands-on during day of DNA barcoding
21 August 2014
Events
PhD Symposium poster reveals how a cell’s inner workings serve as both inspiration and toolkit.
20 August 2014
Science
Vasa protein preserves pieces of 'enemy' DNA to help protect the genes of future generations.
6 August 2014
Science
A rare form of an iron overload disorder kills pancreatic function, Heidelberg scientists find
6 August 2014
Science
How fruit flies beat the cold, plus the value of precisely controlled experiments and detailed analysis
4 August 2014
Science
Edward Lemke edits special issue of ChemBioChem on boom of technology for genetic code expansion
1 August 2014
Events
EMBL students successfully take science to the pub
31 July 2014
Alumni
"Thank you, EMBL, for changing my life" – reunion celebrates great science and great scientists
17 July 2014
Science
Cell biologists "underestimate the complexity" of protein interactions, says Toby Gibson.
15 July 2014
Lab Matters
Czech delegate Jana Bystřická represents EMBL's 21st member state at her first Council Meeting.
10 July 2014
Science
Embed chemists in biology departments, asking their own biological questions, says Carsten Schultz
10 July 2014
Events
Anniversary reflections on connections between scientific and political interests.
2 July 2014
Science
Surprising finding: enhancers find their targets long before activation in Drosophila embryos
1 July 2014
Lab Matters
As the Lab turns 40, staff and alumni share 40 things that make EMBL, EMBL
1 July 2014
Lab Matters
School ambassadors show next generation that scientists are more ‘role model’ than ‘mad professor’
1 July 2014
Lab Matters
To photographer Horst Hamann, it's the people, not the science, that make EMBL unique
1 July 2014
Lab Matters
Christian Boulin, EMBL’s Director of Core Facilities and Services, died on 27 April 2014
1 July 2014
Lab Matters
What might life alien life look like? Lewis Dartnell studies extreme bacteria to find out
1 July 2014
Lab Matters
As the Lab turns 40, staff and alumni share 40 things that make EMBL, EMBL
1 July 2014
Lab Matters
Scientists from EMBL's five sites reflect on the opportunities and challenges that might lie ahead
1 July 2014
Lab Matters
Which scientific breakthroughs would EMBL scientists most like to see in the next 40 years?
25 June 2014
Science
Enabling neighbours: intact genes can cause cancer when placed near "enhancing" regions of DNA
16 June 2014
Events
Teaming up in Ireland to address big challenges in biology
5 June 2014
Science
A kaleidoscope of molecules is needed to clean up dead brain cells, and failure can have disastrous consequences
25 May 2014
Science
How a DNA stretch influences face formation and contributes to common congenital malformations
18 May 2014
Science
High-resolution structure reveals crucial interactions for HIV maturation
18 May 2014
Science
DNA-coralling protein complex in an unexpected bind
8 May 2014
Science
The balance behind membrane changes that turn one cell into 6000 as a fruit fly embryo develops
3 August 2012
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…
24 May 2012
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,…
14 September 2011
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…
9 March 2010
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…
30 September 2009
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…
23 April 2009
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…
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