interdisciplinary Archives

9 November 2021 students looking a computer monitor and microscope

New horizons for the EIPP

Lab Matters EMBL's PhD and postdoc programmes evolve to the more multidisciplinary way of doing great molecular biology research.

2021

lab-matters

15 September 2021 A dark blue classic star map view is overlaid upon scientific data

Charting a multi-omic universe

Science A research collaboration used machine learning to map tumour molecular make-up, potentially paving way to more customised cancer treatment.

2021

science

6 April 2021 A model of Glycine Transporter 1, which is located in the cell membrane. In its lower-middle part, it is bound by its inhibitor, which is a much smaller molecule. At its top, Glycine Transporter 1 is bound by a synthetic mini-antibody, called a sybody.

A model of Glycine Transporter 1, which is located in the cell membrane. In its lower-middle part, it is bound by its inhibitor, which is a much smaller molecule. At its top, Glycine Transporter 1 is bound by a synthetic mini-antibody, called a sybody.

New perspectives for treating psychiatric disorders

Science Scientists have determined the structure of Glycine Transporter 1. The finding could open new avenues for developing therapeutics for psychiatric disorders

2021

science

12 September 2019 Using multiplex-immunostaining to characterise B cells. PHOTO: Christine Wagner

B cells linked to immunotherapy

Science Immunotherapy: the role of B cells

2019

science

31 January 2019 EMBL-EBI data centre

Funding for bioinformatics technical infrastructure

Lab Matters Enhancing the world's bioinformatics infrastructure

2019

lab-matters

26 November 2018 Sarah Butcher EMBL-EBI Technical Team Leader

Welcome: Sarah Butcher

Lab Matters Building bridges between scientists and software developers

2018

lab-matters

9 November 2018 3D printing anatomical models.

In the flesh: translating 2D scans into 3D prints

Alumni Translating 2D hospital scans into 3D prints is informing patients and aiding surgeons

2018

alumni

30 October 2018 Sanofi logo on blue background

Sanofi joins Open Targets

Lab Matters Pharmaceutical company Sanofi strengthens drug targets discovery collaboration Open Targets

2018

lab-matters

10 July 2018 Leukaemia blood cells

Leukaemia roots detectable years before diagnosis

Science Acute myloid leukaemia risk could be detected years before diagnosis

2018

science

14 December 2017 Philipp Keller’s work imaged the early development of a zebrafish embryo using light sheet microscopy

A physical revolution

Alumni EMBL physicist-turned-biologist alumni win 2017 Kendrew and Phillipson awards

2017

alumni

7 July 2017

EIROforum, a driver for international science

Science EMBL’s Iain Mattaj, the new Chair of EIROforum, on EIROforum’s role

2017

science

7 April 2017

Strengthening links with Italian research community

Lab Matters EMBL’s Monterotondo site strengthens links with the Italian scientific community

2017

lab-matters

6 April 2017

Behind the scenes: Building EMBL’s Barcelona site

Lab Matters Silke Schumacher explains how the new EMBL site in Barcelona came into being

2017

lab-matters

5 April 2017 RItrain Master's course in research infrastructure management

When science meets management

Events New Master's programme for research infrastructure managers – set to launch autumn 2017

2017

events

29 November 2016

Capturing life in perspective

Lab Matters How a team of scientists and artists at EMBL transformed microscopy data into stunning 3D images

2016

lab-matters

19 October 2016 Human tumour sections expressing Herceptin (red), an antibody engineered by MultiBacTAG to recognize breast cancer cells. IMAGE: Christine Koehler/EMBL

Human tumour sections expressing Herceptin (red), an antibody engineered by MultiBacTAG to recognize breast cancer cells. IMAGE: Christine Koehler/EMBL

MultiBacTAG: A protein production platform

Science New platform useful for studies of protein binding, human tissue and more

2016

science

30 August 2016

Swimming against the tide

Alumni "If I have an aim, I’ll find a solution" – meet EMBL alumnus Jochen Wittbrodt

2016

alumni

9 May 2016 Kikusui spent 10 days this March in the Gross lab at EMBL brainstorming the neural mechanisms of social behaviour. PHOTO: Cornelius Gross

Kikusui spent 10 days this March in the Gross lab at EMBL brainstorming the neural mechanisms of social behaviour. PHOTO: Cornelius Gross

The pheromones behind romance

Science A perfect match: behaviourist Takefumi Kikusui visits the Gross group to explore animal attraction

2016

science

21 March 2016

Finding the way with X-Ray

Science New technique uses X-rays to find landmarks when combining fluorescence and electron microscopy

2016

science

10 February 2016 Plankton plays an important role in sequestering carbon in the ocean. IMAGE: Christian Sardet/Tara Océans/CNRS Photothèque

The carbon hijacking network

Science Plankton network linked to ocean's biological carbon pump revealed

2016

science

9 October 2015 The ultrafast and yet selective binding allows the receptor (gold) to rapidly travel through the pore filled with disordered proteins (blue) into the nucleus, while any unwanted molecules are kept outside. IMAGE: Mercadante /HITS

The ultrafast and yet selective binding allows the receptor (gold) to rapidly travel through the pore filled with disordered proteins (blue) into the nucleus, while any unwanted molecules are kept outside. IMAGE: Mercadante /HITS

Floppy but fast

Science Spaghetti-like proteins are surprisingly effective 'keys'

2015

science

2 October 2015 The 1000 Genomes Project: a timeline

A lasting legacy

Science 1000 Genomes Project pushed technologies and knowledge forward to understand what is 'normal' human genetic variation

2015

science

25 August 2015 Maja Köhn. PHOTO: EMBL Photolab/Marietta Schupp

Chemical bonds

Lab Matters Maja Köhn’s lab is ideal to learn what life is like working at the interface of disciplines.

2015

lab-matters

24 August 2015

An ocean odyssey

Science A journalist who spent six weeks aboard Tara reflects on the expedition’s extraordinary outcomes.

2015

science

4 August 2015 Healthy bone marrow (left) vs. bone marrow of leukaemia patient (right). IMAGE: MEDIZINISCHEN HOCHSCHULE HANNOVER

From patients to the lab (and back)

Science Multidisciplinary research provides clues to new treatments for deadly form of leukaemia in children

2015

science

3 August 2015 To train T-cells to recognise our own body, cells in the thymus express different combinations of 'extra' genes. IMAGE: EMBL/P.RIEDINGER

Know your cells

Science How T-cells are trained on what not to kill

2015

science

5 May 2015

Destination collaboration

Science Stanford University biophysicist KC Huang on his collaboration with the Typas group in Heidelberg.

2015

science

29 April 2015

Pathways: In the prime of life

Lab Matters Karin Sasaki is helping bridge the gap between quantitative and life science at EMBL.

2015

lab-matters

6 April 2015

Bypassing errors

Science Coin toss inspires CorMap: a new statistical test that sidesteps need for error estimation.

2015

science

2 April 2015

Team spirit in the genome

Science Go Team Genome! New method reveals genetic teamwork in drosophila genome.

2015

science

16 March 2015

No humans required

Science New fully automated technique enables scientists to chart complex protein networks in living cells.

2015

science

4 March 2015 Where and when are different molecules contributing to the bending of the membrane? IMAGE: EMBL/A. Picco

Best of three worlds

Science Combining three different kinds of microscopy to determine how molecules move during endocytosis.

2015

science

6 February 2015

How to crowdsource a paper

Science Tried and tested do's and don'ts of crowdsource writing.

2015

science

4 February 2015 The new method helps identify which mutations to a gene actually cause a disease. IMAGE FROM THORMAEHLEN ET AL.

Beyond sequencing

Science New microscopy-based method goes beyond gene sequencing, pinpointing the cause of disease.

2015

science

26 January 2015

40 questions, answered

Lab Matters Find answers to 40 of your questions about life, the Lab and everything!

2015

lab-matters

23 January 2015

Turn out the light

Alumni Alumnus Stefan Hell on his 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry

2015

alumni

9 December 2014 A bundle of nerves that relays information from touch receptors on the skin to the spinal cord and ultimately the brain, imaged with the new technique. IMAGE: EMBL/L.CASTALDI