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10 July 2024

Proteomics: a different lens for precision medicine

Science & Technology The dynamic world of proteomics is shaping the future of personalised medicine, but some obstacles stand in the way

2024

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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

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

Charting a multi-omic universe

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

2021

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

2021

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

B cells linked to immunotherapy

Science & Technology Immunotherapy: the role of B cells

2019

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31 January 2019 EMBL-EBI data centre

Funding for bioinformatics technical infrastructure

Lab Matters Enhancing the world's bioinformatics infrastructure

2019

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26 November 2018 Sarah Butcher EMBL-EBI Technical Team Leader

Welcome: Sarah Butcher

Lab Matters Building bridges between scientists and software developers

2018

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9 November 2018 3D printing anatomical models.

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

Science & Technology Translating 2D hospital scans into 3D prints is informing patients and aiding surgeons

2018

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30 October 2018 Sanofi logo on blue background

Sanofi joins Open Targets

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

2018

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10 July 2018 Leukaemia blood cells

Leukaemia roots detectable years before diagnosis

Science & Technology Acute myloid leukaemia risk could be detected years before diagnosis

2018

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

A physical revolution

People & Perspectives EMBL physicist-turned-biologist alumni win 2017 Kendrew and Phillipson awards

2017

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7 July 2017

EIROforum, a driver for international science

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

2017

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7 April 2017

Strengthening links with Italian research community

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

2017

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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

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5 April 2017

When science meets management

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

2017

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29 November 2016

Capturing life in perspective

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

2016

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

2016

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30 August 2016

Swimming against the tide

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

2016

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

2016

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21 March 2016

Finding the way with X-Ray

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

2016

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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 & Technology Plankton network linked to ocean's biological carbon pump revealed

2016

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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 & Technology Spaghetti-like proteins are surprisingly effective 'keys'

2015

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2 October 2015 The 1000 Genomes Project: a timeline

A lasting legacy

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

2015

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

Chemical bonds

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

2015

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24 August 2015

An ocean odyssey

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

2015

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

2015

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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 & Technology How T-cells are trained on what not to kill

2015

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5 May 2015

Destination collaboration

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

2015

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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

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6 April 2015

Bypassing errors

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

2015

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2 April 2015

Team spirit in the genome

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

2015

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16 March 2015

No humans required

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

2015

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

2015

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6 February 2015

How to crowdsource a paper

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

2015

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

2015

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26 January 2015

40 questions, answered

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

2015

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23 January 2015

Turn out the light

Lab Matters Alumnus Stefan Hell on his 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry

2015

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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

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

Delighting in detail

Science & Technology Unprecedented detail in images of mouse neurons thanks to new SNAP-tagging microscopy technique.

2014

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18 November 2014 Kyung-Min Noh. PHOTO: EMBL/M.SCHUPP

Welcome: Kyung-Min Noh

People & Perspectives The important thing is forming good biological questions, says new group leader in Genome Biology.

2014

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17 October 2014 Close-up of flow cytometer

Go with the flow

Science & Technology Flow cytometry: finding needles in haystacks

2014

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17 October 2014

Branches: The perfect meal

Charles Spence invites you to taste the difference.

2014

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14 October 2014 Full auditorium

11th EMBL Transcription and Chromatin conference

Experts from multiple fields come together to understand how the instructions in genes are read

2014

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8 October 2014

EU Codefest

Pooling programming and problem-solving expertise in bioinformatics at EMBL-EBI.

2014

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4 August 2014 Explosion on gene motif

On editing the genetic code

Science & Technology Edward Lemke edits special issue of ChemBioChem on boom of technology for genetic code expansion

2014

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1 August 2014

PhDs, proteomes and pints

Connections EMBL students successfully take science to the pub

2014

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10 July 2014

Bringing chemistry to life (science)

Science & Technology Embed chemists in biology departments, asking their own biological questions, says Carsten Schultz

2014

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1 July 2014

Forty things that make EMBL – Part 1

Lab Matters As the Lab turns 40, staff and alumni share 40 things that make EMBL, EMBL

2014

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1 July 2014

In our DNA

Lab Matters To photographer Horst Hamann, it's the people, not the science, that make EMBL unique

2014

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1 July 2014

Branches: The search for our neighbours

Lab Matters What might life alien life look like? Lewis Dartnell studies extreme bacteria to find out

2014

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1 July 2014 Illustration: Aad Goudappel, Rotterdam

Five for the future

Lab Matters Scientists from EMBL's five sites reflect on the opportunities and challenges that might lie ahead

2014

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25 May 2014

Insights into genetics of cleft lip

Science & Technology How a DNA stretch influences face formation and contributes to common congenital malformations

2014

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8 May 2014 Microscopy image

Remodelling the cell

Science & Technology The balance behind membrane changes that turn one cell into 6000 as a fruit fly embryo develops

2014

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