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28 September 2026 Two male scientists standing outside a building and next to a tree

New leadership at EMBL Imaging Centre

Robert Prevedel and Simone Mattei have been named as the new Heads of the EMBL Imaging Centre as the facility enters its next chapter.

EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS

2026

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14 May 2026 illustration that includes an alarm clock, ribosomes, and the newly discovered SNOR protein

Providing a cellular ‘all-clear’ signal to resume protein synthesis

A newly identified protein, SNOR, has been found to help cells in a starvation-induced dormancy restart protein synthesis once nutrients are again available.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2026

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17 February 2025 The visual has three circles filled with microscopy images. The first presents rectangles with green points in a middle section. The second a grey cylinder form with a blue sectioning rectangle. The last shows a blue form with microscopic resolution.

The visual has three circles filled with microscopy images. The first presents rectangles with green points in a middle section. The second a grey cylinder form with a blue sectioning rectangle. The last shows a blue form with microscopic resolution.

Taking biological imaging to the next level

New funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) supports two multidisciplinary projects across EMBL’s units and sites to support the development of imaging technologies.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2025

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3 January 2025 Collage of photos from outside and within the EMBL Imaging Centre

From the bench to the EMBL Imaging Centre: when science meets art

Scientists share their experiences of creating stunning images at the EMBL Imaging Centre.

CONNECTIONS

2025

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8 October 2024 Illustration showing a mitochondrion covered with many ribosomes on the left, and a zoom in to the molecular structure of a ribosome facing a membrane with its smaller subunit on the right.

Illustration showing a mitochondrion covered with many ribosomes on the left, and a zoom in to the molecular structure of a ribosome facing a membrane with its smaller subunit on the right.

What we can learn from hungry yeast cells

Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg and University of Virginia revealed a new cellular response to starvation: ribosomes attach to the mitochondrial outer membrane in a very unusual way, via their small subunit. The finding made in yeast might provide insights into how cancer cells survive the harsh…

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2024

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13 October 2022 visual with portraits of Ardan Patwardhan and Wim Hagen

Ardan Patwardhan and Wim Hagen receive Scientific Achievement Award

The Royal Microscopical Society awarded Ardan Patwardhan and Wim Hagen with Scientific Achievement Award

EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS LAB MATTERS

2022

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24 January 2022 Three women are seen in front of a computer, with the electron micrograph of a woodlouse visible on the screens

EMBL Imaging Centre kickstarts training with workshop for undergraduates

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.

LAB MATTERS

2022

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30 August 2021 Female scientist with lab coat, gloves, safety goggles, and mask holds a pipette to inject a protein sample into a machine.

Cryo-Electron Microscopy Service Platform supports research on protein transport

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.

LAB MATTERS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2021

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6 July 2021 Photo of a building with blue sky in the background