9 February 2026
In the largest study of its kind, EMBL scientists reveal that certain microbes can thrive across different ecosystems, contributing to the global spread of antimicrobial resistance.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
7 June 2024
EMBL-EBI data resource helps scientists upcycle animal by-products.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2024
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21 November 2022
Looking to understand microbial predator-prey relationships, EMBL’s newest group leader tackles a molecular ‘arms race’ in his lab.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2022
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15 September 2022
EMBL researchers used data from over 300 human faecal microbiota transplants to gain an ecological understanding of what happens when two gut microbiomes clash.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2022
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8 December 2021
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…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2021
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5 June 2021
EMBL’s EU Green Week event showcased various ways molecular biology research can help solve environmental challenges.
LAB MATTERS
4 January 2021
Researchers discovered the dominant species of bacteria in kefir grains cannot endure without other species that help the 'team' survive.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2021
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8 November 2019
On microbiomes, public engagement and not being boring
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2019
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26 February 2019
Many microbes traverse the oral-gut barrier
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2019
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4 February 2019
A new database of bacteria in the human microbiome is the most comprehensive to date.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2019
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4 February 2019
New search engine allows researchers to identify antibiotic resistance genes or mutations in real time
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2019
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27 September 2018
Meet the organisers of EMBO’s first course on molecular geobiology
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2018
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27 September 2017
How microbes can create niches for each other
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2017
sciencescience-technology
27 June 2017
Science and Society event answers controversial questions about gut microbes
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2017
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22 May 2016
What's a microbiome? How on Earth do they work?
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2016
sciencescience-technology
5 December 2012
In a nutshell : The gut metagenome is the collection of all the genomes of all the microbes in the human intestinal tract : it is specific to each human, like a second genetic signature At least in healthy humans, this personal metagenome is stable over time The gut metagenome is…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2012
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2 March 2006
In 1870 the German scientist Ernst Haeckel mapped the evolutionary relationships of plants and animals in the first ‘tree of life’. Since then scientists have continuously redrawn and expanded the tree adding microorganisms and using modern molecular data, yet, many parts of the tree…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2006
sciencescience-technology
1 July 2005
EBI researchers have changed our view of 4 billion years of microbial evolution. Christos Ouzounis and colleagues have gained intriguing quantitative insights into how gene families are transferred, not only ‘vertically’ through passage from one organism to its progeny, but also…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2005
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