New molecular microscopy uncovers how breast cancer spreads
Research highlights, Science Researchers have created a tool that maps in previously unseen detail how breast cancer develops and spreads.
2022
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AI4LIFE: AI models for bioimaging
Announcements, Science Researchers across EMBL are helping to make artificial intelligence (AI) models for bioimaging analysis interoperable and openly available to the scientific community.
2022
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Mapping the human brain: a global collaboration
Announcements, Science NIH BRAIN Initiative to fund brain atlases, network coordination, and knowledge sharing to explore brain function research.
2022
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Ardan Patwardhan and Wim Hagen receive Scientific Achievement Award
Lab Matters The Royal Microscopical Society awarded Ardan Patwardhan and Wim Hagen with Scientific Achievement Award
2022
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EMBL deepens ties with Croatia
Events Visit of delegation from the Ruđer Bošković Institute to EMBL Heidelberg marks a new chapter in scientific and institutional cooperation
2022
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Light-Seq: from images to sequences in context
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
2022
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Ardan Patwardhan receives Scientific Achievement Award
Announcements The Royal Microscopical Society recognises Ardan Patwardhan’s contributions to the field of electron microscopy.
2022
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Does exercise drive development? In the sea anemone, the way you move matters.
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
2022
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Spotlight: EMBL Imaging Centre, Heidelberg
Lab Matters, Picture of the week EMBL’s imaging centre makes advanced microscopy technologies accessible to the international scientific community.
2022
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Making patterns visible
Science How do gene expression patterns result in the generation of different cell types? Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg used the zebrafish notochord to find out.
2022
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The EMBL Imaging Centre: making it happen
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.
2022
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Official opening of the EMBL Imaging Centre
Events Representatives from politics, industry and academia attended the inauguration ceremony at EMBL Heidelberg
2022
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Enabling imaging across scales
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…
2022
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Putting Cryptococcus in context
Science EMBL’s imaging technology helps researchers gain insights in the fungus’ journey from the lung to the brain.
2022
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EMBL Imaging Centre kickstarts training with workshop for undergraduates
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.
2022
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EMBL Imaging Centre launches first open call for users
Lab Matters The new EMBL Imaging Centre has announced its first open user call, and new project evaluation process and training opportunities.
2021
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A cellular atlas of an entire worm
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.
2021
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New microscopy technique makes deep in vivo brain imaging possible
Science Scientists in EMBL’s Prevedel Group have developed a pioneering microscopy technique that allows researchers to observe cells hidden within opaque tissues, such as live neurons embedded deep in the brain.
2021
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The secret life of baby octopuses
Science Some of the most amazing creatures live in the deep blue sea. The Mesoscopic Imaging Facility (MIF) at EMBL Barcelona was recently involved in studying one unique feature of the octopus: the ephemeral structures on the surface of their skin called Kölliker’s organs.
2021
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Artificial neural networks revolutionise biological image analysis
Science Packaged for simple installation and free use, the novel method DECODE enables researchers to reduce imaging times and increase localisation density in single-molecule localisation microscopy (SMLM).
2021
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New life science Imaging Centre preparing for user access
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.
2021
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Starlet sea anemone
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.
2021
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Illuminating protein complexes in cells
Lab Matters EMBL group leaders Julia Mahamid, Anna Kreshuk & Jonas Ries awarded Chan Zuckerberg Initiative grant to advance what we see inside cells.
2021
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Dream team
Picture of the week At EMBL, we have many dream teams – groups of individuals who support each other, innovate, and work together. One of those dream teams bridges two core facilities at EMBL Rome.
2021
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Cellular fireball or immune cells?
Picture of the week The EMBL Picture of the Week features a series of Jurkat T cells during different stages of the activation process.
2021
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Welcome: Matthew Hartley
Lab Matters The challenges and opportunities when setting up a global archive for bioimages
2021
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative recognises EMBL scientists
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.
2020
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Party at the nucleus?
Picture of the week The nucleus of this cell fluoresces in bright green thanks to GFP-labelled nucleoporin proteins. EMBL scientists use engineered nucleoporins as 3D reference standards to improve super-resolution microscopy.
2020
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Beyond the lens – microscopy at EMBL Rome
Lab Matters Research facilities play a crucial role in the advancement of science by supporting scientists with specialised expertise and state-of-the-art equipment. The Microscopy Facility at EMBL Rome exemplifies this role by making a wide variety of light microscopy technologies available to its researchers…
2020
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Taking a closer look at infected cells to better understand COVID-19
Science EMBL electron microscopy specialists collaborate with researchers from Heidelberg University Hospital to understand the changes occurring in cell structures upon SARS-CoV-2 infection.
2020
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Supporting international research on the structure of the coronavirus
Science EMBL Heidelberg reopens the Cryo-Electron Microscopy Service Platform to support coronavirus structural biology research.
2020
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Exciting science!
Picture of the week EMBL is all about exciting science, through which we aim to achieve a fundamental understanding of biological processes.
2020
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Building Euro-BioImaging
Lab Matters EMBL’s Jan Ellenberg reflects on the process of forming a European research infrastructure
2019
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ATTRACT: funding innovation in imaging
Lab Matters EMBL is a collaborator in four of the projects funded in the first phase of ATTRACT.
2019
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New perspectives on nuclear pores
Science EMBL researchers have published two new studies involving the nuclear pore complex
2019
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Transcriptional hubs confer phenotypic robustness
Science Enhancers in Drosophila embryos gather together to preserve phenotypes under stressful conditions
2019
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Fun with fern photography
Alumni EMBL alumna Jennifer Deegan built a prize-winning system for photographing ferns
2019
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Drawing knowledge
Science A conversation about art-science collaborations and the importance of drawing in biology.
2019
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New 3D microscope
Science A newly developed 3D microscope visualises fast biological processes better than ever.
2019
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Foundation stone laid for EMBL Imaging Centre
Events Foundation stone ceremony for world-class high-resolution microscopy centre in Heidelberg
2019
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An in silico hope for biology: machine learning
Lab Matters How EMBL scientists are using machine learning to advance biology
2018
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Melina Schuh receives EMBO Gold Medal
Alumni EMBL alumna Melina Schuh recognised for excellence in science
2018
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New software makes 3D imaging accessible
Science Open-source software allows standard microscopes to accurately image 3D structures
2018
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Counting condensins on chromosomes
Science EMBL scientists count and locate chromosomal proteins during cell duplication
2018
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Science in a suitcase
Events School students build fluorescence microscopes designed by members of the Prevedel group and ELLS
2018
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New cryo-EM service at EMBL Heidelberg
Science Access to state-of-the-art microscopes and outstanding expertise
2018
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Pol III enzyme grips DNA and begins reading fast
Science EMBL researchers uncover how a key enzyme that helps cells make new proteins starts its work
2018
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A physical revolution
Alumni EMBL physicist-turned-biologist alumni win 2017 Kendrew and Phillipson awards
2017
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New technique for imaging the life aquatic
Science New method for 3D imaging microorganisms lends insight into the creatures that inhabit our oceans
2017
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Welcome: Julia Mahamid
Science The Mahamid group studies meso-scale molecular assemblies in intact cells and model organisms at molecular resolution
2017
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A curious case of serendipity
Alumni Jacques Dubochet, Nobel laureate and former EMBL group leader, reflects on a key aha moment
2017
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CSSB: A new approach to infectious disease
Science Inside the Centre for Structural Systems Biology
2017
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EMBL and ESRF renew collaboration agreement
Lab Matters EMBL and the European synchrotron ESRF extend their Joint Structural Biology Group
2017
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Supercool structures: new cryo-EM facility
Science As a new cryo-EM facility is inaugurated, EMBL’s Michael Hons describes his role in the project
2017
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Funding agreed for imaging centre
Lab Matters German state and federal governments agree funding for microscopy centre at EMBL Heidelberg
2017
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Senses: What you see is how you feel
Science EMBL’s Hiroki Asari investigates how our internal state can change the way our eyes work
2017
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EMBL spin-off Luxendo acquired by Bruker
Lab Matters Accelerating researchers’ access to next-generation light-sheet microscopy
2017
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EMBL to open new site in Barcelona
Lab Matters Spanish government and EMBL sign agreement for new site
2017
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Futures: The dark proteome
Science ERC grantee Edward Lemke shares his vision for the next ten years
2017
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Futures: Genome regulation
Science ERC grantee Eileen Furlong shares her vision for the next ten years
2017
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Structure of HIV capsid within virus visualised
Science EMBL scientists use new techniques to describe the architecture of conical HIV capsids
2016
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Capturing life in perspective
Lab Matters How a team of scientists and artists at EMBL transformed microscopy data into stunning 3D images
2016
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Thinking in 3D
Alumni Ernst Stelzer earns 2016 Lennart Philipson award for advances in light sheet microscopy
2016
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New insights into RNA Polymerase I
Science Cryo EM reconstruction of RNA Polymerase I reveals details of how molecule binds and transcribes DNA
2016
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Big data, cool servers
Lab Matters Upgraded server room is ready to take the heat at EMBL Grenoble
2016
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Welcome to EMBL: Robert Prevedel
Science Robert Prevedel develops deep-tissue microscopy for scientists to peer deep inside living organisms
2016
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Diving into Autumn
Events Participants learn about EMBL’s ocean biodiversity research at the Fall Gala
2016
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Watching nuclear pores in growing nuclei
Science Puzzle of nuclear pore formation in growing nuclei solved
2016
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BioStudies: The Data Bento Box
Lab Matters A new repository helps identify emerging trends in data-driven science.
2016
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Life in the periphery
Science Storage of pre-made nuclear pores allows for rapid cell division in fruit fly embryos
2016
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How new HIV drugs lock virus in immaturity
Science Study provides insights into workings of new HIV drugs and how virus becomes resistant
2016
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The rhythms in life
Science How EMBL scientists are discovering and understanding the waves and rhythms inside us
2016
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Light control
Science EMBL PhD project puts development in a new light
2016
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Mothers and daughters
Science 1st real-time video of starfish egg cell eliminating crucial structures, to ensure embryo viability
2016
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Finding the way with X-Ray
Science New technique uses X-rays to find landmarks when combining fluorescence and electron microscopy
2016
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SPIM doctors
Science From initial development to a start-up company: Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (SPIM) at EMBL.
2015
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Turning point of a lifetime
Science New microscope can record the first days of a mouse embryo’s life
2015
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Pol III: Completing the family album
Science CryoEM solves 3D atomic structure of largest and most elusive RNA polymerase.
2015
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Lighting up development
Science Using lasers to shed light on how tissues get into shape
2015
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Super impressions
Events "It's like living a review!" Participants of recent super-resolution microscopy course share their highlights
2015
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An ocean odyssey
Science A journalist who spent six weeks aboard Tara reflects on the expedition’s extraordinary outcomes.
2015
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Decades-old cell biology puzzle solved
Science Behaviour of clathrin proteins, crucial for endocytosis, is clarified using new imaging techniques.
2015
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It runs in the family
Science Detailed structural study shows distantly related viruses share a common machinery for replication.
2015
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Destined for the brain
Science Not all embryonic macrophages are the same, and only some are destined to become microglia.
2015
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Taking out the trash
Science Unveiling the shape of... the 'molecular bin man' – cryoEM helps reveals p62 polymer in 3D.
2015
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How cells have got molecules surrounded
Science Ground-breaking microscopy technique gives unprecedented insight into endocytosis.
2015
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No humans required
Science New fully automated technique enables scientists to chart complex protein networks in living cells.
2015
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Best of three worlds
Science Combining three different kinds of microscopy to determine how molecules move during endocytosis.
2015
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Under pressure
Science How strong does a spindle need to be? Videos put cell’s chromosome-separating machinery to the test
2015
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Beyond sequencing
Science New microscopy-based method goes beyond gene sequencing, pinpointing the cause of disease.
2015
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Miraculous microscopes: a brief history
Science A brief history of microscopes, from van Leeuwenhoek to Betzig, Hell and Moerner.
2015
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Cell control in a flash
Science From using light to control brain activity to illuminating fruit fly development and mice’s sense of touch
2015
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Turn out the light
Alumni Alumnus Stefan Hell on his 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
2015
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Christian Boulin Fellowship
Lab Matters New Christian Boulin Fellowship: 15 awards of up to €1500 for visitors to EMBL’s Core Facilities.
2015
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Welcome: Marco Marcia
Science New group leader Marco Marcia aims to broaden horizons while mapping molecules.
2015
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Alumni awards
Alumni Announcing winners of the John Kendrew Young Scientist Award, and inaugural Lennart Philipson Award.
2014
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Luxembourg collaboration
Lab Matters Third round of calls for joint research projects between EMBL and Luxembourg in 2015
2014
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Delighting in detail
Science Unprecedented detail in images of mouse neurons thanks to new SNAP-tagging microscopy technique.
2014
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Same pieces, different picture
Science Unprecedented detail on HIV structure continues virus’ string of surprises.
2014
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Breaking boundaries
Science How Nobel-winning work by alumnus Stefan Hell shapes and inspires current EMBL scientists' research.
2014
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Superstars of science
Science From anemones to starfish, sea creatures are helping understand development, evolution and more.
2014
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Obituary: Stephen Fuller
Alumni Stephen Fuller, from 1981–2000 an EMBL postdoc, group leader then Head of Unit, died on 25 August.
2014
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From worm muscle to spinal discs
Science Evolutionary surprise: notochord likely evolved from muscle, earlier than assumed.
2014
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Clarity in the cold
Science How fruit flies beat the cold, plus the value of precisely controlled experiments and detailed analysis
2014
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Forty things that make EMBL – Part 2
Lab Matters As the Lab turns 40, staff and alumni share 40 things that make EMBL, EMBL
2014
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Potential new drug target for cystic fibrosis
Science Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and Regensburg University, both in Germany, and the University of Lisboa, in Portugal, have discovered a promising potential drug target for cystic fibrosis. Their work, published online today in Cell, also uncovers a…
2013
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How to build your gate
Science It’s a parent’s nightmare: opening a Lego set and being faced with 500 pieces, but no instructions on how to assemble them into the majestic castle shown on the box. Thanks to a new approach by scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany,…
2013
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Export extravaganza
Science Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, have conducted the first comprehensive census of human cells’ export workers. In a study published online today in Nature Cell Biology, they found an unexpected variety of genes involved in transporting…
2012
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Live from the scene: biochemistry in action
Science Researchers can now watch molecules move in living cells, literally millisecond by millisecond, thanks to a new microscope developed by scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany. Published online today in Nature Biotechnology, the new technique provides…
2011
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Intelligent microscopy
Science The sight of a researcher sitting at a microscope for hours, painstakingly searching for the right cells, may soon be a thing of the past, thanks to new software created by scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany. Presented today in Nature Methods, the…
2011
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One-touch make-up – for our cells
Science The cells in the different parts of this video are always the same (grey), but, like actors using make-up to highlight different facial features, they have fluorescent labels that mark different cellular components in different colours: blue shows the nucleus, yellow shows tubulin (a component of…
2010
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Movies for the human genome
Science Name a human gene, and you’ll find a movie online showing you what happens to cells when it is switched off. This is the resource that researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, and their collaborators in the Mitocheck consortium are making freely…
2010
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Picture Release
Science ‘Useless fish with big eyes’. This is what Medaka, the name of the Japanese killifish in the pictures, means in Japan where it originally comes from. While its eyes are undeniably big, the fish has proven remarkably useful for scientists. It is a simple model organism, amenable to…
2009
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Picture Release
Science What at the first sight could be pictures of planets or other cosmic structures are actually microscope images of balls (cysts) of human kidney cells. They were taken by Emmanuel Reynaud, in the group of Ernst Stelzer at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), with a widefield microscope.…
2008
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A matter of force
Science When a cell divides, normally the result is two identical daughter cells. In some cases however, cell division leads to two cells with different properties. This is called asymmetric cell division and plays an important role in embryonic development and the self-renewal of stem cells. Researchers…
2007
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A clearer view on biology
Science The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) has developed a new computational tool that makes images obtained with cutting-edge microscopes even sharper. The technological advance and its applications are published in this week’s online issue of the journal Nature Methods. Since the…
2007
science
The transparent organism
Lab Matters A novel high-tech microscope will be brought to the marketplace, giving laboratories everywhere fascinating new insights into living organisms. EMBLEM Technology Transfer GmbH (EMBLEM), the commercial entity of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), announced today that it has signed a…
2005
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