18 September 2023
Science
A working group of researchers from the QUAREP-LiMi initiative has developed global guidelines to improve the quality of microscopy data and images published in scientific publications.
22 August 2023
Alumni
Ukrainian scientist Sergiy Avilov uses the microscopy skills and scientific network he built at EMBL in his current role heading the Imaging Facility at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics.
26 July 2023
Lab Matters
The first EMBO Practical Course on imaging-based spatial-omics was organised at EMBL Rome to explore the latest techniques to visualise RNA transcripts and proteins in their native tissues.
21 July 2023
Science
Research from the Eustermann group at EMBL Heidelberg reveals how the packaging of DNA into hexasomes impacts the function of enzymes involved in gene regulation.
12 July 2023
Announcements, Lab Matters
Construction begins on EMBL-EBI's new building named after Janet Thornton.
2023
announcementslab-matters
10 July 2023
Lab Matters, Picture of the week
This single-celled organism the size of a dust particle is capable of causing deadly tropical diseases in both humans and livestock –Trypanosoma brucei, in an image by Luciano Dolce from EMBL.
2023
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6 July 2023
Lab Matters
Through the collaborative framework agreement, EMBL and ZEISS aim to accelerate the development of imaging technology to advance life science research.
16 May 2023
Technology and innovation
BioImage Archive Team Leader Matthew Hartley shares his experience and tips for people interested in managing a bioinformatics core facility.
2023
technology-and-innovation
15 May 2023
EMBLetc
EMBL researchers are pushing the frontiers of big data analysis in biological imaging, allowing scientists to gain a many-layered and multidimensional view of organisms, tissues, and cells in action.
3 April 2023
Lab Matters
Home to some of Europe’s most cutting-edge tools in molecular biology, EMBL has long shared its expertise and access to these tools through an extensive repertoire of courses, conferences, seminars, and other training. And now included in this mix is a job shadowing programme at EMBL Imaging…
30 March 2023
Lab Matters, Science
A new microscope built by EMBL researchers, based on Brillouin scattering principles, allows scientists to observe the dynamics of mechanical properties inside developing embryos in real time.
21 March 2023
Lab Matters
New group leader Thomas Quail studies the fundamental processes that determine how proteins organise the genome inside a cell.
3 March 2023
Lab Matters
EMBL’s French site was highlighted in a short film presenting its expertise in structural biology research and services.
23 February 2023
Lab Matters, Picture of the week
Researchers in the Prevedel Group use photoacoustic spectroscopy setup to test and optimise probes before their usage in mouse neuroscience.
2023
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22 February 2023
Lab Matters, Perspectives
Jo McEntyre talks about data services, open data and a new era for research assessment.
2023
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11 February 2023
Lab Matters
A recent student visitor shares her impressions from visiting EMBL’s Vincent group as we recognise International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
19 January 2023
Lab Matters, Picture of the week
Mucus present in the mouse colon can be visualised using Alcian blue staining, as imaged here by EMBL predoctoral fellow Linda Decker.
2023
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9 November 2022
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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2 November 2022
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
announcementsscience
25 October 2022
Announcements, Science
NIH BRAIN Initiative to fund brain atlases, network coordination, and knowledge sharing to explore brain function research.
2022
announcementsscience
13 October 2022
Lab Matters
The Royal Microscopical Society awarded Ardan Patwardhan and Wim Hagen with Scientific Achievement Award
12 October 2022
Events
Visit of delegation from the Ruđer Bošković Institute to EMBL Heidelberg marks a new chapter in scientific and institutional cooperation
10 October 2022
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
29 September 2022
Announcements
The Royal Microscopical Society recognises Ardan Patwardhan’s contributions to the field of electron microscopy.
16 September 2022
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
24 August 2022
Picture of the week
EMBL’s imaging centre makes advanced microscopy technologies accessible to the international scientific community.
5 August 2022
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.
5 July 2022
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.
1 July 2022
Events
Representatives from politics, industry and academia attended the inauguration ceremony at EMBL Heidelberg
5 May 2022
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…
16 March 2022
Science
EMBL’s imaging technology helps researchers gain insights in the fungus’ journey from the lung to the brain.
24 January 2022
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.
3 December 2021
Lab Matters
The new EMBL Imaging Centre has announced its first open user call, and new project evaluation process and training opportunities.
5 October 2021
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.
30 September 2021
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.
23 September 2021
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.
10 September 2021
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).
6 July 2021
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.
23 June 2021
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.
17 June 2021
Lab Matters
EMBL group leaders Julia Mahamid, Anna Kreshuk & Jonas Ries awarded Chan Zuckerberg Initiative grant to advance what we see inside cells.
8 June 2021
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.
18 May 2021
Picture of the week
The EMBL Picture of the Week features a series of Jurkat T cells during different stages of the activation process.
7 April 2021
Lab Matters
The challenges and opportunities when setting up a global archive for bioimages
2 December 2020
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.
27 October 2020
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.
8 October 2020
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…
30 April 2020
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.
17 April 2020
Science
EMBL Heidelberg reopens the Cryo-Electron Microscopy Service Platform to support coronavirus structural biology research.
7 April 2020
Picture of the week
EMBL is all about exciting science, through which we aim to achieve a fundamental understanding of biological processes.
17 December 2019
Lab Matters
EMBL’s Jan Ellenberg reflects on the process of forming a European research infrastructure
15 November 2019
Lab Matters
EMBL is a collaborator in four of the projects funded in the first phase of ATTRACT.
14 November 2019
Science
EMBL researchers have published two new studies involving the nuclear pore complex
24 July 2019
Science
Enhancers in Drosophila embryos gather together to preserve phenotypes under stressful conditions
5 July 2019
Alumni
EMBL alumna Jennifer Deegan built a prize-winning system for photographing ferns
1 July 2019
Science
A conversation about art-science collaborations and the importance of drawing in biology.
29 April 2019
Science
A newly developed 3D microscope visualises fast biological processes better than ever.
1 April 2019
Events
Foundation stone ceremony for world-class high-resolution microscopy centre in Heidelberg
16 November 2018
Lab Matters
How EMBL scientists are using machine learning to advance biology
25 May 2018
Alumni
EMBL alumna Melina Schuh recognised for excellence in science
9 April 2018
Science
Open-source software allows standard microscopes to accurately image 3D structures
9 April 2018
Science
EMBL scientists count and locate chromosomal proteins during cell duplication
12 March 2018
Events
School students build fluorescence microscopes designed by members of the Prevedel group and ELLS
23 February 2018
Science
Access to state-of-the-art microscopes and outstanding expertise
17 January 2018
Science
EMBL researchers uncover how a key enzyme that helps cells make new proteins starts its work
14 December 2017
Alumni
EMBL physicist-turned-biologist alumni win 2017 Kendrew and Phillipson awards
30 November 2017
Science
New method for 3D imaging microorganisms lends insight into the creatures that inhabit our oceans
24 November 2017
Science
The Mahamid group studies meso-scale molecular assemblies in intact cells and model organisms at molecular resolution
16 November 2017
Alumni
Jacques Dubochet, Nobel laureate and former EMBL group leader, reflects on a key aha moment
14 November 2017
Science
Inside the Centre for Structural Systems Biology
10 November 2017
Lab Matters
EMBL and the European synchrotron ESRF extend their Joint Structural Biology Group
10 November 2017
Science
As a new cryo-EM facility is inaugurated, EMBL’s Michael Hons describes his role in the project
31 August 2017
Lab Matters
German state and federal governments agree funding for microscopy centre at EMBL Heidelberg
31 May 2017
Science
EMBL’s Hiroki Asari investigates how our internal state can change the way our eyes work
8 May 2017
Lab Matters
Accelerating researchers’ access to next-generation light-sheet microscopy
10 April 2017
Lab Matters
Spanish government and EMBL sign agreement for new site
24 March 2017
Science
ERC grantee Edward Lemke shares his vision for the next ten years
13 March 2017
Science
ERC grantee Eileen Furlong shares her vision for the next ten years
15 December 2016
Science
EMBL scientists use new techniques to describe the architecture of conical HIV capsids
29 November 2016
Lab Matters
How a team of scientists and artists at EMBL transformed microscopy data into stunning 3D images
24 November 2016
Alumni
Ernst Stelzer earns 2016 Lennart Philipson award for advances in light sheet microscopy
17 November 2016
Science
Cryo EM reconstruction of RNA Polymerase I reveals details of how molecule binds and transcribes DNA
11 November 2016
Lab Matters
Upgraded server room is ready to take the heat at EMBL Grenoble
27 October 2016
Science
Robert Prevedel develops deep-tissue microscopy for scientists to peer deep inside living organisms
20 October 2016
Events
Participants learn about EMBL’s ocean biodiversity research at the Fall Gala
23 September 2016
Science
Puzzle of nuclear pore formation in growing nuclei solved
13 September 2016
Lab Matters
A new repository helps identify emerging trends in data-driven science.
10 August 2016
Science
Storage of pre-made nuclear pores allows for rapid cell division in fruit fly embryos
14 July 2016
Science
Study provides insights into workings of new HIV drugs and how virus becomes resistant
21 April 2016
Science
How EMBL scientists are discovering and understanding the waves and rhythms inside us
21 April 2016
Science
EMBL PhD project puts development in a new light
21 March 2016
Science
1st real-time video of starfish egg cell eliminating crucial structures, to ensure embryo viability
21 March 2016
Science
New technique uses X-rays to find landmarks when combining fluorescence and electron microscopy
17 December 2015
Science
From initial development to a start-up company: Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (SPIM) at EMBL.
14 December 2015
Science
New microscope can record the first days of a mouse embryo’s life
25 November 2015
Science
CryoEM solves 3D atomic structure of largest and most elusive RNA polymerase.
19 November 2015
Science
Using lasers to shed light on how tissues get into shape
26 August 2015
Events
"It's like living a review!" Participants of recent super-resolution microscopy course share their highlights
24 August 2015
Science
A journalist who spent six weeks aboard Tara reflects on the expedition’s extraordinary outcomes.
18 June 2015
Science
Behaviour of clathrin proteins, crucial for endocytosis, is clarified using new imaging techniques.
21 May 2015
Science
Detailed structural study shows distantly related viruses share a common machinery for replication.
12 May 2015
Science
Not all embryonic macrophages are the same, and only some are destined to become microglia.
7 May 2015
Science
Unveiling the shape of... the 'molecular bin man' – cryoEM helps reveals p62 polymer in 3D.
20 April 2015
Science
Ground-breaking microscopy technique gives unprecedented insight into endocytosis.
16 March 2015
Science
New fully automated technique enables scientists to chart complex protein networks in living cells.
4 March 2015
Science
Combining three different kinds of microscopy to determine how molecules move during endocytosis.
25 February 2015
Science
How strong does a spindle need to be? Videos put cell’s chromosome-separating machinery to the test
4 February 2015
Science
New microscopy-based method goes beyond gene sequencing, pinpointing the cause of disease.
26 January 2015
Science
A brief history of microscopes, from van Leeuwenhoek to Betzig, Hell and Moerner.
26 January 2015
Science
From using light to control brain activity to illuminating fruit fly development and mice’s sense of touch
23 January 2015
Alumni
Alumnus Stefan Hell on his 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
16 January 2015
Lab Matters
New Christian Boulin Fellowship: 15 awards of up to €1500 for visitors to EMBL’s Core Facilities.
9 January 2015
Science
New group leader Marco Marcia aims to broaden horizons while mapping molecules.
18 December 2014
Alumni
Announcing winners of the John Kendrew Young Scientist Award, and inaugural Lennart Philipson Award.
15 December 2014
Lab Matters
Third round of calls for joint research projects between EMBL and Luxembourg in 2015
9 December 2014
Science
Unprecedented detail in images of mouse neurons thanks to new SNAP-tagging microscopy technique.
3 November 2014
Science
Unprecedented detail on HIV structure continues virus’ string of surprises.
20 October 2014
Science
How Nobel-winning work by alumnus Stefan Hell shapes and inspires current EMBL scientists' research.
17 October 2014
Science
From anemones to starfish, sea creatures are helping understand development, evolution and more.
15 September 2014
Alumni
Stephen Fuller, from 1981–2000 an EMBL postdoc, group leader then Head of Unit, died on 25 August.
12 September 2014
Science
Evolutionary surprise: notochord likely evolved from muscle, earlier than assumed.
6 August 2014
Science
How fruit flies beat the cold, plus the value of precisely controlled experiments and detailed analysis
1 July 2014
Lab Matters
As the Lab turns 40, staff and alumni share 40 things that make EMBL, EMBL
12 September 2013
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…
11 July 2013
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,…
3 June 2012
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…
7 August 2011
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…
23 January 2011
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…
16 November 2010
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…
1 April 2010
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…
24 February 2009
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…
22 October 2008
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.…
4 May 2007
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…
4 March 2007
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…
31 March 2005
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…
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