15 May 2025
Five key takeaways from an EMBL | EMBO symposium that explored the ‘wild frontiers’ of model organisms, from phytoplankton to sea anemones, waterstriders, roundworms, and more.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
17 March 2020
The medaka shown in this Picture of the Week was captured by Eva Hasel, a postdoc in the Leptin group at EMBL Heidelberg.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2020
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8 October 2019
Despite missing the characteristic stripes one would expect from a zebra – or a zebrafish – the fractals in this Picture of the Week show a zebrafish; or at least some cells in a zebrafish embryo, a few hours after fertilisation. Zebrafish are not only popular aquarium fish, they are also an…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2019
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1 October 2019
Model organisms are species that are studied extensively to understand particular biological phenomena and processes, with the expectation that discoveries made in the model organism will provide insight into the workings of other organisms. The small marine ringed worm Platynereis dumerilii gained…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2019
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31 October 2018
EMBL researchers discover that four organs in a marine worm’s head can sense different chemicals
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2018
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9 July 2018
New group leader at EMBL Barcelona creates artificial biological systems to study animal development
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2018
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31 May 2018
Of mice and gorillas: using mouse data for conservation
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2018
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5 April 2018
Launch of the first free global online catalogue of PDX models
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2018
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5 December 2017
Curious about what goes on in EMBL’s Fly Room? Prepare to be a fly on the wall
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2017
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23 November 2017
EMBL alumna Sigrid Reinsch trained as a cell biologist – now she helps run experiments in space
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2017
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13 November 2017
A summary of recent research highlights from EMBL
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2017
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2 November 2017
Five things researchers have learned from bizarre fruit flies
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2017
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9 June 2017
EMBL researchers complete a molecular atlas showing gene expression in all cells in an entire animal
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2017
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13 March 2017
ERC grantee Detlev Arendt shares his vision for the next ten years
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2017
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25 November 2015
Ewan Birney on the risks, rewards and realities of studying humans as a model species.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2015
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25 November 2015
Halldór Stefánsson on the long history of complex interactions between humans and animals.
LAB MATTERS
24 August 2015
Maria Kamber, who heads the mouse facility, ensures “dignity, compassion and respect” for her charges.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS
2015
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14 April 2015
New single-cell genomics techniques bring ‘omics to evolution and development research.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2015
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19 January 2010
Although they are present almost everywhere, on land and sea, a group of related bacteria in the superphylum Planctomycetes-Verrucomicrobia-Chlamydiae, or PVC, have remained in relative obscurity ever since they were first described about a decade ago. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2010
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27 September 2006
The life of a cell is all about growing and dividing at the right time. That is why the cell cycle is one of the most tightly regulated cellular processes. A control system with several layers adjusts when key components of the cell cycle machinery are produced, activated and degraded to make sure…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2006
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10 April 2006
Today three research organisations announce the merging of their expertise to fight cardiovascular diseases, which are among the most common health problems and causes of death in the world. The Magdi Yacoub Institute (MYI) at the UK’s Harefield Heart Science Centre, Imperial College London,…
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS
2006
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4 September 2005
Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and the Institute of Biomedical Research of the Parc Científic de Barcelona (IRB-PCB) have now added key evidence to claims that some types of cancer originate with defects in stem cells. The study, reported this week in…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2005
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