New name for EMBL’s site in Italy
Lab Matters EMBL’s unit in Italy changes name to better reflect new research focuses and highlight its location
2017
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Senses: Fathoming fear
Science EMBL’s Cornelius Gross wants to understand fear responses and the brain circuitry that governs them
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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Humans of EMBL: Senses
Lab Matters People across EMBL’s sites reflect on the ways they perceive their world
2017
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Welcome: Jamie Hackett
Science Meet Monterotondo’s new group leader for epigenetic reprogramming and inheritance, Jamie Hackett
2017
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Embryos use ancient viral DNA
Science EMBL scientists detect important function of genetic sequence our ancestors assimilated from a virus
2017
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Experience life in the lab!
Lab Matters Call for applications for school students to join ‘Summer in Science’ in Monterotondo
2017
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Strengthening links with Italian research community
Lab Matters EMBL’s Monterotondo site strengthens links with the Italian scientific community
2017
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Neural connection keeps instincts in check
Science EMBL scientists find out how the prefrontal cortex puts a break on instinctive behaviours
2017
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Study offers approach to treating pain
Science Research on the effect of nerve cell stiffness on sensitivity to touch could lead to new painkillers
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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Postdocs of EMBL
Lab Matters Turning the spotlight on the diverse universe of EMBL’s 200-strong postdoc community
2016
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Italian interconnections
Alumni Marco Tripoldi and Valeria Carola join colleagues and peers at gathering of Italy-based alumni
2016
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The pheromones behind romance
Science A perfect match: behaviourist Takefumi Kikusui visits the Gross group to explore animal attraction
2016
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Welcome: Hiroki Asari
Science Why does a cookie look different depending on how hungry you are? Neuroscientist Asari wants to find out
2016
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Forgetting to learn
Science Neural mechanisms in mouse brains indicate that we actively forget as we learn
2016
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What’s on in 2016
Events With 28 conferences and 57 courses, 2016 will be EMBL’s most eventful year to date.
2015
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Humans of EMBL
Lab Matters Compelling short stories that shine light on the life and work of EMBL staff.
2015
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Cellular synergy
Events Alumnus Thomas Vaccari reflects on the first joint symposium with EMBL Monterotondo, in Milan.
2015
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Pathways: Culture of care
Lab Matters Maria Kamber, who heads the mouse facility, ensures “dignity, compassion and respect” for her charges.
2015
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EIPOD goes cubic
Lab Matters EI3POD: flagship interdisciplinary postdoc programme opens its doors to academia and industry.
2015
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Open access: transforming science
Lab Matters EMBL’s new open access policy aims to make EMBL research widely and freely accessible.
2015
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Fight or flight?
Events EMBL Insight Lecture – Why do we do what we do? – now available to view online.
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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Delighting in detail
Science Unprecedented detail in images of mouse neurons thanks to new SNAP-tagging microscopy technique.
2014
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Protecting us from our cells
Science Growth factor IGF-1 boosts natural defence against type-1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis
2014
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Celebrating 40 years of leading life science
Alumni "Thank you, EMBL, for changing my life" – reunion celebrates great science and great scientists
2014
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Buon Compleanno!
Alumni EMBL Monterotondo celebrates double anniversary with fun, fireworks, festa and familiar faces
2014
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Forty things that make EMBL – Part 1
Lab Matters As the Lab turns 40, staff and alumni share 40 things that make EMBL, EMBL
2014
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Back to school
Lab Matters School ambassadors show next generation that scientists are more ‘role model’ than ‘mad professor’
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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Five for the future
Lab Matters Scientists from EMBL's five sites reflect on the opportunities and challenges that might lie ahead
2014
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What are you scared of?
Science What do bullies and sex have in common? Based on work by scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Monterotondo, Italy, it seems that the same part of the brain reacts to both. In a study published today in Nature Neuroscience, the researchers found that – at least in…
2013
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Gardening in the brain
Science Gardeners know that some trees require regular pruning: some of their branches have to be cut so that others can grow stronger. The same is true of the developing brain: cells called microglia prune the connections between neurons, shaping how the brain is wired, scientists at the European…
2011
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To regenerate muscle, cellular garbage men must become builders
Science For scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Monterotondo, Italy, what seemed like a disappointing result turned out to be an important discovery. Their findings, published online this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), provide…
2009
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European centre of excellence for mouse biology celebrates its 10th anniversary
Lab Matters Mice are one of biology’s most important model organisms, because 98% of their genes and many of their traits and diseases are similar to ours. Researchers at the Mouse Biology Unit of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) take advantage of these similarities and use mice to study…
2009
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