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16 November 2023

New evidence on retinal function

Science & Technology A new study from the Asari group at EMBL Rome shows a different retinal function in awake mice compared to isolated retinal samples. These new insights could help to develop prosthetic devices that can act as a retina in the future.

2023

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30 March 2023 Profile picture of Cornelius Gross, interim head of EMBL Rome

ERC Advanced Grant awarded to EMBL Rome researcher

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Interim head of EMBL Rome Cornelius Gross has been awarded an Advanced grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for his project TERRITORY, aimed at investigating the neural basis of territorial aggression and fear.

2023

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17 September 2021 Artistic representation of the complex cell circuit forming the retina

Vision unveiled: new roles for the retina in visual processing

Science & Technology EMBL scientists have found evidence of an unexpected role for retinal cells in pre-processing visual information; their results provide potential opportunity for future prosthetic visual aids.

2021

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28 October 2020 A brain hovers over a chess board, lines flow from the hypothalamus to the pieces, symbolising control over reactions to an aggressor and territory.

Should I run, or should I not? The neural basis of aggression and flight

Science & Technology Researchers in the Gross group at EMBL Rome have investigated the mechanism behind defensive behaviour in mice. They have identified a specific area of the brain that encodes both spatial and threat cues to drive location-specific defensive responses.

2020

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19 May 2020 EMBL group leader Georgia Rapti

Welcome: Georgia Rapti

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The nervous system has fascinated Georgia Rapti ever since her first introduction to biology. Her research group in the Developmental Biology unit will focus on understanding the early biological events involved in the nervous system’s formation.

2020

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29 November 2019 Choanocyte chamber of sponge, with neuroid cell

Neural pathways

Science & Technology Exploring the diverse routes by which EMBL scientists are driving forward neurobiology

2019

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12 September 2019 Tara stopover in Rome

EMBL and Tara: Rome

EMBL Announcements The next stop on Tara’s journey will be at the mouth of the Tiber

2019

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26 March 2019 BRAINCITY is an independent unit at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology in Warsaw, Poland. PHOTO: Michalj2 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

EMBL partners with BRAINCITY

ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL begins partnership with Polish centre of excellence for neural plasticity and brain disorders

2019

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4 October 2018 Lola Ledesma. PHOTO: Jose Antonio Pérez/CBMSO

EMBL in Spain: Lola Ledesma

Connections EMBL alumni and researchers working throughout Spain met in Madrid

2018

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8 March 2018 Netrin-1 bound to Draxin

Axon guidance and bundling are linked

Science & Technology EMBL scientists discover how two guidance cues work together when neurons project axons across the midline

2018

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15 January 2018 This mouse ovary and these immature eggs (in blue), can be used to study patterns of DNA methylation that affect only females.

Welcome: Matthieu Boulard

People & Perspectives New EMBL group leader investigates the mystery of heritable gene silencing

2018

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11 July 2017

New name for EMBL’s site in Italy

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL’s unit in Italy changes name to better reflect new research focuses and highlight its location

2017

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13 June 2017

Senses: Fathoming fear

Science & Technology EMBL’s Cornelius Gross wants to understand fear responses and the brain circuitry that governs them

2017

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9 June 2017

Mapping gene expression, cell by cell

Science & Technology EMBL researchers complete a molecular atlas showing gene expression in all cells in an entire animal

2017

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31 May 2017

Senses: What you see is how you feel

Science & Technology EMBL’s Hiroki Asari investigates how our internal state can change the way our eyes work

2017

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13 March 2017

Futures: Brain evolution

Science & Technology ERC grantee Detlev Arendt shares his vision for the next ten years

2017

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13 December 2016

Study offers approach to treating pain

Science & Technology Research on the effect of nerve cell stiffness on sensitivity to touch could lead to new painkillers

2016

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27 October 2016

Welcome to EMBL: Robert Prevedel

People & Perspectives Robert Prevedel develops deep-tissue microscopy for scientists to peer deep inside living organisms

2016

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17 October 2016

Opinion: Is your mind playing tricks on you?

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives We catch up with neuroscientist Craig Stark, speaker at the EMBL/EMBO Science and Society Conference

2016

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9 May 2016 Kikusui spent 10 days this March in the Gross lab at EMBL brainstorming the neural mechanisms of social behaviour. PHOTO: Cornelius Gross

The pheromones behind romance

Science & Technology A perfect match: behaviourist Takefumi Kikusui visits the Gross group to explore animal attraction

2016

sciencescience-technology

21 April 2016 Neuroscientist and stand-up comic Sophie Scott presented a EMBL Science and Society Forum lecture on laughter. PHOTO: University College London

Branches: Laughing matter

People & Perspectives Neuroscientist and comedian Sophie Scott explains the complexity and social importance of laughter

2016

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7 April 2016

Welcome: Hiroki Asari

People & Perspectives Why does a cookie look different depending on how hungry you are? Neuroscientist Asari wants to find out

2016

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18 March 2016

Forgetting to learn

Science & Technology Neural mechanisms in mouse brains indicate that we actively forget as we learn

2016

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17 September 2015 The scientists combined data from a variety of techniques to better understand how rats – and humans – age. IMAGE: Brandon Toyama/Salk Institute

Ages apart

Science & Technology Multifaceted approach reveals how brain and liver age, helps explain why ageing brain loses plasticity.

2015

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12 May 2015

Destined for the brain

Not all embryonic macrophages are the same, and only some are destined to become microglia.

2015

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29 April 2015

Element of surprise

Radiocarbon studies are helping researchers shine light on how neurons stay stable yet adaptable.

2015

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16 February 2015

Fight or flight?

EMBL Insight Lecture – Why do we do what we do? – now available to view online.

2015

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26 January 2015 ILLUSTRATION: AAD GOUDAPPEL

Cell control in a flash

From using light to control brain activity to illuminating fruit fly development and mice’s sense of touch

2015

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23 January 2015

Turn out the light

Alumnus Stefan Hell on his 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry

2015

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9 December 2014 A bundle of nerves that relays information from touch receptors on the skin to the spinal cord and ultimately the brain, imaged with the new technique. IMAGE: EMBL/L.CASTALDI

Delighting in detail

Unprecedented detail in images of mouse neurons thanks to new SNAP-tagging microscopy technique.

2014

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18 November 2014 Kyung-Min Noh. PHOTO: EMBL/M.SCHUPP

Welcome: Kyung-Min Noh

The important thing is forming good biological questions, says new group leader in Genome Biology.

2014

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17 October 2014

Pathways: Science meets arts

Alumnus Giovanni Frazzetto on what happens when art, literature, theatre, and science come together.

2014

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25 September 2014 Marine ragworm brain

How plankton gets jet lagged

How plankton gets jet lagged: the same hormone governs our sleep patterns and a daily marine migration.

2014

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1 July 2014 Illustration: Aad Goudappel, Rotterdam

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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25 August 2010

Freeze or run? Not that simple

Fear can make you run, it can make you fight, and it can glue you to the spot. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Monterotondo, Italy and GlaxoSmithKline in Verona, Italy, have identified not only the part of the brain but the specific type of neurons that determine…

2010

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15 September 2007

A molecule that protects from neuronal disorders

Many neuronal disorders, including epilepsy, schizophrenia and lissencephaly ─ a form of mental retardation ─ result from abnormal migration of nerve cells during the development of the brain. Researchers from the Mouse Biology Unit of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Italy,…

2007

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