16 November 2023
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
sciencescience-technology
30 March 2023
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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23 March 2023
ConnectionsLab Matters
Scientists from EMBL and its French academic partners gathered at EMBL Rome for a workshop to foster collaboration and advance research in neuroscience.
2023
connectionslab-matters
25 October 2022
NIH BRAIN Initiative to fund brain atlases, network coordination, and knowledge sharing to explore brain function research.
2022
announcementsscience
8 February 2022
Lab MattersScience & Technology
Experiences at EMBL Rome led former group leader to establish his start-up in Italy, developing a new generation of gene therapies.
2022
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17 September 2021
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
research-highlightssciencescience-technology
28 October 2020
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
sciencescience-technology
19 May 2020
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
Science & Technology
Exploring the diverse routes by which EMBL scientists are driving forward neurobiology
2019
sciencescience-technology
12 September 2019
EMBL Announcements
The next stop on Tara’s journey will be at the mouth of the Tiber
2019
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27 June 2019
Lab Matters
Nobel prize laureate Susumu Tonegawa describes his work in memory research over the past decade
26 March 2019
ConnectionsLab Matters
EMBL begins partnership with Polish centre of excellence for neural plasticity and brain disorders
2019
connectionslab-matters
4 October 2018
Connections
EMBL alumni and researchers working throughout Spain met in Madrid
26 March 2018
Science & Technology
For the first time, EMBL Rome researchers have captured microglia nibbling on brain synapses on film.
2018
sciencescience-technology
21 March 2018
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters
EMBL Group Leader creates Ben Barres Prize to support talented young neuroscientists
2018
embl-announcementslab-matters
8 March 2018
Science & Technology
EMBL scientists discover how two guidance cues work together when neurons project axons across the midline
2018
sciencescience-technology
15 January 2018
People & Perspectives
New EMBL group leader investigates the mystery of heritable gene silencing
2018
people-perspectivesscience
11 July 2017
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters
EMBL’s unit in Italy changes name to better reflect new research focuses and highlight its location
2017
embl-announcementslab-matters
13 June 2017
Science & Technology
EMBL’s Cornelius Gross wants to understand fear responses and the brain circuitry that governs them
2017
sciencescience-technology
9 June 2017
Science & Technology
EMBL researchers complete a molecular atlas showing gene expression in all cells in an entire animal
2017
sciencescience-technology
31 May 2017
Science & Technology
EMBL’s Hiroki Asari investigates how our internal state can change the way our eyes work
2017
sciencescience-technology
7 April 2017
ConnectionsLab Matters
EMBL’s Monterotondo site strengthens links with the Italian scientific community
2017
connectionslab-matters
13 March 2017
Science & Technology
ERC grantee Detlev Arendt shares his vision for the next ten years
2017
sciencescience-technology
9 January 2017
Science & Technology
EMBL scientists find out how the prefrontal cortex puts a break on instinctive behaviours
2017
sciencescience-technology
13 December 2016
Science & Technology
Research on the effect of nerve cell stiffness on sensitivity to touch could lead to new painkillers
2016
sciencescience-technology
27 October 2016
People & Perspectives
Robert Prevedel develops deep-tissue microscopy for scientists to peer deep inside living organisms
2016
people-perspectivesscience
17 October 2016
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
Science & Technology
A perfect match: behaviourist Takefumi Kikusui visits the Gross group to explore animal attraction
2016
sciencescience-technology
21 April 2016
People & Perspectives
Neuroscientist and comedian Sophie Scott explains the complexity and social importance of laughter
2016
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7 April 2016
People & Perspectives
Why does a cookie look different depending on how hungry you are? Neuroscientist Asari wants to find out
2016
people-perspectivesscience
18 March 2016
Science & Technology
Neural mechanisms in mouse brains indicate that we actively forget as we learn
2016
sciencescience-technology
17 September 2015
Science & Technology
Multifaceted approach reveals how brain and liver age, helps explain why ageing brain loses plasticity.
2015
sciencescience-technology
12 May 2015
Not all embryonic macrophages are the same, and only some are destined to become microglia.
29 April 2015
Radiocarbon studies are helping researchers shine light on how neurons stay stable yet adaptable.
16 February 2015
EMBL Insight Lecture – Why do we do what we do? – now available to view online.
26 January 2015
From using light to control brain activity to illuminating fruit fly development and mice’s sense of touch
23 January 2015
Alumnus Stefan Hell on his 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
9 December 2014
Unprecedented detail in images of mouse neurons thanks to new SNAP-tagging microscopy technique.
18 November 2014
The important thing is forming good biological questions, says new group leader in Genome Biology.
17 October 2014
Alumnus Giovanni Frazzetto on what happens when art, literature, theatre, and science come together.
25 September 2014
How plankton gets jet lagged: the same hormone governs our sleep patterns and a daily marine migration.
1 July 2014
Lab Matters
Scientists from EMBL's five sites reflect on the opportunities and challenges that might lie ahead
5 June 2014
Science & Technology
A kaleidoscope of molecules is needed to clean up dead brain cells, and failure can have disastrous consequences
2014
sciencescience-technology
25 August 2010
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…
15 September 2007
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,…
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