Mapping the human brain: a global collaboration
Announcements, Science NIH BRAIN Initiative to fund brain atlases, network coordination, and knowledge sharing to explore brain function research.
2022
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Welcome: Georgia Rapti
Lab Matters 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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Neural pathways
Science Exploring the diverse routes by which EMBL scientists are driving forward neurobiology
2019
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EMBL and Tara: Rome
Events The next stop on Tara’s journey will be at the mouth of the Tiber
2019
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Exploring the principles of episodic memory
Events Nobel prize laureate Susumu Tonegawa describes his work in memory research over the past decade
2019
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EMBL partners with BRAINCITY
Lab Matters EMBL begins partnership with Polish centre of excellence for neural plasticity and brain disorders
2019
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EMBL in Spain: Lola Ledesma
Alumni EMBL alumni and researchers working throughout Spain met in Madrid
2018
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Captured: microglia nibbling on brain synapses
Science For the first time, EMBL Rome researchers have captured microglia nibbling on brain synapses on film.
2018
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First Ben Barres Prize awarded at EMBO Microglia
Lab Matters EMBL Group Leader creates Ben Barres Prize to support talented young neuroscientists
2018
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Axon guidance and bundling are linked
Science EMBL scientists discover how two guidance cues work together when neurons project axons across the midline
2018
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Welcome: Matthieu Boulard
Science New EMBL group leader investigates the mystery of heritable gene silencing
2018
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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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Mapping gene expression, cell by cell
Science EMBL researchers complete a molecular atlas showing gene expression in all cells in an entire animal
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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Strengthening links with Italian research community
Lab Matters EMBL’s Monterotondo site strengthens links with the Italian scientific community
2017
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Futures: Brain evolution
Science ERC grantee Detlev Arendt shares his vision for the next ten years
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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Opinion: Is your mind playing tricks on you?
Lab Matters We catch up with neuroscientist Craig Stark, speaker at the EMBL/EMBO Science and Society Conference
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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Branches: Laughing matter
Events Neuroscientist and comedian Sophie Scott explains the complexity and social importance of laughter
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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Ages apart
Science Multifaceted approach reveals how brain and liver age, helps explain why ageing brain loses plasticity.
2015
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Destined for the brain
Science Not all embryonic macrophages are the same, and only some are destined to become microglia.
2015
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Element of surprise
Science Radiocarbon studies are helping researchers shine light on how neurons stay stable yet adaptable.
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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Turn out the light
Alumni Alumnus Stefan Hell on his 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
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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Welcome: Kyung-Min Noh
Science The important thing is forming good biological questions, says new group leader in Genome Biology.
2014
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Pathways: Science meets arts
Alumni Alumnus Giovanni Frazzetto on what happens when art, literature, theatre, and science come together.
2014
alumni
How plankton gets jet lagged
Science How plankton gets jet lagged: the same hormone governs our sleep patterns and a daily marine migration.
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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Picky eaters: how microglia capture their prey
Science A kaleidoscope of molecules is needed to clean up dead brain cells, and failure can have disastrous consequences
2014
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Freeze or run? Not that simple
Science 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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A molecule that protects from neuronal disorders
Science 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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