Organs-on-chip: new horizons for disease research
EMBLetc EMBL Barcelona researchers are studying how tissues develop in health and disease using organoids and 3D multicellular systems to mimic human organs and their functions.
2023
The power of light: folding 3D tissues
Science EMBL Barcelona researchers have developed a tool that can use light to control the shape of cells .
2022
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What do stem cell aggregates and whipped cream have in common?
Science EMBL researchers revise the old problem of sintering droplets to understand the mechanical properties of tissues.
2022
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Kristina Haase from EMBL Barcelona receives ERC Starting Grant
Lab Matters Kristina Haase, Group Leader at EMBL Barcelona, will receive €1.5 million over the next five years to develop her project on 3D vascularised in vitro cardiac tissues.
2022
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When ‘good’ cells go ‘bad’
Science If researchers can identify specifically when good cells go bad, they can potentially understand disease better.
2021
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Organoids and machine learning: image analysis software developed during lockdown
Science MOrgAna is an open source, user-friendly, modular software that is able to analyse organoids with machine learning.
2021
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SARS-CoV-2 curtails immune response in the gut
Science EMBL scientists, together with collaborators from Heidelberg University, have provided further evidence of the gut’s role in COVID-19.
2021
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Seeing deeper inside cells
Science While cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) was first envisioned in 1968, the advances the Mahamid group are bringing to this 3D method for studying molecules directly inside cells are new, and are likely to greatly expand its use.
2020
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An organoid cell atlas to enhance biomedical research
Lab Matters EMBL-EBI is one of the eight European institutes involved in the Humanoid Cell Atlas initiative, a new open-access platform that combines single-cell profiling and organoid technology
2020
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A tool to improve cancer research
Science EMBL scientists have created a new, realistic 3D testbed that could help achieve the goal of stopping cancers before they start by studying cancer cells as they first form.
2020
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Understanding how SARS-CoV-2 behaves in the gut
Science Scientists at EMBL and Heidelberg University Hospital are studying how the novel coronavirus behaves in the gut to try to better understand its epidemiology and prevent its spread. To do this, they are combining advanced imaging and sequencing technologies to study coronavirus in human intestinal…
2020
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Tumour takeover
Picture of the week Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women. It is so deadly because tumours often return after successful cancer treatment. This recurrence is caused by individual dormant cancer cells remaining inside the breast. These cells can develop into active cancer cells…
2019
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