15 May 2023
EMBLetc
EMBL researchers are pushing the frontiers of big data analysis in biological imaging, allowing scientists to gain a many-layered and multidimensional view of organisms, tissues, and cells in action.
8 March 2023
Lab Matters
EMBL is leading the TREC project: the first pan-European and cross-disciplinary effort to examine life in its natural context.
31 October 2022
Science
Plankton parasites provide a zombie story perfect for Halloween. While invading single-celled plankton, these parasites devour the cell’s nucleus and hijack metabolism while the organism remains alive.
5 November 2021
Science
What can sponges tell us about the evolution of the brain? Sponges have the genes involved in neuronal function in higher animals. But if sponges don’t have brains, what is the role of these? EMBL scientists imaged the sponge digestive chamber to find out.
5 October 2021
Science
EMBL scientists and colleagues have developed an interactive atlas of the entire marine worm Platynereis dumerilii in its larval stage. The PlatyBrowser resource combines high-resolution gene expression data with volume electron microscopy images.
3 June 2021
Science
Under the innovative Planetary Biology research theme, EMBL scientists aim to understand life in the context of its environment.
19 January 2021
Picture of the week
It’s almost a year since the coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic, affecting all our lives. While the virus continues its grip on the world, scientists are understanding it better and better, increasing our knowledge about it and opening up new ways to fight it.
23 November 2020
Science
Researchers have studied SARS-CoV-2 replication in cells and obtained detailed insights into the alterations induced in infected cells. This information is essential to guide the development of urgently needed therapeutic strategies for suppressing viral replication and induced pathology.
30 April 2020
Science
EMBL electron microscopy specialists collaborate with researchers from Heidelberg University Hospital to understand the changes occurring in cell structures upon SARS-CoV-2 infection.
28 February 2020
Science
EMBL researchers combine multiple datasets to develop expandable atlas of an entire animal
18 February 2020
Picture of the week
In this image, Julian Hennies from the Schwab Team has reconstructed the 3D structure of a human cell's organelles.
21 January 2020
Picture of the week
The image shown here is a 3D-rendering created by Julian Hennies from the Schwab team.
15 May 2019
Science
Scientists develop software tools for automated acquisition of electron microscopy data
26 March 2018
Science
For the first time, EMBL Rome researchers have captured microglia nibbling on brain synapses on film.
10 August 2016
Science
Storage of pre-made nuclear pores allows for rapid cell division in fruit fly embryos
21 March 2016
Science
New technique uses X-rays to find landmarks when combining fluorescence and electron microscopy
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