Metabolism shapes life
EMBL Barcelona and MPI-CBG Dresden researchers reveal how glycolysis drives early embryonic cell decisions.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2025
science-technology
How video games inspired a new way to visualise limb development
EMBL Barcelona researchers developed a computational method that reconstructs embryonic development.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2025
science-technology
Metabolic activities are not global modulators of developmental tempos
A new study from EMBL Barcelona researchers shows that metabolism is a selective modulator of developmental tempo, contributing to our evolutionary understanding.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2025
science-technology
Stopping severe malaria by harnessing natural human antibodies
The findings of the study provide insights into vaccines or treatments to protect people from severe malaria.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2024
science-technology
From head to tail: how cells give rise to our body plan
Researchers from the Trivedi Group at EMBL Barcelona unveil how cells can act autonomously during early development.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2024
science-technology
EMBL Barcelona celebrates EMBL’s 50th anniversary with Spanish community
EMBL Barcelona observed EMBL’s 50th anniversary with a scientific celebration that attracted alumni and other leading life scientists.
CONNECTIONS2024
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We are EMBL: Iguaracy Pinheiro-de-Sousa on organoids and nanorobot ‘highways’
EMBL-EBI Postdoctoral researcher Iguaracy Pinheiro de Sousa is using bioinformatics to support the development of better organoids.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2024
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Spanish dignitaries meet EMBL leaders to uplift cooperation for future research synergy
A delegation from Spain’s Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities visited EMBL to strengthen ties and discuss future opportunities.
CONNECTIONS2024
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We are EMBL: Jia Le Lim on zebrafish, temperature, and Johann Sebastian Bach
Jia Le Lim talks about contributing back to society through science, finding inspiration in the way birds fly in the sky, and winning a recent international piano competition.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2024
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Hans Clevers to deliver 2024 Kafatos Lecture on pioneering organoid research
On Friday 4 October 2024 at 18:00 CEST, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) in Amsterdam will host the 2024 Kafatos Lecture, delivered by renowned scientist Hans Clevers.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2024
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The Barcelona Collaboratorium hosts its first event since its opening
The Barcelona Collaboratorium celebrated a milestone as it hosted the EMBO Practical Course ‘Computational modelling of multicellular systems'.
CONNECTIONS2023
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The speed of life: a zoo of cells to study developmental time
Researchers from the Ebisuya Group at EMBL Barcelona have used an unprecedented stem cell zoo to compare six different mammalian species and their developmental time.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2023
sciencescience-technology
Unravelling the origins of the human spine
Scientists at EMBL Barcelona have created for the first time a 3D in vitro model that recapitulates the periodic formation of human somites – structures that give rise to the spinal column.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2022
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New clues to a 500-year old mystery about the human heart
An international team of scientists involving Ewan Birney's group has investigated the function of a complex mesh of muscle fibres that line the inner surface of the heart.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2020
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Tissue dynamics provide clues to human disease
EMBL scientists examine the molecular causes of a rare hereditary disease of the spine and ribs
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2020
sciencescience-technology
From cell to mouse – how tissues differentiate
Shedding light on the mechanisms that control the fate of embryonic cells
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2019
sciencescience-technology
Using mini brains to understand big brains
What opportunities can organoids bring to further the understanding of the human brain?
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2018
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EMBL Barcelona co-organises first conference
James Sharpe, Head of EMBL Barcelona, co-chairs the morphogenetic engineering-themed conference
CONNECTIONS2017
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Welcome: James Sharpe
Meet the head of EMBL's new Barcelona site, James Sharpe
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
people-perspectivesscience
James Sharpe appointed Head of EMBL Barcelona
Inventor of OPT will be the first Head of EMBL’s new Barcelona site
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2017
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EMBL to open new site in Barcelona
Spanish government and EMBL sign agreement for new site
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2017
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The story behind EMBL’s Barcelona site
EMBL Director-General, Iain Mattaj, reflects on the work done to establish a new site in Barcelona
LAB MATTERS2017
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What would it take to regrow an arm?
Exploring what it would take to regrow a lost limb, and what we might learn along the way
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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New EMBL-Hubrecht Institute partnership
EMBL and the Hubrecht Institute signed a 5-year partnership agreement
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2016
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The closest look ever at native human tissue
Seeing proteins in their natural environment and interactions inside cells has been a longstanding goal. Using an advanced microscopy technique called cryo-electron tomography, researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have visualised proteins responsible for cell-cell…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2007
sciencescience-technology
The giant protein titin helps build muscles
Imagine grabbing two snakes by the tail so that they can’t wriggle off in opposite directions. Scientists at the Hamburg Outstation of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and collaborators from King’s College in London have now discovered that something similar happens to a…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2006
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