21 September 2023
Announcements, Lab Matters
David Hulcoop discusses how his experience bridging organisational cultures will help address critical challenges in drug discovery and target selection at Open Targets.
2023
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8 August 2023
Lab Matters
Clément Blanchet has been appointed to lead the team working on small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) at EMBL Hamburg. In this interview, he talks his ambitions for the future work of the SAXS Team, his passion for science, and a memorable ‘aha’ moment he had in his early career.
22 June 2023
Lab Matters
Sihem Bennour, new head of HR, foresees a deeper culture of information sharing, listening, and problem solving with EMBL staff.
23 March 2023
Lab Matters
The new group leader is setting up the first purely theory-focused research group at EMBL Barcelona. He aims to understand fundamental biological principles using mathematical models and computer simulations, in close collaboration with experimental researchers across EMBL.
20 March 2023
Lab Matters
Together with his team, Gergely Papp pushes the frontiers of technology development in the field of structural biology.
13 February 2023
Lab Matters
Group Leader Hanh Vu studies ‘immortal’ flatworms that can grow and de-grow to understand better factors that determine organisms’ sizes.
30 November 2022
Lab Matters
The new group leader in Barcelona aims to understand how cells behave in health and in disease, and approaches her favourite hobby, cooking, very similarly to her work in the lab.
21 November 2022
Lab Matters
Looking to understand microbial predator-prey relationships, EMBL’s newest group leader tackles a molecular ‘arms race’ in his lab.
21 October 2022
Lab Matters
After a postdoc at Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, Flora Vincent has joined EMBL’s Developmental Biology unit to further explore the world of phytoplankton.
20 July 2022
Lab Matters
EMBL’s new archive and records manager, Maria Papanikolaou, explains the dual role she and an additional colleague will have in the Office of Science Information Management.
7 June 2022
Lab Matters
Pascale Cossart, one of the world’s foremost authorities on the biology of Listeria, brings four decades of expertise in intracellular bacterial parasitism to EMBL as a visiting scientist.
23 May 2022
Lab Matters
Fergal Martin discusses the importance of open access data and his work in different biodiversity initiatives
11 May 2022
Lab Matters
Peter Harrison discusses the importance of data accessibility and his passion for biodiversity and agricultural genomics.
27 April 2022
Lab Matters
Slovenian structural biologist Kristina Djinović-Carugo will join EMBL in July as the new Head of EMBL Grenoble. We spoke to her about her background, research interests, and plans for EMBL Grenoble.
30 March 2022
Lab Matters
John Lees joins EMBL-EBI as a Group Leader in Pathogen informatics and modelling.
23 February 2022
Lab Matters
Michael Dorrity, one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, is studying how the environment influences early life stages in zebrafish.
14 January 2022
Lab Matters
Melissa Harrison joins EMBL-EBI as the new Team Leader of Literature Services. We found out more about her plans for open access publishing and Europe PMC.
29 November 2021
Lab Matters
Using gene editing and three types of microscopy, one of EMBL’s newest group leaders is deciphering the functions of one of the smallest molecules involved in cell division, motility, and signalling, known as a centriole.
24 November 2021
Lab Matters
Tudor Groza joins EMBL-EBI as our new Phenomics Team Lead. We found out from Tudor exactly what this new role will entail
28 October 2021
Lab Matters
Svetlana Dodonova is one of EMBL's newest group leaders, leading a team of researchers who will study how genetic material is organised inside cells using structural biology approaches.
20 August 2021
Lab Matters
The new team leader at EMBL Hamburg talks about her plans to establish biological X-ray imaging and high-throughput tomography.
5 July 2021
Lab Matters
EMBL welcomes Sarah Dyer, the new Non-Vertebrate Genomics Team Leader at EMBL-EBI.
22 June 2021
Lab Matters
Anna Erzberger, one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, will provide unique perspective as a theoretical biological physicist.
7 April 2021
Lab Matters
The challenges and opportunities when setting up a global archive for bioimages
30 March 2021
Lab Matters
The new group leader at EMBL Rome will study how embryos can inherit non-genetic information from their parents that causes stable and heritable effects
26 February 2021
Lab Matters
As one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, Sinem Saka will combine multiple technologies, such as microscopy and single-cell omics, to solve biological puzzles.
19 February 2021
Lab Matters
Gautam Dey is fascinated by the evolutionary origins of the nucleus, and is looking forward to making the most of EMBL's infrastructure.
27 January 2021
Lab Matters
New group leader Nicoletta Petridou explains her fascination with the complexity of early embryo development, and how the interdisciplinary nature of EMBL will aid her research.
18 January 2021
Lab Matters
The EMBL Imaging Centre is scheduled to open in 2021 with Timo Zimmermann as Team Leader for advanced light microscopy technology development and service provision.
15 January 2021
Lab Matters
One of EMBL’s newest group leaders, Olivier Duss, will explore how RNA folds into functional structures and how it works with proteins to control a diverse range of activities in the cell.
16 October 2020
Lab Matters
New associate group leader at EMBL Hamburg investigates the structure of functional amyloids in bacteria and in human disease
24 August 2020
Lab Matters
The new team leader offering services in electron microscopy discusses his hopes and plans for the forthcoming EMBL Imaging Centre
20 August 2020
Lab Matters
The Web Development team provides a central source of web design and development for EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). In July, Geetika Malhotra joined the team as their new Head.
1 July 2020
Lab Matters
Open Targets welcomes new Informatics Science Director
19 May 2020
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.
22 April 2020
Lab Matters
Brendan Rouse came to Heidelberg in March as EMBL’s Environmental Officer, tasked with monitoring the organisation’s environmental impact and promoting sustainable practices. Here, he discusses his plans for the new role.
31 March 2020
Lab Matters
Bastian Drees is a biophysicist turned librarian, who joined EMBL in January as the new Head of Library. Here, he discusses the changing role of libraries and how they can help scientists organise and share their results.
20 February 2020
Lab Matters
EMBL’s new Science and Society Manager shares her plans for fostering multidisciplinary dialogue
19 February 2020
Science
New group leader at EMBL Heidelberg employs synthetic chemistry to develop novel tools for biology
27 January 2020
Science
New group leader at EMBL Barcelona is investigating how malaria affects the human circulatory system
21 January 2020
Science
Kristina Haase brings an engineer’s perspective to vascular disease and regenerative medicine
28 August 2019
Science
Exploring the cancer genomics labyrinth
22 July 2019
Science
Michael Zimmermann's group will investigate how gut microbes affect the body’s response to drugs.
12 April 2019
Lab Matters
Building bonds between academia and industry
8 April 2019
Lab Matters
New head of ORD will build and expand the partnerships that help EMBL achieve its ambitions
18 March 2019
Science
New EMBL group leader explores what neurobiology can teach us about what it means to be human
8 March 2019
Science
New group leader at EMBL Grenoble is investigating the cellular role of melanoma antigens
26 November 2018
Lab Matters
Building bridges between scientists and software developers
22 August 2018
Science
New head of the Mesoscopic Imaging Facility at EMBL Barcelona will help scientists visualise nature
3 August 2018
Science
An engineer’s approach to understanding morphogenesis
9 July 2018
Science
New group leader at EMBL Barcelona creates artificial biological systems to study animal development
4 June 2018
Science
Which of our genes will be passed on to our children? Simone Köhler wants to find out
20 April 2018
Science
New Heidelberg group leader creates tools to help biologists work faster and better
28 March 2018
Science
New EMBL-EBI Group Leader will make sense of bioimaging data
21 March 2018
Science
The new head of facility at EMBL Hamburg will help users solve protein puzzles
16 February 2018
Science
New EMBL group leader explores biophysical properties of chromosomes and other cellular assemblies
9 February 2018
Science
EMBL’s new group leader studies how gene expression is controlled
15 January 2018
Science
New EMBL group leader investigates the mystery of heritable gene silencing
8 January 2018
Science
New group leader studies sea anemones to investigate why some animals regenerate better than others
4 December 2017
Science
New group leader based in Grenoble aims to unveil the mechanisms of RNA editing
24 November 2017
Science
The Mahamid group studies meso-scale molecular assemblies in intact cells and model organisms at molecular resolution
3 October 2017
Science
EMBL’s new group leader based in Hamburg aims to create models of infection cycles
11 August 2017
Science
Meet Justin Crocker, EMBL’s new group leader in gene regulation during evolution and development
9 August 2017
Science
A new group at EMBL-EBI aims to decipher cell signalling networks
1 August 2017
Science
The Iqbal research group hopes to build a 'Google of bacteria' to help better interpret the genome
29 May 2017
Science
Meet the head of EMBL's new Barcelona site, James Sharpe
5 May 2017
Science
Meet Monterotondo’s new group leader for epigenetic reprogramming and inheritance, Jamie Hackett
21 March 2017
Lab Matters
EMBL’s new Academic Coordinator and Dean of Graduate Studies Monika Lachner leads programmes that help young scientists to flourish
25 January 2017
Science
New group leader Wojciech Galej investigates RNA-protein complexes involved in gene expression
27 October 2016
Science
Robert Prevedel develops deep-tissue microscopy for scientists to peer deep inside living organisms
26 September 2016
Science
New head of Proteomics Core Facility also runs stability proteomics lab
26 August 2016
Science
Team leader investigates how the gut microbiome could relate to human diseases
29 June 2016
Science
New group leader combines physics and biology to answer the 'hows' of cell movement
7 April 2016
Science
Why does a cookie look different depending on how hungry you are? Neuroscientist Asari wants to find out
25 January 2016
Lab Matters
"We’re open! We’re open to working with everybody, we’re open to new things."
30 November 2015
Lab Matters
"There’s nothing nicer than seeing a user leave the facility happy"
7 September 2015
Lab Matters
“A structure alone is not so interesting, you need the biology too,” says new NMR-focused group leader
3 September 2015
Lab Matters
New group explores why patients with same cancer exhibit unique constellations of genetic mutations.
6 August 2015
Science
A mathematician who got ‘sucked in’ to biological problems, meet new team leader Theodore Alexandrov.
9 January 2015
Science
New group leader Marco Marcia aims to broaden horizons while mapping molecules.
18 November 2014
Science
The important thing is forming good biological questions, says new group leader in Genome Biology.
17 November 2014
Science
Whether it’s information or people, the art of connecting is key to new group leader Judith Zaugg
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