AI helps scientists decipher cellular structures
Science New artificial intelligence tool adds speed and detailed cellular information to analysis of cryo-electron tomography to aid researchers’ understanding of inner cell workings.
2023
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Judith Zaugg from EMBL Heidelberg receives ERC Consolidator Grant
Lab Matters Judith Zaugg, Group Leader at EMBL Heidelberg, has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant of €2 million funded under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. Over the next five years, the grant will enable her group to study cellular interactions in the human bone…
2022
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It’s like a party in your brain
Picture of the week Fluorescent dyes light up a cellular community of neurons and brain immune cells (microglia), which were derived from stem cells.
2021
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Predicting how gene expression varies
Science Discoveries at EMBL will help researchers to interpret one of the most common types of experiments in genomics and medical studies.
2020
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From stem cells to neurons
Science Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg have investigated stem cells and how they differentiate to become neurons. Their approach included an assessment of the complex interplay of molecules during the differentiation process and generated fundamental new insights into the role of a protein called Sox2 in…
2020
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EMBL scientists investigate rare lung disease
Science Researchers in EMBL’s Zaugg group have studied the causes of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a rare disease that causes high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs. The study, carried out in collaboration with Stanford University School of Medicine, compared lung cells of patients…
2020
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New insights into gene regulation
Science EMBL researchers investigate the role of a histone protein in regulating gene expression
2020
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How transcription factors work together
Science EMBL researchers have developed a method to observe interactions between transcription factors
2020
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A classification tool for transcription factors
Science The software diffTF quantifies activity of transcription factors and predicts their mode of action
2019
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Loops in DNA affect which proteins are coded
Science EMBL scientists unveil how 3D chromatin structure affects RNA splicing
2017
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Life in 3D
Science EMBL scientists map ‘switches’ for distant control of gene expression.
2015
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