{"id":1046,"date":"2014-07-16T15:35:38","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T13:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.embl.de\/?p=1046"},"modified":"2020-03-24T14:08:56","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T13:08:56","slug":"40q","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/lab-matters\/40q\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask EMBL&#8230; anything!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Submit your question via <a title=\"EMBL Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/embl.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>, <a title=\"EMBL Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EMBLorg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;@EMBLorg, <a title=\"EMBL Google+\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+EMBLorg\/posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google+<\/a> or <a title=\"EMBL YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/emblmedia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>, tagged #EMBL40Q, or via the form below. 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