EMBLetc. archive

EMBLetc. 101, Winter 2023

• Why time is of the essence in development
• Embracing the genome sequencing revolution
• The secret of molecular promiscuity

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EMBLetc. 100, Summer 2023

• Organs-on-chip: new horizons for disease research
• A trip down memory lane
• Behind the scenes of innovation

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EMBLetc. 99, Winter 2022/23

• Uncovering a microbe’s inner life
• From coast to coast and beyond
• The power of a pesticide library

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EMBLetc. 98, Winter 2021/22

• Synapse DeepMind database
• Nucleus Wrangling an octopus-like polymerase
• Cultures Mobile DNA sequencing

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EMBLetc. 97, Summer 2021

• Synapse microbial teamwork
• Nucleus Living laboratories
• Cultures The European Climate Pact

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EMBLetc. 96, Winter 2020/21

• The impact of COVID-19 on women in science
• Tackling tropical diseases
• EMBL’s future directions

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EMBLetc. 95, Summer 2020

• Synapse: EMBL’s contribution to fighting coronavirus
• Nucleus: The Darwin Tree of Life project
• Cultures: Meet EMBL’s new Environmental Officer

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Issue 94, Winter 2019

• Synapse: Science in the Barcelona Metro
• Nucleus: We all come from the ocean
• Cultures: Snapshots from Mission Microplastics

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Issue 93, Summer 2019

• Robots grow bio-inspired shapes
• Wielding the genetic scissors
• Twenty years of EMBLEM

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Issue 92, Winter 2018/19

• Constructing tissue shapes with light
• In the flesh
• Translating science into designs

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Issue 91, Summer 2018

• Nibbling on brain cells
• Ocean origins
• Seven new scientists

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Issue 90, Winter 2017/18

• Jacques Dubochet: Nobel Prize winner
• Curious realms
• To laugh and then think

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Issue 89, Spring 2017

• New approach to treating pain
• EMBL opens new site in Barcelona
• Humans of EMBL

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Issue 88, Autumn 2016

• Spiral growth
• What would it take to regrow an arm?
• Capturing life in perspective

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Issue 87, Summer 2016

• New dimensions
• Gene editing 3.0
• Alumni in action

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Issue 86, Spring 2016

• The rhythms in life
• Forgetting to learn
• Laughing matters

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Issue 85, Autumn 2015

• Humans of EMBL
• 1000 Genomes Project: finding missing genes
• What makes humans tick?

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Issue 84, Summer 2015

• Tara: an ocean odyssey
• Catching up with alumni as EMBL Grenoble turns 40
• Decoding disease with start-up Miroculus

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Issue 83, Spring 2015

• Cellular machines on the move
• How neurons stay stable yet adaptable
• Inside industry – experiences of EMBL alumni

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Issue 82, Winter 2014/15

• How plankton gets jet lagged
• Crystallography: light years ahead
• Meet the voice of the Philae comet lander

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Issue 81, Autumn 2014

• Music of the spheres
• Fighting bacteria with viruses
• Remarkable summer adventures

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Issue 80, Summer 2014

• 40 things that make EMBL
• Remodelling the cell
• The search for our neighbours

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Issue 79, April 2014

• Partnerships create frameworks for success
• Slovak Republic becomes first prospect member
• Lowdown on EMBL’s 40th Celebrations

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Issue 78, December 2013

• Grand opening for EMBL-EBI South Building
• What does sex and fear of ‘bullies’ have in common?
• EMBL Heidelberg’s Head Chef retires

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Issue 77, October 2013

• Connecting life science and lasers in Hamburg
• EMBL’s PhD programme turns 30
• Nordic partners connect in Oslo

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Issue 76, August 2013

• How EMBL scientists are unravelling the secrets of cells
• HeLa data agreement
• Listen to your genes

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Issue 75, June 2013

• Crowds gather for EMBL’s Open Day and Lab Day
• EMBL-EBI’s Nick Goldman has the X-factor
• EMBL affirms links with the Argentine Republic

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Issue 74, April 2013

• Nordic EMBL partnership is extended and enlarged
• Shedding light on the mysterious nuclear pore complex
• Topping out of EMBL-EBI’s newest addition

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Issue 73, February 2013

• Using synthetic DNA to store data
• Czech Republic requests to become member state
• Fresh thinking on model organisms

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Issue 72, December 2012

• DORIS synchrotron retires
• Meet the new head of EMBL Monterotondo
• New crystal harvesting method developed in Grenoble

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Issue 71, October 2012

• ENCODE delivers the data
• PETRA III renamed Max von Laue
• Found in Translation in Barcelona

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Issue 70, August 2012

• Celebrating science at Lab Day
• Council meets in Heidelberg
• BioSAXS milestones in Hamburg and Grenoble

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Issue 69, June 2012

• New discoveries hot off the press
• Ground breaking of new EMBL-EBI technical hub
• What is the biggest question in modern biology?

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Issue 68, April 2012

• Nadia Rosenthal leaves EMBL Monterotondo
• Instruct formally launched
• Tara Oceans returns

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Issue 67, February 2012

• EMBL-EBI Associate Director Graham Cameron retires
• Advanced ERC grants for two EMBL scientists
• From guardian to guerilla

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Issue 66, December 2011

• Five-year programme approved by Council
• UK invests £75 million in ELIXIR
• The synergy of silent success

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Issue 65, October 2011

• The right medicine – connecting basic science with clinical practice
• Eric Wieschaus: Back in town
• Green light for ELIXIR

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Issue 64, August 2011

• Science in the spotlight
• Summer council meeting in Grenoble
• Invasion of the nasty gardeners?

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Issue 63, June 2011

• Discovering a living legend
• First scattering patterns from BioSAXS
• From blood type to bug type

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Issue 62, April 2011

• What the Memorandum of Understanding means for EMBL
• Nobel Laureate outlines his vision for cancer research
• Social networking with genes

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Issue 61, March 2011

• Moving forward in microscopy
• EMBL Advanced Training Centre first anniversary
• New research centre in Hamburg

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Issue 60, December 2010

• Presidential recognition for SAXS
• Winter Council Meeting: outcomes
• Russia signs Memorandum of Understanding

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Issue 59, October 2010

• German ministerial governor visits EMBL Heidelberg
• Rewriting the history of our cerebral cortex
• Science at sea with EMBL’s Steffi Kandels-Lewis

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Issue 58, August 2010

• Summer council meeting: outcomes
• ESOF 2010: something for everyone
• Police academy: top cops visit EMBL

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Issue 57, June 2010

• Happy 10th anniversary, ELMI
• Grounded!
• Pictures from Lab Day

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Issue 56, April 2010

• The official opening of the ATC
• EMBL Australia launches down under
• Plans from the top

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Issue 55, February 2010

• Fay’s fabulous findings
• Looking north to explore biomedicine
• New technology to boost EM opportunities

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Issue 54, December 2009

• Bernd-Uwe Jahn retires
• Winter Council Meeting outcomes
• When a monk came to EMBL

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Issue 53, October 2009

• The ATC: your questions answered
• Jorge Cham knows what you’re going through
• Surprising allies

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Issue 52, August 2009

• Welcome to Heidelberg-on-sea
• A good week for a field trip
• EMBLEM: 10 years of tech transfer

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Issue 51, June 2009

• Science, posters, party: Lab Day!
• Top award for Reflect team
• Goodbye to Dietrich Suck

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Issue 50, April 2009

• New look for EMBL&cetera’s 50th edition
• Monterotondo’s movers, shakers and men of many talents
• Climb the tree of life

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Issue 49, February 2009

• New head of personnel knows what you’re going through
• Laurence set to ‘animate’ associations in the PSB
• PETRA progressing
• Making the world smaller

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Issue 48, December 2008

• EMBL-EBI goes to Westminster
• Tree of life to form centrepiece of museum exhibit
• Mission impossible: EMBL’s new advances in NMR
• The woman who wasn’t there

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Issue 47, October 2008

• A top ceremony for the Advanced Training Centre
• An EMBL reunion – in Japan!
• A picture’s worth a thousand words
• Adéquation seeks new leader

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Issue 46, August 2008

• New unit heads confirmed at summer Council meeting
• Unravelling the mystery of cot death
• A passage to India
• From ESOF to the Kinderhaus: communication’s big!

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Issue 45, June 2008

• Platypus genome sequence offers ticket back in time
• Time to shop! Go-ahead for PETRA III plans
• “I had no idea what the day-to-day life of a scientist involves”
• Women scientists prove it’s no longer a man’s world

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Issue 44, April 2008

• Meet Helke, the new Dean of Graduate Studies
• EMBL’s big in Japan
• Would you really like to be 150 years old?
• Make a date for Lab Day 

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Issue 43, February 2008

• New webpages lead you through the grants maze
• Positive feedback for the new-look PhD course
• Would you give money to this man?
• Interview: “I will never debate with a creationist”

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Issue 42, December 2007

• New faces at 2007’s Winter Council meeting
• EBI hosts VIPs at official opening of new building
• “We try to encourage the children to find their talents”
• PETRA-III gets her top on

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Issue 41, October 2007

• What’s it really like to come to EMBL as a predoc?
• Future plans from the new Head of Personnel
• Official: Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine
• Locally-run ELLS events kick off in Monterotondo

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Issue 40, August 2007

• Council Meeting: Australia to join as associate member state
• New heads of units for EMBL Heidelberg
• EMBL-EBI throws open the doors to training facilities

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Issue 39, June 2007

• ENCODE findings challenge views about human genome
• Do you want to brush up on your skills?
• Mice providing some answers to human questions 

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Issue 38, April 2007

• First cell ‘mapped’ in 3D by EMBL researchers
• An Indian adventure
• A huge thumbs-up at Cambridge Science Festival
• Trip to the frozen north for partnership talks

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Issue 37, February 2007

• “We want to find the best people to take us in new directions”
• EMBL Hamburg tipped for the top
• Liliana’s forgetful mice hit world headlines
• A passionate promoter of science 

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Issue 36, December 2006

• Stamp of approval for future at winter Council meeting
• Predocs return from Prague with their minds on disease
• Check out ‘EB-eye’, a foolproof new search engine
• Genes spring to mind at brain conference

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Issue 35, October 2006

• Work begins on the ATC
• A non-crystallographer in Hamburg
• Not just a job for the boys
• A Meme Machine: Susan Blackmore visits EMBL

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Issue 34, August 2006

• First EMBL Council meeting for newest Member State
• Hopes for a bigger, brighter future for the EBI
• Group Leaders head to the coast in pursuit of a Partnership
• FEBS in Turkey: the impact of affirmative action

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Issue 33, June 2006

• Croatia becomes nineteenth EMBL Member State
• Retirement of an EMBL mover and shaker
• From Google Earth to EMBLWorld
• SPINE enters the next generation

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Issue 32, April 2006

• Major new training centre to be built at EMBL-Heidelberg
• EIROforum launches science teaching journal
• Christos heads for home
• EUCOMM gets ahead of the game

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Issue 31, February 2006

• The CIBB opens its doors in Grenoble
• Potonik pays a visit

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Issue 30, December 2005

• Draft EMBL Programme 2007–2011 presented to Council
• It wasn’t all work at “Biology at Work”
• High-throughput facility inaugurated in Hamburg
• Kafatos named Chairman of ERC Council

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Issue 29, October 2005

• Proteins translate into EMBL’s biggest-ever conference
• Where was everybody this Autumn?
• EBI co-hosts major meeting on bioinformatics in drug discovery and design
• Plans for the ERC pick up speed

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Issue 28, August 2005

• Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit enters new phase
• What’s new in EMBL’s IT Services?
• New beamline for EMBL Hamburg

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Issue 27, June 2005

• Iain Mattaj takes over the helm of EMBL
• EBI set to expand thanks to funding from UK agencies
• Taking time out for reflection
• Charity begins at home

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Issue 26, April 2005

• An interview with departing Director-General Fotis C.Kafatos
• Nourishing the bioinformaticians of tomorrow: Open Day at the EBI
• Taking a break from the bench
• EU networks focus on complexes and pathways

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Issue 25, February 2005

• There’s something for everyone in Karyn’s Genomes
• Daniel Dennett to deliver lecture at EMBL
• EMBL participates in largest EC Science and Society grant
• EMBL retreat: towards a Lab “postdoc culture”

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Issue 24, December 2004

• Iceland becomes EMBL’s 18th member state
• EMBL-family celebrates big anniversaries
• Science and Society tackles Time and Aging
• Friends and colleagues gather at the first EMBL Alumni Association reunion

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Issue 23, October 2004

• 30 years of structural biology in Hamburg
• Branco Weiss fellowship goes to EMBL alumnus
• The curious incident of the disappearing helix
• Time and Aging to take center stage at EMBL

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Issue 22, August 2004

• Mattaj named next DG at Council meeting
• EC grants major award to PhD Programme
• A wealth of information from a little fish
• MitoCheck: on the trail of the cell cycle

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Issue 21, June 2004

• EMBL and DESY renew their vows
• Chemical Genomics facility set to open
• Lab Day 2004: from protein crystals to hard rock
• Groundbreaking ceremony held for PSB 

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Issue 20, April 2004

• New center for modeling and simulation
• EuroStemCell project in Monterotondo
• EMBO 3rd International Teachers Workshop
• Get to know EMBL Ventures

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Issue 19, February 2004

• New collaborative projects for EMBL
• Scientific advisors meet in Berlin
• A modest proposal regarding Mars
• November Science and Society conference to explore time and aging

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Issue 18, December 2003

• “Centres” to promote cross-Unit research
• Science in the European Constitution
• Grand challenges in global health
• A creative approach to “Physics and Life”

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Issue 17, October 2003

• EM core facility opens at EMBL Heidelberg
• HD Forum draws welcome support
• ALMF celebrates five years of looking at really small things

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Issue 16, August 2003

• Ireland becomes EMBL’s 17th member state
• EMBL establishes Endowment Fund
• BMBF pledges one million Euro for purchase of new electron microscope

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Issue 15, June 2003

• 25 years in Heidelberg!
• Become a bioinformaticist in five easy lessons at a new EBI website

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Issue 14, April 2003

• EBI to co-host the world’s largest bioinformatics conference
• EMBL researchers travel to Africa to help build community health center 

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Issue 13, February 2003

• Medaka genome to be completed
• EBI launches Genome Knowledge Base

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Issue 12, December 2002

• EMBL groups help wrap up mouse, mosquito genomes 

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Issue 11, July 2002

• Outstations to play key role in integrated projects

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Issue 10, March 2002

• EMBL and HD University Clinic establish Partnership Unit

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Issue 9, December 2001

• Council acting to resolve salary dispute  

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Issue 8, August 2001

• EMBL appoints heads for Hinxton and Monterotondo 

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Issue 7, March 2001

• Exodus  

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Issue 6, December 2000 November

• Council meeting brings welcome news 

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Issue 5, October 2000

• EMBL establishes technology transfer company

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Issue 4, September 2000

• Developing a new dialogue:
  EMBL/EMBO sponsor major Conference on Science and Society
• EMBL’s Scientific Programme 2001-2005 presented to Council

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Issue 3, February 2000

• EMBL Council passes resolutions on important ILO, EBI issues

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Issue 2, October 1999

• A new look and feel for EMBL’s official WWW pages

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Issue 1, July 1999

• News about services, staff, science and society

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