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Isabelle Kling

11 July 2017

New name for EMBL’s site in Italy

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL’s unit in Italy changes name to better reflect new research focuses and highlight its location

2017

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14 December 2016

New Crystallography platform inaugurated

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters A new crystallography platform in Grenoble opens the door to new technological developments

2016

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30 August 2016

Gene editing 3.0

Science & Technology Emmanuelle Charpentier sheds light on how CRISPR–Cas9 went from side project to global revolution

2016

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30 June 2016

Scientific twins

Science & Technology Collaborations shorten distance between EMBL Heidelberg, Germany, and CEITEC in Brno, Czech Republic

2016

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16 June 2016 Emiko Uchikawa in her lab at EMBL in Grenoble. IMAGE: Isabelle Kling/EMBL

Found in translation

Science & Technology Studying at EMBL in Grenoble helps Japanese postdoc see her native country through different eyes

2016

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27 May 2016 Italy-based alumni gathered for the ‘EMBL in Italy’ event on 27 May to learn about the focus of researchers at EMBL’s Monterotondo site. PHOTO: EMBL/Isabelle Kling

Italian interconnections

Connections Marco Tripoldi and Valeria Carola join colleagues and peers at gathering of Italy-based alumni

2016

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20 May 2016 Hugo Sarmento aboard Tara. PHOTO: Tara Oceans/Hugo Sarmento

Supporting science at sea

People & Perspectives Dozens of postdocs boosted their careers with a voyage aboard the Tara Oceans research schooner

2016

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9 May 2016 Kikusui spent 10 days this March in the Gross lab at EMBL brainstorming the neural mechanisms of social behaviour. PHOTO: Cornelius Gross

The pheromones behind romance

Science & Technology A perfect match: behaviourist Takefumi Kikusui visits the Gross group to explore animal attraction

2016

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21 April 2016 CrystalDirect robot control software: signal from a video camera monitoring the laser working area within a microplate (centre), used to locate the aperture (green trace) and cutting shape (red line), and to select final position of pin tip relative to the crystal (red oval). IMAGE: Zander, U, et al.

Crystals in the beamlight

Science & Technology CrystalDirect, developed at EMBL, automates crystal preparation for X-ray analysis

2016

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25 November 2015 IMAGE: EMBL-EBI/Spencer Phillips

What makes us human? Or not…

Science & Technology From jumping genes to organ transplants, the non-human features that make us human.

2015

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25 November 2015 Question mark

Q&A: Biophysics

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives What does a physicist do in a biology lab?

2015

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29 September 2015

Karsenti wins CNRS gold

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Gold medal celebrates Eric Karsenti’s exceptional career and outstanding contributions to biology.

2015

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22 September 2015

MASSIFly efficient

Science & Technology MASSIF-1 processes its 10,000th crystal, less than one year after the beamline became operational.

2015

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9 September 2015 Vinton Cerf, Google Chief Internet Evangelist, and a "fathers of the Internet".

From packets to planets

People & Perspectives Insights from the evangelical Vint Cerf, a “founding father of the Internet”, during a visit to EMBL.

2015

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20 August 2015

Life in 3D

Science & Technology EMBL scientists map ‘switches’ for distant control of gene expression.

2015

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20 August 2015

The French connection

ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL Core Facilities collaborate with French research programme Signalife to revive training visit.

2015

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28 July 2015

Union makes success

ConnectionsLab Matters Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU) with the University of Heidelberg, renewed until 2025.

2015

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16 July 2015

Iron regulators join war on pathogens

Science & Technology Iron regulatory proteins play important role in combatting infection, protecting against Salmonella.

2015

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16 July 2015

Oskar’s structure revealed

Science & Technology 3D structure of Oskar protein gives first molecular insight into how it functions.

2015

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9 July 2015

DNA protection, inch by inch

Science & Technology European team identify mechanism for producing piRNAs that silence jumping genes in germline cells.

2015

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3 July 2015

Sky’s the limit

Lab MattersScience & Technology Academic community clouds take cancer research towards a brighter future.

2015

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18 June 2015 Clathrin proteins involved in endocytosis form a lattice that can dramatically change its shape to form the vesicle

Decades-old cell biology puzzle solved

Science & Technology Behaviour of clathrin proteins, crucial for endocytosis, is clarified using new imaging techniques.

2015

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15 June 2015 The scientists measured the force required to change the shape of the cells by gently deforming each cell with a pipette. IMAGE: J.L. Maitre/EMBL

Dancing with the cells

Science & Technology Cells 'dance' as they draw together during early embryo development.

2015

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4 June 2015 The enzyme that degrades messenger RNA follows the ribosomes and stops every three nucleotides. IMAGE: V.Pelechano/EMBL

Decaying RNA molecules tell a story

Science & Technology Decaying RNA molecules tell a story that could add more chapters to the study of ribosomes.

2015

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21 May 2015

It runs in the family

Science & Technology Detailed structural study shows distantly related viruses share a common machinery for replication.

2015

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21 May 2015

Sense of space

Science & Technology EMBL scientists demonstrate that spatial constraints are a key factor in determining nucleus size.

2015

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26 January 2015

40 questions, answered

Lab Matters Find answers to 40 of your questions about life, the Lab and everything!

2015

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5 December 2014

Four decades at EMBL

Lab Matters Employee number 47 retires, leaving behind a legacy that intricately linked her life with EMBL.

2014

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14 November 2014 Participants at an EMBL-Illumina training course. PHOTO: EMBL/M. SCHUPP

Next generation training

First series of training courses jointly organised by EMBL and Illumina is a resounding success.

2014

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27 October 2014 The pollen trap used by Arkadiusz to collect pollen. PHOTO: ARKADIUSZ JANKIEWICZ

Looking for the beauty in science

Lab Matters How the author of a prize-winning project on bee travel ended up at a stem cells and cancer conference

2014

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