Sarah B. Puschmann, Author at EMBL

17 January 2018 With help from an external transcription factor (lavender, peach, and green), Pol III (grey) and its built-in transcription factor (yellow), create a cage around a cell’s DNA (plum). IMAGE: EMBL/Matthias Vorländer

With help from an external transcription factor (lavender, peach, and green), Pol III (grey) and its built-in transcription factor (yellow), create a cage around a cell’s DNA (plum). IMAGE: EMBL/Matthias Vorländer

Pol III enzyme grips DNA and begins reading fast

Science & Technology EMBL researchers uncover how a key enzyme that helps cells make new proteins starts its work

2018

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15 January 2018

Welcome: Matthieu Boulard

People & Perspectives New EMBL group leader investigates the mystery of heritable gene silencing

2018

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8 January 2018 A photo of new EMBL Heidelberg group leader Aissam Ikmi.

Welcome: Aissam Ikmi

People & Perspectives New group leader studies sea anemones to investigate why some animals regenerate better than others

2018

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22 December 2017 John Kendrew, c. 1978, visits the site of the EMBL main laboratory in Heidelberg. Photo taken by Frieda Glockner (EMBL Archive / DE 2324 P-GLO)

John Kendrew, c. 1978, visits the site of the EMBL main laboratory in Heidelberg. Photo taken by Frieda Glockner (EMBL Archive / DE 2324 P-GLO)

Molecular biology as a force for peace

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Historian Soraya de Chadarevian explores how EMBL’s first Director General shaped molecular biology

2017

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13 December 2017 New research reveals that without cohesin (pictured here), the chromosomes in mouse liver cells still folded on the mega-base scale but didn’t form large-scale compartments

New research reveals that without cohesin (pictured here), the chromosomes in mouse liver cells still folded on the mega-base scale but didn’t form large-scale compartments

Chromosomes don’t need key protein for all their folds

Science & Technology New research reveals that two different mechanisms are responsible for chromosome folding

2017

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8 December 2017 Alasdair McDowall (left), an EMBL research technician 1978-1987, and Jacques Dubochet (right), EMBL group leader 1978-1987, together in Heidelberg