Sonia Furtado Neves, Author at EMBL

13 March 2018 EMBL IT support engineer Vasiliki Karyoti walking down a corridor

Being an IT support engineer: go everywhere, know everyone

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives For Vasiliki Karyoti, troubleshooting and problem-solving take on a greater meaning at EMBL

2018

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8 March 2018 Netrin-1 bound to Draxin

Axon guidance and bundling are linked

Science & Technology EMBL scientists discover how two guidance cues work together when neurons project axons across the midline

2018

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23 February 2018 Felix Weis at the new cryo-EM service platform.

New cryo-EM service at EMBL Heidelberg

Science & Technology Access to state-of-the-art microscopes and outstanding expertise

2018

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21 February 2018 10x Genomics joined EMBL's Corporate Partnership Programme

10x Genomics joins EMBL’s Corporate Partnership Programme

ConnectionsLab Matters Joining forces for single-cell research

2018

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20 February 2018 Jacques Dubochet holding his Nobel medal during Nobel week. PHOTO: Alexander Mahmoud ©Nobel Media AB 2017

Jacques Dubochet donates Nobel medal to EMBL

People & Perspectives “In testimony of my great thankfulness”

2018

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28 November 2017 A photo of Jana Pavlic and Plamena Markova, EMBL’s Joint Heads of Government and EU Relations. PHOTO: Hugo Neves/EMBL Photolab

Diplomacy – What’s science got to do with it?

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Interview with EMBL’s Joint Heads of Government and EU Relations

2017

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2 November 2017 Fly with no wings

What bizarre flies have taught us

Science & Technology Five things researchers have learned from bizarre fruit flies

2017

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27 September 2017 wine label with Patil Group and S. cerevisiae

How wine-making yeast can feed wine-spoiling bacteria

Science & Technology How microbes can create niches for each other

2017

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29 May 2017 PRBB building which will host EMBL Barcelona PHOTO: Ferran Mateo/PRBB

James Sharpe appointed Head of EMBL Barcelona

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Inventor of OPT will be the first Head of EMBL’s new Barcelona site

2017

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8 May 2017

EMBL spin-off Luxendo acquired by Bruker

ConnectionsLab Matters Accelerating researchers’ access to next-generation light-sheet microscopy

2017

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10 April 2017

EMBL to open new site in Barcelona

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Spanish government and EMBL sign agreement for new site

2017

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9 March 2017

Cell division offers hope to fight antibiotic resistance

Science & Technology Keeping bacterial chromosomes tangled could lead to new approaches to treatment

2017

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2 March 2017

Metabolism matters

Science & Technology Differentiated and undifferentiated cells get energy in different ways, sensor made at EMBL shows

2017

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16 February 2017

New EMBL and GSK collaboration

ConnectionsLab Matters GSK and EMBL have signed an agreement to enhance understanding of disease and drug mechanisms

2017

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13 February 2017

Genetic switches can change shape

Science & Technology EMBL scientists discovered that common mutations can change the shape of gene promoters

2017

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9 January 2017

Neural connection keeps instincts in check

Science & Technology EMBL scientists find out how the prefrontal cortex puts a break on instinctive behaviours

2017

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13 December 2016

Study offers approach to treating pain

Science & Technology Research on the effect of nerve cell stiffness on sensitivity to touch could lead to new painkillers

2016

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24 November 2016

What would it take to regrow an arm?

Science & Technology Exploring what it would take to regrow a lost limb, and what we might learn along the way

2016

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23 November 2016

Toxoplasma’s balancing act explained

Science & Technology Parasite’s method of rewiring our immune response leads to novel tool for drug tests

2016

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15 November 2016

Improving data analysis in imaging mass spec

Science & Technology Open source bioinformatics method for finding metabolites makes experiments comparable across labs

2016

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3 November 2016

Spiral growth

Science & Technology What happens when plant's leaf-placing feedback loop isn't quite right

2016

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4 October 2016

In pursuit of flat growth in leaves

Science & Technology EMBL scientists investigate how leaves grow flat to efficiently capture sunlight

2016

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12 September 2016

New EMBL-Hubrecht Institute partnership

ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and the Hubrecht Institute signed a 5-year partnership agreement

2016

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30 August 2016 Data by Natalia Wesolowska has been visualised in 3D stereoscopic view, as an anaglyph and a 3D lenticular poster by Stefan Günther & Gustavo de Medeiros at EMBL

Data by Natalia Wesolowska has been visualised in 3D stereoscopic view, as an anaglyph and a 3D lenticular poster by Stefan Günther & Gustavo de Medeiros at EMBL

See data in a new light

Science & Technology 3D printing, gaming, virtual reality and lenticular posters bring new perspectives to research

2016

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30 August 2016

Swimming against the tide

People & Perspectives "If I have an aim, I’ll find a solution" – meet EMBL alumnus Jochen Wittbrodt

2016

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3 August 2016 Cells that contract more strongly (pink) move inwards to form the embryo. IMAGE: Jean-Léon Maître/EMBL

The force is strong with embryo cells

Science & Technology Strength of contraction determines whether cells become embryo or placenta

2016

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1 August 2016 Photo-activatable fatty acids enable researchers to control the translocation of the enzyme protein kinase C from the cytoplasm to the cell membrane by means of light. IMAGE: D. Trauner

Photo-activatable fatty acids enable researchers to control the translocation of the enzyme protein kinase C from the cytoplasm to the cell membrane by means of light. IMAGE: D. Trauner

New tool to control information relay in cells

Science & Technology Molecular messengers synthesised to help study how cells respond to outside stimuli

2016

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14 July 2016

How new HIV drugs lock virus in immaturity

Science & Technology Study provides insights into workings of new HIV drugs and how virus becomes resistant

2016

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29 June 2016 Alba Diz-Muñoz. PHOTO: Hugo Neves/EMBL Photolab

Welcome: Alba Diz-Muñoz

People & Perspectives New group leader combines physics and biology to answer the 'hows' of cell movement

2016

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14 June 2016

How cells bag their rubbish

Science & Technology How cells eliminate protein deposits that can lead to neurodegenerative disorders

2016

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20 May 2016 Cell Chemical Biology cover image (cropped) shows an airplane approaching a runway – a metaphor for a new method developed by EMBL scientists.

Cell Chemical Biology cover image (cropped) shows an airplane approaching a runway – a metaphor for a new method developed by EMBL scientists.

Making cells move towards the light

Science & Technology New method enables scientists to use light to direct where cancer cells go

2016

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28 April 2016 Illustration linking the guts of donor and recipient. IMAGE: Andrea Levy/The Plain Dealer

Poo transplants better understood

Science & Technology Stool transplants: finding the right match important, EMBL study shows

2016

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14 April 2016

Revealing structure of nuclear pore’s inner ring

Science & Technology First detailed structural description of all the rings of nuclear pores

2016

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7 April 2016

Welcome: Hiroki Asari

People & Perspectives Why does a cookie look different depending on how hungry you are? Neuroscientist Asari wants to find out

2016

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31 March 2016 The insights should improve therapies where T-cells (green and red) are modified to attack cancer cells (blue, center). IMAGE: NICHD/J. Lippincott-Schwartz

The insights should improve therapies where T-cells (green and red) are modified to attack cancer cells (blue, center). IMAGE: NICHD/J. Lippincott-Schwartz

Designing gene therapy

Science & Technology Information on structure of molecule used for genome engineering yields increased efficiency

2016

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21 March 2016 First complete, real-time recording of starfish egg cell eliminating centrioles shows it handles mature ‘mother’ centrioles (green) and immature ‘daughter’ centrioles (purple) differently.

First complete, real-time recording of starfish egg cell eliminating centrioles shows it handles mature ‘mother’ centrioles (green) and immature ‘daughter’ centrioles (purple) differently.

Mothers and daughters

Science & Technology 1st real-time video of starfish egg cell eliminating crucial structures, to ensure embryo viability

2016

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18 March 2016

Forgetting to learn

Science & Technology Neural mechanisms in mouse brains indicate that we actively forget as we learn

2016

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16 February 2016 The stem cell equivalent of an anti-wrinkle cream advert. Credit: EMBL/Hanna Sladitschek

Forever young

Science & Technology How stem cells resist change

2016

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12 February 2016 Cells formed circles where blinking happened in a wave, rolling outwards from the centre. IMAGE: EMBL/C.Tsiairis

In sync

Science & Technology What do cells in an embryo have in common with schools of fish, swarms of fireflies, and applauding audiences?

2016

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28 January 2016 Bernard Jacrot in the late 1960s. IMAGE: ILL

Obituary: Bernard Jacrot

People & Perspectives Former Head of EMBL Grenoble passed away on 21 January 2016 at the age of 89

2016

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25 January 2016 Kim Remans heads EMBL's Protein Expression and Purification Core Facility. PHOTO: EMBL Photolab/Marietta Schupp

Welcome: Kim Remans

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives "We’re open! We’re open to working with everybody, we’re open to new things."

2016

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14 December 2015 Scientists can now view and track the first days of a mouse embryo’s life. IMAGE: EMBL/ Julius Hossain

Turning point of a lifetime

Science & Technology New microscope can record the first days of a mouse embryo’s life

2015

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2 December 2015 Gut bacteria are more affected by metformin than by the type-2 diabetes it is prescribed to treat. IMAGE: Courtesy of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (BY-NC-SA)

Gut bacteria are more affected by metformin than by the type-2 diabetes it is prescribed to treat. IMAGE: Courtesy of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (BY-NC-SA)

Drugging bacteria

Science & Technology Commonly used diabetes drug metformin impacts gut bacteria more than disease itself

2015

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30 November 2015 Malte Paulsen. PHOTO: EMBL Photlab/Marietta Schupp

Welcome: Malte Paulsen

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives "There’s nothing nicer than seeing a user leave the facility happy"

2015

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12 November 2015 Visitors folding a microscope from paper. PHOTO: EMBL/Angela Michel

Enlightening experiments

Lab Matters From paper microscopes to zebrafish embryos, EMBL Science Days stand had something for everyone.

2015

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30 October 2015

One hard pull

Science & Technology Fibres that pull membrane to form a vesicle exert a force that’s 2500 times a yeast cell’s own weight

2015

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1 October 2015 What do diatoms really do? Chris Bowler would like to know. IMAGE: Sebastien Colin

Marine mysteries

Science & Technology From the role of diatoms to how life evolved - scientists' pressing questions about life in the sea.

2015

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30 September 2015 The 1000 Genomes Project tracked genetic variation across the globe. EMBL-EBI/Spencer Phillips

Finding links and missing genes

Science & Technology Missing a gene may not be a big deal – a conclusion from global catalogue of genetic changes.

2015

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29 September 2015

Lithuania, new prospect member state

EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Sveiki Lietuva! Lithuania becomes EMBL’s fourth prospect member state.

2015

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17 September 2015 The scientists combined data from a variety of techniques to better understand how rats – and humans – age. IMAGE: Brandon Toyama/Salk Institute

The scientists combined data from a variety of techniques to better understand how rats – and humans – age. IMAGE: Brandon Toyama/Salk Institute

Ages apart

Science & Technology Multifaceted approach reveals how brain and liver age, helps explain why ageing brain loses plasticity.

2015

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7 September 2015 Janosch Hennig. PHOTO: EMBL Photolab/Marietta Schupp

Welcome: Janosch Hennig

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives “A structure alone is not so interesting, you need the biology too,” says new NMR-focused group leader

2015

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26 August 2015 Hands-on sessions were a crucial part of the course. PHOTO: EMBL Photolab/Marietta Schupp

Super impressions

Connections "It's like living a review!" Participants of recent super-resolution microscopy course share their highlights

2015

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20 August 2015

First, find your membrane

Science & Technology Collaboration between scientists reveals collaboration between lipids.

2015

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6 August 2015

Welcome: Theodore Alexandrov

People & Perspectives A mathematician who got ‘sucked in’ to biological problems, meet new team leader Theodore Alexandrov.

2015

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3 August 2015 To train T-cells to recognise our own body, cells in the thymus express different combinations of 'extra' genes. IMAGE: EMBL/P.RIEDINGER

Know your cells

Science & Technology How T-cells are trained on what not to kill

2015

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4 March 2015 Where and when are different molecules contributing to the bending of the membrane? IMAGE: EMBL/A. Picco

Best of three worlds

Science & Technology Combining three different kinds of microscopy to determine how molecules move during endocytosis.

2015

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6 February 2015

How to crowdsource a paper

Science & Technology Tried and tested do's and don'ts of crowdsource writing.

2015

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6 February 2015 A new way mice keep iron (purple) out of reach of pathogens. IMAGE FROM GUIDA et al. BLOOD 2015

The battle for iron

Science & Technology New way mice starve pathogens raises alternative approach to treatments for anaemia of chronic disease

2015

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4 February 2015 The new method helps identify which mutations to a gene actually cause a disease. IMAGE FROM THORMAEHLEN ET AL.

Beyond sequencing

Science & Technology New microscopy-based method goes beyond gene sequencing, pinpointing the cause of disease.

2015

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28 January 2015 Barcoding enables scientists to search for epigenetics tags in many samples at once. IMAGE: MANUEL (CC BY 2.0)

Barcoding epigenetics

Science & Technology New Bar-ChIP method makes it easier to search for epigenetic marks in many samples at once

2015

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27 January 2015 Building blocks TAF8 (blue), TAF10 (green) and TAF2 (not shown) form a module in the cytoplasm before entering the nucleus to form TFIID. IMAGE: EMBL/I.BERGER

Building blocks TAF8 (blue), TAF10 (green) and TAF2 (not shown) form a module in the cytoplasm before entering the nucleus to form TFIID. IMAGE: EMBL/I.BERGER

Come together

Science & Technology First experimental proof that a key cellular machine forms by uniting pre-assembled modules.

2015

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9 January 2015

Welcome: Marco Marcia

Science & Technology New group leader Marco Marcia aims to broaden horizons while mapping molecules.

2015

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18 December 2014

Bacteria’s barrel-building challenge

Science & Technology How do E.coli and similar bacteria grow safely? By using barrel-plugs as sensors.

2014

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15 December 2014

Luxembourg collaboration

Lab Matters Third round of calls for joint research projects between EMBL and Luxembourg in 2015

2014

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9 December 2014 A bundle of nerves that relays information from touch receptors on the skin to the spinal cord and ultimately the brain, imaged with the new technique. IMAGE: EMBL/L.CASTALDI

A bundle of nerves that relays information from touch receptors on the skin to the spinal cord and ultimately the brain, imaged with the new technique. IMAGE: EMBL/L.CASTALDI

Delighting in detail

Science & Technology Unprecedented detail in images of mouse neurons thanks to new SNAP-tagging microscopy technique.

2014

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18 November 2014 Kyung-Min Noh. PHOTO: EMBL/M.SCHUPP

Welcome: Kyung-Min Noh

People & Perspectives The important thing is forming good biological questions, says new group leader in Genome Biology.

2014

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17 November 2014 Judith Zaugg. PHOTO: EMBL/M. SCHUPP

Welcome: Judith Zaugg

People & Perspectives Whether it’s information or people, the art of connecting is key to new group leader Judith Zaugg

2014

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3 November 2014 An unprecedentedly detailed look at immature HIV revealed a surprise. IMAGE: EMBL/F.SCHUR

Same pieces, different picture

Science & Technology Unprecedented detail on HIV structure continues virus’ string of surprises.

2014

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23 October 2014

Chamber of secrets

Science & Technology Like sports teams, cells can huddle to communicate in secret and organise group behaviour

2014

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22 October 2014

Protecting us from our cells

Science & Technology Growth factor IGF-1 boosts natural defence against type-1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis

2014

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17 October 2014 Sarah Teichmann. PHOTO: UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

Awards & Honours

Lab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards - meet the latest honourees

2014

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10 October 2014

10 notable Hungarian scientists

From vitamin C to safe matches, a sample of notable scientists from our newest prospect member state.

2014

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25 September 2014 Marine ragworm brain

How plankton gets jet lagged

Science & Technology How plankton gets jet lagged: the same hormone governs our sleep patterns and a daily marine migration.

2014

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12 September 2014 The worm's axochord and human notochord

From worm muscle to spinal discs

Science & Technology Evolutionary surprise: notochord likely evolved from muscle, earlier than assumed.

2014

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21 August 2014

Drawing on nature

PhD Symposium poster reveals how a cell’s inner workings serve as both inspiration and toolkit.

2014

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6 August 2014

Clarity in the cold

Science & Technology How fruit flies beat the cold, plus the value of precisely controlled experiments and detailed analysis

2014

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4 August 2014 Explosion on gene motif

On editing the genetic code

Science & Technology Edward Lemke edits special issue of ChemBioChem on boom of technology for genetic code expansion

2014

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10 July 2014

Bringing chemistry to life (science)

Science & Technology Embed chemists in biology departments, asking their own biological questions, says Carsten Schultz

2014

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2 July 2014 electron microscopy image of Drosophila

Surprisingly stable long-distance relationships

Science & Technology Surprising finding: enhancers find their targets long before activation in Drosophila embryos

2014

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1 July 2014

Still growing at 40

Lab Matters Busy times for EMBL keep Director of International Relations Silke Schumacher on the move

2014

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25 May 2014

Insights into genetics of cleft lip

Science & Technology How a DNA stretch influences face formation and contributes to common congenital malformations

2014

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