
It’s EMBL Day in Bulgaria!
EMBL strengthened its ties with its newest prospect member state Bulgaria at a recent ‘information day’ designed for networking and information exchange.
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EMBL strengthened its ties with its newest prospect member state Bulgaria at a recent ‘information day’ designed for networking and information exchange.
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The AlphaFold Protein Structure Database (AFDB) now integrates The Encyclopedia of Domains (TED), a resource designed to systematically identify and classify structural domains within AlphaFold-predicted protein structures. TED provides domain boundaries for 365 million domains across more than one…
2025
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The Paleocore project, led by the French marine institute Ifremer and part of the TREC expedition, aims to study marine sediments to understand the impact of major historical events on ecosystems.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2025
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EMBL and its partners have received funding from the European Commission for two new Twinning Projects, which will build expertise and research capacity in its member states.
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EMBL’s Head of Sustainability shares the steps the organisation has taken to make its research more sustainable.
LAB MATTERS2024
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In less than two years, the EMBL-led TREC expedition has demonstrated that large-scale international collaboration is essential for driving ground-breaking planetary and human health research with societal impact. Here, we summarise some aspects of the expedition in numbers.
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EMBL Rome volunteers participated in the European Researchers’ Night organised by the CNR in Montelibretti, attended by over 1,500 visitors. They prepared activities and games reflecting the wide variety of projects conducted at the site and across EMBL.
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Daniele Ancora is an ARISE fellow in the Light Imaging Facility at EMBL Rome. With a background in theoretical physics, he develops algorithms to improve image-based omics technologies. Learn about his interdisciplinary training and his little ‘obsessions’.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2024
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The 13th annual meeting of the Nordic EMBL partnership for molecular medicine took place on 16–19 September 2024 in Oslo and was hosted by the Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway (NCMM).
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A delegation from Spain’s Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities visited EMBL to strengthen ties and discuss future opportunities.
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The TREC expedition concluded its sampling in Greece and strengthened scientific exchange and collaborative networks with their Greek partners during a political and scientific stakeholder event in Athens.
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A scientific workshop on flow cytometry was organised at EMBL Rome, taking advantage of the presence of the Advanced Mobile Laboratory, the biggest unit of EMBL’s mobile lab fleet.
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The dynamic world of proteomics is shaping the future of personalised medicine, but some obstacles stand in the way
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2024
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EMBL Hamburg scientists and collaborators discovered a new molecular mechanism in which an unstructured protein disables one of the main cancer-promoting proteins by gluing them into an elongated stack. Data from human patient samples support the role of this mechanism in prostate cancer…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2024
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For almost two months, Italy was the stage for the TREC expedition, with a rich programme of events organised across the country attended by the public, scientists, schools, and high-level political stakeholders, including Minister of University and Research Anna Maria Bernini.
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The second phase of the TREC expedition focuses on the Mediterranean coast, with Barcelona, Spain, hosting the first ‘superstop’ of 2024
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An interdisciplinary collaboration between Hamburg scientists has yielded new insights into the structure and function of a heat-resistant enzyme from an exotic microbe. In this interview, EMBL Hamburg’s Matthias Wilmanns and TUHH’s Garo Antranikian discuss how their collaboration developed and…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2023
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The TREC expedition has come to the end of its first phase. The last superstop of 2023 was hosted by CIIMAR in Porto and, despite the adverse weather conditions, included many scientific and public engagement activities.
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A celebratory event at the Maritime Museum Bilbao marked the partnerships that make possible the TREC expedition on land and at sea along the European coast.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2023
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New framework to improve the FAIRness of clinical and molecular datasets
2023
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During a visit to the Heidelberg EMBL campus, Minister Petra Olschowski learned about EMBL´s current research programme, its scientific operations and local collaborations, and explored its Imaging Centre and World of Molecular Biology exhibition.
CONNECTIONS2023
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European Commission and EMBL renew commitment, agree on new areas of cooperation, in new EC DG’s first infrastructure visit since appointment.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2023
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Dey Group holds second annual ‘labbatical’ to step outside daily research tasks with the help of single-celled model organisms.
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2023
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Scientists from EMBL and its French academic partners gathered at EMBL Rome for a workshop to foster collaboration and advance research in neuroscience.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2023
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An annual Corporate Partnership Programme meeting provided a forum for EMBL researchers and industry representatives to discuss mobile labs, planetary biology, and other areas of common interest.
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One of EMBL’s core missions is the development and transfer of scientific know-how and technologies to academia, industry, and commercial entities to facilitate further research, innovations, and commercialisation for the benefit of society at large. Working across Europe, EMBL has partnerships…
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2023
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Leading scientific research facilities launch the Health + Life Science Alliance Heidelberg Mannheim. The research alliance aims to build the Rhine-Neckar region into an internationally leading biomedical-technological cluster focusing on life sciences, the health economy, and medical technology.
CONNECTIONS2022
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The institutes have launched a joint new initiative which aims to make biology as engineerable as an aeroplane or a bridge.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2022
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The GEEF facility at EMBL Rome supports scientists worldwide with scientific expertise and state-of-the-art gene editing technologies.
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2022
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Researchers from EMBL and CSIC came together to discuss microbial communities, diversity, and behaviour, in the context of One Health.
CONNECTIONS2022
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A new formal collaboration agreement enables will help smooth the transition from fundamental science to innovation.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2022
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Joint workshop brings researchers together on site and virtually to discuss broad range of planetary biology topics.
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EMBL and the Sapienza University of Rome confirm their reciprocal interest in intensifying collaborations and launch new opportunities for exchange of expertise
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Judith Zaugg, Group Leader at EMBL Heidelberg, has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant of €2 million funded under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. Over the next five years, the grant will enable her group to study cellular interactions in the human bone…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2022
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Genomes are made up of thousands of individual pieces – genes – which are expressed at different levels. Researchers at EMBL have shed light on how the placement of a gene affects its expression, as well as that of its neighbours.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2022
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The 11th annual Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine meeting was hosted in virtual format by DANDRITE, the Danish node of the Partnership, from 31 January–2 February 2022. The programme included updates from all partnership nodes, discussions about opportunities for new collaborations,…
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Ahead of the annual meeting of the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine, we spoke with its new Speaker, Mark Daly. Mark Daly, FIMM Director, recently accepted the post of Speaker of the Nordic EMBL Partnership. He explains his vision of the future cooperation between EMBL and the Nordics.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2022
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A delegation from EMBL has participated in inauguration of a new facility — Incubator House — located in Szeged, Hungary.
CONNECTIONS2022
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The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between EMBL and the Institute for Advanced Biosciences (IAB) a year ago has already catalysed new grants for joint research projects related to cancer and infection biology, thereby deepening collaborative activities.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2021
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The agreement focuses on reinforcing the collaboration between scientists to strengthen our understanding of the organism in its environment.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2021
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EMBL and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) signed a memorandum of understanding.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2021
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EMBL structural biology is part of an international collaboration addressing zoonotic disease caused by Lassa virus.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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Independent impact review finds EMBL experimental services are ‘critical’ for research and endorses EMBL as a world-class service provider for academia and industry.
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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The two organisations have signed a memorandum of understanding to support scientific cooperation in the exploration of coastal and oceanic ecosystems.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2021
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This autumn, students begin their PhD in research groups across EMBL’s six sites.
LAB MATTERS2021
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A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between EMBL and the University of Tartu, a leading centre of research and training. The MoU aims to strengthen cooperation between EMBL and the life science research community in Estonia.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2021
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EMBL and Helmholtz Association have signed a memorandum of understanding. The expanded collaboration of both institutions will focus on research related to health.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2021
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Packaged for simple installation and free use, the novel method DECODE enables researchers to reduce imaging times and increase localisation density in single-molecule localisation microscopy (SMLM).
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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A new collaborative study led by EMBL group leaders Kiran Patil, Nassos Typas, and Peer Bork has found that common medications accumulate in human gut bacteria. This process reduces drug effectiveness and affects the metabolism of common gut microbes, thereby altering the gut microbiome.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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Giulia Zanetti from the Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology (ISMB) in London explains how the collaboration with the Cryo-Electron Microscopy Service Platform enabled her group to reveal the structure of protein transport complexes.
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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Analysis of more than 2 million images has boosted understanding of ocean microbes, shedding light on the distribution of nitrogen-fixers at a global level
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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A collaboration led by EMBL Hamburg’s Svergun Group used small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) at the European XFEL to obtain data on samples containing coronavirus spike proteins and antibodies that bind them.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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Under the innovative Planetary Biology research theme, EMBL scientists aim to understand life in the context of its environment.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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EMBL and the Swedish Science for Life Laboratory sign agreement to advance science together.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2021
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A memorandum of understanding has been signed between EMBL and Inserm to strengthen their scientific cooperation.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2021
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Zehra Sayers explains what makes the SESAME synchrotron special, why we should not fear failure, and why curiosity is her biggest driver.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2021
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EMBL Hamburg’s integrated structural biology facility has contributed to the success of a large-scale SARS-CoV-2 study
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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A memorandum of understanding has been signed between EMBL, Collège de France, and the Institute of Biology of the Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS).
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2021
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This MoU formalises a 15-year collaboration between the two institutes and strengthens Grenoble as a European research centre in the life sciences.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2021
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December has seen the start of a new chapter in the collaboration that has for years marked the relationship between the European Commission (EC) and EMBL.
CONNECTIONS2020
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Biotechnology company BioNTech and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz conduct collaborative research with EMBL scientists at the beamline P12 in Hamburg
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2020
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EMBL’s Rupert Lück is engaged in developing the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC): the infrastructure that will support the future of data sharing and analysis in Europe.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2020
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EMBL and CIML have signed a memorandum of understanding that will open up new scientific opportunities.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2020
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On 9 October, EMBL and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding that paves the way for stronger collaboration between these two leading research institutions.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2020
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Research facilities play a crucial role in the advancement of science by supporting scientists with specialised expertise and state-of-the-art equipment. The Microscopy Facility at EMBL Rome exemplifies this role by making a wide variety of light microscopy technologies available to its researchers…
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2020
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Erin Tranfield recently joined the EMBL Alumni Association Board as one of 15 newly elected members. Here, she talks about her new role on the board and reflects on how a life-changing event made her refocus her perspective on work and life.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2020
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The EMBL International PhD Programme is one of EMBL’s flagship training programmes. It forms part of our efforts to train and inspire talented scientists to become skilled and creative future leaders. Submission of applications for the current PhD student recruitment round is now possible.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2020
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European collaboration receives funding to explore risks and impact of future infectious disease outbreaks.
LAB MATTERS2020
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EMBL is joining the virtual seminar series ‘Life Science Across the Globe’ – a timely initiative to foster international scientific exchange across countries and continents, starting on 1 July.
LAB MATTERS2020
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EMBL electron microscopy specialists collaborate with researchers from Heidelberg University Hospital to understand the changes occurring in cell structures upon SARS-CoV-2 infection.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2020
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Three international teams involving EMBL Heidelberg have been granted funding from the European Commission for three Twinning projects with institutes in Portugal and the Czech Republic.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2020
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2020 call now open for FNR funding of bilateral projects between EMBL and Luxembourg
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2020
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EMBL’s Jan Ellenberg reflects on the process of forming a European research infrastructure
LAB MATTERS2019
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A new paper describes a unique mechanism of partner selectivity in transcription factors.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2019
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Crick and EMBL PhDs talk science over coffee
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2019
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Children's rights stored in synthetic DNA
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2019
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From 27–30 September, Tara will be docked in the port of Marseille, France’s second largest city.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2019
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Exploring the cancer genomics labyrinth
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2019
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Schoolchildren get creative with 3D protein structures
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2019
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Eric Karsenti's combined loves of biology and sailing set in motion the Tara Oceans expedition
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2019
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Indrek Reimand discusses the life sciences in Estonia, a prospect member of EMBL.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2019
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EMBL scientists collaborate to develop new protocol for screening membrane protein stability
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2019
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Joining forces to support early-career scientists
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2019
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EMBL Hamburg and Tara raise awareness of the risks of microplastic pollution and global infection
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2019
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Lithuania becomes EMBL’s 27th member state
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2019
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Building bonds between academia and industry
LAB MATTERS2019
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The Nordic EMBL Partnership directors discuss the value of collaborating across borders
LAB MATTERS2019
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EMBL’s Plamena Markova reflects on the EMBL Partnership Programme
LAB MATTERS2019
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On 5 February 2019, EMBL welcomed Poland as its 26th member state
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2019
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New director drives drug discovery partnership forward
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2019
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EMBL-EBI industry case study: Biocatalysts
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2018
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What does it take to create a vaccine or improve cancer therapies?
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2018
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The EMBL Teens reporters discover the European Researchers’ Night
LAB MATTERS2018
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Pharmaceutical company Sanofi strengthens drug targets discovery collaboration Open Targets
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2018
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Europe PMC adds preprints to its search
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2018
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New computational method uses multi-omics analysis for personalised medicine
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2018
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Montenegro becomes EMBL’s 25th member state
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2018
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On April 12, EMBL hosted 200 attendees at its Annual Reception in Heidelberg and highlighted its role as a training hub.
LAB MATTERS2018
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Montenegro’s Minister of Science discusses the importance of international collaboration in research
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2018
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EMBL scientists create a turnover catalogue of almost 10.000 proteins from primary cells
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2018
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Network of genes linked to development of diabetes
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2018
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EMBL welcomes Slovakia as its 24th member state
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2018
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EMBL instrumentation teams adapting tech to run biological experiments on the synchrotron after its upgrade
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2018
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Interview with EMBL’s Joint Heads of Government and EU Relations
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
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20,000 visitors get sneak peek at giant particle accelerators at DESY DAY in Hamburg
LAB MATTERS2017
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EMBL and HeidelbergCement sign Memorandum of Understanding
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
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EMBL and the European synchrotron ESRF extend their Joint Structural Biology Group
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2017
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Interview with Rolf-Dieter Heuer, guest speaker at EMBL's 2017 Annual Reception
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
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How Australia’s associate membership of EMBL empowers scientists and drives collaboration
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2017
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EMBL’s annual reception took place on 18 September, with more than 150 attendees
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2017
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Lars Steinmetz. Director of the Life Science Alliance, reflects on the EMBL|Stanford initiative
CONNECTIONS2017
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EMBL’s Iain Mattaj, the new Chair of EIROforum, on EIROforum’s role
CONNECTIONS2017
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On 29 June, at a ceremony in front of 700 guests, the Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB) in Hamburg, was officially opened. At the event on the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) Campus in Hamburg, Helmut Dosch, Chairman of the DESY Board of Directors, presented Head of EMBL Hamburg…
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2017
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EMBL-EBI, the Broad and UCSC Genomics Institute to build Data Coordination Platform with CZI support
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2017
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EMBL welcomes its 23rd member state, with a promising collaboration already in place
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2017
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EMBL Director-General, Iain Mattaj, reflects on the work done to establish a new site in Barcelona
LAB MATTERS2017
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EMBL’s Monterotondo site strengthens links with the Italian scientific community
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2017
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Parasite’s method of rewiring our immune response leads to novel tool for drug tests
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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EMBL study finds that rearranging how DNA packs the nucleus can activate cancer genes
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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A pioneering public-private research initiative between GSK, the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is to harness the power of ‘big data’ and genome sequencing to improve the success rate for discovering new medicines. The new Centre for…
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2014
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In a Memorandum of Understanding signed today, the European Commission (EC) and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) formalise their desire to maintain and further develop their cooperation. “I am delighted to sign the renewed and strengthened Memorandum of Understanding between the…
LAB MATTERS2011
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The thousands of bacteria, fungi and other microbes that live in our gut are essential contributors to our good health. They break down toxins, manufacture some vitamins and essential amino acids, and form a barrier against invaders. A study published today in Nature shows that, at 3.3 million,…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2010
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Today, delegates representing the 19 member states of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) offered Australia associate membership in EMBL’s international community. The membership is planned to start officially in January 2008 and will initially last for seven years. “EMBL…
LAB MATTERS2007
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Today three research organisations announce the merging of their expertise to fight cardiovascular diseases, which are among the most common health problems and causes of death in the world. The Magdi Yacoub Institute (MYI) at the UK’s Harefield Heart Science Centre, Imperial College London,…
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2006
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