Toby Gibson: what I’ve learned
People & Perspectives Toby Gibson reflects on 38 years at EMBL, the scientific tools he built along the way, and the state of science today.
2024
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The AI revolution hinges on accessible training
People & Perspectives Team Leader Sameer Velankar on why accessible training is key for AlphaFold and AI tools more generally.
2024
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We are EMBL: Jacqueline Toussaint on strange bacteria and bioinformatics
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Jacqueline shares her experience of EMBL's international PhD programme.
2024
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Reducing the carbon footprint of scientific computing
As science increasingly relies on big data and AI tools, the carbon footprint of computational work is on the rise
2023
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Cancer cell ‘decathlon’ to help predict tumour aggressiveness and metastasis
Connections The PLAST-CELL project aims to understanding cancer progression by quantifying a cancer cell’s ability to respond to environmental stress that threatens its survival
2023
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Does exercise drive development? In the sea anemone, the way you move matters.
Science & Technology The latest research from EMBL’s Ikmi group employs interdisciplinary approaches to show how sea anemone ‘exercise’ changes their developing size and shape, uncovering an intimate relationship between behaviour and body development
2022
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Judith Zaugg from EMBL Heidelberg receives ERC Consolidator Grant
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters 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…
2022
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Decoding the secrets of snake venom
Science & Technology EMBL Hamburg’s Grzegorz Chojnowski from the Wilmanns Group developed software called findMySequence, which identifies proteins’ amino-acid sequences based on electron cryo-microscopy and X-ray crystallography data. It’s useful for identifying unknown proteins in samples from natural sources.
2022
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Welcome: Maria Zimmermann-Kogadeeva
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Maria Zimmermann-Kogadeeva is one of EMBL’s newest group leaders and a computational biologist whose research group applies computational modelling to better understand the metabolism of gut bacteria and their potential to have far-reaching impacts on other organs.
2021
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Wolfgang Huber becomes ISCB Fellow
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The contribution of EMBL Group Leader and Senior Scientist Wolfgang Huber has been recognised by the International Society for Computational Biology
2021
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Seeing deeper inside cells
Science & Technology While cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) was first envisioned in 1968, the advances the Mahamid group are bringing to this 3D method for studying molecules directly inside cells are new, and are likely to greatly expand its use.
2020
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Genome sequencing accelerates cancer detection
Science & Technology The Gerstung Group at EMBL-EBI and collaborators have developed a statistical model that analyses genomic data to predict whether a patient has a high or low risk of developing oesophageal cancer.
2020
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Artificial intelligence finds patterns of mutations and survival in tumour images
Science & Technology Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence algorithm that uses computer vision to analyse tissue samples from cancer patients. The algorithm can distinguish between healthy and cancerous tissues, and can also identify patterns DNA and RNA changes in tumours.
2020
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Genetic cut and paste at atomic resolution
Science & Technology Researchers in the Marcia group at EMBL Grenoble and the De Vivo lab at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa have obtained some of the most detailed ever snapshots of the splicing process in systems known as group II self-splicing introns. The new insights will help scientists to develop…
2020
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EMBL scientists investigate rare lung disease
Science & Technology Researchers in EMBL’s Zaugg group have studied the causes of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a rare disease that causes high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs. The study, carried out in collaboration with Stanford University School of Medicine, compared lung cells of patients…
2020
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How transcription factors work together
Science & Technology EMBL researchers have developed a method to observe interactions between transcription factors
2020
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Science date: The Crick meets EMBL
People & Perspectives Crick and EMBL PhDs talk science over coffee
2019
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Convention on the Rights of the Child stored in DNA
EMBL Announcements Children's rights stored in synthetic DNA
2019
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Microbiomes take the stage at New Scientist Live
People & Perspectives On microbiomes, public engagement and not being boring
2019
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B cells linked to immunotherapy
Science & Technology Immunotherapy: the role of B cells
2019
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Welcome: Isidro Cortés-Ciriano
People & Perspectives Exploring the cancer genomics labyrinth
2019
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Understanding molecular mechanisms of ageing
Science & Technology Understanding how ageing works at a molecular level
2019
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Programming: language
Science & Technology How computer processing of human language is harnessed by EMBL scientists
2019
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Comprehensive protein data for drug development
Lab Matters PDBe-KB - new data resource for protein structure and function launches
2019
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Funding for bioinformatics technical infrastructure
Lab Matters Enhancing the world's bioinformatics infrastructure
2019
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Discovering new enzymes just got easier
Science & Technology EMBL-EBI industry case study: Biocatalysts
2018
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Algorithm identifies gene–environment relationships
Science & Technology New algorithm will enhance understanding of relationship between genotype and environmental factors
2018
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Welcome: Sarah Butcher
Lab Matters Building bridges between scientists and software developers
2018
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In the flesh: translating 2D scans into 3D prints
Science & Technology Translating 2D hospital scans into 3D prints is informing patients and aiding surgeons
2018
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Sanofi joins Open Targets
ConnectionsLab Matters Pharmaceutical company Sanofi strengthens drug targets discovery collaboration Open Targets
2018
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PhenoMeNal: an online portal for metabolomics
Science & Technology Complex metabolomics analyses in the cloud
2018
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Leukaemia roots detectable years before diagnosis
Science & Technology Acute myloid leukaemia risk could be detected years before diagnosis
2018
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Personalised medicine: one data type is not enough
Science & Technology New computational method uses multi-omics analysis for personalised medicine
2018
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Exploring genetic variation
Science & Technology EMBL group leader Jan Korbel reflects on his scientific origins and current research
2018
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Welcome: Virginie Uhlmann
People & Perspectives New EMBL-EBI Group Leader will make sense of bioimaging data
2018
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New method probes gene expression by cell location
Science & Technology What does a cell's location tell us?
2018
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Welcome: Arnaud Krebs
People & Perspectives EMBL’s new group leader studies how gene expression is controlled
2018
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Loops in DNA affect which proteins are coded
Science & Technology EMBL scientists unveil how 3D chromatin structure affects RNA splicing
2017
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A physical revolution
People & Perspectives EMBL physicist-turned-biologist alumni win 2017 Kendrew and Phillipson awards
2017
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BioModels performance boost, new model formats
Science & Technology New BioModels infrastructure supports significantly more model formats and offers improved search
2017
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Welcome: Evangelia Petsalaki
People & Perspectives A new group at EMBL-EBI aims to decipher cell signalling networks
2017
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Mapping gene expression, cell by cell
Science & Technology EMBL researchers complete a molecular atlas showing gene expression in all cells in an entire animal
2017
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Futures: Genome regulation
Science & Technology ERC grantee Eileen Furlong shares her vision for the next ten years
2017
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Unlocking the secrets of nuclear movements
Science & Technology EMBL researchers develop a computer model to explore the movement of nuclei in a multinuclear cell
2017
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Powering proteomics progress
People & Perspectives EMBL alumnus Angus Lamond is driving forward new ways to explore the proteome
2016
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Bork lab peers gather
Lab Matters 27 former Bork lab members joined Peer for a full-day get-together this summer
2016
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DREAM shadows: chasing down disease networks
Science & Technology “It’s a bit like drawing a picture of an intricate object just by looking at its shadow on the wall."
2016
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Life is but a DREAM
Science & Technology Crowd sourcing initiative to predict effects of toxic compounds: results of 2013 DREAM Challenge.
2015
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The genome in the cloud
Science & Technology Jan Korbel and colleagues publish commentary on risks and rewards of genome cloud computing.
2015
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Sky’s the limit
Lab MattersScience & Technology Academic community clouds take cancer research towards a brighter future.
2015
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When microbes feed each other
Cooperate or compete? Microbes show us that getting along is the better choice for communities.
2015
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Scientists fix bugs in our understanding of evolution
Science & Technology What makes a human different from a chimp? Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) have come one important step closer to answering such evolutionary questions correctly. In the current issue of Science they uncover…
2008
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ENFIN! Computational systems biology comes to a lab bench near you
Lab MattersScience & Technology The Commission of the European Union has awarded EUR 9 million over five years for a new Network of Excellence that will make computational systems biology accessible to bench scientists throughout Europe and beyond. ENFIN, which stands for ‘Experimental Network for Functional…
2005
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Double recognition of EBI scientists by the ISCB
EMBL Announcements The International Society for Computational Biology has named two scientists from the European Bioinformatics Institute as the winners of its awards for 2005. Janet Thornton wins the Senior Scientist Accomplishment Award while the Overton Prize goes to Ewan Birney. Thomas Lengauer, the ISCB’s…
2005
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