Science & Technology Researchers have identified key cellular control sites that regulate gene expression and prevent the activation of ancient viral sequences in the genome.
2024
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Science & Technology A study from the Hackett group at EMBL Rome led to the development of an epigenetic editing system that allows to precisely program chromatin modifications at any specific position in the genome, to understand their causal role in transcription regulation.
2024
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Science & Technology Scientists from EMBL Rome and EMBL Heidelberg found that disrupting the gut microbiome of male mice increases the risk of disease in their offspring. Their findings suggest that a father’s pre-conception environment can have lifelong effects on offspring.
2024
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EMBLetc Scientists at EMBL Rome are developing new paradigms to study the impact of diverse environmental factors on reproduction in mammals and disease risk in their progeny.
2023
Using Oxford Nanopore long-read sequencing, EMBL scientists sequenced a primary childhood brain tumour known as a medulloblastoma, uncovering a novel complex mutation pattern.
2023
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In a first-of-its-kind study, EMBL researchers have shown how DNA methylation across the genome contributes to the precise regulation of gene expression.
2023
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL Rome group leader Jamie Hackett receives EUR 2 million for the ModLogic project, aimed at understanding how chromatin modifications impact gene activity.
2023
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Science & Technology Recent studies from the Hackett group at EMBL Rome have revealed new insights on the mechanism regulating transmission of non-genetic information during embryonic development, and inspired a scientific illustration
2022
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The new group leader at EMBL Rome will study how embryos can inherit non-genetic information from their parents that causes stable and heritable effects
2021
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Science & Technology A study conducted by the Hackett group at EMBL Rome has identified key factors controlling the complex system of gene regulation during early embryo development, shedding new light on the mechanisms behind these events and on their evolutionary implications. Their findings are published in Nature…
2020
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists develop a new molecular tool to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection in mice. This tool is able to cause targeted epigenetic modifications of specific genes in specific cell populations. They will use it in mice to target airway cells that express the ACE2 protein – the receptor that…
2020
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Science & Technology Scientists at EMBL Rome unveil the mechanism behind the most studied epigenetic modification.
2020
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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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Science & Technology Scientists provide important new insights into the molecular basis of X-inactivation
2020
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Science & Technology Understanding how ageing works at a molecular level
2019
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Science & Technology What CRISPR may bring for the future of biology, and how it is used at EMBL
2019
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists gain mechanistic insights into how cellular signalling controls gene regulation
2018
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People & Perspectives EMBL’s next Director General reflects on the questions that drive her research
2018
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Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL-EBI PhD student launches start-up focusing on epigenetics and wellbeing
2018
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists show how chromatin usage in individual cells reveals developmental trajectories
2018
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People & Perspectives New EMBL group leader investigates the mystery of heritable gene silencing
2018
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EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL Director General elect, Edith Heard, awarded 2017’s Grand Prix Inserm for her work in epigenetics
2017
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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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People & Perspectives Meet Monterotondo’s new group leader for epigenetic reprogramming and inheritance, Jamie Hackett
2017
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists detect important function of genetic sequence our ancestors assimilated from a virus
2017
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Science & Technology EMBL-EBI researchers identify mouse epigenetic clock that could help scientists understand ageing
2017
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL’s Monterotondo site strengthens links with the Italian scientific community
2017
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Science & Technology BLUEPRINT: EMBL-EBI and the push to decipher the blood epigenome
2016
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Science & Technology New method is first to enable parallel profiling of the transcriptome and epigenome of a single cell.
2016
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Lab Matters Giuseppe Testa reflects on the myriad intersections of our digital and biological lives.
2015
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Science & Technology EMBL scientists map ‘switches’ for distant control of gene expression.
2015
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Experts from multiple fields come together to understand how the instructions in genes are read
2014
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Science & Technology Surprising finding: enhancers find their targets long before activation in Drosophila embryos
2014
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Science & Technology Enabling neighbours: intact genes can cause cancer when placed near "enhancing" regions of DNA
2014
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Science & Technology How a DNA stretch influences face formation and contributes to common congenital malformations
2014
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Science & Technology What do you get when you dissect 10 000 fruit-fly larvae? A team of researchers led by the EMBL- European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in the UK and the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics (MPI) in Germany has discovered a way in which cells can adjust the activity of many…
2012
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Science & Technology Epigenetic regulation – modifications to the structure of chromatin that influence which genes are expressed in a cell – is a key player in embryonic development and cancer formation. Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg now gained new insight…
2008
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