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Yerba mate is a popular caffeinated beverage. Scientists mapped its genome, revealing surprising facts about its biochemistry and the evolution of caffeine biosynthesis. The findings might pave the way for new varieties of yerba mate.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2025
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Researchers from Mainz University and EMBL Hamburg have presented a new approach for assessing the form of disordered proteins by using anomalous X-ray scattering method for structural analysis.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2025
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Scientists from EMBL Hamburg and CSSB have revealed key insights into the cellular process of clathrin-mediated endocytosis.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2024
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Jan Bláha, postdoc at EMBL Hamburg, talks about the utility of in cellulo protein crystallisation in structural biology research, his sources of inspiration, and the values of collaboration, curiosity, and resilience.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2024
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EMBL Hamburg scientists have gained molecular insights into how we absorb vitamin B1 – a mechanism with implications for disease and drug development.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2024
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The function of biological molecules is intimately linked to their structure. In the 50 years since EMBL was established, its researchers and engineers have constantly provided leadership in structural biology research and services, resulting in many scientific breakthroughs and novel insights.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2024
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Creators of AI system AlphaFold receive 2024 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2024
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A major public engagement event at EMBL Hamburg attracted thousands. A video captures the spirit of the day from participants.
LAB MATTERS2024
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What makes EMBL unique? Among many things, it’s the infinite curiosity of its community.
LAB MATTERS2024
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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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The group of Christian Löw at EMBL Hamburg and CSSB, and collaborators from the Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel and CNRS & Université Paris Cité worked together to reveal the structure and function of a previously unknown lysosome transporter, MFSD1.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2024
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Data standards that have been silently enabling discovery in the life sciences for decades are now making AI advances possible.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2024
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The Kosinski Group at EMBL Hamburg collaborated with other groups in Hamburg to reveal critical steps in Lassa virus ribonucleoparticle assembly and recruitment, and the crucial role played by RNA in in the Lassa virus life cycle.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2023
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EMBL Hamburg, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Postnova Analytics GmbH, and BioNTech SE have developed a new method to quantitatively investigate sizes of nanoparticles containing mRNA. It may become an important part of regular characterisation of mRNA nanomedicines in the future.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2023
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EMBL Hamburg is located at the PETRA III synchrotron, which in the future, will be upgraded to PETRA IV. Selina Storm is theEMBL@PETRA IV Programme Manager. Here, she speaks about her role and the benefits of PETRA IV for EMBL.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2023
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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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Promiscuity is critical for nourishment. How? This question lies at the focus of research by the Löw Group at EMBL Hamburg. Using structural biology methods, they explore how specialised molecules located in the cell membrane allow cells absorb nutrients from their environment.
EMBLetc2023
In this interview, Sihyun Sung, Postdoctoral Fellow at EMBL Hamburg, talks about making molecular movies with time-resolved serial X-ray crystallography, his sources of inspiration, and the value of forging deeper connections with friends and colleagues.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2023
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Jan Kosinski, Julia Mahamid, and Georg Zeller have received grants to enable ambitious projects aimed at mapping the cellular protein synthesis machinery in context and understanding complex host-microbiome interactions, respectively.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2023
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Pioneers of the mRNA nanomedicines technology receive 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or medicine. EMBL is pleased to have supported the development of the application of the mRNA nanomedicine technology through our long-standing collaboration with BioNTech, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2023
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Learn how scientists use bio-SAXS, an experimental X-ray technique, to study the shape and dynamics of proteins and other biomolecules. SAXS can be even used to analyse the structure of mineral particles in the swordfish sword bone, which can help scientists better understand bone ageing.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2023
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Clément Blanchet has been appointed to lead the team working on small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) at EMBL Hamburg. In this interview, he talks his ambitions for the future work of the SAXS Team, his passion for science, and a memorable ‘aha’ moment he had in his early career.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2023
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A third of all known proteins are either completely or partially unstructured. EMBL scientists contributed to a new set of guidelines – Minimum Information About a Disorder Experiment (MIADE) – that will help researchers share data on unstructured proteins in a more useful way and will enable…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2023
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EMBL researchers and collaborators have begun an impactful innovation-development journey, thanks to a European Commission ‘IMAGINE’ grant.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2023
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EMBL Hamburg scientists have contributed to the development of the Spitrobot, a ground-breaking experimental setup that will simplify creating molecular movies. The Spitrobot automates the sample preparation for time-resolved crystallography, which is used to create 3D snapshots of protein…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2023
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EMBL Hamburg partners with the Hanseatic Life Science Research Infrastructure Consortium (HALRIC) to enhance life sciences research in Scandinavia and northern Germany. The consortium builds on the HALOS project to foster collaborations between industry, hospitals, and universities, leveraging…
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2023
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Eduard Avetisyan leads the EMBL Hamburg IT team. He joined EMBL after transitioning from particle physics research to IT. Besides providing standard IT user support, his team also enables smooth processing and computational analysis of structural biology data. Here, he talks about the joys and…
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2023
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Biological X-ray imaging is an emerging technology that uses X-rays to image tissues or even entire organisms. It will play an important role in EMBL Hamburg’s future service portfolio, and will allow studying life on multiple scales. Team Leader Liz Duke discusses her plans to establish X-ray…
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2023
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Physicists, engineers and robotics experts work together in EMBL Hamburg’s Instrumentation Team to design instruments that support structural biology research. The team has finished a transfer robot that facilitates automated handling of protein crystals with care and precision. This will help…
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2023
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EMBL Hamburg’s Sample Preparation and Characterisation (SPC) Facility offers scientists access to almost all available biophysics technologies. The facility’s staff provides advice and support with experiments and data analysis. The facility is conveniently located just next to the EMBL…
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2023
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EMBL Rome group leader Jamie Hackett receives EUR 2 million for the ModLogic project, aimed at understanding how chromatin modifications impact gene activity.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2023
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Kirill Kovalev, an EMBL Hamburg researcher, is studying the structure of an ancient bacterial molecule to help scientists control brain cell activity
EMBLetc2022
EMBL joined a kick-off event focusing on the developments related to the upgrade of the PETRA III synchrotron storage ring to PETRA IV at the DESY campus, where EMBL Hamburg is located. PETRA IV could open new possibilities at EMBL Hamburg, contributing to the goals of the EMBL Programme…
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2022
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Jan Kosinski, Group Leader at EMBL Hamburg and one of the co-chairs of the Infection Biology theme in EMBL’s new programme, chats about how this theme will support his work and help establish new collaborations.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2022
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Scientists have solved several mysteries around the structure and function of a true molecular giant: the human nuclear pore complex. They created the most complete model of the complex thanks to combining the program AlphaFold2 with cryo-electron tomography, integrative modelling, molecular…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2022
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Students from the Business Academy Aarhus visit EMBL Hamburg annually. Many of them return later as trainees to gain experience as lab technicians. EMBL Hamburg offers great opportunities to learn diverse techniques and work with various equipment. This experience helps them in their future jobs in…
LAB MATTERS2022
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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.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2022
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EMBL Hamburg’s Kosinski Group, the Beck Laboratory at the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, and colleagues at EMBL Heidelberg recorded the nuclear pore complex contracting in living cells. They visualised the movement with an unprecedented level of detail with help of new software called…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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RNA vaccines, such as the ones for COVID-19, represent a new approach in vaccine technology. Cy Jeffries, faculty staff scientist at EMBL Hamburg, explains the clever technology behind RNA vaccines, and how structural biology contributes to its development. EMBL Hamburg collaborated on several…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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Each year, EMBL Hamburg’s Svergun Group offers practical EMBO courses and lecture courses on biological small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The courses provide young scientists an opportunity to gain hands-on experience by measuring their own samples, and by exploring different aspects of SAXS…
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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Ken Holmes, outstanding pioneer of structural biology and founder of EMBL´s Hamburg site, died on 2 November 2021 at the age of 87.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2021
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What can sponges tell us about the evolution of the brain? Sponges have the genes involved in neuronal function in higher animals. But if sponges don’t have brains, what is the role of these? EMBL scientists imaged the sponge digestive chamber to find out.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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Scientists at EMBL Hamburg determined the molecular structure of Peptide Transporters 1 and 2. The findings will enable developing drugs that more efficiently pass from the gut to target tissues.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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EMBL Hamburg’s Sample Preparation and Characterisation (SPC) Facility has released eSPC, an online platform for analysing data from biophysical experiments. The platform enables the scientific community to analyse data from different experiments without the need to travel.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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The Graham and Crump groups at the University of Cambridge and the Svergun Group at EMBL Hamburg have discovered a mechanism by which the herpes simplex virus takes control of the molecular machinery of human cells. Their work reveals how a dedicated viral protein hijacks key host proteins, forcing…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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Structural biology provides insights into the diverse functions of fibrous protein in humans, amphibians, and bacteria.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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The new team leader at EMBL Hamburg talks about her plans to establish biological X-ray imaging and high-throughput tomography.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2021
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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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EMBL alumni Ilaria Piazza and Ken Holmes have been recognised for their outstanding contributions, and will receive their awards as part of the celebrations for EMBL World Alumni Day.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2021
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EMBL scientists generate a high-resolution crystal structure of the Kinesin-1/aTm1 transport complex in the fruit fly.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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EMBL’s Melissa Graewert and colleagues are taking a structural biologist’s approach to better understanding nanoplastic particles.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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EMBL Hamburg’s Wilmanns and Kosinski groups have determined the detailed structure of a bacterial protein complex critical for tuberculosis infection.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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EMBL is conducting an Impact Assessment of our experimental services to understand the value these services have for our external user community. If you have accessed EMBL experimental services at one or more of our facilities to support the conduct of your research, we would like to hear from you.
LAB MATTERS2021
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EMBL Director Matthias Hentze describes the Environmental Research Initiative: a community effort to solve global environmental challenges.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2021
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EMBL scientists support research on malaria by providing freely available data resources and using innovative experimental approaches. Our Course and Conference Office facilitates the exchange of knowledge in the field by hosting the annual BioMalPar conference.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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Researchers at EMBL Hamburg reveal how peg-like proteins clasp and reshape the cell membrane
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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A workshop run by EMBL Hamburg explored opportunities for structural biology at the future, upgraded PETRA IV synchrotron.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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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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Using EMBL Hamburg’s world-class structural biology infrastructure, researchers advance the folding of protein ‘origami’ designed in the lab.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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Scientists have determined the structure of Glycine Transporter 1. The finding could open new avenues for developing therapeutics for psychiatric disorders
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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Scientists at EMBL Hamburg use droplets of protein solution to grow protein crystals. By exposing the crystals to X-rays, they are able to determine the protein’s molecular structure.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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The Sample Preparation and Characterisation (SPC) Facility at EMBL Hamburg is one of the founding members of the Molecular-Scale Biophysics Research Infrastructure (MOSBRI). Within this new European initiative, the SPC Facility will offer services related to membrane proteins, protein complexes,…
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2021
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Scientists at EMBL Hamburg use specially designed mirrors to reflect and focus X-ray beams onto tiny crystals made of proteins or other biological molecules.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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Researchers at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and EMBL Hamburg, in collaboration with scientists in Israel and Spain, have discovered remarkable molecular properties of an antimicrobial peptide from the skin of the Australian toadlet. The discovery could inspire the development of…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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EMBL’s sites in Grenoble, Hamburg, and Heidelberg form the newest Instruct Centre. The new centre offers users access to a broad range of state-of-the-art facilities.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2021
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Structural biologists want to study proteins at the atomic level. The device shown in this Picture of the Week is essential for this.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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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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Hamburg hosts one of EMBL’s six sites. The city is notorious for its windy and rainy weather. Lots of rain also means a high chance of beautiful rainbows!
LAB MATTERS2020
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By screening hundreds of sybodies (synthetic mini-antibodies), scientists have identified one that might stop SARS-CoV-2 from infecting human cells. This work, which holds promise for treating COVID-19, was conducted by EMBL Hamburg and collaborators from the Centre for Structural Systems Biology…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2020
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New associate group leader at EMBL Hamburg investigates the structure of functional amyloids in bacteria and in human disease
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2020
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A group of scientists led by EMBL Hamburg’s Christian Löw provide insights into the molecular structure of proteins involved in the gliding movements through which the parasites causing malaria and toxoplasmosis invade human cells.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2020
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Scientists from the Beck group have studied the 3D structure of nuclear pores in budding yeast. They show how the architecture of the nuclear pore complex differs inside cells compared to its form observed in vitro studies.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2020
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Despite their ghostly appearance, these are very real cell nuclei infected with Influenza A virus – the only influenza virus known to cause pandemics.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2020
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The Svergun group at EMBL Hamburg has released the course ‘Solution Scattering from Biological Macromolecules’ in an online format for the first time. The course explores different aspects of small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) for studying the structure of macromolecules.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2020
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EMBL researchers are studying COVID-19-related molecules by exposing them to high-brilliance X-ray beams. The Svergun group at EMBL Hamburg is using biological small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) as part of a global effort by scientists to elucidate the structural organisation of SARS-CoV-2…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2020
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The Sample Preparation and Characterisation Facility (SPC) at EMBL Hamburg reopens to support scientists working on Covid-19 research. The SPC Facility is one of the best equipped facilities in Europe is therefore in high demand from external users. Re-opening the facility also allows experts at…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2020
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Scientists at EMBL Hamburg and Karolinska Institutet Stockholm aim to find synthetic antibodies – known as nanobodies – that bind a surface protein of the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Nanobodies could prevent the virus from entering human cells and causing COVID-19.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2020
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EMBL is all about exciting science, through which we aim to achieve a fundamental understanding of biological processes.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2020
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Strengthening ties between EMBL and Israel through the Scientific Visitor Programme
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2020
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EU funding for iNEXT-Discovery consortium unlocks key technologies for structural biology
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2019
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A new paper describes a unique mechanism of partner selectivity in transcription factors.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2019
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Researchers from Hamburg simplify time-resolved X-ray crystallography
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2019
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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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EMBL scientists collaborate to develop new protocol for screening membrane protein stability
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2019
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Using cryo-EM, scientists have determined the structure of a large protein complex called Elongator.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2019
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EIPOD4 will prepare researchers for the increasing interdisciplinarity of scientific career paths
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2019
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Tara schooner welcomes on board journalists, policymakers, funders and scientists
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2019
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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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Overwhelmed as a biologist getting to grips with computer programming? EMBLers are here to help!
LAB MATTERS2019
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When: Monday 17 June at 10:30Where: The press conference will be held on the Tara schooner at the Sandtorhafen in the Hamburg harbourWhat: A press conference on the new Tara mission on microplastics and Tara’s cooperation with EMBL. A tour of the schooner will be organised with the…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2019
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EMBL got together with the global science festival Pint of Science to explain and celebrate science.
LAB MATTERS2019
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Suicide system in tuberculosis bacteria might hold key to treatment
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2019
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Scientists develop structural model that could help in the development of drugs with increased absorption rates
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2019
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On January 1 2019, Edith Heard takes up the position of EMBL’s Director General
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2019
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EMBL scientists investigate the structure of a key protein involved in blood clotting
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2018
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Speeding up time-resolved X-ray crystallography with EMBL beamline P14
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2018
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Researchers at EMBL Hamburg have released the next generation of their ARP/wARP software
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2018
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17 young scientists experienced hands-on training at EMBL Hamburg.
CONNECTIONS2018
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X-ray experiments show that scaffolding protein PDZK1 has a L-shaped conformation
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2018
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Discover how EMBLers across all sites share their passion for science
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2018
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EMBL and Pint of Science join forces to entertain and educate
LAB MATTERS2018
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Scientists at EMBL Hamburg determine shapes of intermediate states in dynamic biological systems
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2018
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The new head of facility at EMBL Hamburg will help users solve protein puzzles
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2018
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EMBL scientists discover how two guidance cues work together when neurons project axons across the midline
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2018
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A look back at some of the most read stories on EMBL’s news website this year
LAB MATTERS2017
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EMBLers across all sites share how their curiosity about the world shapes their everyday life
LAB MATTERS2017
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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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Inside the Centre for Structural Systems Biology
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2017
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EMBL’s new group leader based in Hamburg aims to create models of infection cycles
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
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Newly opened European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser celebrates start of user operations
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 scientists add crucial knowledge to understanding of the bacterium that causes tuberculosis
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2017
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EMBL alumna Zehra Sayers key driver of the Middle East’s first synchrotron project
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
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The PEPC course celebrated its 10th anniversary in Hamburg from the 12 – 20 September this year
CONNECTIONS2016
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How Christian Löw’s failed experiment led to an unexpected scientific journey
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Rosemary Wilson talks about imposter syndrome and how to handle it
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2016
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Collaborating to take crystallography into a new time dimension
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Turning the spotlight on the diverse universe of EMBL’s 200-strong postdoc community
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2016
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'The PDB plays a crucial role in structural biology research and development'
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Detailed structure paves the way for more effective cancer therapies
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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How cells eliminate protein deposits that can lead to neurodegenerative disorders
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Establishing a programme of research, development and user services for time-resolved crystallography
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Unexpected results: structure of DAPK enzyme reveals dual-purpose loop
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Meet a driving force behind collaborations with the Slovak Republic, alumnus Jozef Ševčik
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2016
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How an EMBL team is making and sharing tools to explore tuberculosis protein structures
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Protein screens developed at EMBL Hamburg now commercially available
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Hamburg collaborators analyse protein crystals inside the cells that made them.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Further insights into how viral enzymes degrade the cell walls of Clostridia bacteria.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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With 28 conferences and 57 courses, 2016 will be EMBL’s most eventful year to date.
CONNECTIONS2015
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Compelling short stories that shine light on the life and work of EMBL staff.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
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A snapshot of the many activities and events that took place in the world of EMBL this Autumn.
LAB MATTERS2015
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Energy, enthusiasm and endurance on tap as thousands attend 12-hour Hamburg Night of Science.
LAB MATTERS2015
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Hamburg researchers have a ball creating game to explain transporter protein mechanism.
LAB MATTERS2015
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Introducing the Small Angle Scattering Biological Data Bank, developed at EMBL Hamburg.
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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EI3POD: flagship interdisciplinary postdoc programme opens its doors to academia and industry.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2015
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Industrial partners and BioStruct-X facility members gather for Workshop at EMBL Hamburg.
CONNECTIONS2015
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A puzzling peculiarity resolved by Hamburg’s Sample Preparation and Characterisation facility.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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EMBL’s new open access policy aims to make EMBL research widely and freely accessible.
LAB MATTERS2015
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Q&A: Which analogy best describes your research?
LAB MATTERS2015
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Coin toss inspires CorMap: a new statistical test that sidesteps need for error estimation.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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Hamburg-led tuberculosis study demonstrates the power of collaboration.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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As EMBL Hamburg celebrates 40 years, we explore the past, present and future of crystallography.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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Ken Holmes, one of the visionaries behind EMBL and EMBL Hamburg, looks back to where it all began.
LAB MATTERS2015
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EMBL Hamburg celebrates four decades of vision, pioneering research and beamline services.
2014
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The day EMBL Hamburg predocs and postdocs invited Nobel Prize Winner Ada Yonath to dinner.
LAB MATTERS2014
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Life Science Nord event reveals how pharmaceutical companies use synchrotrons for their research.
2014
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Course attendees go hunting (protein) aliens in a quest for optimal SAXS data.
2014
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How to make good quality samples for good quality structural biology experiments.
2014
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Pathfinding – poetic and practical – was a common theme in blogs from the EMBL network.
LAB MATTERS2014
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An interview with keynote speaker Michael Rossmann.
2014
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Research building for interdisciplinary Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB) takes shape.
2014
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How a single molecule can attract and repel growing brain connections
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
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"Thank you, EMBL, for changing my life" – reunion celebrates great science and great scientists
LAB MATTERS2014
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Molecular switch enables viruses to destroy C.diff bacteria – potential alternative to antibiotics
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
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As the Lab turns 40, staff and alumni share 40 things that make EMBL, EMBL
LAB MATTERS2014
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As the Lab turns 40, staff and alumni share 40 things that make EMBL, EMBL
LAB MATTERS2014
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Scientists from EMBL's five sites reflect on the opportunities and challenges that might lie ahead
LAB MATTERS2014
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In a paper published online today in PNAS, scientists from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Hamburg, Germany, reveal new insights into the workings of enzymes from a group of bacteria including Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. The new findings…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2011
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At the Autumn 2010Council meeting of the EIROforum, a partnership of seven European intergovernmental research organisations with large research infrastructures, the Directors General unanimously accepted the European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility (European XFEL), based in Hamburg, Germany, to…
LAB MATTERS2010
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Cells rely on a range of signalling systems to communicate with each other and to control their own internal workings. Scientists from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Hamburg, Germany, have now found a way to hack into a vital communications system, raising the possibility of…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2010
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The German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) has awarded 8.8 Million Euro to the Hamburg Outstation of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) for the construction of an Integrated Research Facility for Structural Biology at the new PETRA-III storage ring of the German…
LAB MATTERS2007
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Imagine grabbing two snakes by the tail so that they can’t wriggle off in opposite directions. Scientists at the Hamburg Outstation of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and collaborators from King’s College in London have now discovered that something similar happens to a…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2006
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Today the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) opens a new highthroughput crystallization facility at its Outstation located on the campus of the German Synchrotron Radiation Facility (DESY) in Hamburg, Germany. The facility, made possible by major funds from the German Ministry for Science…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2005
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