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18 November 2021 Colourful illustrations of various plants, animals, and outline of a human chest with internal organs.

Colourful illustrations of various plants, animals, and outline of a human chest with internal organs.

A holistic approach to preserving our health – and our planet’s

The upcoming 22nd EMBL Science & Society Conference will explore the One Health approach, which advocates for greater cross-sectoral collaboration and communication across the human-animal-environment interface.

CONNECTIONS

2021

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22 September 2021 Logos of EMBL and Helmholtz Association on white background, over a green-and-blue pattern in the background.

Logos of EMBL and Helmholtz Association on white background, over a green-and-blue pattern in the background.

EMBL and Helmholtz Health join forces

EMBL and Helmholtz Association have signed a memorandum of understanding. The expanded collaboration of both institutions will focus on research related to health.

CONNECTIONS LAB MATTERS

2021

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25 March 2020 coronavirus keyvisual

coronavirus keyvisual

EMBL’s response to the coronavirus outbreak

EMBL is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for our staff and visitors.

EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS LAB MATTERS

2020

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4 February 2020 Mouse genetic data identifies rare disease genes

Mouse genetic data identifies rare disease genes

Pinpointing rare disease mutations

New resource that categorises genes essential for supporting life could be used to identify rare disease mutations

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2020

sciencescience-technology

21 January 2020 Janet Thornton EMBL Insight Lecture

Janet Thornton EMBL Insight Lecture

Ageing and disease

Dame Janet Thornton presents the 2019 EMBL Insight Lecture: Ageing and disease – what is the link?

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2020

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20 December 2017 In this representation of influenza polymerase, a molecule (white) that strongly inhibits the enzyme’s activity is shown bound to the region of the enzyme (red) that usually binds the cap section of mRNA. IMAGE: EMBL/Cusack Group

In this representation of influenza polymerase, a molecule (white) that strongly inhibits the enzyme’s activity is shown bound to the region of the enzyme (red) that usually binds the cap section of mRNA. IMAGE: EMBL/Cusack Group

Futures: Unravelling influenza

ERC grantee Stephen Cusack shares his vision for the next ten years

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2017

sciencescience-technology

21 September 2017

Fish on fire

New study by Paola Kuri and Maria Leptin shows how inflammation happens in zebrafish in real time

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2017

sciencescience-technology

1 August 2017 EMBL-EBI group leader Zamin Iqbal

EMBL-EBI group leader Zamin Iqbal

Welcome: Zamin Iqbal

The Iqbal research group hopes to build a 'Google of bacteria' to help better interpret the genome

PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES

2017

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27 June 2017

How bacteria affect your wellbeing

Science and Society event answers controversial questions about gut microbes

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2017

eventsscience-technology

11 April 2017

Structure of key system for TB infection

EMBL scientists add crucial knowledge to understanding of the bacterium that causes tuberculosis

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2017

sciencescience-technology

9 March 2017

Cell division offers hope to fight antibiotic resistance

Keeping bacterial chromosomes tangled could lead to new approaches to treatment

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2017

sciencescience-technology

21 December 2016

How flu steals your RNA

Understanding how the flu virus steals host RNA offers hope of new drugs

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2016

sciencescience-technology

15 December 2016 capsids in HIV viruses

capsids in HIV viruses

Structure of HIV capsid within virus visualised

EMBL scientists use new techniques to describe the architecture of conical HIV capsids

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2016

sciencescience-technology

23 November 2016

Toxoplasma’s balancing act explained

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

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2016

sciencescience-technology

27 October 2016

Welcome to EMBL: Robert Prevedel

Robert Prevedel develops deep-tissue microscopy for scientists to peer deep inside living organisms

PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES

2016

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26 September 2016

Turning up the heat on drug side effects

Side-effects of leukaemia drug explained, reveal possibility of repurposing to treat other diseases

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2016

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8 August 2016

Blocking the waste disposal unit

Detailed structure paves the way for more effective cancer therapies

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2016

sciencescience-technology

14 July 2016

How new HIV drugs lock virus in immaturity

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

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2016

sciencescience-technology

3 May 2016 Breast cancer studies reveal new genes, mutations

Breast cancer studies reveal new genes, mutations

Towards personalised breast cancer treatment

Largest-ever study of breast cancer genomes reveals new genes and mutations

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2016

sciencescience-technology

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

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

Poo transplants better understood

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

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2016

sciencescience-technology

7 April 2016

Welcome: Hiroki Asari

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

PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES

2016

people-perspectivesscience

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

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

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2016

sciencescience-technology

24 March 2016 Tuberculosis – caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis – is a potentially fatal contagious disease that can affect almost any part of the body but is mainly an infection of the lungs

Tuberculosis – caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis – is a potentially fatal contagious disease that can affect almost any part of the body but is mainly an infection of the lungs

Better tools for exploring TB protein structures

How an EMBL team is making and sharing tools to explore tuberculosis protein structures

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2016

sciencescience-technology

25 February 2016 HPN-DREAM breast cancer network inference challenge

HPN-DREAM breast cancer network inference challenge

DREAM shadows: chasing down disease networks

“It’s a bit like drawing a picture of an intricate object just by looking at its shadow on the wall."

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2016

sciencescience-technology

11 February 2016 The 3D structure shows how two transcription factors influence one another’s binding to a specific stretch of DNA – an interaction that is crucial for a heart to develop healthily. IMAGE: EMBL/C.Müller

The 3D structure shows how two transcription factors influence one another’s binding to a specific stretch of DNA – an interaction that is crucial for a heart to develop healthily. IMAGE: EMBL/C.Müller

True Love

How transcription factors interact to create a heart

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2016

sciencescience-technology

18 January 2016 A peroxisome containing protein crystals is hit by a free-electron laser. IMAGE: EMBL/CFEL, Thomas Seine

A peroxisome containing protein crystals is hit by a free-electron laser. IMAGE: EMBL/CFEL, Thomas Seine

The cellular crystal factory

Hamburg collaborators analyse protein crystals inside the cells that made them.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2016

sciencescience-technology

15 January 2016 Full length CTP1L protein (green) in complex with truncated C-terminal domain (violet). IMAGE: Rob Meijers

Full length CTP1L protein (green) in complex with truncated C-terminal domain (violet). IMAGE: Rob Meijers

One gene, two proteins, one complex

Further insights into how viral enzymes degrade the cell walls of Clostridia bacteria.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2016

sciencescience-technology

8 December 2015 New web interface, launched by GSK, EMBL-EBI and Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

New web interface, launched by GSK, EMBL-EBI and Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

Target Validation platform launches

Identifying evidence-based relationships between drug targets and diseases.

CONNECTIONS LAB MATTERS

2015

connectionslab-matters

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

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

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2015

sciencescience-technology

25 November 2015 IMAGE: EMBL-EBI/Spencer Phillips

IMAGE: EMBL-EBI/Spencer Phillips

What makes us human? Or not…

From jumping genes to organ transplants, the non-human features that make us human.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2015

sciencescience-technology

24 November 2015

Awards & Honours

EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.

EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS LAB MATTERS

2015

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30 October 2015 Two superimposed proteins, with regions with shared molecular similarity presumed to interact with our immune system highlighted in blue and red respectively. CREDIT: N Furnham.

Two superimposed proteins, with regions with shared molecular similarity presumed to interact with our immune system highlighted in blue and red respectively. CREDIT: N Furnham.

Allergy: the price of immunity?

Findings help demonstrate the evolutionary basis for allergy.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2015

sciencescience-technology

15 October 2015 MinION™ USB-attached miniature sensing device.

MinION™ USB-attached miniature sensing device.

Mini DNA sequencer tests true

Evaluation of MinION™ sequencer finds performance and reliability consistently good.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2015

sciencescience-technology

10 September 2015 New method to study biological signalling networks

New method to study biological signalling networks

Clearing a path for cancer research

New computational method to study biological signalling networks in healthy and cancer cells.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2015

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3 September 2015

Moritz Gerstung

Welcome: Moritz Gerstung

New group explores why patients with same cancer exhibit unique constellations of genetic mutations.

LAB MATTERS PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES

2015

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24 August 2015

Awards & Honours

EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.

EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS LAB MATTERS

2015

embl-announcementslab-matters

24 August 2015 Healthy Tasmanian devil in its natural habitat.

Healthy Tasmanian devil in its natural habitat.

Branches: Sympathy for the devil

A contagious cancer threatens the Tasmanian devil – extract from Science in School journal.

LAB MATTERS

2015

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12 August 2015 Organiser Lars Steinmetz invites young researchers to the conference. PHOTO: EMBL Photolab/Claudiu Grozea

Organiser Lars Steinmetz invites young researchers to the conference. PHOTO: EMBL Photolab/Claudiu Grozea

Make it personal

Leading scientists will gather in Heidelberg this November to discuss the potential of personalised health.

CONNECTIONS

2015

connectionsevents

4 August 2015 Healthy bone marrow (left) vs. bone marrow of leukaemia patient (right). IMAGE: MEDIZINISCHEN HOCHSCHULE HANNOVER

Healthy bone marrow (left) vs. bone marrow of leukaemia patient (right). IMAGE: MEDIZINISCHEN HOCHSCHULE HANNOVER

From patients to the lab (and back)

Multidisciplinary research provides clues to new treatments for deadly form of leukaemia in children

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2015

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16 July 2015

Iron regulators join war on pathogens

Iron regulatory proteins play important role in combatting infection, protecting against Salmonella.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2015

sciencescience-technology

20 February 2015 Scanning electron micrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which cause TB.

Scanning electron micrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which cause TB.

Attack from all sides

Hamburg-led tuberculosis study demonstrates the power of collaboration.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2015

sciencescience-technology

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

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

The battle for iron

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

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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.

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

Beyond sequencing

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

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2015

sciencescience-technology

7 January 2015 "Hairclip" protein mechanism

"Hairclip" protein mechanism

‘Hairclip’ protein mechanism explained

Research led by Teichmann group identifies fundamental mechanism for controlling protein function.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2015

sciencescience-technology

18 December 2014

How to fix a cellular powerhouse

Compound that can restore the function of poorly working mitochondria, with therapeutic potential.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2014

sciencescience-technology

19 November 2014

20 years in the making

First complete picture of flu virus polymerase. A story of two decades of blood, sweat and sneezes.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2014

sciencescience-technology

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

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

Same pieces, different picture

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

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2014

sciencescience-technology

31 October 2014 DDMoRe

DDMoRe

Computational modelling resource

New, open repository helps researchers share computational models of disease.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2014

sciencescience-technology

27 October 2014 The pollen trap used by Arkadiusz to collect pollen. PHOTO: ARKADIUSZ JANKIEWICZ

The pollen trap used by Arkadiusz to collect pollen. PHOTO: ARKADIUSZ JANKIEWICZ

Looking for the beauty in science

How the author of a prize-winning project on bee travel ended up at a stem cells and cancer conference

LAB MATTERS

2014

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22 October 2014

Protecting us from our cells

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

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2014

sciencescience-technology

17 October 2014 Sarah Teichmann. PHOTO: UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

Sarah Teichmann. PHOTO: UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

Awards & Honours

EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards - meet the latest honourees

LAB MATTERS

2014

lab-matters

10 October 2014

10 notable Hungarian scientists

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

PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES

2014

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12 September 2014 Major advance in stem-cell technology

Major advance in stem-cell technology

Major advance in stem cell technology

Researchers produce pristine stem cells, which can be precisely changed into clinically relevant cell types.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2014

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6 August 2014

Unpacking iron overload

A rare form of an iron overload disorder kills pancreatic function, Heidelberg scientists find

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2014

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1 July 2014

The future’s bright

Surprising protein from a flu-like virus is 10 000th ESRF structure

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2014

sciencescience-technology

25 June 2014

On target

A new EMBL-EBI biomedical initiative works to determine the best target proteins for new drugs.

CONNECTIONS LAB MATTERS

2014

connectionslab-matters

25 May 2014

Insights into genetics of cleft lip

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

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2014

sciencescience-technology

18 May 2014

HIV: hacking, immaturity and viruses

High-resolution structure reveals crucial interactions for HIV maturation

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2014

sciencescience-technology

9 May 2014

How immune cells use steroids

Genome Campus researchers discover that some immune cells turn themselves off by producing a steroid.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2014

sciencescience-technology

24 April 2014

Tsetse fly genome sequenced

Tsetse fly genome sequenced; scientists hope to find new ways to control sleeping sickness.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2014

sciencescience-technology

29 May 2006

New potential drug target in tuberculosis

Tuberculosis remains one of the deadliest threats to public health. Every year two million people die of the disease, which is caused by the microorganism Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Roughly one third of the world’s population is infected and more and more bacterial strains have developed…

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2006

sciencescience-technology

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