interdisciplinary Archives

10 July 2024

Proteomics: a different lens for precision medicine

The dynamic world of proteomics is shaping the future of personalised medicine, but some obstacles stand in the way

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2024

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9 November 2021 students looking a computer monitor and microscope

New horizons for the EIPP

EMBL's PhD and postdoc programmes evolve to the more multidisciplinary way of doing great molecular biology research.

LAB MATTERS

2021

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15 September 2021 A dark blue classic star map view is overlaid upon scientific data

Charting a multi-omic universe

A research collaboration used machine learning to map tumour molecular make-up, potentially paving way to more customised cancer treatment.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2021

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6 April 2021 A model of Glycine Transporter 1, which is located in the cell membrane. In its lower-middle part, it is bound by its inhibitor, which is a much smaller molecule. At its top, Glycine Transporter 1 is bound by a synthetic mini-antibody, called a sybody.

A model of Glycine Transporter 1, which is located in the cell membrane. In its lower-middle part, it is bound by its inhibitor, which is a much smaller molecule. At its top, Glycine Transporter 1 is bound by a synthetic mini-antibody, called a sybody.

New perspectives for treating psychiatric disorders

Scientists have determined the structure of Glycine Transporter 1. The finding could open new avenues for developing therapeutics for psychiatric disorders

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2021

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12 September 2019 Using multiplex-immunostaining to characterise B cells. PHOTO: Christine Wagner

B cells linked to immunotherapy

Immunotherapy: the role of B cells

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2019

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31 January 2019 EMBL-EBI data centre

Funding for bioinformatics technical infrastructure

Enhancing the world's bioinformatics infrastructure

LAB MATTERS

2019

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26 November 2018 Sarah Butcher EMBL-EBI Technical Team Leader

Welcome: Sarah Butcher

Building bridges between scientists and software developers

LAB MATTERS

2018

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9 November 2018 3D printing anatomical models.

In the flesh: translating 2D scans into 3D prints

Translating 2D hospital scans into 3D prints is informing patients and aiding surgeons

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2018

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30 October 2018 Sanofi logo on blue background

Sanofi joins Open Targets

Pharmaceutical company Sanofi strengthens drug targets discovery collaboration Open Targets

CONNECTIONS LAB MATTERS

2018

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10 July 2018 Leukaemia blood cells

Leukaemia roots detectable years before diagnosis

Acute myloid leukaemia risk could be detected years before diagnosis

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2018

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14 December 2017 Philipp Keller’s work imaged the early development of a zebrafish embryo using light sheet microscopy

A physical revolution

EMBL physicist-turned-biologist alumni win 2017 Kendrew and Phillipson awards

PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES

2017

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7 July 2017

EIROforum, a driver for international science

EMBL’s Iain Mattaj, the new Chair of EIROforum, on EIROforum’s role

CONNECTIONS

2017

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7 April 2017

Strengthening links with Italian research community

EMBL’s Monterotondo site strengthens links with the Italian scientific community

CONNECTIONS LAB MATTERS

2017

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6 April 2017

Behind the scenes: Building EMBL’s Barcelona site

Silke Schumacher explains how the new EMBL site in Barcelona came into being

LAB MATTERS

2017

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5 April 2017

When science meets management

New Master's programme for research infrastructure managers – set to launch autumn 2017

LAB MATTERS

2017

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29 November 2016

Capturing life in perspective

How a team of scientists and artists at EMBL transformed microscopy data into stunning 3D images

LAB MATTERS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2016

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19 October 2016 Human tumour sections expressing Herceptin (red), an antibody engineered by MultiBacTAG to recognize breast cancer cells. IMAGE: Christine Koehler/EMBL

Human tumour sections expressing Herceptin (red), an antibody engineered by MultiBacTAG to recognize breast cancer cells. IMAGE: Christine Koehler/EMBL

MultiBacTAG: A protein production platform

New platform useful for studies of protein binding, human tissue and more

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2016

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30 August 2016

Swimming against the tide

"If I have an aim, I’ll find a solution" – meet EMBL alumnus Jochen Wittbrodt

PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES

2016

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9 May 2016 Kikusui spent 10 days this March in the Gross lab at EMBL brainstorming the neural mechanisms of social behaviour. PHOTO: Cornelius Gross

Kikusui spent 10 days this March in the Gross lab at EMBL brainstorming the neural mechanisms of social behaviour. PHOTO: Cornelius Gross

The pheromones behind romance

A perfect match: behaviourist Takefumi Kikusui visits the Gross group to explore animal attraction

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2016

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21 March 2016

Finding the way with X-Ray

New technique uses X-rays to find landmarks when combining fluorescence and electron microscopy

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2016

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10 February 2016 Plankton plays an important role in sequestering carbon in the ocean. IMAGE: Christian Sardet/Tara Océans/CNRS Photothèque

The carbon hijacking network

Plankton network linked to ocean's biological carbon pump revealed

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2016

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9 October 2015 The ultrafast and yet selective binding allows the receptor (gold) to rapidly travel through the pore filled with disordered proteins (blue) into the nucleus, while any unwanted molecules are kept outside. IMAGE: Mercadante /HITS

The ultrafast and yet selective binding allows the receptor (gold) to rapidly travel through the pore filled with disordered proteins (blue) into the nucleus, while any unwanted molecules are kept outside. IMAGE: Mercadante /HITS

Floppy but fast

Spaghetti-like proteins are surprisingly effective 'keys'

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2015

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2 October 2015 The 1000 Genomes Project: a timeline

A lasting legacy

1000 Genomes Project pushed technologies and knowledge forward to understand what is 'normal' human genetic variation

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2015

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25 August 2015 Maja Köhn. PHOTO: EMBL Photolab/Marietta Schupp

Chemical bonds

Maja Köhn’s lab is ideal to learn what life is like working at the interface of disciplines.

LAB MATTERS PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES

2015

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24 August 2015

An ocean odyssey

A journalist who spent six weeks aboard Tara reflects on the expedition’s extraordinary outcomes.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2015

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4 August 2015 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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3 August 2015 To train T-cells to recognise our own body, cells in the thymus express different combinations of 'extra' genes. IMAGE: EMBL/P.RIEDINGER

Know your cells

How T-cells are trained on what not to kill

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2015

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5 May 2015

Destination collaboration

Stanford University biophysicist KC Huang on his collaboration with the Typas group in Heidelberg.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2015

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29 April 2015

Pathways: In the prime of life

Karin Sasaki is helping bridge the gap between quantitative and life science at EMBL.

LAB MATTERS

2015

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6 April 2015

Bypassing errors

Coin toss inspires CorMap: a new statistical test that sidesteps need for error estimation.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2015

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2 April 2015

Team spirit in the genome

Go Team Genome! New method reveals genetic teamwork in drosophila genome.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2015

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16 March 2015

No humans required

New fully automated technique enables scientists to chart complex protein networks in living cells.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2015

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4 March 2015 Where and when are different molecules contributing to the bending of the membrane? IMAGE: EMBL/A. Picco

Best of three worlds

Combining three different kinds of microscopy to determine how molecules move during endocytosis.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2015

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6 February 2015

How to crowdsource a paper

Tried and tested do's and don'ts of crowdsource writing.

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.

Beyond sequencing

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

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2015

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26 January 2015

40 questions, answered

Find answers to 40 of your questions about life, the Lab and everything!

LAB MATTERS

2015

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23 January 2015

Turn out the light

Alumnus Stefan Hell on his 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry

LAB MATTERS

2015

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9 December 2014 A bundle of nerves that relays information from touch receptors on the skin to the spinal cord and ultimately the brain, imaged with the new technique. IMAGE: EMBL/L.CASTALDI