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12 November 2024 Picture of Nicolas Foos fixing a piece of technological equipment.

Making in situ serial crystallography more accessible

Science & Technology Nicolas Foos, a postdoctoral fellow at EMBL Grenoble, talks about the implementation of a new method for in situ serial crystallography developed during his ARISE fellowship.

2024

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15 September 2023

Switching off the cytokine storm

Science & Technology EMBL Grenoble and University of Geneva researchers shed light on the molecular activation of the MAP kinase p38α, the final ‘switch’ triggering the inflammatory response.

2023

sciencescience-technology

9 January 2023

New molecular insights on medical cannabis

Science & Technology EMBL Grenoble researchers have investigated the interaction between THC and some proteins it might bind to. In a recent study, they showed in vitro that THC inhibits an important human enzyme called autotaxin.

2023

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1 December 2022

Getting closer to stopping toxoplasmosis infection

Science & Technology Recent studies supported by EMBL Grenoble’s expertise in structural biology research and scientific services have identified Altiratinib as a potential drug to stop toxoplasmosis infection and opened up treatment options against malaria.

2022

sciencescience-technology

3 November 2022 View from above of a small room with several tools, cables and pieces of technology. A rectangular box, a robotic arm and a device are highlighted in green.

Two in one: combining MASSIF-1 and CrystalDirect

Lab MattersScience & Technology Researchers and engineers have integrated a CrystalDirect harvester into the fully automated beamline MASSIF-1, a unique combination of structural biology technologies that is now open to external academic users.

2022

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20 October 2022 Two EMBL staff members looking at a piece of equipment

Teaming up to drive forward time-resolved crystallography

Lab MattersScience & Technology The recent construction of the new ID29 beamline in Grenoble is pioneering a new way of doing experiments in time-resolved crystallography and opening up technology transfer possibilities

2022

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25 August 2020 Circular beamline building, surrounded by illuminated Grenoble city in the evening and the alps in the background.

Upgraded beamlines at EMBL Grenoble unveiled

EMBL Announcements The beamlines run jointly by EMBL Grenoble and the ESRF reopen today, unveiling significant upgrades that exploit the brand new fourth generation ESRF synchrotron source.

2020

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17 June 2020 Crystal selection for X-ray diffraction experiments.

Investigating the structure and mechanisms of coronavirus biomolecules

Science & Technology While global research on coronaviruses has shed light on the function of many SARS-CoV-2 proteins, the role of some crucial components remains unknown. Researchers at EMBL Grenoble will use a range of structural biology methods to try to solve some of the puzzles of the molecular mechanics of…

2020

sciencescience-technology

27 May 2020 Automated sample changer and diffractometer at the ID30B X-ray crystallography beamline at ESRF Grenoble.

Facilitating COVID-19 structural biology research

Connections EMBL and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) restart the activities of the Joint Structural Biology Group in Grenoble to support coronavirus-related projects. A new initiative will allow users to be granted access to the High-Throughput Crystallisation (HTX) lab at EMBL and to a…

2020

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29 November 2019 Choanocyte chamber of sponge, with neuroid cell

Neural pathways

Science & Technology Exploring the diverse routes by which EMBL scientists are driving forward neurobiology

2019

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4 January 2018 Schematic reconstruction of the Robo1 structure. IMAGE: Andrew McCarthy / Structure

One way crossing across the midline

Science & Technology EMBL researchers solve a decades-long debate on a key process for brain and embryo-development

2018

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30 August 2016

Atomic proportions

Connections EMBL and ESRF scientists and mechanics work together on upgrade for one of Europe’s big X-ray sources

2016

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