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17 March 2020

Wrapped in purple

Science & Technology The medaka shown in this Picture of the Week was captured by Eva Hasel, a postdoc in the Leptin group at EMBL Heidelberg.

2020

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8 October 2019

The zebrafish earned its stripes

Science & Technology Despite missing the characteristic stripes one would expect from a zebra – or a zebrafish – the fractals in this Picture of the Week show a zebrafish; or at least some cells in a zebrafish embryo, a few hours after fertilisation. Zebrafish are not only popular aquarium fish, they are also an…

2019

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1 October 2019

The evolution of the eye

Science & Technology Model organisms are species that are studied extensively to understand particular biological phenomena and processes, with the expectation that discoveries made in the model organism will provide insight into the workings of other organisms. The small marine ringed worm Platynereis dumerilii gained…

2019

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31 October 2018 Internal anatomy of the marine worm’s head.

A worm’s sense of the world

Science & Technology EMBL researchers discover that four organs in a marine worm’s head can sense different chemicals

2018

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9 July 2018 Miki Ebisuya at EMBL Barcelona

Welcome: Miki Ebisuya

People & Perspectives New group leader at EMBL Barcelona creates artificial biological systems to study animal development

2018

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5 December 2017 Lab manager Anna Cyrklaff takes a tray of fly specimens to be transferred into new vials

Behind the scenes in the Fly Room

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Curious about what goes on in EMBL’s Fly Room? Prepare to be a fly on the wall

2017

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23 November 2017 Floating approximately 400 km above the Earth, the International Space Station provides a platform for scientific research in space.

Science in space

People & Perspectives EMBL alumna Sigrid Reinsch trained as a cell biologist – now she helps run experiments in space

2017

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13 November 2017

Research highlights

Science & Technology A summary of recent research highlights from EMBL

2017

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9 June 2017

Mapping gene expression, cell by cell

Science & Technology EMBL researchers complete a molecular atlas showing gene expression in all cells in an entire animal

2017

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13 March 2017

Futures: Brain evolution

Science & Technology ERC grantee Detlev Arendt shares his vision for the next ten years

2017

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25 November 2015 ILLUSTRATION: Aad Goudappel

Using humans as a model organism

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Ewan Birney on the risks, rewards and realities of studying humans as a model species.

2015

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25 November 2015 Halldór Stefánsson, EMBL Science & Society Programme Manager. PHOTO: EMBL/Adam Gristwood

Of humans and animals

Lab Matters Halldór Stefánsson on the long history of complex interactions between humans and animals.

2015

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24 August 2015 Maria Kamper at the her desk.

Pathways: Culture of care

ConnectionsLab Matters Maria Kamber, who heads the mouse facility, ensures “dignity, compassion and respect” for her charges.

2015

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19 January 2010 Image credit: Rachel Melwig & Christine Panagiotidis / EMBL

Membrane-coat proteins: bacteria have them too

Although they are present almost everywhere, on land and sea, a group of related bacteria in the superphylum Planctomycetes-Verrucomicrobia-Chlamydiae, or PVC, have remained in relative obscurity ever since they were first described about a decade ago. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology…

2010

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27 September 2006

How nature tinkers with the cellular clock

The life of a cell is all about growing and dividing at the right time. That is why the cell cycle is one of the most tightly regulated cellular processes. A control system with several layers adjusts when key components of the cell cycle machinery are produced, activated and degraded to make sure…

2006

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10 April 2006

Getting to the heart of cardiovascular diseases

Lab Matters Today three research organisations announce the merging of their expertise to fight cardiovascular diseases, which are among the most common health problems and causes of death in the world. The Magdi Yacoub Institute (MYI) at the UK’s Harefield Heart Science Centre, Imperial College London,…

2006

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4 September 2005

A new link between stem cells and tumors

Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and the Institute of Biomedical Research of the Parc Científic de Barcelona (IRB-PCB) have now added key evidence to claims that some types of cancer originate with defects in stem cells. The study, reported this week in…

2005

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