New name for EMBL’s site in Italy
EMBL’s unit in Italy changes name to better reflect new research focuses and highlight its location
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2017
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Senses: Fathoming fear
EMBL’s Cornelius Gross wants to understand fear responses and the brain circuitry that governs them
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2017
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Senses: What you see is how you feel
EMBL’s Hiroki Asari investigates how our internal state can change the way our eyes work
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2017
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Humans of EMBL: Senses
People across EMBL’s sites reflect on the ways they perceive their world
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
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Welcome: Jamie Hackett
Meet Monterotondo’s new group leader for epigenetic reprogramming and inheritance, Jamie Hackett
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
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Embryos use ancient viral DNA
EMBL scientists detect important function of genetic sequence our ancestors assimilated from a virus
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2017
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Experience life in the lab!
Call for applications for school students to join ‘Summer in Science’ in Monterotondo
LAB MATTERS2017
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Strengthening links with Italian research community
EMBL’s Monterotondo site strengthens links with the Italian scientific community
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2017
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Neural connection keeps instincts in check
EMBL scientists find out how the prefrontal cortex puts a break on instinctive behaviours
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2017
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Study offers approach to treating pain
Research on the effect of nerve cell stiffness on sensitivity to touch could lead to new painkillers
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Welcome to EMBL: Robert Prevedel
Robert Prevedel develops deep-tissue microscopy for scientists to peer deep inside living organisms
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2016
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Postdocs of EMBL
Turning the spotlight on the diverse universe of EMBL’s 200-strong postdoc community
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2016
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Italian interconnections
Marco Tripoldi and Valeria Carola join colleagues and peers at gathering of Italy-based alumni
CONNECTIONS2016
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The pheromones behind romance
A perfect match: behaviourist Takefumi Kikusui visits the Gross group to explore animal attraction
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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Welcome: Hiroki Asari
Why does a cookie look different depending on how hungry you are? Neuroscientist Asari wants to find out
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2016
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Forgetting to learn
Neural mechanisms in mouse brains indicate that we actively forget as we learn
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2016
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What’s on in 2016
With 28 conferences and 57 courses, 2016 will be EMBL’s most eventful year to date.
CONNECTIONS2015
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Humans of EMBL
Compelling short stories that shine light on the life and work of EMBL staff.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
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Cellular synergy
Alumnus Thomas Vaccari reflects on the first joint symposium with EMBL Monterotondo, in Milan.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
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Pathways: Culture of care
Maria Kamber, who heads the mouse facility, ensures “dignity, compassion and respect” for her charges.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2015
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EIPOD goes cubic
EI3POD: flagship interdisciplinary postdoc programme opens its doors to academia and industry.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2015
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Open access: transforming science
EMBL’s new open access policy aims to make EMBL research widely and freely accessible.
LAB MATTERS2015
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Fight or flight?
EMBL Insight Lecture – Why do we do what we do? – now available to view online.
2015
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Cell control in a flash
From using light to control brain activity to illuminating fruit fly development and mice’s sense of touch
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
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Delighting in detail
Unprecedented detail in images of mouse neurons thanks to new SNAP-tagging microscopy technique.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
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Protecting us from our cells
Growth factor IGF-1 boosts natural defence against type-1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2014
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Celebrating 40 years of leading life science
"Thank you, EMBL, for changing my life" – reunion celebrates great science and great scientists
LAB MATTERS2014
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Buon Compleanno!
EMBL Monterotondo celebrates double anniversary with fun, fireworks, festa and familiar faces
LAB MATTERS2014
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Forty things that make EMBL – Part 1
As the Lab turns 40, staff and alumni share 40 things that make EMBL, EMBL
LAB MATTERS2014
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Back to school
School ambassadors show next generation that scientists are more ‘role model’ than ‘mad professor’
LAB MATTERS2014
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Forty things that make EMBL – Part 2
As the Lab turns 40, staff and alumni share 40 things that make EMBL, EMBL
LAB MATTERS2014
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Five for the future
Scientists from EMBL's five sites reflect on the opportunities and challenges that might lie ahead
LAB MATTERS2014
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What are you scared of?
What do bullies and sex have in common? Based on work by scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Monterotondo, Italy, it seems that the same part of the brain reacts to both. In a study published today in Nature Neuroscience, the researchers found that – at least in…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2013
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Gardening in the brain
Gardeners know that some trees require regular pruning: some of their branches have to be cut so that others can grow stronger. The same is true of the developing brain: cells called microglia prune the connections between neurons, shaping how the brain is wired, scientists at the European…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2011
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To regenerate muscle, cellular garbage men must become builders
For scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Monterotondo, Italy, what seemed like a disappointing result turned out to be an important discovery. Their findings, published online this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), provide…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2009
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European centre of excellence for mouse biology celebrates its 10th anniversary
Mice are one of biology’s most important model organisms, because 98% of their genes and many of their traits and diseases are similar to ours. Researchers at the Mouse Biology Unit of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) take advantage of these similarities and use mice to study…
LAB MATTERS2009
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