virtual event Archives | EMBL
31 January 2025| EMBL
| EMBLetc Issue Archive | EMBL
| EMBLetc Issue Archive | EMBL
EMBL is Europe’s life sciences laboratory – an intergovernmental organisation with more than 80 independent research groups covering the spectrum of molecular biology.| EMBL
EMBL alumna Jona Rada reflects on her experience during the 'Summer of Science’ event organised by EMBL's Science Education and Public Engagement (SEPE) team.| EMBL
DECIPHER v11.35 integrates gnomAD mitochondrial DNA variant data across the platform, enabling visualisation of homoplasmic and heteroplasmic frequencies, haplogroup info, and heteroplasmy distribution.| EMBL
A new method from EMBL-EBI and collaborators offers fast, easy-to-interpret confidence scores for phylogenetic trees for pandemic preparedness.| EMBL
EMBL scientists improve a protein analysis technique, significantly expanding its use and making it 100 times faster – a development that could accelerate drug discovery and fundamental biological research.| EMBL
UniProt, the data resource for protein sequence and function information, is making major changes to its proteomes resource and to the UniProt Knowledgebase. UniProt has developed a new workflow that selects at least one reference proteome for each species, which best represents the protein…| EMBL
EMBL is leading a pilot study along the Rhine River to explore microbial biodiversity, the effects of pollutants, and the spread of antibiotic resistance. Using advanced biomolecular methods, the project aims to inform evidence-based measures to protect ecosystems and water quality.| EMBL
EMBL researchers have been using a powerful technique called ultrastructure expansion microscopy to peek deeper inside living organisms and understand how they function.| EMBL
Rory Bufacchi talks about the excitement of finding new understanding from existing data and developing computational models to describe living systems.| EMBL
EMBL researchers have developed a new AI tool, which, through a game of molecular laser tag, is helping us better understand the origins of cancer.| EMBL
Two new initiatives – BRAINCITY and EMERALD – will strengthen the collaboration between Poland and EMBL.| EMBL
Amandine Nunes-Jorge is BIOcean5D’s project manager, supporting its scientists in their exploration of marine life from many perspectives.| EMBL
An EMBL alumnus’ work with tRNA, along with support from EMBLEM, has led to a start-up, Umlaut.bio, positioned to aid drug development.| EMBL
The summer school introduces undergraduates from a range of scientific backgrounds to cutting-edge life science research.| EMBL
EMBL’s upcoming Science & Society conference takes a deep dive into ethical considerations on the use of technology and organoids in biology| EMBL
EMBL's latest Science and Society conference brought together the research community to discuss the thorny question of trust in science.| EMBL
Some examples of what the gene editing tool CRISPR-cas9 may bring for the future of biology and how it is used for research at EMBL| EMBL
EMBL scientists are on a quest to investigate the underlying biological processes that enable regeneration in jellyfish, which could also help us understand how wounds heal| EMBL
The event, co-organised by EMBL, EMBLEM, DESY, and HEREON, bridged research and entrepreneurship, fuelling innovation and discovery.| EMBL
The science entrepreneurship event brought together scientists and entrepreneurs to explore funding pathways for science-based start-ups.| EMBL
As Peer Bork and Ewan Birney take up interim leadership of EMBL, the organisation announces additional changes in site leadership.| EMBL
EMBL’s position paper outlines its key recommendations for European Commission’s upcoming ‘Strategy for European Life Sciences’.| EMBL
Fifth EMBL Partnership Conference brings together participants from EMBL and partner institutions to explore how AI can drive innovation in One Health.| EMBL
Janet Thornton, the inaugural winner of the FEBS Journal Open Science Award, explains the importance and impact of open science| EMBL
EMBL announces the release of its new Open Science Policy, contributing to positive culture change across the life sciences| EMBL
As a new cryo-EM facility is inaugurated in Grenoble, EMBL’s Michael Hons describes his role in the project| EMBL
Victor Armijo, a mechatronics engineer at EMBL Grenoble, talks about his dream job, highlighted in EMBL’s exhibition ‘The World of Molecular Biology’ Originally from Mexico, Victor Armijo joined the instrumentation team at EMBL Grenoble in 2018. This team has been supporting structural biology research for several decades with technological developments and innovations, particularly by automating processes that are part of the scientific services researchers use.| EMBL
Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg show how phosphate chains store energy and have many more different functions in a cell.| EMBL
Influenza is currently a grave concern for governments and health organisations around the world. Now one of the tactics used by influenza virus to take over the machinery of infected cells has been laid bare by structural biologists at the EMBL, the joint Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interaction of…| EMBL
Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg increase the scale and precision of functional genomics CRISPR–Cas9 screens through targeted single-cell RNA sequencing| EMBL
A new technique allows spatially controlled cell adhesion and the manipulation of cell shapes on cryo-electron microscopy grids.| EMBL
This year’s Corporate Partnership Programme meeting addressed AI and life sciences research, bringing together industry and EMBL scientists.| EMBL
African scientists awarded the 2024 EMBL-UNESCO residencies share their experience in bioinformatics and virology.| EMBL
Interview with Timothé Cezard, the Project Lead of the European Variation Archive database for genetic variation data from all species.| EMBL
Sofia Rucli, postdoc at EMBL Rome, talks about her relationship with the protein OGT, a molecular ‘candy man’ of the cell.| EMBL
Researchers in the Boulard group at EMBL Rome demonstrated for the first time that the catalytic activity of the OGT enzyme is essential for embryonic development.| EMBL
Maria Costanzo, former predoc at EMBL Barcelona, talks about YAP, her favourite protein in the shape of a heart.| EMBL
EMBL scientists want to learn how the novel coronavirus infects cells in the human gut, to better understand the pathogenesis and spreading of the virus.| EMBL
EMBL scientists, together with collaborators from Heidelberg University, have provided further evidence of the gut’s role in COVID-19.| EMBL
MOrgAna is an open source, user-friendly, modular software that is able to analyse organoids with machine learning.| EMBL
EMBL Barcelona researchers are studying how tissues develop in health and disease using organoids and 3D multicellular systems| EMBL
A new approach that allows researchers to see molecular machinery at work inside cells has offered a deeper understanding of how bacteria produce proteins and a unique glimpse into how they respond to antibiotics.| EMBL
While cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) was first envisioned in 1968, the advances the Mahamid group are bringing to this 3D method for studying molecules directly inside cells are new, and are likely to greatly expand its use.| EMBL
Romain Linares talks about his role in managing the cryo-electron microscopy facility at EMBL Grenoble, how he sees this technique evolving in the coming years, and his passion for astronomy| EMBL
A machine-learning model that estimates the total density of microbes in faeces shows that microbial load can strongly influence disease-microbe associations.| EMBL
Jia Le Lim talks about contributing back to society through science, finding inspiration in the way birds fly in the sky, and winning a recent international piano competition.| EMBL
Scientists have completed the most comprehensive study of whole cancer genomes to date, significantly improving our understanding of cancer.| EMBL
Stephen Cusack, Head of EMBL Grenoble, discusses how the influenza virus infects cells, and shares his most recent discoveries.| EMBL
EMBL Grenoble scientists have, for the first time, observed different functional states of the actively transcribing influenza virus polymerase.| EMBL
New research by EMBL scientists shows at atomic detail how antibiotics affect the process of protein production inside bacteria| EMBL
This infographic explains how scientists use small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) to study bio-materials at a molecular level.| EMBL
EMBL alumnus Jacques Dubochet awarded Nobel Prize for work at EMBL that led to birth of cryo-electron microscopy.| EMBL
EMBL Hamburg’s expertise in structural biology method called small-angle X-ray scattering helps to develop new RNA vaccines.| EMBL
Partners use AlphaFold to release more than 350,000 protein structure predictions including the entire human proteome to the scientific community.| EMBL
The Partnership for Structural Biology offers a wide range of scientific platforms, training, and possibilities for collaboration to researchers based in Grenoble and beyond| EMBL
The EMBL community is deeply saddened by the death of Suzanne Eaton, former staff scientist in Heidelberg from 1993–2001| EMBL
