From setting up laptops for new starters to coaxing stubborn printers back to life, the IT Service Desk team at EMBL-EBI keeps things running smoothly. As a Senior Service Desk Officer, Mila Coniff has seen it all. Coniff shares her experience of working at EMBL-EBI and why a positive team culture…| EMBL
By making the world’s microbial DNA easier to explore, LexicMap helps researchers track outbreaks, study antibiotic resistance, and understand microbial diversity.| EMBL
A new collaborative study from EMBL Rome scientists reveals a father’s preconception environment can leave subtle, but detectable, molecular footprints in embryos, able to shape development and long-term offspring health.| EMBL
Researchers dive into the pre-antibiotic history of bacterial plasmids to understand the spread of treatment-resistant infections worldwide.| EMBL
The BioModels repository for mathematical models of biological and biomedical systems moves to the University of Florida’s College of Medicine| EMBL
Amandine Nunes-Jorge is BIOcean5D’s project manager, supporting its scientists in their exploration of marine life from many perspectives.| EMBL
A new study observed the dual roles metabolism plays in fueling growth and signalling during cell development, and looked at how this process might be controlled.| EMBL
Explore molecular structures with new interactive 3D viewers and AI annotations| EMBL
New research from the Rompani and Asari groups at EMBL Rome suggests that the pupil does more than just respond to light and internal states — it may actively shape our vision. Their findings reveal that the pupil can integrate input from both eyes, impacting the entire visual pathway.| EMBL
EMBL Barcelona researchers shed light on how the blood-brain barrier is damaged during severe malaria.| 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
Australian BioCommons, Bioplatforms Australia, and EMBL have signed a formal agreement to encourage collaboration in bioinformatics.| EMBL
EMBL’s Interim Director General Peer Bork and Interim Executive Director Ewan Birney will jointly assume the role of EIROforum Chair.| 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
Crystals can be found in many places in nature, from diamonds to snowflakes and table salt. Even living organisms are able to produce crystals.| 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
PROMETHEUS is an EMBL-born grassroots initiative to promote and optimise impact-driven science| EMBL
Scientist Alvis Brazma shares life lessons and insights upon his retirement from EMBL-EBI, after 30 years working in bioinformatics.| EMBL
‘Human organ avatars’ to take centre stage at EMBL’s third annual Kafatos Lecture.| EMBL
After Suzanne Eaton’s death, family and friends raised funds for a Kinderhaus playground, providing a joyous way to remember her.| EMBL