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Today, on World #ScienceDay for Peace and Development, we are joining our EIROforum partners in celebrating how science contributes to society 🌎
Thanks to you, we are able to develop new technologies and make discoveries that help address some of today’s most pressing challenges.
Thanks to you, we are able to develop new technologies and make discoveries that help address some of today’s most pressing challenges.
🌎 On World Science Day for Peace and Development, senior leaders across EIROforum thank citizens for their trust and support.
Peer Bork from EMBL talks about how trust and support helps bring scientists in different disciplines together to make the world a better place for generations to come.
Peer Bork from EMBL talks about how trust and support helps bring scientists in different disciplines together to make the world a better place for generations to come.
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Today, on World #ScienceDay for Peace and Development, we are joining our EIROforum partners in celebrating how science contributes to society 🌎
Thanks to you, we are able to develop new technologies and make discoveries that help address some of today’s most pressing challenges.
Thanks to you, we are able to develop new technologies and make discoveries that help address some of today’s most pressing challenges.
Ever used a microscope to break out of an escape room?
The EMBL programme ‘Summer of Science’ offered children, families, and even scientists a unique way to experience science through a collection of creative activities.
Learn more: www.embl.org/news/lab-mat...
The EMBL programme ‘Summer of Science’ offered children, families, and even scientists a unique way to experience science through a collection of creative activities.
Learn more: www.embl.org/news/lab-mat...
November 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Ever used a microscope to break out of an escape room?
The EMBL programme ‘Summer of Science’ offered children, families, and even scientists a unique way to experience science through a collection of creative activities.
Learn more: www.embl.org/news/lab-mat...
The EMBL programme ‘Summer of Science’ offered children, families, and even scientists a unique way to experience science through a collection of creative activities.
Learn more: www.embl.org/news/lab-mat...
Diatoms – microscopic algae found almost everywhere there’s water – make up ~25% of Earth’s annual oxygen production.🌎
EMBL researchers have now found a way to easily reveal their inner structures by combining cryo-fixation with ultrastructural expansion microscopy 🔬
www.cell.com/current-biol...
EMBL researchers have now found a way to easily reveal their inner structures by combining cryo-fixation with ultrastructural expansion microscopy 🔬
www.cell.com/current-biol...
November 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Diatoms – microscopic algae found almost everywhere there’s water – make up ~25% of Earth’s annual oxygen production.🌎
EMBL researchers have now found a way to easily reveal their inner structures by combining cryo-fixation with ultrastructural expansion microscopy 🔬
www.cell.com/current-biol...
EMBL researchers have now found a way to easily reveal their inner structures by combining cryo-fixation with ultrastructural expansion microscopy 🔬
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the millions of viral genomes coming in overwhelmed traditional methods for data analysis.
Find out how SPRTA, a new tool, provides a fast, scalable way to measure confidence of phylogenetic trees, helping scientists track outbreaks.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...
Find out how SPRTA, a new tool, provides a fast, scalable way to measure confidence of phylogenetic trees, helping scientists track outbreaks.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...
SPRTA: a smarter way to measure evolution uncertainty
A new method from EMBL-EBI and collaborators offers fast, easy-to-interpret confidence scores for phylogenetic trees for pandemic preparedness.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the millions of viral genomes coming in overwhelmed traditional methods for data analysis.
Find out how SPRTA, a new tool, provides a fast, scalable way to measure confidence of phylogenetic trees, helping scientists track outbreaks.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...
Find out how SPRTA, a new tool, provides a fast, scalable way to measure confidence of phylogenetic trees, helping scientists track outbreaks.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...
HT-PELSA, a new proteomics tool by EMBL researchers, processes samples 100x faster and works directly with complex crude cell, tissue, and bacterial lysates – developments which could accelerate drug discovery and basic biological research 💊
🔗 www.embl.org/news/science...
🔗 www.embl.org/news/science...
November 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
HT-PELSA, a new proteomics tool by EMBL researchers, processes samples 100x faster and works directly with complex crude cell, tissue, and bacterial lysates – developments which could accelerate drug discovery and basic biological research 💊
🔗 www.embl.org/news/science...
🔗 www.embl.org/news/science...
Thank you to everyone who joined the Life Science Thematic Workshop at the AI in Science Summit in Copenhagen.
Led by EMBL’s Oliver Stegle and Anna Kreshuk, the workshop united researchers and AI experts to explore how advanced computational approaches are shaping the future of life sciences.
#ai
Led by EMBL’s Oliver Stegle and Anna Kreshuk, the workshop united researchers and AI experts to explore how advanced computational approaches are shaping the future of life sciences.
#ai
November 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Thank you to everyone who joined the Life Science Thematic Workshop at the AI in Science Summit in Copenhagen.
Led by EMBL’s Oliver Stegle and Anna Kreshuk, the workshop united researchers and AI experts to explore how advanced computational approaches are shaping the future of life sciences.
#ai
Led by EMBL’s Oliver Stegle and Anna Kreshuk, the workshop united researchers and AI experts to explore how advanced computational approaches are shaping the future of life sciences.
#ai
(1/2) A new study from EMBL researchers and their collaborators provides unprecedented insights into the cellular architecture of over 200 species of plankton – tiny but ecologically critical marine organisms – using ultrastructure expansion microscopy.
Learn more: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Learn more: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
November 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
(1/2) A new study from EMBL researchers and their collaborators provides unprecedented insights into the cellular architecture of over 200 species of plankton – tiny but ecologically critical marine organisms – using ultrastructure expansion microscopy.
Learn more: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Learn more: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
In a new pilot study EMBL will explore microbial biodiversity along the Rhine, uncovering how environmental changes affect the smallest forms of life in Europe’s freshwater systems.
The work connects studies in Rhineland-Palatinate to a wider European effort to understand and protect ecosystems.
The work connects studies in Rhineland-Palatinate to a wider European effort to understand and protect ecosystems.
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
In a new pilot study EMBL will explore microbial biodiversity along the Rhine, uncovering how environmental changes affect the smallest forms of life in Europe’s freshwater systems.
The work connects studies in Rhineland-Palatinate to a wider European effort to understand and protect ecosystems.
The work connects studies in Rhineland-Palatinate to a wider European effort to understand and protect ecosystems.
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October 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Meet Rory Bufacchi🇮🇹🇬🇧🇳🇱, Senior Research Scientist at EMBL Rome.
In this interview, Rory talks about the excitement of finding new understanding from existing data and developing computational models to describe living systems.
www.embl.org/news/people-...
In this interview, Rory talks about the excitement of finding new understanding from existing data and developing computational models to describe living systems.
www.embl.org/news/people-...
October 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Meet Rory Bufacchi🇮🇹🇬🇧🇳🇱, Senior Research Scientist at EMBL Rome.
In this interview, Rory talks about the excitement of finding new understanding from existing data and developing computational models to describe living systems.
www.embl.org/news/people-...
In this interview, Rory talks about the excitement of finding new understanding from existing data and developing computational models to describe living systems.
www.embl.org/news/people-...
Can an AI tool help us better understand the origins of cancer?
Researchers from EMBL's Korbel Group have developed a new AI method – MAGIC – which, through a game of molecular laser tag, is shedding light on how chromosomal abnormalities form in cells.
www.embl.org/news/science...
Researchers from EMBL's Korbel Group have developed a new AI method – MAGIC – which, through a game of molecular laser tag, is shedding light on how chromosomal abnormalities form in cells.
www.embl.org/news/science...
October 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Can an AI tool help us better understand the origins of cancer?
Researchers from EMBL's Korbel Group have developed a new AI method – MAGIC – which, through a game of molecular laser tag, is shedding light on how chromosomal abnormalities form in cells.
www.embl.org/news/science...
Researchers from EMBL's Korbel Group have developed a new AI method – MAGIC – which, through a game of molecular laser tag, is shedding light on how chromosomal abnormalities form in cells.
www.embl.org/news/science...
EMBL scientists have new detailed info about Asgard archaea DNA structures offering important clues to more complex cell evolution.
With #cryoEM, scientists found both open and closed chomatin structures with a possible role in regulating chromatin.
doi.org/10.1016/j.mo...
With #cryoEM, scientists found both open and closed chomatin structures with a possible role in regulating chromatin.
doi.org/10.1016/j.mo...
October 29, 2025 at 8:29 AM
EMBL scientists have new detailed info about Asgard archaea DNA structures offering important clues to more complex cell evolution.
With #cryoEM, scientists found both open and closed chomatin structures with a possible role in regulating chromatin.
doi.org/10.1016/j.mo...
With #cryoEM, scientists found both open and closed chomatin structures with a possible role in regulating chromatin.
doi.org/10.1016/j.mo...
EMBL Barcelona researchers develop a human placenta model to protect pregnant women and their babies.
This in vitro model that mimics the maternal-foetal interface of the placenta, allowing for the study of molecule exchange and drug transport.
www.embl.org/news/science...
This in vitro model that mimics the maternal-foetal interface of the placenta, allowing for the study of molecule exchange and drug transport.
www.embl.org/news/science...
A human placenta model to protect pregnant women and their babies | EMBL
EMBL researchers were awarded a BII foundation grant to support Model-MI – an in vitro model that mimics the maternal-fetal interface.
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October 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
EMBL Barcelona researchers develop a human placenta model to protect pregnant women and their babies.
This in vitro model that mimics the maternal-foetal interface of the placenta, allowing for the study of molecule exchange and drug transport.
www.embl.org/news/science...
This in vitro model that mimics the maternal-foetal interface of the placenta, allowing for the study of molecule exchange and drug transport.
www.embl.org/news/science...
Researchers at EMBL Barcelona highlight malaria-induced disruption of pericytes, bringing us a step closer to understanding how cerebral malaria damages the brain, and how these damages could be prevented or reversed.
www.embl.org/news/science...
www.embl.org/news/science...
October 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Researchers at EMBL Barcelona highlight malaria-induced disruption of pericytes, bringing us a step closer to understanding how cerebral malaria damages the brain, and how these damages could be prevented or reversed.
www.embl.org/news/science...
www.embl.org/news/science...
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Growth charts guide child healthcare, but standard charts often don’t reflect the growth patterns of children with rare conditions.
A new method, LMSz, creates condition-specific growth charts and is being integrated in @deciphergenomics.bsky.social
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A new method, LMSz, creates condition-specific growth charts and is being integrated in @deciphergenomics.bsky.social
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New method to bring growth charts to children with rare genetic conditions through DECIPHER
A new method for building growth charts for children with rare diseases is being integrated into DECIPHER to help clinicians and families understand child development.
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October 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Growth charts guide child healthcare, but standard charts often don’t reflect the growth patterns of children with rare conditions.
A new method, LMSz, creates condition-specific growth charts and is being integrated in @deciphergenomics.bsky.social
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...
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A new method, LMSz, creates condition-specific growth charts and is being integrated in @deciphergenomics.bsky.social
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...
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After exploring Europe’s coastlines, EMBL’s TREC expedition is moving inland! 💧
The new Traversing Ecosystems phase focuses on freshwater habitats – studying how human activity and environmental change affect life at the molecular level.
www.embl.org/news/science...
The new Traversing Ecosystems phase focuses on freshwater habitats – studying how human activity and environmental change affect life at the molecular level.
www.embl.org/news/science...
October 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
After exploring Europe’s coastlines, EMBL’s TREC expedition is moving inland! 💧
The new Traversing Ecosystems phase focuses on freshwater habitats – studying how human activity and environmental change affect life at the molecular level.
www.embl.org/news/science...
The new Traversing Ecosystems phase focuses on freshwater habitats – studying how human activity and environmental change affect life at the molecular level.
www.embl.org/news/science...
To celebrate EMBL Hamburg’s 50th anniversary, we reflect on some key moments in the site’s history.
Read about the central role the Double Ring Storage Facility (DORIS) played in EMBL Hamburg’s early years, setting the stage for pioneering research and innovation.
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Read about the central role the Double Ring Storage Facility (DORIS) played in EMBL Hamburg’s early years, setting the stage for pioneering research and innovation.
www.embl.org/about/info/a...
October 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
To celebrate EMBL Hamburg’s 50th anniversary, we reflect on some key moments in the site’s history.
Read about the central role the Double Ring Storage Facility (DORIS) played in EMBL Hamburg’s early years, setting the stage for pioneering research and innovation.
www.embl.org/about/info/a...
Read about the central role the Double Ring Storage Facility (DORIS) played in EMBL Hamburg’s early years, setting the stage for pioneering research and innovation.
www.embl.org/about/info/a...
🧬 Celebrating science, curiosity & creativity in Grenoble!
EMBL Grenoble joined @esrf.fr & @illneutrons.bsky.social for the Parvis des Sciences during France’s Fete De La Science — 1,750+ visitors explored ‘Intelligences’ through crystal fishing, AI games, & creative workshops.
EMBL Grenoble joined @esrf.fr & @illneutrons.bsky.social for the Parvis des Sciences during France’s Fete De La Science — 1,750+ visitors explored ‘Intelligences’ through crystal fishing, AI games, & creative workshops.
October 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
🧬 Celebrating science, curiosity & creativity in Grenoble!
EMBL Grenoble joined @esrf.fr & @illneutrons.bsky.social for the Parvis des Sciences during France’s Fete De La Science — 1,750+ visitors explored ‘Intelligences’ through crystal fishing, AI games, & creative workshops.
EMBL Grenoble joined @esrf.fr & @illneutrons.bsky.social for the Parvis des Sciences during France’s Fete De La Science — 1,750+ visitors explored ‘Intelligences’ through crystal fishing, AI games, & creative workshops.
EMBL Rome scientists identified a brain circuit involved in learning impairment in autism.
Their results open new doors to a deeper understanding of the brain mechanisms behind this neurodevelopmental condition.
www.embl.org/news/science...
Their results open new doors to a deeper understanding of the brain mechanisms behind this neurodevelopmental condition.
www.embl.org/news/science...
October 17, 2025 at 6:56 AM
EMBL Rome scientists identified a brain circuit involved in learning impairment in autism.
Their results open new doors to a deeper understanding of the brain mechanisms behind this neurodevelopmental condition.
www.embl.org/news/science...
Their results open new doors to a deeper understanding of the brain mechanisms behind this neurodevelopmental condition.
www.embl.org/news/science...
Wishing Rolf Apweiler a wonderful retirement!
Thank you for your many years of service, leadership and vision!
Thank you for your many years of service, leadership and vision!
From magnetic tapes to exabytes of data, Rolf Apweiler has seen it all!
As Rolf retires after more than four decades at EMBL, he shares his insights and favourite stories, including how all of EMBL-EBI’s data used to fit in the back of a car.
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As Rolf retires after more than four decades at EMBL, he shares his insights and favourite stories, including how all of EMBL-EBI’s data used to fit in the back of a car.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/p...
October 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Wishing Rolf Apweiler a wonderful retirement!
Thank you for your many years of service, leadership and vision!
Thank you for your many years of service, leadership and vision!
EMBL’s 2025 Kendrew alumni award recipient may know how to make fairy tales come true.
Irma Querques (@irmaquerques.bsky.social) repurposed the ‘Sleeping Beauty’ transposon as a genetic tool for new therapeutics, particularly against cancer.
www.embl.org/news/people-...
Irma Querques (@irmaquerques.bsky.social) repurposed the ‘Sleeping Beauty’ transposon as a genetic tool for new therapeutics, particularly against cancer.
www.embl.org/news/people-...
October 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
EMBL’s 2025 Kendrew alumni award recipient may know how to make fairy tales come true.
Irma Querques (@irmaquerques.bsky.social) repurposed the ‘Sleeping Beauty’ transposon as a genetic tool for new therapeutics, particularly against cancer.
www.embl.org/news/people-...
Irma Querques (@irmaquerques.bsky.social) repurposed the ‘Sleeping Beauty’ transposon as a genetic tool for new therapeutics, particularly against cancer.
www.embl.org/news/people-...
EMBL scientists have created a more sensitive single-cell sequencing tool for genomic variants and RNA in the same single cell.
Known as SDR-seq, the tool has unprecedented scale, precision, and speed to characterise variants and link them to functions and disease.
www.embl.org/news/science...
Known as SDR-seq, the tool has unprecedented scale, precision, and speed to characterise variants and link them to functions and disease.
www.embl.org/news/science...
New tool offers single-cell study of specific genetic variants | EMBL
Scientists developed a more sensitive single-cell sequencing tool linking genomic variants & RNA in the same cell uncover links to disease.
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October 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
EMBL scientists have created a more sensitive single-cell sequencing tool for genomic variants and RNA in the same single cell.
Known as SDR-seq, the tool has unprecedented scale, precision, and speed to characterise variants and link them to functions and disease.
www.embl.org/news/science...
Known as SDR-seq, the tool has unprecedented scale, precision, and speed to characterise variants and link them to functions and disease.
www.embl.org/news/science...
EMBL congratulates Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi on winning the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry for the development of metal–organic frameworks.
October 8, 2025 at 9:53 AM
EMBL congratulates Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi on winning the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry for the development of metal–organic frameworks.
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We’re renewing our collaboration with Google DeepMind!
We'll keep developing the AlphaFold Database to support protein science worldwide 🎉
To mark the moment we’ve synchronised the database with UniProtKB release 2025_03.
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🖥️🧬 #AlphaFold
@pdbeurope.bsky.social
We'll keep developing the AlphaFold Database to support protein science worldwide 🎉
To mark the moment we’ve synchronised the database with UniProtKB release 2025_03.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...
🖥️🧬 #AlphaFold
@pdbeurope.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We’re renewing our collaboration with Google DeepMind!
We'll keep developing the AlphaFold Database to support protein science worldwide 🎉
To mark the moment we’ve synchronised the database with UniProtKB release 2025_03.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...
🖥️🧬 #AlphaFold
@pdbeurope.bsky.social
We'll keep developing the AlphaFold Database to support protein science worldwide 🎉
To mark the moment we’ve synchronised the database with UniProtKB release 2025_03.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...
🖥️🧬 #AlphaFold
@pdbeurope.bsky.social
EMBL congratulates John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis on winning the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physics for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.
October 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
EMBL congratulates John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis on winning the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physics for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.