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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...
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
(2/2) Expansion microscopy (ExM) allows scientists to easily and inexpensively visualise cellular structures that are challenging to see with traditional microscopy.
Learn more about how EMBL researchers are using ExM to push the boundaries of the life sciences: www.embl.org/news/science...
Learn more about how EMBL researchers are using ExM to push the boundaries of the life sciences: www.embl.org/news/science...
November 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
(2/2) Expansion microscopy (ExM) allows scientists to easily and inexpensively visualise cellular structures that are challenging to see with traditional microscopy.
Learn more about how EMBL researchers are using ExM to push the boundaries of the life sciences: www.embl.org/news/science...
Learn more about how EMBL researchers are using ExM to push the boundaries of the life sciences: www.embl.org/news/science...
(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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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 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.
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.
EMBL congratulates Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi on winning the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.
October 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
EMBL congratulates Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi on winning the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.
EMBL friends & colleagues celebrated Anne Ephrussi’s career at a symposium in her honour. The event drew many familiar faces from the scientific community – among them Nobel Laureate Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard. Anne remains an emeritus researcher at EMBL.
Read more here:
tinyurl.com/2k4hwtty
Read more here:
tinyurl.com/2k4hwtty
October 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
EMBL friends & colleagues celebrated Anne Ephrussi’s career at a symposium in her honour. The event drew many familiar faces from the scientific community – among them Nobel Laureate Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard. Anne remains an emeritus researcher at EMBL.
Read more here:
tinyurl.com/2k4hwtty
Read more here:
tinyurl.com/2k4hwtty
New research from EMBL Rome shows how paternal environment prior to conception can shape early embryo development.
These findings are a step toward understanding the mechanism of epigenetic inheritance, opening up new possibilities for disease prevention.
www.embl.org/news/science...
These findings are a step toward understanding the mechanism of epigenetic inheritance, opening up new possibilities for disease prevention.
www.embl.org/news/science...
September 30, 2025 at 6:55 AM
New research from EMBL Rome shows how paternal environment prior to conception can shape early embryo development.
These findings are a step toward understanding the mechanism of epigenetic inheritance, opening up new possibilities for disease prevention.
www.embl.org/news/science...
These findings are a step toward understanding the mechanism of epigenetic inheritance, opening up new possibilities for disease prevention.
www.embl.org/news/science...
New research from EMBL scientists is shedding light on how shape transitions help tissue boundaries form during development.
The results reveal a new class of adaptive material dynamics & could provide design principles for smart materials that respond to changing environments.
The results reveal a new class of adaptive material dynamics & could provide design principles for smart materials that respond to changing environments.
September 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
New research from EMBL scientists is shedding light on how shape transitions help tissue boundaries form during development.
The results reveal a new class of adaptive material dynamics & could provide design principles for smart materials that respond to changing environments.
The results reveal a new class of adaptive material dynamics & could provide design principles for smart materials that respond to changing environments.
‘Salad’ – a new AI model from EMBL scientists – offers major improvements in synthetic protein design.
Salad is significantly faster than comparable methods, and designing proteins that don't exist in nature can have applications in many scientific fields.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Salad is significantly faster than comparable methods, and designing proteins that don't exist in nature can have applications in many scientific fields.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
September 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
‘Salad’ – a new AI model from EMBL scientists – offers major improvements in synthetic protein design.
Salad is significantly faster than comparable methods, and designing proteins that don't exist in nature can have applications in many scientific fields.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Salad is significantly faster than comparable methods, and designing proteins that don't exist in nature can have applications in many scientific fields.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
As EMBL Hamburg turns 50 this year, we reflect on milestones.
One of the most pivotal characters in EMBL’s story – specifically in Hamburg – was Ken Holmes. Read about his role advocating for and helping to realise an EMBL site near the DESY synchrotron.
www.embl.org/about/info/a...
One of the most pivotal characters in EMBL’s story – specifically in Hamburg – was Ken Holmes. Read about his role advocating for and helping to realise an EMBL site near the DESY synchrotron.
www.embl.org/about/info/a...
September 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
As EMBL Hamburg turns 50 this year, we reflect on milestones.
One of the most pivotal characters in EMBL’s story – specifically in Hamburg – was Ken Holmes. Read about his role advocating for and helping to realise an EMBL site near the DESY synchrotron.
www.embl.org/about/info/a...
One of the most pivotal characters in EMBL’s story – specifically in Hamburg – was Ken Holmes. Read about his role advocating for and helping to realise an EMBL site near the DESY synchrotron.
www.embl.org/about/info/a...
EMBL International PhD Programme - winter recruitment 2026! 📣
Research groups across EMBL are recruiting now! www.embl.org/about/info/e...
Don’t miss this opportunity to receive dedicated mentoring while doing interdisciplinary research.
Research groups across EMBL are recruiting now! www.embl.org/about/info/e...
Don’t miss this opportunity to receive dedicated mentoring while doing interdisciplinary research.
September 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
EMBL International PhD Programme - winter recruitment 2026! 📣
Research groups across EMBL are recruiting now! www.embl.org/about/info/e...
Don’t miss this opportunity to receive dedicated mentoring while doing interdisciplinary research.
Research groups across EMBL are recruiting now! www.embl.org/about/info/e...
Don’t miss this opportunity to receive dedicated mentoring while doing interdisciplinary research.