The European Molecular Biology Laboratory drives visionary basic research and technology development in the life sciences.
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EMBL and @DeepMind have partnered ā a breakthrough for science.
Together, we're providing a treasure trove of protein structure predictions powered by #AlphaFold to herald a new era for #AI-enabled biology.
embl.org/news/science/alphafā¦
ALT Protein structures representing the data obtained via AlphaFold.
#TBT in situ cryo-electron tomogram of the native Chlamydomonas Golgi
Tomographic volume superimposed with the 3D segmentation.
Published in @eLife by the @BriggsGroup, established @EMBL in 2006 before moving to @MRC_LMB in 2017.
š¹ bit.ly/33Ee9Ik#throwbackthursday
In recognition of Suzanne Eaton's contributions to science, her years at EMBL, and the tragic circumstances of her death, the EMBL flags will be flown at half-mast today.
Suzanne's passion, leadership, mentorship & scientific acumen will be deeply missed. bit.ly/2ScDOmU
Happy #DNA day. The structure of DNA was first published #OnThisDay in 1953. The famous X-ray diffraction pattern imaged by Rosalind Franklin's PhD student Raymond Gosling is nicknamed Photo 51
bit.ly/2HvtIrq
š·: Raymond Gosling/King's College London
ALT Photo 51, showing x-ray diffraction pattern of DNA
āI raise my hand for a better world. As a scientist, I have the privilege to pursue my dreams; as a woman, I have the duty to fight for others to be able to pursue theirs.ā ā EMBL Director General Edith Heard
#ChooseToChallenge
ALT Portrait photo of EMBL Director General Edith Heard, striking the #ChooseToChallenge pose.
DeepMind and EMBL-EBI have released the predicted structures of over 200 million proteins covering almost every organism that has had its genome sequenced.
These are now openly available to the scientific community via the AlphaFold Database.
embl.org/news/technology-andā¦
Before a #fruitfly takes its first step, its cells have already travelled great distances to form future body patterns and structures. The coordinated movements of cell nuclei can be seen here, as the #embryo developed into larvae over 15h.
š¬: Hufnagel lab
Merry microscopic Christmas!
Clumped up proteins from fruit flies glow in festive form. In this composition of Drosophila cells you can see the cytoskeleton protein tubulin (grey/red), DNA (blue/yellow) and an overexpressed protein tagged with GFP (green).
š·: Catarina Carmo
Applications for the EMBL International PhD Programme are open! š
The programme offers fully funded PhD positions at EMBLās six sites across Europe š
Have a look at this opportunity to start your career in the life sciences here:
embl.org/about/info/embl-intā¦
Today, 18 teams made up of EMBL staff and visitors are climbing & descending the ATC helix a total of 58 times to simulate climbing Mont Blanc.
The teams are raising money for charity.
Superheroes of the life sciences.
Model organisms have helped us understand the function of genes, proteins and metabolic pathways. #biology#research
š· EMBL / Daniel Krüger
#OnThisDay in 1852, Santiago Ramón y #Cajal was born, the father of modern neuroscience. He was also an artist, photographer, doctor, bodybuilder, chess player & publisher.
Read more in this feature by the New York Times: nyti.ms/2vv1tEA#OTD
š· and illustration by Cajal
EMBL Director General Edith Heard has been appointed to a new high-level @WHO advisory council. The WHO Science Council will advise the international body on science, research, and innovation priorities.
embl.org/news/lab-matters/whā¦
ALT Portrait photo of EMBL Director General Edith Heard.
To start the year, EMBL welcomes Edith Heard as its new Director General: news.embl.de/lab-matters/ediā¦
āAs a deeply committed citizen of Europe, I will endeavour to promote the scientific excellence and service to the scientific community that characterise EMBL.ā
Our new EMBL Imaging Centre has been handed over to the science team: on time and on budget!
We expect to open a first call for users in autumn 2021.
embl.org/news/lab-matters/imā¦
ALT Building surrounded by green trees and a blue sky.
Complete your PhD at one of EMBLās six sites across Europe!
The EMBL International PhD Programme is open for applications until 13 October 2020. #PhD#research
Important information about applying can be found here: bit.ly/ApplyEMBLPhD
ALT Illustration of minature students in a giant world. With certificates, books, lab coats, calculators, etc. Text says: 2021 Winter recruitment, Applications open now.
The inside of a living cell can be extremely crowded - as you can see here. This cross-section of a high pressure frozen HeLa cell was acquired in a Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscope.
šø: Anna Steyer / EMBL
#OnThisDay in 1902 the #NobelLaureate Barbara McClintock was born. She was a pioneer in chromosome research earning the Nobel prize (1983) for her discovery of transposable elements in maize. Her research efforts extend far & wide. #OTD
šø@SmithsonianArch
ALT Barbara McClintock sits at a microscope in the lab.
EMBL embarks on a new era of molecular biology.
EMBL research will expand to study life in context ā from molecules to ecosystems. Broad in scope, our next programme encompasses fundamental research, services & multidisciplinary collaboration.
embl.org/news/lab-matters/a-ā¦
On this day, 50 years ago, EMBL was established!
Today, we celebrate five decades of EMBL, fuelled by infinite curiosity. EMBL turns 50, and weād like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who contributed to reaching this milestone!
#EMBL50
Join EMBL to complete your PhD at one of our six sites across Europe!
The EMBL International PhD Programme is open for applications until 9 October 2023. #PhD#research
Important information about the application process can be found here: embl.org/about/info/embl-intā¦
ALT Illustration showing people and various objects related to academia and PhD in life sciences (PhD certificate, flasks, images of cells, a calculator etc.). The text box says: "EMBL International PhD Programme; 2024 Winter Recruitment; Applications open now; Applications close 9 October 2023".
Edith Heard, Director General of EMBL, in the New York Times Visionaries series:
āYou can define success by how much youāve allowed a new generation of science to happen.ā
nytimes.com/2019/09/05/scienā¦
Sinem Saka, one of EMBLās newest group leaders, creates new tools & methods to find the solutions to biological puzzles.
Itās next-level problem solving to unlock molecular information with cutting-edge technology. Welcome to EMBL, Sinem!
embl.org/news/lab-matters/weā¦
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Julia Mahamid has been awarded the 2023 EMBO gold medal for research in structural biology, developing powerful techniques that visualise cellular machinery in situ.
Congratulations!
embo.org/press-releases/juliā¦
Judith Zaugg, Group Leader at EMBL Heidelberg, and at MMPU, has been awarded the ERC Consolidator Grant.
She will receive ā¬2M over the next 5 years to investigate interactions between leukemia cells and their niche within the human bone marrow.
embl.org/news/lab-matters/juā¦#ERCCoG
ALT Portrait photo of EMBL Group Leader Judith Zaugg against a green background.
The first snow has arrived!
Many of our EMBL Heidelberg staff are still working from home and won't see their snow-covered site in-person today, so we are sharing these photos here for everyone's enjoyment. āļø
šøKinga Lubowiecka/EMBL
ALT Snow covered EMBL Heidelberg site looking towards the forest.
ALT Snow covered branches.
ALT EMBL canteen building covered in a layer of snow and fog.
This may look like another video of a dividing cell, but there's a catch. These chromosomes (red) are being pulled apart by the spindle (green), but it's not a cell, because there's no cell membrane. This technique was developed by Ivo Telley and colleagues at EMBL in 2013
EMBL congratulates Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna for the 2020 #NobelPrize in Chemistry for their research CRISPRāCas9-mediated gene editing. @nobelprize#chemnobel
ALT Molecular structure models and a pipette dropping liquid into test tubes on the left. Outline of a Nobel prize medal, green against blue-green background on the right.
Congratulations to Anne Ephrussi!
Anne has been awarded the German Feldberg Prize 2022 for her research on how RNA molecules are transported and their translation regulated in animal development.
embl.org/news/lab-matters/feā¦
ALT Portrait of prize winner Anne Ephrusi against a green background.
The platypus has five pairs of sex chromosomes.
One pair is similar to the single pair of sex-determination chromosomes found in humans, and another is similar to that found in birds.
Read more #genome facts here: bit.ly/2JJdEHc
šØāšØ Spencer Phillips / EMBL-EBI
EMBL is happy to celebrate International Day of LGBTQ+ people in STEM by raising the EMBL Progress Rainbow Flag.
EMBL supports all diversity in STEM and encourages its LGBTQ+ group, its community and allies. #LGBTSTEMDay@embl
ALT EMBLās Progress Pride Flag flying at the headquarters of EMBL in Heidelberg, sunlit autumn forest in the background.
The @EU_Commission has officially established @EuroBioImaging as an European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC).
Euro-Bioimaging provides life scientists with #openaccess to a range of technologies & resources in biological and biomedical imaging: news.embl.de/lab-matters/eurā¦
ALT Microscope images of various cells and organisms.
Anne Ephrussi retired from EMBL after a 32-year career doing key RNA research while leading a trailblazing postdoc programme.
Looking back, she supplied a few stories & a lot of insights into what sheās learned along the way. Read about it here: embl.org/news/lab-matters/whā¦#EMBL50
Scientists @emblebi analysed >4700 SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences & found that many of the most interesting changes reported so far are likely to be technical artefacts, rather than biological mutations.
š§¬embl.org/news/science/distinā¦
ALT Bioinformatic analysis of over 4700 SARS-CoV-2 genomes revealed that many of the most interesting changes in the SARS-CoV-2 genome that have been reported so far are likely to be technical artefacts, rather than biological mutations. Credit: Holly Joynes, Rayne Zaayman-Gallant/EMBL; Adobe Stock
EMBLās Eileen Furlong, Chair of the Equality and Diversity Committee and Head of the Genome Biology Unit, responds to the recent Nature Comms paper on the potential effects of mentorāmentee relationships.
embl.org/news/lab-matters/stā¦
ALT Green-purple visual with the text "EMBL Statement" across.
Recruitment for the EMBL International PhD Programme is officially open! š
At EMBL, we train young scientists to become skilled and creative future leaders in academia, industry and other sectors. Start your career in the life sciences with us!
embl.org/about/info/embl-intā¦
#OnThisDay in 1980, Christiane Niisslein-Volhard & Eric Wieschaus published work that would go on to revolutionise the field of developmental genetics. They were both awarded the @NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine in 1995 for this work.
@NatureNews #OTD#NobelPrize#Nobel
Happy New Year!
For EMBL, 2024 is an important milestone: our 50th anniversary!
This year weāll share stories from our past, and, importantly, report on our work that advances life sciences & continues to push the frontiers of molecular biology.
Join us in celebrating #EMBL50!
Congratulations to Dr Alexander Aulehla on his appointment as Head of EMBLās Developmental Biology Unit.
The unit aims to understand the general principles and mechanisms underlying the emergence of complexity in developing organisms.
embl.org/news/lab-matters/neā¦
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Welcome to EMBL, Gautam Dey!
The new group leader is fascinated by the evolutionary origins of nuclear organisation & architecture, and is looking forward to making the most of EMBLās interdisciplinary strengths.
embl.org/news/lab-matters/weā¦
ALT New group leader Gautam Dey looks towards the camera.
Welcome to EMBL, Nicoletta Petridou!
How do organisms take shape? The Petridou group is trying to better understand how complexity emerges during early embryo development in zebrafish.
embl.org/news/lab-matters/weā¦
ALT Nicoletta Petridou looks towards the camera smiling, whilst standing in a science laboratory.
Kristina DjinoviÄ-Carugo has been officially appointed as the next Head of EMBL Grenoble.
The Slovenian structural biologist will take over leadership of the site from Stephen Cusack in July.
embl.org/news/lab-matters/neā¦
Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
Celebrate #WomenInScience by taking a photo, tagging female colleagues & collaborators you admire & posting using #WomenOfEMBL šš
ALT TEXT: International Day of Women in Science graphic: Take a selfie and tag a female colleague you admire and appreciate #WomenOfEMBL 11 Feb 2020. IMAGE: Coloured people icons waving and taking selfies. Purple background.
Congratulations to Gautam Dey, Svetlana Dodonova, and Michael Zimmermann, who have been awarded the ERC Starting Grant.
They will receive ā¬1.5 million each to pursue their research over the next five years.
embl.org/news/lab-matters/deā¦
Join EMBL to complete your PhD at one of our six sites across Europe!
The EMBL International PhD Programme is open for applications until 4 October 2022. #PhD#research
Important information about the application process can be found here:
embl.org/about/info/embl-intā¦
Join EMBL to complete your PhD at one of our six sites across Europe!
The EMBL International PhD Programme is open for applications until 13 April 2021. #PhD#research
Important information about the application process can be found here: bit.ly/ApplyEMBLPhD
Today Fabiola Gianotti DG @CERN visited the EMBL Heidelberg site to meet with Edith Heard DG @EMBL.
Pictured here with the "Science is for Everyone" sticker, celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
#WomenInScience#WomenOfEMBL#WomenOfCERN
ALT EMBL DG Edith Heard and CERN DG Fabiola Gianotti standing in the EMBL ATC wearing the Science is for Everyone sticker.
Today is #WorldBookDay! š
A shout-out to @wolfgangkhuber and Susan Holmes for writing their book 'Modern Statistics for Modern Biology', and making it freely available online for scientists & teachers worldwide: bit.ly/2tR9Cmf
(for print: bit.ly/2HgKdtP)
EMBL Director General Edith Heard has been elected to the prestigious US National Academy of Sciences. The distinction recognises scientists around the world for contributions to scientific research.
embl.org/news/lab-matters/emā¦
ALT Photo of EMBL Director General Edith Heard, standing with arms crossed.
Past, present, and future EMBLers: let's celebrate the #WomenOfEMBL we admire as part of International Day of Women & Girls in Science.
Tomorrow, use #WomenOfEMBL & #WomenInScience to let us know who inspires you!
ALT Graphic for International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Text: Take a selfie and tag a female colleague you admire and appreciate! #WomenOfEMBL 11 February 2020. Image: Purple background, coloured human icons waving and taking selfie.
The EMBL Interdisciplinary Postdocs programme is now open for applications!
EIPOD4 offers talented early career researchers the possibility to engage in ambitious, interdisciplinary research projects, involving two or more EMBL group leaders.
Learn more: embl.org/eipod
ALT Scientific images and text "EIPOD4 Call for applications 2021". Follow link for more information.
Welcome to EMBL Rome, Ana Boskovic!
The new group leader will study how embryos can inherit non-genetic information that causes stable and heritable effects ā a process known as epigenetic inheritance.
embl.org/news/lab-matters/weā¦
ALT Ana Boskovic sitting at her desk in her office at EMBL Rome
AI-based protein structure prediction has been named 2021 'Breakthrough of the Year' by Science Magazine!
The public #AlphaFold database hosted @emblebi together with @DeepMind already holds 800,000 structure predictions & keeps growing.
embl.org/news/science/ai-proā¦
ALT Colourful ribbons representing protein structures.
Only one week left to apply to our International PhD Programme! #PhD#research
Join EMBL to complete your PhD at one of our six sites across Europe.
All the relevant information can be found here: embl.org/about/info/embl-intā¦
Drosophila embryo: a microtubule growth marker (EB1-EGFP) allows us to measure growth rate, alignment & organisation in living embryos, useful for learning about the regulation of essential processes for cell life.
š„ Dimitri Kromm & Juan Manuel Gomez Elliff/EMBL
ERC has awarded its prestigious Synergy Grant to Vikas Trivedi @EMBLBarcelona and others @CRGenomica & @CNRS.
With >ā¬10 million for their 'Breakdance' project, the scientists will study underlying mechanisms that determine an animal's body plan.
embl.org/news/lab-matters/viā¦
Congratulations to EMBL senior scientist & group leader Nassos Typas, whoās been awarded the @VAAM_Microbes Research Award for his innovative and creative research.
embl.org/news/lab-matters/vaā¦
ALT Photo of EMBL senior scientist Nassos Typas in front of trees.
10 years ago EMBL's Advanced Training Centre opened on our campus in Heidelberg. Even after a decade, the view of the futuristic ATC building fascinates us every day!
Also see this time lapse of the construction process bit.ly/2tTeg35#throwback#onthisday#architecture
Viruses don't discriminate, societies and systems do.
Join prominent scientific leaders discussing the disproportionate impact of #COVID19 on women & single-parent scientists on 9 Sept 2020 at this EMBL Virtual Conference:
#wiscovid19#WomenInScienceembl.org/events/covid19-wis/
Weāre excited to launch the Traversing European Coastlines expedition today.
TREC is a pan-European, cross-disciplinary expedition to study coastal ecosystems and their response to the environment, on scales from molecules to communities.
embl.org/news/lab-matters/trā¦#EMBLtrec
Congratulations to our Director General Edith Heard on receiving an Honorary Doctorate from @Cambridge_Uni!
A recognition of Edithās epigenetics & developmental biology work powered by her relentless curiosity to understand life at different levels, from molecules to ecosystems.
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ALT Woman wearing academic gown standing in front of white building with columns
We congratulate EMBL Director General Edith Heard on being elected a member of the Max Planck Societyās Senate.
She joins the Senate alongside EMBL alumni & Nobel Laureates Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard @MPI_for_DB & Stefan W. Hell @mpi_bpc, & 9 others.
embl.org/news/lab-matters/edā¦
First open user call for the EMBL Imaging Centre!
EMBLās new service facility for imaging is ready to offer external users high quality access and support. Researchers are encouraged to contact the EMBL IC team to discuss opportunities.
embl.org/news/lab-matters/emā¦
ALT A group of people standing outside a two-storey reseach building, featuring a glass front.
Congratulations to EMBL Group Leader and Senior Scientist Nassos Typas!
He was awarded the Liliane Bettencourt Prize for Life Sciences 2022 from the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller.
@TypasLab
@EMBLHeidelberg@Fondation_BS
In my first year at Cambridge, I also took biology as part of the Natural Sciences course ā I'd never seen a cell before, I didn't know what a nucleus was, and I had a real āwowā moment! Life is beautiful and striving to understand it, as a scientist, is an incredible privilege.
Rita Levi-Montalcini, who started a new era in developmental biology, would have celebrated her 112th birthday today.
Learn more about Rita's pioneering work & how passion, persistence, and creativity helped her overcome the obstacles on her path:
embl.org/about/info/communicā¦
ALT Portrait illustration of neurobiologist Rita Levi-Montalcini, nerve cells in the background.
EMBL group leaders Julia Mahamid, Anna Kreshuk & Jonas Ries have been awarded a @cziscience grant to advance what we can see inside cells.
Their project aims to combine cryo-electron tomography, machine learning & super-resolution light microscopy.
embl.org/news/lab-matters/ilā¦
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Congratulations to EMBL Director General Edith Heard for being elected a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina!
Heard is the 6th EMBL scientist to join the Leopoldina, the worldās oldest continuously existing scientific academy.
embl.org/news/lab-matters/edā¦
ALT Portrait photo of EMBL Director General Edith Heard, set against a blue-green background.
The #AlphaFold database now contains thousands of protein structure predictions relevant for neglected tropical diseases, incl. leprosy, river blindness & Buruli ulcer.
A data treasure trove for research on these overlooked medical conditions. #beatNTDalphafold.ebi.ac.uk/
ALT Infobanner with text "190,000+ protein structure predictions linked to neglected tropical diseases and antimicrobial resistance". Ribbon struture illustration of a protein in the background.
Time to go home: EMBL Picture of the Week
The sun sets over the French alps at EMBL Grenoble marking the end of another day of research in the lab.
šš¼ bit.ly/2Ambwyl
šø Zuzanna Kaczmarska / EMBL
The central dogma of molecular biology: EMBL Pic of the Week
Biological information flow ā from DNA to mRNA to protein ā depicted in a single structure. EMBLās Mahamid group used cryo-electron tomography to determine the structure in bacterial cells.
embl.org/news/picture-of-theā¦
ALT Protein structures enabling information flow from DNA to messenger RNA to protein in bacteria highlighted in different colours.
EMBL is delighted to welcome Estonia as its newest member!
Estonia becomes EMBLās 28th member state, joining a large & dynamic life-science community.
We are committed to strengthening Europeās life science community.
Find out more: embl.org/news/lab-matters/emā¦
This time-lapse shows a crucial step in the early development of a fruit fly embryo.
A furrow forms on its ventral side ā & gastrulation begins.
The embryo expresses a green fluorescent protein optogenetic module & a membrane marker, visible using confocal #microscopy š¬
EMBL congratulates Svante PƤƤbo on the 2022 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution.
@nobelprize#mednobel
Congratulations to Miki Ebisuya, group leader @EMBLBarcelona, on receiving an @ERC_research Consolidator Grant!
Over the next five years, it will support Mikiās research on the biochemical mechanisms that determine how fast mammalian embryos develop.
embl.org/news/lab-matters/ebā¦
ALT Portrait photo of EMBL group leader Miki Ebisuya against a green background.
Want to learn more about EMBL's unique post-doctoral programme?
The EMBL Interdisciplinary Postdoc programme will open for applications soon. Join us for a webinar on Friday 29 May (10:00 CEST) to learn more about this opportunity: embl.org/eipod4
Scientists have conducted one of the largest #CRISPR screens of #cancer genes to date to prioritise therapeutic targets: ebi.ac.uk/about/news/press-rā¦
They disrupted every gene in over 300 cancer models from 30 cancer types to uncover which genes are critical for cancer survival
The TREC expedition is starting!
EMBL researchers and partners are collecting the first samples in Roscoff, France to kick off the two-year mission!
Want to keep up with the expedition? Follow us on @EMBLtrec.
#EMBLtrec
Antimicrobial resistance is a major emerging global threat, and novel drug combinations are a promising approach for countering it.
In a new study, EMBL scientists have profiled 10,000+ drug combinations for their effect on key gram-positive bacteria.
nature.com/articles/s41564-0ā¦
The EMBL Interdisciplinary Postdoc programme is now open for applications!
This unique #postdoc programme, includes 3 yrs of funding, travel & accom support + training, public engagement, career development & mentoring opportunities. #EIPOD4
Apply now: embl.org/eipod4/
Congratulations to Jamie Hackett on being awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant!
His group at EMBL Rome will receive 2M over the next 5 years to investigate how chromatin modifications in specific contexts influence gene expression.
embl.org/news/lab-matters/erā¦
Congratulations to EMBL scientists Anna Kreshuk, Claire Deo, Robert Prevedel, and Christian Tischer on being recognised by the @ChanZuckerberg Initiative for their multidisciplinary & collaborative research advancing biological imaging technology!
embl.org/news/lab-matters/chā¦
ALT Portrait photos of four EMBL scientists mentioned in the post, against a blue-green background.
The first stages of mammalian life revolve around cell division. Here you see a live imaging series of the very early development of a mouse, showing cell membranes in blue and cell nuclei in red (cross sections in the bottom row).
š·: Manuel Eguren, postdoc Ellenberg group
Congratulations to EMBL group leader Julia Mahamid!
Julia receives the German Society for Electron Microscopyās Ernst Ruska Prize 2021, shared with David A. Muller @CornellEng, for advancing cellular electron tomography.
Read more about Julia's work: embl.org/news/science/seeingā¦
ALT Portrait photo of Julia Mahamid against a blue-green background.
Congratulations to this year's awardees:
Ernst Ruska Prize 2021 for Dr. Julia Mahamid and Prof. David A. Muller
Harald Rose Prize for Prof. Joachim Mayer.
Find more information here: microscopy-conference.de/2/pā¦
ALT Ewan Birney, EMBL Deputy Director General and Director of EMBL-EBI, sitting at a desk in a large conference venue. Name sign on the desk saying "EMBL".
ALT Ewan Birney, EMBL Deputy Director General and Director of EMBL-EBI, stainding in front of a blue-green backdrop at the UN Climate Change Conference UK 2021 in Glasgow.