Hamburg, 9 April 2021 EMBL Hamburg lights the way to folding next-level origami Using EMBL Hamburg’s world-class structural biology infrastructure, researchers advance the folding of protein ‘origami’ designed in the lab. more

Hinxton, 7 April 2021 Welcome: Matthew Hartley Mathew Hartley’s role is to make this dream a reality. Working with colleagues at EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and bioimaging communities, he is coordinating the development of the BioImage Archive (BIA) more

Grenoble, 6 April 2021 From molecules to ecosystems: EMBL and IAB sign memorandum of understanding The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the Institute for Advanced Biosciences (IAB, a joint research centre of Inserm, the CNRS, and Université Grenoble Alpes) have signed a memorandum of understanding, formalising a 15-year collaboration between the two institutes. This collaboration strengthens Grenoble as a European research centre in the life sciences. more

Rome, 30 March 2021 Welcome: Ana Boskovic The new group leader at EMBL Rome will study how embryos can inherit non-genetic information from their parents that causes stable and heritable effects. more

General, 22 March 2021 Coronavirus vaccine uses EMBL’s earliest virus research EMBL alum Kai Simons did early work with Semliki Forest virus cell membranes that is now key to a COVID vaccine. more

General, 15 March 2021 VAAM Research Award for Nassos Typas Nassos Typas has received the German VAAM (Vereinigung für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie) Research Award. more

General, 11 March 2021 From mRNA researcher to BioNTech manager EMBL alumnus Pawel Masiewicz has transferred skills and experience gained at EMBL to oversee starting materials for mRNA vaccine development. more

Heidelberg, 9 March 2021 Wolfgang Huber becomes ISCB Fellow The contribution of EMBL Group Leader and Senior Scientist Wolfgang Huber has been recognised by the International Society for Computational Biology. more

Heidelberg, 8 March 2021 After the Lecture: Tracey Brown Tracey Brown from Sense about Science shares her thoughts on the need to empower women to share and access scientific information. more

General, 8 March 2021 EMBL prepares women postdocs for leadership Members of EMBL’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee explain how EMBL is choosing to challenge through its LEAP mentoring programme. more