Heidelberg, 21 June 2021 After the Lecture: Cultivating the information ecosystem At an EMBL Science & Society lecture, science journalist Kai Kupferschmidt advocated for accurate, clear and contextual science communication. more
Heidelberg, 18 June 2021 Food safety, antibiotics, and a shrinking planet After work in antimicrobial resistance, EMBL postdoc Laura Carroll is using machine learning for next-gen antibiotic development. more
Heidelberg, 17 June 2021 Illuminating protein complexes in cells EMBL group leaders Julia Mahamid, Anna Kreshuk & Jonas Ries awarded Chan Zuckerberg Initiative grant to advance what we see inside cells. more
Heidelberg, 16 June 2021 How our gut microbiome changes over time Researchers in the UK and Germany, together with other international collaborators, have investigated the evolution of bacteria in the human gut microbiome, asking how these microbes persist throughout our lifetime, and how they spread geographically. more
Hinxton, 9 June 2021 Visualising RNA structures using R2DT New software enables scientists to visualise RNA secondary structures using the world’s largest RNA structure dataset. more
General, 8 June 2021 EMBL scientists elected as EMBO Members John Marioni, Alex Bateman, and Takashi Hiiragi have been elected to EMBO Membership. more
General, 5 June 2021 Molecular biology stepping up to solve environmental challenges EMBL’s EU Green Week event showcased various ways molecular biology research can help solve environmental challenges. more
General, 5 June 2021 EMBL external research community survey EMBL is conducting an Impact Assessment of our experimental services to understand the value these services have for our external user community. If you have accessed EMBL experimental services at one or more of our facilities to support the conduct of your research, we would like to hear from you. more
General, 4 June 2021 The power of community EMBL Director Matthias Hentze has set a challenge for EMBL scientists – to find solutions to society’s most pressing environmental issues through molecular life science research. Supported by philanthropy, this is the aim of the Environmental Research Initiative (ERI), which he launched in 2020. more
General, 3 June 2021 Living laboratories Under the innovative Planetary Biology research theme, EMBL scientists aim to explore how the environment affects animals, plants, and microbes. The overarching goal is to understand life in the context of its environment, helping us to better understand global challenges such as loss of biodiversity and the emergence of novel pathogens. more
