Our team at #EMBLCanGen in Heidelberg! Raquel Blanco gave a brilliant talk, and we had great poster presentations from Elisabet Figuerola, Olivia Dove, Ferran Muiños, Rocio Chamorro, and Axel Rosendahl. 👏 Thanks to @events.embl.org for organizing such a high-quality event in Cancer Genomics!

🚨 Conference alert! 🚨 Register now for next year's meeting, Mechanobiology across the tree of life! We got a fantastic line of speakers and amazing science 🤗 👇 link here 👇 www.embl.org/about/info/c...

Up now at #EMBLCytometry: a practical demonstration on 'Imaging flow cytometry with Cytpix' with Sophie Kalmbach (Thermo Fisher, Germany)🥼

Last night at #EMBLCanGen ✨ We had a lot of fun during the science pub quiz. Congratulations to the winning team!!

How to tackle emerging questions in cellular organisation, adaptation, and robustness? Join #EESPhaseSeparation! 🧬🦠 Bringing together scientists from diverse fields to foster new discoveries in condensate biology. Submit your abstract by 10 Feb: s.embl.org/ees26-08-bl#EESPhaseSeparation 📅 19 – 22 May 2026

There's a new conference coming your way! 'Metabolic interactions shape ecosystems' will promote cross-disciplinary insight and sustainable system management while uniting experts to explore how metabolism shapes ecosystems. Submit your abstract for #EESMetabolicEco ➡️ s.embl.org/ees26-11-bl

It’s poster session time at #EMBLCanGen 🧬🧪 The ATC Helix is filled with incredible science! Can you spot yourself or your colleagues in the photos?

We’re having a fantastic week at #EMBLCytometry! Participants are diving deep into the principles of flow cytometry and exploring the practical aspects behind the most frequently used assays.

📣 Live from #EMBLCanGen! Our short-talk speakers are sharing fresh insights into their research 📷 We hope all participants are enjoying their time at EMBL Heidelberg — and don’t miss tonight’s pub quiz!

Join us for the second edition of 'AI and biology'! 🤖🧬 Explore how AI transforms biological research – from foundation models for biology to generative modelling. 10 – 13 March 2026 EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual Submit your abstract by 2 Dec: s.embl.org/ees26-02-bl #EESAIBio #AI

📢 Are you interested in working on interdisciplinary research projects in the context of EMBL’s programme ‘Molecules to Ecosystems’? Join our webinar on 26 November at 14:00 CET to learn about the EIPOD-LinC postdoctoral programme! 👉 Register: embl-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🎉 Good news for #EMBLCardioBiology! The abstract submission deadline just got extended to 17 November. Learn how advanced molecular and human-mimicking tissue engineering techniques are revolutionising the way we approach cardiovascular discovery research ➡️ https://s.embl.org/ncb26-01-bl

You only have one more week to submit your abstract for 'Collectivity in living systems: emergence, function, and evolution' 👉 s.embl.org/ees26-01-bl Don't miss #EESCollectivity which will explore how collective behaviours arise from fundamental principles across biological systems🦠🐒🧬

Welcome to the 2025 edition of #EMBLCanGen! 🧬🧪 We're kicking off with an inspiring keynote by Paul Mischel (Stanford University, USA) on 'Extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA): Cancer’s Dynamic Circular Genome'.

Thinking about moving from academia into IT and software? Join our @embl.org & @biont-training.bsky.social Career Webinar on 28 Nov, 11:00 CET, with speakers from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): 💡 Toni Wagner – vAudience (DE) 💡 Helena Vela – Do IT Now (ES) www.embl.org/about/info/e...

What an incredible time at #EMBOMobileGenome last week! 🧬 A huge thank you to everyone who made it such a success – our speakers for their inspiring talks and thought-provoking discussions, our participants for their enthusiasm and engagement, and our team for their hard work behind the scenes 🙏🏼

Had an absolute blast presenting my “Last Minute Breakthrough talk” at #EMBOmobilegenome today! 🔥 What an incredible crowd, the energy in the room was unreal. Huge thanks to the organizers for selecting me and to everyone who came, asked questions, and made it such a fun session! 🙌

🌍Yesterday, our PhD student @tmontsay.bsky.social from the Functional Genomics Team presented his poster at #EMBOMobileGenome on 'A Comprehensive Annotation of Conserved Protein Domains in Human Endogenous Retroviruses' 🙌 Excellent work and insightful discussions! @annaesteveco.bsky.social #CNAG

Always a joy to join #EMBOMobileGenome -A week full of cool nature’s quirks and science along the friendliest crowd 🧬 Happy to have shared our work on ERVs in human brain evolution (talk by @jakobssonlab.bsky.social) and Parkinson’s disease (poster by yours truly) 🧠 #ASAP @jakobssonasap.bsky.social

Enjoyed three days at #EMBOMobileGenome —fantastic talks and inspiring discussions on TE regulation across diverse model systems, great community! Excited to share our recent work on solo LTR silencing in S. pombe via talk and poster by @vishnuss.bsky.social. @pombase.bsky.social @embo.org

Thrilled to be at @embl.org in Heidelberg for #EMBOMobileGenome workshop — an inspiring gathering of the transposable element community! Find me at poster #54, exploring DNA methylation of L1 and Alu in individuals with varying benzene exposure. #TEworldwide #TEsky

We set the @embl.org dance floor on fire tonight with this crazy crew 🔥🎧 #EMBOMobileGenome Italians (and not only them) do it better! @matteo-ciciani.bsky.social @donya-zojaji.bsky.social

Last chance to apply to our new Course on Brillouin microscopy! Come learn from the experts and get hands-on exposure to this powerful technique for mechanobiology and biophysics!

🔬 Today, we celebrate World Science Day for Peace and Development! Back in June, the EMBL Science and Society Conference explored what trust in science means, how we build it, and what can happen when trust is lost. Trust in science is more important than ever, and each of us has a part to play. ✨

That’s a wrap on an inspiring #EMBOMobileGenome conference! 🧬 A huge thank you to all speakers, participants, and organisers for making it such a success! 🎉 Congratulations to our poster prize winners – your outstanding work truly stood out! 👏 Until next time!

Looking forward to this meeting!! Join us this February in Heidelberg 🦋🪰🐟🐁🌱🧫🦠

Some impressions from the rather fabulous #EMBOmobilegenome Mobile Genome meeting in Heidelberg Morning walk through the woods, exciting panel discussion, flash talks, lab community, drosophila friends, … @events.embl.org The transposon community is going very strong. see you all again in 2027!!

Don't forget to submit your abstract for #EESSymbiosis by 25 November: https://s.embl.org/ees26-03-bl#EESSymbiosis 🧪🧬 The symposium brings together scientists using cellular, molecular, ecological, physiological, and theory-based approaches to explore the evolution of intimate species-species interactions.

📜📊 Last poster session of 'The mobile genome' conference! Great energy up on the ATC helix – fantastic chats, engagement, and ideas all around. Time to cast our votes soon! 🗳️ #EMBOMobileGenome

#EMBOMobileGenome Session 4: Physiological impact 🧬 chaired by Josefa González ➡️ 'Transposon-mediated evolution of human immune gene regulation' AKA Stranger Genes 👁️🔦 presented by Edward Chuong (University of Colorado Boulder, USA) @edchuong.bsky.social @colorado.edu @gonzalezlabbcn.bsky.social

Welcome to Day 3 of #EMBOMobileGenome 🙌🏼 While this morning's session is already underway, here's a few snaps from yesterday's 🔸last minute breakthrough talk 🔸 ➡️ 'Transposable element co-option drives transcription factor neofunctionalization' presented by Olga Rosspopoff (EPFL, Switzerland)

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...

We're happy to share that #EESMechanobiology is now open for registration: https://s.embl.org/ees26-06-bl#EESMechanobiology Submit your abstract by 3 March 2026 and join us in Heidelberg or virtually for four days of knowledge sharing and networking with biologists, physicists, and engineers. 🧪🧫

Another glimpse into Session 2 on transposon regulation at #EMBOMobileGenome earlier today.🧬 ➡️'Germline adenine methylation protects the zygotic genome from DNA loss' presented by Mariusz Nowacki (University of Bern, Switzerland)

'The mobile genome' poster session in full swing! Fantastic science, inspiring conversations, and lots of curiosity in the air 🧬💬 #EMBOMobileGenome

#EMBOMobileGenome Session 2 on transposon regulation 🧬 ➡️'Epigenetic control of transcribed retroelements by the HUSH complex and associated factors' presented by Christopher Douse (Lund University, Sweden) We love a good Q&A session as well! 🙋🏼 @chdouse.bsky.social @lundstem.bsky.social @embl.org

Day 2 of 'The mobile genome' – science, sunshine, coffee, and a packed programme ahead! ☀️☕ Loving this beautiful autumn day 🍂 #EMBOMobileGenome

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...

Join us next year for an introduction to metabolomics through lectures and hands-on sessions, using publicly available data, software, and tools. Course dates: 27 April – 1 May 2026 Location: EMBL-EBI, Hinxton, UK Apply by 11 January 2026. www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve... 🧬🧪🔍📈

Deadline extension for the #EMBLBrillouin course! 🔬 👉 Apply by 11 Nov: s.embl.org/brm26-01-bl#EMBLBrillouin • Introduction to Brillouin microscopy • Hands-on training • Guidance on project design, data analysis, and visualisation • Skills to interpret and apply BM in your own research #BrillouinMicroscopy

great to be at the #EMBOMobileGenome meeting in Heidelberg with a wonderful bunch of colleagues, speakers and attendees. this meeting is a good reflection of the excitement and collegiality in the transposon field. kindly sponsored by @embo.org

A few more days to submit your abstract!

Don't miss the chance to join us in Heidelberg for the EMBL Course #EMBLSpatialOmics! Apply by 24 Nov: https://s.embl.org/spa26-01-bl#EMBLSpatialOmics 🧬🔬🧪 Our trainers and speakers will introduce participants to a new generation of spatially resolved transcriptomics assays from 10x Genomics. 🗓️ 2 – 6 Mar 2026

☕ Coffee break time at #EMBOMobileGenome! Inspiring talks, lively discussions, and plenty of caffeine to keep the ideas flowing. The sun’s out, the conversations are buzzing, and tonight we’ll keep the networking going with rooftop lounge drinks 🍂🍁 Looking forward to an exciting week ahead! 🧬

⭐ Today's #EMBOMobileGenome programme kicked off with a keynote lecture presented by Orsolya Barabas: ➡️ 'Mechanistic underpinnings of conjugative transposition of antibiotic resistance' We're all here until Friday, with lots of interesting talks, poster session, and a fun social programme ahead!

Welcome to Day 1 of 'The mobile genome: genetic and physiological impacts of transposable elements'! 🧬 The opening remarks by Julius Brennecke accompanied by his fellow scientific organisers: 🔹Déborah Bourc'his 🔹Josefa González 🔹Joseph Peters #EMBOMobileGenome

Final call for abstracts for #EMBLCardioBiology! Submit your abstract by 10 November: https://s.embl.org/ncb26-01-bl#EMBLCardioBiology Come and join the second edition of the EMBL Conference 'The new cardiobiology: engineering, vascular, and molecular insights' 🧬🔬🧪 🗓️ 16 – 19 February 2026

🧪🌊 The new EMBL Conference #EMBLPlanktonDiscoveries is open for registration: https://s.embl.org/pgo26-01-bl#EMBLPlanktonDiscoveries Join us in September 2026 to celebrate a decade of Tara Oceans research. Together, we'll explore the latest ecological and evolutionary discoveries on oceanic plankton at a global scale.

Bonjour! Masters students in France 🇫🇷, we’ve got an internship for you, in collaboration with the French Embassy in London. Aimed at students of computer science, statistics or bioinformatics. Deadline: 7 December 2025 Find out more and apply: www.ebi.ac.uk/about/jobs/i...

🧬 The EMBO | EMBL Symposium 'Biological oscillators' just opened for abstract submissions! If you want to investigate shared principles of oscillations, rhythms, and synchronisation, then #EESBioOsc is for you! 📥 Submission deadline: 6 January 2026 https://s.embl.org/ees26-04-bl