The European Spallation Source (ESS), a multi-disciplinary research facility based on the world’s most powerful neutron source, has joined EIROforum as its newest member. Learn more: www.eiroforum.org/news/eirofor...

Welcome, Alex Picchianti, our new Head of Infrastructure Services! Find out how his experience working with UK national IT systems will help shape the infrastructure that powers EMBL-EBI’s data and services. www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/p...

It’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science!🌟 To celebrate, we’ve teamed up with our EIROforum partners and asked women from each organisation to share one piece of advice they received that helped them get to where they are today. What advice has made a real impact on you?

In the largest study of its kind, scientists in the Bork Group at EMBL have found that a small subset of microbes can carry and transfer genes across disparate habitats, creating a planet-wide, interconnected network of microbiomes 🌍 🦠 🔗 Read more here: www.embl.org/news/science...

Congratulations to Janna Saarela, Director of the Norwegian Centre for Molecular Biosciences and Medicine (NCMBM), for being appointed as the new Speaker of the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine.

Are you a developmental biology researcher working with complicated volumetric data? Discover LimbLab, an open-source tool that can help you to visualise and analyse 3D data for developmental processes. www.embl.org/news/science...

Meet Leonie Johanna Lorenz 🇩🇪, a Predoctoral Fellow at EMBL-EBI who is bringing mathematical modelling to microbes. Find out more about how Leonie’s passion for modelling patterns extends from bacterial evolution to sewing 🧵 www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/p...

EMBL & CNR have renewed their MoU, reinforcing long-term science collaboration. This was followed by the CNR President’s visit to the CNR-EMBL Rome premises. These milestones align strategies to support the continued development of the campus and its community.

Archaea may not be well known, nor well studied, but these microorganisms can live in the most extreme environments, but also right on our skin. They’re everywhere. EMBL researchers are now exploring their unique ecosystem adaptability and link to evolution. www.embl.org/news/science...

The origin of eukaryotic cells continues to be one of the greatest mysteries in biology. EMBL Grenoble is excited to welcome Florian Wollweber, who will use cutting-edge imaging techniques to study Asgard archaea — microbes closely related to our earliest ancestors. 🦠🔬 www.embl.org/news/people-...

EMBL scientists Jamie Hackett and Robert Prevedel have been awarded ERC Proof of Concept grants to support the translation of innovative ideas into tangible therapeutic and imaging tools. www.embl.org/news/awards-... @erc.europa.eu @jamiehackett.bsky.social

🚀New @IHIEurope project launched: LIGAND-AI. Led by @thesgconline & @Pfizer_UK, the project will generate open protein-ligand interaction datasets to power AI models for drug discovery. EMBL-EBI will archive data & integrate results into @ChEMBL. www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t... #OpenData

Recruitment for the EMBL International PhD Programme is officially open! 🔊 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! 🔎 Read more here: tinyurl.com/4jdt2ra5

EMBL is deeply saddened by the passing of our Interim Director General Peer Bork, a pioneering scientist who left an indelible imprint on life science research in Europe and beyond. We extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues. www.embl.org/news/people-...

As part of a continuing series spotlighting our Traversing European Coastlines (TREC) partners, we’ve caught up with Nicolas Pade, Executive Director of the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC), one of the expedition’s three core partners. 🔗 www.embl.org/news/connect...

These days, Norbert Kraut often has exciting updates about cancer treatments. An EMBL alumnus, he has spent the last decade focused on one of the hardest-to-treat lung cancers. 🧪 www.embl.org/news/people-...

From showing that leukemia is 11 different diseases to developing an AI that can predict the risks of 1000 diseases, our alumnus @moritzgerstung.bsky.social is pushing the boundaries of AI and bioinformatics. www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/p...

🛎️🛎️ Looking for a postdoctoral fellowship? Interested in tackling real-world challenges? Then check out EMBL's EIPOD-LinC fellowships. Gain transferable skills and work on self-designed projects to make a lasting impact on global issues. 📆 Closing date: 2 February www.embl.org/about/info/p...

EMBL’s Sabbatical Fellowship Programme is slowly growing, attracting participants from around the world with its collaborative insights and access to world-class technologies. www.embl.org/news/connect...

After a year of many exciting activities and projects, we are taking a short break. Meet us back here in January for more news about world-class research, training, and technology — see you in 2026! 💫

The microscopic world of proteins, DNA, and other biomolecules is constantly in motion. An EMBO computational structural biology workshop explored the trends, collaborative opportunities, and progress taking place in computational structural biology to better understand these dynamics.

Imagine you’re a scientist studying how plants respond to environmental stress. You want to see how long-term drought conditions affect certain cell membrane structures, but doing it manually would take months of work, and you lack the skills to build a computer algorithm that could do it for you.

Understanding how the human reproductive system forms is essential to addressing fertility challenges, congenital conditions, and more. A new single-cell atlas sheds light on the processes that shape our reproductive organs. www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/r... @sangerinstitute.bsky.social

👏 Congratulations Maame Ekua Acquah for receiving the 2025 L'Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science Young Talent Award! A former EMBL-UNESCO fellow with the Kowalinski Group in Grenoble, her work focuses on host-viral dynamics of SARS-CoV-2, with an emphasis on communities in Ghana. tinyurl.com/ya9fbmbn

Congratulations, Julia Mahamid! Julia Mahamid receives the @dfg.de Leibniz Prize for her work on structural cell biology! #LeibnizPreis

🎉 Congrats to Isidro Cortés-Ciriano and Wojciech Galej on receiving ERC Consolidator Grants! 🧬 Cortés-Ciriano (EMBL-EBI) will receive €2M to study genomic rearrangements in cancer. 🧵 Galej (EMBL Grenoble) will receive €2M to explore RNA splicing. Learn more: www.embl.org/news/awards-...

“Behind every scientific breakthrough, there are good instruments.” EMBL alumnus and Lennart Philipson Awardee Florent Cipriani reflects on his 30 years at EMBL Grenoble and his multidisciplinary career building technologies that enable new discoveries. www.embl.org/news/people-...

We were pleased to host our partners from the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology last week. The visit initiated first interactions through EMERALD, a new Polish national initiative strengthening connections between EMBL and the Polish life science community. 🇵🇱

Researchers at EMBL Barcelona have launched LimbNET, a new online platform that integrates computer modeling, experimental data, and 2D live simulations for limb development. www.embl.org/news/science...

Viruses are found in almost every ecosystem across the planet. Now, researchers have released VIRE – a comprehensive viral genome database covering diverse ecosystems to advance understanding of viral evolution and ecosystem functions. Learn more: www.embl.org/news/science...

Congratulations, Sagar Bhogaraju, for receiving the prestigious Impulscience® grant! 🎉 The €2.3M award will advance research on ubiquitin signalling, MAGE proteins, and cancer biology – unlocking new therapeutic possibilities. www.embl.org/news/awards-...

Congratulations, Anna Erzberger! The EMBL Group Leader has been selected to be part of the prestigious EMBO Young Investigator Programme. She will join an international network of more than 800 life scientists in the early stages of their independent careers. www.embl.org/news/awards-...

AI holds huge promise for life science research. But unreliable answers currently limit its impact. @juliosaezrod.bsky.social, Head of Research at EMBL-EBI, discusses how Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers are helping to change this. www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/p... 🧬💻

We’re excited to welcome the TREC community to EMBL Heidelberg for a three-day Symposium. The event brings together researchers across disciplines to exchange insights, spark new ideas, and strengthen connections within the TREC network: www.embl.org/about/info/t...

Nobel laureate Svante Pääbo, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, will deliver the 2026 EMBL Kafatos lecture. The lecture will explore how traces of Neanderthal DNA might shape human biology and health today. www.embl.org/news/embl-an...

Did you know that the world’s first remote small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) experiment was conducted in 2009 at EMBL Hamburg? Learn about the fascinating technical challenges that the Svergun Group overcame to make this possible: www.embl.org/about/info/a...

📣 Applications for the #EIPOD-Linc Postdoctoral Fellowships Programme are open! Join us to work on self-designed interdisciplinary research on projects related to exploring life in context. ✍ Apply now: www.embl.org/about/info/p...

Anthony A. Hyman will become EMBL’s next Director General. He joins EMBL from @mpi-cbg.de in Dresden. He is also Professor of Molecular Biology @tudresden.bsky.social, and was a group leader at EMBL Heidelberg from 1993 to 1999. www.embl.org/news/people-...

EMBL Grenoble scientists filmed a self-splicing ribozyme folding into a functional machine – frame by frame. Using cryo-EM, SAXS & simulations, they revealed the choreography that keeps it from misfolding. This discovery could help train AI for RNA structure prediction. www.embl.org/news/science...

(1/3) Imagine reconstructing a history over a billion years in the making. New research from EMBL and @Stanford shows how centromeres retain their function despite their rapid rate of change, and the evolutionary constraints that govern this process. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

AI is transforming the way science is done and Europe is taking action. At #AIS25, EMBL contributed to Europe’s #AIinScience discussions, highlighting open data, collaboration, and training for the next generation of researchers. Find out more: www.embl.org/news/connect...

From a farm in the north of England to the frontiers of bioinformatics, our Group Leader Sandra Orchard reflects on a career building the data foundations of modern biology: “AI is showing how vital data curation really is.” www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/p... 🖥️🧬

Millions of people are affected by mental health conditions, yet progress in treatment has been slow. The Open Psychiatry Project aims to change that with a secure platform linking genetic and clinical mental health data. @cam.ac.uk @opentargets.org www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/a...

AI is reshaping how science is conducted, opening new possibilities for fundamental research. Great to see one of our member states recognising this and the importance of strong data foundations to drive AI development.

Congratulations @mariabernabeu.bsky.social and team! The EMBL Barcelona group leader has received the prestigious Spanish @caixaresearch.bsky.social Health grant to better understand cerebral malaria pathogenesis and identify treatments. 👉Learn more: www.embl.org/news/awards-...

Scientists discovered self-sustaining inflammatory circuits in the bone marrow stem cell niche that precede blood cancers. The insights suggest how inflammation rewires the bone marrow microenvironment long before leukaemias develop & offer potential new drug target.🧪 www.embl.org/news/science...

Antimicrobial resistance is putting public health under pressure. Find out how PopPIPE, a bioinformatics tool developed at EMBL-EBI, is helping Public Health Scotland track outbreaks, reveal transmission links, and respond faster. www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/r... #WAAW2025 #ActOnAMR 🧬💻

Sixteen leading life science and IT companies, all-new livestreamed presentations, and an informative career panel made for a successful EMBL Industry Day in its second year. www.embl.org/news/connect...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing health threat, making infections harder to treat and complicating routine medical care. EMBL-EBI’s new AMR portal brings together laboratory resistance data and bacterial genomes in one open platform. #WAAW2025 #ActOnAMR www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t... 🧬💻

After many years abroad, Fabio Petroni has returned to Italy to establish an independent research group at EMBL Rome. Here, he will be developing AI systems to support life science research. Read more in his interview: www.embl.org/news/?p=7718...