‘Salad’ – a new AI model from EMBL scientists – offers major improvements in synthetic protein design. Salad is significantly faster than comparable methods, and designing proteins that don't exist in nature can have applications in many scientific fields. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

As EMBL Hamburg turns 50 this year, we reflect on milestones. One of the most pivotal characters in EMBL’s story – specifically in Hamburg – was Ken Holmes. Read about his role advocating for and helping to realise an EMBL site near the DESY synchrotron. www.embl.org/about/info/a...

BIOcean5D studies marine life and how it changes across 5 dimensions: space (3D), time, & human impact. Amandine Nunes-Jorge, the Project Manager, discussed potential impacts from this unique project. BIOcean5D is co-funded by the European Union (Horizon Europe). tinyurl.com/2kbzw9e3

EMBL International PhD Programme - winter recruitment 2026! 📣 Research groups across EMBL are recruiting now! www.embl.org/about/info/e... Don’t miss this opportunity to receive dedicated mentoring while doing interdisciplinary research.

EMBL scientists found metabolism controls embryonic development tempo through signalling in a way separate from its established metabolic function. More research related to this signalling could illuminate how it guides cell fate, developmental timing -- even disease. www.embl.org/news/science...

A new research from EMBL Rome scientists suggests that the pupil does more than just respond to light and internal states – it may actively shape our vision. Their findings reveal that the pupil can integrate input from both eyes, impacting the entire visual pathway. www.embl.org/news/science...

💧 On World Water Monitoring Day, the latest TREC kick-off event took place at CEREEP-Ecotron Ile De France. This event brought together global experts in environmental sciences, microbiology, and ecosystem research to explore the next steps in the TRaversing ECosystems (TREC) initiative.

EMBL Barcelona researchers have created a lab-grown blood-brain barrier to show how the malaria parasite damages it, and have successfully tested potential therapeutics that could help prevent or even reverse the damage. #tissuebiology www.embl.org/news/science...

New paper from our postdoc @fedevignale.bsky.social, et.al! Studying microbialites in Argentina 🇦🇷, they show how extreme, early Earth-like conditions shape microbes, minerals & biosignatures- insights for Earth’s past and life beyond 🌎 🧬. 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s43... @embl.org @ebi.embl.org

What if you could get a glimpse of the future of your health, today? Our scientists have developed a new generative AI model, trained using large-scale health records, that can estimate how human health may change over time. Watch to find out more. 🖥️🧬

Imagine a future where your medical history could help forecast what health conditions you might face. Introducing a new AI model trained on anonymised medical records that estimates long-term risk for over 1,000 diseases over a decade in advance. www.embl.org/news/science... 🧪

Are you ready to lead ground-breaking research in Infection Biochemistry? We are recruiting outstanding scientists to establish research groups based at @cssbhamburg.bsky.social tackling fundamental questions in molecular mechanisms of infection. embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

Fumio Nakaki, from the Sharpe Group at EMBL Barcelona, has quantified the risk of stealth multiplets in multiplexed conditions, highlighting when and how these artefacts can still sneak into your data. www.embl.org/news/science...

Join EMBL AI! We have ambitious plans to transform life sciences research through AI. Interested in using ML/AI to solve complex interdisciplinary challenges? We’re looking for two senior leaders based at EMBL Heidelberg👇

In the face of climate change, the race to understand life on Earth is on. @ebpgenome.bsky.social is scaling up tenfold to sequence all known species by 2035. At EMBL-EBI, we annotate these genomes, making them openly available for the global research community. www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/a...

An EMBL alumnus is taking tRNA to the next level, probing it for drug development opportunities. As co-founder and CSO of Umlaut.bio, Bastian Linder shared thoughts about this startup and his optimism in studying various RNA modifications as they pertain to disease. www.embl.org/news/people-...

Congratulations, Michael Dorrity and Anna Erzberger! The two EMBL Heidelberg group leaders have received ERC Starting Grants that will enable ambitious projects related to developmental timing and tissue self-organisation, respectively. Learn more: www.embl.org/news/awards-...

Meet our newest Research Group Leader: Jess Ewald @ewaldlab.org ‬🇨🇦 Jess’s group takes a multi-disciplinary approach to identify and characterise chemical hazards to humans and ecosystems, using cell profiling data, machine learning, and integrative data analysis. www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/p... 🖥️🧬

Time to accelerate! ⏱️4 weeks left to apply for EMBL ARISE2 fellowship programme. Are you interested in developing or improving technologies for life science research? #ARISE2 trains you to become a future research infrastructure leader. 🧪 Apply now! www.embl.org/training/ari... #careers

📢 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 and other sectors. Join us and get a head start on your career in life sciences! bit.ly/47mmiFF

This week, EMBL welcomed a delegation of 25 PhD students and postdocs from Denmark, as part of a visit co-organised by @danemoinforms.bsky.social, with the theme ‘Advancing Cell Biology through Innovative Infrastructure'. We look forward to further boosting collaboration with Denmark in the future!

Reforming how research and researchers are assessed is an essential step toward ensuring a more accurate, fair, and meaningful evaluation of scientific work. A recent pan-EMBL event provided an opportunity to reflect on this key topic. Learn more: www.embl.org/news/lab-mat...

Aleksi Sutinen, ARISE Fellow at EMBL Hamburg, supports the users of the EMBL Hamburg beamline P12 dedicated to small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). Here, he talks about striving for the best in beamline experiments & new horizons for time-resolved SAXS at EMBL Hamburg. www.embl.org/news/people-...

The EMBL Lautenschläger summer school recently celebrated its fifth birthday. The two-week course allows undergraduate students from various non-biology disciplines to experience the exciting world of interdisciplinary life science research. www.embl.org/news/connect...

EMBL's latest Science and Society conference brought together researchers, ethicists, communicators, policy professionals, and more to discuss the thorny question of trust in science. Learn more: www.embl.org/news/connect...

EMBL-EBI ARISE fellow @melanieschneider.bsky.social & EMBL Grenoble’s Marquez team developed EnsembleFlex 🖥️! It can analyse flexibility, identify protein states, and show drug binding, providing new insights into protein dynamics! doi.org/10.1016/j.st...

Great to welcome John Jumper, Kathryn Tunyasuvunakool, and Lindsay Willmore from Google DeepMind to EMBL-EBI last week. John gave a brilliant talk on building #AlphaFold, and both spent time with our @pdbeurope.bsky.social team exchanging ideas. Always a pleasure to see you! 🧪 💻🧬

The lab's first paper is out! We find that pupil constriction in mice drives strong retinal activity in vivo, and that humans can also perceive pupil-shaped stimulus. This has repercussions for anybody using pupillometry. 🧵1/n www.nature.com/articles/s41... #neuroskyence #neuroscience #neuro

With its scientific expeditions, EMBL is pioneering a new era of field-based molecular life sciences. 🚌🔬 Supported by the Klaus Tschira Stiftung & many partners, these ‘labs on wheels’ enable the study of life in context across Europe, with a view to global impact. 🌍🧬 www.embl.org/news/connect...

The Barcelona CryoZoo has been awarded a competitive grant from the wildlife conservation organisation Revive & Restore. This support will allow the project to take a significant step forward in deriving and studying stem cell lines from wild animal species. 👉 www.embl.org/news/science...

We’re looking for curious, innovative science leaders at EMBL Heidelberg! 🔬🧬🦠 Join a vibrant, interdisciplinary community where collaboration and innovation are nurtured at all levels. Take a look at these four open positions 👇

With funding from #Imaging4All, Fátima Silvina Galván, a researcher from Dr. Virginia Albarracín's team (CIME CONICET) 🇦🇷 , is at #EuroBioImaging's @embl.org Node to use #ElectronMicroscopy to study Exiguobacterium. @globalbioimaging.bsky.social Full story🔽 www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/high-en...

A new study points to specific cells as the origin of persistent leukaemia and relapses. Scientists identified individual stem cell-like cells responsible for leukaemia relapses in kids and precisely characterised their molecular properties. www.embl.org/news/science... @dkfz.bsky.social

Earlier this summer, fellows from the fourth cohort of EMBL's ARISE programme gathered at EMBL Heidelberg for a one-week training experience on research infrastructures management. Learn more: www.embl.org/news/lab-mat...

🌐 EMBL’s new initiative is set to transform life science research through full AI integration – from genomics to drug discovery. 💡 Funding from the Hector Foundation is dedicated to attracting interdisciplinary talent, boosting infrastructure, training, & innovation. www.embl.org/news/connect...

A poster, a conversation, and a cross-Atlantic collaboration where bioinformatics meets neuroscience to uncover new insights into Alzheimer’s disease 🌍🧠 www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t... #Alzheimers 🖥️🧬

Travel broadens the mind – an excellent example of that is EMBL ARISE Fellow Thomas Weber, who expanded his data science skills during his secondment at @scilifelab.se. 👇 Read the full story about his journey and the impact of his ARISE Fellowship. www.embl.org/news/people-...

EMBL’s Traversing European Coastlines (TREC) project would not have been possible without its partners, so we are celebrating them! This time, we shine a light on Ibon Cancio, who was invaluable to a supersite visit to Plentzia, Basque Country, in Bilbao, Spain. www.embl.org/news/connect...

For 12 doctoral candidates in a new ZooCELL network across Europe, their path to PhDs may be among the most exciting. They are merging cutting-edge microscopy with new data tools & AI to create a new way of exploring the cellular genotype-phenotype link. Learn more: www.embl.org/news/people-...

EMBL researchers and their collaborators have provided exciting new insights into human genetic variation by building upon the 1000 Genomes Project dataset. The two studies constitute what may be the most complete overview of the human genome to date. www.embl.org/news/science...

1 month to abstract deadline for the first cell biology of the nucleus meeting at @embl.org in many years - organised by the stellar @luskinglab.bsky.social @sarawickstrom.bsky.social Tom Quail & Simone Koehler Tons of open slots, invited and selected speakers all get 20 mins ❤️ #EESNucleus

Building the next generation of kick-ass women in marine science, one expedition at a time. #mesocosm @embl.org

EMBL scientists have developed DLVPM, a new machine-learning framework which can integrate diverse biological data types. By doing so, DLVPM can uncover hidden biological relationships relevant to human health & disease, particularly in cancer. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung has committed €7 million to the EMBL Imaging Centre. That means more opportunities to create groundbreaking, next-gen imaging technologies and provide the necessary support so European life scientists can benefit. www.embl.org/news/connect...

How can we find out what’s really going on inside cells when we’re generating so much complex data? CORNETO is an open-source tool that uses machine learning to turn tangled omics datasets into clear maps of how genes, proteins, and signalling pathways interact. www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/r... 🧪

Can robots in a swarm act like the cells of an organism? Thanks to Sedeer El-Showk for the new article in @nature.com, which highlights the work of a number of research groups, including our own, on how “Robots demonstrate principles of collective intelligence”. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

First time posting here — and first-ever Single Molecule Conference 🧬 Held right at @embl.org Heidelberg, where I work! 4 days full of great science and great people. Fantastic meeting! 🔬 Curious to see where the single molecule field is going next! 👀 #EMBLSingleMolecule @events.embl.org

Traditional crop protection faces big challenges. Cerelixis, an EMBL spin-off, offers a smart solution. 💡 Born from EMBL Grenoble, Cerelixis develops precision phytostimulants. These substances boost plant growth and stress resilience. www.embl.org/news/science...

We are thrilled to release the 2026 programme of events hosted by @events.embl.org and ourselves. Which course are you most excited about? #biology #molecularbiology #computationalbiology #datascience #bioinformatics 🧬🔍🖥️🔬🦠🧫 @ebi.embl.org @embl.org

Australian BioCommons, Bioplatforms Australia, and EMBL signed a formal agreement to encourage collaboration in bioinformatics & related activities, including AI, omics, data services, and infrastructure. www.embl.org/news/embl-an... @ausbiocommons.bsky.social @bioplatformsaus.bsky.social