A unique EMBL-UNESCO fellowship programme broadened fellows’ research capacity while providing new perspectives to their collaborators and EMBL host research groups. Participants in the programme provided brief reflections on their experiences. www.embl.org/news/people-...

And EMBL looks forward to this too! Welcome @ostermanilya.bsky.social!

We told you it wouldn’t be a long wait. 👀 Even more predicted protein structures have been added to the #AlphaFold Database. This time, the database has expanded to include heterodimers – protein complexes made up of two different proteins. alphafold.ebi.ac.uk

🧬Work on #transcription and/or #chromatin? 📙The abstract submission deadline for the EMBL ‘Transcription and chromatin’ conference in Heidelberg, 25-28 Aug 26 is next Tuesday (26th May)! 📝Register online here: www.embl.org/about/info/c... @embl.org @embo.org

Multinucleate cells challenge deeply-held assumptions about complexity, ecological success and evolution. Postdoc extraordinaire and gifted writer @mrosjac.bsky.social tackles this subject with aplomb - tell us what you think! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @currentbiology.bsky.social

Only one week left to register for #MSS2026 🚨 On June 4th, @isabellagraf.bsky.social from @embl.org will discuss how sensory systems operate near bifurcation points, allowing small input signals to translate into a larger response. Welcome! ➡️ tinyurl.com/JoinMSS2026 @cbubergen.bsky.social

Day 2 of 'Cellular mechanisms driven by phase separation' going well so far, with the first poster session behind us! 📊🔍 Looking forward to many interesting talks still ahead of us as well as to more time to socialise this evening 💬 #EESPhaseSeparation @embo.org @embl.org

WoW Award refreshed 'The World of Molecular Biology' exhibition @embl.org. A 40m² Window of Wonder, where microscopy images can be experienced in all their glory! 10 scientific images selected, congratulations @montserrat-coll.bsky.social for contributing 3 stunning images! 🔬#3Dimaging #microscopy

We are proud to host the life streaming of 💚Green Science Festival 💚 at our location in Heidelberg. May 28, 2026 from 9 am-7 pm. Sign up here: pretix.eu/uni-heidelbe... www.greenlabs-nl.eu/green-scienc... @greenlabsnl.bsky.social @dkfz.bsky.social @embl.org #UniversitätHeidelberg

What is the value of open data for the life sciences? 📈 New report by Frontier Economics shows that EMBL-EBI data resources save users an average of 11 hours/week/person, leading to £11.8bn/year in research productivity gains. s.embl.org/EMBL-EBI-202... #opendata

Despite its name, SNOR, a newly discovered protein, is hardly asleep on the job. EMBL researchers’ newest technologies allowed their scientific collaboration to discover a tiny protein with a big role in awakening cells from dormancy to restart protein synthesis. www.embl.org/news/science...

Do you work with genetic resources collected elsewhere 🧬 ? Are you confident that you’re using them fairly and legally? New step-by-step guide to the Nagoya Protocol helps researchers navigate this complex framework. www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/p...

Daiichi Sankyo has become EMBL’s newest Corporate Partnership Programme associate partner. The fundamental research of many EMBL scientists has important implications for drug development. Daiichi Sankyo is specifically exploring ways to collaborate on this. www.embl.org/news/embl-an...

In collaboration with the TransCODE consortium, EMBL-EBI scientists have found over 1,700 new proteins in the ‘dark proteome,’ a region of the human genome once thought to be noncoding. These new proteins could have implications for human diseases, including cancer. tinyurl.com/yc4t6s3s

EMBL graduated its biggest class ever at the end of April, celebrating with 60 fellows who submitted or defended their theses over the past 12 months. Representing 22 different countries, EMBL graduates continued to show a diversity in science as well as background. Congratulations graduates!

Estonian scientists were in Heidelberg for a broad scientific exchange supported by the Estonian Research Council’s EMBL-Estonia project. The project supports scientific collaboration building in the life science community.

The Marquez team at EMBL Grenoble created AXIS, an AI-driven training method for automated crystal screening and identification. Thanks to a lab-in-the-loop approach, the method is simple and effective, speeding up fragment-based drug design. www.embl.org/news/science...

Congratulations, Tony Hyman! The EMBL DG recently attended the Breakthrough Prize award ceremony in Santa Monica, USA, an award he won in 2023.

Rare diseases are hard to diagnose. Data sharing is changing that. Sharing genomic and clinical data through DECIPHER helps clinicians identify rare conditions faster, advance research and provide answers to families. www.embl.org/news/science... #rarediseases

Meet Renato Alves, Senior Bioinformatics Community Manager at EMBL Heidelberg. Renato helps scientists with their computational analysis by providing training & maintaining the research infrastructure. He also enjoys night hikes & stargazing 🔭🌠, a hobby that led to creating EMBL's Astronomy Club.

From DNA Days to ocean nanoplastics to science videos in Catalan – EMBL scientists are finding new and interesting ways to engage the public and make the wonders of scientific discoveries more accessible to everyone. Learn more: www.embl.org/news/people-...

Open science accelerates discovery & ensures that scientific knowledge can be reused and built upon by the global community. Bastian Drees, Head of OSIM, talks about the steps EMBL is taking to implement open science practices at all levels. www.embl.org/news/people-...

Congratulations to Vikas Trivedi & collaborators for being awarded the HFSP grant! An international team coordinated by EMBL Barcelona researchers has been awarded $1.5M to study how developing organisms stay on track despite climate-driven temperature instability. www.embl.org/news/awards-...

As part of the SAMBAI project, @bertharz.bsky.social studies cancer genomics in populations of recent African ancestry. This is a unique opportunity to make science more accessible and support historically underserved communities. www.embl.org/news/people-... @cancergrand.bsky.social #cancer

Hair cell bundles are tiny structures in our ears that help us sense and amplify both faint and loud sounds. A new study by an international group of researchers sheds light on the thermodynamics that underlie the functioning of these bundles. Learn more: journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst...

How can we see where genes are active in tissues? The Spatial Transcriptomics Portal combines imaging and molecular data to map gene activity in spatial context. Explore how cells interact and develop. www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/u... @bioimagearchive.bsky.social @expressionatlas.bsky.social

Tiny, invisible to the naked eye, yet hugely important for life on Earth: plankton. 🔬 In Science in School, @embl.org presents a teaching resource that helps students explore these tiny wonders with microscopes and discover their role in global ecosystems. 👉 scienceinschool.org/article/2026...

Biology is built on patterns too complex for us to easily interpret. AI can help bridge the gap, but it’s a two-way exchange: biology inspires AI, and AI delivers back. Here are seven key takeaways from a recent EMBO | EMBL symposium on AI in life sciences: www.embl.org/news/science...

Ihre Forschung bildet die Grundlage für das nächste Jahrzehnt zellbiologischer Forschung und biomedizinischer Anwendungen. Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum #LeibnizPreis 2026, Julia Mahamid! 👏 (@embl.org) Ihre Arbeit im Video: youtu.be/mtmAQxZ33y0?...

Welcome, Tony Hyman! EMBL welcomes its new Director General, Tony Hyman, as he takes up the mandate of leading EMBL's six sites. www.embl.org/news/embl-an...

Every handful of soil & every bucket of seawater is akin to a bustling city 🦠 Thanks to our @mgnifydb.bsky.social metagenomics database, we’re learning how to map these hidden communities. Explore our catalogues of richly annotated, microbe-derived genomes. www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...

A new study maps the organisation of immune and stromal cells in lymph nodes and shows its association with prognosis in certain lymphomas. This has implications for long-term prognosis in cancer patients and can potentially open up new therapeutic avenues. www.embl.org/news/science...

Welcome, @stephlo.bsky.social, our new Team Leader for Protein Function. Find out how Stephanie’s experience in genomics shaped her approach to protein curation and AI integration. #ProteinScience #AI www.embl.org/news/people-...

(1/2) EMBL researchers led by @olivierduss.bsky.social have developed a microscopy technique that enables them to observe individual RNA molecules being produced and folding into different shapes. Learn more: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A sea anemone looks very different from a coral, despite belonging to the same broad biological group. A new study from EMBL researchers and their colleagues sheds new light on how diversity arises in body shapes in the animal world. www.embl.org/news/science...

From delivering genomics training across 16 countries to making bioinformatics more accessible worldwide, Aleena connects science, people, and cultures. www.embl.org/news/people-... #Bioinformatics #Genomics @ensembl.org

You asked, we listened. Millions of AI-predicted protein complex structures are now available in the #AlphaFold Database. This spans homodimers from 20 of the most studied species, including humans, as well as the World Health Organization’s priority pathogens list. www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...

Erasmus MC and EMBL researchers reveal the molecular mechanisms by which avian influenza evolves from a mild to a highly pathogenic strain. This occurs when the influenza polymerase makes an error while copying the viral RNA into host cells, adding extra fragments.

EMBL hosted a visit from the Paul Scherrer Institute’s Life Sciences Department on 3-4 March. Lead scientists met to discuss their ongoing research and explore new collaborations in AI in life sciences, imaging and structural biology, and data analysis and management. @psi.ch

Meet Vicky Hatch 🇬🇧 Communications Officer at EMBL-EBI She turns complex research & tech tools into stories that inspire. When she’s not promoting the impact of bioinformatics & open data, Vicky is an avid souls-like gamer & triathlon competitor. #WeAreEMBL @vickyhatch.bsky.social @ebi.embl.org

A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, the Institut Pasteur, and EMBL has shown in a Nature paper how the influenza polymerase, a molecular thief, uses the host RNA to replicate. Check out the MPI press release: www.mpinat.mpg.de/5179649/pr_2...

Is the linear map of cell signaling a myth? New research suggests the reality of cellular networks is more complex. @savitski-lab.bsky.social & @saezlab.bsky.social combined experimental and computational expertise to test how we map kinase–substrate interactions. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Welcome, Sarah Dickinson Hyams! EMBL's new Head of People and Culture Development brings a passion for equality, diversity, and inclusion, plus a love for unlikely inspirational sources, including Winnie the Pooh! Learn more: www.embl.org/news/people-...

Congratulations, Lisa Maier and Stephen Cusack! The two EMBL alumni have received the 2026 John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards for their outstanding contributions to host–microbiome research and structure-guided drug development, respectively. Learn more: www.embl.org/news/awards-...

This #RareDiseaseDay, we’re highlighting how open data sharing supports diagnosis, research, and families living with rare conditions. Watch to find out how access to rare disease data through @deciphergenomics.bsky.social can help families better understand their children’s rare conditions.

📢 Last call for the EMBL International PhD Programme summer recruitment! This is a fully funded PhD programme fostering creative approaches to questions in the molecular life sciences. Join us promoting scientific excellence throughout Europe. Apply now! www.embl.org/about/info/e...

The biotechnology company Illumina has joined EMBL’s Corporate Partnership Programme. This allows Illumina to connect with EMBL’s world-leading molecular biology experts and technology development while supporting training opportunities for scientists. www.embl.org/news/embl-an...

Our cells are experts at navigating inherently noisy and complicated environments. EMBL researchers are using theoretical physics approaches to uncover fundamental principles behind how cells use complex information to self-organise. www.embl.org/news/science...

EMBL International PhD Programme - summer 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.

Interested in pursuing a PhD at EMBL-EBI? @atsocf.bsky.social 🇮🇹 is one of our PhD fellows. He works on improving #AlphaFold protein structure predictions. Find out more about his PhD experience: www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/p...