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Sickness is a whole-brain state. EMBL scientists recently found that more evolved sections of the brain, not just primal ones, activate to alert us when we fall sick. Full article 👉https://www.embl.org/news/science-technology/sickness-is-a-whole-brain-state/

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EMBL @embl.org · 29/09/2026

Decoding the Raw Materials of Life at EMBL Rome! Students, researchers and industry professionals came together to explore emerging technologies and cutting-edge research in epigenetics, neuroscience and AI. A day of discovery & innovation! Read more: www.embl.org/news/connect...

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EMBL @embl.org · 29/09/2026

🔬A new study by EMBL researchers reveals the incredible molecular dynamics occurring right beneath the surface in living cells. The research identifies cell membrane-to-cortex attachments as a key regulator of the mechanical forces that shape the cell surface. Learn more: sl1nk.com/ydkuvvo

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EMBL @embl.org · 28/09/2026

EMBL researchers Robert Prevedel and Simone Mattei are now jointly leading the EMBL Imaging Centre. The new leadership looks forward to boosting tech development and continuing the Centre's push to advance microscopy image analysis through machine learning and other tools. tinyurl.com/26yb5nck

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EMBL @embl.org · 28/09/2026

A life without UniProt would be like a life without search engines. Many of the things we do with a few taps would take hundreds of hours of research and effort. This is how Emily Bowler-Barnett describes UniProt, the world-leading resource for protein sequence data. www.embl.org/news/people-...

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EMBL @embl.org · 25/09/2026

🔬 A new study by EMBL researchers, published in @science.org, about the pre-ribosome assembly pathways inside intact human cells, reveals — at molecular resolution — in-cell structural snapshots of both ribosomal subunit precursors, the SSU processome and the pre-60S, and novel configurations.

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EMBL @embl.org · 24/09/2026

Svante Pääbo, Nobel Laureate and Director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, will deliver the 2026 Kafatos Lecture on Friday 9 October 2026, at IMBB-FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Learn more: www.embl.org/news/people-...

Photograph of Svante Pääbo, who is going to deliver the 2026 EMBL Kafatos Lecture on 9 October at IMBB-FORTH in Heraklion, Greece. © Frank Vinken

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EMBL @embl.org · 22/09/2026

Human-made chemicals are all around us.🌎 Most are likely harmless, while others can seriously harm our health. EMBL-EBI Research Group Leader Jess Ewald @ewaldlab.org shares how her team uses AI to find out how chemicals in the environment could lead to human diseases. #EMBL_AI

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EMBL @embl.org · 21/09/2026

Today we welcomed Dr Michiel Scheffer, President of the @EIC Board, to EMBL Heidelberg. We explored how to strengthen the path from frontier research to innovation & impact — and how EMBL science and EIC instruments can work together to turn scientific excellence into breakthrough ventures. 🇪🇺

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EMBL @embl.org · 21/09/2026

There is still time to apply for the EMBL International PhD Programme! 📢 Don’t miss this opportunity to receive dedicated mentoring while doing interdisciplinary research. Research groups across EMBL are recruiting now! bit.ly/4x9Edss

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EMBL @embl.org · 18/09/2026

The future of biological discovery will be shaped by AI. EMBL Rome group leader Fabio Petroni is building AI that can work alongside scientists and learn from living biological systems. Watch this video to learn more. #EMBL_AI

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EMBL @embl.org · 17/09/2026

Are you a senior scientist looking to expand your scientific horizons through a sabbatical? 🔬 Then the EMBL Sabbatical Programme is a great opportunity for you! You could receive up to €15,000 and be based at any of EMBL’s six sites for 3 to 6 months. 🔗Apply here: bit.ly/sabbatical26

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EMBL @embl.org · 16/09/2026

Curiosity is always a key ingredient for major scientific breakthroughs. Following his 2026 Lennart Philipson Award, Stephen Cusack reflects on his time at EMBL Grenoble, AlphaFold, and the future of the field. Read the full interview 👉 www.embl.org/news/people-...

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EMBL @embl.org · 16/09/2026

Last week, @nordicembl.bsky.social held its annual meeting, opening with EMBL Director General Tony Hyman’s keynote. The Partnership brings together DANDRITE, FIMM, MIMS, and NCMBM and is a major strategic player in Europe's molecular understanding of disease mechanisms.

Group photo of the participants of the 2026 annual meeting of the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine in Umeå, Sweden.

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EMBL @embl.org · 14/09/2026

Meet Pierre, Head of Administration and Operations at EMBL Grenoble With 13+ years of industry experience, he’s now bringing his expertise in strategy and organisational transformation to fundamental research – helping create the conditions for science to thrive. 🔬 Read his story 👇 bit.ly/3Twr3HY

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EMBL @embl.org · 09/09/2026

Congratulations, Julia Mahamid! The EMBL scientist has been elected to Leopoldina, the German National Academy of Sciences, in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the field of structural cell biology. Learn more: www.embl.org/news/awards-...

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EMBL @embl.org · 08/09/2026

🇵🇱 Around 150 scientists, alumni & partners gathered at NenckiInstitute for talks, discussion & connection, bridging EMBL and Poland's life sciences community. Thank you to our hosts & the EMERALD project for making it happen.

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EMBL @embl.org · 04/09/2026

EMBL mourns the loss of Professor Ada Yonath (1939–2026), the Nobel Prize-winning crystallographer. We were proud to be part of her orbit as she conducted some of her pioneering work on the ribosome at EMBL facilities. www.embl.org/news/people-...

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EMBL @embl.org · 03/09/2026

Congratulations to @florianwollweber.bsky.social, the recently appointed Group Leader at EMBL Grenoble, who received an ERC Starting Grant worth approximately €2 million to investigate the origins of eukaryotic cell complexity. bit.ly/4gNwEBk

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EMBL @embl.org · 03/09/2026

Apply to the EMBL Sabbatical Programme now! 📢 This is a great opportunity for senior scientists looking to expand their scientific horizons! You could receive up to €15,000 and be based at any of EMBL’s six sites for 3 to 6 months. 📌 Deadline: 09 Oct 2026 🔗Apply here: bit.ly/sabbatical26

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EMBL @embl.org · 01/09/2026

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 and apply here: bit.ly/4x9Edss

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EMBL @embl.org · 31/08/2026

Meet Daniel Santos Olivan, physicist who studies questions related to embryonic development and geometry. As AI reshapes research, Daniel’s recommendation for young scientists is to let themselves be guided by what they think is important, not by trends. www.embl.org/news/people-...

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EMBL @embl.org · 28/08/2026

ARISE 2 Fellowship Programme now open! 📣 This is a chance to work at EMBL, focusing on different research areas ranging from development of new high-throughput methods and microscopes to the application of AI in biology. 📌 Deadline: 30 Sep 2026 Apply: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

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EMBL @embl.org · 26/08/2026

This week, we welcomed a delegation of early career researchers from several Danish universities 🇩🇰. This is the 2nd visit co-organised by DANEMO to EMBL Heidelberg & @EMBO. The visitors learned about AI and data science at EMBL, toured facilities, and met EMBL group leaders.

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EMBL @embl.org · 20/08/2026

A single phage enzyme can target thousands of bacterial proteins, shutting down host defences, a new EMBL study shows. The study provides novel insights into bacteria-virus interactions and opens up new possibilities for bioengineering for phage therapy. www.embl.org/news/science...

Illustration depicting how T7 kinase, a phage enzyme, modifies many proteins inside an infected bacterium, helping shut down its defence mechanisms. Credit: Daniela Velasco/EMBL

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EMBL @embl.org · 18/08/2026

A recent EMBL study published in Developmental Cell could help explain why humans develop slower than mice. The teams analysed 4,000 genes and found that protein degradation in humans tends to be significantly slower than in mice. www.embl.org/news/science...

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EMBL @embl.org · 10/08/2026

Welcome, Athanasios Athanassiadis! As EMBL’s new Head of Scientific Instrumentation Workshops, Thanasi will work together with scientists and engineers across the six EMBL sites to develop customised experimental setups that enable new research.

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EMBL @embl.org · 06/08/2026

✨Meet the EMBL researchers who are using AI to answer some of the biggest questions in biology. Are you also looking for an opportunity to work with AI in biology? Check out this still-open senior position at EMBL Heidelberg:👇 embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hei... #EMBL_AI

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EMBL @embl.org · 05/08/2026

EMBL is helping create important research centres in Portugal and Latvia, thanks to EC ‘teaming’ grants. The projects establish Centres of Excellence, enabling these countries to raise their research impact on genomic medicine and wastewater monitoring, respectively. www.embl.org/news/embl-an...

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EMBL @embl.org · 31/07/2026

Imagine a tool that lets you test-drive gene expression inside a living cell. EMBL researchers used a synthetic biology approach to test hundreds of DNA sequences for their effect on regulating gene expression in context. www.embl.org/news/science...

Illustration representing mCHIRA, a new method developed by the Krebs Group for this study, which allows scientists to insert regulatory DNA sequences into a specific section of the genome and test downstream effects inside the cell. Credit: Daniela Velasco/EMBL

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EMBL @embl.org · 30/07/2026

EMBL researchers & colleagues show for the first time that the Golgi Complex plays an active role in regulating DNA repair. The research opens up new avenues for therapeutic interventions and drug development. Learn more: www.embl.org/news/science...

Fluorescent microscopy image of human cells, with RAD51C at the Golgi and the nucleus shown in magenta while the cellular cytoskeleton is shown in cyan (f-actin staining). Credit: Karolina Kuodyte/EMBL

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EMBL @embl.org · 30/07/2026

How do researchers tackle big amounts of malaria data? Prisca Kweyamba, EMBL-UNESCO fellowship awardee, uses AI to analyse these datasets and investigate how mosquitoes interact with malaria parasites and adapt to insecticides, advancing malaria control research. Check the video for more! #EMBL_AI

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EMBL @embl.org · 24/07/2026

Epitome Therapeutics, a new EMBL spin-off, translates epigenome editing research into precision medicines. Co-founded by EMBL Rome group leader Jamie Hackett, it will open up new possibilities for treating diseases caused by dysregulated gene expression. www.embl.org/news/science...

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EMBL @embl.org · 22/07/2026

Five years ago, the #AlphaFold Database, a collaboration with Google DeepMind, made predicted protein structures free for everyone to use. Today, the database contains over 260 million structure predictions and is used by more than 3.5 million researchers in 190 countries around the world.

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EMBL @embl.org · 21/07/2026

Can AI help scientists deal with large amounts of data generated by large-scale X-ray imaging? Learn how scientists at EMBL Hamburg are using AI to identify key features in complex 3D imaging data, resulting in more efficient and reliable analysis. #EMBL_AI

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EMBL @embl.org · 20/07/2026

EMBL and University of Washington researchers have developed NovoTags – AI-designed protein tags – that in future could help researchers combine fluorescence microscopy and cryo-ET, helping identify individual proteins inside cells. @steffenklein.bsky.social More info 👉 www.embl.org/news/science...

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EMBL @embl.org · 20/07/2026

EMBL scientists and their collaborators have gained new insights into how the influenza A virus hijacks host cells by tracking molecular ‘handshakes’ inside the cell. The new findings could help to identify novel drug and vaccine targets in the future. www.embl.org/news/science...

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EMBL @embl.org · 17/07/2026

👏 Congrats to EMBL Group Leader @gautamdey.bsky.social on an ERC Proof of Concept Grant to develop a new way of selecting cells for more efficient and versatile evolutionary biology studies. bit.ly/3Rd3H9m @erc.europa.eu

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EMBL @embl.org · 15/07/2026

What if you could predict your chance of developing a disease years before symptoms appear? An AI model can estimate long-term disease risk for more than 1,000 medical conditions and could help inform how a person's health changes over time. #EMBL_AI

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EMBL @embl.org · 13/07/2026

Can AI help scientists understand the cellular processes that lead to cancer? Learn how EMBL scientists are using MAGIC – an automated machine-learning–based microscopy platform – to study the origins of cancer. #EMBL_AI

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EMBL @embl.org · 07/07/2026

How can AI help prevent the spread of diseases in Ukraine?🇺🇦 Pavlo Petakh, visiting postdoc in the Huber Group at EMBL Heidelberg, uses AI to predict when and where infectious diseases are likely to occur. Public health systems then use the data to reduce disease incidence and mortality. #EMBL_AI

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EMBL @embl.org · 06/07/2026

Congratulations, Matthias Hentze! The EMBL Director has been awarded the German Order of Merit for his outstanding achievements in life science research and in building scientific structures across Germany and beyond. www.embl.org/news/awards-...

Matthias Hentze after receiving the Bundesverdienstkreuz at a ceremony on 2 July 2026. Also pictured are his wife Sabine Hentze, BIAC member and EMBL alumna, and Eckart Würzner, Lord Mayor of Heidelberg, who presented the award. ©Philipp Rothe

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EMBL @embl.org · 02/07/2026

The McCarthy team at EMBL Grenoble has recently developed a web application called BSxCuBE-Web to facilitate BioSAXS experiments and data collection. Read more about this user-friendly interface and how the ARISE programme contributed to this project: bit.ly/4vbe1MX

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EMBL @embl.org · 01/07/2026

Most diseases are caused by a combination of factors. Rama Abdulhamid, PhD student in the Stegle Group at EMBL Heidelberg, uses AI to study thousands of such factors at once. By using AI to spot patterns in how a disease develops, Rama and her team can find the health factors driving it. #EMBL_AI

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EMBL @embl.org · 30/06/2026

EMBL Grenoble Group Leader Wojciech Galej was elected to EMBO membership in recognition of his excellence in research and scientific achievements. Congratulations! www.embl.org/news/awards-... #EMBOMembers2026 @wojtekgalej.bsky.social , @embo.org , @iimcb.bsky.social , @mrclmb.ac.uk

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EMBL @embl.org · 30/06/2026

📢 Applications are now open for the #ARISE2 Fellowship Programme! With funding from MSCA, the programme trains scientists to become leaders in Research Infrastructures and innovate in the life sciences. 🧪 Apply here: www.embl.org/training/ari...

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EMBL @embl.org · 30/06/2026

EMBL scientists and colleagues have shown how the shape of tissues and orientations of cells interact to give rise to complex structures in embryos. The studies shed light on the fundamental principles that govern the emergence of order in biological systems. www.embl.org/news/science...

Polarised cells in the developing epiblast (seen here in blue) orient themselves in structured patterns as modelled on the right, depending on their interactions with different kinds of tissue boundaries. Credit: Takafumi Ichikawa, Pamela Guruciaga, Anna Erzberger, Creative Team/EMBL

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EMBL @embl.org · 29/06/2026

What happens when AI and biology accelerate each other? EMBL Acting Head of AI Centre, Oliver Stegle, discusses how closer integration of these fields could transform the life sciences. Watch this video to learn more. #EMBL_AI

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EMBL @embl.org · 25/06/2026

Check out EMBL's 2025 annual report, including downloadable ‘highlights’ with facts and figures. The report highlights achievements in EMBL’s key missions, as well as alumni relations and operational news. www.embl.org/about/info/a...

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EMBL @embl.org · 25/06/2026

New EMBL-led research identifies a robust gut microbiome signature linked to colorectal cancer, consistent across populations, sequencing methods & age groups — detectable even in early-stage disease and tied to lower dietary fibre intake. www.embl.org/news/science...

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