The speed of life: a zoo of cells to study developmental time
Science Researchers from the Ebisuya Group at EMBL Barcelona have used an unprecedented stem cell zoo to compare six different mammalian species and their developmental time.
2023
science
Unravelling the origins of the human spine
Science Scientists at EMBL Barcelona have created for the first time a 3D in vitro model that recapitulates the periodic formation of human somites – structures that give rise to the spinal column.
2022
science
New clues to a 500-year old mystery about the human heart
Science An international team of scientists involving Ewan Birney's group has investigated the function of a complex mesh of muscle fibres that line the inner surface of the heart.
2020
science
Tissue dynamics provide clues to human disease
Science EMBL scientists examine the molecular causes of a rare hereditary disease of the spine and ribs
2020
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From cell to mouse – how tissues differentiate
Science Shedding light on the mechanisms that control the fate of embryonic cells
2019
science
Using mini brains to understand big brains
Events What opportunities can organoids bring to further the understanding of the human brain?
2018
events
EMBL Barcelona co-organises first conference
Events James Sharpe, Head of EMBL Barcelona, co-chairs the morphogenetic engineering-themed conference
2017
events
Welcome: James Sharpe
Science Meet the head of EMBL's new Barcelona site, James Sharpe
2017
science
James Sharpe appointed Head of EMBL Barcelona
Lab Matters Inventor of OPT will be the first Head of EMBL’s new Barcelona site
2017
lab-matters
EMBL to open new site in Barcelona
Lab Matters Spanish government and EMBL sign agreement for new site
2017
lab-matters
The story behind EMBL’s Barcelona site
Lab Matters EMBL Director-General, Iain Mattaj, reflects on the work done to establish a new site in Barcelona
2017
lab-matters
What would it take to regrow an arm?
Science Exploring what it would take to regrow a lost limb, and what we might learn along the way
2016
science
New EMBL-Hubrecht Institute partnership
Lab Matters EMBL and the Hubrecht Institute signed a 5-year partnership agreement
2016
lab-matters
The closest look ever at native human tissue
Science Seeing proteins in their natural environment and interactions inside cells has been a longstanding goal. Using an advanced microscopy technique called cryo-electron tomography, researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have visualised proteins responsible for cell-cell…
2007
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The giant protein titin helps build muscles
Science Imagine grabbing two snakes by the tail so that they can’t wriggle off in opposite directions. Scientists at the Hamburg Outstation of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and collaborators from King’s College in London have now discovered that something similar happens to a…
2006
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