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Heidelberg, 2 September 2010 Brainy worms: Evolution of the cerebral cortex Unexpectedly, scientists at EMBL Heidelberg have now discovered a true counterpart of the cerebral cortex in an invertebrate, a marine worm. Their findings, published today in Cell, give an idea of what the most ancient higher brain centres looked like, and what our distant ancestors used them for. more

Monterotondo, 25 August 2010 Freeze or run? Not that simple Scientists at EMBL Monterotondo and GlaxoSmithKline in Verona, Italy, have identified the specific type of neurons that determine how mice react to a frightening stimulus, showing that deciding whether or not to freeze in fear is a more complex task for our brains than we realised. more

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Heidelberg, 5 August 2010 Constant overlap Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg have uncovered the molecular mechanism that determines the size of anti-parallel microtubule overlaps in the spindle. In a study published today in Cell, they were able to reconstruct such overlaps in vitro, and identify two proteins which are sufficient to control the formation and size of this important spindle feature. more

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Heidelberg, 3 August 2010 Supply and demand In a study published today in Cell Metabolism, scientists at EMBL Heidelberg have discovered that a group of proteins called IRPs ensure that iron balance is kept and as such are essential for cell survival. More specifically, they found that IRPs are required for the functioning of mitochondria, the cell’s energy factories. more

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Heidelberg, 4 July 2010 Digital Embryo gains wings Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg were able to capture fruit fly development on film, creating the Fly Digital Embryo. In work published today in Nature Methods, they were also the first to clearly record how a zebrafish’s eyes and midbrain are formed. more

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Heidelberg, 24 June 2010 A life-changing partnership Researchers at EMBL Heidelberg identified a novel regulatory protein complex in Drosophila that explains another protein’s double life, and which likely plays an important role in mammals, too. more

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Heidelberg, 15 June 2010 Picture Release This image may bring to mind a patchwork quilt, or a picture taken from a gallery of abstract paintings, but the artisan behind it is actually Mother Nature, with a little help from scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany. more

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Monterotondo, 31 May 2010 Making enough red blood cells Two small molecules ensure enough red blood cells are produced, scientists at EMBL Monterotondo and EMBL-EBI found in a study published today in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. more

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Heidelberg, 2 May 2010 Tags on, tags off The group of proteins called Polycomb complexes – which ensure correct embryonic development and play an important role in stem cell differentiation and cancer - has a new member, whose form of action surprised the EMBL Heidelberg scientists who identified it in a study published online today in Nature. more

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Hinxton, 8 April 2010 Variations on the genetic theme Integrating data from an unprecedented variety of human tissue samples, scientists at EMBL-EBI and their collaborators have produced the first-ever global map of gene expression, published today in Nature Biotechnology. more

General articles about EMBL

Bild der Wissenschaft, 1 June 2010 Wie stark ist der Einfluss auf das Leben?

Planckton - FAZ Blogs, 17 May 2010 Die Glückssträhne der Stammzellforscher

Times Higher Education (UK), 11 February 2010 Top 20 institutions in molecular biology and genetics

Evening Echo, 16 November 2009 UCC in joint PhD deal with EU molecular biology lab

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 23 September 2009 Microsoft-Preis für Bioinformatiker

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