Hinxton, 27 March 2020 EMBL-EBI leads International collaboration to share COVID-19 research data EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and collaborators have started developing the European COVID-19 Data Platform, an initiative to help fight the SARS-CoV-2 virus by improving and accelerating the exchange of data among researchers globally. more

Heidelberg, Hamburg, Barcelona, Grenoble, Rome, 25 March 2020 Update on the Coronavirus EMBL is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for our staff and visitors. In the interests of transparency, we are publishing our Director General’s internal advice to staff on the current coronavirus situation. more

Heidelberg, 24 March 2020 Springtime in Heidelberg The iconic ATC – celebrating its 10 year anniversary this year – reflects the blue sky, the clouds and the rays of the Sun. more

Heidelberg, Barcelona, Grenoble, Hamburg, Rome, 20 March 2020 The history of EMBL in many voices The EMBL Archive is a living repository for the objects – both physical and digital – that embody EMBL’s scientific and institutional heritage, and the history of European molecular biology. But without the context of the stories behind them, some archival holdings can have little meaning. Our institutional memory is preserved not only in documentary heritage but also – and sometimes more vividly – in the personal stories and memories of the people who have experienced EMBL through its history. more

Heidelberg, 17 March 2020 2020 EMBL Alumni Award winners announced The winners of the 2020 EMBL Alumni Awards have been selected. Giorgia Guglielmi wins the John Kendrew Award for her journalism work focusing on the intersection of science and society, while John van der Oost wins the Lennart Philipson Award for his contributions to our understanding of the genome editing tool known as CRISPR–Cas. The awards will be presented as part of the EMBL World Alumni Day celebrations in Heidelberg on 17 July. Here, the awardees discuss some of the defining moments in their careers. more

Heidelberg, 17 March 2020 Wrapped in purple The medaka shown in this Picture of the Week was captured by Eva Hasel, a postdoc in the Leptin group at EMBL Heidelberg. more

Heidelberg, 11 March 2020 €2.45 m to investigate leukaemia causes and therapies The Heidelberg-based LeukoSyStem consortium investigates leukaemia stem cells in acute myeloid leukaemia. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research financially supports this collaboration between Heidelberg University Hospital, HI-STEM gGmbH (German Cancer Research Center), and EMBL. more

Heidelberg, 10 March 2020 Science for all: the origins of Native Scientist Joana Moscoso, co-founder and director of the non-profit organisation Native Scientist, visited EMBL on 21 February to present her work in a Science and Society seminar. Her talk was called ‘The pursuit of a dream: science for me and for all’. more

Grenoble, 10 March 2020 It’s Lab Ski Day! In winter, EMBL Grenoble – located in the French Alps – is the perfect place for some skiing after work. It is no surprise that the yearly Lab Ski Day at EMBL Grenoble is a well-established tradition, going back to 1989. more

Heidelberg, 5 March 2020 New insights into gene regulation Scientists in EMBL’s Noh and Zaugg groups, with collaborators from the University of Pennsylvania, have investigated the role of a protein called H3.3 in regulating gene activity, as they report in Nature Genetics. more