Shreya Ghosh

EMBL organised a five-day summer school to help PhD students and postdocs learn more about research and development (R&D) related industry careers
The number of career paths available to PhDs is ever expanding, and the EMBL career service provides the next generation of scientists with the training, mentoring, and support needed to identify and progress in their desired careers. Many EMBL graduates go on to take up successful industry roles involving research and project management. To furthe...

EMBL and its partners have received funding from the European Commission for two new Twinning Projects, which will build expertise and research capacity in its member states
One of EMBL’s core missions is to integrate life-science research in Europe and globally. This involves not only providing excellent training and services to European researchers but also advancing the European life-science ecosystem as a whole to strengthen the quality and impact of research emerging from the region. One...

Scientists have discovered how the antiviral protein TRIM25 finds and binds viral RNA to activate an immune response
Every second of every day, our body is under attack. The invading agents are viruses, bacteria, parasites, toxins – living and non-living entities that might negatively impact our body’s functioning. What keeps us safe is a squad of patrolling superheroes – proteins that form an essential part of our innate immune system, the body’s first line of defence against invaders.
A new...

On International Women’s Day 2024, we hear from some of the women who have been working tirelessly in the field and behind the scenes as part of the Traversing European Coastlines (TREC) expedition
From Mary Agnes Chase, the botanist who expanded our understanding of Latin American flora, to Jane Goodall, the primatologist who spent five decades studying chimpanzees in Tanzania, to Eugenie Clark, the “Shark Lady” who has been a steadfast voice in marine conservation – women scientists have be...

19 January 2023
Lab MattersScience & Technology
Mucus present in the mouse colon can be visualised using Alcian blue staining, as imaged here by EMBL predoctoral fellow Linda Decker.
Have you recently suffered from a runny nose – whether due to a seasonal allergy or a bout of the flu? Mucus – more colloquially known as snot – is a slimy, watery solution that specialised glands in various parts of our body produce. While mucus may feel like a nuisance that has one always running for a tissue, ...

Scientists have shown how regenerating sea anemones restore their shape following a major injury
Summary
Some animals, such as the starlet sea anemone, can regenerate large parts of their body, even after major injuries.
EMBL researchers have shown this regeneration response involves cells and molecules in body parts far from the injury site and is directed towards restoring the animal’s original shape.
The study sheds new light on the fundamental importance of maintaining body shape in anima...

Award
The award recognises the team leader's work on developing Thermal Proteome Profiling (TPP), an unbiased proteomics approach for identifying protein targets of drugs and phenotyping cellular states.
Mikhail Savitski, EMBL Heidelberg Team Leader and Head of Proteomics Core Facility, has received the 2024 HUPO Discovery in Proteomic Sciences Award.
The Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) was established in 2001 and promotes the development and application of proteomics technologies for enha...

Grant
The EMBL Group Leader will receive €100,000 to support his research on molecular and cellular sources of robustness in development
Michael Dorrity, Group Leader in the Molecular Systems Biology Unit at EMBL Heidelberg has received the FEBS Excellence Award 2024, which will provide funding to support his research on environmentally-induced variability in molecules and cells, and its influence on developmental robustness.
The prestigious FEBS Excellence Awards programme supports early-car...

A two-week practical course introduced participants to the intricacies of studying the dynamic interplay between organisms and their changing environment, and how this interaction impacts development and evolution.

EMBL’s newly deployed Advanced Mobile Laboratory (AML) is bringing cutting-edge technologies to the European coast to help researchers study ‘life in context’.

Ukrainian scientist Sergiy Avilov uses the microscopy skills and scientific network he built at EMBL in his current role heading an Imaging Facility.

EMBL researchers have identified a novel mechanism that allows cells to sense obstacles in their path and avoid them while navigating complex environments

EMBL researchers are using a new cell sorting technology to gain new insights into cellular function in health and disease, as well as for other innovative applications.
The living world is made up of an astonishing variety of cells, and much of this diversity remains invisible unless one really goes looking. While identifying the characteristics of different cells has become easier and easier with advances in microscopy, scientists must also be able to isolate cells that look and behave diff...

EMBL researchers have made new strides into understanding and reversing genetic defects that underlie familial heart disease
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is one of the most common causes of heart failure, affecting nearly 1 in 400 people worldwide. Around 40-50% of DCM cases are estimated to have an identifiable genetic cause, which explains why the disorder often runs in families. In a pair of new studies published in Nature Communications, researchers from EMBL Heidelberg’s Steinmetz group ...

We caught up with 2023 Lennart Philipson Award winner Desmond Higgins for a chat about his time at EMBL, his research developing sequence alignment tools, and 20th-century bioinformatics.