Rooted in chaos theory, the butterfly effect describes how seemingly small actions can lead to dramatically different results. Software testing has its own version of this phenomenon. A tiny mistake, such as a typo in a line of code, is som…
Summary Phages are viruses that attack bacteria, and the two exist in a perpetual evolutionary arms race. New research from EMBL sheds light on a creative strategy that one such phage – T7 – deploys to overcome bacterial defence pathways. T…
What is the AMR portal? First released in late 2025, the AMR portal is a central hub connecting experimental phenotype and in silico genotype data for more than 170,000 bacterial samples. The new release makes it easier to discover and expl…
Humans develop at a slower rate than other mammalian species, like mice, but scientists are still trying to understand the molecular basis of these differences. Now, researchers from the Ebisuya Group at EMBL Barcelona and PoL-TU Dresden an…
The Rfam database has been a cornerstone resource for RNA sequence families for over two decades. When the team began planning a redesign, they saw an opportunity to put AI tools to the test. Philippa Muston, Full Stack Developer at EMBL-EB…
From fluid mechanics to nanomaterials to medical devices, Athanasios Athanassiadis has had a career spanning many research fields. His work led him to appreciate the important role customised experimental setups play in expanding the range
Opening a dialogue between scientists and diverse audiences can transform how society views science and how scientists understand the communities they serve. The aim of effective public engagement is to create spaces where everyone’s experi…
The European Commission has helped make ‘excellence’ the middle name for two new collaborative projects in which EMBL will play a key role. Building on its strong track record in Horizon Europe Widening actions, EMBL will continue to streng…
Three major European scientific communities have signed a historic agreement to protect European biodiversity through the Biodiversity Genomics Europe plus (BGE+) project. Backed by the European Commission and EU Commissioner for Fisheries
When Lisa Maier was filling out her application for the EMBL Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellowship (EIPOD) in 2014, she also prepared an answer to the typical question “Where do you see yourself in 10 years?” She would never have guesse…
Summary Cells tightly control which genes are activated when and where, and misregulation of this process can lead to dysfunction or disease. Using cutting-edge methods that allow them to test subtle variations in regulatory DNA sequences c…
RNAcentral is EMBL-EBI’s open resource for non-coding RNA (ncRNA) sequences. It brings together data from 57 expert databases of the RNAcentral Consortium, presenting them under stable identifiers with a common set of annotations, cross-ref…