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Are you a scientist looking for career-planning resources? The EMBL Fellows’ Career Service has recently launched new online resources for early-career researchers at EMBL and beyond, aimed at providing comprehensive career guidance to life scientists. Find the resources here: https://lnkd.in/gPb-5Xmi Learn more about these resources: https://lnkd.in/g6wJpz4F

Every year in October, EMBL Grenoble participates in La Fête de la Science – a week of activities to engage the general public in science and technology. This year’s theme was ‘Oceans of Knowledge’, a perfect opportunity to shine a light on EMBL’s scientific expedition TREC, a unique project to study European coastlines. Let’s dive into the different activities that EMBL Grenoble took part in: https://lnkd.in/eYQRfEJa GIANT Innovation Campus EMBL Science Education & Public Engagement Territoire de sciences BIOcean5D ESRF - The European Synchrotron ILL - Institut Laue Langevin

🚨 Fellowship application deadlines are coming up soon! 🚨   Apply until 31 December to EMBL fellowships covering all career stages.   👉 EMBL CPP fellowship Coverage up to 4 000,- € for travel & accommodation to carry experimental projects with an EMBL host research group. https://lnkd.in/dMeKahez   👉 EMBL Sabbatical Visitor fellowship An opportunity for senior scientists to spend up to one year at EMBL, fostering collaboration and research exchange with a coverage of up to 15 000 ,- € https://lnkd.in/eXpaUe5x   Don’t miss these opportunities to join EMBL’s scientific community!

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On 25 October 2024, EMBL Rome staff, alumni, and friends gathered to celebrate the 25th anniversary of EMBL’s Italian site. Here is a photo story with some impressions of the symposium and party organised to mark this special occasion: https://lnkd.in/dikiX9Xw Nadia Rosenthal, Ph.D., FMedSci, FAAHMS Walter Witke Phil Avner Mariano Maffei Laura Batti Kristina Havas-Cavalletti Donal O' Carroll Paschalis Kratsios Rosa C. Paolicelli

Scientists from the University of Texas, the University of Copenhagen, The Scripps Research Institute and EMBL Barcelona have identified human antibodies that could prevent the malaria parasite from causing life-threatening infections. This breakthrough could pave the way for future vaccines or treatments to protect people from severe malaria. Malaria, particularly in its severe forms, remains a global health and economic burden, causing deaths of more than 600,000 people every year – most of them African children under five. The culprit is the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum which infects and modifies red blood cells, causing them to stick to the walls of tiny blood vessels in the brain. “We used a chip to recreate brain microvessels in 3D, which we then infected with malaria parasites. We introduced the two antibodies into the vasculature and were impressed at how well they prevented infected blood cells from sticking to the vessels,” said Viola Introini, Marie-Skłodowska Curie postdoctoral fellow in Maria Bernabeu’s Group at EMBL Barcelona and co-first author of the work. Maria Bernabeu Viola Introini Parc de Recerca Biomedica de Barcelona Nature Magazine The University of Texas at Austin Scripps Research University of Copenhagen (Københavns Universitet) https://lnkd.in/d4AHinqp

In October, I2SL: International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories recognised EMBL with its Outstanding Lab Programs and Initiatives Award for 2024. EMBL’s Head of Sustainability shares the steps the institute has taken to make its research more sustainable and its continuing actions towards this goal: https://lnkd.in/e8YUAwQR

From head to tail: how cells give rise to our body plan We all start our lives as a symmetric ball of cells. In humans, during the initial weeks after fertilisation, embryonic cells undergo several rounds of division. Then comes gastrulation, a process that establishes our body plan. The Trivedi Group at EMBL Barcelona has now published a study in the journal Development that may enhance our understanding of the autonomous behaviour of mouse embryonic stem cells during early development. “It is believed that the anterior–posterior axis of our body, that means our head-to-feet structure, requires external signals to be developed. In our study, we show that cells can independently orchestrate the first steps of symmetry breaking, without any external input”, said Vikas Trivedi, Group Leader at EMBL Barcelona. Vikas Trivedi Nicola Gritti The Company of Biologists https://lnkd.in/djPh2bnh

Applications for the EIPOD-Linc Postdoctoral Fellowships Programme are open! Apply if you’re interested in working on self-designed interdisciplinary research, want to explore cutting-edge science, gain transferable skills, and work on projects related to human and planetary challenges. 🌍 For more information and application, visit: https://lnkd.in/e8T4Vm_p