EMBL is deeply saddened by the passing of our Interim Director General Peer Bork, a pioneering scientist who left an indelible imprint on life science research in Europe and beyond.
We extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
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Highly recommend this (literally life-changing) course at the MBL to anyone who wants to do the most amazing projects as part of an incredible group of scientists from diverse backgrounds, joined by their shared passion for moving cell biology forward! Check it out at the virtual open house!
Jenny Sachweh
EMBL
Interested in the MBL Physiology Course and want to learn more before you apply?
Join our Virtual Open House on Tues, Jan 6, 2026 | 2–3 PM ET to meet the team, hear what the course experience is like, and get your questions answered.
🔗 Register/Join: https://go.mbl.edu/r5q
Happy to see that our paper on NPC (a)symmetry inspired a newspaper article!
Marine Biological Laboratory
Jenny Sachweh
CryoET of symbiotic cell-cell interfaces 🦑🦠
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Organelles do NOT have a single uniform pH.
And if you think they must, because “protons diffuse fast,” this paper is for you.
A thread on why that assumption is wrong; and what we found instead. 🧵 1/n
Very happy to say that our work on how axonemes are generated is now available on bioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... - if you’ve ever wondered how the incredibly beautiful, complex structures within motile #cilia are constructed then this is for you!
🚨 Alarm!!! 🚨
AI/ML course for microscopy image analysis!!! 🧐
In 2026 at Janelia (@hhmijanelia.bsky.social), no tuition, housing and meals provided! Isn’t that borderline unbelievable?!?
20 students, ~14 TAs and lecturers
🗓️ June 4-18 2026
✍️ Jan 15 2026 ✍️
🔁 pls!!
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My group at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social is offering a post-doctoral position (4 years). We look for a structural biologist with experience in Cryo-EM/Cryo-ET to investigate the mechanisms of host invasion by pathogenic fungi. Deadline February 28th!
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Topics The following will be covered extensively during lectures, exercises, and project work: Image denoising and restoration (fully supervised and self-supervised) Image translation (e.g.,
Les pores nucléaires sont les portes du noyau de nos cellules. Pour réguler le trafic entre compartiments, ces portes sont orientées et sécurisées comme des postes de contrôle transfrontaliers.
Comment s’organise leur assemblage dissymétrique entre une face et l’autre?
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CARTE BLANCHE. Dans sa Carte blanche au « Monde », Alice Lebreton décortique l’organisation de ces tunnels entre le noyau et le reste de la cellule, à la lumière d’une protéine responsable du transpor...
Anthony A. Hyman will become EMBL’s next Director General.
He joins EMBL from @mpi-cbg.de in Dresden. He is also Professor of Molecular Biology @tudresden.bsky.social, and was a group leader at EMBL Heidelberg from 1993 to 1999.
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