Bridging artificial intelligence and the life sciences – launch of ELLIS Heidelberg

A newly established research unit will support artificial intelligence and machine learning in the life sciences, and will link its activities in Heidelberg with other research institutes internationally. The unit is part of ELLIS – the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems – and will enable substantial progress in data analysis in medicine and the life […]

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Life sciences open their doors for engineers

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory has secured 6.8 million Euros funding from the European Commission to launch a unique training programme. The ARISE Programme will train and develop Europe’s next generation leadership for research infrastructures in the life sciences. Research infrastructures are increasingly important to research and development activity by providing access to the latest […]

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New insights into epigenetic modifications

Scientists at EMBL Rome unveil the mechanism behind the most studied epigenetic modification. The press release including visuals can be found here: https://www.embl.org/news/science/new-insights-into-epigenetic-modifications/  ‘DNA makes RNA makes protein’ is a fundamental principle in molecular biology. The process of gene expression, namely creating RNA from a specific DNA sequence, is tightly regulated in different ways. The DNA […]

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