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Dorota Badowska
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Comms officer at @embl.org. Former neuroscientist and
scientific editor. Passionate about science and its potential to tackle global challenges. Metalhead. Views are my own.
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Imagine a future where your medical history could help forecast what health conditions you might face.

Introducing a new AI model trained on anonymised medical records that estimates long-term risk for over 1,000 diseases over a decade in advance.

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AI model forecasts disease risk decades in advance | EMBL
New AI model can estimate the long-term risk of over 1,000 diseases and forecast human health changes over a decade in advance.
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September 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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EMBL Hamburg is recruiting a group leader in Infection Biochemistry.
embl.org EMBL @embl.org · Sep 17
Are you ready to lead ground-breaking research in Infection Biochemistry?

We are recruiting outstanding scientists to establish research groups based at @cssbhamburg.bsky.social tackling fundamental questions in molecular mechanisms of infection.

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Text box says: "We are hiring".
September 17, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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With its scientific expeditions, EMBL is pioneering a new era of field-based molecular life sciences. 🚌🔬

Supported by the Klaus Tschira Stiftung & many partners, these ‘labs on wheels’ enable the study of life in context across Europe, with a view to global impact. 🌍🧬

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Collage of three photos: 1) the EMBL TREC fleet is driving next to the coast; 2) three scientists are taking samples on a grassy field; 3) a scientist is cryo-preserving samples. Behind her, there is a lab bench with equipment visible.
August 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Reposted by Dorota Badowska
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🌐 EMBL’s new initiative is set to transform life science research through full AI integration – from genomics to drug discovery.

💡 Funding from the Hector Foundation is dedicated to attracting interdisciplinary talent, boosting infrastructure, training, & innovation.

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Caption+Credit: EMBL’s AI Strategy aims to transform life sciences by integrating AI across research areas like genomics, drug discovery, and imaging. Creative team/ EMBL
August 1, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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embl.org
📢 Applications are now open for the #ARISE2 Fellowship Programme

With funding from MSCA, the programme trains scientists to become leaders in research infrastructures and innovate in the life sciences. 🧪

Apply here: www.embl.org/training/ari...
June 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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This year, our French site is celebrating its 50th anniversary 🎂
We're proud to celebrate with partners, alumni, and collaborators who are part of our scientific journey.
Thank you for insightful discussions & reflections on past and future achievements.

Here's to the next 50 years of discovery! 🥂
Stakeholders attending EMBL Grenoble's 50th anniversary. Credit: UtopikPhoto
July 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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EMBL Hamburg scientists have discovered a group of microbial cold-loving molecules, ‘cryorhodopsins’, with extraordinary abilities.

They are the first observed molecules that can act as both on and off switches for electrical activity in cells.
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July 7, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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We are pleased to present our position paper outlining EMBL’s recommendations for European Commission’s upcoming ‘Strategy for European Life Sciences'.

Our recommendations span several interconnected areas, e.g. research infrastructures, data resources, AI & training.

www.embl.org/news/embl-an...
The future of European life sciences | EMBL
EMBL’s position paper outlines its key recommendations for European Commission’s upcoming ‘Strategy for European Life Sciences’.
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May 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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What are the exciting topics in AI for life sciences right now? Find out in the article below 👇
embl.org EMBL @embl.org · Apr 23
How is AI transforming life sciences – and what’s holding it back?

Participants of the 5th EMBL Partnership Conference share insights on data challenges, validation hurdles, and why collaboration is key.

👉 www.embl.org/news/connect...

#EMBLAIOneHealth
Group photo of the conference participants taken in front of the EMBL Imagine Centre in Heidelberg.
April 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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How is AI transforming life sciences – and what’s holding it back?

Participants of the 5th EMBL Partnership Conference share insights on data challenges, validation hurdles, and why collaboration is key.

👉 www.embl.org/news/connect...

#EMBLAIOneHealth
Group photo of the conference participants taken in front of the EMBL Imagine Centre in Heidelberg.
April 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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👇 Check out our series of short stories that spotlight proteins through the eyes of scientists.

It highlights the human side of science—the beauty and joy that researchers find in molecules. 🤩
embl.org EMBL @embl.org · Apr 10
Science is full of wonder, creativity, and unexpected stories!

🌟 In this special series, EMBL scientists share their passion about proteins in stories full of curiosity and imagination.

👀 Join us in uncovering nature’s hidden structures!
Complete series here: www.embl.org/news/tag/cut...

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Intro slide with cute drawings in the background and a text box saying "The cute side of proteins. Behind every scientific discovery, lies a story. Often this story is of a scientist and their passion and awe for nature’s design." A woman is making the shape of a heart with her hands. Next to her is a model of molecular structure of a protein overlaid on a drawing of the human heart. A text box below says: "Maria Costanzo from EMBL Barcelona is fascinated by the YAP protein – its interesting abilities and its heart shape.". Protein reference: Alphafold P46938. A man is blowing soap bubbles. Next to him is a circular shape containing several protein structures, which have an empty middle and concentrically arranged petal-like parts. The text box above says: "Veijo Salo from EMBL Heidelberg describes his favourite protein, seipin, as a molecular bubble blower, tightly holding fat bubbles inside a cell." Protein reference: PDBe SDS5. A woman is petting a complex of molecules that looks like a poodle. The text below says: "Sarah Gharbi from EMBL Grenoble describes this protein complex as a poodle: it has a head (E.coli elongation factor protein), a muzzle (tRNA), a body (SidH), and even a flexible tail, like a dog!". Protein reference: PDBe 8QFS.
April 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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(2/2) On Rare Disease Day, we’re highlighting EMBL's molecular biology research & services in this area.

Check out our collection of stories:
www.embl.org/news/tag/rar...
Chromosomes with a red glowing spot to indicate genetic variation. DECIPHER is EMBL's database for genetic and phenotypic data, which helps further our understanding of rare diseases. EMBL-EBI data resources help deliver thousands of genetic diagnostics to patients every month. Eye with genomic data and optical coherence tomography (OCT) image in the background. Image and genomic data analysis uncovered new information about rare retinal dystrophies.
February 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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(1/2) On Rare Disease Day, we’re highlighting EMBL's molecular biology research & services in this area.

Check out our collection of stories:
www.embl.org/news/tag/rar...
EMBL-EBI is part of the Solve-RD consortium, a project for rare disease data collection and harmonisation Scientists identified a novel mechanism driving osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer in children, to help predict patient outcomes. Visual metaphor showing the transport of vitamin B1 in the body. Structural biologists revealed how mutations in a key protein cause vitamin B1 deficiencies in the brain, leading to rare neurological diseases.
February 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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The analogy of omics data normalization and cooking:
some processing is usually necessary, overcooking makes it bland, highly over-processed foods are unhealthy, and the quality of the ingredients matters.
February 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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I had the pleasure to contribute this story to the EMBL cycle about cute proteins.

Read it to learn astonishing facts about a tiny but remarkable (and cute!) protein that prevents snow fleas from freezing on the snow.
embl.org EMBL @embl.org · Feb 24
Science is about facts and logic. But it’s also about awe for nature's design.

Yehudi Bloch, ARISE Fellow at EMBL Hamburg, talks about a quirky molecule that keeps amusing him: the antifreeze protein found in snow fleas.

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Cute molecules and the scientists who adore them: Yehudi Bloch | EMBL
Yehudi Bloch, ARISE Fellow at EMBL Hamburg, talks about the quirky protein that allows snow fleas to survive in sub-zero temperatures.
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February 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Science is about facts and logic. But it’s also about awe for nature's design.

Yehudi Bloch, ARISE Fellow at EMBL Hamburg, talks about a quirky molecule that keeps amusing him: the antifreeze protein found in snow fleas.

www.embl.org/news/people-...
Cute molecules and the scientists who adore them: Yehudi Bloch | EMBL
Yehudi Bloch, ARISE Fellow at EMBL Hamburg, talks about the quirky protein that allows snow fleas to survive in sub-zero temperatures.
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February 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Personally, I'm a fan of yerba mate, which added to my excitement about this new stdy that mapped the yerba mate genome.

This research, which involved my colleagues at EMBL Hamburg, could enable creating new yerba mate varieties in the future. I'd definitely love to see a decaf version one day 🧉🌿🤞
embl.org EMBL @embl.org · Feb 3
Scientists at University of Buenos Aires, EMBL Hamburg, and others mapped yerba mate’s genome, providing surprising facts about its biochemistry and evolution of caffeine biosynthesis. 🧉🧬🧪

Find out more: www.embl.org/news/science...

@spcembl.bsky.social
A cup of yerba mate on a wooden surface and some dried yerba mate next to it.
February 3, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Reposted by Dorota Badowska
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Scientists at University of Buenos Aires, EMBL Hamburg, and others mapped yerba mate’s genome, providing surprising facts about its biochemistry and evolution of caffeine biosynthesis. 🧉🧬🧪

Find out more: www.embl.org/news/science...

@spcembl.bsky.social
A cup of yerba mate on a wooden surface and some dried yerba mate next to it.
February 3, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Reposted by Dorota Badowska
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Protein clumps in the brain are tied to neurodegenerative diseases, but measuring them is difficult.

EMBL Hamburg’s SAXS team and @lemkelab.bsky.social developed an approach to quantitatively characterise clumping with anomalous X-ray scattering in solution.

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Several curvy strings, representing protein chains, have glowing balls, representing the labels, attached to each other their ends. The distance between the glowing balls is measured by rulers. A ray of light representing X-rays shines at them from the top left.
January 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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embl.org
EMBL and @ellis.eu signed a Memorandum of Understanding to drive AI in European science research, training and tech.

The agreement will promote interdisciplinary training and develop innovative projects that address pressing challenges in human and planetary health.

www.embl.org/news/connect...
A group picture of the event participants in front of a slide displaying text: "Shaping Europe's AI Leadership: Insights from Science; 14 January 2025 | Brussels". EMBL Director General Edith Heard (left) and ELLIS President Bernhard Schölkopf (right) are signing the Memorandum of Understanding between EMBL and ELLIS. EMBL Director General Edith Heard is speaking to microphones. The slide behind her displays text: "Shaping Europe's AI Leadership: Insights from Science; 14 January 2025 | Brussels". Four panelists are talking at a stage, observed by the audience. The slide behind them displays text: "Shaping Europe's AI Leadership: Insights from Science; 14 January 2025 | Brussels; Panel Session 1: AI in Science: Data to Insights and Back".
January 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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It was a delight to interview Maria Costanzo, a former predoc at EMBL Barcelona. She spoke about a cute protein that helps cells 'tap their way through darkness'.

👇 Read her story below.

Thanks Isabel Romero Calvo for the wonderful visual! Working with her made this project even more enjoyable.
embl.org EMBL @embl.org · Jan 7
Cellular proteins have the power to make the hearts of molecular biologists beat faster.

For Maria Costanzo, predoc at EMBL Barcelona, such a protein is YAP, a molecule that enables the cell to ‘tap its way through darkness’.

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Cute molecules and the scientists who adore them: Maria Costanzo | EMBL
Maria Costanzo, former predoc at EMBL Barcelona, talks about YAP, her favourite protein in the shape of a heart.
www.embl.org
January 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Reposted by Dorota Badowska
embl.org
Cellular proteins have the power to make the hearts of molecular biologists beat faster.

For Maria Costanzo, predoc at EMBL Barcelona, such a protein is YAP, a molecule that enables the cell to ‘tap its way through darkness’.

www.embl.org/news/people-...
Cute molecules and the scientists who adore them: Maria Costanzo | EMBL
Maria Costanzo, former predoc at EMBL Barcelona, talks about YAP, her favourite protein in the shape of a heart.
www.embl.org
January 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Congratulations to @beacasati.bsky.social and Isabel Romero Calvo for this fabulous short story.

Watch this space for more stories about scientists and cute proteins they adore.
embl.org EMBL @embl.org · Dec 16
Can you hold a soap bubble without releasing it from the bubble blower ring? 🫧

Seipin, the favourite #protein of Veijo Salo, PostDoc at EMBL Heidelberg, can! Its bubbles are made of fat, which is thus stored for later use.

#MolBiol #SciComm
@veijosalo.bsky.social

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December 17, 2024 at 9:36 AM
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I'm delighted to invite you to the first of our stories about EMBL scientists & cute proteins they love.

Watch this space for more cute proteins coming soon!

Big thanks to Sofia and my colleagues in the EMBL Comms Team for fantastic creative teamwork that made this project so much fun!

#SciComm
embl.org EMBL @embl.org · Nov 27
For many molecular biologists, #proteins are not only objects of study, but also dear friends (or enemies).

Sofia Rucli from EMBL Rome talk about her relationship with the protein OGT, a molecular ‘candy man’ of the cell.

🧶 #MolBiol #SciComm @sofiarucli.bsky.social
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November 27, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Reposted by Dorota Badowska
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For many molecular biologists, #proteins are not only objects of study, but also dear friends (or enemies).

Sofia Rucli from EMBL Rome talk about her relationship with the protein OGT, a molecular ‘candy man’ of the cell.

🧶 #MolBiol #SciComm @sofiarucli.bsky.social
www.embl.org/news/people-...
November 27, 2024 at 5:33 PM