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Catalan biologist Arnau Sebé Pedrós has received almost €4 million to start the cellular catalog of life on Earth

Placozoans separated from human beings 800 million years ago. They barely measure a millimeter, but their cells contain neuropeptides, which can transmit messages like neurons

The building blocks of our brain cells may have begun to form back when our ancestors were still a blobby collection of animal cells oozing through the ocean's shallows.

Researchers propose that placozoans, one of the simplest kinds of animals, may contain the blueprint for the neurons of more complex creatures.

The Eppendorf SE Young European Investigators 2022 Award ceremony, which took place at the spectacular and dynamic EMBL Advanced Training Centre in Heidelberg, Germany (5 July), celebrated its return as a face-to-face event since 2019 and with an exceptionally strong field of applicants the decision was made, for the first time, to nominate two finalists in addition to the winner. Click to read more...

Stony coral Researchers at the University of Haifa, the Centre for Genomic Regulation (Barcelona), and the Weizmann Institute have managed to sequence – for the first time – the genetic program of each cell type in stony corals. This allows researchers to understand exactly which cells take part in key processes in the coral’s development, such as skeleton formation, the immune system, and so forth. Advertisement The joint study was published in the prestigious journal Cell. â€�...