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EMBL
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Organigramme
EMBL is dedicated to basic research in molecular
biology, the provision of research services to its
member states and advanced training. The Laboratory
is supported by a central administration located
in Heidelberg.
Research
at EMBL is organized in eight Research Units: the
Cell Biology and Biophysics, Developmental Biology,
Gene Expression, and Structural and Computational
Biology Units at the main laboratory in Heidelberg,
the EMBL-EBI in Hinxton, and the Outstations in
Hamburg, Grenoble and Monterotondo. Each Unit consists
of a number of individual research groups. Collaboration
between these groups is extensive, and is supported
both by a system of joint appointments and the EMBL
Centres, cross-Unit focal points for interdisciplinary
projects.
Services
are developed and provided in close collaboration
between scientists and technical staff. The most
important services that are provided by EMBL are
core biomolecular databases and bioinformatics tools
at EMBL-EBI, the provision of beamlines, instrumentation
and high-throughput technology for structural biology
at the Outstations in Hamburg and Grenoble and the
core facilities for genomics and proteomics services.
Access to the services is provided through the Visitors
programme which hosts several thousand visitors
to EMBL every year.
Advanced Training
is organised in the EMBL Centre for Advanced Training
[EICAT]. The renown EMBL International PhD Programme
has currently enrolled 180 students from 30 countries.
EMBL can award its own PhD degree since 1997 and
collaborates very closely with 23 partner universities
in 16 countries. A programme for postdoctoral fellows
is providing networking activities, career advice
and vocational training to the 180 postdoctoral
fellows at EMBL. Each year EMBL organises a number
of scientific courses, workshops and conferences.
Outreach to the non-scientific community is organised
within the Science and Society Forum and the European
Learning Laboratory for the Life Sciences which
provides training courses for science teachers.
The Office of Information and Public Affairs is
responsible for publication of the Annual Report,
the EMBL et cetera newsletter, media relations and
the EMBL websites.
All of these activities are supported by an Administration
that deals with the administrative aspects of running
EMBL. This includes finance, personnel, estate management
safety, technology transfer and legal advice. |
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