The EMBL&cetera
newsletter covers all five Laboratory
sites, bringing
news, events and announcements of interest to EMBL
staff and alumni. The
newsletter welcomes submissions and letters from
the EMBL community. It
is published bi-monthly.
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Issue 46, August 2008
New unit heads confirmed at summer Council meeting
Unravelling the mystery of cot death
A passage to India
From ESOF to the Kinderhaus: communication’s big! |
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Issue 45, June 2008
Platypus genome sequence offers ticket back in time
Time to shop! Go-ahead for PETRA III plans
"I had no idea what the day-to-day life of a scientist involves"
Women scientists prove it's no longer a man's world |
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Issue 44, April 2008
Meet Helke, the new Dean of Graduate Studies
EMBL's big in Japan
Would you really like to be 150 years old?
Make a date for Lab Day |
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Issue 43, February 2008
New webpages lead you through the grants maze
Positive feedback for the new-look PhD course
Would you give money to this man?
Interview: "I will never debate with a creationist" |
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Issue 42, December 2007
New faces at 2007's Winter Council meeting
EBI hosts VIPs at official opening of new building
"We try to encourage the children to find their talents"
PETRA-III gets her top on |
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Issue 41, October 2007
What's it really like to come to EMBL as a predoc?
Future plans from the new Head of Personnel
Official: Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine
Locally-run ELLS events kick off in Monterotondo |
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Issue 40, August 2007
Council Meeting: Australia to join as associate member state
New heads of units for EMBL Heidelberg
EMBL-EBI throws open the doors to training facilities |
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Issue 39, June 2007
ENCODE findings challenge views about human genome
Do you want to brush up on your skills?
Mice providing some answers to human questions |
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Issue 38, April 2007
First cell 'mapped' in 3D by EMBL researchers
An Indian adventure
A huge thumbs-up at Cambridge Science Festival
Trip to the frozen north for partnership talks |
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Issue 37, February 2007
"We want to find the best people to take us in new directions"
EMBL Hamburg tipped for the top
Liliana's forgetful mice hit world headlines
A passionate promoter of science |
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Issue 36, December 2006
Stamp of approval for future at winter Council meeting
Predocs return from Prague with their minds on disease
Check out 'EB-eye', a foolproof new search engine
Genes spring to mind at brain conference |
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Issue 35, October 2006
Work begins on the ATC
A non-crystallographer in Hamburg
Not just a job for the boys
A Meme Machine: Susan Blackmore visits EMBL |
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Issue 34, August 2006
First EMBL Council meeting for newest Member State
Hopes for a bigger, brighter future for the EBI
Group Leaders head to the coast in pursuit of a Partnership
FEBS in Turkey: the impact of affirmative action |
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Issue 33, June 2006
Croatia becomes nineteenth EMBL Member State
Retirement of an EMBL mover and shaker
From Google Earth to EMBLWorld
SPINE enters the next generation |
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Issue 32, April 2006
Major new training centre to be built at EMBL-Heidelberg
EIROforum launches science teaching journal
Christos heads for home
EUCOMM gets ahead of the game |
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Issue 31, February 2006
The CIBB opens its doors in Grenoble
Potonik pays a visit |
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Issue 30, December 2005
Draft EMBL Programme 2007–2011 presented to Council
It wasn't all work at "Biology at Work"
High-throughput facility inaugurated in Hamburg
Kafatos named Chairman of ERC Council |
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Issue 29, October 2005
Proteins translate into EMBL's biggest-ever conference
Where was everybody this Autumn?
EBI co-hosts major meeting on bioinformatics in drug discovery and design
Plans for the ERC pick up speed |
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Issue 28, August 2005
Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit enters new phase
What's new in EMBL's IT Services?
New beamline for EMBL-Hamburg |
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Issue 27, June 2005
Iain Mattaj takes over the helm of EMBL
EBI set to expand thanks to funding from UK agencies
Taking time out for reflection
Charity begins at home |
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Issue 26, April 2005
An interview with departing Director-General Fotis C.Kafatos
Nourishing the bioinformaticians of tomorrow: Open Day at the EBI
Taking a break from the bench
EU networks focus on complexes and pathways |
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Issue 25, February 2005
There's something for everyone in Karyn's Genomes
Daniel Dennett to deliver lecture at EMBL
EMBL participates in largest EC Science and Society grant
EMBL retreat: towards a Lab "postdoc culture" |
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Issue 24, December 2004
Iceland becomes EMBL's 18th member state
EMB-family celebrates big anniversaries
Science and Society tackles Time and Aging
Friends and colleagues gather at the
first EMBL Alumni Association reunion |
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Issue 23, October 2004
30 years of structural biology in Hamburg
Branco Weiss fellowship goes to EMBL alumnus
The curious incident of the disappearing helix
Time and Aging to take center stage at EMBL |
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Issue 22, August 2004
Mattaj named next DG at Council meeting
EC grants major award to PhD Programme
A wealth of information from a little fish
MitoCheck: on the trail of the cell cycle |
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Issue 21, June 2004
EMBL and DESY renew their vows
Chemical Genomics facility set to open
Lab Day 2004: from protein crystals to hard rock
Groundbreaking ceremony held for PSB |
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Issue 20, April 2004
New center for modeling and simulation
EuroStemCell project in Monterotondo
EMBO 3rd International Teachers Workshop
Get to know EMBL Ventures |
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Issue 19, February 2004
New collaborative projects for EMBL
Scientific advisors meet in Berlin
A modest proposal regarding Mars
November Science and Society conference
to explore time and aging |
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Issue 18, December 2003
"Centres" to promote cross-Unit research
Science in the European Constitution
Grand challenges in global health
A creative approach to "Physics and Life" |
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Issue 17, October 2003
EM core facility opens at EMBL Heidelberg
HD Forum draws welcome support
ALMF celebrates five years of looking at
really small things |
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Issue 16, August 2003
Ireland becomes EMBL's 17th member state
EMBL establishes
Endowment Fund
BMBF pledges one million Euro for
purchase of new electron microscope |
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Issue 15, June 2003
25 years in Heidelberg!
Become a bioinformaticist in five
easy lessons at a new EBI website |
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Issue 14, April 2003
EBI to co-host the world's largest
bioinformatics conference
EMBL researchers travel to Africa to help build community health center |
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Issue 13, February 2003
Medaka genome to be completed
EBI launches Genome Knowledge Base
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Issue 12, December 2002
EMBL groups help wrap up mouse, mosquito genomes |
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Issue 11, July 2002
Outstations to play key role in integrated projects |
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Issue 10, March 2002
EMBL and HD University Clinic
establish Partnership Unit |
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Issue 9, December 2001
Council acting to resolve salary dispute |
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Issue 8, August 2001
EMBL appoints heads for Hinxton and Monterotondo |
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Issue 7, March 2001
Exodus |
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Issue 6, December 2000
November Council meeting brings welcome news |
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Issue 5, October 2000
EMBL establishes technology transfer company |
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Issue 4, September 2000
Developing a new dialogue
EMBL/EMBO sponsor major Conference on Science and Society
EMBL's Scientific Programme 2001-2005 presented to Council |
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Issue 3, February 2000
EMBL Council passes resolutions
on important ILO, EBI issues |
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Issue 2, October 1999
A new look and feel for EMBL's
official WWW pages |
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Issue 1, July 1999
News about services, staff, science and society |
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