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On 7 September the EMBL alumni from the Iberian Chapter celebrated their third meeting at the CIC bioGUNE in Bilbao. The day started with a welcome by CIC bioGUNE director José M. Mato, followed by presentations by Angel Nebreda and José Luis de la Pompa. After a visit to the laboratories of the…
Former EMBL predoc Silke Pichler does a juggling act with her roles as full-time cadre athlete in the Austrian national team, employee of the Austrian Triathlon Federation and Research Associate in the Department of Genetics at Cambridge University, UK. Silke, who studied in the Cell Biology Unit…
Australia to become an associate member
Today EMBL-Bank, the nucleotide sequence database of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), celebrates its 25th anniversary.
At their first meeting in Greece on 21-22 April, seventeen EMBL alumni discussed ways to inspire young scientists in their country. In the beautiful setting of Dilofo, Ioannina, attendees gave short presentations on their current scientific work, and summarised their professional and personal lives…
We are proud to have officially cut the ribbon of the EMBL-USA Chapter: the first Local Chapter Meeting was held on 9 December in San Diego, prior to the opening of the annual American Society of Cell Biology (ASCB) meeting. We had a good crowd for the lectures and dinner: Colin Stewart, Brian…
“Excuse me, waiter, I think there’s been a mistake – I actually ordered a large one.” A warm, sunny day in late summer on the shores of the Mediterranean. With this kind of setting, it didn’t take a lot of armtwisting to convince EMBL alumni to switch off their computers, hang up…
Croatia has officially joined the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) as the organisation’s 19th Member State.
The first local chapter meeting for EMBL alumni in the UK took place on 15 February at London’s University College. Forty scientists gathered for an afternoon of science and networking. Talks were given by ex-EMBL Group Leader Angus Lamond of Dundee University (“Time-lapse proteomics…
Her face has never appeared in this newsletter, as far as we can tell after rummaging through the archives, but her presence has been felt on every page for many years. Usually the staff of the Office of Information and Public Affairs (OIPA) remains behind the scenes as it manages EMBL’s internal…