All heart
EMBL alumna Mariëlle van Kooten is part of a research community working to beat heart disease
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EMBL Alumni Awards 2021
Committee recognises outstanding contributions of EMBL alumni
A hidden medal
We all like a story about rediscovering treasures, right? Well, that’s just what happened recently at EMBL Grenoble!
Pandemic responses from alumni
At this challenging and unprecedented time, EMBL is proud that members throughout its community are finding creative and impactful ways to support global efforts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, alumni describe what they’ve been doing to aid research efforts and government responses where…
In remembrance of Suzanne Eaton
The life science community is deeply saddened by the death of Suzanne Eaton It is with enormous shock and sadness that we share the news of the death of EMBL alumna Suzanne Eaton, who went missing on the Greek island of Crete on 2 July, and tragically died as a consequence of a criminal act,…
Translating 2D scans into 3D prints
Peeking at the algorithms which are informing patients and aiding surgeons “The patient had been told that their knee looked like a smashed eggshell,” says Niall Haslam, EMBL alumnus and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at axial3D – a medical 3D printing company. “But they were still planning…
Generous support for EMBL Benefit Gala
Event raises nearly €50,000 for new undergraduate summer school. Fundraising expectations were exceeded at last year’s EMBL Benefit Gala in Heidelberg. The charity evening on 12 October aimed to raise support for the new ‘Summer School for Undergraduates – Talents teach Talents’.…
EMBL Archive inauguration
The EMBL Archive is open for business! In 2015, several boxes and many digital files greeted Anne-Flore Laloë on her first day at EMBL as the newly instated Archivist. Three years on, the EMBL Archive – now located in EMBL Heidelberg’s Building 14 – houses even more boxes, stacked neatly in…
EMBL in the UK 2018
On 21 May 2018, more than 80 researchers and EMBL alumni in the UK gathered in Edinburgh to learn about EMBL research, training and services, and to strengthen their scientific networks. Wendy Bickmore, the director of the Medical Research Council (MRC) Human Genetics Unit at the University of…
Ocean origins
EMBL alumna Èlia Benito-Gutiérrez on how her research and career evolved after searching the seas For Archimedes, the eureka moment came as he took a bath. For EMBL alumna Èlia Benito-Gutiérrez, the bath was a little bigger: she was on a boat in the Indian Ocean. Under the burning midday sun,…