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A medical revolution EMBL alumnus Raffaele De Francesco’s work on the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) led to a medical revolution. Previously, certain chronic viral infections had been kept under control using drugs, but it had never been possible to cure them completely by removing the virus from the…
Philipp keller was selected as the 2017 John Kendrew Young Scientist Award winner for ground-breaking work on light-sheet microscopy and computational technologies that allow whole-animal imaging. Much of the image analysis software and microscope blueprints developed by Philipp and his team are…
Matthias Mann was selected as the 2017 Lennart Philipson Award winner for his pioneering work in the field of mass spectrometry-based proteomics. Matthias has contributed breakthroughs that have revolutionised proteomics techniques in biomedical laboratories around the world. His contributions…
One of the highlights of Lab Day, which takes place this year at EMBL Heidelberg on 22 July, is when EMBL celebrates the very special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards. All staff and alumni are invited to attend the ceremony. Charting the way Jop Kind EMBL:…
High risk, high gain Melina Schuh’s approach to science has been described as “fearless”. But dig beneath this steely description of this year’s John Kendrew Award winner and you find a story of outstanding research, fast-track career progression, and innovative outreach. “In both my…
It’s the one time of year when the EMBL community gets together in one place to celebrate scientific achievements, the Laboratory’s unique spirit, and draw inspiration from friends and colleagues. And one of the highlights of Lab Day, which took place on 10 July, is where EMBL celebrates the…
Ingrid Sulston, former EMBL Genome Biology Diploma student and daughter of Nobel Prize winning scientist, John Sulston, shares her passion for science education, and the path that led her to this profession in Canada. “I am a science educator, a profession that I love, though it took me a while…
The 2014 John Kendrew Young Scientist Award recipient was selected on 21 November at the EMBL Alumni Association board meeting. Martin Jinek from the Czech Republic, former Structural and Computational Biology Unit predoc in the Conti lab, was chosen in recognition of the impact of his academic…
On 18 July, the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Lisbon and EMBL organised an event dedicated to molecular biology in Portugal and at EMBL – local alumni were involved as co-organisers, speakers and participants. More than 230 scientists took part in the event exploring connections…
Former Genome Biology Unit group leader Andreas Ladurner and colleagues, recently discovered the enzymes responsible for indicating when cell stress is over and when the cell machinery should come out of defence and repair mode to resume normal functions. They also found that the absence of one of…