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This year saw the highest number of superbly qualified John Kendrew Young Scientist Award candidates, making the job of the selection committee very challenging indeed! Nonetheless, the decision was unanimous with the selection of Katharina Ribbeck as the recipient of the Award. Katharina, former…
It was the call for a practical mind that attracted Alan Sawyer to EMBL Heidelberg back in 1990. Alan joined EMBL as a technical assistant to do the antibody work (mono- and polyclonal) for Thomas Kreis’ and Eric Karsenti’s groups. In reality he ended up working for the whole Cell Biology Unit…
In the five years since Luxembourg became an EMBL member state, exchange of scientists and science has gathered pace. It’s now six months since the new building for the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) was officially opened at the University of Luxembourg – the only university…
There’s only one satisfactory solution when a selection committee is challenged to decide between two equally excellent candidates: two winners! And so, on Friday 16th December, the EMBL Alumni Association board selected Gáspár Jékely, former postdoc from the Rorth and then Arendt Group, and…
In September this year the EMBL Alumni Association will be holding its three-yearly board elections. The process will be conducted online, and candidates will comprise continuing and new board members who may serve for a period of three to six years in total. Who are we looking for? Ideally, the…
The EMBL Alumni Association is thrilled with a generous gift of €20,000 from Roland Specker in support of the John Kendrew Young Scientist Award – an Award that singles out and rewards former EMBL pre- and postdoc for their achievements in science and science communication. A stellar…
Three 1970s alumni now living in exotic locations share some warmth this chilly festive season… Coming to EMBL … “I was tired of the three-day work week, endless strikes, bomb explosions and annoying hoaxes of early-70s London. The job interview, conducted by Sir John Kendrew was, to my…
Revealing the transformations – past, present and future – of EMBL’s third Director General, Fotis Kafatos In the late 1960s, while describing the elegant biological and biochemical process of metamorphosis in the silk moth, thereby earning his professorship at Harvard, Fotis Kafatos may have…
New lab, land and non-stop BBQ weather Valerie Hilgers graduated on Lab Day, 11 June 2010, but unlike most, who walked from the lab or travelled from an Outstation to collect their awards, Valerie flew 13 hours from Singapore! In 2007, when Steve Cohen moved to Singapore to direct the Temasek Life…
In the world of science, recognition often comes quietly but leaves a lasting impact. Such is the case of Preben Morth, who was honored with the 2010 John Kendrew award on 11 June 2010. The award, presented by his former group leader, Paul Tucker, and orchestrated by Niovi Santama, Deputy Vice…