Exploring the universe: Roel Wijnaendts
EMBL alumnus Roel Wijnaendts looks back at a long career in academic research and entrepreneurship that has left an indelible mark in the fields of instrumentation and optics
Author: Mehrnoosh Rayner
After EMBL: Thomas Graf
Alumnus Thomas Graf reflects on his time at EMBL, offering an update on his whereabouts and advice for young scientists.
4th EMBL Retirees’ Afternoon
More than 30 EMBL retirees and their spouses gathered for the 4th annual Retirees’ Afternoon on Friday 22 March 2019. Participants were welcomed back to EMBL by Matthias Hentze, EMBL Director. Mehrnoosh Rayner, EMBL Head of Alumni Relations, presented on what and who is new at EMBL,…
32nd EMBL Alumni Association board meeting
On 1 February 2019, the EMBL Alumni Association board gathered at EMBL Hamburg for their 32nd meeting. The agenda included current and upcoming developments at EMBL Hamburg by Matthias Wilmanns, as well as activities across EMBL by Matthias Hentze. There were also presentations on specific…
31st EMBL Alumni Association board meeting
On 20 July 2018, the EMBL Alumni Association board gathered at EMBL in Heidelberg for their 31st meeting. The agenda included updates on developments across EMBL and, in particular, on alumni relations, the alumni volunteer programme and international relations. There were also in-depth discussions…
EMBL team runs against cancer in 7th annual NCT race
EMBL again entered a team of staff and alumni in the 7th annual NCT race on 13 July 2018. EMBL’s team of 70 joined more than 4000 other race participants including patients and their families, physicians, scientists and friends of the NCT. Runners participated in the 2,7-kilometer circuit,…
Patricia Kahn: Alumni without borders
Patricia Kahn, former EMBL staff scientist from the Structural and Computational Biology Unit, writes about her humbling and rewarding experience working as medical editor of Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). “MSF is known for its medical work after natural disasters, in…
Emmanuel Lacroix: In the business of science
Emmanuel Lacroix works at the cross-section of science and industry, as Senior Director of Global Business Development for UCB, a Brussels-headquartered global biopharmaceutical company. With a PhD from EMBL’s Structural and Computational Biology Unit, Emmanuel began his career in the biopharma…
Claudia Bagni: On the road to understanding intellectual disabilities
Since joining the laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven) five years ago, former EMBL postdoc and Professor at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Claudia Bagni, has been appointed Director of the Neurogenetics Program at KU Leuven’s Center for Human Genetics…
Talmon Arad, EMBL alum at the Weizmann Institute
In 1976, Talmon Arad joined the EMBL Structural and Computational Biology Unit as a Research Technician for Kevin Leonard, whose task it was to build an electron microscope lab. Talmon had a few years’ experience in this field, and was looking forward to what turned out to be an incredible…