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One of the interesting career paths outlined at the ‘Where next after EMBL’ event was that of former EMBL predoc Pavel Tomancak, now a group leader at the MPI for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) in Dresden. He has gained experience in three very different fields during his…
To stay in academia, you have to be convinced about the topic you are working on, and be sure that it’s going to motivate you for the next ten to fifteen years.” This was the message from former EMBL Monterotondo group leader Walter Witke at the ‘Where next after EMBL?’ event at EMBL…
EMBL Heidelberg said goodbye to some very familiar faces on 30 June when EMBL’s obligation to tender for cleaning services meant that the Gegenbauer company’s tenure at the lab ended. No one was more sad to leave than supervisor Anni Stenzel, who for 13 years has led the team of ladies in their…
Photo Gallery An extremely well-attended part of EMBL’s labday was the John Kendrew Young Scientist Award Ceremony. Ken Holmes, former Head of Unit at EMBL Hamburg (1975-1977) and close friend and advisor to the late John Kendrew, presented the award to the winner, Julius Brennecke. Formerly an…
For the third year running, EMBL alumni in Greece met for a weekend break in Dilofo on 13th-15th June. The focus of their meeting was to further develop means of encouraging young people pursuing a career in science. Several of the participating Greek alumni had already visited schools to give…
The Alumni Association held their thirteenth board meeting on 11 May 2009 at EMBL Heidelberg. This was the first meeting to be chaired by Giulio Superti-Furga, who made it all the sweeter with an original Sachertorte from Vienna! A major item for discussion was the future of the John Kendrew Young…
The EMBL European Learning Laboratory for the Life Sciences (ELLS) has been helping EMBL alumni to attract school leavers in their country to a career in science, and sharing know-how on providing an infrastructure to help teachers with science teaching. Barely had ELLS been established at EMBL in…
There was much heartfelt handshaking and back-slapping at the official opening of the upgraded high-field NMR centre at EMBL Heidelberg on 13 March, as the tight and relatively small European NMR community came together for a day-long symposium. Attendees included the ex-EMBL NMR group leaders –…
EMBL alumnus George Christophides and his colleagues at Imperial College London have made a major breakthrough in malaria research by discovering how mosquitoes’ immune systems fight off the parasites. “Far from being the ‘bad guys’, mosquitoes are unwilling carriers of the…
Britta Schläger has two tips for anyone applying for an EC grant: prepare your proposal carefully, and get managerial help as early as you can. Easier said than done? Look no further. Britta – the first research technician in the Hentze Group, who started at EMBL in 1989 – is celebrating the…