The story of Clustal: democratising sequence alignments
We caught up with 2023 Lennart Philipson Award winner Desmond Higgins for a chat about his time at EMBL, his research developing sequence alignment tools, and 20th-century bioinformatics.
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After EMBL: Thomas Graf
Alumnus Thomas Graf reflects on his time at EMBL, offering an update on his whereabouts and advice for young scientists.
EMBL Alumni Awards Announced for 2023
Two former EMBL scientists have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to the fields of science communication and multiple sequence alignment research, respectively
EMBL Alumni Relations: 2022 in review
As 2022 draws to a close, we thank our alumni for the many ways in which they have supported EMBL during the first year of our new Programme, Molecules to Ecosystems.
EMBL in Spain: from EvoDevo to Tissues
More than a hundred scientists from across Spain and Europe met at the Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD) for the 2022 ‘EMBL in Spain’ event
Inaugural Kafatos Lecture brings outstanding science to the global public
The public lecture by Denis Duboule has been streamed worldwide from the Cultural Conference Centre of Heraklion, Greece.
Patrick Cramer elected as next President of the Max Planck Society
Former chair of EMBL Council to take office as the next President of the Max Planck Society in June 2023.
2022 EMBL Alumni Awards Winners announced
Two former EMBL staff members have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to research in the fields of brain evolution and cancer.
EMBL in Italy event held at GSK Vaccines in Siena
The GSK Vaccines site in Siena hosted the annual EMBL in Italy event on 26-27 May 2022. The hybrid meeting brought together industry leaders, representatives from biotech start-ups, data scientists, and researchers from academia.
Academia, industry, or somewhere else?
New analysis of EMBL alumni highlights an evolving career landscape with a wide range of opportunities for early-career life scientists.