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Her face has never appeared in this newsletter, as far as we can tell after rummaging through the archives, but her presence has been felt on every page for many years. Usually the staff of the Office of Information and Public Affairs (OIPA) remains behind the scenes as it manages EMBL’s internal…
The Alumni Association board was delighted by the number of candidates who stood for election and the number of members who voted in September. Election results were announced at a meeting in Rome on 2 November, bringing the board to 16 members. The board would like to thank past members who have…
Just because they’ve left EMBL doesn’t mean they’ve left the spirit of EMBL behind… Nearly 30 members of the EMBL Alumni Association’s Iberian Chapter met at the Center for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona on October 7, 2005. The meeting, organised by Juan Valcárcel, kicked off with…
More than a thousand life scientists descended on the Saxon city of Dresden in September for the 2005 installment of the European Life Scientist Organization’s annual meeting. The event provides a crucial opportunity for Europe’s life scientists to meet, get an update on the latest research in…
It’s time to vote! Every few years, members of the EMBL Alumni Association are given the opportunity to elect representatives to the Association’s board. These alumni have been hard at work organising activities and initiatives to help support the network of nearly 1,000 association…
Dr. Iain Mattaj today took over the leadership of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory [EMBL], a prominent basic research and training institute with laboratories in France, Germany, Italy and the UK.
After receiving his PhD from EMBL in 1999, EMBL alumnus Michael Boutros followed a road less traveled. He went to Harvard’s prestigious Kennedy School of Government to do a two-year masters degree in Public Administration. After that, he headed back to the bench, and in 2003 he returned to…
In 2004, ELLS travelled south to forge sustainable links between teachers and research institutions in Italy. Our first port of call was Milan. The idea of organizing a course in Milan started to germinate about one year ago, when Maria Luisa Tenchini, an EMBL alumna who is a Genetics Professor in…