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Alumni Relations

Connecting, engaging and nurturing EMBLs global community of current and former scientists, technicians, communicators and administrators

The EMBL Alumni Relations programme is built to advance EMBL and the relevance of life science research in the scientific community and society at large, by fostering connections between the laboratory, its member states, current EMBL staff, EMBL alumni, and the public.

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Paula Sampaio: a champion for scientific services

Paula Sampaio, who is often seen walking through the corridors of the IBMC with a screwdriver, was a visiting scientist in the EMBL Cell Biology and Biophysics Gonzalez Group from 1995 to 2001. While responsible for maintaining the first Leica confocal microscope at EMBL and teaching scientists how…



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Pavel Tomancak: A model career

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…



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Anni Stenzel leaves after 13 years 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…


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2009 John Kendrew Young Scientist Award

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…


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3rd Local Chapter meeting in Greece

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…


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13th Alumni Association Board meeting

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…


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EMBL Alumni and ELLS collaborate

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…


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NMR alumni celebrate opening of NMR centre at EMBL Heidelberg

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 –…

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