Connecting, engaging and nurturing EMBL’s 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.
EMBL’s youngest site marks the European life-science laboratory’s golden anniversary by discussing the future of tissue biology, connecting with stakeholders and top researchers, and reuniting with EMBL alumni
Hans Clevers, the 2024 Kafatos Lecturer, shares thoughts on organoids, personalised medicine, drug development, and the importance of researchers going outside their ‘comfort zones’
and serendipity EMBL alumnus Thibaut Brunet, recipient of the 2024 John Kendrew Young Scientist Award, shares his scientific journey – from a childhood passion for nature to the discovery of a new species of choanoflagellate.
Since 2011, Roland Specker has sponsored the John Kendrew Young Scientist Award, which both supports early-career scientists while also honouring EMBL’s first director general.
EMBL's 50th anniversary symposium brought together its vibrant community, showcased its many scientific contributions, and drove discussions on the future of Europe's leading life sciences laboratory.
In the second session of Coffee with EMBL this year, held online on Friday 14 June 2024, EMBL alumni and current staff reflected on the 1990s as part of the “5 decades of EMBL” series, and considered how the culture and innovations of the nineties paved the way for current-day EMBL. Moderator…