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It’s the one time of year when the EMBL community gets together in one place to celebrate scientific achievements, the Laboratory’s unique spirit, and draw inspiration from friends and colleagues. And one of the highlights of Lab Day, which took place on 10 July, is where EMBL celebrates the…
The 2014 John Kendrew Young Scientist Award recipient was selected on 21 November at the EMBL Alumni Association board meeting. Martin Jinek from the Czech Republic, former Structural and Computational Biology Unit predoc in the Conti lab, was chosen in recognition of the impact of his academic…
This year saw the highest number of superbly qualified John Kendrew Young Scientist Award candidates, making the job of the selection committee very challenging indeed! Nonetheless, the decision was unanimous with the selection of Katharina Ribbeck as the recipient of the Award. Katharina, former…
There’s only one satisfactory solution when a selection committee is challenged to decide between two equally excellent candidates: two winners! And so, on Friday 16th December, the EMBL Alumni Association board selected Gáspár Jékely, former postdoc from the Rorth and then Arendt Group, and…
‘Publish or perish’ is the mantra for many young researchers, but it was publishing of a very different kind that helped earn Amaicha Depino the John Kendrew Young Scientist Award for 2011. Since completing her EMBL postdoc in the Gross Group at Monterotondo (2004–2006), Amaicha has, with…
Award Ceremony On 11 June 2010, the John Kendrew Young Scientist Award winner Preben Morth, was presented with his medal by his former group leader Paul Tucker. Paul, now retired, was a group leader in the Structural and Computational Biology unit at EMBL Hamburg (1984-2009) and presented the award…
John Kendrew Award Ceremony 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.…
The EMBL Alumni Association Board is delighted to announce the winners of the inaugural John Kendrew Young Scientist Award. The extremely high standard of applications for this award made the task of selecting a single winner at the Alumni Association Board meeting on 23rd October 2007 extremely…