Notably, in 2024, the European Commission funded EMBL’s unique infrastructure training programme, ARISE2. Additionally, TREC and the anniversary celebration lent themselves to important engagement activities, with impacts felt throughout Europe.
“I gained bioinformatics skills that are aiding my research on animal pathogens, animal disease diagnosis, and training students at home. EMBL-EBI’s research culture with its different research talks, group meetings, and journal club sessions showed me the importance of academic discussions. I will model all these aspects in our laboratory.”
– Oladipo Omotosho, Senior Lecturer at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, talking about his sabbatical at EMBL
AI increasingly helps advance life science research, and a new EMBO | EMBL conference helped show how AI is making a difference in biology and bioinformatics. At EMBL Rome, the presence of EMBL’s Advanced Mobile Laboratory allowed for a unique scientific workshop on flow cytometry.
The EMBO | EMBL Symposium ‘AI and biology’, brought together people from a variety of disciplines to discuss how AI is making a difference in biology and bioinformatics.
A scientific workshop on flow cytometry was organised at EMBL Rome, taking advantage of the presence of the Advanced Mobile Laboratory, the biggest unit of EMBL’s mobile lab fleet.
EMBL’s Scientific Visitor Programme enables high-level scientific exchange and cross-fertilisation of ideas and technologies through sabbatical fellowships for researchers.
“ARISE2 specifically addresses the gap in technology development and professional training within Europe’s research infrastructure landscape.”
– Monika Lachner, Programme Director, Interim Head of EICAT
The European Commission renewed funding for EMBL’s unique infrastructure training programme, ARISE2, helping to provide training and support that advances research infrastructure management and technology development. Additionally, EMBL Fellows’ Career Service launched new online resources for early-career researchers at EMBL and beyond, aimed at providing comprehensive career guidance.
ARISE fellow Melanie Schneider shares how she uncovered a new interest in research infrastructures and supporting discovery.
EMBL received renewed funding from Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions COFUND for ARISE2. The programme will advance excellence in research infrastructure management and technology development.
EMBL Fellows’ Career Service launched new online resources for early-career researchers at EMBL and beyond, aimed at providing comprehensive career guidance.
“’Unfold Your World’ offers an opportunity for lots of young people to enjoy reflecting on the beauty of protein structures and the pivotal role played by proteins in the body and nature, and to create something they can be proud of and feel they want to share.”
– Agnes Szmolenzsky, Head of SEPE (2022-2024)
A beautiful tribute to EMBL’s 50th anniversary was a large-scale collaborative art-meets-science project that involved and invited teenagers from member states to learn more about the roles of proteins in nature, health, and disease. Also ‘large’ was a life-size game inspired by the TREC expedition that was used in public outreach to provide an inside view of the world of coastal ecology research.
The project helped inform and educate young people about the important roles proteins play in nature, health, and disease.
EMBL-coordinated project BIOcean5D ran its first workshop for teachers, helping bring inland communities closer to marine science and ocean literacy.
A life-size game inspired by the Traversing European Coastlines (TREC) expedition provided the public with an inside view of the world of coastal ecology research.
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* Does not include former PhD students finalising their projects via a bridging postdoc contract.
EMBL’s public engagement is aimed at fostering a pipeline of scientists and building community awareness of the role molecular biology plays in understanding themselves and the planet.
These numbers include public engagement activities delivered as part of the TREC project
