EMBL’s People Stories: Discover our Oral History Archive
The EMBL Archive captures and preserves the personal experiences and testimonies of EMBL's people to maintain an unfiltered history.
Author: Maria Papanikolaou
Fotis Kafatos Collection
The EMBL Archive celebrates the sixth International Archives Week (#IAW2024) and introduces the newly created collection of Fotis Kafatos, EMBL's third Director General.
Archive and Records Management Highlights 2023
An article about EMBL's archive and records management activities during 2023.
Remembering the moment EMBL was established
The pivotal moment in establishing EMBL was the signing of the EMBL Agreement on May 10, 1973, followed by its ratification in July 1974.
Flashback May 1978: The EMBL Heidelberg Inauguration Day
The 5th of May 1978 is one of the historical moments of the EMBL development as it was the day of the inauguration of the EMBL Headquarters in Heidelberg. The decision for the site selection of the Laboratory was taken in 1971 by the European Molecular Biology Conference Working Group “Site…
Tracing the history of women in science at EMBL
On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2023, EMBL archivist Maria Papanikolaou discusses the traces left by the women in science who have passed through EMBL, irrevocably changing the organisation in small and big ways By Maria Papanikolaou, Archive and Records Manager, EMBL The EMBL…
Restart, Review, Rediscover
A brief overview of EMBL Archive and Records Management activities in 2022