{"id":23,"date":"2023-05-29T22:41:20","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T22:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/bioethics\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T11:23:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T11:23:41","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/bioethics\/","title":{"rendered":"About Bioethics Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-2\"><div class=\"vf-grid__col--span-2\"><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<p class=\"vf-lede\">The Bioethics Services team provide advice and support on the practical implementation of ethical questions arising during EMBL&#8217;s research<\/p>\n<!--\/vf-lede-->\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bioethics Services provides ethics-related advice across human, animal, environmental and technological ethics. They are responsible for research ethics governance, such as managing and supporting EMBL&#8217;s internal research ethics committees, providing the secretariat for the EMBL Ethics Board, and for delivering training. Applications for approval from the relevant EMBL Ethics Committee must be made via our online Ethics Application Portal, which is linked below. All application forms and checklists of documents to be are provided are included on our Bioethics Governance page.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>\n    <\/style>\n\n<section id=\"wp-block-2\">\n  <div class=\"vf-card-container  | vf-u-fullbleed  \n  | vf-u-background-color-ui--white \">\n          <div class=\"vf-section-header | vf-u-margin__bottom--600\">\n        <h2 class=\"vf-section-header__heading\" >\n        Bioethics Services Team    <\/h2>\n              <\/div>\n      \n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-3\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n<div class=\"vf-content-hub-html\" data-cache=\"fb1ce402\">\n      <!-- Generated by: 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class=\"vf-profile__link\">Alexander Aulehla<\/a>\n                  <\/h3>\n      \n              <p class=\"vf-profile__job-title\">\n          Head of Developmental Biology Unit and Scientific Head of LAR\n        <\/p>\n      \n              <p class=\"vf-profile__text\">\n          Developmental Biology Unit\n        <\/p>\n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n            <a class=\"vf-text vf-text--body-r vf-link embl-conditional-edit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/node\/79304\/79304\" target=\"_blank\">\n        Edit\n      <\/a>\n    <\/article>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n<div class=\"vf-content-hub-html\" data-cache=\"eb0efdc5\">\n      <!-- Generated by: 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Francesco Mariani<\/a>\n                  <\/h3>\n      \n              <p class=\"vf-profile__job-title\">\n          Legal Officer\n        <\/p>\n      \n              <p class=\"vf-profile__text\">\n          Legal Services\n        <\/p>\n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n            <a class=\"vf-text vf-text--body-r vf-link embl-conditional-edit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/node\/172695\/172695\" target=\"_blank\">\n        Edit\n      <\/a>\n    <\/article>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-3\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n<div class=\"vf-content-hub-html\" data-cache=\"57c592cf\">\n      <!-- Generated by: 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