Our mission is to train scientists. This blog is a platform for us to share updates on our annual programme, tips and tricks for scientists, new e-learning opportunities, and sometimes just something to make you smile.
The EMBL Course and Conference Office was established in 1983 to support EMBL scientists in the organisation of conferences, medium-sized workshops, practical courses, EMBL internal and one-off events.
In May 2024, members of the EMBL-EBI Training Team attended the Global Bioinformatics Education Summit in New York to discuss challenges and opportunities in bioinformatics education.
A few months ago, our Scientific Visitor Programme Manager, Claudia Martin, went to Belgrade to represent EMBL at the local Info Day related to the prospect membership and the opportunities available to the Serbian science sector. Read on to learn about her experience!
Every year on June 21, millions of people around the world come together to celebrate International Yoga Day. Established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2014, this day highlights the profound physical and mental benefits of practicing yoga. Originating from ancient India, yoga has…
Last month, we had the pleasure of welcoming onsite and virtual participants to the EMBO | EMBL Symposium ‘Cellular mechanisms driven by phase separation.’ The event brought together scientists from cell biology, biophysics, biochemistry, molecular biology, structural biology,…
Last April, our EMBO | EMBL Symposium ‘The mechanics of life: from development to disease’ took place in Heidelberg, Germany and virtually. We were happy to welcome 173 attendees to the Advance Training Centre in Heidelberg, Germany, and 57 virtual participants. This event gathered top experts…
In case you missed the EMBO Workshop 'Building networks 2024: engineering in vascular biology' we are presenting the best poster prize winners. Read on to find out about their research!
In April 2024 we had the pleasure of hosting the inaugural edition of the EMBO | EMBL Symposium ‘Diversity of plants: from genomes to metabolism’ at the Advanced Training Centre in Heidelberg. The new community flourished together during the four days of top-notch talks, coffee breaks…
Erkin Ibragimov is our Sponsorship Coordinator. He joined in October 2022. We learnt some interesting facts about Erkin from our conversation with him and hope that it will help you get to know him and his work better too.
As we mark World Malaria Day on April 25th, it’s a moment to reflect on the progress made in the fight against malaria and the challenges that still lie ahead. We do this because malaria remains a leading cause of preventable illness and death around the world. Despite concerted efforts,…
Members of EMBL-EBI Training have recently published the FAIR Training Handbook; a guide to making training materials Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. The handbook follows on from the success of the team’s paper written in 2020 ‘Ten simple rules for making training…