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Five key takeaways from an EMBL | EMBO Symposium that explored the ‘wild frontiers’ of model organisms, from phytoplankton to sea anemones, waterstriders, roundworms, and more by event reporter Kausthubh Ramachandran.
From 20th to 22nd May 2025, Plasmodium and Toxoplasma experts gathered from around the world in the idyllic city of Heidelberg to discuss the latest advancements in the biology and pathology of the malaria parasite.
Written by Ahmed Adel Ezat, PhD, lecturer at the Biophysics Department, Faculty of Science Cairo University, Egypt. Ahmed attended this meeting remotely, which is a great opportunity for those who are unable or unwilling to travel. Find out more about our virtual event platform!
Event report by Jesus Victorino, PhD student at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain. Four Novembers ago, I arrived in Heidelberg on my 24th birthday which I celebrated carrying my first poster as a freshmen PhD student. Back in those days, a hypothesis with an outline of my future experiments…
From our virtual event reporter Magdalena Wutkowska, The University Centre in Svalbard / UiT – The Arctic University of Tromsø, @m_wutkowska The EMBL conference on Molecular Mechanisms in Evolution and Ecology took place from 30 September to 2 October 2020. The meeting – which had its…
Event report by Suzanna Prosser, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Canada Gender imbalance is a longstanding issue in academia, with men still more likely to progress to the highest levels. Institutional and individual biases, attitudes, and self-limiting beliefs are only some of…
By guest EMBL Event Reporter Thomas Locke, founder of https://www.fightmalaria.co.uk/ Despite the coronavirus pandemic, EMBL’s BioMalPar conference could still take place online. Nearly 400 participants from around the world attended the virtual meeting to share the latest research into…