30 May 2023
Alumni
The annual meeting organised by Italian EMBL alumni was held in Turin on 18-19 May, hosted by the University of Turin and the University of Piemonte Orientale (UPO)
25 May 2023
Alumni
From biking together while at EMBL to assistant professorships at Heidelberg University, two academics soon formed a union that took them to the United States., into various industry positions, and now to a life with two young children.
17 April 2023
Alumni
Alumnus Thomas Graf reflects on his time at EMBL, offering an update on his whereabouts and advice for young scientists.
29 March 2023
Alumni
Two former EMBL scientists have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to the fields of science communication and multiple sequence alignment research, respectively.
16 December 2022
Alumni
More than a hundred scientists from across Spain and Europe met at the Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD) for the 2022 “EMBL in Spain” event.
3 October 2022
Alumni
EMBL´s Inaugural Kafatos Lecture brings outstanding science to the global public. The 2022 lecture will be delivered by EMBL alumnus and distinguished developmental geneticist Denis Duboule and will focus on ‘Evolution and Embryonic Development: The Complex Story of our Dual Origins’.
23 June 2022
Alumni
Former chair of EMBL Council to take office as the next President of the Max Planck Society in June 2023.
8 June 2022
Alumni
Two former EMBL staff members have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to research in the fields of brain evolution and cancer.
1 June 2022
Alumni
The GSK Vaccines site in Siena hosted the annual EMBL in Italy event. The hybrid meeting brought together industry leaders, representatives from biotech start-ups, data scientists, and researchers from academia.
2 March 2022
Alumni, Lab Matters
New study: EMBL PhDs and postdocs develop skills that make them highly employable in roles that drive research and innovation in academia, industry, and other sectors.
8 February 2022
Alumni, Lab Matters, Technology and innovation
Experiences at EMBL Rome led former group leader to establish his start-up in Italy, developing a new generation of gene therapies.
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16 December 2021
Alumni
EMBL alumnus Denis Duboule has been selected as the speaker for the inaugural Kafatos Lecture to take place in October 2022.
15 November 2021
Alumni
An alumnus reflects on the reptile database he started in 1996 while at EMBL. The database helps understand biodiversity issues.
14 November 2021
Alumni
A new life sciences lecture series commemorates the legacy of former EMBL Director General Fotis Kafatos for people around the world.
13 November 2021
Alumni
EMBL alum Lara Urban has developed mobile DNA approaches to monitor impacts upon biodiversity in remote areas of New Zealand and elsewhere.
5 November 2021
Alumni
Ken Holmes, outstanding pioneer of structural biology and founder of EMBL´s Hamburg site, died on 2 November 2021 at the age of 87.
9 September 2021
Alumni
Former EMBL Director General Professor Iain Mattaj was awarded the German Cross of Merit (‘Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland’) at a ceremony held at EMBL Heidelberg on 9 September 2021.
4 August 2021
Alumni
EMBL alumnus Angus Lamond reflects on the process of translating the importance of fundamental research – to EMBL and wider society.
3 August 2021
Alumni
A community of scientists is looking at the estimated three billion heart muscle cells in a human heart to better understand heart disease.
13 July 2021
Alumni
EMBL alumni Ilaria Piazza and Ken Holmes have been recognised for their outstanding contributions, and will receive their awards as part of the celebrations for EMBL World Alumni Day.
8 July 2021
Alumni
We all like a story about rediscovering treasures, right? Well, that’s just what happened recently at EMBL Grenoble!
5 May 2021
Alumni
Zehra Sayers explains what makes the SESAME synchrotron special, why we should not fear failure, and why curiosity is her biggest driver.
22 March 2021
Alumni
EMBL alumnus Kai Simons did early work with Semliki Forest virus membranes, which is now central to a COVID-19 vaccine.
11 March 2021
Alumni
EMBL alumnus Pawel Masiewicz has transferred skills and experience gained at EMBL to oversee starting materials for mRNA vaccine development.
21 December 2020
Alumni
The story of a life-long friendship and a professional partnership that sowed the seeds for a ground-breaking vaccine technology.
4 September 2020
Alumni
Erin Tranfield recently joined the EMBL Alumni Association Board as one of 15 newly elected members. Here, she talks about her new role on the board and reflects on how a life-changing event made her refocus her perspective on work and life.
17 March 2020
Alumni
Committee recognises outstanding contributions of EMBL alumni to science journalism and genome editing
30 October 2019
Alumni
Nadia Rosenthal describes how she built EMBL Rome’s mouse house
10 October 2019
Alumni
Scientists will discuss the challenges ahead for international science at the EMBL in the USA event.
30 September 2019
Alumni
EMBL Barcelona will host the 2019 EMBL in Spain event
5 September 2019
Alumni
September’s alumni event in Marseille will coincide with a Tara stopover
26 August 2019
Alumni
Klaus Rajewsky recalls the pioneering spirit of EMBL Rome’s first years
12 August 2019
Alumni
Bernd-Uwe Jahn, former EMBL Administrative Director, Ministerialrat and Jurist has passed away
5 August 2019
Alumni
Frank Gannon discusses the strong links between Australia and EMBL.
29 July 2019
Alumni
Dr Cristian D. Magnus discusses LGBTQ+ issues and diversity in science
12 July 2019
Alumni
The life science community is deeply saddened by the death of Suzanne Eaton
5 July 2019
Alumni
EMBL alumna Jennifer Deegan built a prize-winning system for photographing ferns
5 July 2019
Alumni
The naked mole-rat as a model organism in ageing research
21 February 2019
Alumni
Scientists honoured for contributions in cancer immunotherapy and structural biology
9 November 2018
Alumni
Translating 2D hospital scans into 3D prints is informing patients and aiding surgeons
9 October 2018
Alumni
Meet Wendy Bickmore, Director of the MRC Human Genetics Unit, who spoke at the EMBL in the UK event
8 October 2018
Alumni
EMBL alumni Gareth Griffiths and Rein Aasland receive the 2018 “Volunteer of the Year” award
5 October 2018
Alumni
Scientists in Finland met to share ideas and discover research opportunities
4 October 2018
Alumni
EMBL alumni and researchers working throughout Spain met in Madrid
27 June 2018
Alumni
Alumni share how joining EMBL’s IT team was a career upgrade
19 June 2018
Alumni
More than 80 attendees gathered at the EMBL in Italy event at the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology (IFOM) in Milan
25 May 2018
Alumni
EMBL alumna Melina Schuh recognised for excellence in science
14 May 2018
Alumni
Elisa Izaurralde, EMBL alumna, has passed away
8 May 2018
Alumni
Mark Green, EMBL-EBI’s Head of Administration reflects on his time at the institute
2 March 2018
Alumni
EMBL recognises the outstanding work of alumni with the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson Awards
20 February 2018
Alumni
“In testimony of my great thankfulness”
30 January 2018
Alumni
Among refurbished labs, alumni relive memories and find traces of their time at EMBL
14 December 2017
Alumni
EMBL physicist-turned-biologist alumni win 2017 Kendrew and Phillipson awards
8 December 2017
Alumni
How a research technician with a master’s degree contributed to Nobel Prize-winning work
23 November 2017
Alumni
EMBL alumna Sigrid Reinsch trained as a cell biologist – now she helps run experiments in space
21 November 2017
Alumni
Former EMBL Director General Fotis Kafatos passes away
16 November 2017
Alumni
Jacques Dubochet, Nobel laureate and former EMBL group leader, reflects on a key aha moment
25 October 2017
Alumni
Working on scientific instruments has taken EMBL alumnus Simon Sheldon to the ends of the Earth
23 October 2017
Alumni
Alumnus Michael Parker talks about his career, research highlights and how EMBL has played a role
22 August 2017
Alumni
EMBL alumni met in Oxford for an afternoon of science talks and networking
8 May 2017
Alumni
The life science community is deeply saddened by the loss of EMBL alumnus Riccardo Cortese
29 March 2017
Alumni
The research community mourns the passing of Anna Tramontano
6 March 2017
Alumni
EMBL alumnus Joep Muijrers talks about making the transition from science into business
28 February 2017
Alumni
EMBL alumna Zehra Sayers key driver of the Middle East’s first synchrotron project
24 February 2017
Alumni
EMBL alumna Nicola Mulder reflects on her pan-African bioinformatics project and its impact
23 February 2017
Alumni
Flies can do a lot for science, inside and outside the lab. EMBL alumna Isabel Palacios explains how
24 November 2016
Alumni
Ernst Stelzer earns 2016 Lennart Philipson award for advances in light sheet microscopy
24 November 2016
Alumni
EMBL alumnus Jop Kind reflects on the questions that led him to this year’s John Kendrew Award
21 September 2016
Alumni
EMBL alumnus Angus Lamond is driving forward new ways to explore the proteome
20 September 2016
Alumni
Past meets present as Library head Ioanna Ydraiou interviews EMBL’s first librarian
30 August 2016
Alumni
"If I have an aim, I’ll find a solution" – meet EMBL alumnus Jochen Wittbrodt
30 August 2016
Alumni
Scientific community manager, alumnus Aidan Budd, connects people with shared interests, values, goals
22 July 2016
Alumni
EMBL Alumni Association Board review progress and discuss new initiatives
24 June 2016
Alumni
27 former Bork lab members joined Peer for a full-day get-together this summer
27 May 2016
Alumni
Marco Tripoldi and Valeria Carola join colleagues and peers at gathering of Italy-based alumni
23 May 2016
Alumni
Abel Ureta-Vidal and Louise Modis join colleagues and peers at gathering of UK-based alumni
21 April 2016
Alumni
EMBL's ninth administrative director Keith Williamson looks back at 14 years at the Laboratory
21 April 2016
Alumni
EMBL rewards the special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards.
21 April 2016
Alumni
Meet a driving force behind collaborations with the Slovak Republic, alumnus Jozef Ševčik
21 April 2016
Alumni
Gareth Griffiths, new Chair of the Alumni Association, reveals his many perspectives of EMBL
14 April 2016
Alumni
Alumna Angela Relogio tells us about her passion for science, communication and mentoring
28 January 2016
Alumni
Former Head of EMBL Grenoble passed away on 21 January 2016 at the age of 89
6 November 2015
Alumni
Behind the scenes of the EMBL alumni chapter meeting in Zürich, Switzerland.
23 October 2015
Alumni
Behind the scenes of the EMBL-VIB alumni Benelux meeting.
13 September 2015
Alumni
Ephrussi group alumni reunite in Heidelberg for a surprise birthday celebration.
11 September 2015
Alumni
Alumni Rune Linding and Guillermo Montoya join colleagues and peers at the first Danish chapter meeting.
7 September 2015
Alumni
Genevieve Almouzni and Nicolas Le Novère share their insights at alumni chapter meeting hosted in the UK.
24 August 2015
Alumni
EMBL rewards the special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards.
24 August 2015
Alumni
Andrew Miller, first head of EMBL Grenoble, reflects on four decades at the Outstation.
24 August 2015
Alumni
EMBL Alumni Association board meets for the last time in their current constellation.
24 August 2015
Alumni
Results are in for the EMBL Alumni Association board election – the board takes up office in 2016.
24 August 2015
Alumni
Behind the scenes of start-up Miroculus, developing a non-invasive test for early-stage disease.
24 August 2015
Alumni
Alumnus Luis Bejarano asked Spanish students to stick out their tongues to analyse their microbiome.
24 August 2015
Alumni
Alumni Reuben Leberman, Jeremy Smith, Elena Seiradake, and Winfried Weissenhorn share their stories.
30 April 2015
Alumni
Get ready to vote for your EMBL Alumni Association board.
29 April 2015
Alumni
Career insights from Riccardo Cortese, whose start-up is developing an Ebola vaccine candidate.
29 April 2015
Alumni
Alumni in senior positions in industry share career challenges, highlights and EMBL’s continuing role.
15 April 2015
Alumni
Exploring the science and magic of Lil Bub – alumna launches project to sequence the ‘Lilbubome’.
6 March 2015
Alumni
EMBL Grenoble celebrates 40 years with a symposium for staff, alumni and facility users on 4–5 June.
26 January 2015
Alumni
Films by alumnus’ lab shortlisted for 2014 Visualisation Challenge, 'The Vizzies'.
26 January 2015
Alumni
How the Rosetta Mission’s comet landing led to unexpected destinations for alumna Karin Ranero,
26 January 2015
Alumni
Ken Holmes, one of the visionaries behind EMBL and EMBL Hamburg, looks back to where it all began.
23 January 2015
Alumni
Alumnus Stefan Hell on his 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
19 December 2014
Alumni
Showcasing EMBL at the Congress of the Hellenic Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
18 December 2014
Alumni
Announcing winners of the John Kendrew Young Scientist Award, and inaugural Lennart Philipson Award.
5 December 2014
Alumni
Employee number 47 retires, leaving behind a legacy that intricately linked her life with EMBL.
19 November 2014
Alumni
Get a flavour of the 15th EMBL|EMBO Science and Society Conference from alumnus Freddy Frischknecht.
19 November 2014
Alumni
Alumnus Jan Medenbach harnesses the shared experience of peers (and pioneers) at EMBL event.
11 November 2014
Alumni
Alumna Anna Bartosik shares insights and hopes for EMBL's newest prospect member state, Poland.
17 October 2014
Alumni
It’s question time for Director General Iain Mattaj in this extract from the alumni reunion magazine.
17 October 2014
Alumni
Alumnus Giovanni Frazzetto on what happens when art, literature, theatre, and science come together.
17 October 2014
Alumni
Alumni Association elections: board member nominations wanted!
17 October 2014
Alumni
EMBL Alumna Frieda Glöckner looks back more than four decades to where it all began.
15 September 2014
Alumni
Stephen Fuller, from 1981–2000 an EMBL postdoc, group leader then Head of Unit, died on 25 August.
31 July 2014
Alumni
"Thank you, EMBL, for changing my life" – reunion celebrates great science and great scientists
31 July 2014
Alumni
Celebrating 50 years of EMBO, 40 years of EMBL and the success of molecular biology in Austria
8 July 2014
Alumni
EMBL-EBI’s anniversary celebration: blue skies thinking, Robin Ince and a biology-themed cake
8 July 2014
Alumni
EMBL Monterotondo celebrates double anniversary with fun, fireworks, festa and familiar faces
1 July 2014
Alumni
Scientist-turned-writer Lucas Brouwers follows his instincts to find interesting stories
1 July 2014
Alumni
Two EMBL alumni, each developing community-led tools to support life science research
1 July 2014
Alumni
New EMBL Archive will serve as a record of accomplishments, past, present and future
1 July 2014
Alumni
Staff and alumni around the world get active in EMBL running shirts to celebrate our anniversary
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