1 March 2024
EMBL Announcements
Two former EMBL scientists have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to research and leadership capabilities in the fields of evolutionary cell biology and molecular medicine.
2024
alumniembl-announcements
7 December 2023
Lab Matters
A recent success story of the Alumni Mentorship Programme is that of Luis Pedro Coelho, a Portuguese former postdoctoral fellow in the Bork Group, and his mentor Frank Gannon, former EMBO Director and EMBL Group Leader and Senior Scientist.
27 November 2023
People & Perspectives
EMBL alumnus Roel Wijnaendts looks back at a long career in academic research and entrepreneurship that has left an indelible mark in the fields of instrumentation and optics.
2023
alumnipeople-perspectives
7 November 2023
Connections
EMBL in Spain 2023 was held in Bilbao on Friday 9 October, hosted at the Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE).
18 October 2023
EMBL Announcements
Elena Conti will discuss how cells control the life and death of mRNA molecules at the 2023 annual Kafatos Lecture on 20 October in Munich.
2023
alumniembl-announcements
24 August 2023
Science & Technology
Elena Conti will discuss how cells control the life and death of mRNA molecules at the next annual Kafatos Lecture on 20 October in Munich.
2023
alumniscience-technology
22 August 2023
People & Perspectives
Ukrainian scientist Sergiy Avilov uses the microscopy skills and scientific network he built at EMBL in his current role heading the Imaging Facility at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics.
2023
alumnipeople-perspectives
28 June 2023
People & Perspectives
EMBL Rome alumna Urtė Neniškytė returned to her native Lithuania, helping establish the Vilnius University-EMBL Partnership Institute and advance genome-editing technologies there.
2023
alumnipeople-perspectives
30 May 2023
Connections
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
People & Perspectives
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.
2023
alumnipeople-perspectives
17 April 2023
People & Perspectives
Alumnus Thomas Graf reflects on his time at EMBL, offering an update on his whereabouts and advice for young scientists.
2023
alumnipeople-perspectives
29 March 2023
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
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
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
EMBL Announcements
Former chair of EMBL Council to take office as the next President of the Max Planck Society in June 2023.
2022
alumniembl-announcements
8 June 2022
EMBL Announcements
Two former EMBL staff members have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to research in the fields of brain evolution and cancer.
2022
alumniembl-announcements
1 June 2022
Connections
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
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
Lab MattersScience & Technology
Experiences at EMBL Rome led former group leader to establish his start-up in Italy, developing a new generation of gene therapies.
2022
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16 December 2021
EMBL Announcements
EMBL alumnus Denis Duboule has been selected as the speaker for the inaugural Kafatos Lecture to take place in October 2022.
2021
alumniembl-announcements
15 November 2021
Science & Technology
An alumnus reflects on the reptile database he started in 1996 while at EMBL. The database helps understand biodiversity issues.
2021
alumniscience-technology
14 November 2021
EMBL Announcements
A new life sciences lecture series commemorates the legacy of former EMBL Director General Fotis Kafatos for people around the world.
2021
alumniembl-announcements
13 November 2021
Science & Technology
EMBL alum Lara Urban has developed mobile DNA approaches to monitor impacts upon biodiversity in remote areas of New Zealand and elsewhere.
2021
alumniscience-technology
5 November 2021
People & Perspectives
Ken Holmes, outstanding pioneer of structural biology and founder of EMBL´s Hamburg site, died on 2 November 2021 at the age of 87.
2021
alumnipeople-perspectives
9 September 2021
EMBL Announcements
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.
2021
alumniembl-announcements
4 August 2021
People & Perspectives
EMBL alumnus Angus Lamond reflects on the process of translating the importance of fundamental research – to EMBL and wider society.
2021
alumnipeople-perspectives
3 August 2021
Science & Technology
A community of scientists is looking at the estimated three billion heart muscle cells in a human heart to better understand heart disease.
2021
alumniscience-technology
13 July 2021
People & Perspectives
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.
2021
alumnipeople-perspectives
8 July 2021
People & Perspectives
We all like a story about rediscovering treasures, right? Well, that’s just what happened recently at EMBL Grenoble!
2021
alumnipeople-perspectives
5 May 2021
People & Perspectives
Zehra Sayers explains what makes the SESAME synchrotron special, why we should not fear failure, and why curiosity is her biggest driver.
2021
alumnipeople-perspectives
22 March 2021
Science & Technology
EMBL alumnus Kai Simons did early work with Semliki Forest virus membranes, which is now central to a COVID-19 vaccine.
2021
alumniscience-technology
11 March 2021
People & Perspectives
EMBL alumnus Pawel Masiewicz has transferred skills and experience gained at EMBL to oversee starting materials for mRNA vaccine development.
2021
alumnipeople-perspectives
21 December 2020
Science & Technology
The story of a life-long friendship and a professional partnership that sowed the seeds for a ground-breaking vaccine technology.
2020
alumniscience-technology
4 September 2020
People & Perspectives
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.
2020
alumnipeople-perspectives
17 March 2020
EMBL Announcements
Committee recognises outstanding contributions of EMBL alumni to science journalism and genome editing
2020
alumniembl-announcements
30 October 2019
People & Perspectives
Nadia Rosenthal describes how she built EMBL Rome’s mouse house
2019
alumnipeople-perspectives
10 October 2019
People & Perspectives
Scientists will discuss the challenges ahead for international science at the EMBL in the USA event.
2019
alumnipeople-perspectives
30 September 2019
People & Perspectives
EMBL Barcelona will host the 2019 EMBL in Spain event
2019
alumnipeople-perspectives
5 September 2019
People & Perspectives
September’s alumni event in Marseille will coincide with a Tara stopover
2019
alumnipeople-perspectives
26 August 2019
People & Perspectives
Klaus Rajewsky recalls the pioneering spirit of EMBL Rome’s first years
2019
alumnipeople-perspectives
12 August 2019
EMBL Announcements
Bernd-Uwe Jahn, former EMBL Administrative Director, Ministerialrat and Jurist has passed away
2019
alumniembl-announcements
5 August 2019
People & Perspectives
Frank Gannon discusses the strong links between Australia and EMBL.
2019
alumnipeople-perspectives
29 July 2019
People & Perspectives
Dr Cristian D. Magnus discusses LGBTQ+ issues and diversity in science
2019
alumnipeople-perspectives
12 July 2019
EMBL Announcements
The life science community is deeply saddened by the death of Suzanne Eaton
2019
alumniembl-announcements
5 July 2019
EMBL Announcements
EMBL alumna Jennifer Deegan built a prize-winning system for photographing ferns
2019
alumniembl-announcements
5 July 2019
People & Perspectives
The naked mole-rat as a model organism in ageing research
2019
alumnipeople-perspectives
21 February 2019
People & Perspectives
Scientists honoured for contributions in cancer immunotherapy and structural biology
2019
alumnipeople-perspectives
9 November 2018
Science & Technology
Translating 2D hospital scans into 3D prints is informing patients and aiding surgeons
2018
alumniscience-technology
9 October 2018
People & Perspectives
Meet Wendy Bickmore, Director of the MRC Human Genetics Unit, who spoke at the EMBL in the UK event
2018
alumnipeople-perspectives
8 October 2018
Connections
EMBL alumni Gareth Griffiths and Rein Aasland receive the 2018 “Volunteer of the Year” award
5 October 2018
Connections
Scientists in Finland met to share ideas and discover research opportunities
4 October 2018
Connections
EMBL alumni and researchers working throughout Spain met in Madrid
27 June 2018
People & Perspectives
Alumni share how joining EMBL’s IT team was a career upgrade
2018
alumnipeople-perspectives
19 June 2018
People & Perspectives
More than 80 attendees gathered at the EMBL in Italy event at the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology (IFOM) in Milan
2018
alumnipeople-perspectives
25 May 2018
People & Perspectives
EMBL alumna Melina Schuh recognised for excellence in science
2018
alumnipeople-perspectives
14 May 2018
People & Perspectives
Elisa Izaurralde, EMBL alumna, has passed away
2018
alumnipeople-perspectives
8 May 2018
People & Perspectives
Mark Green, EMBL-EBI’s Head of Administration reflects on his time at the institute
2018
alumnipeople-perspectives
2 March 2018
EMBL Announcements
EMBL recognises the outstanding work of alumni with the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson Awards
2018
alumniembl-announcements
20 February 2018
People & Perspectives
“In testimony of my great thankfulness”
2018
alumnipeople-perspectives
30 January 2018
People & Perspectives
Among refurbished labs, alumni relive memories and find traces of their time at EMBL
2018
alumnipeople-perspectives
14 December 2017
People & Perspectives
EMBL physicist-turned-biologist alumni win 2017 Kendrew and Phillipson awards
2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
8 December 2017
People & Perspectives
How a research technician with a master’s degree contributed to Nobel Prize-winning work
2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
23 November 2017
People & Perspectives
EMBL alumna Sigrid Reinsch trained as a cell biologist – now she helps run experiments in space
2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
21 November 2017
People & Perspectives
Former EMBL Director General Fotis Kafatos passes away
2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
16 November 2017
People & Perspectives
Jacques Dubochet, Nobel laureate and former EMBL group leader, reflects on a key aha moment
2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
25 October 2017
People & Perspectives
Working on scientific instruments has taken EMBL alumnus Simon Sheldon to the ends of the Earth
2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
23 October 2017
People & Perspectives
Alumnus Michael Parker talks about his career, research highlights and how EMBL has played a role
2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
22 August 2017
EMBL alumni met in Oxford for an afternoon of science talks and networking
8 May 2017
People & Perspectives
The life science community is deeply saddened by the loss of EMBL alumnus Riccardo Cortese
2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
29 March 2017
People & Perspectives
The research community mourns the passing of Anna Tramontano
2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
6 March 2017
People & Perspectives
EMBL alumnus Joep Muijrers talks about making the transition from science into business
2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
28 February 2017
People & Perspectives
EMBL alumna Zehra Sayers key driver of the Middle East’s first synchrotron project
2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
24 February 2017
People & Perspectives
EMBL alumna Nicola Mulder reflects on her pan-African bioinformatics project and its impact
2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
23 February 2017
People & Perspectives
Flies can do a lot for science, inside and outside the lab. EMBL alumna Isabel Palacios explains how
2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
24 November 2016
People & Perspectives
Ernst Stelzer earns 2016 Lennart Philipson award for advances in light sheet microscopy
2016
alumnipeople-perspectives
24 November 2016
People & Perspectives
EMBL alumnus Jop Kind reflects on the questions that led him to this year’s John Kendrew Award
2016
alumnipeople-perspectives
21 September 2016
People & Perspectives
EMBL alumnus Angus Lamond is driving forward new ways to explore the proteome
2016
alumnipeople-perspectives
20 September 2016
People & Perspectives
Past meets present as Library head Ioanna Ydraiou interviews EMBL’s first librarian
2016
alumnipeople-perspectives
30 August 2016
People & Perspectives
"If I have an aim, I’ll find a solution" – meet EMBL alumnus Jochen Wittbrodt
2016
alumnipeople-perspectives
30 August 2016
People & Perspectives
Scientific community manager, alumnus Aidan Budd, connects people with shared interests, values, goals
2016
alumnipeople-perspectives
22 July 2016
EMBL Announcements
EMBL Alumni Association Board review progress and discuss new initiatives
2016
alumniembl-announcements
24 June 2016
Lab Matters
27 former Bork lab members joined Peer for a full-day get-together this summer
27 May 2016
Connections
Marco Tripoldi and Valeria Carola join colleagues and peers at gathering of Italy-based alumni
23 May 2016
Connections
Abel Ureta-Vidal and Louise Modis join colleagues and peers at gathering of UK-based alumni
21 April 2016
People & Perspectives
EMBL's ninth administrative director Keith Williamson looks back at 14 years at the Laboratory
2016
alumnipeople-perspectives
21 April 2016
EMBL Announcements
EMBL rewards the special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards.
2016
alumniembl-announcements
21 April 2016
People & Perspectives
Meet a driving force behind collaborations with the Slovak Republic, alumnus Jozef Ševčik
2016
alumnipeople-perspectives
21 April 2016
People & Perspectives
Gareth Griffiths, new Chair of the Alumni Association, reveals his many perspectives of EMBL
2016
alumnipeople-perspectives
14 April 2016
People & Perspectives
Alumna Angela Relogio tells us about her passion for science, communication and mentoring
2016
alumnipeople-perspectives
28 January 2016
People & Perspectives
Former Head of EMBL Grenoble passed away on 21 January 2016 at the age of 89
2016
alumnipeople-perspectives
6 November 2015
Connections
Behind the scenes of the EMBL alumni chapter meeting in Zürich, Switzerland.
23 October 2015
Connections
Behind the scenes of the EMBL-VIB alumni Benelux meeting.
13 September 2015
Lab Matters
Ephrussi group alumni reunite in Heidelberg for a surprise birthday celebration.
11 September 2015
Connections
Alumni Rune Linding and Guillermo Montoya join colleagues and peers at the first Danish chapter meeting.
7 September 2015
Connections
Genevieve Almouzni and Nicolas Le Novère share their insights at alumni chapter meeting hosted in the UK.
24 August 2015
People & Perspectives
EMBL rewards the special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards.
2015
alumnipeople-perspectives
24 August 2015
People & Perspectives
Andrew Miller, first head of EMBL Grenoble, reflects on four decades at the Outstation.
2015
alumnipeople-perspectives
24 August 2015
EMBL Announcements
EMBL Alumni Association board meets for the last time in their current constellation.
2015
alumniembl-announcements
24 August 2015
EMBL Announcements
Results are in for the EMBL Alumni Association board election – the board takes up office in 2016.
2015
alumniembl-announcements
24 August 2015
Science & Technology
Behind the scenes of start-up Miroculus, developing a non-invasive test for early-stage disease.
2015
alumniscience-technology
24 August 2015
People & Perspectives
Alumnus Luis Bejarano asked Spanish students to stick out their tongues to analyse their microbiome.
2015
alumnipeople-perspectives
24 August 2015
People & Perspectives
Alumni Reuben Leberman, Jeremy Smith, Elena Seiradake, and Winfried Weissenhorn share their stories.
2015
alumnipeople-perspectives
30 April 2015
Lab Matters
Get ready to vote for your EMBL Alumni Association board.
29 April 2015
Lab Matters
Career insights from Riccardo Cortese, whose start-up is developing an Ebola vaccine candidate.
29 April 2015
Lab Matters
Alumni in senior positions in industry share career challenges, highlights and EMBL’s continuing role.
15 April 2015
Lab Matters
Exploring the science and magic of Lil Bub – alumna launches project to sequence the ‘Lilbubome’.
6 March 2015
Lab Matters
EMBL Grenoble celebrates 40 years with a symposium for staff, alumni and facility users on 4–5 June.
26 January 2015
Lab Matters
Films by alumnus’ lab shortlisted for 2014 Visualisation Challenge, 'The Vizzies'.
26 January 2015
Lab Matters
How the Rosetta Mission’s comet landing led to unexpected destinations for alumna Karin Ranero,
26 January 2015
Lab Matters
Ken Holmes, one of the visionaries behind EMBL and EMBL Hamburg, looks back to where it all began.
23 January 2015
Lab Matters
Alumnus Stefan Hell on his 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
19 December 2014
Lab Matters
Showcasing EMBL at the Congress of the Hellenic Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
18 December 2014
Lab Matters
Announcing winners of the John Kendrew Young Scientist Award, and inaugural Lennart Philipson Award.
5 December 2014
Lab Matters
Employee number 47 retires, leaving behind a legacy that intricately linked her life with EMBL.
19 November 2014
Lab Matters
Get a flavour of the 15th EMBL|EMBO Science and Society Conference from alumnus Freddy Frischknecht.
19 November 2014
Lab Matters
Alumnus Jan Medenbach harnesses the shared experience of peers (and pioneers) at EMBL event.
11 November 2014
Lab Matters
Alumna Anna Bartosik shares insights and hopes for EMBL's newest prospect member state, Poland.
17 October 2014
Lab Matters
It’s question time for Director General Iain Mattaj in this extract from the alumni reunion magazine.
17 October 2014
Lab Matters
Alumnus Giovanni Frazzetto on what happens when art, literature, theatre, and science come together.
17 October 2014
Lab Matters
Alumni Association elections: board member nominations wanted!
17 October 2014
Lab Matters
EMBL Alumna Frieda Glöckner looks back more than four decades to where it all began.
15 September 2014
Lab Matters
Stephen Fuller, from 1981–2000 an EMBL postdoc, group leader then Head of Unit, died on 25 August.
31 July 2014
Lab Matters
"Thank you, EMBL, for changing my life" – reunion celebrates great science and great scientists
31 July 2014
Lab Matters
Celebrating 50 years of EMBO, 40 years of EMBL and the success of molecular biology in Austria
8 July 2014
Lab Matters
EMBL-EBI’s anniversary celebration: blue skies thinking, Robin Ince and a biology-themed cake
8 July 2014
Lab Matters
EMBL Monterotondo celebrates double anniversary with fun, fireworks, festa and familiar faces
1 July 2014
Lab Matters
Scientist-turned-writer Lucas Brouwers follows his instincts to find interesting stories
1 July 2014
Lab Matters
Two EMBL alumni, each developing community-led tools to support life science research
1 July 2014
Lab Matters
New EMBL Archive will serve as a record of accomplishments, past, present and future
1 July 2014
Lab Matters
Staff and alumni around the world get active in EMBL running shirts to celebrate our anniversary
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