EMBL in Spain: from EvoDevo to Tissues
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.
2022
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Inaugural Kafatos Lecture brings outstanding science to the global public
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’.
2022
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Patrick Cramer elected as next President of the Max Planck Society
Alumni Former chair of EMBL Council to take office as the next President of the Max Planck Society in June 2023.
2022
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2022 EMBL Alumni Awards Winners announced
Alumni Two former EMBL staff members have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to research in the fields of brain evolution and cancer.
2022
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EMBL in Italy event held at GSK Vaccines in Siena
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.
2022
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Academia, industry, or somewhere else?
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.
2022
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Investing in Italy by translating EMBL expertise to the market
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.
2022
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Denis Duboule to deliver inaugural Kafatos Lecture
Alumni EMBL alumnus Denis Duboule has been selected as the speaker for the inaugural Kafatos Lecture to take place in October 2022.
2021
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Addressing the biodiversity crisis with 12,000 reptiles – or one database
Alumni An alumnus reflects on the reptile database he started in 1996 while at EMBL. The database helps understand biodiversity issues.
2021
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Newly-launched Kafatos Lectures to bring groundbreaking science to the public
Alumni A new life sciences lecture series commemorates the legacy of former EMBL Director General Fotis Kafatos for people around the world.
2021
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EMBL alum takes DNA sequencing to the field
Alumni EMBL alum Lara Urban has developed mobile DNA approaches to monitor impacts upon biodiversity in remote areas of New Zealand and elsewhere.
2021
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Ken Holmes
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.
2021
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German Cross of Merit for former EMBL Director General
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.
2021
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Supporting EMBL and fundamental research
Alumni EMBL alumnus Angus Lamond reflects on the process of translating the importance of fundamental research – to EMBL and wider society.
2021
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All heart
Alumni A community of scientists is looking at the estimated three billion heart muscle cells in a human heart to better understand heart disease.
2021
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EMBL Alumni Awards 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.
2021
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A hidden medal
Alumni We all like a story about rediscovering treasures, right? Well, that’s just what happened recently at EMBL Grenoble!
2021
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After the lecture: Zehra Sayers
Alumni Zehra Sayers explains what makes the SESAME synchrotron special, why we should not fear failure, and why curiosity is her biggest driver.
2021
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Coronavirus vaccine uses EMBL’s earliest virus research
Alumni EMBL alumnus Kai Simons did early work with Semliki Forest virus membranes, which is now central to a COVID-19 vaccine.
2021
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From mRNA researcher to BioNTech manager
Alumni EMBL alumnus Pawel Masiewicz has transferred skills and experience gained at EMBL to oversee starting materials for mRNA vaccine development.
2021
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How EMBL alumni created a groundbreaking vaccine technology
Alumni The story of a life-long friendship and a professional partnership that sowed the seeds for a ground-breaking vaccine technology.
2020
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Supporting the alumni community
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.
2020
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2020 EMBL Alumni Award winners announced
Alumni Committee recognises outstanding contributions of EMBL alumni to science journalism and genome editing
2020
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Fallingwater filled with mice
Alumni Nadia Rosenthal describes how she built EMBL Rome’s mouse house
2019
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EMBL in the USA: future facing
Alumni Scientists will discuss the challenges ahead for international science at the EMBL in the USA event.
2019
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EMBL in Spain: a wide vision of science
Alumni EMBL Barcelona will host the 2019 EMBL in Spain event
2019
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EMBL in France: where science meets the sea
Alumni September’s alumni event in Marseille will coincide with a Tara stopover
2019
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From rodents to roadsters
Alumni Klaus Rajewsky recalls the pioneering spirit of EMBL Rome’s first years
2019
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Obituary: Bernd-Uwe Jahn
Alumni Bernd-Uwe Jahn, former EMBL Administrative Director, Ministerialrat and Jurist has passed away
2019
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EMBL in Australia: a strong alumni network
Alumni Frank Gannon discusses the strong links between Australia and EMBL.
2019
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The challenge of diversity
Alumni Dr Cristian D. Magnus discusses LGBTQ+ issues and diversity in science
2019
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In remembrance of Suzanne Eaton
Alumni The life science community is deeply saddened by the death of Suzanne Eaton
2019
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Fun with fern photography
Alumni EMBL alumna Jennifer Deegan built a prize-winning system for photographing ferns
2019
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Decoding ageing
Alumni The naked mole-rat as a model organism in ageing research
2019
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2019 alumni awards
Alumni Scientists honoured for contributions in cancer immunotherapy and structural biology
2019
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In the flesh: translating 2D scans into 3D prints
Alumni Translating 2D hospital scans into 3D prints is informing patients and aiding surgeons
2018
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EMBL in the UK: Wendy Bickmore
Alumni Meet Wendy Bickmore, Director of the MRC Human Genetics Unit, who spoke at the EMBL in the UK event
2018
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Excellent alumni
Alumni EMBL alumni Gareth Griffiths and Rein Aasland receive the 2018 “Volunteer of the Year” award
2018
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EMBL in Finland: Marja Makarow
Alumni Scientists in Finland met to share ideas and discover research opportunities
2018
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EMBL in Spain: Lola Ledesma
Alumni EMBL alumni and researchers working throughout Spain met in Madrid
2018
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Powering up
Alumni Alumni share how joining EMBL’s IT team was a career upgrade
2018
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EMBL in Italy: Kristina Havas-Cavalletti
Alumni More than 80 attendees gathered at the EMBL in Italy event at the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology (IFOM) in Milan
2018
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Melina Schuh receives EMBO Gold Medal
Alumni EMBL alumna Melina Schuh recognised for excellence in science
2018
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Obituary: Elisa Izaurralde
Alumni Elisa Izaurralde, EMBL alumna, has passed away
2018
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20 years of building teams and sites
Alumni Mark Green, EMBL-EBI’s Head of Administration reflects on his time at the institute
2018
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Kendrew and Philipson Awards Winners 2018
Alumni EMBL recognises the outstanding work of alumni with the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson Awards
2018
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Jacques Dubochet donates Nobel medal to EMBL
Alumni “In testimony of my great thankfulness”
2018
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EMBL PhD students reunite 20 years on
Alumni Among refurbished labs, alumni relive memories and find traces of their time at EMBL
2018
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A physical revolution
Alumni EMBL physicist-turned-biologist alumni win 2017 Kendrew and Phillipson awards
2017
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Alasdair McDowall’s slow road to flash freezing
Alumni How a research technician with a master’s degree contributed to Nobel Prize-winning work
2017
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Science in space
Alumni EMBL alumna Sigrid Reinsch trained as a cell biologist – now she helps run experiments in space
2017
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Obituary: Fotis Kafatos
Alumni Former EMBL Director General Fotis Kafatos passes away
2017
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A curious case of serendipity
Alumni Jacques Dubochet, Nobel laureate and former EMBL group leader, reflects on a key aha moment
2017
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Science from ice
Alumni Working on scientific instruments has taken EMBL alumnus Simon Sheldon to the ends of the Earth
2017
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Fighting disease with structural biology
Alumni Alumnus Michael Parker talks about his career, research highlights and how EMBL has played a role
2017
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Alumni meeting in Oxford
Alumni EMBL alumni met in Oxford for an afternoon of science talks and networking
2017
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Obituary: Riccardo Cortese
Alumni The life science community is deeply saddened by the loss of EMBL alumnus Riccardo Cortese
2017
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In remembrance of Anna Tramontano
Alumni The research community mourns the passing of Anna Tramontano
2017
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Pathways: Life science investment
Alumni EMBL alumnus Joep Muijrers talks about making the transition from science into business
2017
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SESAME: a light in the desert
Alumni EMBL alumna Zehra Sayers key driver of the Middle East’s first synchrotron project
2017
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Building bioinformatics capacity in Africa
Alumni EMBL alumna Nicola Mulder reflects on her pan-African bioinformatics project and its impact
2017
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Building labs with flies
Alumni Flies can do a lot for science, inside and outside the lab. EMBL alumna Isabel Palacios explains how
2017
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Thinking in 3D
Alumni Ernst Stelzer earns 2016 Lennart Philipson award for advances in light sheet microscopy
2016
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Chromatin cartographer
Alumni EMBL alumnus Jop Kind reflects on the questions that led him to this year’s John Kendrew Award
2016
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Powering proteomics progress
Alumni EMBL alumnus Angus Lamond is driving forward new ways to explore the proteome
2016
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Szilárd Library: An open book
Alumni Past meets present as Library head Ioanna Ydraiou interviews EMBL’s first librarian
2016
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Swimming against the tide
Alumni "If I have an aim, I’ll find a solution" – meet EMBL alumnus Jochen Wittbrodt
2016
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Pathways: Community management
Alumni Scientific community manager, alumnus Aidan Budd, connects people with shared interests, values, goals
2016
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EMBL Alumni Association Board update
Alumni EMBL Alumni Association Board review progress and discuss new initiatives
2016
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Bork lab peers gather
Alumni 27 former Bork lab members joined Peer for a full-day get-together this summer
2016
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Italian interconnections
Alumni Marco Tripoldi and Valeria Carola join colleagues and peers at gathering of Italy-based alumni
2016
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Making business in Britain
Alumni Abel Ureta-Vidal and Louise Modis join colleagues and peers at gathering of UK-based alumni
2016
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Admin ability
Alumni EMBL's ninth administrative director Keith Williamson looks back at 14 years at the Laboratory
2016
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Alumni awards
Alumni EMBL rewards the special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards.
2016
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Slovakian synergies
Alumni Meet a driving force behind collaborations with the Slovak Republic, alumnus Jozef Ševčik
2016
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Close association
Alumni Gareth Griffiths, new Chair of the Alumni Association, reveals his many perspectives of EMBL
2016
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Taking science to new dimensions
Alumni Alumna Angela Relogio tells us about her passion for science, communication and mentoring
2016
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Obituary: Bernard Jacrot
Alumni Former Head of EMBL Grenoble passed away on 21 January 2016 at the age of 89
2016
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Alumni meet in Switzerland
Alumni Behind the scenes of the EMBL alumni chapter meeting in Zürich, Switzerland.
2015
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Alumni meet in Belgium
Alumni Behind the scenes of the EMBL-VIB alumni Benelux meeting.
2015
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Ephrussi reunion: face-to-face
Alumni Ephrussi group alumni reunite in Heidelberg for a surprise birthday celebration.
2015
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Driving science in Denmark
Alumni Alumni Rune Linding and Guillermo Montoya join colleagues and peers at the first Danish chapter meeting.
2015
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Uniting alumni at The EMBO Meeting
Alumni Genevieve Almouzni and Nicolas Le Novère share their insights at alumni chapter meeting hosted in the UK.
2015
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Celebrating excellence
Alumni EMBL rewards the special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards.
2015
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Molecular momentum
Alumni Andrew Miller, first head of EMBL Grenoble, reflects on four decades at the Outstation.
2015
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Alumni board meeting
Alumni EMBL Alumni Association board meets for the last time in their current constellation.
2015
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New board from 2016
Alumni Results are in for the EMBL Alumni Association board election – the board takes up office in 2016.
2015
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Decoding disease
Alumni Behind the scenes of start-up Miroculus, developing a non-invasive test for early-stage disease.
2015
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Stick out your tongue!
Alumni Alumnus Luis Bejarano asked Spanish students to stick out their tongues to analyse their microbiome.
2015
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EMBL Grenoble: Alumni stories
Alumni Alumni Reuben Leberman, Jeremy Smith, Elena Seiradake, and Winfried Weissenhorn share their stories.
2015
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Who gets your vote?
Alumni Get ready to vote for your EMBL Alumni Association board.
2015
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Inside industry: Part I
Alumni Career insights from Riccardo Cortese, whose start-up is developing an Ebola vaccine candidate.
2015
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Inside industry: Part II
Alumni Alumni in senior positions in industry share career challenges, highlights and EMBL’s continuing role.
2015
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Curiosity created the ‘Bubome
Alumni Exploring the science and magic of Lil Bub – alumna launches project to sequence the ‘Lilbubome’.
2015
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Grenoble anniversary symposium: join us!
Alumni EMBL Grenoble celebrates 40 years with a symposium for staff, alumni and facility users on 4–5 June.
2015
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Lights, camera, action
Alumni Films by alumnus’ lab shortlisted for 2014 Visualisation Challenge, 'The Vizzies'.
2015
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Pathways & Branches: Out of the darkness
Alumni How the Rosetta Mission’s comet landing led to unexpected destinations for alumna Karin Ranero,
2015
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It all started with muscle…
Alumni Ken Holmes, one of the visionaries behind EMBL and EMBL Hamburg, looks back to where it all began.
2015
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Turn out the light
Alumni Alumnus Stefan Hell on his 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
2015
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EMBL, its alumni and Greece
Alumni Showcasing EMBL at the Congress of the Hellenic Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
2014
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Alumni awards
Alumni Announcing winners of the John Kendrew Young Scientist Award, and inaugural Lennart Philipson Award.
2014
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Four decades at EMBL
Alumni Employee number 47 retires, leaving behind a legacy that intricately linked her life with EMBL.
2014
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For food – back to EMBL
Alumni Get a flavour of the 15th EMBL|EMBO Science and Society Conference from alumnus Freddy Frischknecht.
2014
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The complex life of a young PI
Alumni Alumnus Jan Medenbach harnesses the shared experience of peers (and pioneers) at EMBL event.
2014
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Polish connections
Alumni Alumna Anna Bartosik shares insights and hopes for EMBL's newest prospect member state, Poland.
2014
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Successes, challenges and the future
Alumni It’s question time for Director General Iain Mattaj in this extract from the alumni reunion magazine.
2014
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Pathways: Science meets arts
Alumni Alumnus Giovanni Frazzetto on what happens when art, literature, theatre, and science come together.
2014
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Nominate board members!
Alumni Alumni Association elections: board member nominations wanted!
2014
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Witness to history
Alumni EMBL Alumna Frieda Glöckner looks back more than four decades to where it all began.
2014
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Obituary: Stephen Fuller
Alumni Stephen Fuller, from 1981–2000 an EMBL postdoc, group leader then Head of Unit, died on 25 August.
2014
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Celebrating 40 years of leading life science
Alumni "Thank you, EMBL, for changing my life" – reunion celebrates great science and great scientists
2014
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EMBanniversary AUSTRIA
Alumni Celebrating 50 years of EMBO, 40 years of EMBL and the success of molecular biology in Austria
2014
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Celebrating 20 years of bioinformatics
Alumni EMBL-EBI’s anniversary celebration: blue skies thinking, Robin Ince and a biology-themed cake
2014
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Buon Compleanno!
Alumni EMBL Monterotondo celebrates double anniversary with fun, fireworks, festa and familiar faces
2014
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Pathways: Science writing
Alumni Scientist-turned-writer Lucas Brouwers follows his instincts to find interesting stories
2014
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Resourceful alumni
Alumni Two EMBL alumni, each developing community-led tools to support life science research
2014
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For the record
Alumni New EMBL Archive will serve as a record of accomplishments, past, present and future
2014
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Getting shirty
Alumni Staff and alumni around the world get active in EMBL running shirts to celebrate our anniversary
2014
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