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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.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2024
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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.
LAB MATTERS2023
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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.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2023
alumnipeople-perspectives
EMBL in Spain 2023 was held in Bilbao on Friday 9 October, hosted at the Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE).
CONNECTIONS2023
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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.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2023
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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.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2023
alumniscience-technology
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.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2023
alumnipeople-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.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2023
alumnipeople-perspectives
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)
CONNECTIONS2023
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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.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2023
alumnipeople-perspectives
Alumnus Thomas Graf reflects on his time at EMBL, offering an update on his whereabouts and advice for young scientists.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2023
alumnipeople-perspectives
Two former EMBL scientists have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to the fields of science communication and multiple sequence alignment research, respectively.
2023
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
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
alumni
Former chair of EMBL Council to take office as the next President of the Max Planck Society in June 2023.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2022
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Two former EMBL staff members have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to research in the fields of brain evolution and cancer.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2022
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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.
CONNECTIONS2022
alumniconnections
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.
LAB MATTERS2022
alumnilab-matters
Experiences at EMBL Rome led former group leader to establish his start-up in Italy, developing a new generation of gene therapies.
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2022
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EMBL alumnus Denis Duboule has been selected as the speaker for the inaugural Kafatos Lecture to take place in October 2022.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2021
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An alumnus reflects on the reptile database he started in 1996 while at EMBL. The database helps understand biodiversity issues.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
alumniscience-technology
A new life sciences lecture series commemorates the legacy of former EMBL Director General Fotis Kafatos for people around the world.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2021
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EMBL alum Lara Urban has developed mobile DNA approaches to monitor impacts upon biodiversity in remote areas of New Zealand and elsewhere.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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Ken Holmes, outstanding pioneer of structural biology and founder of EMBL´s Hamburg site, died on 2 November 2021 at the age of 87.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2021
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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.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2021
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EMBL alumnus Angus Lamond reflects on the process of translating the importance of fundamental research – to EMBL and wider society.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2021
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A community of scientists is looking at the estimated three billion heart muscle cells in a human heart to better understand heart disease.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
alumniscience-technology
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.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2021
alumnipeople-perspectives
We all like a story about rediscovering treasures, right? Well, that’s just what happened recently at EMBL Grenoble!
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2021
alumnipeople-perspectives
Zehra Sayers explains what makes the SESAME synchrotron special, why we should not fear failure, and why curiosity is her biggest driver.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2021
alumnipeople-perspectives
EMBL alumnus Kai Simons did early work with Semliki Forest virus membranes, which is now central to a COVID-19 vaccine.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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EMBL alumnus Pawel Masiewicz has transferred skills and experience gained at EMBL to oversee starting materials for mRNA vaccine development.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2021
alumnipeople-perspectives
The story of a life-long friendship and a professional partnership that sowed the seeds for a ground-breaking vaccine technology.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2020
alumniscience-technology
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.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2020
alumnipeople-perspectives
Committee recognises outstanding contributions of EMBL alumni to science journalism and genome editing
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2020
alumniembl-announcements
Nadia Rosenthal describes how she built EMBL Rome’s mouse house
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2019
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Scientists will discuss the challenges ahead for international science at the EMBL in the USA event.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2019
alumnipeople-perspectives
EMBL Barcelona will host the 2019 EMBL in Spain event
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2019
alumnipeople-perspectives
September’s alumni event in Marseille will coincide with a Tara stopover
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2019
alumnipeople-perspectives
Klaus Rajewsky recalls the pioneering spirit of EMBL Rome’s first years
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2019
alumnipeople-perspectives
Bernd-Uwe Jahn, former EMBL Administrative Director, Ministerialrat and Jurist has passed away
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2019
alumniembl-announcements
Frank Gannon discusses the strong links between Australia and EMBL.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2019
alumnipeople-perspectives
Dr Cristian D. Magnus discusses LGBTQ+ issues and diversity in science
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2019
alumnipeople-perspectives
The life science community is deeply saddened by the death of Suzanne Eaton
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2019
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EMBL alumna Jennifer Deegan built a prize-winning system for photographing ferns
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2019
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The naked mole-rat as a model organism in ageing research
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2019
alumnipeople-perspectives
Scientists honoured for contributions in cancer immunotherapy and structural biology
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2019
alumnipeople-perspectives
Translating 2D hospital scans into 3D prints is informing patients and aiding surgeons
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2018
alumniscience-technology
Meet Wendy Bickmore, Director of the MRC Human Genetics Unit, who spoke at the EMBL in the UK event
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2018
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EMBL alumni Gareth Griffiths and Rein Aasland receive the 2018 “Volunteer of the Year” award
CONNECTIONS2018
alumniconnections
Scientists in Finland met to share ideas and discover research opportunities
CONNECTIONS2018
alumniconnections
EMBL alumni and researchers working throughout Spain met in Madrid
CONNECTIONS2018
alumniconnections
Alumni share how joining EMBL’s IT team was a career upgrade
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2018
alumnipeople-perspectives
More than 80 attendees gathered at the EMBL in Italy event at the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology (IFOM) in Milan
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2018
alumnipeople-perspectives
EMBL alumna Melina Schuh recognised for excellence in science
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2018
alumnipeople-perspectives
Elisa Izaurralde, EMBL alumna, has passed away
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2018
alumnipeople-perspectives
Mark Green, EMBL-EBI’s Head of Administration reflects on his time at the institute
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2018
alumnipeople-perspectives
EMBL recognises the outstanding work of alumni with the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson Awards
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2018
alumniembl-announcements
“In testimony of my great thankfulness”
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2018
alumnipeople-perspectives
Among refurbished labs, alumni relive memories and find traces of their time at EMBL
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2018
alumnipeople-perspectives
EMBL physicist-turned-biologist alumni win 2017 Kendrew and Phillipson awards
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
How a research technician with a master’s degree contributed to Nobel Prize-winning work
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
EMBL alumna Sigrid Reinsch trained as a cell biologist – now she helps run experiments in space
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
Former EMBL Director General Fotis Kafatos passes away
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
Jacques Dubochet, Nobel laureate and former EMBL group leader, reflects on a key aha moment
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
Working on scientific instruments has taken EMBL alumnus Simon Sheldon to the ends of the Earth
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
Alumnus Michael Parker talks about his career, research highlights and how EMBL has played a role
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
EMBL alumni met in Oxford for an afternoon of science talks and networking
2017
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The life science community is deeply saddened by the loss of EMBL alumnus Riccardo Cortese
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
The research community mourns the passing of Anna Tramontano
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
EMBL alumnus Joep Muijrers talks about making the transition from science into business
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
EMBL alumna Zehra Sayers key driver of the Middle East’s first synchrotron project
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
EMBL alumna Nicola Mulder reflects on her pan-African bioinformatics project and its impact
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
Flies can do a lot for science, inside and outside the lab. EMBL alumna Isabel Palacios explains how
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
Ernst Stelzer earns 2016 Lennart Philipson award for advances in light sheet microscopy
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2016
alumnipeople-perspectives
EMBL alumnus Jop Kind reflects on the questions that led him to this year’s John Kendrew Award
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2016
alumnipeople-perspectives
EMBL alumnus Angus Lamond is driving forward new ways to explore the proteome
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2016
alumnipeople-perspectives
Past meets present as Library head Ioanna Ydraiou interviews EMBL’s first librarian
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2016
alumnipeople-perspectives
"If I have an aim, I’ll find a solution" – meet EMBL alumnus Jochen Wittbrodt
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2016
alumnipeople-perspectives
Scientific community manager, alumnus Aidan Budd, connects people with shared interests, values, goals
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2016
alumnipeople-perspectives
EMBL Alumni Association Board review progress and discuss new initiatives
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2016
alumniembl-announcements
27 former Bork lab members joined Peer for a full-day get-together this summer
LAB MATTERS2016
alumnilab-matters
Marco Tripoldi and Valeria Carola join colleagues and peers at gathering of Italy-based alumni
CONNECTIONS2016
alumniconnections
Abel Ureta-Vidal and Louise Modis join colleagues and peers at gathering of UK-based alumni
CONNECTIONS2016
alumniconnections
EMBL's ninth administrative director Keith Williamson looks back at 14 years at the Laboratory
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2016
alumnipeople-perspectives
EMBL rewards the special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2016
alumniembl-announcements
Meet a driving force behind collaborations with the Slovak Republic, alumnus Jozef Ševčik
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2016
alumnipeople-perspectives
Gareth Griffiths, new Chair of the Alumni Association, reveals his many perspectives of EMBL
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2016
alumnipeople-perspectives
Alumna Angela Relogio tells us about her passion for science, communication and mentoring
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2016
alumnipeople-perspectives
Former Head of EMBL Grenoble passed away on 21 January 2016 at the age of 89
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2016
alumnipeople-perspectives
Behind the scenes of the EMBL alumni chapter meeting in Zürich, Switzerland.
CONNECTIONS2015
alumniconnections
Behind the scenes of the EMBL-VIB alumni Benelux meeting.
CONNECTIONS2015
alumniconnections
Ephrussi group alumni reunite in Heidelberg for a surprise birthday celebration.
LAB MATTERS2015
alumnilab-matters
Alumni Rune Linding and Guillermo Montoya join colleagues and peers at the first Danish chapter meeting.
CONNECTIONS2015
alumniconnections
Genevieve Almouzni and Nicolas Le Novère share their insights at alumni chapter meeting hosted in the UK.
CONNECTIONS2015
alumniconnections
EMBL rewards the special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
alumnipeople-perspectives
Andrew Miller, first head of EMBL Grenoble, reflects on four decades at the Outstation.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
alumnipeople-perspectives
EMBL Alumni Association board meets for the last time in their current constellation.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2015
alumniembl-announcements
Results are in for the EMBL Alumni Association board election – the board takes up office in 2016.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2015
alumniembl-announcements
Behind the scenes of start-up Miroculus, developing a non-invasive test for early-stage disease.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2015
alumniscience-technology
Alumnus Luis Bejarano asked Spanish students to stick out their tongues to analyse their microbiome.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
alumnipeople-perspectives
Alumni Reuben Leberman, Jeremy Smith, Elena Seiradake, and Winfried Weissenhorn share their stories.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
alumnipeople-perspectives
Get ready to vote for your EMBL Alumni Association board.
LAB MATTERS2015
alumnilab-matters
Career insights from Riccardo Cortese, whose start-up is developing an Ebola vaccine candidate.
LAB MATTERS2015
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Alumni in senior positions in industry share career challenges, highlights and EMBL’s continuing role.
LAB MATTERS2015
alumnilab-matters
Exploring the science and magic of Lil Bub – alumna launches project to sequence the ‘Lilbubome’.
LAB MATTERS2015
alumnilab-matters
EMBL Grenoble celebrates 40 years with a symposium for staff, alumni and facility users on 4–5 June.
LAB MATTERS2015
alumnilab-matters
Films by alumnus’ lab shortlisted for 2014 Visualisation Challenge, 'The Vizzies'.
LAB MATTERS2015
alumnilab-matters
How the Rosetta Mission’s comet landing led to unexpected destinations for alumna Karin Ranero,
LAB MATTERS2015
alumnilab-matters
Ken Holmes, one of the visionaries behind EMBL and EMBL Hamburg, looks back to where it all began.
LAB MATTERS2015
alumnilab-matters
Alumnus Stefan Hell on his 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
LAB MATTERS2015
alumnilab-matters
Showcasing EMBL at the Congress of the Hellenic Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
LAB MATTERS2014
alumnilab-matters
Announcing winners of the John Kendrew Young Scientist Award, and inaugural Lennart Philipson Award.
LAB MATTERS2014
alumnilab-matters
Employee number 47 retires, leaving behind a legacy that intricately linked her life with EMBL.
LAB MATTERS2014
alumnilab-matters
Get a flavour of the 15th EMBL|EMBO Science and Society Conference from alumnus Freddy Frischknecht.
LAB MATTERS2014
alumnilab-matters
Alumnus Jan Medenbach harnesses the shared experience of peers (and pioneers) at EMBL event.
LAB MATTERS2014
alumnilab-matters
Alumna Anna Bartosik shares insights and hopes for EMBL's newest prospect member state, Poland.
LAB MATTERS2014
alumnilab-matters
It’s question time for Director General Iain Mattaj in this extract from the alumni reunion magazine.
LAB MATTERS2014
alumnilab-matters
Alumnus Giovanni Frazzetto on what happens when art, literature, theatre, and science come together.
LAB MATTERS2014
alumnilab-matters
Alumni Association elections: board member nominations wanted!
LAB MATTERS2014
alumnilab-matters
EMBL Alumna Frieda Glöckner looks back more than four decades to where it all began.
LAB MATTERS2014
alumnilab-matters
Stephen Fuller, from 1981–2000 an EMBL postdoc, group leader then Head of Unit, died on 25 August.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2014
alumnipeople-perspectives
"Thank you, EMBL, for changing my life" – reunion celebrates great science and great scientists
LAB MATTERS2014
alumnilab-matters
Celebrating 50 years of EMBO, 40 years of EMBL and the success of molecular biology in Austria
LAB MATTERS2014
alumnilab-matters
EMBL-EBI’s anniversary celebration: blue skies thinking, Robin Ince and a biology-themed cake
LAB MATTERS2014
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EMBL Monterotondo celebrates double anniversary with fun, fireworks, festa and familiar faces
LAB MATTERS2014
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Scientist-turned-writer Lucas Brouwers follows his instincts to find interesting stories
LAB MATTERS2014
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Two EMBL alumni, each developing community-led tools to support life science research
LAB MATTERS2014
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New EMBL Archive will serve as a record of accomplishments, past, present and future
LAB MATTERS2014
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Staff and alumni around the world get active in EMBL running shirts to celebrate our anniversary
LAB MATTERS2014
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