
Deciding when to destroy mRNA
Alumni 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
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Alumni 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
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Alumni 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
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Perspectives, Science Experience in data management and coordination has enabled EMBL alumna Laura Clarke to pursue a career in AI development.
2023
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Lab Matters, Perspectives By upskilling researchers on bioinformatics skills and tools, EMBL alumna Emily Perry is helping to make genomic medicine more accessible.
2023
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Events EMBL organised a five-day summer school to help PhD students and postdocs learn more about research and development (R&D) related industry career roles.
2023
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Lab Matters Three EMBL group leaders and six EMBL alumni were recognised for their contributions to the life sciences.
2023
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Alumni 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
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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)
2023
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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.
2023
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EMBLetc First published in 1999 as a black-and-white printed newsletter for EMBL staff and alumni, EMBLetc. has undergone many transformations in its 24 years of existence.
2023
EMBLetc EMBLetc., the online magazine of Europe’s life sciences laboratory, celebrates its 24th birthday with its 100th issue. We took a walk through the past issues of this dynamic publication, and here are 10 recurring themes that emerged.
2023
EMBLetc Veli Vural Uslu, winner of the 2023 John Kendrew award, chats about his journey in science and his adventures in science communication. Uslu is the writer, director, and organiser of various science-themed theatre plays, and the founder of TAP (The Awesome Potatoes) Science Theater Heidelberg.
2023
EMBLetc Desmond Higgins, 2023 Lennart Philipson Award winner, discusses his time at EMBL and his research developing sequence alignment tools.
2023
Perspectives As a postdoc Alex Almeida used bioinformatics to push the boundaries of what we know about the gut microbiome. Here, Almeida explains how his time at EMBL-EBI generated new research avenues, and how the skills and connections from his postdoc prepared him for leading his own research group at the…
2023
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Alumni Alumnus Thomas Graf reflects on his time at EMBL, offering an update on his whereabouts and advice for young scientists.
2023
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Alumni Two former EMBL scientists have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to the fields of science communication and multiple sequence alignment research, respectively.
2023
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Perspectives Using long-read sequencing and machine learning approaches, EMBL alumna Lara Urban is making a difference in the field of One Health.
2023
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Lab Matters Physicists, engineers and robotics experts work together in EMBL Hamburg’s Instrumentation Team to design instruments that support structural biology research. The team has finished a transfer robot that facilitates automated handling of protein crystals with care and precision. This will help…
2023
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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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Lab Matters EMBL alumnus and eminent molecular biologist Peter B. Becker has been named the next chair of EMBL’s Council as of January 2023.
2022
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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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Lab Matters Cell biologist Anthony Hyman and DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis and John Jumper were announced among 25 Breakthrough Prize recipients
2022
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Lab Matters 20 secondary school students from all over Italy participated in the fourth edition of Summer in Science at EMBL Rome.
2022
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Lab Matters Cornelius Gross, Miki Ebisuya and Nassos Typas join EMBO, the prestigious organisation for the life sciences.
2022
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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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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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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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Lab Matters After a two-year break, the summer school organised by Adamas Scienza and EMBL in collaboration with CNR is back. It will take place at the International Research Campus of Monterotondo (Rome) from 13 to 24 June 2022.
2022
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Lab Matters EMBL’s EU Green Week event showcased various ways molecular biology research can help solve environmental challenges.
2021
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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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Lab Matters The European Molecular Biology Laboratory and the Italian Institute of Technology have signed an agreement to expand the scope of their collaboration to include areas of mutual interest and in the context of EMBL’s 2022-2026 Programme “Molecules to Ecosystems”.
2021
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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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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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Lab Matters EMBL Teen Maria-Theresa Licka shares how female scientists guided & inspired her to develop an app to ID vine disease.
2021
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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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Science Members of the EMBL community are working to improve our understanding of the parasites that cause malaria and sleeping sickness
2020
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Events EMBL’s network of alumni plays a vital role in advancing the life sciences globally. EMBL provides research, services, and infrastructure that help former staff to do this effectively. For several years EMBL has been discovering more avenues to help the life sciences across Europe. A key part of…
2020
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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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Lab Matters Stories from EMBL’s past are captured via the EMBL Archive’s Oral Histories programme
2020
lab-matters
Alumni Committee recognises outstanding contributions of EMBL alumni to science journalism and genome editing
2020
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Lab Matters For many students in the life sciences, finishing a PhD marks a professional crossroads
2019
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Alumni Nadia Rosenthal describes how she built EMBL Rome’s mouse house
2019
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Alumni Scientists will discuss the challenges ahead for international science at the EMBL in the USA event.
2019
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Alumni EMBL Barcelona will host the 2019 EMBL in Spain event
2019
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Events From 27–30 September, Tara will be docked in the port of Marseille, France’s second largest city.
2019
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Alumni September’s alumni event in Marseille will coincide with a Tara stopover
2019
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Alumni Klaus Rajewsky recalls the pioneering spirit of EMBL Rome’s first years
2019
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Alumni Bernd-Uwe Jahn, former EMBL Administrative Director, Ministerialrat and Jurist has passed away
2019
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Alumni Frank Gannon discusses the strong links between Australia and EMBL.
2019
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Alumni Dr Cristian D. Magnus discusses LGBTQ+ issues and diversity in science
2019
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Alumni The life science community is deeply saddened by the death of Suzanne Eaton
2019
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Alumni EMBL alumna Jennifer Deegan built a prize-winning system for photographing ferns
2019
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Alumni The naked mole-rat as a model organism in ageing research
2019
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Picture of the week Most of us love brewer’s yeast, or at least the food that it’s helped us to produce since ancient times. Without Saccharomyces cerevisiae (its Latin name) we couldn’t enjoy wine, beer or most types of bread. Besides its role in food production, S. cerevisiae is also an important model…
2019
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Alumni Scientists honoured for contributions in cancer immunotherapy and structural biology
2019
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Lab Matters What does it take to create a vaccine or improve cancer therapies?
2018
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Lab Matters The EMBL Archive is open for business!
2018
lab-matters
Alumni Translating 2D hospital scans into 3D prints is informing patients and aiding surgeons
2018
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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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Alumni EMBL alumni Gareth Griffiths and Rein Aasland receive the 2018 “Volunteer of the Year” award
2018
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Alumni Scientists in Finland met to share ideas and discover research opportunities
2018
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Alumni EMBL alumni and researchers working throughout Spain met in Madrid
2018
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Events The EMBL community, past and present, gather for special events around Lab Day 2018
2018
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Alumni Alumni share how joining EMBL’s IT team was a career upgrade
2018
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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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Lab Matters A history of EMBL in six objects from the EMBL Archive
2018
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Alumni EMBL alumna Melina Schuh recognised for excellence in science
2018
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Alumni Elisa Izaurralde, EMBL alumna, has passed away
2018
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Lab Matters EMBL alumna, Èlia Benito-Gutiérrez, on how her research and career evolved after searching the seas
2018
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Alumni Mark Green, EMBL-EBI’s Head of Administration reflects on his time at the institute
2018
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Alumni EMBL recognises the outstanding work of alumni with the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson Awards
2018
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Alumni “In testimony of my great thankfulness”
2018
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Alumni Among refurbished labs, alumni relive memories and find traces of their time at EMBL
2018
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Alumni EMBL physicist-turned-biologist alumni win 2017 Kendrew and Phillipson awards
2017
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Alumni EMBL alumna Sigrid Reinsch trained as a cell biologist – now she helps run experiments in space
2017
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Alumni Former EMBL Director General Fotis Kafatos passes away
2017
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Alumni Jacques Dubochet, Nobel laureate and former EMBL group leader, reflects on a key aha moment
2017
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Lab Matters Aid for Labs is an EMBL-based charity aiming to provide scientific equipment to researchers in need
2017
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Science A talent for organisation has taken EMBL’s Steffi Kandels-Lewis across the globe
2017
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Alumni Working on scientific instruments has taken EMBL alumnus Simon Sheldon to the ends of the Earth
2017
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Alumni Alumnus Michael Parker talks about his career, research highlights and how EMBL has played a role
2017
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Alumni EMBL alumni met in Oxford for an afternoon of science talks and networking
2017
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Alumni The life science community is deeply saddened by the loss of EMBL alumnus Riccardo Cortese
2017
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Lab Matters EMBL alumnus Konrad Müller has sadly passed away
2017
lab-matters
Alumni The research community mourns the passing of Anna Tramontano
2017
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Alumni EMBL alumnus Joep Muijrers talks about making the transition from science into business
2017
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Alumni EMBL alumna Zehra Sayers key driver of the Middle East’s first synchrotron project
2017
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Alumni EMBL alumna Nicola Mulder reflects on her pan-African bioinformatics project and its impact
2017
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Alumni Flies can do a lot for science, inside and outside the lab. EMBL alumna Isabel Palacios explains how
2017
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Lab Matters In this interview from the EMBL Archive, Sir John Kendrew reflects on his time leading 'the Lab'.
2017
lab-matters
Lab Matters Helke Hillebrand on leaving EMBL after 9 years as Academic Coordinator and Dean of Graduate Studies
2017
lab-matters
Lab Matters EMBL’s Petra Riedinger retires after 40 years producing posters, graphics, artwork and more
2016
lab-matters
Science Exploring what it would take to regrow a lost limb, and what we might learn along the way
2016
science
Alumni Ernst Stelzer earns 2016 Lennart Philipson award for advances in light sheet microscopy
2016
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Alumni EMBL alumnus Jop Kind reflects on the questions that led him to this year’s John Kendrew Award
2016
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Alumni EMBL alumnus Angus Lamond is driving forward new ways to explore the proteome
2016
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Alumni Past meets present as Library head Ioanna Ydraiou interviews EMBL’s first librarian
2016
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Science EMBL researchers help to design a lead compound active against four different pathogens
2016
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Lab Matters Andrés Palencia on the design of compounds that may help fight drug-resistant TB and more
2016
lab-matters
Science Emmanuelle Charpentier sheds light on how CRISPR–Cas9 went from side project to global revolution
2016
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Alumni "If I have an aim, I’ll find a solution" – meet EMBL alumnus Jochen Wittbrodt
2016
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Events Alumnus and entrepreneur Marc Zabeau speaks at inaugural Life Science Funders and Foundations event
2016
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Alumni Scientific community manager, alumnus Aidan Budd, connects people with shared interests, values, goals
2016
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Alumni EMBL Alumni Association Board review progress and discuss new initiatives
2016
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Alumni 27 former Bork lab members joined Peer for a full-day get-together this summer
2016
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Alumni Marco Tripoldi and Valeria Carola join colleagues and peers at gathering of Italy-based alumni
2016
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Alumni Abel Ureta-Vidal and Louise Modis join colleagues and peers at gathering of UK-based alumni
2016
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Alumni EMBL's ninth administrative director Keith Williamson looks back at 14 years at the Laboratory
2016
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Alumni EMBL rewards the special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards.
2016
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Alumni Meet a driving force behind collaborations with the Slovak Republic, alumnus Jozef Ševčik
2016
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Alumni Gareth Griffiths, new Chair of the Alumni Association, reveals his many perspectives of EMBL
2016
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Alumni Alumna Angela Relogio tells us about her passion for science, communication and mentoring
2016
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Alumni Former Head of EMBL Grenoble passed away on 21 January 2016 at the age of 89
2016
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Lab Matters "There’s nothing nicer than seeing a user leave the facility happy"
2015
lab-matters
Lab Matters Giuseppe Testa reflects on the myriad intersections of our digital and biological lives.
2015
lab-matters
Alumni Behind the scenes of the EMBL alumni chapter meeting in Zürich, Switzerland.
2015
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Alumni Behind the scenes of the EMBL-VIB alumni Benelux meeting.
2015
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Science Multifaceted approach reveals how brain and liver age, helps explain why ageing brain loses plasticity.
2015
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Alumni Ephrussi group alumni reunite in Heidelberg for a surprise birthday celebration.
2015
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Alumni Alumni Rune Linding and Guillermo Montoya join colleagues and peers at the first Danish chapter meeting.
2015
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Alumni Genevieve Almouzni and Nicolas Le Novère share their insights at alumni chapter meeting hosted in the UK.
2015
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Alumni EMBL rewards the special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards.
2015
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Alumni Andrew Miller, first head of EMBL Grenoble, reflects on four decades at the Outstation.
2015
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Alumni EMBL Alumni Association board meets for the last time in their current constellation.
2015
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Alumni Results are in for the EMBL Alumni Association board election – the board takes up office in 2016.
2015
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Events Alumnus Thomas Vaccari reflects on the first joint symposium with EMBL Monterotondo, in Milan.
2015
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Alumni Behind the scenes of start-up Miroculus, developing a non-invasive test for early-stage disease.
2015
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Alumni Alumnus Luis Bejarano asked Spanish students to stick out their tongues to analyse their microbiome.
2015
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Alumni Alumni Reuben Leberman, Jeremy Smith, Elena Seiradake, and Winfried Weissenhorn share their stories.
2015
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Science Crowd sourcing initiative to predict effects of toxic compounds: results of 2013 DREAM Challenge.
2015
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Lab Matters Alumnus Damian Brunner revisits EMBL in a very special capacity, as Swiss delegate on EMBL’s Council.
2015
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Science Iron regulatory proteins play important role in combatting infection, protecting against Salmonella.
2015
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Lab Matters Staff gather to celebrate Janet Thorton's 14 years as Director of EMBL-EBI.
2015
lab-matters
Events Staff, alumni, partners and more meet at EMBL Grenoble to celebrate Outstation's 40th anniversary.
2015
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Alumni Get ready to vote for your EMBL Alumni Association board.
2015
alumni
Lab Matters EMBL’s new Archivist will help chronicle the twists and turns, ups and downs of life at the Lab.
2015
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Alumni Career insights from Riccardo Cortese, whose start-up is developing an Ebola vaccine candidate.
2015
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Alumni Alumni in senior positions in industry share career challenges, highlights and EMBL’s continuing role.
2015
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Alumni Exploring the science and magic of Lil Bub – alumna launches project to sequence the ‘Lilbubome’.
2015
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Science Go Team Genome! New method reveals genetic teamwork in drosophila genome.
2015
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Alumni EMBL Grenoble celebrates 40 years with a symposium for staff, alumni and facility users on 4–5 June.
2015
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Science New way mice starve pathogens raises alternative approach to treatments for anaemia of chronic disease
2015
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Alumni Films by alumnus’ lab shortlisted for 2014 Visualisation Challenge, 'The Vizzies'.
2015
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Alumni How the Rosetta Mission’s comet landing led to unexpected destinations for alumna Karin Ranero,
2015
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Alumni Ken Holmes, one of the visionaries behind EMBL and EMBL Hamburg, looks back to where it all began.
2015
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Alumni Alumnus Stefan Hell on his 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
2015
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Alumni Showcasing EMBL at the Congress of the Hellenic Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
2014
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Alumni Announcing winners of the John Kendrew Young Scientist Award, and inaugural Lennart Philipson Award.
2014
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Events EMBL Hamburg celebrates four decades of vision, pioneering research and beamline services.
2014
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Alumni Employee number 47 retires, leaving behind a legacy that intricately linked her life with EMBL.
2014
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Alumni Get a flavour of the 15th EMBL|EMBO Science and Society Conference from alumnus Freddy Frischknecht.
2014
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Alumni Alumnus Jan Medenbach harnesses the shared experience of peers (and pioneers) at EMBL event.
2014
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Alumni Alumna Anna Bartosik shares insights and hopes for EMBL's newest prospect member state, Poland.
2014
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Science Unprecedented detail on HIV structure continues virus’ string of surprises.
2014
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Science How Nobel-winning work by alumnus Stefan Hell shapes and inspires current EMBL scientists' research.
2014
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Alumni It’s question time for Director General Iain Mattaj in this extract from the alumni reunion magazine.
2014
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Events German Science Minister and other honoured guests celebrate 40 years of ‘Learning from life’.
2014
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Alumni Alumnus Giovanni Frazzetto on what happens when art, literature, theatre, and science come together.
2014
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Alumni Alumni Association elections: board member nominations wanted!
2014
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Alumni EMBL Alumna Frieda Glöckner looks back more than four decades to where it all began.
2014
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Events An interview with keynote speaker Michael Rossmann.
2014
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Alumni "Thank you, EMBL, for changing my life" – reunion celebrates great science and great scientists
2014
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Alumni Celebrating 50 years of EMBO, 40 years of EMBL and the success of molecular biology in Austria
2014
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Alumni EMBL-EBI’s anniversary celebration: blue skies thinking, Robin Ince and a biology-themed cake
2014
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Alumni EMBL Monterotondo celebrates double anniversary with fun, fireworks, festa and familiar faces
2014
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Alumni Scientist-turned-writer Lucas Brouwers follows his instincts to find interesting stories
2014
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Lab Matters As the Lab turns 40, staff and alumni share 40 things that make EMBL, EMBL
2014
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Alumni Two EMBL alumni, each developing community-led tools to support life science research
2014
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Alumni New EMBL Archive will serve as a record of accomplishments, past, present and future
2014
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Alumni Staff and alumni around the world get active in EMBL running shirts to celebrate our anniversary
2014
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