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25 September 2024 Headshot of male scientist with eyeglasses

The importance and limitations of organoids

People & Perspectives Cell biologist Hans Clevers will discuss organoids as 'avatars' for human organs in research and medicine at the 2024 Kafatos lecture.

2024

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14 August 2024

Merging passion, collaboration, and serendipity

People & Perspectives EMBL alumnus Thibaut Brunet, recipient of the 2024 John Kendrew Young Scientist Award, shares his scientific journey – from a childhood passion for nature to the discovery of a new species of choanoflagellate.

2024

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12 June 2024 A coffee mug on a table, with photographs nearby. The photos show pictures from the 1970s and 1980s, with a football team and a scientific research team represented.

Looking back: EMBL in the 1970s and 1980s

Lab Matters A special Coffee with EMBL session celebrated EMBL’s 50th anniversary by inviting alumni to reflect on the organisation’s first two decades.

2024

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24 May 2024

Stephen Cusack: what I’ve learned

People & Perspectives Stephen Cusack, world-renowned structural biologist and former Head of EMBL Grenoble, reflects on his early influences, his achievements, and the lessons he’s learned as he embarks on his next adventure

2024

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14 May 2024

Toby Gibson: what I’ve learned

People & Perspectives Toby Gibson reflects on 38 years at EMBL, the scientific tools he built along the way, and the state of science today.

2024

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1 March 2024 Photographs of two male scientists in round insets against a decorative background

2024 EMBL Alumni Award recipients announced

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

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12 February 2024 Female scientist stands in front of white shelves filled with vials of fruit flies

Anne Ephrussi: what I’ve learned

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives After 32 years at EMBL – leading a developmental biology research group and later simultaneously serving as EMBL’s Dean for its PhD programme, Anne Ephrussi has retired, ready to start her life’s next chapter.

2024

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7 December 2023 Against blue and green background are two faux polaroids, one of an older man holding a coffee cup and the other a man in glasses

Navigating success: an EMBL alumni mentorship story

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.

2023

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27 November 2023 A man and a woman looking at the camera, parts of a restaurant are visible in the background.

Exploring the universe: Roel Wijnaendts

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

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15 November 2023 Female scientist

Advocating for a generalist approach to science and life

EMBLetc Sara Fahs, who did her PhD from EMBL Heidelberg and is one of the newest members of the EMBL alumni association board, writes about key insights from her journey in science and her work on medicinal chemistry, during a career spanning academia and industry.

2023

7 November 2023

EMBL in Spain: Molecules to Ecosystems

Connections EMBL in Spain 2023 was held in Bilbao on Friday 9 October, hosted at the Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE).

2023

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18 October 2023 Female scientist looks directly at the camera, wearing blue jacket and white top

EMBL’s second Kafatos Lecture this Friday

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

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24 August 2023 Set against a blue background, an illustration of a small paper shredder seemingly works at shredding mRNA, often in the form of origami shapes that float nearby.

Deciding when to destroy mRNA

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

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22 August 2023 Polaroid style shot of Sergiy Avilov, mentioning the years he was at EMBL

After EMBL: Sergiy Avilov

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

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4 July 2023 Photos of the three scientists elected as EMBO members on green background.

EMBL scientists elected to EMBO Membership

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Three EMBL group leaders and six EMBL alumni were recognised for their contributions to the life sciences.

2023

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28 June 2023 Female scientist in white lab coat enjoying camaraderie of colleagues.

After EMBL: Urtė Neniškytė

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

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25 May 2023 Close-up photo of a mother and father with their two young daughters

After EMBL: Heiko Runz and Laurence Ettwiller

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

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15 May 2023 Science illustration representing research on organoids, organs-on-chip and human health. The image shows an abstract composition of several elements referring to the tools and some areas of research covered at EMBL Barcelona, featured on the cover of the 100th issue of EMBL etc.

Celebrating 100 issues of EMBLetc.

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

15 May 2023 A computer showing the EMBLetc. homepage open, with a few EMBLetc. magazines and postcards nearby.

A trip down memory lane

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

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Merging science and theatre

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

17 April 2023 Photo of EMBL alumni in current lab in Spain

After EMBL: Thomas Graf

People & Perspectives 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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29 March 2023 Photographs of two male scientists in circular insets against a decorative background

EMBL Alumni Awards Announced for 2023

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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1 March 2023 Moisés Bueno is standing next to the transfer robot. The robot has a form of a yellow robotic arm on a stand. Behind is the CrystalDirect™ Harvester, which is a white cuboid with two transparent dimmed windows for laser protection.

Biology meets engineering

Lab MattersScience & Technology 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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16 December 2022 Group of around hundred people looking at the camera

EMBL in Spain: from EvoDevo to Tissues

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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8 December 2022 Image of Prof. Peter B. Becker in the laboratory

New chair of EMBL Council

EMBL AnnouncementsLab 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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3 October 2022 A conference banner in green and blue, including the original signature of Fotis Kafatos

Inaugural Kafatos Lecture brings outstanding science to the global public

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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8 June 2022 Two female scientists shown against a green background

2022 EMBL Alumni Awards Winners announced

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

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1 June 2022

EMBL in Italy event held at GSK Vaccines in Siena

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.

2022

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2 March 2022 woman stands in front of computer in workplace

Academia, industry, or somewhere else?

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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13 November 2021 close-up of 3 birds

EMBL alum takes DNA sequencing to the field

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

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5 November 2021 A headshot photo of Ken Holmes from July 2021

Ken Holmes

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

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9 September 2021 Portrait of former EMBL Director General Iain Mattaj

German Cross of Merit for former EMBL Director General

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

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4 August 2021 Head shot of male scientist

Supporting EMBL and fundamental research

People & Perspectives 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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3 August 2021 illustration of health care providers around a big heart

All heart

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

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13 July 2021 From right to left, Ilaria Piazza and Ken Holmes’ portraits are side by side in circles on a greenish background

EMBL Alumni Awards 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

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8 July 2021 Two men stand outside in front of a building, holding a document and looking at it.

A hidden medal

People & Perspectives We all like a story about rediscovering treasures, right? Well, that’s just what happened recently at EMBL Grenoble!

2021

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5 May 2021 Woman sits at desk in office setting

After the lecture: Zehra Sayers

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

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28 April 2021 Artistic representation of brain and DNA

Uniting strengths to expand research

ConnectionsLab 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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11 March 2021 Man in black t-shirt and jeans wearing glasses sits in front of two computer screens.

From mRNA researcher to BioNTech manager

People & Perspectives 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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11 February 2021 Maria-Theresa Licka holding a smartphone displaying an app she developed. Vineyards, houses and hills in the background.

Coding between the vines

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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2 December 2020 Curly-shaped trypanosomes, grey with bright specks of green fluorescent protein, against a grey background.

Tackling tropical diseases

Science & Technology 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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1 October 2020 A group of people in an office are holding a videoconference. Some of the participants are wearing masks and gloves

Boosting the life sciences through alumni networks

Connections 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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4 September 2020 Portrait picture of Erin Tranfield, member of the EMBL Alumni Association Board, against a blue-green background.

Supporting the alumni community

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

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25 November 2019 Phd student microscope

Careers after EMBL

Lab Matters For many students in the life sciences, finishing a PhD marks a professional crossroads

2019

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30 October 2019

Fallingwater filled with mice

People & Perspectives Nadia Rosenthal describes how she built EMBL Rome’s mouse house

2019

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10 October 2019 Lars Steinmetz and Georgios Skiniotis

EMBL in the USA: future facing

People & Perspectives Scientists will discuss the challenges ahead for international science at the EMBL in the USA event.

2019

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26 September 2019 The Old Port of Marseille.

EMBL and Tara: Marseille

EMBL Announcements From 27–30 September, Tara will be docked in the port of Marseille, France’s second largest city.

2019

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26 August 2019

From rodents to roadsters

People & Perspectives Klaus Rajewsky recalls the pioneering spirit of EMBL Rome’s first years

2019

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12 August 2019

Obituary: Bernd-Uwe Jahn

EMBL Announcements Bernd-Uwe Jahn, former EMBL Administrative Director, Ministerialrat and Jurist has passed away

2019

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29 July 2019 Dr Cristian D. Magnus

The challenge of diversity

People & Perspectives Dr Cristian D. Magnus discusses LGBTQ+ issues and diversity in science

2019

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12 July 2019 Suzanne Eaton, former EMBL staff scientist from 1993–2001. PHOTO: EMBL

In remembrance of Suzanne Eaton

EMBL Announcements The life science community is deeply saddened by the death of Suzanne Eaton

2019

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5 July 2019 Picture of a fern gametophyte

Fun with fern photography

EMBL Announcements EMBL alumna Jennifer Deegan built a prize-winning system for photographing ferns

2019

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5 July 2019 Alessandro Ori in the lab

Decoding ageing

People & Perspectives The naked mole-rat as a model organism in ageing research

2019

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4 June 2019

Colourful yeast

Lab Matters 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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21 February 2019 Tanmay Bharat and Patrick Baeuerle, winners of the EMBL's 2019 alumni awards

2019 alumni awards

People & Perspectives Scientists honoured for contributions in cancer immunotherapy and structural biology

2019

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9 October 2018 Wendy Bickmore. PHOTO: Massimo Del Prete

EMBL in the UK: Wendy Bickmore

People & Perspectives Meet Wendy Bickmore, Director of the MRC Human Genetics Unit, who spoke at the EMBL in the UK event

2018

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8 October 2018 Gareth Griffiths and Rein Aasland at the CASE awards.

Excellent alumni

Connections EMBL alumni Gareth Griffiths and Rein Aasland receive the 2018 “Volunteer of the Year” award

2018

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4 October 2018 Lola Ledesma. PHOTO: Jose Antonio Pérez/CBMSO

EMBL in Spain: Lola Ledesma

Connections EMBL alumni and researchers working throughout Spain met in Madrid

2018

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14 August 2018 EMBL lab day 2018 - Key visual for Iain Mattaj's staff farewell event

Celebrating science

Lab Matters The EMBL community, past and present, gather for special events around Lab Day 2018

2018

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27 June 2018 PHOTO: Photolab/EMBL

Powering up

People & Perspectives Alumni share how joining EMBL’s IT team was a career upgrade

2018

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19 June 2018 Kristina Havas-Cavalletti

EMBL in Italy: Kristina Havas-Cavalletti

People & Perspectives 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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8 June 2018 A stylised birds eye view of the EMBL Heidelberg Campus in green, black and white.

EMBL in six objects

Lab Matters A history of EMBL in six objects from the EMBL Archive

2018

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14 May 2018 EMBL alumna Elisa Izaurralde.

Obituary: Elisa Izaurralde

People & Perspectives Elisa Izaurralde, EMBL alumna, has passed away

2018

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9 May 2018 Benito-Gutiérrez searching for cephalochordates on board the dhoni boat

Ocean origins

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL alumna, Èlia Benito-Gutiérrez, on how her research and career evolved after searching the seas

2018

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14 December 2017 Philipp Keller’s work imaged the early development of a zebrafish embryo using light sheet microscopy

A physical revolution

People & Perspectives EMBL physicist-turned-biologist alumni win 2017 Kendrew and Phillipson awards

2017

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23 November 2017 Floating approximately 400 km above the Earth, the International Space Station provides a platform for scientific research in space.

Science in space

People & Perspectives EMBL alumna Sigrid Reinsch trained as a cell biologist – now she helps run experiments in space

2017

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21 November 2017 Fotis was EMBL's third Director-General. PHOTO: EMBL

Obituary: Fotis Kafatos

People & Perspectives Former EMBL Director General Fotis Kafatos passes away

2017

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16 November 2017 Photo of Jacques Dubochet giving a talk

A curious case of serendipity

People & Perspectives Jacques Dubochet, Nobel laureate and former EMBL group leader, reflects on a key aha moment

2017

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3 November 2017 An image of Tara which was sailed around the world for four years during the Tara Oceans expedition. PHOTO by S Bollet/Tara Expeditions

Science at sea

A talent for organisation has taken EMBL’s Steffi Kandels-Lewis across the globe

2017

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25 October 2017 Midnight at Aurora Basin North in Antarctica. PHOTO: Simon Sheldon

Science from ice

People & Perspectives Working on scientific instruments has taken EMBL alumnus Simon Sheldon to the ends of the Earth

2017

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8 May 2017

Obituary: Riccardo Cortese

People & Perspectives The life science community is deeply saddened by the loss of EMBL alumnus Riccardo Cortese

2017

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12 April 2017

Obituary: Konrad Müller

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL alumnus Konrad Müller has sadly passed away

2017

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6 March 2017

Pathways: Life science investment

People & Perspectives EMBL alumnus Joep Muijrers talks about making the transition from science into business

2017

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28 February 2017

SESAME: a light in the desert

People & Perspectives EMBL alumna Zehra Sayers key driver of the Middle East’s first synchrotron project

2017

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23 February 2017

Building labs with flies

People & Perspectives Flies can do a lot for science, inside and outside the lab. EMBL alumna Isabel Palacios explains how

2017

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31 January 2017 John Kendrew with model of myoglobin in progress. © MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Reflections by Sir John Kendrew

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives In this interview from the EMBL Archive, Sir John Kendrew reflects on his time leading 'the Lab'.

2017

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26 January 2017

Degrees of excellence

Lab Matters Helke Hillebrand on leaving EMBL after 9 years as Academic Coordinator and Dean of Graduate Studies

2017

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1 December 2016

Design for life

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL’s Petra Riedinger retires after 40 years producing posters, graphics, artwork and more

2016

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24 November 2016

What would it take to regrow an arm?

Science & Technology Exploring what it would take to regrow a lost limb, and what we might learn along the way

2016

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24 November 2016 SPIM image of Medaka juveniles. Photo: EMBL/Philipp Keller

Thinking in 3D

People & Perspectives Ernst Stelzer earns 2016 Lennart Philipson award for advances in light sheet microscopy

2016

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24 November 2016

Chromatin cartographer

People & Perspectives EMBL alumnus Jop Kind reflects on the questions that led him to this year’s John Kendrew Award

2016

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21 September 2016

Powering proteomics progress

People & Perspectives EMBL alumnus Angus Lamond is driving forward new ways to explore the proteome

2016

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20 September 2016 Inauguration of the Szilárd Library in the late 1970s, led by John Kendrew (right). PHOTO: EMBL

Szilárd Library: An open book

People & Perspectives Past meets present as Library head Ioanna Ydraiou interviews EMBL’s first librarian

2016

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13 September 2016

New drug candidate unleashed for TB

Science & Technology EMBL researchers help to design a lead compound active against four different pathogens

2016

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30 August 2016

Gene editing 3.0

Science & Technology Emmanuelle Charpentier sheds light on how CRISPR–Cas9 went from side project to global revolution

2016

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30 August 2016

Swimming against the tide

People & Perspectives "If I have an aim, I’ll find a solution" – meet EMBL alumnus Jochen Wittbrodt

2016

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30 August 2016

Fundraising dimensions

Connections Alumnus and entrepreneur Marc Zabeau speaks at inaugural Life Science Funders and Foundations event

2016

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30 August 2016

Pathways: Community management

People & Perspectives Scientific community manager, alumnus Aidan Budd, connects people with shared interests, values, goals

2016

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24 June 2016

Bork lab peers gather

Lab Matters 27 former Bork lab members joined Peer for a full-day get-together this summer

2016

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27 May 2016 Italy-based alumni gathered for the ‘EMBL in Italy’ event on 27 May to learn about the focus of researchers at EMBL’s Monterotondo site. PHOTO: EMBL/Isabelle Kling

Italian interconnections

Connections Marco Tripoldi and Valeria Carola join colleagues and peers at gathering of Italy-based alumni

2016

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23 May 2016 UK-based EMBL alumni gather at Trinity Hall, Cambridge in May 2016. PHOTO: Robert Slowley

Making business in Britain

Connections Abel Ureta-Vidal and Louise Modis join colleagues and peers at gathering of UK-based alumni

2016

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21 April 2016 Keith Williamson retires after 14 years at EMBL. PHOTO: EMBL/Udo Ringeisen

Admin ability

People & Perspectives EMBL's ninth administrative director Keith Williamson looks back at 14 years at the Laboratory

2016

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21 April 2016 Both the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson Awards consist of a gold medal and a cash prize of €5,000, presented in recognition of the very special work of alumni. PHOTO: EMBL Photolab

Alumni awards

EMBL Announcements EMBL rewards the special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards.

2016

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21 April 2016 Jozef Ševcik at the X13 beamline at the DORIS ring in Hamburg. PHOTO: Rostislav Skrabana

Slovakian synergies

People & Perspectives Meet a driving force behind collaborations with the Slovak Republic, alumnus Jozef Ševčik

2016

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21 April 2016 New Chair of the EMBL Alumni Association Gareth Griffiths. Photo: EMBL/Mehrnoosh Rayner

Close association

People & Perspectives Gareth Griffiths, new Chair of the Alumni Association, reveals his many perspectives of EMBL

2016

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14 April 2016

Taking science to new dimensions

People & Perspectives Alumna Angela Relogio tells us about her passion for science, communication and mentoring

2016

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28 January 2016 Bernard Jacrot in the late 1960s. IMAGE: ILL

Obituary: Bernard Jacrot

People & Perspectives Former Head of EMBL Grenoble passed away on 21 January 2016 at the age of 89

2016

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30 November 2015 Malte Paulsen. PHOTO: EMBL Photlab/Marietta Schupp

Welcome: Malte Paulsen

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives "There’s nothing nicer than seeing a user leave the facility happy"

2015

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6 November 2015 EMBL staff, alumni and their networks gather for the first Swiss chapter meeting. PHOTO: EMBL/Mehrnoosh rayner

Alumni meet in Switzerland

Connections Behind the scenes of the EMBL alumni chapter meeting in Zürich, Switzerland.

2015

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23 October 2015 EMBL Benelux alumni event involved speakers and participants from Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. PHOTO: EMBL/Mehrnoosh Rayner

Alumni meet in Belgium

Connections Behind the scenes of the EMBL-VIB alumni Benelux meeting.

2015

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17 September 2015 The scientists combined data from a variety of techniques to better understand how rats – and humans – age. IMAGE: Brandon Toyama/Salk Institute

Ages apart

Science & Technology Multifaceted approach reveals how brain and liver age, helps explain why ageing brain loses plasticity.

2015

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13 September 2015 A mosaic of portraits of former and present lab members. IMAGE: Pavel Tomancak

Ephrussi reunion: face-to-face

Lab Matters Ephrussi group alumni reunite in Heidelberg for a surprise birthday celebration.

2015

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11 September 2015

Driving science in Denmark

Connections Alumni Rune Linding and Guillermo Montoya join colleagues and peers at the first Danish chapter meeting.

2015

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7 September 2015 The 6th EMBO Meeting took place at the ICC in Birmingham from the 5–8 September, and there were plenty of ways for participants to network. PHOTO: Martyn Hicks

Uniting alumni at The EMBO Meeting

Connections Genevieve Almouzni and Nicolas Le Novère share their insights at alumni chapter meeting hosted in the UK.

2015

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24 August 2015

Celebrating excellence

People & Perspectives EMBL rewards the special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards.

2015

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24 August 2015

Molecular momentum

People & Perspectives Andrew Miller, first head of EMBL Grenoble, reflects on four decades at the Outstation.

2015

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24 August 2015

Alumni board meeting

EMBL Announcements EMBL Alumni Association board meets for the last time in their current constellation.

2015

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24 August 2015 Twelve members make up the EMBL Alumni Association board, taking up office in 2016

New board from 2016

EMBL Announcements Results are in for the EMBL Alumni Association board election – the board takes up office in 2016.

2015

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24 August 2015

Cellular synergy

People & Perspectives Alumnus Thomas Vaccari reflects on the first joint symposium with EMBL Monterotondo, in Milan.

2015

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24 August 2015 Fay Christodoulou, together with EMBL’s Vladimir Benes and Miroculus’ João Pereira de Lima

Decoding disease

Science & Technology Behind the scenes of start-up Miroculus, developing a non-invasive test for early-stage disease.

2015

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24 August 2015

Stick out your tongue!

People & Perspectives Alumnus Luis Bejarano asked Spanish students to stick out their tongues to analyse their microbiome.

2015

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24 August 2015

EMBL Grenoble: Alumni stories

People & Perspectives Alumni Reuben Leberman, Jeremy Smith, Elena Seiradake, and Winfried Weissenhorn share their stories.

2015

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10 August 2015 DREAM challenges

Life is but a DREAM

Science & Technology Crowd sourcing initiative to predict effects of toxic compounds: results of 2013 DREAM Challenge.

2015

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28 July 2015

Political science

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Alumnus Damian Brunner revisits EMBL in a very special capacity, as Swiss delegate on EMBL’s Council.

2015

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16 July 2015

Iron regulators join war on pathogens

Science & Technology Iron regulatory proteins play important role in combatting infection, protecting against Salmonella.

2015

sciencescience-technology

30 June 2015 Timeline cake

Janet Thornton steps down

Lab Matters Staff gather to celebrate Janet Thorton's 14 years as Director of EMBL-EBI.

2015

lab-matters

18 June 2015

From mountains to molecules

Staff, alumni, partners and more meet at EMBL Grenoble to celebrate Outstation's 40th anniversary.

2015

events

30 April 2015

Who gets your vote?

Get ready to vote for your EMBL Alumni Association board.

2015

alumni

29 April 2015

History in the making

Lab Matters EMBL’s new Archivist will help chronicle the twists and turns, ups and downs of life at the Lab.

2015

lab-matters

29 April 2015 Riccardo Cortese, former head of the Genome Biology Unit

Inside industry: Part I

Career insights from Riccardo Cortese, whose start-up is developing an Ebola vaccine candidate.

2015

alumni

29 April 2015

Inside industry: Part II

Alumni in senior positions in industry share career challenges, highlights and EMBL’s continuing role.

2015

alumni

6 February 2015 A new way mice keep iron (purple) out of reach of pathogens. IMAGE FROM GUIDA et al. BLOOD 2015

The battle for iron

New way mice starve pathogens raises alternative approach to treatments for anaemia of chronic disease

2015

science

26 January 2015 A starchy snapshot from The Hungry Microbiome movie. IMAGE: CHRISTOPHER HAMMANG/CSIRO

Lights, camera, action

Films by alumnus’ lab shortlisted for 2014 Visualisation Challenge, 'The Vizzies'.

2015

alumni

26 January 2015

It all started with muscle…

Ken Holmes, one of the visionaries behind EMBL and EMBL Hamburg, looks back to where it all began.

2015

alumni

23 January 2015

Turn out the light

Alumnus Stefan Hell on his 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry

2015

alumni

19 December 2014

EMBL, its alumni and Greece

Showcasing EMBL at the Congress of the Hellenic Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

2014

alumni

18 December 2014

Alumni awards

Announcing winners of the John Kendrew Young Scientist Award, and inaugural Lennart Philipson Award.

2014

alumni

11 December 2014

Lighting the way

EMBL Hamburg celebrates four decades of vision, pioneering research and beamline services.

2014

events

5 December 2014

Four decades at EMBL

Employee number 47 retires, leaving behind a legacy that intricately linked her life with EMBL.

2014

alumni

19 November 2014

For food – back to EMBL

Get a flavour of the 15th EMBL|EMBO Science and Society Conference from alumnus Freddy Frischknecht.

2014

alumni

11 November 2014

Polish connections

Alumna Anna Bartosik shares insights and hopes for EMBL's newest prospect member state, Poland.

2014

alumni

20 October 2014

Breaking boundaries

How Nobel-winning work by alumnus Stefan Hell shapes and inspires current EMBL scientists' research.

2014

science

17 October 2014

A toast to EMBL

German Science Minister and other honoured guests celebrate 40 years of ‘Learning from life’.

2014

events

17 October 2014

Pathways: Science meets arts

Alumnus Giovanni Frazzetto on what happens when art, literature, theatre, and science come together.

2014

alumni

17 October 2014

Witness to history

EMBL Alumna Frieda Glöckner looks back more than four decades to where it all began.

2014

alumni

31 July 2014 Speakers, session chairs and special guests from Austria and abroad, with past and present links to EMBO and EMBL, unite at EMBanniversary celebration. PHOTO: CeMM

EMBanniversary AUSTRIA

Celebrating 50 years of EMBO, 40 years of EMBL and the success of molecular biology in Austria

2014

alumni

8 July 2014 Head of EMBL Monterotondo, Philip Avner, makes a toast.

Buon Compleanno!

EMBL Monterotondo celebrates double anniversary with fun, fireworks, festa and familiar faces

2014

alumni

1 July 2014

Pathways: Science writing

Scientist-turned-writer Lucas Brouwers follows his instincts to find interesting stories

2014

alumni

1 July 2014

Resourceful alumni

Two EMBL alumni, each developing community-led tools to support life science research

2014

alumni

1 July 2014

For the record

New EMBL Archive will serve as a record of accomplishments, past, present and future

2014

alumni

1 July 2014 Alumna Siyi Zhang celebrates completing a 12.4K race in San Francisco

Getting shirty

Staff and alumni around the world get active in EMBL running shirts to celebrate our anniversary

2014

alumni

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