5 September 2023
Lab Matters
Jordi van Gestel and Maria Zimmermann-Kogadeeva each receive 1.5 million EUR funding for research projects on microbial predators and the gut microbiome respectively
4 July 2023
Lab Matters
Three EMBL group leaders and six EMBL alumni were recognised for their contributions to the life sciences.
15 May 2023
EMBLetc
The work and excellence of EMBL researchers have been recognised with multiple awards and honours during the past six months. Here are some of the awardees.
15 May 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.
29 March 2023
Alumni
Two former EMBL scientists have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to the fields of science communication and multiple sequence alignment research, respectively.
23 January 2023
Lab Matters
The group leader, together with three other principal investigators, has been awarded the ERC Synergy Grant, one of the most prestigious public grants in Europe.
19 December 2022
Lab Matters
The Director General of EMBL was elected by her peers to become a member of one of France’s oldest national science academies.
22 November 2022
Lab Matters
Three EMBL scientists received this year’s ERC Starting Grants, and will be awarded €1.5 million over five years to carry out research projects.
13 October 2022
Lab Matters
The Royal Microscopical Society awarded Ardan Patwardhan and Wim Hagen with Scientific Achievement Award
29 September 2022
Announcements
The Royal Microscopical Society recognises Ardan Patwardhan’s contributions to the field of electron microscopy.
23 September 2022
Lab Matters
Cell biologist Anthony Hyman and DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis and John Jumper were announced among 25 Breakthrough Prize recipients
6 September 2022
Lab Matters
A new grant will provide a way for fundamental metabolomic research to realise its commercial potential and promise in aiding drug development and precision medicine.
6 July 2022
Lab Matters
Cornelius Gross, Miki Ebisuya and Nassos Typas join EMBO, the prestigious organisation for the life sciences.
23 June 2022
Alumni
Former chair of EMBL Council to take office as the next President of the Max Planck Society in June 2023.
22 June 2022
Lab Matters
EMBL Director General Edith Heard joined other L’Oreal-UNESCO Laureates in Paris for a series of events celebrating these outstanding researchers and their contributions.
8 June 2022
Alumni
Two former EMBL staff members have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to research in the fields of brain evolution and cancer.
21 May 2022
Lab Matters
EMBL Director General Edith Heard has been elected as a foreign member of The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters in recognition of her academic excellence. Heard is among 15 new members of the Academy, which has been advancing basic research and interdisciplinarity for nearly 280 years.
17 May 2022
Lab Matters, Perspectives
Janet Thornton, the inaugural winner of the FEBS Journal Open Science Award, explains the importance and impact of open science.
2022
lab-mattersperspectives
10 May 2022
Lab Matters
EMBL’s Head of Genome Biology announced as Fellow of the Royal Society for her exceptional contributions to science.
4 May 2022
Lab Matters
The honour recognises distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
6 April 2022
Lab Matters
EMBL Heidelberg’s Matthias Hentze receives the Biochemical Society’s Centenary Award for his discoveries in RNA biology.
10 January 2022
Lab Matters
Kristina Haase, Group Leader at EMBL Barcelona, will receive €1.5 million over the next five years to develop her project on 3D vascularised in vitro cardiac tissues.
9 December 2021
Lab Matters
EMBL Senior Scientist and Head of the Genome Biology Unit is among the researchers honoured for outstanding work by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG).
18 October 2021
Lab Matters
Professor Edith Heard is among new members elected to US National Academy of Medicine
9 September 2021
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.
12 August 2021
Lab Matters
EMBL Director General Edith Heard has been elected a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Her admission to the ‘Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine’ section recognises her outstanding professional contributions to science.
30 July 2021
Lab Matters
Distinctions recognise Peer’s development and sharing of bioinformatics tools as well as his significant contributions to bioinformatics research, education, and services.
13 July 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.
18 June 2021
Science
After work in antimicrobial resistance, EMBL postdoc Laura Carroll is using machine learning for next-gen antibiotic development.
8 June 2021
Lab Matters
John Marioni, Alex Bateman, and Takashi Hiiragi have been elected to EMBO Membership.
20 May 2021
Lab Matters
The Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie has awarded a FEBS Anniversary Prize to Michael Zimmermann for his gut microbiome research.
27 April 2021
Lab Matters
EMBL Director General Edith Heard has been elected into the US National Academy of Sciences, recognising her contributions to research.
15 March 2021
Lab Matters
Nassos Typas has received the German VAAM Research Award.
9 March 2021
Lab Matters
The contribution of EMBL Group Leader and Senior Scientist Wolfgang Huber has been recognised by the International Society for Computational Biology
22 February 2021
Lab Matters
Anne Ephrussi has been awarded the German Feldberg Prize 2022 in recognition of her outstanding research.
9 December 2020
Lab Matters
Funding by the European Research Council (ERC) will support research on the timing of developmental processes in mammals
2 December 2020
Lab Matters
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has recognised four EMBL researchers with their most recent awards, showing how tech trailblazers are integral to advancing science and medicine.
7 October 2020
Science
The genome editing tool CRISPR–Cas9 – which plays a critical role in EMBL’s research – was recognised by the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
3 September 2020
Lab Matters
Maria Bernabeu and Wojciech Galej have each been awarded €1.5 million to research malaria and pre-mRNA splicing, respectively.
27 August 2020
Lab Matters
The Head of the Electron Microscopy Core Facility at EMBL Heidelberg receives Mid-Career Scientific Achievement Award 2020
8 July 2020
Lab Matters
This year, EMBO elected 63 new members, including Alexander Aulehla, Group Leader and Senior Scientist at EMBL Heidelberg, and Paul Flicek, Associate Director of EMBL-EBI Services, Senior Scientist, Group and Team Leader at EMBL-EBI.
13 February 2020
Lab Matters
EMBL Director General recognised alongside four other exceptional women in the life sciences
23 January 2020
Events
EMBL Director honoured by the international RNA Society
21 January 2020
Lab Matters
Judith Reichmann will receive this year’s Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize for Young Researchers
31 July 2019
Lab Matters
Interview with Janka Motešická: a EUCYS 2018 prize winner
21 February 2019
Alumni
Scientists honoured for contributions in cancer immunotherapy and structural biology
8 October 2018
Alumni
EMBL alumni Gareth Griffiths and Rein Aasland receive the 2018 “Volunteer of the Year” award
25 May 2018
Alumni
EMBL alumna Melina Schuh recognised for excellence in science
23 May 2018
Science
EMBL group leader Jan Korbel reflects on his scientific origins and current research
11 May 2018
Lab Matters
EMBL’s Director General has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
2 March 2018
Alumni
EMBL recognises the outstanding work of alumni with the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson Awards
20 February 2018
Alumni
“In testimony of my great thankfulness”
21 December 2017
Lab Matters
A look back at some of the most read stories on EMBL’s news website this year
14 December 2017
Alumni
EMBL physicist-turned-biologist alumni win 2017 Kendrew and Phillipson awards
30 November 2017
Lab Matters
EMBL Director General elect, Edith Heard, awarded 2017’s Grand Prix Inserm for her work in epigenetics
16 November 2017
Alumni
Jacques Dubochet, Nobel laureate and former EMBL group leader, reflects on a key aha moment
4 October 2017
Science
EMBL alumnus recognised for cryo-electron microscopy work
29 August 2016
Lab Matters
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
21 April 2016
Alumni
EMBL rewards the special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards.
21 April 2016
Lab Matters
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
24 November 2015
Lab Matters
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
29 September 2015
Lab Matters
Gold medal celebrates Eric Karsenti’s exceptional career and outstanding contributions to biology.
24 August 2015
Alumni
EMBL rewards the special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards.
24 August 2015
Lab Matters
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
18 June 2015
Lab Matters
Sarah Teichmann recognised for her contributions to science with the EMBO Gold Award 2015.
26 January 2015
Lab Matters
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
17 October 2014
Lab Matters
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards - meet the latest honourees
1 July 2014
Lab Matters
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards - meet the latest honourees
28 February 2005
Lab Matters
The International Society for Computational Biology has named two scientists from the European Bioinformatics Institute as the winners of its awards for 2005. Janet Thornton wins the Senior Scientist Accomplishment Award while the Overton Prize goes to Ewan Birney. Thomas Lengauer, the ISCB’s…
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