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Edith Heard was EMBL’s fifth Director General, but is now moving on to serve as the Francis Crick Institute's Director and Chief Executive Officer. Here, she reflects on her time at EMBL and lessons learned throughout the years.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2025
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Peer Bork and Ewan Birney take up interim leadership of EMBL as Edith Heard steps down as Director General.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2025
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EMBL announces that Peer Bork and Ewan Birney will lead the organisation after the departure of Director General Edith Heard in summer 2025.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2024
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Professor Edith Heard will succeed Sir Paul Nurse at the London-based institute in the summer of 2025
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2024
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European Commission and EMBL renew commitment, agree on new areas of cooperation, in new EC DG’s first infrastructure visit since appointment.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2023
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The Director General of EMBL was elected by her peers to become a member of one of France’s oldest national science academies.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2022
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EMBL delegation including the Director General visits Iceland marking another stage in this deepening scientific collaboration
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2022
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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.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2022
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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.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2022
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EMBL condemns in the strongest terms the unjustified military invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, with the support of Belarus, and the resulting loss of life and human suffering. We express our deepest sympathy to the Ukrainian people and to all the victims of this war. As an…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2022
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Agreement signed with Latvia’s Biomedical Research and Study Centre will boost academic exchange and collaboration on some of the largest challenges facing human and planetary health.
CONNECTIONS2022
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A delegation from EMBL has participated in inauguration of a new facility — Incubator House — located in Szeged, Hungary.
CONNECTIONS2022
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EMBL has taken another step towards strengthening its scientific relationship with Lithuania.
CONNECTIONS2021
connectionsevents
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 has held a joint workshop with the Belgian Science Policy Office, BELSPO, underlining their long-standing collaboration and commitment to future cooperation.
CONNECTIONS2021
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Professor Edith Heard is among new members elected to US National Academy of Medicine
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2021
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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.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2021
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EMBL Director General Edith Heard has warmly welcomed Fiona Watt, who will become the new director of EMBO.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2021
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EMBL Director General Edith Heard has been elected into the US National Academy of Sciences, recognising her contributions to research.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2021
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The governing Council of EMBL has approved Director General Edith Heard’s restructure of senior management with effect from 1 July 2020.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2020
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EMBL Director General recognised alongside four other exceptional women in the life sciences
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2020
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Scientists provide important new insights into the molecular basis of X-inactivation
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2020
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Edith Heard is inaugurated as EMBL Director General
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2019
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Edith Heard and Jean-Eric Paquet discuss the future of European science
LAB MATTERS2019
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On January 1 2019, Edith Heard takes up the position of EMBL’s Director General
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2019
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EMBL’s next Director General reflects on the questions that drive her research
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2018
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EMBL’s Director General has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2018
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Edith Heard’s mandate scheduled to begin 1 January 2019
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2017
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Lennart Philipson, who served as EMBL’s second Director General, has passed away. Lennart headed EMBL for over a decade between 1982-93, a crucial time for molecular biology when different scientific disciplines in the life sciences were becoming increasingly interlinked. He reorganised the…
LAB MATTERS2011
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In a Memorandum of Understanding signed today, the European Commission (EC) and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) formalise their desire to maintain and further develop their cooperation. “I am delighted to sign the renewed and strengthened Memorandum of Understanding between the…
LAB MATTERS2011
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Dr. Iain Mattaj today took over the leadership of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory [EMBL], a prominent basic research and training institute with laboratories in France, Germany, Italy and the UK. “The pace of progress in the life sciences is remarkable. I see my job as ensuring that…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2005
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