
Terra Incognita: exploring new horizons in scientific ethics
EMBLetc EMBL’s upcoming Science & Society conference takes a deep dive into the ethical considerations surrounding the use of technology and organoids in life science research.
2023
EMBLetc EMBL’s upcoming Science & Society conference takes a deep dive into the ethical considerations surrounding the use of technology and organoids in life science research.
2023
Announcements, Science The human pangenome – one of the most complete collections of genome sequences released so far – captures rich human diversity.
2023
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Announcements Meet some of our equality, diversity, and inclusion champions and find out how they’re making EMBL-EBI a better place to work
2023
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Lab Matters On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2023, EMBL archivist Maria Papanikolaou discusses the traces left by the women in science who have passed through EMBL, irrevocably changing the organisation in small and big ways.
2023
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Lab Matters, Perspectives An exploration of what gender bias looks like in science and how organisations and individuals can address it
2022
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Lab Matters Showing a continued commitment to providing a diverse and inclusive organisation for conducting leading molecular biology research, EMBL has launched an Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) strategy.
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 In a talk on 29 April, Professor Jeanette Woolard will share her experience of creating a more positive research culture
2021
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Lab Matters Tracey Brown from Sense about Science shares her thoughts on the need to empower women to share and access scientific information.
2021
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Lab Matters Members of EMBL’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee explain how EMBL is choosing to challenge through its LEAP mentoring programme.
2021
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Lab Matters EMBL invites Simon Gallow, an advocate at UN Women UK, to give a talk marking International Women’s Day.
2021
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Lab Matters Roshni Mooneeram discusses what Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is to her, and what the meaning of allyship is.
2021
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Lab Matters EMBL’s Eileen Furlong, Chair of the Equality and Diversity Committee and Head of the Genome Biology Unit, responds to the recent Nature Comms paper on the potential effects of mentor–mentee relationships.
2020
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Events A three-day virtual conference, ‘Gender Roles and their Impact in Academia’, explored how biology, social structures, and unconscious bias shape gender roles, and discussed ways to achieve equal opportunities for men and women in academia.
2020
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Events Maria Arruda is on a mission to make scientists think more about the role they play in society. After a career in academia and the life sciences, she is trying to help others see the bigger picture when it comes to the responsibility of the scientist.
2020
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Events The EMBL conference that explored direct and indirect impacts from the current pandemic on women in science allowed for information and story sharing both in the form of lectures but also via online platforms like Slack and social media that included Twitter.
2020
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Picture of the week EMBL brings together more than 1700 people from all over the world, from a variety of academic and cultural backgrounds. This creates an environment in which there is constant exchange of both scientific knowledge and cultural heritage. While it seems obvious that EMBL, as an international…
2020
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Lab Matters EMBL is striving to make its labs and offices a welcoming and inclusive environment for all. To achieve this goal, EMBL's Equality and Diversity Officers, Luisa Vieites Rodrigues and Zac O'Sullivan, are working closely with leadership and the EMBL community. In this interview, they share their…
2020
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Events How Joana Moscoso bridges the gap between science and society
2020
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Events The club provides a social outlet for EMBLers with a social conscience
2020
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Lab Matters Native Scientist’ organises multilingual science workshops for children of migrant communities.
2019
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Alumni Dr Cristian D. Magnus discusses LGBTQ+ issues and diversity in science
2019
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Lab Matters EMBL Group Leader creates Ben Barres Prize to support talented young neuroscientists
2018
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Science EMBL’s Iain Mattaj, the new Chair of EIROforum, on EIROforum’s role
2017
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Lab Matters Diversity, internationality and collaboration works, writes EMBL Director-General Iain Mattaj
2017
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Lab Matters Ottoline Leyser on the fallacy of failure and the road to self-determination
2017
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