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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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Starts three-year process toward full membership, opening up new opportunities for mutual exchange and collaboration.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2023
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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.
EMBLetc2023
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 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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DeepMind visits EMBL Heidelberg to discuss current and future implications of Artificial Intelligence for life science research.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2022
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The agreement focuses on reinforcing the collaboration between scientists to strengthen our understanding of the organism in its environment.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2021
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EMBL has taken another step towards strengthening its scientific relationship with Lithuania.
CONNECTIONS2021
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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 been elected into the US National Academy of Sciences, recognising her contributions to research.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2021
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Edith Heard has been appointed to a new World Health Organization advisory council.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2021
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On 9 October, EMBL and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding that paves the way for stronger collaboration between these two leading research institutions.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2020
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EMBL Director General Edith Heard and EMBO Director Maria Leptin respond to the current proposal on the Multiannual Financial Framework.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2020
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EMBL Director General Edith Heard has been elected a senator of the Max Planck Society, one of Germany’s leading scientific research organisations. She joins the Senate along with Nobel Laureates and EMBL alumni Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Stefan W. Hell, as well as nine additional new…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2020
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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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To address global challenges, we need to better understand life in the context of environmental change, says EMBL Director General Edith Heard
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2020
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EMBL researchers in the Heard group at EMBL Heidelberg explore the interaction between DNA organisation and gene expression in the early embryo
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2020
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EMBL Director General Edith Heard responds to the resignation of the President of the European Research Council (ERC)
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2020
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Three international teams involving EMBL Heidelberg have been granted funding from the European Commission for three Twinning projects with institutes in Portugal and the Czech Republic.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2020
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Annual Reception celebrates EMBL’s achievements in 2019 and explores its way ahead
LAB 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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The current and previous Directors General discuss what it means to lead an organisation like EMBL
LAB MATTERS2019
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On 20 February, over 250 local supporters and friends met Edith Heard to celebrate a successful year
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2019
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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 Director General elect, Edith Heard, awarded 2017’s Grand Prix Inserm for her work in epigenetics
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2017
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Edith Heard’s mandate scheduled to begin 1 January 2019
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2017
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