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14 August 2024

Merging passion, collaboration, and serendipity

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.

PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES

2024

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30 July 2024 Two men stand side by side, a younger scientist with glasses on the left and an older benefactor on the right

12 moments of philanthropy: #7 John Kendrew Young Scientist Award

Since 2011, Roland Specker has sponsored the John Kendrew Young Scientist Award, which both supports early-career scientists while also honouring EMBL’s first director general.

CONNECTIONS

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

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.

EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS

2024

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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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8 June 2022 Two female scientists shown against a green background

2022 EMBL Alumni Awards Winners announced

Two former EMBL staff members have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to research in the fields of brain evolution and cancer.

EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS

2022

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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

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.

PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES

2021

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

2019 alumni awards

Scientists honoured for contributions in cancer immunotherapy and structural biology

PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES

2019

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2 March 2018 HiGlass (http://higlass.io) is an exploratory visualization tool for genomic data developed by Nils Gehlenborg and his team that provides analysts with a flexible interface to explore genomic and epigenomic data, including genome wide interactions, across multiple scales. IMAGE: Nils Gehlenborg

HiGlass (http://higlass.io) is an exploratory visualization tool for genomic data developed by Nils Gehlenborg and his team that provides analysts with a flexible interface to explore genomic and epigenomic data, including genome wide interactions, across multiple scales. IMAGE: Nils Gehlenborg

Kendrew and Philipson Awards Winners 2018

EMBL recognises the outstanding work of alumni with the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson Awards

EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS

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

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

PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES

2017

alumnipeople-perspectives

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

Reflections by Sir John Kendrew

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

LAB MATTERS PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES

2017

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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

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

EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS

2016

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24 August 2015

Celebrating excellence

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

PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES

2015

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