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1 December 2025 An hourglass with DNA bases, set in front of a Neanderthal skull, with a map in the background showing human migration patterns, superimposed with a few cave paintings.

An hourglass with DNA bases, set in front of a Neanderthal skull, with a map in the background showing human migration patterns, superimposed with a few cave paintings.

Nobel laureate Svante Pääbo to deliver 2026 Kafatos Lecture

Public lecture by the Nobel laureate and evolutionary geneticist will explore how traces of Neanderthal DNA shape human biology and health today.

EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS

2025

embl-announcements

25 February 2025 Female scientist smiling at camera

The brain’s extraordinary internal GPS

Nobel Laureate May-Britt Moser shares her thoughts on her science, its intrinsic rewards, and what she’ll be talking about in a few weeks at EMBL’s 2025 Kafatos Lecture.

PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES

2025

people-perspectives

31 January 2025

Nobel laureate and neuroscientist May-Britt Moser to deliver 2025 Kafatos Lecture

Nobel laureate and neuroscientist May-Britt Moser will discuss how the brain’s grid cells enable navigation and spatial memory at the 2025 Kafatos Lecture.

EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS

2025

embl-announcements

25 September 2024 Headshot of male scientist with eyeglasses

The importance and limitations of organoids

Cell biologist Hans Clevers will discuss organoids as 'avatars' for human organs in research and medicine at the 2024 Kafatos lecture.

PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES

2024

people-perspectives

3 September 2024 Illustration showing a pair of human hands holding up three petri dishes, with a miniature pancreas, intestines, and lungs respectively.

Illustration showing a pair of human hands holding up three petri dishes, with a miniature pancreas, intestines, and lungs respectively.

Hans Clevers to deliver 2024 Kafatos Lecture on pioneering organoid research

On Friday 4 October 2024 at 18:00 CEST, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) in Amsterdam will host the 2024 Kafatos Lecture, delivered by renowned scientist Hans Clevers.

EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS

2024

embl-announcements

18 October 2023 Female scientist looks directly at the camera, wearing blue jacket and white top

EMBL’s second Kafatos Lecture this Friday

Elena Conti will discuss how cells control the life and death of mRNA molecules at the 2023 annual Kafatos Lecture on 20 October in Munich.

EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS

2023

alumniembl-announcements

24 August 2023 Set against a blue background, an illustration of a small paper shredder seemingly works at shredding mRNA, often in the form of origami shapes that float nearby.

Set against a blue background, an illustration of a small paper shredder seemingly works at shredding mRNA, often in the form of origami shapes that float nearby.

Deciding when to destroy mRNA

Elena Conti will discuss how cells control the life and death of mRNA molecules at the next annual Kafatos Lecture on 20 October in Munich.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2023

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3 October 2022 A conference banner in green and blue, including the original signature of Fotis Kafatos

Inaugural Kafatos Lecture brings outstanding science to the global public

EMBL´s Inaugural Kafatos Lecture brings outstanding science to the global public. The 2022 lecture will be delivered by EMBL alumnus and distinguished developmental geneticist Denis Duboule and will focus on ‘Evolution and Embryonic Development: The Complex Story of our Dual Origins’.

2022

alumni

16 December 2021 Male scientist in front of Building