22 January 2026
The EMBL community is deeply saddened by the passing of Interim Director General Professor Peer Bork, a pioneering scientist who left an indelible imprint on life science research in Europe and beyond.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
5 November 2021
Ken Holmes, outstanding pioneer of structural biology and founder of EMBL´s Hamburg site, died on 2 November 2021 at the age of 87.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2021
alumnipeople-perspectives
12 August 2019
Bernd-Uwe Jahn, former EMBL Administrative Director, Ministerialrat and Jurist has passed away
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2019
alumniembl-announcements
12 July 2019
The life science community is deeply saddened by the death of Suzanne Eaton
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2019
alumniembl-announcements
14 May 2018
Elisa Izaurralde, EMBL alumna, has passed away
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2018
alumnipeople-perspectives
21 November 2017
Former EMBL Director General Fotis Kafatos passes away
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
12 April 2017
EMBL alumnus Konrad Müller has sadly passed away
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2017
lab-matterspeople-perspectives
15 September 2014
Stephen Fuller, from 1981–2000 an EMBL postdoc, group leader then Head of Unit, died on 25 August.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2014
alumnipeople-perspectives
8 September 2014
Andrew D Robertson, scientific coordinator of EICAT between 2011–12, died on 14 August 2014.
LAB MATTERS
1 July 2014
Christian Boulin, EMBL’s Director of Core Facilities and Services, died on 27 April 2014
LAB MATTERS
5 July 2011
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 MATTERS