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23 August 2024

Welcome: David Ocaña

People & Perspectives EMBL-EBI’s new Head of Applications will use his expertise in cloud infrastructure and security to support the institute’s open data resources.

2024

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16 May 2024

Welcome: Julio Saez-Rodriguez

People & Perspectives EMBL-EBI's new Head of Research shares his plans and priorities.

2024

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29 January 2024 Man leaning against a wall

Welcome: Kyle Morris

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Kyle Morris joins EMBL-EBI as Electron Microscopy Data Bank (EMDB) Team Leader.

2024

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21 September 2023 Man standing outside

Welcome: David Hulcoop

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives David Hulcoop discusses how his experience bridging organisational cultures will help address critical challenges in drug discovery and target selection at Open Targets.

2023

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8 August 2023 Clément Blanchet at the EMBL Hamburg’s P12 beamline’s experimental hutch.

Welcome: Clément Blanchet

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Clément Blanchet has been appointed to lead the team working on small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) at EMBL Hamburg. In this interview, he talks his ambitions for the future work of the SAXS Team, his passion for science, and a memorable ‘aha’ moment he had in his early career.

2023

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22 June 2023 Woman stands in front of railing.

Welcome: Sihem Bennour

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Sihem Bennour, new head of HR, foresees a deeper culture of information sharing, listening, and problem solving with EMBL staff.

2023

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23 March 2023 Portrait of a person looking at the camera. In the background there are trees and a white building

Welcome: Alejandro Torres-Sánchez

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The new group leader is setting up the first purely theory-focused research group at EMBL Barcelona. He aims to understand fundamental biological principles using mathematical models and computer simulations, in close collaboration with experimental researchers across EMBL.

2023

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20 March 2023 Team leader Gergely Papp.

Welcome: Gergely Papp

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Together with his team, Gergely Papp pushes the frontiers of technology development in the field of structural biology.

2023

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13 February 2023 Female scientist stands in front of lab bench

Welcome: Hanh Vu

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Group Leader Hanh Vu studies ‘immortal’ flatworms that can grow and de-grow to understand better factors that determine organisms’ sizes.

2023

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30 November 2022 Portrait of Talya Dayton propped up on a balcony rail

Welcome to EMBL: Talya Dayton

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The new group leader in Barcelona aims to understand how cells behave in health and in disease, and approaches her favourite hobby, cooking, very similarly to her work in the lab.

2022

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21 November 2022 male scientist in green shirt and dark pants stands outside in front of tree

Welcome Jordi van Gestel

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Looking to understand microbial predator-prey relationships, EMBL’s newest group leader tackles a molecular ‘arms race’ in his lab.

2022

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21 October 2022 A female scientist in a blue dress stands in front of blurred woodsy background

Welcome: Flora Vincent

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives After a postdoc at Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, Flora Vincent has joined EMBL’s Developmental Biology unit to further explore the world of phytoplankton.

2022

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20 July 2022 A woman stands in front of shelving filled with notebook binders.

Welcome: Maria Papanikolaou

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL’s new archive and records manager, Maria Papanikolaou, explains the dual role she and an additional colleague will have in the Office of Science Information Management.

2022

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7 June 2022 Female scientist photographed in a garden

Welcome: Pascale Cossart

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Pascale Cossart, one of the world’s foremost authorities on the biology of Listeria, brings four decades of expertise in intracellular bacterial parasitism to EMBL as a visiting scientist.

2022

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11 May 2022 Man standing on a balcony

Peter Harrison – Genome Analysis Team Leader

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Peter Harrison discusses the importance of data accessibility and his passion for biodiversity and agricultural genomics.

2022

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27 April 2022 Kristina Djinović-Carugo sitting at her desk.

Meet the next Head of EMBL Grenoble

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Slovenian structural biologist Kristina Djinović-Carugo will join EMBL in July as the new Head of EMBL Grenoble. We spoke to her about her background, research interests, and plans for EMBL Grenoble.

2022

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30 March 2022 Man standing in front of a wall with scientific imagery including protein structures

Welcome: John Lees

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives John Lees joins EMBL-EBI as a Group Leader in Pathogen informatics and modelling.

2022

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23 February 2022 A male scientist in a white shirt stands at a walkway railing.

Welcome: Michael Dorrity

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Michael Dorrity, one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, is studying how the environment influences early life stages in zebrafish.

2022

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14 January 2022 Woman standing next to a hedge

Welcome: Melissa Harrison

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Melissa Harrison joins EMBL-EBI as the new Team Leader of Literature Services. We found out more about her plans for open access publishing and Europe PMC.

2022

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29 November 2021 Male scientist in front of blurred woodland background

Welcome: Niccolò Banterle

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Using gene editing and three types of microscopy, one of EMBL’s newest group leaders is deciphering the functions of one of the smallest molecules involved in cell division, motility, and signalling, known as a centriole.

2021

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24 November 2021 A man standing in front of hedges

Welcome: Tudor Groza

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Tudor Groza joins EMBL-EBI as our new Phenomics Team Lead. We found out from Tudor exactly what this new role will entail

2021

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28 October 2021 female scientist sits in front of building

Welcome: Svetlana Dodonova

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Svetlana Dodonova is one of EMBL's newest group leaders, leading a team of researchers who will study how genetic material is organised inside cells using structural biology approaches.

2021

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20 August 2021 Liz Duke in front of the PETRA III synchrotron.

Welcome: Liz Duke

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The new team leader at EMBL Hamburg talks about her plans to establish biological X-ray imaging and high-throughput tomography.

2021

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5 July 2021

Welcome: Sarah Dyer

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL welcomes Sarah Dyer, the new Non-Vertebrate Genomics Team Leader at EMBL-EBI.

2021

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22 June 2021 Woman stands at brown railing in front of trees

Welcome: Anna Erzberger

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Anna Erzberger, one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, will provide unique perspective as a theoretical biological physicist.

2021

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7 April 2021 Man standing next to painting

Welcome: Matthew Hartley

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The challenges and opportunities when setting up a global archive for bioimages

2021

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30 March 2021 Ana Boskovic sitting in her office

Welcome: Ana Boskovic

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The new group leader at EMBL Rome will study how embryos can inherit non-genetic information from their parents that causes stable and heritable effects

2021

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26 February 2021 Woman with long brown hair stands in front of snow scene with arms crossed in front of her.

Welcome: Sinem Saka

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives As one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, Sinem Saka will combine multiple technologies, such as microscopy and single-cell omics, to solve biological puzzles.

2021

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19 February 2021 New group leader Gautam Dey looks smiling towards the camera,

Welcome to EMBL: Gautam Dey

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Gautam Dey is fascinated by the evolutionary origins of the nucleus, and is looking forward to making the most of EMBL's infrastructure.

2021

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27 January 2021 Nicoletta Petridou looks towards the camera smiling, whilst standing in a science laboratory

Welcome: Nicoletta Petridou

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives New group leader Nicoletta Petridou explains her fascination with the complexity of early embryo development, and how the interdisciplinary nature of EMBL will aid her research.

2021

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18 January 2021 man wearing sweater and glasses stands in front of snow and glassy building

Welcome: Timo Zimmermann

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The EMBL Imaging Centre is scheduled to open in 2021 with Timo Zimmermann as Team Leader for advanced light microscopy technology development and service provision.

2021

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15 January 2021 young man with beard and mustache stands in front of window with blurry background

Welcome: Olivier Duss

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives One of EMBL’s newest group leaders, Olivier Duss, will explore how RNA folds into functional structures and how it works with proteins to control a diverse range of activities in the cell.

2021

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16 October 2020 Meytal Landau is standing next to a lab bench. On the bench, laboratory equipment is visible, such as pipettes, flasks, bottles with reagents, a calculator, and more.

Welcome: Meytal Landau

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives New associate group leader at EMBL Hamburg investigates the structure of functional amyloids in bacteria and in human disease

2020

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24 August 2020 Simone Mattei, the new team leader in electron microscopy service and technology development

Welcome: Simone Mattei

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The new team leader offering services in electron microscopy discusses his hopes and plans for the forthcoming EMBL Imaging Centre

2020

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20 August 2020 A portrait photo of Geetika Malhotra, new Head of Web Development at EMBL-EBI.

Welcome: Geetika Malhotra

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The Web Development team provides a central source of web design and development for EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). In July, Geetika Malhotra joined the team as their new Head.

2020

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1 July 2020 New Informatics Science Director at Open Targets, Ellie McDonagh

Welcome: Ellie McDonagh

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Open Targets welcomes new Informatics Science Director

2020

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19 May 2020 EMBL group leader Georgia Rapti

Welcome: Georgia Rapti

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The nervous system has fascinated Georgia Rapti ever since her first introduction to biology. Her research group in the Developmental Biology unit will focus on understanding the early biological events involved in the nervous system’s formation.

2020

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22 April 2020 Portrait photo of Brendan Rouse, EMBL's Environmental Officer

Welcome: Brendan Rouse

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Brendan Rouse came to Heidelberg in March as EMBL’s Environmental Officer, tasked with monitoring the organisation’s environmental impact and promoting sustainable practices. Here, he discusses his plans for the new role.

2020

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31 March 2020 Portrait of Bastian Drees, Head of Library

Welcome: Bastian Drees

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Bastian Drees is a biophysicist turned librarian, who joined EMBL in January as the new Head of Library. Here, he discusses the changing role of libraries and how they can help scientists organise and share their results.

2020

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20 February 2020 lucia-von-bredow

Welcome: Lucia von Bredow

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL’s new Science and Society Manager shares her plans for fostering multidisciplinary dialogue

2020

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19 February 2020 Claire Deo

Welcome: Claire Deo

People & Perspectives New group leader at EMBL Heidelberg employs synthetic chemistry to develop novel tools for biology

2020

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27 January 2020 Maria Bernabeu

Welcome: Maria Bernabeu

People & Perspectives New group leader at EMBL Barcelona is investigating how malaria affects the human circulatory system

2020

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21 January 2020 Kristina Haase

Welcome: Kristina Haase

People & Perspectives Kristina Haase brings an engineer’s perspective to vascular disease and regenerative medicine

2020

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22 July 2019 Michael Zimmermann in the ATC.

Welcome: Michael Zimmermann

People & Perspectives Michael Zimmermann's group will investigate how gut microbes affect the body’s response to drugs.

2019

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8 April 2019 New head of Office of Resource Development at EMBL, Joana WItkowski, stands inside the ATC building at EMBL Heidelberg

Welcome: Joana Witkowski

Lab Matters New head of ORD will build and expand the partnerships that help EMBL achieve its ambitions

2019

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18 March 2019 A smiling Santiago Rompani, new group leader at EMBL Rome, stands in front of a vine covered wall

Welcome: Santiago Rompani

People & Perspectives New EMBL group leader explores what neurobiology can teach us about what it means to be human

2019

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8 March 2019 Sagar Bhogaraju portrait photo

Welcome: Sagar Bhogaraju

Science & Technology New group leader at EMBL Grenoble is investigating the cellular role of melanoma antigens

2019

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26 November 2018 Sarah Butcher EMBL-EBI Technical Team Leader

Welcome: Sarah Butcher

Lab Matters Building bridges between scientists and software developers

2018

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22 August 2018

Welcome: Jim Swoger

People & Perspectives New head of the Mesoscopic Imaging Facility at EMBL Barcelona will help scientists visualise nature

2018

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3 August 2018 Optical section of a ‘gastruloid’ – an embryonic organoid made from mouse embryonic stem cells and stained for E-Cadherin (red), marking cell outlines and nuclei (blue). IMAGE: Vikas Trivedi/EMBL

Welcome: Vikas Trivedi

People & Perspectives An engineer’s approach to understanding morphogenesis

2018

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9 July 2018 Miki Ebisuya at EMBL Barcelona

Welcome: Miki Ebisuya

People & Perspectives New group leader at EMBL Barcelona creates artificial biological systems to study animal development

2018

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4 June 2018 New EMBL group leader Simone Köhler.

Welcome: Simone Köhler

People & Perspectives Which of our genes will be passed on to our children? Simone Köhler wants to find out

2018

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20 April 2018 Anna Kreshuk

Welcome: Anna Kreshuk

People & Perspectives New Heidelberg group leader creates tools to help biologists work faster and better

2018

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28 March 2018 Virginie Uhlmann on EPFL campus

Welcome: Virginie Uhlmann

People & Perspectives New EMBL-EBI Group Leader will make sense of bioimaging data

2018

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21 March 2018 Maria Garcia Alai at the Sample Preparation and Characterisation Facility at EMBL Hamburg. PHOTO: EMBL/Joanna Pieprzyk

Welcome: Maria Garcia Alai

People & Perspectives The new head of facility at EMBL Hamburg will help users solve protein puzzles

2018

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16 February 2018 New EMBL group leader Sara Cuylen-Häring will explore biophysical properties of chromosomes and other cellular assemblies.

Welcome: Sara Cuylen-Häring

People & Perspectives New EMBL group leader explores biophysical properties of chromosomes and other cellular assemblies

2018

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9 February 2018 Arnaud Krebs, EMBL’s new group leader studies how gene expression is controlled

Welcome: Arnaud Krebs

People & Perspectives EMBL’s new group leader studies how gene expression is controlled

2018

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15 January 2018 This mouse ovary and these immature eggs (in blue), can be used to study patterns of DNA methylation that affect only females.

Welcome: Matthieu Boulard

People & Perspectives New EMBL group leader investigates the mystery of heritable gene silencing

2018

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8 January 2018 A photo of new EMBL Heidelberg group leader Aissam Ikmi.

Welcome: Aissam Ikmi

People & Perspectives New group leader studies sea anemones to investigate why some animals regenerate better than others

2018

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4 December 2017 A photo of Eva Kowalinski

Welcome: Eva Kowalinski

People & Perspectives New group leader based in Grenoble aims to unveil the mechanisms of RNA editing

2017

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24 November 2017 Cryo-electron tomograms of intact cells reveal molecular landscapes.

Welcome: Julia Mahamid

People & Perspectives The Mahamid group studies meso-scale molecular assemblies in intact cells and model organisms at molecular resolution

2017

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3 October 2017 The structure of the nuclear pore complex obtained by integrative modelling

Welcome: Jan Kosinski

People & Perspectives EMBL’s new group leader based in Hamburg aims to create models of infection cycles

2017

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11 August 2017

Welcome: Justin Crocker

People & Perspectives Meet Justin Crocker, EMBL’s new group leader in gene regulation during evolution and development

2017

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9 August 2017 Photo of Evangelia Petsalaki by Mary Todd Bergman, EMBL-EBI

Welcome: Evangelia Petsalaki

People & Perspectives A new group at EMBL-EBI aims to decipher cell signalling networks

2017

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1 August 2017 EMBL-EBI group leader Zamin Iqbal

Welcome: Zamin Iqbal

People & Perspectives The Iqbal research group hopes to build a 'Google of bacteria' to help better interpret the genome

2017

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29 May 2017

Welcome: James Sharpe

People & Perspectives Meet the head of EMBL's new Barcelona site, James Sharpe

2017

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5 May 2017

Welcome: Jamie Hackett

People & Perspectives Meet Monterotondo’s new group leader for epigenetic reprogramming and inheritance, Jamie Hackett

2017

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21 March 2017

Welcome: Monika Lachner

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL’s new Academic Coordinator and Dean of Graduate Studies Monika Lachner leads programmes that help young scientists to flourish

2017

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25 January 2017 Wojciech Galej, new group leader at EMBL

Welcome: Wojciech Galej

People & Perspectives New group leader Wojciech Galej investigates RNA-protein complexes involved in gene expression

2017

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27 October 2016

Welcome to EMBL: Robert Prevedel

People & Perspectives Robert Prevedel develops deep-tissue microscopy for scientists to peer deep inside living organisms

2016

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26 September 2016 Mikhail Savitski. PHOTO: Marietta Schupp/EMBL Photolab

Welcome to EMBL: Mikhail Savitski

People & Perspectives New head of Proteomics Core Facility also runs stability proteomics lab

2016

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26 August 2016 EMBL team leader Georg Zeller. PHOTO: EMBL/Marietta Schupp

Welcome: Georg Zeller

Science & Technology Team leader investigates how the gut microbiome could relate to human diseases

2016

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29 June 2016 Alba Diz-Muñoz. PHOTO: Hugo Neves/EMBL Photolab

Welcome: Alba Diz-Muñoz

People & Perspectives New group leader combines physics and biology to answer the 'hows' of cell movement

2016

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7 April 2016

Welcome: Hiroki Asari

People & Perspectives Why does a cookie look different depending on how hungry you are? Neuroscientist Asari wants to find out

2016

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25 January 2016 Kim Remans heads EMBL's Protein Expression and Purification Core Facility. PHOTO: EMBL Photolab/Marietta Schupp

Welcome: Kim Remans

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives "We’re open! We’re open to working with everybody, we’re open to new things."

2016

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30 November 2015 Malte Paulsen. PHOTO: EMBL Photlab/Marietta Schupp

Welcome: Malte Paulsen

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives "There’s nothing nicer than seeing a user leave the facility happy"

2015

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7 September 2015 Janosch Hennig. PHOTO: EMBL Photolab/Marietta Schupp

Welcome: Janosch Hennig

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives “A structure alone is not so interesting, you need the biology too,” says new NMR-focused group leader

2015

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3 September 2015 Moritz Gerstung

Welcome: Moritz Gerstung

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives New group explores why patients with same cancer exhibit unique constellations of genetic mutations.

2015

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6 August 2015

Welcome: Theodore Alexandrov

People & Perspectives A mathematician who got ‘sucked in’ to biological problems, meet new team leader Theodore Alexandrov.

2015

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9 January 2015

Welcome: Marco Marcia

New group leader Marco Marcia aims to broaden horizons while mapping molecules.

2015

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18 November 2014 Kyung-Min Noh. PHOTO: EMBL/M.SCHUPP

Welcome: Kyung-Min Noh

The important thing is forming good biological questions, says new group leader in Genome Biology.

2014

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17 November 2014 Judith Zaugg. PHOTO: EMBL/M. SCHUPP

Welcome: Judith Zaugg

Whether it’s information or people, the art of connecting is key to new group leader Judith Zaugg

2014

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