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We are EMBL: Marta Cherubini on understanding maternal-fetal communication
Marta Cherubini, a Senior Researcher at EMBL Barcelona, is developing a new 3D in vitro model of the human placental barrier to study pregnancy complications. She enjoys crafting and repairing broken items through careful observation and problem-solving, skills that carry over from her lab…
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2025
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Knowledge exchange between continents supports infection biology research
African scientists awarded the 2024 EMBL-UNESCO residencies share their experience in bioinformatics and virology, emphasising the power of connections and knowledge exchange.
CONNECTIONSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2025
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Cute molecules and the scientists who adore them: Deepti Gupta
Deepti Gupta, Project Manager and Database Curator at EMBL-EBI, talks about her favourite protein PIEZO1. This is part of a series of stories about EMBL scientists and quirky, charming proteins that make them smile.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2025
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Cute molecules and the scientists who adore them: Sarah Gharbi
Sarah Gharbi, technician at EMBL Grenoble, talks about her favourite protein complex, which looks like a poodle. This is part of a series of stories about EMBL scientists and quirky, charming proteins that make them smile.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2025
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Cute molecules and the scientists who adore them: Maria Costanzo
Maria Costanzo, former predoc at EMBL Barcelona, talks about YAP, her favourite protein in the shape of a heart. This is part of a series of stories about EMBL scientists and quirky, charming proteins that make them smile.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2025
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Welcome: Alexandra Koumoutsi
New Head of the Microbial Automation and Culturomics Core Facility discusses her career, her goals for the facility, and her early inspirations.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2024
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Welcome: Christina Ernst
EMBL-EBI's new Functional Genomics Team Leader will develop standards for new data types and integrate AI into workflows.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2024
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We are EMBL: Laura Marin on moving back to Barcelona, success, and the colour blue
Laura Marin, Head of Administration at EMBL Barcelona, talks about how finding joy at work is true success, and how she feels in her new role.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2024
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Cute molecules and the scientists who adore them: Sofia Rucli
Sofia Rucli, postdoc at EMBL Rome, talks about her relationship with the protein OGT, a molecular ‘candy man’ of the cell.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2024
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We are EMBL: Briony Jackson on community-focused public engagement
Public Engagement Officer Briony Jackson is building lasting relationships with local communities to make science accessible and engaging for all.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2024
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Welcome: Isabella Graf
Isabella Graf is EMBL’s newest group leader and the first theoretical biophysicist to join the Developmental Biology Unit.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2024
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We are EMBL: Jia Le Lim on zebrafish, temperature, and Johann Sebastian Bach
Jia Le Lim talks about contributing back to society through science, finding inspiration in the way birds fly in the sky, and winning a recent international piano competition.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2024
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We are EMBL: Jana Helsen on the Bridging Excellence fellowship, chromosomal evolution, and art
EMBL-Stanford Life Science Alliance fellow Jana Helsen shares how she balanced her life between two laboratories and countries, her latest research paper, and her passion for cover art.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2024
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We are EMBL: Melanie Schneider on changing career trajectory
ARISE fellow Melanie Schneider shares how she uncovered a new interest in research infrastructures and supporting discovery.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2024
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We are EMBL: Kim Gurwitz on working with global partners to support bioinformatics training
Kim Gurwitz talks about her role as Scientific Training Lead at EMBL-EBI and how collaborative projects for bioinformatics training support researchers and service providers in making the most of publicly available data.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2024
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Welcome: Mallory Freeberg
The new Team Leader for Human Genomics at EMBL-EBI shares how curiosity and maths shaped her career and what it takes to be a community builder.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2024
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We are EMBL: Elise Bralet on the importance of connecting people
Elise talks about her role in supporting EMBL Grenoble staff in daily human resources matters and the multiple events she’s been involved in to connect people, both at and outside of work.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2024
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We are EMBL: María Cerezo on balancing two roles and one of EMBL’s proudest achievements
María Cerezo talks about her role as Scientific Curator, how she combines it with her position as co-chair of the Staff Association, and what she believes has been EMBL's biggest achievement in its first 50 years.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2024
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Gaining skills and building connections in infection biology
The first EMBL-UNESCO infection biology research fellows share observations after residencies with EMBL researchers.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2024
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Insights and wisdom from the women of TREC
On International Women’s Day 2024, we hear from some of the women who have been working tirelessly in the field and behind the scenes as part of the Traversing European Coastlines (TREC) expedition.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2024
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We are EMBL: Rutuja Yelmar on her life as a PhD student at EMBL Grenoble
Rutuja Yelmar, predoctoral Fellow at EMBL Grenoble in the Kowalinski group, talks about her passion for research, daily inspiration, and the importance of collaboration in achieving her goals.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2023
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Janet Thornton retires: a pioneer in structural bioinformatics
In recognition of Janet Thornton’s retirement, we look back at some of her biggest accomplishments in shaping the field of bioinformatics.
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We are EMBL: Audrey Spielmann on providing lab support
Audrey Spielmann, Lab Support Manager, talks about her role in supporting the research done at EMBL Grenoble.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2023
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Genomic science to support conservation efforts: an interview with Lara Urban
Using long-read sequencing and machine learning approaches, EMBL alumna Lara Urban is making a difference in the field of One Health.
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Molecules to Ecosystems: Liz Duke on X-ray imaging
Biological X-ray imaging is an emerging technology that uses X-rays to image tissues or even entire organisms. It will play an important role in EMBL Hamburg’s future service portfolio, and will allow studying life on multiple scales. Team Leader Liz Duke discusses her plans to establish X-ray…
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2023
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Tracing the history of women in science at EMBL
On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2023, EMBL archivist Maria Papanikolaou discusses the traces left by the women in science who have passed through EMBL, irrevocably changing the organisation in small and big ways.
LAB MATTERS2023
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Molecules to Ecosystems: Jo McEntyre on data services
Jo McEntyre talks about data services, open data and a new era for research assessment.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2023
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Welcome: Hanh Vu
Group Leader Hanh Vu studies ‘immortal’ flatworms that can grow and de-grow to understand better factors that determine organisms’ sizes.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2023
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Scientific passion that seeds passion
A recent student visitor shares her impressions from visiting EMBL’s Vincent group as we recognise International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
LAB MATTERS2023
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Edith Heard elected as member of the French Academy of Sciences
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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Welcome to EMBL: Talya Dayton
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.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2022
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Welcome: Flora Vincent
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.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2022
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Molecules to Ecosystems: Virginie Uhlmann on the Theory transversal theme
Virginie Uhlmann, Research Group Leader at EMBL-EBI and one of the co-chairs of the Theory@EMBL transversal theme, chats about how this theme will open up new research avenues.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2022
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The world needs science, and science needs women
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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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 ANNOUNCEMENTS2022
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Welcome: Pascale Cossart
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.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2022
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Edith Heard elected as a member of The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
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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Organisations should embrace open science faster – interview with Prof. Dame Janet Thornton
Janet Thornton, the inaugural winner of the FEBS Journal Open Science Award, explains the importance and impact of open science.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2022
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Royal Society honour for Eileen Furlong
EMBL’s Head of Genome Biology announced as Fellow of the Royal Society for her exceptional contributions to science.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2022
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Anne Ephrussi elected member of the US National Academy of Sciences
The honour recognises distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2022
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Next Head of EMBL Grenoble appointed
Professor Kristina Djinović-Carugo has been appointed as the next head of EMBL Grenoble. She will join EMBL in July from the Max Perutz Laboratories at the University of Vienna, where she is currently Head of the Department of Structural and Computational Biology and full Professor of Structural…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2022
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Meet the next Head of EMBL Grenoble
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.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2022
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“If you want science to move forward, you have to share it”
EMBO Director Fiona Watt discusses preprints, data sharing, and evaluation in light of EMBL’s new Open Science policy
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2022
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Judith Zaugg from EMBL Heidelberg receives ERC Consolidator Grant
Judith Zaugg, Group Leader at EMBL Heidelberg, has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant of €2 million funded under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. Over the next five years, the grant will enable her group to study cellular interactions in the human bone…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2022
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Break the bias – an interview with Louise Mullany
An exploration of what gender bias looks like in science and how organisations and individuals can address it
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2022
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Welcome: Melissa Harrison
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.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2022
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Kristina Haase from EMBL Barcelona receives ERC Starting Grant
Kristina Haase, Group Leader at EMBL Barcelona, will receive €1.5 million over the next five years to develop her project on 3D vascularised in vitro cardiac tissues.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2022
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Eileen Furlong honoured with Leibniz Prize
EMBL Senior Scientist and Head of the Genome Biology Unit is among the researchers honoured for outstanding work by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG).
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2021
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Welcome: Maria Zimmermann-Kogadeeva
Maria Zimmermann-Kogadeeva is one of EMBL’s newest group leaders and a computational biologist whose research group applies computational modelling to better understand the metabolism of gut bacteria and their potential to have far-reaching impacts on other organs.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2021
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Welcome: Svetlana Dodonova
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.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2021
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EMBL DG joins National Academy of Medicine
Professor Edith Heard is among new members elected to US National Academy of Medicine
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2021
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Welcome: Liz Duke
The new team leader at EMBL Hamburg talks about her plans to establish biological X-ray imaging and high-throughput tomography.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2021
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Edith Heard elected to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
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 welcomes new EMBO Director
EMBL Director General Edith Heard has warmly welcomed Fiona Watt, who will become the new director of EMBO.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2021
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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 & PERSPECTIVES2021
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Welcome: Sarah Dyer
EMBL welcomes Sarah Dyer, the new Non-Vertebrate Genomics Team Leader at EMBL-EBI.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2021
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EMBL welcomes appointment of Maria Leptin as new President of the ERC
EMBL Director General Edith Heard has warmly welcomed the appointment of Professor Maria Leptin as the next President of the European Research Council (ERC)
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2021
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Welcome: Anna Erzberger
Anna Erzberger, one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, will provide unique perspective as a theoretical biological physicist.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2021
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After the lecture: Zehra Sayers
Zehra Sayers explains what makes the SESAME synchrotron special, why we should not fear failure, and why curiosity is her biggest driver.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2021
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EMBL Director General elected to US National Academy of Sciences
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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EMBL DG joins WHO Science Council
Edith Heard has been appointed to a new World Health Organization advisory council.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2021
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Team Science: building diversity and inclusion in research
In a talk on 29 April, Professor Jeanette Woolard will share her experience of creating a more positive research culture
LAB MATTERS2021
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Welcome: Ana Boskovic
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
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2021
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After the lecture: Tracey Brown
Tracey Brown from Sense about Science shares her thoughts on the need to empower women to share and access scientific information.
LAB MATTERS2021
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EMBL prepares women postdocs for leadership
Members of EMBL’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee explain how EMBL is choosing to challenge through its LEAP mentoring programme.
LAB MATTERS2021
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From crisis to recovery: achieving an equal future in a post-COVID-19 world
EMBL invites Simon Gallow, an advocate at UN Women UK, to give a talk marking International Women’s Day.
LAB MATTERS2021
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Welcome: Sinem Saka
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.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2021
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Reflecting on allyship as women in science
Being a woman in science takes allies, not just great science. Here, EMBL’s L’Oréal–UNESCO Fellows talk about support networks.
LAB MATTERS2021
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Feldberg Prize for Anne Ephrussi
Anne Ephrussi has been awarded the German Feldberg Prize 2022 in recognition of her outstanding research.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2021
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Allyship and support: an interview with Janet Thornton
Professor Dame Janet Thornton discusses work–life balance, the support she has received during her career, and how organisations can help staff during the COVID-19 pandemic
LAB MATTERS2021
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Coding between the vines
EMBL Teen Maria-Theresa Licka shares how female scientists guided & inspired her to develop an app to ID vine disease.
LAB MATTERS2021
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Opinion: Allyship and Women in Science
Roshni Mooneeram discusses what Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is to her, and what the meaning of allyship is.
LAB MATTERS2021
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Welcome: Nicoletta Petridou
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.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2021
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Statement on recent paper on mentorships in academia
EMBL’s Eileen Furlong, Chair of the Equality and Diversity Committee and Head of the Genome Biology Unit, responds to the recent Nature Comms paper on the potential effects of mentor–mentee relationships.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2020
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Taking charge by seeking ways to achieve gender balance
A three-day virtual conference, ‘Gender Roles and their Impact in Academia’, explored how biology, social structures, and unconscious bias shape gender roles, and discussed ways to achieve equal opportunities for men and women in academia.
LAB MATTERS2020
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Welcome: Meytal Landau
New associate group leader at EMBL Hamburg investigates the structure of functional amyloids in bacteria and in human disease
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2020
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Indirect impacts of a pandemic on women in science
The EMBL conference that explored direct and indirect impacts from the current pandemic on women in science allowed for information and story sharing both in the form of lectures but also via online platforms like Slack and social media that included Twitter.
LAB MATTERS2020
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COVID-19’s indirect attack on women
More than 500 people have registered for an EMBL conference, "The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on women in science: Challenges and solutions." Scheduled for 9 September, the conference is free and open to all. Pre-registration is still available and required to attend.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2020
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Edith Heard wins L’Oréal–UNESCO Award
EMBL Director General recognised alongside four other exceptional women in the life sciences
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2020
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Ambition and talent
Nina Kathe, Winner of the EU Contest for Young Scientists visits EMBL
LAB MATTERS2018
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Welcome: Maria Garcia Alai
The new head of facility at EMBL Hamburg will help users solve protein puzzles
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2018
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Welcome: Eva Kowalinski
New group leader based in Grenoble aims to unveil the mechanisms of RNA editing
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
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EMBL Women’s Night in Heidelberg
Women from academia, industry and politics met at EMBL to fuel career growth and opportunities
LAB MATTERS2017
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Women in science: Glass half full?
Ottoline Leyser on the fallacy of failure and the road to self-determination
LAB MATTERS2017
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