We are EMBL: Audrey Spielmann on providing lab support
Lab Matters Audrey Spielmann, Lab Support Manager, talks about her role in supporting the research done at EMBL Grenoble.
2023
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Genomic science to support conservation efforts: an interview with Lara Urban
Perspectives Using long-read sequencing and machine learning approaches, EMBL alumna Lara Urban is making a difference in the field of One Health.
2023
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Molecules to Ecosystems: Liz Duke on X-ray imaging
Lab Matters 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…
2023
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Tracing the history of women in science at EMBL
Lab Matters 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.
2023
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Molecules to Ecosystems: Jo McEntyre on data services
Lab Matters, Perspectives Jo McEntyre talks about data services, open data and a new era for research assessment.
2023
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Welcome: Hanh Vu
Lab Matters 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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Scientific passion that seeds passion
Lab Matters A recent student visitor shares her impressions from visiting EMBL’s Vincent group as we recognise International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
2023
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Edith Heard elected as member of the French Academy of Sciences
Lab Matters The Director General of EMBL was elected by her peers to become a member of one of France’s oldest national science academies.
2022
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Welcome to EMBL: Talya Dayton
Lab Matters 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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Welcome: Flora Vincent
Lab Matters 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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Molecules to Ecosystems: Virginie Uhlmann on the Theory transversal theme
Lab Matters 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.
2022
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The world needs science, and science needs women
Lab Matters 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.
2022
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2022 EMBL Alumni Awards Winners announced
Alumni Two former EMBL staff members have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to research in the fields of brain evolution and cancer.
2022
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Welcome: Pascale Cossart
Lab Matters 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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Edith Heard elected as a member of The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Lab Matters 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.
2022
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Organisations should embrace open science faster – interview with Prof. Dame Janet Thornton
Lab Matters, Perspectives Janet Thornton, the inaugural winner of the FEBS Journal Open Science Award, explains the importance and impact of open science.
2022
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Royal Society honour for Eileen Furlong
Lab Matters EMBL’s Head of Genome Biology announced as Fellow of the Royal Society for her exceptional contributions to science.
2022
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Anne Ephrussi elected member of the US National Academy of Sciences
Lab Matters The honour recognises distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
2022
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Next Head of EMBL Grenoble appointed
Lab Matters 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…
2022
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Meet the next Head of EMBL Grenoble
Lab Matters 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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“If you want science to move forward, you have to share it”
Lab Matters EMBO Director Fiona Watt discusses preprints, data sharing, and evaluation in light of EMBL’s new Open Science policy
2022
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Judith Zaugg from EMBL Heidelberg receives ERC Consolidator Grant
Lab Matters 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…
2022
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Break the bias – an interview with Louise Mullany
Lab Matters, Perspectives An exploration of what gender bias looks like in science and how organisations and individuals can address it
2022
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Welcome: Melissa Harrison
Lab Matters 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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Kristina Haase from EMBL Barcelona receives ERC Starting Grant
Lab Matters 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.
2022
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Eileen Furlong honoured with Leibniz Prize
Lab Matters 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).
2021
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Welcome: Maria Zimmermann-Kogadeeva
Lab Matters 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.
2021
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Welcome: Svetlana Dodonova
Lab Matters 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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EMBL DG joins National Academy of Medicine
Lab Matters Professor Edith Heard is among new members elected to US National Academy of Medicine
2021
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Welcome: Liz Duke
Lab Matters 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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Edith Heard elected to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Lab Matters 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.
2021
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EMBL Director General welcomes new EMBO Director
Lab Matters EMBL Director General Edith Heard has warmly welcomed Fiona Watt, who will become the new director of EMBO.
2021
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EMBL Alumni Awards 2021
Alumni 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.
2021
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Welcome: Sarah Dyer
Lab Matters EMBL welcomes Sarah Dyer, the new Non-Vertebrate Genomics Team Leader at EMBL-EBI.
2021
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EMBL welcomes appointment of Maria Leptin as new President of the ERC
Lab Matters EMBL Director General Edith Heard has warmly welcomed the appointment of Professor Maria Leptin as the next President of the European Research Council (ERC)
2021
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Welcome: Anna Erzberger
Lab Matters Anna Erzberger, one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, will provide unique perspective as a theoretical biological physicist.
2021
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After the lecture: Zehra Sayers
Alumni Zehra Sayers explains what makes the SESAME synchrotron special, why we should not fear failure, and why curiosity is her biggest driver.
2021
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EMBL Director General elected to US National Academy of Sciences
Lab Matters EMBL Director General Edith Heard has been elected into the US National Academy of Sciences, recognising her contributions to research.
2021
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EMBL DG joins WHO Science Council
Lab Matters Edith Heard has been appointed to a new World Health Organization advisory council.
2021
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Team Science: building diversity and inclusion in research
Lab Matters In a talk on 29 April, Professor Jeanette Woolard will share her experience of creating a more positive research culture
2021
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Welcome: Ana Boskovic
Lab Matters 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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After the lecture: Tracey Brown
Lab Matters Tracey Brown from Sense about Science shares her thoughts on the need to empower women to share and access scientific information.
2021
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EMBL prepares women postdocs for leadership
Lab Matters Members of EMBL’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee explain how EMBL is choosing to challenge through its LEAP mentoring programme.
2021
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From crisis to recovery: achieving an equal future in a post-COVID-19 world
Lab Matters EMBL invites Simon Gallow, an advocate at UN Women UK, to give a talk marking International Women’s Day.
2021
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Welcome: Sinem Saka
Lab Matters 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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Reflecting on allyship as women in science
Lab Matters Being a woman in science takes allies, not just great science. Here, EMBL’s L’Oréal–UNESCO Fellows talk about support networks.
2021
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Feldberg Prize for Anne Ephrussi
Lab Matters Anne Ephrussi has been awarded the German Feldberg Prize 2022 in recognition of her outstanding research.
2021
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Allyship and support: an interview with Janet Thornton
Lab Matters 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
2021
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Coding between the vines
Lab Matters EMBL Teen Maria-Theresa Licka shares how female scientists guided & inspired her to develop an app to ID vine disease.
2021
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Opinion: Allyship and Women in Science
Lab Matters Roshni Mooneeram discusses what Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is to her, and what the meaning of allyship is.
2021
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Welcome: Nicoletta Petridou
Lab Matters 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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Statement on recent paper on mentorships in academia
Lab Matters 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.
2020
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Taking charge by seeking ways to achieve gender balance
Events 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.
2020
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Welcome: Meytal Landau
Lab Matters New associate group leader at EMBL Hamburg investigates the structure of functional amyloids in bacteria and in human disease
2020
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Indirect impacts of a pandemic on women in science
Events 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.
2020
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COVID-19’s indirect attack on women
Events 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.
2020
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Edith Heard wins L’Oréal–UNESCO Award
Lab Matters EMBL Director General recognised alongside four other exceptional women in the life sciences
2020
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Ambition and talent
Events Nina Kathe, Winner of the EU Contest for Young Scientists visits EMBL
2018
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Welcome: Maria Garcia Alai
Science The new head of facility at EMBL Hamburg will help users solve protein puzzles
2018
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Welcome: Eva Kowalinski
Science New group leader based in Grenoble aims to unveil the mechanisms of RNA editing
2017
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EMBL Women’s Night in Heidelberg
Events Women from academia, industry and politics met at EMBL to fuel career growth and opportunities
2017
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Women in science: Glass half full?
Lab Matters Ottoline Leyser on the fallacy of failure and the road to self-determination
2017
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