women in science Archives

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

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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22 June 2022

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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8 June 2022 Two female scientists shown against a green background

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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21 May 2022 Portrait photo of Edith Heard

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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10 May 2022

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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4 May 2022 Picture of Anne Ephrussi

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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3 March 2022 Portrait of Professor Louise Mullany on green and blue background. Credit: Louise Mullany

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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14 January 2022 Woman standing next to a hedge

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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10 January 2022 Photo of Kristina Haase, roup Leader at EMBL Barcelona

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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9 December 2021 Portrait photo of Eileen Furlong against blue-green background.

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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25 November 2021 Female scientist in front of a background of green plants

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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28 October 2021 female scientist sits in front of building

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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18 October 2021 Portrait photo of Edith Heard, EMBL Director General

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

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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12 August 2021 Edith Heard's photo portrait in a circle in the middle of the image.

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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13 July 2021 A portrait image of Fiona Watt

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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13 July 2021 From right to left, Ilaria Piazza and Ken Holmes’ portraits are side by side in circles on a greenish background

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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5 July 2021 Sarah Dyer Non-Vertebrate Genomics Team Leader

Welcome: Sarah Dyer

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

2021

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30 June 2021 Woman's face in circle on a coloured background

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

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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5 May 2021 Woman sits at desk in office setting

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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27 April 2021 Woman in blue suit has hands crossed across her chest

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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26 April 2021 Portrait photo of Edith Heard, EMBL Director General

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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21 April 2021 Photo of Jeanette Woolard, Director of COMPARE

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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30 March 2021 Ana Boskovic sitting in her office

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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8 March 2021 Head shot of female social scientist with blond curly hair and blue/grey eyes.

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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8 March 2021 Two femail scientists facing each other in discussion.

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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3 March 2021 Simon Gallow presenting at a public event.

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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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 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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23 February 2021 Two women's portraits are in circles on a greenish background

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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22 February 2021

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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18 February 2021

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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11 February 2021 Maria-Theresa Licka holding a smartphone displaying an app she developed. Vineyards, houses and hills in the background.

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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9 February 2021 Roshni Mooneeram, EMBL Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer, strikes the #ChooseToChallenge pose with her hand high, pledging to call out bias and actively question stereotypes.

Roshni Mooneeram, EMBL Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer, strikes the #ChooseToChallenge pose with her hand high, pledging to call out bias and actively question stereotypes.

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

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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23 November 2020

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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16 October 2020 Abstract graphic with big waves of black, white and grey somewhat like yin and yang, with two brain-shaped leaves in the upper right and lower left quadrants, one of which is green and more leafy-looking.

Abstract graphic with big waves of black, white and grey somewhat like yin and yang, with two brain-shaped leaves in the upper right and lower left quadrants, one of which is green and more leafy-looking.

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.

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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.

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 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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17 September 2020 Colorful illustration conveys the balancing act women in science face, going between family and work responsibilities and wanting to succeed in both roles.

Colorful illustration conveys the balancing act women in science face, going between family and work responsibilities and wanting to succeed in both roles.

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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26 August 2020 Colorful illustration conveys the balancing act women in science face, going between family and work responsibilities and wanting to succeed in both roles.

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.

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