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Forty years after its foundation, EMBL announces its 21st<\/sup> member state: the Czech Republic. Building on a successful bilateral relationship, the Czech Republic\u2019s membership grants Czech scientists access to EMBL\u2019s state-of-the-art instruments, facilities and world-class training programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOver the past few years we have established strong links with the Czech Republic\u2019s scientific community, collaborating closely and sharing expertise\u201d says EMBL Director-General Iain Mattaj. \u201cThe Czech Republic\u2019s becoming an EMBL member state reflects and expands on that fruitful relationship.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a member state, the Czech Republic will have voting rights on EMBL\u2019s governing body \u2013 the EMBL Council. Czech scientists will be able to access EMBL\u2019s state-of-the-art facilities and services, and the country\u2019s early career researchers will be eligible for scholarships in EMBL\u2019s highly reputed PhD and Postdoctoral programmes. EMBL membership also opens the possibility of PhD degrees awarded jointly by EMBL and a Czech university. In the longer term, it raises the opportunity of establishing an EMBL partnership institute in the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision to become an EMBL member state, endorsed by EMBL Council and ratified by the Czech parliament, follows fruitful interactions ranging from collaborations between individual scientists to advising the nation\u2019s leading biotechnology and biomedicine research institutes on establishing and managing core facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are excited to become an EMBL member state,\u201d says Dr. Marcel Chl\u00e1dek, Czech Minister for Education, Youth and Sports, \u201cas part of our continued drive to foster scientific excellence and engage with the international scientific community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Czech Republic joins member states Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, associate member states Argentina and Australia, and prospect member state Slovakia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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