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How can the Danish scientific community benefit from their association with EMBL and engage with EMBL\u2019s new programme \u2018Molecules to Ecosystems<\/a>\u2019? The answers to these questions were the focus of the DANEMO symposium organised at the Aarhus University in Denmark from 3-4 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Denmark is a founding member of both EMBL and EMBO. The Danish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience (DANDRITE)<\/a> is the Danish node of the Nordic EMBL Partnership<\/a> for Molecular Medicine and has a long tradition of closely cooperating with EMBL. In 2021, the Danish Ministry for Research and Higher Education launched DANEMO<\/a> in collaboration with the Danish universities as a communication platform and research support initiative. It aims to draw the attention of scientists and students in Denmark to the numerous opportunities at EMBL and EMBO<\/a>, especially among those communities that haven\u2019t previously interacted with these organisations. DANEMO as a support and information center will rotate among the co-founding universities in Denmark and with the first two years at Aarhus University, hosted by DANDRITE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At EMBL, DANEMO’s mission is to attract more Danish applicants to predoc, postdoc, and group leader positions and the ARISE programme<\/a>, stimulate collaborations with EMBL research groups, as well as to inform the Danish scientific community about EMBL\u2019s scientific services and core facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main focus of the DANEMO symposium was to raise awareness of EMBL\u2019s new programme \u2018Molecules to Ecosystems\u2019 and the diverse opportunities that it offers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The symposium took place at the Aarhus University aula, and rector Brian Bech Nielsen and head of Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Erik \u00d8stergaard presented welcome addresses together with Poul Nissen, the founding director of DANEMO and director of DANDRITE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EMBL Director General Edith Heard then opened the symposium with a general introduction to the new programme. There were also several scientific presentations by EMBL researchers across all sites and transversal themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event, including talks by EMBL, EMBO and Danish researchers, brought together around 120 participants from around Denmark and from different EMBL sites, and inspired many discussions on possible new ways of collaboration and scientific services. The thematic sessions covered topics from EMBL\u2019s new research areas, such as microbial, human and planetary ecosystems, as well as new scientific services, including those involving biological imaging. Similar symposia, planned for the future, will span different topics relevant to the Danish research community, as well as various EMBL and EMBO activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spreading the word in the Danish community<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In this video, two of the organisers of the symposium Poul Nissen<\/a>, Director of DANDRITE, and Karen Bech-Pedersen, Communications Coordinator, DANEMO, explain the motivations behind launching DANEMO and the goals of the symposium. They welcome all Danish universities and life science-industries to join the DANEMO community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s the first day of the #DANEMO2022<\/a> symposium at Aarhus University.

Organisers @PoulNissen<\/a> & Karen Bech-Pedersen highlight how DANEMO promotes the opportunities for Danish scientists at EMBL & @EMBO<\/a> as well as the new EMBL Programme \u201cMolecules to Ecosystems\u201d.@DANEMO_informs<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/86clr30ayx<\/a><\/p>— EMBL (@embl) November 3, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>