{"id":59427,"date":"2023-05-15T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/?p=59427"},"modified":"2024-03-22T11:13:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T10:13:10","slug":"100th-issue-of-embletc-published","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/lab-matters\/100th-issue-of-embletc-published\/","title":{"rendered":"100th issue of EMBLetc. published"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Founded in 1974, EMBL is Europe’s life science laboratory. With its six European sites, EMBL is a world leader in cutting-edge molecular biology research, services, training, technology transfer, and policy development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 1990s, as the organisation grew, so did the need for a common and reliable platform for sharing news about EMBL both within and outside the institution. Thus, in 1999, EMBLetc., <\/em>a newsletter that would be circulated among the institute\u2019s staff and alumni, was created to fulfil this need. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the editors wrote in the introduction to the first edition<\/a>, \u201cA newsletter can be of great value in raising awareness of what is going on in EMBL as a whole\u2026it can provide an important means of keeping our Alumni linked to the life of the Laboratory, and it will provide a forum for voicing issues which don\u2019t fit easily into EMBL\u2019s other publications.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First created as an 8-page black-and-white newsletter, EMBLetc.<\/em> received its first major makeover in 2009, transitioning to a full-colour layout with its 50th issue<\/a>. In 2014, EMBL\u2019s 40th anniversary year, EMBLetc.<\/em> evolved into a full-colour, 40-page magazine<\/a>, with sections dedicated to discussing the institute\u2019s research, people, and culture. Finally, with Issue 99<\/a>, released in November last year, the magazine took a new digital-first direction, representing EMBL\u2019s move towards more sustainable publications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, as we release its 100th issue<\/a>, we can see a microcosm of EMBL\u2019s history captured in the pages of this very special magazine\/newsletter. Browsing through its issues, we come across defining moments, important achievements, triumphs and challenges, overcoming adversity and building community. In memorialising EMBL\u2019s story, EMBLetc.<\/em> tells a tale of persistent innovation, collaboration, creativity, connection, resilience, and intellectual curiosity that cannot be dampened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

EMBLetc.<\/em> has been instrumental in celebrating the achievements of EMBL\u2019s broad community and in serving as a platform for its many diverse voices.<\/p>Edith Heard, Director General, EMBL<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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In this 100th issue, we take a trip down memory lane<\/a> to witness the history of the most recent 24 years of EMBL\u2019s history through the lens of EMBLetc. <\/em>issues. We also celebrate recent advances in research and services across EMBL\u2019s sites and units. We discover how EMBL Barcelona researchers are using ‘organ-on-chip’ and organoid models<\/a> to understand health and disease. We look at novel insights from EMBL Rome researchers regarding the inheritance of epigenetic traits<\/a>. We peek behind the scenes to see how engineers and scientists collaborate<\/a> at EMBL Grenoble to build innovative fully-automated pipelines for structural biology experiments. We learn how EMBL researchers have been building accessible tools to deal with the challenge of big data analysis in biological imaging<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also take a sneak peek at EMBL\u2019s upcoming science and society conference<\/a>, Terra Incognita<\/em>, which has invited a stellar lineup of speakers to examine and discuss ethical standards in life science research. We hear from past and present stalwarts of EMBL, including Professor Dame Janet Thornton<\/a>, former Director of EMBL-EBI, Des Higgins<\/a>, one of the early pioneers of bioinformatics, and Veli Vural Uslu<\/a>, who has been instrumental in combining science and theatre <\/strong>to aid public engagement in science.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EMBLetc.<\/em> was for many pre-digital and pre-pandemic years EMBL\u2019s flagship external communications channel. In its new digital-first and multimedia-rich format, it reinforces our role as Europe\u2019s leading life sciences research and technology organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n