Pathways: Community management
Scientific community manager and EMBL alumnus Aidan Budd explains the challenges and rewards of bringing together researchers with shared interests, values and goals
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Admin ability
"Working in administration, perhaps the best you can hope for is that no one notices you are there!” Keith Williamson, EMBL’s ninth administrative director, often jokes
From the Archive: The Moon Dreamers
With the goal of telling the story of molecular biology firsthand, EMBL’s Archive is on the hunt for unique material significant to the Laboratory’s history: our new regular feature explores some of the highlights
Taking science to new dimensions
Angela Relogio was one of 15 former EMBLers who participated at the Max Delbrück Center (MDC) Career Day in Berlin, representing the EMBL alumni community as speaker and advocate at the EMBL careers stand. Here she tells us about her passion for science, communication and mentoring
Lithuania, new prospect member state
Lithuania has become EMBL’s fourth prospect member, helping the organisation to integrate Europe’s wider life-science community
Ephrussi reunion: face-to-face
Ephrussi group alumni reunite in Heidelberg for a surprise birthday celebration
Political science
Alumni often return to EMBL for collaborations, conferences or community building. But twice a year former EMBL Heidelberg group leader Damian Brunner visits the Lab in a very special capacity – as a Swiss delegate on EMBL’s Council, discussing and voting on the Lab’s policy in scientific,…
Janet Thornton steps down
On 24 June 2015, EMBL-EBI staff gathered to celebrate Janet Thorton's 14 years as Director of the institute, as she prepares to hand over leadership to Rolf Apweiler and Ewan Birney on 1 July.
History in the making
From Albert Einstein’s love letters and Marie Curie’s scruffy lab notebooks to photos of graffiti scrawled on a wall by Francis Crick, archival material can provide an unparalleled treasure trove for historians to excavate the personal stories hiding behind the science.
Christian Boulin Fellowship
In memory of one of the Laboratory’s longest-serving members, and honoring 38 years of commitment and contribution to the infrastructure of European life science, EMBL launches the new Christian Boulin Fellowship