Connecting, engaging and nurturing EMBLs global community of current and former scientists, technicians, communicators and administrators
In 1980 Sven Hovmöller was a postdoc in EMBL Heidelberg’s Structural and Computational Biology Unit. His lifelong interest in China meant he was thrilled to meet another postdoc, Yun Li, who joined the unit from the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry. Thirty years later, Sven – now professor…
Exchange and networking are key tenets of science, as cell biologist and imaging specialist Caroline Medioni discovered when she spent six months at EMBL Heidelberg in Anne Ephrussi’s group honing a system to image axon growth within intact fly brains. Caroline’s team leader, Florence Besse, of…
Fifteen EMBL alumni working in Greece gathered for their fourth annual meeting in the picturesque villages of Aspraggeloi and Dilofo on 26-27 June 2010. Along with 13 family members and ten postdocs from their research groups, the alumni enjoyed a sunny weekend discussing life and science in…
The first ever EMBL local chapter meeting in Ireland was hosted by the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) on 24 February and attracted alumni from academia, industry and government alike. Former EMBO Director Frank Gannon, EMBL Director General Iain Mattaj and EMBL group leaders Eileen Furlong and…
For the third year running, EMBL alumni in Greece met for a weekend break in Dilofo on 13th-15th June. The focus of their meeting was to further develop means of encouraging young people pursuing a career in science. Several of the participating Greek alumni had already visited schools to give…
There was much heartfelt handshaking and back-slapping at the official opening of the upgraded high-field NMR centre at EMBL Heidelberg on 13 March, as the tight and relatively small European NMR community came together for a day-long symposium. Attendees included the ex-EMBL NMR group leaders –…
EMBL alumni collaborate to capture a unique moment in the history of science EMBL non-scientific alumni Russ Hodge (OIPA) and Maj Britt Hansen (Photolab) are still experimenting with new ways to communicate science to the public. Together with Nicola Graf, who has worked for several years on the…
“Your mothers and fathers paid for EMBL – so use it!” This was the message from EMBL Director General Iain Mattaj to more than 120 young Swedish scientists on 19 September at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS). The event, initiated by RSAS and funded by the Swedish Research…
On EMBL Lab Day on 10 June 2008, former Executive Director of EMBO, John Tooze, presented the Alumni Association John Kendrew Young Scientist Award to the first winners, Antonio Giraldez and Giovanni Frazzetto. Read more about their selection.
The second Dilofo meeting of EMBL alumni living and working in Greece took place from Saturday 31st May – Sunday 1st June 2008. Twelve alumni and members of their families (26 people altogether) plus thirteen graduate students and post-doctoral fellows from the groups of several alumni enjoyed a…