Nobel laureate Svante Pääbo to deliver 2026 Kafatos Lecture
Talk by evolutionary geneticist to explore how traces of Neanderthal DNA shape human biology and health today.
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EMBL alumnus announced as next EMBL Director General
At its winter meeting, EMBL Council selected Anthony A. Hyman as EMBL’s next Director General.
Sandra Orchard: what I’ve learned
EMBL-EBI Team Leader Sandra Orchard reflects on a life in protein science and biocuration.
EMBL alumnae recognised for breakthroughs in women’s health and precision medicine
Three EMBL alumnae – Melina Schuh, Ângela Gonçalves and Angela Relógio – have been recognised separately for pioneering work that is redefining how science understands women’s health, ageing, fertility, and personalised medicine.
Rolf Apweiler: what I’ve learned
From student helper to EMBL-EBI Director, Rolf Apweiler has shaped the journey of EMBL and bioinformatics for over four decades
Where ‘Sleeping Beauty’ is more than a fairy tale
Kendrew awardee Irma Querques keeps ‘writing’ scientific success stories, and this unique transposon is often at the heart of them
Celebrating EMBL Mentorship from Alumni
We’re celebrating nearly five years of the EMBL Alumni Mentoring Programme — supporting and connecting staff in scientific and non-scientific roles across EMBL.
EMBL Hamburg’s ‘origin story’: Kenneth Holmes and the first synchrotron diffraction experiment
This year EMBL Hamburg turns 50 as an official EMBL site. However, EMBL’s connection to the city goes back further than 1975. In fact, EMBO funded experiments and were taking place in Hamburg half a decade earlier, and an ‘EMBL’ laboratory had already been constructed there before the…
After EMBL: Umlaut.bio and its potential role in drug development
EMBL expands research expeditions to freshwater ecosystems, thanks to philanthropy
New philanthropic support from the Klaus Tschira Stiftung advances pioneering research into freshwater ecosystems, bringing science back to the field to study Europe’s ecological communities and how they are affected by human activities