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Alumni Relations

Connecting, engaging and nurturing EMBLs global community of current and former scientists, technicians, communicators and administrators

The EMBL Alumni Relations programme is built to advance EMBL and the relevance of life science research in the scientific community and society at large, by fostering connections between the laboratory, its member states, current EMBL staff, EMBL alumni, and the public.

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Gareth Griffiths: the man behind the EMBL parties

“Parties are the social glue that keep people together”Gareth Griffiths It’s the end of an era whenever an EMBL legend departs. At the beginning of this year, Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit (CBB) group leader Gareth Griffiths left EMBL for the sunny climes of Oslo after an…


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Translations: Communicating science to the public

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…


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4th Spanish and Portuguese Local Chapter Meeting at the CNIO, Madrid

EMBL alumni in Spain and Portugal met for the fourth year running on 28 November at the Spanish National Cancer Research Institute (CNIO) in Madrid. The programme, which was organised by host Guillermo Montoya, included scientific talks by Ignacio Dolado, Robert Kypta and Fatima Gebauer, and an…


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EMBL Alumni Association board election results

Thank you to the 274 members who voted in the Alumni Association board elections between 15th August and 30th September 2008. The results are: 1. New board members Giulio Superti-FurgaMaria del Mar VivancoAnastasia PolitouAnastasios KoutsosCedric Notredame 2. Continuing board members Annalisa…


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Angus Lamond – Juggling science and fun

In his last Alumni Association board meeting in November 2008, Angus Lamond stepped down after sixs years as Chair. “If EMBL is paradise, then you could say that leaving it is hell. That must make me, as Chair of the Alumni Association, Satan”, he once joked. This title will now go to…


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Julius Brennecke: 2009 John Kendrew Award recipient

An exciting part of the Alumni Association board meeting on 3rd November 2008 was the selection of a John Kendrew Award recipient for 2009. The already demanding task of having to compare the achievements of scientists from entirely different fields was made even more difficult in the face of the…


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EMBL Alumni Association board meeting

The 12th EMBL Alumni Association board meeting on Monday 3rd November was the last to be attended by Angus Lamond, Chair of the Association since 2002. Angus welcomed newly elected board members and provided guidelines in selecting the next Chair and Deputy. After the meeting, board members voted…


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EMBL – a jump start to an international career in molecular biology

“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…

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